Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1930, Page 17

DISTRICT EMPLOYE SOUGKT BY POLICE FORSHOOTIG WO, Father-in-Law and 10-Year- | Old Girl Wounded in Gun Battle. BOTH INJURED EXPECTED TO RECOVER FROM HURTS g 1 Fray Follows Domestic Quarrel| Between Worker and Wife. Police of Washingotn and Prince Georges County today were searching | for Leo Lagana, 30-year-old employe of | the District Water Department, who shot and injured his father-in-law and the latter’s niece in a gun battle follow- ing a quarrel with his wife in Greater Capitol Heights, Md,, last night. ‘The injured, Israel Harrison, 56 years old, and Evelyn A. Hall, 10, are both expected to recover. The child is in Emergency Hospital with birdshot wounds in both legs, while Harrison, her uncle by marriage, is in Gallinger Hos- fi!"illhwllh wounds in his left hand and The shooting occurred front of the Harrison _home on Richards avenue about 9:30 last night. Armed with a shotgun, Lagana, who lives only a few doors away, called at the Harrison home to see his wife, Mrs. Mary Harrison La- gana, who with her children, Leo and Selby, had left her husband two days| ago, alleging abuse, and was staying With her parents. Mrs. Harrison claimed Lagana had been drinking, but he promised to do no harm and his wife went out to talk to him. He is said to have attempted to put her in his car to take her home. She objected and screamed. Her shouts caused Harrison to rush out of the house with a shotgun, followed by Evelyn Hall. Lagana is accused of shooting first. Harrison returned the fire, whereupon Lagana got in his car and fled. Posses ‘were quickly organized by Deputy Sher- iffs L. E. Duirow and Harry Wells. ‘Washington police, headed by Lieut. Sidney Marks of the eleventh precinct, assisted in the search. ‘The injured child was rushed to Emergency Hospital in the ambulance, while Harrison was taken to Gallinger by Forrest Gray, a neighbor. Evelyn is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hall of Washington. PER DIEM EMPLOYES MAY GET MARCH 4 PAY House Committee Reports Favor- ably on Bill Affecting 6,000 in District. About 6,000 persons in the District, 4,500 of whom are employed in the Washington Navy Yard, and other per diem ployes of the District Govern- ment Will receive pay for March 4, 1929, which was declared a legal holiday by Executive order, under a bill favorably reported unanimously today by the House committee cn expenditures. N. P. Alifas, president of the Interna- tional Association of Machinists, repre- senting all Government employes, ex- plained that this bill would provide for payment to all those who have not been previously paid for that holiday. Questions asked showed that members of the committee were desirous that no discrimination should be shown and that legislation will be enacted to prevent a future occurrence of such a situation. It was shown that per diem employes in |, the Government Printing Office and in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing were paid for that day under other leg- islation. THREE PERS(.)NS HURT IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS Earl Haynes, 13, Suffers Broken Collar Bone When His Bicycle Is Hit by Machine. Earl Haynes, 13 years old, of 3221 Fourteenth street, suffered a broken collar bone early last night when an au- tomobile driven by Daniel MacLea of Baltimore struck his bicycle at Second street and Rhode Island avenue. The boy was removed to Sibley Hospital and glven surgical treatment, later being taken to his home, Struck by an automobile at Twenty- fourth street and Rhode Island avenus northeast, Miss Clara Oberg, 25 year old, of 3010 Twenty-sixth street morth- east, escaped with minor bruises and shock, and was treated at her home. The driver of the car, Harry Garett. 2C, colored, of Aiken, 8. C., was arrested by police on a charge of passing a street car. A fractured left arm was received by Mrs, Barbara Shugars, 36 years old, 116 North Carolina avenue southeast. | when she stepped from a Washingtur Railway & Electric Co. street car before it came to a complete stop at Eleventh and F streets yesterday, according to | police. She was treated at Providence Hospital. PAPER MILL MEASURE HEARING IS HELD OVER | Wood Bill, Before House Group, Proposes to End Alleged Cur- rency Paper Monopoly. The House committee on expenditures | did not have time today to reach on its grogrnm the proposed hearing on the fll introduced by Chairman Wood of the House committee on appropriations for erecting a million-dollar paper mill adjacent to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. ‘The purpose of this measure is to break up &n alleged monopoly to furnish currency paper to the Government, Chairman Wood has submitted a statement in writing to the House com- mittee on expenditures. Herbert D. Brown, chief of the Bureau of Efficiency: Thomas F. Murphy, assistant_chief, and G» K. Hammel, paper technologists, are | waiting to be heard by the committee. MEETING IS DELAYED Capper District Group to Consider Local Measures Tomorrow. The meeting of the Senate District committee set for today was postponed again until 2 o'clock tomorrow after- | noon when Chairman Capper will en- deavor to have the committee dispose of several pending questions. Among the measures expected to be acted upon are the street rajlway merger, the pub- lie utility court procedure bill and the Howell prohibition bill, BRIDGE STONE at Georgetown University. EVELYN A. HALL. BUILDING RAISES PARKING QUESTION {Internal Revenue Structure, Is Not in Present Re- | stricted Zone. No attention has yet been given by the traffic director’s office to any park- ing problems which might arise as & result of the putting into service of the new Internal Revenue Bureau Build- ing next month. The building, located between B, C, Tenth and Twelfth streets, is not in the now restricicd | zong, and hundreds of cars are parked around it all day. When the forces of the bureau move Into their new build- ing. undoubtedly this privilege must be curtailed. But to what extent, nobody has yet decided. Assistant Traffic Director M. O. Eld- ridge said today that the matter of parking downtown was being given careful study in the survey being con- ducted by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and he thought that nothing would be done about the Internal Revenue