Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1930, Page 17

- ¥eport is broadcast. D.C. POLICE RADID T0 COVER S0 MILES AROUND CAPITAL Receiving Sets Will Be Sup- plied Substations in Nearby Maryland and Virginia. PRATT HOLDS RESULTS WILL OFFSET EXPENSE Application for Authority to Erect Transmitting Station Filed With Commission. The Police Department’s proposed radio crime service will include an ex- tensive radio network stretching out within a radius of 50 miles of Wash- ington, it was disclosed today by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, Superintendent. In addition to installing recelving sets in all fourteen police precinct sta- tions and in the automobiles of the cruising squads, Maj. Pratt also plans to supply receivers for police substations in nearby Maryland and Virginia. Thus if a criminal escapes from Washington before the police gets on his trail. a message would be broadcast to the Maryland and Virginia police to be on the lookout. Maj. Pratt believes that the small additional expense involved in the pur- chase of sets for the Maryland and Virginia_police would be offset by the increased effectiveness of the radio service. Moreover, he thinks the ser- The Foening Staf PAINE J. C. WEEDON. WEEDON 1S SUICIDE: LLNESS BLAMED Prominent D. C. Business Man Shoots Self in Head at His Home. Supposedly _distracted by failing health, John Catesby Weedon, 63 years old, shot himself through the head yesterday afternoon in his home at 2112 Nineteenth street and ended a career vice would result in closer co-ordina- tion and co-operation between the ‘Washington police and those in Mary- land and Virginia. An application for authority to erect & central transmitting station for the redio crime service in the tenth precinct station already has been filed with the Federal Radio Commission by the Police Department. It proposes to use the short wave channel reserved exclusively for all police services. Funds for purchase of the trans- mitting station and the recelving sets will be sought in the 1932 estimates of the Police Department. The radio crime service will be model- ed after that Detroit has been using in the apprehension of criminals since 1921. In Detroit the transmitting sta- tion is in constant communication with automobile squads cruising in assigned territories. As soon as the report of & crime is received at the station it is broadtast to the cars and they proceed immediately in search of the criminal. ‘The Detroit radio system was ex- Jained to Maj. Pratt this week by former Police Commissioner Rutledge, _who was insttumental in its establish- ment there. The service has been in- creaszd, he said, so that a police car equipped with radio can reach the scene of a crime within 45 seconds after a Aside from a radio receiving set, the polize machines in Detroit are equipped with machine guns, tear gas bombs and small arms. Maj. Pratt has not in- dicated, however, whether he plans to add such equipment to the motor patrols of the Washington department. BAKER CONFESSION IS FOUND FALSE| Man Held at Warrenton, Va., Con- vinces D. C. Officers He ‘Was “Kidding.” Headquarters Detectives Clarence Talley and Charles Weber returned to ‘Washington from Warrenton, Va., to- | day, convinced that the man being held | in jail in the Virginia city had no con- nection with the murder of Mary Baker. The prisoner, R. H. Breelard, was ar- rested several days ago at Remington, Va., on a charge of passing bad checks. ‘When taken into custody, according to police, he turned to the deputy sheriff making the arrest and said: “You've got more than you bargained for. I'm the man who killed Mary Baker.” The d’muty sheriff, surprised at recelving t information, tied his prisoner with rope, pressed a heavy revolver against his back and marched him to the War- renton jail on foot. Breelard told the Washington de- tectives he was merely “kidding” the officer and convinced the local men that he had nothing to do with the murder. Inspector William 8. Shelby said his men were still looking for a painter, who, police have been told, boasted that he knew Mary Baker. Inspector Shelby said this man “has some explaining to do.” Efforts to apprehend him have been unsuccessful. There are 1o other developments in the case Inspector Shelby declared. POLICEMAN LOSES CHASE Suspected Rum Auto Makes Es- cape Into Maryland. A high-powered suspected rum-run- ning machine made its getaway from Policeman Guy Rone of No, 11 precinct last night after a chase of a mile and a half through southeast Washington, escaping into Maryland after outdis- tancing a police car. The pursuit started at Fairlawn and Pennsylvania avenues southeast. when Rone saw the car turn suddenly and start back toward Maryland. The ma- chine, the patrolman said, was heavily loaded. LOT!ON BASIS OF SUIT Buyer, Claiming Face Asks $10,000 Damages. Dora May Barton, Valley Vista Apartment, today sued Helena Ruben- stein, Inc., and the Palais Royal for $10,000 damages. In the petition filed on her behalf by Attorney Alvin L. Newmyer, she alleges that on Septem- ber 1, 1929, she purchased a jar of cosmetic cream and lotion for facial use and that the cream was infected with “spore bearing bacillus” and un- suitable for use, so that her face be- came infected. ROBBERY IS CLAIMED Discounting the when he re| and rob taxicab near Infected, | story of George Perry, 28, of 936 C street southwest rted he had been assaulted by two colored men in a Third and M streets which had brought him marked success in local real estate and financial fields. Mr. Weedon's wife, Mrs. Helen W. Weedon, had been marketing and re- turned home at 5 o'clock. In a rear room on the third floor she found Mr. Weedon stretched prone upon the rug beside a .32 caliber pistol containing an exploded shell, He was unconscious and remained so until his death at 6 o'clock at Emer- gency Hospital, to which he was re- moved in the ambulance. