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WASHINGTON. D. C, @he Foening Staf 1930. TUESDAY, MAY 6, FHP PAGE B—-1 TRIAL OF MINGR POLICE CASES BY CAPTAIN SOUGHT Proposal for Amendments to Manual Is Renewed by Maj. Pratt. PLAN WOULD CUT DOWN HEARING BOARD’S WORK Precinct Chiefs Would Penalize Of- ficers for Infraction of Discipline. Proposed amendments to the police manual giving precinct captains author- ity to try and penalize policemen for minor infractions of discipline which | have been in the files of e District Commissioners for more than a year were renewed today by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police. The plan was originally conceived by Maj. Pratt back in September, 1928, when he was chief of the Detective Bureau. It was subsequently approved by Edwin B. Hesse, then superintendent of police, and submitted to the former board of Commissioners. The Com- missioners, however, pigeonholed the recommendations. ‘The amendments would authorize pre- cinct commanders, upon the written re- quest of officers accused of misde- meanors, to pass upon the cases and impose penalties. The penalties pre- seribed would be in the form of a repri- mand, imposition of extra hours of duty, the forfeiture of leaves of absence not to exceed five days in any one case and the forfeiture of not less than $5 or more than $10 in salary. Major Would Review Cases. All such cases would be reviewed by the major and superintendent, except those which involved the forfeiture of pay, and his decision would be final and conclusive. Cases involving the for- feiture of salary would be reviewed by the Commissioners, whose decision also would be final and conclusive. The major and superintendent, however. could refer any case passed on by the captains to the Police Trial Board for adjudication. Failure to patrol beats, neglect of duty and failure to report regularly to the precinct station, are typical of the; offenses that would be disposed of by | the police captains. ‘The plan of granting precinct com- manders authority to punish policemen | was an outgrowth of agitation during | Maj. Hesse's administration for improv- ing discipline and reducing the work of the Police Trial Board. A survey au taat time showed that the trial board was handling approximately 400 cases a year, and that the majority of them were of a minor nature. Maj. Pratt believes the plan is as practical now as it was when he pro- posed it in September, 1928, and feels that the new rd of Commissioners probably will give it thorough consid- eration. Necessity Pointed Out. “The necessity for some such method of administerifig discipline is apparent,” Hesse told the Commissioners when he submitted Maj. Pratt’s reccommendations to them for approval. “Preliminary re- ports of a comprehensive survey now being conductsd by the department of cases referred to the police trial board during the last three fiscal years indi- cate that the majority of these cases so referred have been for minor infractions of discipline such as usually occur in any large group of men operating un- der strict rules, and a great number of such cases could have been handled in the manner set forth had the ma- chinery for such action been set up. “It is believed that under this broad ant of authority and power, particu- larly the authority to make needful rules and regulations for the proper government of the force, the Commis- sioners may, by the enactment of cer- tain amendments to the manual, make effective the plan as recommended.” HUNT LOSES PLEA FOR JURY TRIAL Case of Deposed Police Sohool Head Is Delayed Until Saturday. _ Bergt. Odessa S. Hunt, suspended po- liceman of the second precinct and de- posed head of the police school, was denied a jury trial when arraigned be- | fore Judge John P. McMahon this morning on a charge of intoxication The case was postponed until Saturday. | Although Attorney E. Russell Kelly, counsel for Sergt. Hunt, showed Judge McMahon a case as a precedent where a person had been giver a trial by jury on practically the same charge faced by his client. Judge McMahon over- ruled him, saying that jury trials are given only in cases involving turpitude. Drunkenness does not show turpitude, he_held. “Hunt will be tried like any other person who has been arrested for being drudnk, and by the court,” McMahon sai Court attaches reported this the first instance in several years where a jury trial had been asked by a person held on such a charge. WILL TALK ON PROBLEMS OF HIGH SCHOOL AGE Dr. Joren B. Johnson to Address| McKinley Parent-Teacher Associa- tion at Meeting Tonight. Dr. Loren B. Johnson will speak on #Problems of the High School Age” to- night” at 8 o'clock at a meeting of the recently formed McKinley High School Parent-Teacher Association. Dr. W. C. Camalier, president of the association, will preside. Principal Frank Daniel will explain the new system of report card grading. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools; Dr. Charles W. Carusi, presi- Department. standing behind his mother. American War Mothers gathered at Union Station foday to bid farewell to Mrs. Leonora Marshburn, the only Washington Gold Star Mother who will go to France to visit her son’s grave on the first trip under the auspices of the War Mrs. Marshburn is in the center of the picture. Her son Errol, —Star Staff Photo. DR. ANDREW BIRD HEADS FEDERATION Washington Church Group Hears Bishop McConnell, Head of Federal Council. Dr. Andrew R. Bird, pastor of the Church of the Pilgrims, was elected president of the Washington Federation of Churches at its annual meeting, held as a tenth anniversary celebration of | the federation, in the Mount Vernon | Place M. E. Church South last night. Rev. R. Y. Nicholson, pastor of the| Rhode Island Avenue M. P. Church: Dr. W. Sinclair Bowen and William Knowles Cooper were elected vice presi- dents. Rev. H. W. O. Millington was re-elected secretary, and James Dulin, jr., re-elected treasurer. Besides the election of officers and members of the executive committee, the meeting was featured by addresses recounting the history of the federa- tion outlining its program for the fu- ture. An address also was delivered by Bishop Francis J. McConnell of New York City, “president of the Federal Council of Churches, who told of the benefits to be derived from church fed- erations such as the one in this city. Speakers who told of the history of the local federation were: Dr. Lucius C. Clark, chancellor of American University, who was the first executive secretary of the federation, whose subject was “The Early Days of | the Federation”; Dr. Earle Wilfley, pas- | tor of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, who was chairman of the meet- ing at which the federation was organ- ized, and who spoke last night on “Ten Years of Federation History,” and Dr. David A. Robertson, chairman of last night's meeting, whose subject was “The PFuture Program of the Federation.” A budget of $15000 was voted to cover all expenses of the federation for the ensuing year. The report of the nominating committee was presented by Dr. N. M. Simmonds, chairman. Invocation was delivered at the meet- ing by Dr. W. S. Abernethy, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, and Dr. Bird, the new president, who was installed near the close of the meeting, made a brief address and delivered benediction. The federation has grown steadily until it now numbers 113 churches in 20 denominations. The chairman pre- sented Dr. W. L. Darby, who has been executive secretary for almost eight years; Mrs. Elizabeth W. Murray, the | hospital worker, and Mrs. Lorna W.| Smith, the Juvenile Court worker, who were given hearty applause. COLORED MAN’S DEATH DUE TO HEAD INJURIES Frank Frazier, 40, Hit by Uni- dentified Assailant, Expires in Freedmen’s Hospital. Frank Prazier, 40 years old, colored, of 68 Massachusetts avenue, died at Freedman's Hospital early today from head injuries suffered yesterday when an_unidentified assaflant struck him with a pick handle during a fight in the 1100 block of Fairmont street. The assailant fled. Frazier was an employe | of the Potomac Electric Power Co, | George 'Mitchell, SHARP DROP NOTED IN'LAW VIOLATIONS Arrests in April, Including Traffic Cases, Much Be- low March Record. A sharp drop in arrests both for traf- fic and other offenses over the previous month is shown in the statistics of April published today at police head- quarters. During the month there were 4,458 traffic arrests, as against 4.998 in March and 5369 in April, 1920. For other offenses there were 5,570 arrests in April, 6,781 in March, and 5,777 in April, 1929. Compared with April, 1929, arrests for felonies dropped from 359 to 301, for misdemeanors from 2,389 to 1,722, while arrests for violations of the Volstead law jumped from 310 to 582 and for intoxication from 1,110 to 1,263. Six murders were reported, as against one in April, 1929. There were seven ar- rests for murder, as against none in April, 1929. Arrests for housebreaking dropped from 47 to 46 and for robbery from 29 to 11 Of the traffic arrests last month 671 were for speeding, 134 for reckless driv- ing, 23 for driving while drunk, 654 for parking overtime, 170 for ~parking abreast and 390 for violating other parking regulations. There was one ar- rest for “overloading an auto” and one for “obtructing drinking fountain.” Three traffic deaths and 275 cases of injuries were recorded during the month, compared with eight deaths and 250 cases of injuries in April, 1929. ‘There were 808 accidents, as compared with 531 1n April, 1929, The unluckiest days in the month were Sunday, April 6, and Saturday, April 26, with 43 accidents each. The luckiest, all superstition to the contrary notwithstanding, was Sunday, April 13, when only 17 accidents were reported. U. S. ATTORNEYS MOVE TO PADLOCK PREMISES First Floor of Building at 1104 Eighteenth Street Put Under Dry Law Ban. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and Assistant United States Attorney Harold W. Orcutt moved yesterday to padlock th~ first floor of the premises at 1104 Eighteenth street northwest for alleged violation of the national prohi- bition act. The petition is accompanied by a number of affidavits of police and prohibition agents, attesting to alleged purchases of liquor on the premises and the results of several raids. The petition is directed against Ralph Nixon, Roy Graham, Louis Edward Murray and Raymond Franklin Carroll as tenants and Frederick Willlam Ribnitzki as owner, Hurt by Swinging Door. Felled by a heavy swinging door_on his garage at the rear of his home, Ed- ward Maher, 55 years old, of 343 In- diana avenue. was seriously injured yesterday and was taken to Casualty Hospital, where it was found he had ;ufléred serious injuries of the neck and ead. A colored man playing the “Prisoner's dent, and other members of the Board of Education will be guests. Music will be furnished by the Tech Glee Club and the school orchestra, Highly-Prized Pistols Stolen. Russell M. Carton, mefhber of the United States Coast Guard pistol team, attached to Coast Guard headquarters in this city, last night appealed to Jocal police to aid him in the recovery o two highly-prized pistols, which were stolen from him in Quantico, Va., last Friday. Carton furnished police with the @escriptions of two men suspected of e theft., v Song” on a harmonica while a police- | man maintained a firm hold on his belt | and another officer summoned a police wagon . attracted considerable attention at Fifth and E streets yesterday after- noon Policemen B. A. Dye and J. M. Frayne of the second precinct, while strolling near Police Court, saw a colored woman drop some paper money and a man come up fast from the rear, snatch the bills from the sidewalk and scamper into a nearby park. They pursued and apprehended the man, who gave the name of Joseph Davis, 24 years old, 200 block of L street. The three were proceeding to a police phone by use of which Davis would be provided with transportation MAN WAITING FOR WAGON PLAYS “PRISONER’S SONG” ON HARMONICA Crowd Attracted After Arrest on Charge of Taking Money Dropped by Woman. to the police station. The prisoner whipped a hand towards a coat pocket and both police moved to_ restrain it. Under careful police guard Davis pulled a musical instrument from the pocket, much to the officers’ relief. “Say, boss,” said the m: ing Frayne, “does you-all piay “Tll be in the jail-house tomor- row'?” There was no police objection made, so Davis auruddphvng in a mourn- ful tempo. He had a large audience be- fore he finished the first verse. When arraigned in Police Court to- day in connection with taking the bills, which turned out to be two $1 motes, Davis was sentenced to spend the next 180 days in jail by Judge Robert E. Mattingly. MKELLAR'S OFFICE DECLARED ENTERED SATURDAY NIGHT, Democratic Tennessee Sena- tor Suspects Secret Serv- ice Operators. NEW LOCKS PROMISED FOR BUILDING BY HALE Smoot and Brock Assert Their Of- fices Also Disturbed—Smoot Denies Agent Suspicions. New locks are to be installed on the doors of the Senate Office Building, it was stated today by Senator Hale, Re- publican of Maine, acting chairman of the committee in charge of the build- ing, after three Senators had asserted from the floor yesterday that their of- fices had been visited by intruders re- cently. Plans for changing the locks have been under way for several weeks, Sen- ator Hale said. The discussion yesterday was started when Senator McKellar, Democsat, of Tennessee, arose just before adjourn- ment and announced that his office was entered Saturday night and his desks and iiles ransacked. “Of course,” said Senator McKellar, “I do not know what was wanted, but probably some secret service agents or somebody else desired to get something for_their benefit and to my detriment.” Senator McKellar invited whoever wanted to “find out something about my office, instead of coming in the night time, to come in the day time, get my consent and go through all the files and desks regardless.” Senators Smoot, Republican of Utah, | and Brock, Democrat of Tennessee, added that their offices had been dis- turbed, but Senator Smoot said he never thought that it was done by se- cret service agents. Senator Smoot said the only things taken from his office were two new pens from his desk. Senator Brock said he lost a desk pad and a couple of pens. Senator McKellar told his col- leagues that apparently nothing was taken from his office, but that his files and records were left in disorder. Senator McKellar declared “this is not the first time such an incident has occurred.” He said he believed the office of Senator Caraway, Democrat of Arkansas, was entered some