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Washington News The Foening Staf Society and General FEDERAL AGENGES | STARTMDVNGINTO TRANGLEONUNE2 Grant Asks for Offers to, Shift Various Units of Revenue Bureau. SOME OFFICES WILL BE TRANSFERRED AT NIGHT New Building Some 18 Months Ahead of Schedule, Government Officials Point Out. ‘The first move of governmental agen- cles into the triangle, in conjunction with the public buildings program, will start June 2, it was revealed today,| when Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, exec-) utive officer of the Public Bullding Commission, called for bids to move the various units of the Internal Revenue Bureau into the new building, at Tenth and B streets. The bids will be opened on May 21, and contractors are to furnish all labor and materials and per- form the work called for under the specifications. Karl J. Hardy, the commission's sec- retary, explained that night moving will be a feature of this shift in the loca- tion of Government agencies. The move will begin on June 2, with the change of the Board of Tax Appeals from the Earle Building, at Thirteenth and E streets, and this will be a night move, to be completed on June 13. The Bureau of Internal Revenue unit in the Walker-Johnson Building, at Eighteenth street and New York avenue, and the Architects’ Building, at Eighteenth and E streets, will be moved in the day- time, starting June 2 and terminating on June 13. Bureau of Internal Revenue groups will be moved from the National Press Club Building, at Fourteenth and F streets, on June 7, by night, and this is scheduled to be completed on June 20. Treasury Annex No. 1, near the Belasco Theater, will start moving by EARL OF DERBY The genial Lord Derby poses for former Ambassador to France, who will LORD DERBY PAYS WHITE HOUSE CALL President and Famous Brit- ish Sportsman Recall Friendship of Years. Priendship between two celebrated fig- ures, dating back to years ago in Lon- don, was renewed today at the White House when President Hoover greeted night on June 21, and be completed on July 18. Temporary Building C in the Mall group will be moved in the day- time, starting on June 14 and ending on June 30. Occupants of 462 Louisi- ana avenue will move, starting on July 1, and be completed on July 12. Oc- cupants of Temporary Building No. 5. at Twenty-eighth and B streets, will start to move on July 14 and be com- ‘The Court Customs and Patent Appeals, housed in the National Sav- ings & Trust Co. Buflding, at Fifteenth street and New York avenue, will begin moving by night w’l‘lllm 21 and be completed on June 24. n?-{mmonc officials pointed out to- sy that the mew Bureau of Internal Revenue Building is some 18 months ahead of achedule and this makes the early shift possible. HOOVER PRAISES * HOSPITALS’ WORK 110th Anniverasry of Birth of Florence Nightingale Is Observed the assoclation raised the hospitals for their allevia- of suffering, “a characteristic uni- versal impulse of the American people.” ‘The purpose of Hospital day, the as- sociation announced, is to the hospitals ’Ew‘ tl:‘fl;‘ :nmu;h with t: communities of whic) are & 3 To this end, most of the hupl'-lfl'ln ‘Washington are holding open house for visitors. t alty Hospital there also will be Clineid :30 until 9 o'clock, in connection with @ linen shower under auspices of the board of lady managers. HOOVER AWARDS PRIZE TO WINNING ESSAYIST President Hoover today personally swarded the Charles R. Walgreen prize of $500 for the winning essay in the second annual Gorgas Memorial essay contest to Miss Pauline Lodge of Lake- ‘wood, Ohfo. Miss Lodge is & senior in the Lakewood High School. The pres- entation was made in the rear grounds of the White House in the presence of a notable group, including the judges of the award and officers of the Gorgas Memorial Institute. ‘The subject of this year's contest was “The Gorgas Memorial; Its Rela- tion to Personal Health and Periodic Health Examination.” And over 5,000 essays ware submitted by high school students from all parts of the United States. The winners were selected by a com- mittee of judges composed of Dr. Hugh 6. Cumming, surgeon general, United States Public Health Service; Dr. Wil- lUam Gerry Morgan, president-elect of the American Medical Association; Dr. ‘William John Cooper, United States commissioner of education, and Dr. Al- len B. Kanavel, regent of the American College of Surgeons. 