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt interviewed members of the family and issued a certificate of suicide. Members of the family were at a loss to_explain the presence of the gun. ‘The funeral will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, with interment at Rock Creek Cemetery. In addition to being president of the real estate firm which bears his name, Mr. Weedon was a director of the Na- tional Metropolitan Bank, the East ‘Washington Savings Bank, the Real Estate Title Insurance Co., the National Union Fire Insurance Co., and was secretary-treasurer of the Congress Hall Hotel Ce Dr. Nevitt was informed that Mr. Weedon's business affairs were in excel- lent ‘order and that he had experienced {no anxiety on this score. Mr, Weedon was a member of ‘the Washington Real Estate Board and president of that organization in 1924, Prom 1923 to 1926 he was chairman of the financial committee of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. He also was a director of the Columbia Hospital for Women. A native of Prince William County, Va., Mr. Weedon was a descendant of Gen. George Weedon, a member of George Washington's staff. He was a member of the Congressional County Club, the Columbia Country Club, the Federal Lodge No. 1, F. A. A. M. and St. Margaret's Episcopal Church. In addition to his wife, Mr. Weedon is survived by three sons, De Vere R. We n, vice president of the J. C. Weedon' Co.; J. C. Weedon, jr., secre- tary-treasurer of the concern,‘and James E. Weedon; two daughters, Mrs. Prances Jewell and Miss Ruth Weedon; two brothers, Charles and Hugh Weedon, and a sister, Mrs. Nettie Weedon Tebbs. HOOVER SOON TO FILL 2 IMPORTANT POSTS Ambassador to Japan and Assist- ant Secretary - of State to Be Named. Two important offices in the Depart- ment of State, which have been vacant since December, are to be filled by presidential appointments within the | next few weeks. One of these was | caused by the appointment of Assistant | Secretary William R. Castle, jr., as U. S. Ambassador to Japan, and the other by the appointment of Assistant Secre- tary Nelson T. Johnson as U. S. Min- ister to Chins Mr. Castle’s assignment to the Jap: nese mission was declared to be tem- porary only and was based on the Pre: dent's desire that the United States should be fully represcnted in Japan during the meeting of the International Naval Congress in London. His special mission having been completed M. Castle has arranged to return to the United States in June, where he will be | regularly reinstated to his former of- {fice in the State Department. Mr. Johnson's appointment as minis- | character. The appointment of his suc- cessor in the office of Assistant Secre- tary of State has been deferred so far, only because of Secretary Stimson's at- tendance at the Naval Disarmament dent's desire to confer with him before filling the vacancy in his official staff, BARKLEY WILL TELL OF COURT IN FORUM Relation of High Tribunal to People Will Be Senator's Topic Tonight. “Relationship of the Supreme Court of the United States to the American People” will be the topic of an address to be delivered by Senator A. W. Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky, in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting System, over a Nation- wide network at 9:30 o'clock tonight. Senator Barkley's talk is expected to be especially interesting because of the fact that the Supreme Court has baen very much in the limelight in rccent months, particularly during the last 10 days or so, during which time the nomination of Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina to be an associate justice on the Supreme Court was being | debated. | southwest. police sent him to Gallinger Hospjtal for observation last night. told his story to police after'lo the Senate, served as he had applied at Providence Hospital #or treatment for bruises. ‘The Kentucky Senator is a lawyer, a former judge, and, until he was elected wember of | the House, He is a grafjuate of the law school of the Universil ter to China, however, 15 permanent in | Conference at London and the Presi- | EDUCATION BOARD ADOPTS TENTATIVE §14.823 780 BUDGET Request for 1932 Will Be Sent Today to District Commissioners. ESTIMATES INCREASE ALL BUT 1 OR 2 ITEMS Sum Asked Is $941,670 More Than Figure Senate Approved in 1931 Measure. An incomplete and tentative budget of $14,829,780 was adopted for the pub- lic school system for 1932 by the Board of Education late yesterday, when it approved the report of its finance com- mittee on the next year's estimates. ‘The school estimates, as they will be transmitted today to the District Com- missioners, are $941,670 in excess of the