time ago. CHOIR WILL ASSIST “MUSIC WEEK” FETE| Washington Choral Festival Asso- ciation Outlines Program for Event Scheduled May 10. The Inner Choir of the Washington Choral Festival Association will assist in the “a cappella” program to be given at Chureh of the Epiphany Saturday afternoon of this week, May 10, ar-| ranged in honor of National Music | week and scheduled as “An.Hour of Choral Music.” A double octet of Washington’s best known soloists are included in this Inner Choir of madrigal singers, among them being the presi- dent of the Choral Festival Associatie). Dr. H. Barrett Learned, who is well known in the Capital as one of its out- standing educators and writers and a patron of music. Dr. Learned was for three years a member of the famous Apollo Club in Chicago in the bygone days of the Thomas Orchestra and later a member of the equally well known New Haven Oratorio_Soclety, at that time directed by the late Horatio Parker of “Hora Novissima” fame, With Dr. Prederick Alexander coming on from ¥psilanti, Mich, to conduct the hour of choral music here Satur- day, as well as the Choral Festival As- sociation’s movietone picture Sunday at the Arlington Amphitheater and next week on May 15 the Inner Choir’s pro- gram of songs at the Library of Con- gress, the comment is that choral music in Washington is really “looking up” again in a definite way. Dr. Alexander is one of the guarantor members of the local association, as well as its conductor—indeed, he has almost been a citizen of Washington this Win- ter, as he has spent so much time here in rehearsal with the chorus. Mr. Prank J. Frost is among the recently an- nounced guarantor members also, as well as Mrs. Gertrude Lyons of the Dis- trict of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs, who is likewise the secretary of the organization. Other Washingtonians who have been aiding in the movement for “better choral music in the Capital City” are members of the advisory commiitee of the association, including Mr. Clarence Aspinwall, Mr. Percy Lee Atherton, Miss Grace Dunham Guest, Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, Mrs. Adolph C. Miller, Mrs, Edwin B. Parker and Mr. Myron | W. Whitney. FREE BUS SERVICE - TO STORE PROPOSED| Line From Downtown to Sears.| Roebuck Sought—Bank May Ask for Similar Right. ‘The Public Utilities Commission has before it a petition of the Sterrett Op- erating Service to operate a free bus service between the downtown section and the store of Sears, Roebuck & Co. on Bladensburg road northeast. The commission has decided that the pro- posed service would be a common car- rier service and that the petition will be entertained if the Sterrett Service will file the route which it is proposed to &ollov.: The route has not yet been filed. The proposal is that the busses shall start at Eleventh and F streets and pick up any passengers there going to the store. They will also pick up passen- gers anywhere along the route. Re- turning, they will let passangers off at any point, but will only pick them up at the store. It 1s understood that a similar service is being negotiated with the Washing- ton Loan & Trust Co. to operate be- tween the trust company’s building at Ninth and F streets and the new De- partment of Commerce Building, at Fourteenth and E streets, when latter is completed. This service is ex- pected to be limited to employes in the Miss Burr Leaves $35,000 to Be Used as Memorial to Father ational Geographic So- ‘ciety Gets Fund for Prizes to Members. The Natonal Geographic Soclety is Jeft $35,000 by the will of Miss Mary C. Burr, who died May 2, as a memorial to her father, Franklin L. Burr. The so- clety is to use the income in prizes to the member or members of the expedi- tion sent out by the soclety, which is held to have done the most meritorious work. Charles A. Fiske of Washington is given $35,000, and is to act as executor of the estate. He is described as a cousin of the testatrix. A bequest of $30,000 is made to Mrs. Una F. Weatherly of East Hartford, Conn., who also is given the household effects of Miss Burr in that city. Edith De Cairos, who resided with Miss Burr, is left $25.000 and the household effects of Miss Burr's apartment in Wash- ington. The Hartford Public Library is to have $5,000 and a like amount is given the Washington Home for Incurables. J. Gilbert Calhoun of Hartford, Emily Tucker and Annie Tucker of Boston each is given $5,000, while Maria Mac- beth of New York gets $2,000 and Dr. Henry R. Elliott of Washington, $1,000. A number of other relatives and friends are remembered in the will CHINESE INJURED AS CAR HITS TREE Driver Turns to Watch Speeding Fire Engine on Sixteenth Street. ding, crimson-colored fire engines, pee with their whaling sirens and shrieking | whistles, have always held a thrill for Chun_Franke, 38-year-old Chinese of 1786 Columbia road. Franke made the mistake of turning to