18,920 MESSAGES FILED Mother's Day Record of Two Com- panies Here Heavy. The two telegraph companies in Washington handled 18,920 Mother's day messages Saturday and Sunday. estern Union handled 12,855 tele- graphic greetings with 8,575 received Snd Postal Telegraph reported a total of 6,065, this number including 3,581 eetings delivered to motners in Wash- and vicinity and 2,484 messages sent to other cities. Based on an average cost of 60 cents the total represents an expenditure of 614,352, LAMONT PET MISSING Dog Disappears From Home of Commerce Becretary. Gloom entered the household of Rob- ert P. Lamont, Secretary of Commerce, at 2125 Kalorama road, todsy. King, pet of the family, is missing. King, a 3-year-old German police dog, ‘was nowhere to be seen in the Lamont yard this morning when the family arose. It was reported to police that Edward George Villiers Stanley, seven- teenth Earl of Derby, the genial Brit- ish sportsman, Lord Derby, whose ancestors founded the famous British Derby, is in the United States to attend the Kentucky Derby and is spendicg a few days in ‘Washington. Arriving yesterday after- noon in the RH"‘A car of Joseph E. Widener of Philadelphia, noted Ameri- can sportsman, the earl will be the guest while here of Hugh Wallace, for- mer Ambassador to France, and Mrs. Wallace at their home, 1800 Massachu- setts avenue. The meeting between President Hoo- ver and Lord Derby took place at noon At the White House executive offices, where the earl formally was presented ;thihl: British Ambassador, Sir Ronald y. Following the call at the offices there was-a luncheon later at the White House in honor of the earl, who is a member of the House of Lords. In ad- dition to Lord Derby, the guests at the luncheon included the British Am- bassador, Secretary of the Mellon, Undersecretary of the Treas- ury len Mills, Hugh Wallace and Joseph E. Widener. OMd Friendship Recalled. The President and the earl recalled many happy memories of their old friendship in London. Interviewed shortly after his arrival, Lord Derby beamed with pleasure over his American trip, and was generous in praise of his . He recalled the days when he and the former ~Ambassador Wallace were “friends” in Paris. , and with & merry twinkle in his eyes, the Earl of Derby laughs easily and heartily. He is possessed of a kind- ly mixture of wisdom and wit and his z:nnzr is democratic, simple and Lord Derby came to the United States at the invitation of the Governor of Kentucky. Traveling with Mr. Widener in his private car, Lord Derby looks forward with seen interest to visiting some of the famous horse farms of Kentucky prior to attending the Ken- tucky Derby next Saturday. The race, of course, is his main objective. While in Washington, Lord Derby is being entertained with distinction. He ‘was the guest of honor last night at the Wallace e, where there was a large company of guests. The President was host at noon, and this evening Secretary of the Treasurv Mellon will entertain Lord Derby at dinner at his home. To Be Luncheon Guest. Former Ambassador Wallace will en- tertain tomorrow noon for the earl at & men’s luncheon at the elite Alibi Club, where the present King of Eng- land, when Prince of Wales, and the present Prince of Wales formerly were guests of honor. The Alibi Club also feted King Albert of Belgium. Lord Derby expects to leave Washington to- :no;ravl afternoon at 4 o'clock for Ken- ucky. Meantime, it is expected, the earl will be able to do some sightseeing be- tween his social engagements. Yester- day afternoon, in the company of both Mr. Widener and Mr. Wallace, he went to Arlington Cemtery, and it is his hope to get to Mount Vernon during his stay here. While this is the first visit of Lord Derby to the United States, he previous- ly visited Canada, crossing from coast 'fi tlnz!; He expects to sail for England ay 20. e CHICAGO INVITES HOOVER Considers Attending Van Steuben Bicentennial. President Hoover has taken under advisement an invitation to attend the ceremontes in Chicago on June 1, inci- dent to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Baron von Steuben, the Ger- man military officer who was drillmas- ter of the Continental Army. This invitation was extended by mem- bers of the Illinois congressional dele- gation. FELLED BY BRICK Man in Hospital as Police Seek Unidentified Thrower. A brick thrown for some unexplained reason by an unidentified man felled Joseph Brooke, 23 years old, of 938 Longfellow street, while he was cross- ing at Thirteenth street and Arkansas avenue early yesterday and sent Brooke to Emergency Hospital. Brooke left the hospital later. Head- quarters detectives started an investiga- tion of the case. . 