school item in the 1931 appropriation bill as it was reported by the Senate committee. The Senate committee al- lowed $13,888,010 for public schools in 1931, and, as this figure and the de- tailed sums which create it are modified in the House and Senate conference before the bill becomes an act, the 1932 school estimates adopted yester- day will be altered. A detailed list of the items in the 1932 estimates has not been made public, it being decided that this infor- mation remain confidential with board members pending the completion of the list and its transmittal to the Com- missioners. It was made known, how- ever, that increases were carried for all but one or two items. Maintenance for the school for crippled children and the Health School are grouped this time as one item, the total for which is less than the combined items allowed previously for the two institutions. Similarly, there is a reduction in the funds for rental of properties used for school purposes. Site Purchase Item Increased. One of the largest single increases in the 1932 estimates is that for land purchases, it was declared after the meeting yesterday. New _construction items total slightly more than the 1831 bill carries. As sent to the Commissioners today, the 1932 estimates do not carry all the items which will be included in the list when it is completed. Fire protection is one of the items yet to be sent forward. The District fire marshal's recommendations for fire-proofing school properties was received by the school authorities yesterday, too late to be included in the estimates report. The school uthorities had made every effort to complete their estimates by May 5, the date on which the Com- missioners had requested them. The completion of the estimates, however, was delayed, not only by the failure of the earlier passage of the 1931 appro- priation bill by Congress but by the tardiness of other municipal agencies in WASHINGTON, D. C, Heavy Sale of Malt Is Reported After High Court Ruling Heavy sales of malt and bottle caps during the last few days are reported by several Washington dealers, following the recent de- cision of the Supreme Court rela- tive to the display of such ar- ticles as a violation of the prohi- bition law One dealer reported that a customer who ordinarily buys one can of malt at a time had ordered a case. He said the sale of caps during the last few days have been enormous. “This is the time of year when home brewers become unusually active,” he explained, “for beer is much more popular as a bever- age in Summer than in Winter. ‘The home brewers already have their own capping machines, but, faced with the prospect of a cap | and malt famine they have laid in large supplies.” CAVALIER TRUSTEE RENOVAL SOUCHT Smith Co., G. Bryan Pitts and Seat Pleasant Firm Are Defendants. The Cavalier Corporation, owner of the Cavalier Apartments, formerly Hill- top Manor, 3500 Fourteenth street, against which an application for the appointment of a receiver was filed yesterday in the District Supreme Court, today appeared as plaintiffl in a separate suit against three of the co-, defendants in that action. The de- fendants are the F. H. Smith Co., G. Bryan_Pitts and the Columbia Trustee and Registrar Corporation of Seat Pleasant, Md. The same three defendants are sued in another proceeding filed today by Attorneys O'Brien & O'Brien on behalf of the Properties Investment Corpora- ! tion, owner of the Hamilton Hotel property at Fourteenth and K streets. H. C. Maddux appears as president of both corporation plaintiffs. Removal of the F. H. Smith Co. and of G. Bryan Pitts as depositary and trustee under bond issues secured on each of the properties is requested and a new trustee and depositary are asked to be named by the court. The Cavalier company alleges that, while the record shows a total encum- brance of $3,350.000 on its property, in reality the total indebtedness is ap- proximately ~$1,814,000. The Smith company, it asserts, has removed its offices from Washington, as has also G. Bryan Pitts, and there is no place where payments may be made on the bonds or on account of amortization, as provided by the bond issues. The com- pany says it is willing to make full pay- ments in accordance with its obligations and to set aside for amortization pay- ments as they fall due. In reference to the Hamilton Hotel property, the court is advised of the encumbrances secured on_the land and improvements and the Properties In- vestment Corporation asserts that it is ready and willing to take care of the bonds as they fall due if the court will substitute a new trustee and a new depgxlury where payments can be made. submitting their recommendations which govern, to some degree, the fram- ing of the tentative school budget. Dr. Abram Simon is chairman of the school board's finance committee, which framed the estimates, and his associates include Dr. H. Barrett Learned and Dr. J. Hayden Johnson. Evidence of other District agencles’ efforts to complete their estimates a month ahead of the usual time, as re- quested by the Commissioners, was pre- sented in yesterday's board meeting when & request was received from Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian of the Public Library, for use of a small piece of the Macfarland Junior High School grounds as a site