watch them speed by as he was driving in the 1900 block of Sixteenth street at 3 o'clock this morning, and he was seriously injured when his car crashed into a tree. He was taken to Emergency Hospital. Franke and Whitney Waldron, 12- year-ofd son of Maj. and Mrs. Albert W. Waldron of 1901 Thirty-seventh street, were the most seriously injured of seven persons reported hurt in traffic accidents yesterday, last night and early today. ‘The Waldron youngster was taken to Georgetown University Hospital with a fractured left leg and minor skull in- juries, when a machine operated by James Weaver, 22 years old, of Rosslyn, Va., struck him as he was crossing Wis- consin _avenue near Thirty-seventh street. Weaver was arrested by police of No. 7 precinct on a reckless driving charge and later released on his per- sonal bond. Miss May Mattingly of 5 N street southeast, sustained a fractured left shoulder and Calvin Smith of the 700 block of Eighth street southeast, was bruised about the body when a machine in which they were riding was crowded from the road and overturned near Silver Hill, Md., on the Marlboro pike. They were treated at Casualty Hospital. A broken right arm and lacerations of the face were received by Mrs. Frances Columbus, 55 years old. of 4802 Chappell lane, last night when a Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co. street car operated by Tison G. Herndon, 32, knocked her down as she was crossing Eleventh street near F. She was given treatment at Emergency Hospital. When his bicycle crashed into the rear of a taxicab which had halted to discharge its passengers, Albert W. Loring, 14, of the 1700 block of Kenyon street, incurred a lacerated lip, bruises of the face, left knee and nose and slight brain _concussion at Sixteenth street near P last night. Loring was carried to_Emergency Hospital. Preston Bloom, 19 years old, of 2509 Twelfth street southeast, was treated at Casualty Hospital for body bruises sustained when he is reported to have walked into the side of an automobile driven by Herbert Kelley of 305 Todd place northeast. Driver Faces Four Charges. Frank Davis of Clarendon, Va., nar- rowly escaped serious injury when & hit-and-run driver crashed into his ma- chine at the intersection of Delaware and Virginia avenues southwest yester- day afternoon. His car was wrecked. Arthur Johnson, 24, colored, of 38 G street southwest, was arrested after the collision and booked at No. 4 station for joyriding, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident and driving & machine without a permit. MAN SLASHES THROAT Father of Four ;Had Been in Ill Health, Police Told. George Washington Murphy, 44 years old, of 709 I street southeast, the father of four children, early today slashed his throat with a pocket knife. He had been despondent for some time over ill health ax;g lack of employment, police were told. His wife, Mrs. Alice Murphy, found him lying in an unconscious condition on the living room floor, and summoned an ambulance from Casualty Hospital through police of the fifth precinct. First-ald treatment was administered and the man was removed to Casualty for further attention. Murphy's condition was pronounced as critical by hospital officials. WIFE OBTAINS DIVORCE Justice Bailey, in Equity Court, to- day awarded an'interlocutory decree of absolute divorce to Mrs, Pauline Kin- ney, 918 Eighteenth street, from Thomas L. Kinney, to whom she was married August 30, 1919, in Annapolis, Md. The partles lived in this city until September 17 last, when, it was averred by the wife, who was represented by Attorneys Raymond Neudecker and Wil- liam C.” Ashford, they separated on ac- count of Kinney's attentions to & wom- an named as co-respondent. Mrs, Kin- ney charged her husband with taking the co-respondent to Colonial Beach jand other nearby resorts. BIDS ASKED FOR LODGE Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, today called for bids for constructing a lodge to contain facilities for the United States Park Police and a public com- fort station to be located in Reservation No. 59, at Twentieth and P streets, near Dupont Circle. Birds are to be opened on May 20 for this work. The present wooden structure, near the site of the new bullding, will be abandoned and replaced by a brick office building and to be free, but avail- :hlke ':nly to those with identification ickets, building with a green tiled roof. The lodge will be approximately 21 feet by 31 feet in size, INDICTMENT NAMES COLORED MAN N ASSALLT ON GIRL Attempted Offense Also Is Charged to Dellie Clark by Grand Jury. PHYSICIAN IS ACCUSED IN FATAL OPERATION Two Hold-up True Bills Are Re- turned—Ten Cases Probed Are Ignored. ‘Two separate indictments, one charg- ing a criminal assault on a white girl and the other an attempt to perpetrate a similar offense on another white girl April 22 and 23 last, were reported by the grand jury today against Dellie Clark, colored, 35 years old. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover presented the case to the grand jury last week and .the trial of the accused will be asked for an early date, Dr. James T. Blue, colored, was in- dicted on a charge of performing a criminal operation on Mrs. Hilda Leim- bach, 32-year-old white woman. The woman died at a local hospital Septem- ber 26 last and it is alleged the opera- tion was performed September 20. ‘Two indictments for robbery were re- turned against Harold H. Baer and Francis E. O'Rourke, who are said to have held up a filling station at South Dakota avenue and idensburg road and to have robbed the manager of $30 April 7, and on the same night to have taken $4 from Albert Grady at the point of a revolver, The grand jurors declined to indict 10 persons, included in this list being Henry R. Robinson, joy-riding; Lester Matsuda, Willlam H. Simon, David Cohen and William H. Simons, grand larceny; Willlam J. Rogers and Mat- thew W. McKinney, robbery; Albert A. Dunbar, housebreaking; Norman C. Fair- fax and James E. McKemie, violating national prohibition act. thers indicted and the against them are: Carl S. Dellinger, larceny after trust; Robert H. Nelson (alias Willlam Harry Nelson), carnal knowledge; Charles Redmond, assisting to commit carnal knowledge; Sidney James Cortvriendt, ‘Willlam Francis Clarkson and John Ar- thur Lewis, non-support; Hugh Payne, Lewis I. Watkins and Edward B. Half- pap, _joy-riding; George Willlams and P. C. Grimes, grand larceny; Oscar Lewis, Herman T. Jackson, Clarence Narman Harris, James Black- well (2 cases), Ernest E. Logan, alias James Johnson, alias Earl E. Elkins (3 cases), housebreaking and larceny; Rob- ert Harrison, James Henderson and John L. Dean, assault with dangerous weapons; David Congers, alias David Conners, larceny; 'ward Buell and Ralph Betters, smoke screen; Ralph Henry Betters, Harry Edward Matthews :lnd James Henry Evans, violating liquor W, IR. L. SMITH HEADS JUNIOR RED CROSS }Annual Meeting of Organization , Numbers 200 Delegates—Work in Schools Discussed. charges More than 200 delegates to the annual convention of the Junior Red Cross elected Robert L. Smith of New York chairman and Miss Florence Hill of the District Chapter secretary today, and entered upon a convention program de- voted to the study of work in the schools. A feature of the meeting today was the presentation of a world good- will message, which is to be delivered by radio to young people’s organizations throughout the world on May 18. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior and chairman of the White House Conference on Child Welfare, was to address the junior convention this afternoon, and following his ap- pearance the young delegates planned to discuss the points in Secretary Wilbur’s address. Later this afternoon the delegates were to be entertained at tea at the United States Naval Hospital. PUBLIC LAND RESERVED IN BOULDER DAM AREA Secretary Wilbur Reports 4,212 Square Miles Have Been With- drawn From Settlement Rights. By the Associated Press. Secretary Wilbur said today that ap- proximately 4,212 square miles of land that had been temporarily withdrawn from settlement in the Boulder Dam region may be preserved as a public playground. The withdrawn lands are all above the dam site and tributary to the reservoir to be created there. Preliminary examination by a Gov- ernment engineer has shown them to be of greater public value from a scenic and sclentific standpoint than for economic development, Mr. Wilbur said. The Secretary said he probably would recommend that at least part of the area be established as a special preserve to be administered to by the National Park Service. AOfficer' Now at War College CAPT. CLAUDE C. BLOCH. CAPT. BLOCH NAMED CHEF OF NAVY YARD Will Become Commandant Here on June 12. | | | i | | i Capt. Claude C. Bloch, now at lhe! Naval War College, Newport, R. I, will | become commandant of the Washing- ton Navy Yard on June 12. He will re- lieve Rear Admiral Arthur L. Willard, who will become commander of the| scouting fleet, with the rank of vice | admiral, relieving Vice Admiral W. C. Cole. Capt. Bloch served in Washington as chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Departmen?, with the rank of tempo- rary rear admiral, about five years ago, and prior to going to Newport was commanding officer of the U. S. 8. Cal- ifornia. The selection board of the Navy, which picks high-ranking of- cers for promotion, is scheduled to meet on Monday, and it is thought likely that Capt. Bloch will be promoted to the rank of rear admiral when the list of advancements are made public about two weeks hence. ‘Wears Medal and Cross. Capt. Bloch has had an outstanding career in the naval service, which has taken him to many parts of the world and awarded him a specially meritorious medal during the Spanish-American War and given him the Navy