30 Rumanian Rioters Seized. BUCHAREST, Rumania, May 12 (® —Dispatch from Kishiney today said that riof occurred tween Com- munists and othe: the national the pet either had strayed from the ward or else was stolen. T8 festival and resulted in 30 arrests. One of those arrested died of injuries. VISITS CAPITAL the photographer with Hugh Wallac be his host while he visits the Capital —Star Staff Photo. SCHOOL LIBRARY FUND IS TREBLE Item, With One for Central and Dunbar Stage Equip- ment, Among Estimates. More extensive reference libraries will be established in District of Co- lumbia senior and junior high schools and modern stage equipment will be in- stalled in the Central and Dunbar High School stages if two items, included in the 1932 estimates by the Board of Education, are incorporated in the ap- propriation bill for that year. The li- expansion represents an innova- tion, while the equipment of the two stages merely restores to those schools facilities which they had prior to the erection of fire-protection measures. On previous years the junior and the senlor high school libraries have been granted a fund of $3,000 for the pur- chase of reference books for all of the buildings. This amount was included in the “contingent expenses” fund and lacked an identity of its own. The $10,000 which the school authorities have included in the 1932 estimates not only more than trebles the library fund, but for the first time recognizes school libraries as a phase of public school education worthy of separate notice. To Improve Standard. It was explained in school circles to- day that the increase which the board secks for.the libraries will enable officials to bring the school libraries to a stand- ard which is more nearly compatible with the scholastic stmosphere and facilities of the Capital's schools. The funds will be spent entirely for refer- ence work and while formerly the schools relied too much upon parent- teacher organizations and other out- side agencies for the donation of proper volumes, the institutions’ heads them- selves will be able to choose the proper reference books for the students’ use if the $10,000 item is allowed to re- main in the bill. The board has included an item of $62,000 in the 1932 estimates for “equip- ment of the Central and Dunbar High School stages.” The equipment which is. desired includes the facilities for manipulating the curtains and suxiliary drapes on the stages. This phase of the stage mechanics was crippled when steel fire curtains were installed in these two buildings as a result of fearful agitation following the collapse in 1922 of the Knickerbocker Theater. Stage auditoriums throughout the city were the subject of close scrutiny following the Knickerbocker catastrophe, and it was decided that high school halls, frequently housing capacity audiences for school and community dramatics, should be subject to the same require- ments that the professionsl play houses were. Installation of the steel fire cur- m.mm rrzlgwddb:: not before the exist- oul and drape ating systems had been rendered useless. Arch Hangings Fixed. At present the fire curtains them- selves may be drawn and raised, but the prosenium arch hangings are fixed temporarily so that they cannot be moved without the use of ladders and hand manipulation. Thus, school of- ficlals point out, at Central High School with an enrollment of 2,600 pupils and at Dunbar, where there are 3,089, in both of which dramatics are stressed now as never before, facllities for the proper presentation of the student of- ferings are almost entirely lacking. At Central, where approximately $34,000 would be spent, & counterweight system would be installed at a cost of $15,000, a switchboard would be erect- ed st a probable cost of $12,000 and new velour curtains at $7,000 would be installed. A similar division of Dun- bar's share of the $62,000 total prob- ably would be made for that school. COLLECTORS -SOUGHT FOR APARTMENT HOUSE Application Made for Appoint- ments for New Amsterdam Pend- ing Action for Receivership. Application for the appointment of collectors for the New Amsterdam Apartments, 2701 Fourteenth street, was filed today in the District Supreme Court by Lucy I. Jones, Lillle M. Jones and Chapman W. Maupin, who some months ago asked for a receiver of the F. H. Smith Co. The court is asked to make the appointment pending action on the application for a receiver. The court is advised by Attorney Maupin, who appears for himself and the other two petitioners, that the New Amsterdam Co. and the Premont Co., owners of the apartment, have per- mitted the property to be sold for taxes for 1929 and that the 1930 taxes have been allowed to remain in arrears. The taxes for the two years are taid to amount to $20,000. 23 JARS LIQUOR SEIZED Police Discover Whisky in an Abandoned Automobile. Twenty-three half-gallon jars of whisky Lere discovered in an aban- doned car at Fifth and Warner streets Iast night by Policeman John F. Dank- myer and Ellis cfi;lelmn_r of the :emnu Fers teloed s0d taxen : 0 No. 3 station. ' a WASHINGTON., D. C, [HUSBAND IS HELD 0 AWAIT OUTCOME OF WIFE'S WOUNDS, Police Believe Hibbard Shot Her and Then Attempted to Commit Suicide. COUPLE FOUND ON BED IN LOCAL ROOMING HOUSE an Says Grocery Clerk Bran- dished Pistol When He Could Not Find Papers. W While his 21-year-old wife lay criti- cally wounded in an adjoining room, | Oscar Hibbard, 30 years old, was under | arrest for investigation at Casualty Hos- pital today after what police say was Hibbard's attempt to shoot the woman to death and then commit suicide in their rooms at 414 