for a branch library. The request was granted when it was shown that the land sought by Dr. Bowerman was a small triangular cor- ner of the lot which had no value as playground space. New Flooring Authorized. The board yesterday authorized the use of edge-grain pine flooring in one school auditorium is place of the maple planking which is being used generally. Considerable difficulty has been . ex- rienced with the maple floor’s buck- ing and shrinking and Municipal Ar- chitect Albert L. Harris advised the board that the pine planks would over- come the trouble. He advised the board, however, that while the maple flooring cost $90 a thousand, the pine will cost $132. One auditorium will be chosen for the test, which, if suc- cessful, probably will result in the use of edge-grain pine in all other schools. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, presented a report on char- acter education. It will be transmitted to the Citizens' Advisory Committee on character education for subsequent use in framing a “course” in character education in Washington schools. The report was made on a study completed by the group of teachers and officers under Miss Bertie Backus, principal of Powell Junior High School. In her letter of transmittal, Miss Backus asserts there are two lines of procedure in intensifying character education in Washington schools. “Pirst,” Miss Backus wrote, “the adopt- tion of a plan for character education in the schools that will state general principles, suggest materials and meth- ods of procedure, each school free to restate the program in terms of its own_ organization and needs. “Second, the pulling up to the level of conseious consideration an evalu- ation of the character training ma terials and situations inherent in our school program, working toward a | rounding out of our present program by additions of material and activites | Wherever they seem to be needed.” In its deliberations, Miss Backus de- | clared. her committee chosen the | second plan pending advice to the contrary from school officials. She ex- plains further that the set-up of the econd plan will require the work of many subcommiitees and many confer- ences, all of which will be undertaken with vigor and interest. ACCIDENT TO STEAMER DELAYS YOUNG TOURISTS 600 School Children Aboard Charles Macalester When Craft Is Held Up by Mishap. Six hundred happy_school children tourists returned to Washington two hours late from an excursion (o Mount Vernon last- night when the slteamer Charles Macalestcr bent the king arm RECEIVERSHIP IS DEMANDED. Application for the appointment of a receiver for the Cavalier Apartments, formerly called the Hilltop Manor, 3500 Fourteenth street, was made to the District Supreme Court yesterday by John H. and Minnje L. Baggs of Den- ton, Md., and W. L. Whitehurst of No folk, Va, owners of first mortgege | bongs. Removal of Daniel R. Crissinger,for- mer coniroller of the currency, who is named with the Columbia Trustee and Registrar Corporation as a trustee under the bond issue, is also asked. Crissinger, it is charged, is not fit to remain as a trustee, because up to the time of his indictment in the District Supreme Court he was an officer of the F. H. Smith Co., receiving a salary of $25,000 annually. Named as defendants are the Hilltop Manor Co., Cavalier Corporation, F. H. Smith Co., Columbia Trustee & Reg- istrar Corporation, Daniel R. Crissinger, individually and as trustee; G. Bryan Pitts, Berkshire Corporation, Henry C. Maddux and the Maddux Hotels, Inc. WOMAN INJURED WHEN HIT BY CAR Fractures of both legs and possible internal injuries were sustained by Mrs, Sarah Ettleman, 38, of 1317 Prince street, Alexandria, Va., when an auto- mobile driven by William W. Everhart, colored, of 407 Third street, ran over her on Four-and-a-half street near E southwest last night. Mrs. Ettleman was taken to Emer- gency Hospital, where her condition is regarded as serious. Everhart was placed under arrest and is being held at No. 4 station pending the outcome of the woman's injuries. Another woman pedesterian also was serfously hurt last night, Mrs. Catherine Howard, 50, of 1002 B street northeast suffering severe head injuries in an ac- cident in the 600 block of Massachusetts avenue northeast. She was struck by a machine driven by James Edward Tay- lor, 21, of 1027 Sumner road south- enst. Mrs. Howard is suffering at Casualty Hospital from a possible skull fracture nd lacerations and contusions of the | alp. Earl Tanner, 5, of 606 I street, is in a serfous condition at the Emergency Hospital with a possible fractured skull, internal injuries and burns suf- fered late yesterday when a taxicab driven by Kenneth O. Hodges, 26, of 1940 L street northeast, struck him in the 700 block of I street. According to police the child darted into the path of the cab while playing. ADAMS WILL RECEIVE _ TRIBUTE TO NAVY DEAD A large anchor of silken poppies, made by disabled veterans at Govern- ment Hospital, will be presented on May 15 to Secretary Adams as a tribute to those who made the supreme sacri- fice in the Navy and Marine Corps. Ar- rangements have been made for a sim- ple ceremony for this event, to be at- tended by high-ranking naval officers, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the commander and officers of Admiral