Cross for his duty as commander of the U. S. 8. pean ports through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines. Born in Kentucky on July 12, 1878, Capt. Block was appointed a naval cadet in September, 1895, his first active serv- ice being aboard the U. S. S. Iowa. He served on the Asiatic station aboard the U. S. S. Newark and later in 1899 he served on the famous old ship Oregon. Service aboard the Wheeling and Philadelphia came next and he was promoted through the various grades, becoming a lieutenant commander on March 4, 1911, Commanded Plattsburg. He was sent to the New York Navy Yard in connection with/fitting out the U. S. S. Arizona in 1916 and in that year was promoted to become a com- mander. During the World War he as- sisted in fitting out the U. S. S. Platts- burg and was placed in command when that vessel was commissioned. Later he commanded the U. S. S. Massa- chusetts and came to duty in Washing- ton to the chief of naval operations, following that tour of service. He served as assistant to the chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, during his sojourn in the National Capital, and in 1921 he went to Honolulu for duty as commander of the mine force of the Pacific Fleet, with additional duty in command of the U. S. S. Baltimore. He was promoted to a captaincy on June 3, 1821, Capt. Bloch next became chief of staff on Battleship Squadron 4, the Pa- cific Fleet, and on December 22, 1921, his flag was transferred to the U. S. S. New Mexico. Is Ordnance Expert. In 1923 Capt. Bloch was serving as chief of staff to the commander of the battleship divisions of the battle fleet. Next he came on duty as naval inspector of ordnance in charge, Naval Proving Grounds, Dahlgren, Va., and the naval powder factory at Indian Head, Md. In August, 1923, he returned to Washington for duty at the Bureau of Ordnance and was commisstoned chief of that bureau with the rank of rear admiral for four years from October 1, 1923. He was awarded a special meritorious | medal during the Spanish War for his rescue of Spaniards from burning ships. His citation, with his Navy Cross, reads: “For distinguished service in the line of | his profession as commanding officer of the U. S. S. Plattsburg engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies to European ports through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.” Capt. Bloch was also awarded a letter of commendation by the War Department for his outstand- ing services. s S Calles Planning Trip. MEXICO CITY, May 6 (#)—Gen. Plutarco Elias Calles, former President of Mexico, and Juan Andreu Almazan, secretary of communications, plan a trip soon to Lower California. They will return the visit of Gov. Jose Maria Tapia. Orders Suspended Sentence Judge Robert E. Mattingly is a loyal supporter of the Washington base ball team. Policemen W. R. Laflin and T. M. Me- Vearry of the eighth and fifth precincts, respectively, while attending Sunday’s game between the local club and St. Louis heard a couple of gentlemen from Richmond, Va., make a little wager on the outcome of the contest. They arrested the men and escorted them to the eighth precinct, where they were_‘“booked” as vid Clayman, 29, and John Haley, 31. They were released on $100 collateral each for appearance in court. At_Police Court Clayman showed up, JUDGE MATTINGLY PROVES LOYAL SUPPORTER OF WASHINGTON CLUB on Learning Bet Was Placed on Nats. {but Haley failed to appear. which W indeed strange, though court attaches. as the collateral required by police was for Man Haled Into Court believed exorbitant, the court penalty wouldn’t be as severe. Clayman went into the court room and the judge was given a’recommen- dation from the district attorney’s office of $25 fine for him. “Recommendation of United States Plattsburg, in which he was engaged in | escorting troops and supplies to Euro- | TWO COLORED MEN IN BAKER MURDER (ORDERED RELEASED Police Now Have No Sus- pects in Custody -and No Prospects of New Arrests. SHELBY DECLARES THERE IS NOTHING NEW IN CASE States Men Are Needed to Inves- tigate Nine Slayings Here in April and May. With the release today of twe colored men who have been held in the Arling- ton County il since their arrest a few days after Mary Baker was killed, police investigating the crime were without a suspect in custody or any prospect of an arrest. Frank Smith, one of the colored men arrested for having in their possession articles allegedly removed from Miss Baker's automobile, was released by order of Commonwealth's Attorney Wil- liam C. Gloth. His companion, James Vollin, was fined $5 and_costs when arraigned in Police Court before Judge Harry R. Thomas on & chargs of petty larceny. Gloth said he believed he had ob- tained all information possible from | these men and that nothing could be gained by holding them longer. Shelby Reports Nothing New. Inspector William 8. Shelby, who yesterday