Sixth street yester- day afternoon. ¥ A bullet had pierced Mrs. Hibbard's head, entering at the ear and coming out at the mouth, and Hibbard was suffering from concussion and a surface wound on his forehead when the couple ‘was found upon the bed in their second- floor room by another roomer, Mrs. Rose Robertson. Refuses to Admit Shooting. Hibbard has refused so far to admit firing any of several exploded cartridges found in a .32-caliber gun recovered from the room, and his wife is too seri- ously hurt to give a coherent account of the shooting. Doctors say the woman has a good chance to recover and Hib- bard should we well enough to leave the hospital in several days. ‘Two bullets were found embedded in the walls of the room and the room itself was in disorder. A man lving next door, Robert Colquitt, told police he heard five shots fired in the house, but was not sure at the time if they were the reports of a gun. Mrs, Robertson was attracted to the Hibbard rooms by groans when she reached the head of the steps on return. ing from work at 2 o'clock yesterday. ‘The shooting apparently had taken place & half hour previously. Says Husband Brandished Gun, Mrs. Hibbard could not recall much of what happened yesterday. She told police that Hibbard had insisted that she find some papers relating to his work at a grocery store on H near Eighth street and that he had obtained the pistol from a dresser drawer and brandished it. After that, Mrs. Hibbard said, she could not remember what hap- pened. Hibbard declined to answer most of the questions asked him by police, re- fusing to admit having fired the shots or to say if any one in addition to his wife was present at the time. The woman, Mrs. Carrie Hibbard, and her husband declined to discuss letters found in their rooms relating to a di- vorce between a “Mollie” Hibbard and Oscar Hibbard. The couple had been living at the Bixth street address since the first of last month. Other roomers said they apparently were happy together and no m had heard of a quarrel between m. ‘The Hibbards came here about two months ago from Cumberland, Md. The man’s parents live at Atlanta, Ga., and the woman’s at Somerville, Ohio. Police today were awaiting the out- come of Mrs. Hibbard's injuries before placing a charge against her husband. GIRL WRITER SUES CAPITAL. AUTHOR Action, Seeking $1,000 Damages, | Charges He Took Her Story and f Sold It as His Own. ! Plagiarism s charged in a suit for $1,000 damages filed in the Municipal Court 3 Alma Chestnut, a young author Pitteburgh, against Uthsi V. Wiloox, & local writer. She alleges that Wilcox, while acting as her agent, sold an article writfen by her to & magasine as ;nh own original composition and work. ‘Through "Attorneys Cromelin & Laws and Julian T. Cromelin, the court is told that April 30, 1928, Wilcox agreed to act as agent for Miss Chestnut in placing certain articles written by her with suitable publications. She sent him an unpublished article, it is stated, entitled “Is Civilized Man Losing His Sense of Smell?” which, it is asserted, he used and sold to a magazine, known as Science and Invention, and the article appeared in the November, 1928, issue of the publication, but not under the name of the plaintiff. y reason of the alleged wrongful act of the defendant, it is asserted, Miss Chestnut, who had then just started as a free-lance writer, charges that she was deprived of the opportunity of hav- ing her name brought to the attention of publishers and qa reading public and lost the profits which she was entitled as the author of the article. VICE PRESIDENT ASKS CLEAN-UP OF CAPITAL Urges Public to Uo-opeu'te With Commissioners in Making Wash- ington More Attractive. A statement urging the public to co- operate in making a success of “Clean- up week,” starting next Monday, was made today by Vice President Curtis. ‘The Vice President said: “Hundreds of thousands of visitors are drawn to Washington each year. The beauty of the city with its monumental buildings, national parks and other ob- jects of almost sacred historic interest is a stimulus to the patriotism of almost any true American. Upon us who have the privilege of residing within this Na- tional Oity rests a responsibility of main- talning its beauty at the highest possible standard. “Loyal support of all should be given to the District Commissioners not only during the lgeclll week of May 19, which they have designated for civic beautification, but throughout the en- tire yea s ide Files Petition in Bankruptcy. Daniel De Young, a merchant, 901 G street, has filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. He lists his debts at $13,375.55 and estimates his assets at $3,714.90. Attorney Maurice Grudd ippears for the bankrupt. MONDAY, MAY 12, 1930. STOLEN CAR WRECKED IN BUS COLL]SION ATLANTA" SUIGIDE'S FINGERPRINTS SENT HERE IN BAKER GASE Description of Man Who Hanged Self Similar to That Frank L. Ferrone (right) gazing rather ruefully at the wreck of his brand-new automobile after it had been stolen by three men and driven into an intercity bus on the Baltimore Boulevard near Berwyn, Md., yesterday. Kenneth Poole and William Cater, are in Casualty Hospital and will face charges of grand larceny if they Iso accuse them of robbing a taxi driver and stealing his cab a few hours before wrecking Ferrone's rence Minnix, recover. Poli machine. THREE N HOSPITAL FOLLOWING GRASH One Dying, Two Less Se- riously Hurt After Taxi Hold-up. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star, BERWYN, Md., May 12.—As one man lay dying today in Casualty Hospital, ‘Washington, and his two companions were reported recovering in the same institution from injuries received when a stolen car in which they were riding crashed into & bus near here yesterday, Washington police entered formal charges of grand larceny against the trio, while in Montgomery County war- rants were issued against them charging robbery of a taxicab driver. The most seriously injured is Law- rence Minnix, 22 years old, of Alex- andria, Va, who & crushed skull, severe lacerations about the left shoul- der and right arm and internal injuries. His companions, who escaped with lesser hurts, are Kenneth Poole, 20 years old, also of Alexandria, who suffered severe lacerations of the head, and William Cator, 19 years old, 700 block of D street northeast, who was bruised about the head and body. All Unconscious. All were unconscious when taken to the hospital early yesterday morning by the Prince Georges County rescue squad, after crashing into s Washington-bound intercity bus, operated by Edgay Trot- man, near Berwyn. According to H. L. Leonard, chief of the rescue squad, the car in which the three men were riding tried to two other machines. The bus ver, at- tempting to avert a collision, drove en- tirely off the road and had come to a stop when the other ear crashed head- on into the big vehicle. The passenger car immediately caught fire, and Trot- man extinguished the blaze, Leonard says. The bus was crippled by the im- pact, but neither Trotman nor the two passengers who occupled the bus were injured. As the rescue squad rushed the three injured men to the hospital, one was|fg found to be carrying a loaded .32-cali- ber revolver, while another had & quan- tity of cartridges in his pockets. ‘The car in which they were riding belonged to Frank L. Ferrone, an in- surance agent, who lives at 1324 Euclid street. It was demolished. Ferrone told police he parked his machine about 8:15 o'clock Saturday night on Eighth street between F and I streets, He did nct see it again until yesterday morn- ing, when he identified all that was left of it at the garage of Justice of the Peace George Phillips here. At that time it bore tags which, police say, had been stolen from J. R. Hewitt, 3900 block of Grant road. Ferrone’s tags were missing. The grand larceny charges against the men are the result of the theft of Ferrone's machine. Identified by Taxi Driver. ‘The robbery charges were preferred after two of the men had been identi- fled by James J. Hill, 27 years old, of Cherrydale, Va., driver for a taxicab company, the men who took $15 away from him and stole his car on a lonely Maryland road Saturday night. Montgomery County police said they were not sure just which two Hill claimed robbed him, so obtained the three warrants from Justice of the Peace Caddington for extradition pur- poses. One ‘l‘lfl'lflb will be nolle rossed, they said. " Hill says y'.hl! about 9:30 Saturday night he was hired by two men at Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue and drove to Alexandria. Upon arriv- ing in that city his fares ordered him back to Washington, and at Nineteenth and Q streets one of the men knocked him on the head with a revolver and took the wheel away from him. The cab was then driven out the Colesville pike to the Micamine , & little used county road, between Glen- mount and Colesville. Hill said he was tied to a tree about 300 yards from the road’and robbed at the point of a E.m. The men took his cap and told him th:;’wlr&zd ?l“ cab to “pull a job,” ac- cordin, ce. Abo\?t 1 ID:'A Hill succeeded in freeing himself, walked 2 miles to Wheaton and called ‘police. Patrolman Joseph Nolte, who responded, broadcast a lookout for the hold-up men. Hill's cab has not been recovered. Detectives Jett, Wolf and Davis of the headquarters automobile squad in- vestigated the activities of Minnix, Cator and Poole in conjunction with Detective Sergts. Kuehlin and Fihley. Police say the trio's movements during the past few months will be checked in connection with a series of hold-ups in and around Washington perpetrated re- cently by three men. W. 1. COX IS BURIED Services for Portrait Painter Held in St. Matthew's. Funeral services for Walter I. Cox, English portrait painter, who died in the Alexandria, Va., Hospital, April 30, were conducted in St. Matthew’s Catho- lic Church today at 11 o'clock. Requiem mass was celebrated by Rev. John F. Ryan of Catholic University. Rev, Ed- ward L. Buckey of St. Matthew's was deacon and Rev. Hugh McFadden, as- sistant pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Churche, Alexandria, subdeacon. In- terment was in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alex- andria. The list of honorary pallbearers was headed by the British Ambassador, Ronald Lindsay. 