Robert E. Peary Ship, No. 427, which is the all-Navy post of that organization. ‘The presentat'on, to be made at 11:30 he ddle wheel and drifted against ‘:‘ ;I:\dwblnk in the Potomac below Alexandria. ‘When repairs had been made, & small tug hauled the steamer from the bank and the river bol)t‘.fln‘lh!d the ‘trip further mishap. N fstriot's Arebont Firefighter was summoned to the scene to assist the | Charles Macalester, but the steamer nd it beat the Fire- had been freed, e WhaTveS, of Virginia, fighter back to the o'clock, a week from today, will be made by Lieut. C. E. Weickhardt, naval liaison officer of the Veterans of Forelgn Wars. Secretary, Adams will later place the giant poppy anchor in the keeping of the commander of Admiral Rol E. Peary ship, who will cast it into the Po tomac River on the morning of M morial day, with appropriate cerem in honor of it have lost lives in the hile serving Uncle Sam, onies, their | THURSDAY, SCHOOL DIRECTORS SILENT ON CHAINING OF RUNAWAY BOYS Investigation Begun as Due- hay Orders Pair Freed From Shackles. MAY 8, SUPERINTENDENT SAYS YOUTHS ESCAPED OFTEN Declares Third Inmate Was Re- leased From Similar Penalty by Promise to Remain, Pending a thorough airing next Thursday of the conditions at the Na- ational Training School for Boys, which resulted in two inmates of the school being shackled for 38 days with light iron chains, members of the board of directors of the school today reserved comment. An investigation of the shackling was started yesterday at the instance of Francis H. Duehay, president of the board, when he ordered the two shackled youths freed from their chains. Board Members Are Silent. The matter has come informally be- fore all of the members of the board, pbut they all refused today to express an opinion on the use of shackles until they have heard the report of E. J. Hickey, superintendent of the school, on_the subject. Both Hickey and Duehay explained yesterday that only in cases where youths have shown a desire to escape from the school have the shackles been used, and then only until the boys promise thcy will abide by the regula- tions of the school and not try to escape. “The place is open, and there are no cells or other confinement places for the boys, and some method had to adopted to discourage attempts to escape,” Duehay said. “I knew that shackles had been used on boys who had attempted to escape, but when I learned that the chains were kept on two boys for 38 days, I thought that a little too long.” Hickey declared that the two boys, Austin Herleld and Garell Vik, both 18, have caused him considerable trouble and frequently attempted to escape, making_a getaway as far as Chambersburg, Pa., once. He said that when police picked up the two boys they were reluctant to return them to the school. Third Boy Released. Hickey explained that the shackles are of light conetruction and only slightly hamper the boys when walking. He said another boy escaped with Vik and Herield, and also was put in shackles, but these were removed when the third boy promised school officials not to try to escape again. i ‘The board charged with responsibility for the conduct of the school includes Francis H. Duehay, president; Justice Charles H. Robb of the District Court of Appeals, Warren F. Martin, Sanford Bates, Federal director of prisons; Samuel Ross, Senator Daniel O. Hast- ings of Delaware, Representative Thomas A. Jenkins of Ohio and Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, District Commis- sioner, CRAMTON TO ASK FOR PREFERENCE Steering Committee Will Be Asked to Put Park Bill on Early List. Besirous of having the Cramton park development bill_enacted into law at this session, Chairman Capper of the District committee will ask members of the Senate steering committee today to place the measure on the list of bills to be given preference in consideration., ‘The Cramton bill was reached on the call of the calendar yesterday, but the Senate was ~perating under a rule limiting “.scussion to 5 minutes for each oenator. Senator Phipps, Re- publican, of Colorado, said he had no objection to immediate consideration of the Senate amendments, but he thought the bill contained so many important items that it was hardly proper to take it up under the 5-minute rule. Senator Capper expressed hope today that the Senate would approve the bill, which has already passed the House, in time to have it become law before adjournment. ‘The bill authorizes $16,- 000,000 for park extensions within the District and $7,000,000 for development of the park system in nearby Maryland and Virginia, including preservation of the shores of the Potomac from Mount Vernon and Fort Washington to Great Falls. District for purchase of parks would be repaid to the Federal Treasury at the rate of $1,000,000 a year, which is the sum already being appropriated annually for park development, without interest. If the steering committee should put the bill on its list, it would mean that a time could be allotted for its con- sideration apart from the regular call of the calendar. CAPITAL-ATLANTIC CITY AIR SERVICE PLANNED Weekly Trips Will Be Inaugurated June 1 by New York Air- ways, Inc. Weekly airplane passenger service between the National Capital and At- lantic City, connecting there with daily service to New York, will