ordered the release of George A. Kelly, who had been arrested on a warrant charging him with grand lar- ceny in connection with a theft from a Twelfth street rooming house, said there was nothing new in the case today. Kelly, the .man who found Miss Baker's clothing and several pieces of stolen jewelry in a sewer, was questioned by police regarding the jewelry. He was released when he convinced detec- tives he had no knowledge of how it got into the manhole. Police said there was not sufficlent evidence to prosecute him on the larceny charge. Pointing out that, exclusive of the Baker case, there were six murders in Washington, in April, and three so far in May, Inspector Shelby said he needed his men to investigate these crimes. He predicted that if the Baker case is solved at all, it may not be until the murderer, commits some other crime and leaves a clue by which he can identified. He said they were still looking for the man Park Policeman William Hammond sald he had seen meet Miss Baker, but that they had been unable to uncover any clue to his identity. Father Confers with Police. Dr. Thomas P. Baker, father of the slain girl, conferred with Arlington County and local authorities today. ‘When questioned as to the reason | for his visit, Dr. Baker stated that he was attempting to straighten up the death certificate and other details that must be cared for in order to obtain his daughter’s insurance. H> was also making arrangements to have his daughter’s automobile placed in storage until after the authorities are ready to release it. The car has been out in the weather since the murder of his daughter and he feels that he would like to have it preserved more as a memoir of her. Dr. Baker said that he had arranged with Mrs. Mild.ed Sperry, joint owner of the car with Miss Baker, to take over the former’s interest, and take the machine back to Oak Grove with him when it is released by the police. Dr. Baker reiterated his former state- ment to the effect that he believes the authorities of both Washington and Arlington County have and are still doing everything in their power to ap- prehend the slayer of his daughter, but he did not seem overly confident as to the result. 156 ARE RELEASED FROM NAVY YARD First Group of 400 Expected to Go Under Economy Program of Department. ‘The cut in the working force at the Washington Gun Factory in the Wash- ing Navy Yard, announced a few days ago, started yesterday, with the plging on furlough of 156 men. This 1 the beginning of a pi that wilj re- lease some 400 workers from the Wash- ing Navy Yard in the next 30 days, due to the catching up of orders. The group rels yesterday includes 56 first class moulders, with helpers and laborers from the foundry. About 250 men, 100 of them machinists, will be placed on furlough about May 18. In this group also, are sheet metal workers, pattern makers and laborers. Officials at the navy yard said to- day that it is expected that this slash will take care of the reduction program until the end of the present fiscal year, which terminates on June 30. The au- thorities are studying the whole pro- gram to see what can be done to map out & course of action during the next year or so. Capt. Percy W. Foote, assistant to Rear Admiral A. L. Willard, comman- dant of the Washington Navy Yard and superintendent of the naval gun fac- tory, sald that the officials are giving the whole question close study, in co- operation with the Navy Department. ‘The cut in the local working force is described by naval officials as part of the country-wide economy program, due to the falling off in orders, traceable to the stoppage in work on the naval con- struction program, particularly in ref erence to the new cruisers, EXHIBIT OF TULIPS . WILL OPEN TONIGHT Every variety of tulip will be exhibit- ed tonight and tomorrow at the annual tulip show of the Takoma Horticultural Club in the Takoma Public Library, attorney approved,” said Judge Mat- tingly. “Oh, by the way, who were you betting on?" “Washington," shouted Clayman eagerly as if waiting the opportunity. “Well, well, that's different. Execu~ tion of sentence suspended and personal bond taken on the charge,” ordered the judge. “You lost your money, but you showed good taste. Did the other man arrested bet on St. Louis?” Clayman nodded affirmatively. “Well, he also showed good judg: ment in not coming to court,” replied the magistrate meditatively, Fifth and Cedar streets. Arrange- ments have been made to care for large crowds as more than 45,000 bulbs were imported from Holland last year for the display. Special awards will be made for the best specimen in collections of 6, 12 or 18, or more varieties. Included will be Darwin tulips in different colors, Cottage and Mayflower tulips, Rem- brandt, Bizarre, Bybloem and Parrot exhibits, The flowers will be arranged in vases and baskets. Mrs. . John H. Guill, chairman, will be in charge. ¢