8ir | their Leaking Gas Bombs In Police Car Affect Members of Force Smarting eyes and throats of four detective sergeants and two headquarters chauffeurs proved the effectiveness of tear gas bombs carried in the Detective Bureau emergency cars last night when & pin in one of the bombs, Joosened by the constant bump- ing of the car, came out and the contents of the bomb slowly escaped. Detective Sergts. H. K. Wilson and O. W. Mansfield, together with Pvt. Hugh. Carper, a chauf- feur, were the first affected, but they got only & minor touch of the gas. When Detective Sergts. Benjamin G. Kuehling and Arthur T. Fihelly and Driver Ford James commented on the same thing when they returned after a trip the car was searched and the leaking bomb found. AVIATORS LAUNCH DEFENSE PROBLEM Maneuvers Between Bolling Field and Aberdeen Will Test Anti-Aircraft Strategy. ‘The roaring of 37 powerful aviation engines at Bolling Field this morning marked the beginning of six days of battle maneuvers by the Army Air Corps which will test to the limit the Army’s anti-aircraft defense strategy. Bolling Field is the base for three flights each of attack planes from the !hf!‘d attack group, Fort Crockett, Gal- veston, Tex.,, and bombardment planes from the second bombardment group, Langley Field, Hampton, Va. compos- ing & “Red” alr force operating against a “Blue” force which is defending Phillips Field, Aberdeen Proving Ground, ., some 60 miles away. As a part of its defensive o - tion, the Blue forces have established observation outposts, connected by feld telephone and radio with Aberdeen, in & great sector of Maryland and Virginia. Search Skies for Attack. Over roads and battlefields which knew the drive of Lee's gray army and the striving of men in blue in a day when caval composed the ‘“eyes of the Army, ese outposts in the khaki of today are searching the skies for warning of an attack more sweeping and deadly than any even dreamed of when this area was a real battleground. ‘The exercises which began Othe: morning when the bombardment and | will be attack planes composing the Red air force launched the first of 17 missions hillips Field, are characterised by ranking Emy officers as the most important air defense program ever held in this country. ‘The network of outposts in Maryland and Virginia is composed of officers and men of the 1st Signal Company, Fort Monmouth, a provisional anti-aircraft brigade intelligence battery and details from the 69th Coast Artillery Anti-Air- craft Regiment. They are on three circular lines at distances of 45, 70 and 100 miles from Aberdeen, the most distant of these I extended from the Virginia shore of the lower Potomac River to the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Duty to Detect Movement. It is the duty of these outposts to detect the movement of “hostile” air- craft within a sector covering hundreds of square miles and to report by field telephone and raai> to defense head- quarters at Aberdeen in that an ade- quate defense may be prepared. In ad- dition to the organizations forming the outposts, the defensive force at Aber- deen includes 20 pursuit planes from the famous 1st Pursuit Group, Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, Mich., and the 62d Coast Artillery (anti-aircraft). ‘The Red forces, which will be based at Bolling Fleld untll next Sunday, in- clude a half squadron of the attack group, which has flown across the United States under command of Lieut. George A. McHenry, jr., Army Air Corps, and & half squadron of bombers under command of Capt. Frank Hackett, 2d Bombardment Group. The force is commanded by Maj. Hugh J. Knerr, Army Alr Corps, commander of the bombardment group. The 18 planes arrived at Bolling Field yesterday after- noon The trio, Law- —Star Staff Photo. U.5. AD EXPERTS T0 ASSEMBLE HERE Thirteenth Annual Session of A A. A. A. to Be Held Thursday and Friday. Advertising experts from all sections of the country will assemble here Thursday and Friday for the thirteenth annual meeting of the American Asso- clation of Advertising Agencies. Major themes for the convention will be newspapers, radio and internal agency operation, presenting various problems of advertising for discussion at three . Two of these will be for delegates only, while the third, a g\elhlic session Thursday afternoon, will open to invited executives and rep- resentatives of media and