be inaugu- rated by June 1 by New York Alrways, Inc, it was announced here today. New York Airways is a subsidiary of Aviation Corporation of the Americas, holding company for Pan-American Airways, operating in Mexico, the West Indles, Central and Seuth America. It has not been announced what local field will be used by the passenger line. At New York a terminal site has been leased at Holmes Airport and a termi- nal passenger building is being con- structed. ‘The company will operate Ford tri-motors and Sikorsky twin- motored amphiblons on its lines. ‘The line will be especlally suited to the needs of business men, it was an- nounced. Steward service will be pro- vided on the planes and two-way radio communication will be maintained at all_times. Officers of the new air transport com- pany are: George L. Rihl, president; W. H. Vanderbilt, vice president; Robert G. Thach, vice president; Lyman 8. Peck, general manager, and H. Preston Mor- ris, treasurer and The funds to be advanced to the | Society and General 1930. 1 | PRIVATE GARDENS OPEN TO PUBLE | Twenty Georgetown Estates May Be Visited by ‘Pilgrims’ Next Wednesday. BY GRETCHEN S. SMITH. Adjoining the old Georgetown reser- voir on R street, high above the city, is the dignified old home of Admiral and Mrs. H, H. Rousseau, whose spacious grounds will extend the hospitality of shady trees and cooling breezes to the “garden pilgrims” next Wednesday, the day set aside for the opening of 20 Georgetown gardens to the public. An inspiration will be received from a visit to the Rousseau gardens, for | Mrs. Rousseau, an accomplished land- scape gardener, has clevely terraced the grounds in'the rear of her home, converting approximately an acre of ground into a series of gardens. On the livel with the house is a luxuriant lawn, in the center of which remains an an- cient fountain, probably built at the time the house was erected, more than a hundred years ago. No place in Wash- ington can boast more magnificent trees than the Rousseau grounds. A flowering horse chestnut rears itself proudly, #: ihough conscious it were one of a fast disappearing race, while an ivy grown oak and a tremendous holly tree bear evidence of many gen- erations of existence. Crossing the lawn, past the servants’' quarters, once occupled by the slaves of the original owners of the place, one descends to a lower terrace, through the center of which runs an old brick walk bordered | by iris. Mrs. Rousseau proudly shows you some Japanese roof iris, both pur- ple and white, flowers rarely seen in the gardens of this country. One of several gold-fish pools is to be seen at the end of the brick walk on this ter- race. Fascinating Rock Garden, Beyond the iris garden, on a grade i still lower, is one of the most fascinating rock gardens in Greater Washington. Rocks have been piled in the center and crossing and running about the place are the qaintest little zig-zag paths, all thickly bordered with rock flowers. Flowering flax, phlox, sedums, sasa- fraga plants, wild trandescantia, prim- rose, polyanthus and many bulbs, i brought from California, have been {planted in this rock garden by Mrs. Rousseau. Bags of soil were also brought by Mrs. Rousseau from her home at | Blue Hill, Me. “The Maine soil is so rich in leaf mold, that I brought some of it here,” she explained, Mrs, Rousseau is such an expert gardener that she makes her own leat {mould. The beauty of her plants proves her methods are successful. An- other gold fish pool has been built of rock in this section of the grounds and the water which fills the pool from an upper source, trickles into the ground, feeding the Toots of the rock plants surrounding the pool. Mrs. Rousseau became so fascinated | with the work accomplished in her | gardens both in Washington and Blue | Hill, Me., that three years ago she took up the occupation seriously, and has already done the landscaping for sev- eral Summer homes of friends in Maine. This Spring she received her first order to design the garden for an estate at Bar Harbor. ‘West Grounds Delightful. About two blocks beyond Mrs. Rous- seau's home, on R street, is another lovely place, that of Mrs. Frank West, whose beautiful grounds testify to the diligent and skillful care of years. A large veranda is built at the rear of Mrs. West's home, and standing from this point, one can see in a sweeping glance, grassy lawns, tremendous old trees, in the branches of which have been'placed numerous little bird houses, and far down In a lower terrace a sunken garden, which at present is a mass of colorful flowers. Mrs. West's garden possesses some very fine peony beds, also rose bushes just beginning to bud. Fear was expressed, however, that neither roses or peonies would be in flower for the opening of the gai dens mext week. After leaving Mrs. West’s if you will drive a short distance past Western | High School down Reservoir road, you will feel compensated for your drive, by a visit to the magnificent estate of Mrs. Anne Archbold, who has also thrown open her estate to the public. One drives up a winding road to Mrs. Arch- bold’s beautiful home, surrounded by trees, shrubs and foliage of natural and primitive beauty. Mrs. Archbold’s es- tate is a very fine example of how a natural woods or wilderness may be converted into a perfect