affillated usinesses. s Ogden L. Mills, Undersecretary of the Treasury, will be the principal speaker at the annual dinner of the A. A. A. A. Thursday night at the Mayflower Hotel, where the sessions of the convention will be held, President John Benson an- nounced today. Entertainment for the dinner will be furnished by the artists’ bureau of the Columbia Broadcasting ystem. ‘The inclusion on the m—at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon—of a dem- onstration of commercial sound pictures {ion, S a5 DALY lares sitesdange nusu af lance is expected. This new medium for ad- vertising is only beginning to make its presence felt and there widespread interest in its possibilities on the part of national advertisers and agency ex- ecutives. The demonstration will be gr‘lfler auspices czr th:‘ Commercial inema_Service ration, Electrical Researc! h Products, Inc, and the - Hearts Corporation. i Mims to Speak. ‘Thursday afternoon’s open session will include addresses by Stewart L. Mims, vice president of the J. Walter Thompson Co. on the “Use of the A. A. A. A. Research”; Dr. Daniel Starch, di- rector of research, on “A. A. A. A. News- paper Reader Surveys”; President Ben- son, on “The Future of Newspaper Ad- vertising” and “Local and National Rates.” Other speakers include Ken- neth Collins, executive vice president and publicity director, R. H. Macy & Co.; P. L. Thomson, director of public relations, Western Electric Co., on “Cir- culation—Qualitative and Quantita- tive”; F. G. Hubbard, vice president, Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, on “Lineage Records of National Ad- vertisers and Theixr value”; L. S. Kelly, H. K. McCann Co., and Herman Roe, fleld director, National Editorial Asso- ciation, on “Country Newpaper Audits.” H. K. McCann to Preside. ubjects slated for discussion ‘Treatment of National Adver- tising in Newpapers” and “How a Buy- er Looks at Forced Combination Rates.” H. K. McCann, president of the H. K. McCann Co., and chairman of the board of the A. A. A. A, will preside at the open! session Thursday morn- ing and again at the closing session on Friday. An executive session will be held at noon Friday, when new officers will be_elected. Present annual elective officers are: H. K. McCann, chairman of the board; Henry T. Ewald, vice president; Eugene McGuckin, secretary, and E. De Witt Hill, treasurer. The permanent officers are: John Benson, president; . R. Gamble, executive secretary, and L. W. MacKenzie, assistant to the president. Y. W. C. A. CONSTITUTION CHANGES CGNSIDERED Organization to Discuss Proposed Amendments at Meeting to Be Held Thursday. Proposed changes in the constitution will be discussed at a meeting of the Young Women’s Christian Association in Barker Hall, Seventeenth and K streets, Thursday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock. Mrs. Thomas Edwin Brown, president, will preside. Reports on recent convention of the “Y” in Detroit will be given Miss Mabel R. Cook, Mrs. Charles Wi Wright, Miss Flora Robinson, Miss Lil- lian Pindlay, Miss Bertha Pabst, Mrs. Irving W. Ketcham, Mrs. Edwin B. Par- ker, Miss Lucy Clark Street, Mrs. Wil- son Compton, Miss Elsie Alvis, Mrs. Camillo Osias, Miss Virginia Carter ‘Wingfield and Miss Hettie P. Anderson. CYCLE OFFICER BREAKS RECORDS, ARRESTS SEVEN SPEEDERS AT ONCE Motor Cycle Squadron’s Outing Spoiled When Lone Policeman Swoops Down on Members. Motor Cycle Policeman G. W. Cook of the eighth precinct, yesterday after- noon, broke all police records when he pulled in seven speeders at one time, all riding motor cycles, forced them to mfit collateral and then brought about eir conviction toda: . The officer said that he dropped in behind a large number of motor cycles on Vermont avenue. Several of the rear vehigles spled Cook and were able to avold'the misfortune which befell companions who_the paced at miles an hour. Policeman Cook spoiled a perfectly good ‘“outing” for seven as they reported that they were on the way to Colonial Beach. Several were forced to remain hours at the police station be- fore collateral could be secured. Although each of the seven denied in court that they had 3) ‘when arrested Judge Ieaac R. Hitt con- sidered Cook's word more truthful and fined six of the men §5 each. The seventh, Samuel Johnsoh, 709 Vermont avenue, Was or to pay $25 as it was his second of One Who Wore Gray Cap. APARTMENT “LOVE NEST” INVESTIGATED IN PROBE Friends of Slain Woman Said to Have Visited Place—Janney to Be Grilled Again. Local police and Department of Jus- tice agents investigating the murder of Mary Baker were today awaiting the ar« rival from Atlanta, Ga., of the finger~ prints and photographs of an unidenti- fled man who yesterday hanged himself near the Atlanta Terminal Station. ‘The prints and photographs of the mans’ body were sent by air mail from Atlanta today by Department of Jus- tice agents in that city. ‘The fingerprints