setting for a handsome modern home. The dog- woods surrounding the house form a snowy background, against which the ivy covered house stands forth in all its beauty. Numerous Iilies of the valley have been artistically scattered about the wide lawns facing the house and rose es and plants of every variety givegpromise fragrance and beauty for the early part of June. Those A view of the garden at the home of Mrs. H. H. Rousseau, 3238 R sireet, one of the beauty spots which will be open to the public next Wednesd: ay. —Star _Staff_Photo. INTELIENGE TES STIDY S PLAVNED vestigate Methods Now Employed in City. The District of Columbia Public School Association will undertake a | study of the intelligence testing meth- public schools, in accordance with its action last night. Mrs. Fred Dubois, chairman of the education ccmmittee of the association. will appoint a special subcommittee to make the investigation. The decision | to study the mental tests was reached at the meeting, after skepticism as to the practicability of such tests was ex- pressed by several members. The intelligence testing has aroused considerpble misgivings on the part of parents all over the city and the school board already has before it an exten- tive questionnaire on the tests sent it by Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter while she was president of the District of Co- lumbia Congress of Parent-Teacher As- sociations. Miss Anna D. Halberg, principal of the Wilson Teachers' College, reviewed plans for the establishment of a four- Teachers’ Colleges. the mental test investigators will be chosen, includes: Mrs. William T. Ban- nerman, Mrs. Norman Steng, Albert Blum, Mrs. L. E. Boykin, R. E. Fellers, Mrs. Carl_Smith, Mrs. E. C. Rittue, Jamies S. Carpenter, Mrs. J. G. Gings- bury, Mrs. Rafter, Mrs. Harold 9. Stim- son, Mrs. Ruth Barnard Parker, Mrs. S. P. Hatchett, Mrs. J. A. Wright, Mrs. G. B. Willlamson, Cyrus T. Bright, Mrs. James W. Byer, J. W. Baddy, E. E. Eisenhart, George A. Warren, A. Guy Reber, Bruce Casteel, Victor Kebler, Mrs. Frank Schwartz, Mrs. Grace Mc- Grath, Mrs. H. A. Elmore, Mrs. Henry M. Phillips, Mrs. A, K. Wine, Mrs. Mary Lamond, Mrs. N. E. McIndoo, Mrs. Har- vey Mitchell, H. S. Rawdon and Ben- Jjamin A, Elljott. " ISAAC GANS HEADS SAFETY COMMITTEE Isaac Gans, local merchant and civic leader, has been named to head a com- mittee on safety formed by the District of Columbia Division of the American Automobile Association, it was an- nounced today. This committee will supervise the safety activities of the A. A A and co-operate with Govern- ment agencies in an effort to reduce deaths and injuries from auto accidents. George W. Offutt, chairman of th | advisory board of the A. A. A, has alled for an initial session of the com- mittee today at the association’s head- quarters, Other committee members are Sel- den M. Ely, vice chairman: Edward J. Murphy, Arthur Sundiun, William John Eynon and H. V. Schreiber. who visit Mrs. Archbold's beautiful home on the 14th should not fail to notice the very fine marble “fountain- ette” against the wall flcln? the front lawn. The plaque is one of the latest works of Dossena, one of Italy's fore- most modern sculptors. Apparently realizing that the estate on Reservoir road is an ideal sanctuary, birds of ever, description have made their homees in the woods surrounding Mrs. Archbold’s home. Possibilities of Nature's Beauties. As the fourth of a quartet of the handsome and highly cultivated garden group the garden of Miss Catherine Weaver on Wisconsin avenue will prove an interesting example of the possibili- ties of combining nature’s beauties with city comforts. Directly facing busy Wis- consin avenue with its car lines and busses, one need walk but a few yards to the rear of the house to enjoy all the peace and quiet of the country. Miss Weaver's place features a sunken gar- den, approached by a flight of stairs leading from the lawns surrounding the house. Perhaps no finer pansy beds are to seen in rgetown than those on Miss Weaver's lawns. Practicability and beauty have been combined on the grounds of the Wis- conson avenue hove, as adjoining the sunken garden, rich in flower blooms, & very trim and carefully designed vege- table garden may be seen. A profitable as well as enjoyable day is promised to all lovers of nature who take advantage of the day upon which these lovely old private gardens will be opened for inspection. Tickets for the garden pilgrimage, the funds of which will be used for the work of the George- town Child Welfare Council, may be obtained at the Mayflower Hotel, where names and addresses of gardens listed for inspection will be given to those buying tickets. School Association Will In-! | ods now employed in the Washington | year course in the Wilson and Miner The education committee, from which | PA FAMOUS AVIATORS WILL COMPETE FOR CURTISS TROPHY 28 Planes Are Entered in Races to Be Staged Here on May 24. GE B-—1 FIVE SEPARATE EVENTS FORM ANNUAL CLASSIC Special Stunts Are Arranged to Make Occasion Outstanding Aero- nautical Affair of Year. Many of the most famous pilots in the United States Navy are to be at the controls of the 28 planes which will roar over a 100-mile speed course here on Saturday afternoon, May 24, in competition for the Curtiss Marine Trophy, an announcement of the entry list revealed today. ‘The race is be the most hotly contested in the 15 years’ history of the annual seaplane classic. Five sep- arate races for the various service types of Navy planes will be held, with prizes for each class, the Curtiss trophy going to_the fastest plane of all types. Keenest interest is centered in the fighting plane class, as one of these | speedy little ships is regarded as almost certain to win the Curtiss trophy. Seven fighters, all Curtisses, have been entered and the pilots will represent thé i various squadrons of the Battle Fleet, the Marine Corps, the Anacostia Naval Air Station and the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. The pilots and their stations are as follows: Lieut. A. P. Storrs, Anacostia Naval Air Station; Lieut. W. M. Dillon, Bureau of Aeronautics; Capt. Arthur H. Page, U. S. M. C; Lieut. A. P. Flagg, Baitle Flect; Lieut. W. G. Tom- linson, Battle Fleet; Lieut. (J. G.) W. D. Leach, jr., Battle Fleet, and Aviation Machinist’ ate B. W. Orrell, Battle Fleet. “Sea Hawk” Ts Entered. Lieut. Storrs, known throughout the service as “Putt” Storrs, is one of the famous Navy “Sea Hawks.” Capt. Page is one of the most noted Marine Corps pilots and is one of the best “blind fiyers” in the country. He is to leave the National Capital within a few days to fly a Marine Corps tri-motored Ford to Nicaragua, but will return in time for the races. Lieut. Flagg was former | chief of the design section of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. Li:ut, Tomlin- son, formerly stationed ‘at Anacostia, was the winner of last year's Curtiss Marine Trophy races and will be de- fender of the trophy this year. Five two-place observation planes, all of the type known as the Vought “Cor- sair,” are to be cntered. ‘These are usually outclassed only by the fighters in point of speed and it is not impos- sible that one of thom may win_ the trophy. The pilots will b: Lieut. J. B. Lynch, Bureau of Acronauiics; Lieut. D. Keifer, battle fleet; Lieut. J. E. Dyers, battle fleet; Lisut. M. H. Ker- nodle, scouting fleet, and Lieut. C. C. Champion, scouting fleet. Lieut. Dyer was winner of the Schiff Trophy in 1919. Lieut. Champion, for- merly stationed here, was former holder of the world’s altitude record, estab- lished at the Anacostia Naval Air Sta- | tion. He narrowly escaped with his |life when the engine of his altitude plane exploded six miles above the earth in another attempt and the plane caught fire. Sideslipping repeatedly to blow out the flames, he finally landed unburt ig a corn field. Bombing Planes to Compete. Five torpedo and bombing planes will be entered, with the following pilots: Lieut. E. R. DeLong, battle fleet; Lieut. J. E. Beck, battle fleet; Lieut. J. F. Bolger, scouting fleet; Lieut. H. W. Taylor, jr., scouting fleet, and Lient. M. T. Seligman, Bureau of Aeronautics. The amphibian plane class also has five planes entered, all of the Loening OL-8 type, with the following pilots: Ensign W. E. Burdick, battle fleet; Lieut. C. C. Haeberle, battle fleet; Lieut. T. D. Guinn, Hampton Roads Naval Air Sta- tion; Lieut. (Junior Grade) J. L. Kane, United States Naval Academy, and Lieut. D. Ketcham, scouting fleet. Four training planes have been en- tered and will be piloted by Lieut. Comdr. O. B, Hardison, Navy Bureau of Aeronautics; Lieut. G. E. Short, Hamp- ton Roads: Lieut. B. B. Nichol, Hamp- ton Roads, and FPirst Lieut. W. G. Manly, United States * Marine Corps, Hampton Roads. The race will be over five laps of a 20- mile course, starting and ending at the Anacostia Naval Air Station. In addi- tion to the races the Navy has arranged & number of special events which will make the races one of the outstanding aeronautical events of the year. These events will include a review by approxi- mately 150 planes from the three Navy aircraft carriers, the largest number of planes ever to visit the National Capital. MAN BURNS TO DEATH IN LUNCH ROOM FIRE Colored Sleeper Is Victim—Another Hurts Leg in Two-Story Jump. John Solomon, 23, colored, of Bene- dict, Md., was burned to death in a fire at the lunch room and rooming house of Thomas Brown, colored. at 16 and 18 G street, shortly before 4 o'clock this morning, when a blaze of unknown origin caused approximately $1,000 damage. The man's charred body was found in his second-floor room after the fire had been extinguished. All other oc- cupants of the building escaped with only one suffering _injuries—James Criswell, 28, colored, recelving a sprained right leg, when he dropped from a second-story window to safety. Fire officials are making an investi- gation today in an effort to determine how the blaze started. WHITEHURST RETURNS Attended Mexican Highway Par- ley for U. 8. Road Builders. Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, chief en- gineer and co-ordinator of the District Engineering Department, returned today from Mexico City, where he attended the third national Mexican highway con- ference as a representative of the Amer- ican Road Builders' Assoelation. He is president of the city officials’ division of this organization and a member of its executive committee. Capt. Whitehurst returned via Cuba, where he inspected the new national cen highway, running across the entire Jsland and connecting the cap- itals provinces.