will be compared { with those found on Miss Baker’s auto- mobile, and the photographs will be shown to the dead girl's friends and to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Wood and Fran- cis Rice, who said they saw Miss Baker struggling with a man in her automobile at Seventneenth and B streets on the evening of April 11 shortly before she was killed. . Descriptions Similar. Although the police were inclined to doubt the existence of any connection between the suicide in Atlanta and the murder of Miss Baker, they intend to investigate this possibility “thoroughly. It is believed that the only reason for connecting the two cases is the fact that the general descriptions of the man who hanged himself and the man seen beating Miss Baker in her auto- mobile are similar. A ;eculllr feature of the suicide was the fact that the victim was careful to remove every possible means of iden- tification from his clothing and body, Police pointed out, however, that per- sons contemplating suicide frequently take this precaution for various rea- sons It was also learned today that police have been investigating what they de- seribe as a “love nest” in a fashionable uptown apartment, which, they say, has been visited by one of Miss Baker's friends. Janney Denies Implication. ‘They were believed to be making their investigation on the theory that Miss Baker’s slayer may have been a habitue of this place. It is known the authori- ties have closely questioned a number of girl visitors to the establishment, but police would not reveal whether they learned from them anything of value. Robert J. Janney, 30 years old, of the 900 block of New York avenue, who was arrested Saturdsy night after an alleged attempt to forte a woman's automobile to the curb, was taken to police head- quarters today for another grilling. He has steadfastly denied any connection with the Baker case, and it is not be- leved police have evidence to con- nect hm with it. s More Details Found. Police say, however, that he has not been able to give a clear account of his movements on April 11, and that he will be questioned further in this connection. He first told police he was at home on that date, but later said he was in New York, and exhibited a pawn ticket is- sued there on April 11 in support of his statement. The issuance of the pawn tickets is being investigated. A revolver found in his room, police say, is not similar to the one used by the slayer of Miss Baker. If headquarters detectives de- cide not to hold him, Janney must face charges of reckless driving and driving without a permit, made out by park police. Other charges may also ' be placed against him, police say. Inspector William S. Shelby admitted he has received a “more complete” de- scription of the man seen in the car with Miss Baker and other information which tends to fix the time of the slaying between 6 and 7 o'clock. He regards this information as important, but would not reveal its source or exact nature, . READY WITH REPORT ON CHAIN STORES Trade Body’s Inquiry Under Anti- Trust Laws to Be Submitted to Senate. A survey of chain stores in Washing- ton, conducted by the Federal Trade Commission, has disclosed that chain grocery stores carry from 1,000 to 1,500 items, chain drug stores as many as 15,000 items, and chain tobacco stores several hundred items. ‘The survey was made in two other cities, Cincinnati and Des Moines, Iowa, and a preliminary report was to be made to the Senate today. It is the first showing made by the commission in response to a Senate resolution directing the commission to ascertain whether chain store consoli- dations had been effected in violation of the anti-trust laws and how they could best be regulated if this were found to be necessary. No details of the investigations were given except that they centered on prices of commodities sold in the chain stores. The commission aaid it had been handicapped by lack of adequate personnel and slow response to ques- tionnaires, but it hoped to complete two or three unnamed cities by the end of the year. FLAHERTY E)OMMENDED Detective Praised for Success in Difficult Investigations. High commendation of the work of Detective J. F. Flaherty of the second precinct was made today in a letter received by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, super- lice, from Moses Reich- 12, 1928, struck over the head while at his place of business at 1508 Seventh street and robbed of money and merchandise. There were no witnesses and, although the second precinct promised to invest! gate, he had no hope that anything could ever come of it, he said. Recently he was notified that the men had been g | apprehended and he identified one of them as his assailant. This man later confessed to the crime in his presence, Mr. Reichgut wrote. Not. only were the two men arrested, but a number of stolen articles were recovered after & lapse of two ! '