Building situation until some light had been cast {on_the problem by the survey. | The building is the first of the new | Federal building program units in_the | triangle bounded by the Mall, Pennsyl- { vania avenue and Fifteenth’ street to | | g0 into service. It will be followed in | a few months by the new Department | of Commerce Building, fronting on | Fourteenth and E streets. As soon as a substantial number of | the new buildings is in place, traffic { conditions in town will be radically changed, with an enormous flow of | Governnient workers into this area every morning and out of it every after- | | noon at about the same time. ! Commissioner Herbert L. Crosby, who | has charge of the Traffic Bureau, today | had no suggestion to offer. He said| | that after sufficient of the Federa buildings have been put into service, it may well be that traffic flow into | this section will be so involved that large numbers of persons will leave their | cars at home and come to work in street cars and busses. Rotarians to Fete Students. | STAUNTON, Va., May 15 (Special).— | Senlors of Robert E. Lee High School { wili be the dinner guests of the Staun- {ton Rotary Club next Tuesday. The students will make the addresses, tell- | ing about the class of 1930. | Interior Bill. Signed. President Hoover today signed the | Interior Department appropriation bill | The Zoening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, IN DORMITORY Stone from tne old M Street Bridge in Georgetown, which was replaced by a modern steel bridge, formally opened yesterday, is going into the new dormitory —Star Staff Photo. THINKS STRANGER SLEW MARY BAKER Girl Friend Reveals Victim Invited Her for Ride on Day of Tragedy. The police theory that Mary Baker's slayer was a stranger or a casual ac- quaintance, whe surprised her as she unlocked her parked zutomobile at Sev- enteenth and B streets, was strength- ened last night with the statement of & young woman that the slain girl did ot anticipate meeting & man on the afternoon before the murder. The statement was made in a letter to the slain girl's father, Rev. Thomas P. Baker, at Oak Grove, Va., from Miss Ora A. Smith, 514 Nineteerith street, a friend of Miss Baker. Miss Smith stated in her letter that Miss Baker invited her to ride home the afternoon before the slaying. She sald the Navy clerk asked her to walk to Seventeenth and B streets with her and that she would be taken home from there. Miss Smith said she refused, ex- plaining that she could walk home in less time than it would take to walk to the parked car. Miss Smith's letter stated that she met Miss Baker and Miss Inez Eyre in front of Epiphany Church about 5:30 o'clock on April 11. It was there she said that Miss Baker invited her to ride home. The writer explained her tardiness with the information by stating she did not think it was sufficiently important to_make public. Willism S. Shelby, chief of detectives, said today that he is still awaiting a complete _report on the whereabouts around the time of the slaying, of Frank McDonough of New York City, the Atlanta, Ga., suicide. Reports on the man’s activities near the time of the slaying of the Navy Department clerk will be sent to police headquarters from New York and At- lanta. Shelby said today that no pictures of McDonough were taken at Atlanta but an_effort is being made to obtain some from New York City. If the effort is successful they will be shown to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wood and Francis Rice to determine if the man they saw beating a woman at Seventeenth and B streets on April 11 resembles the sulcide. Inspector Shelby merely smiled when questioned as to the World War veteran who disappeared after he was reported to have said he knew Miss Baker. CHARGE IS DROPPED Rover Enters Nolle Prosse in Case Against H. H. Lessner. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover today entered a nolle prosse of the in- dictment against Harry H. Lessner, for- mer clothing department manager for Parker-Bridget Co., charging embezzle- ment of $30,000 worth of clothing from the firm. Lessner had been in charge of the department for many years. The indictment was reported April 18, 1928, and the peculations were said to have dated back to October, 1927. Lessner_was_surrendered by Attorney Abner Siegal, who arranged bond for him two years ago, and was present in court this morning when the Govern- ment decided to drop the charges. POLICEMAN IS HURT Struck with a glass during_an argu- ment at his home last night, Policeman C. H. Bailey of the second precinct was cut on the left side of the neck. Bailey was treated at Freedmen's Hospital, and later returned to his house in the 1100 | block O street. Bailey's assailant, said to be Sidon Warmack, 59, who lives at the same address, : was arrested by Precinct De- tective J. F. Flaherty of No. 2 station on for 1931, carrying a total of $318,000,000. : an assault charge. | | | | and Return | | President Hoover and the party which | will review the fiet maneuvers on Tuesday in the Hampton Roads, Va., |area will have an opportunity of wit- ! nessing an innovation in the progress of aeronautics—a plane taking off from | the deck of an airplane carrier, hooking on to the naval dirigible Angeles, over the sea, and being ed and HOOVER: WILL SEE SPECTACULAR| AERONAUTIC MANEUVER TUESDAY ! Plane to Leave Carrier, Be Caught by Dirigible, Released to Carrier. rtlztumlnz to its berth aboard the car- rier, Lieut. Comdr. Charles A. Nicholson, now on duty in the Bureau of Aero- nflmu, Navy Department, will pilot the plane. The plane will take off from the deck Y inted out teday that Naval officials t time this feat has this will be the firs! e been carried out ever o 11,000 PEOPLE LIVE INDISTRICT ALLEYS, PARK BODY IS TOLD Expert Charts Undesirable Communities Between City’s Streets. GRANT SUGGESTS STEPS TO REMOVE CONDITION Pending Legislation Is Designed to | Substitute Commerce Shops and Suitable Tenements, While progress has been made in re- ducing the number of Washington alley dwellings, the National Capital Park and Planning Commission was in- formed in a report made public today and prepared by John Ihlder, its expert consultant, that there are in Washing- ton today ‘more than 250 inhabited ai- leys in which there are approximately 2400 dwellings containing a popula- tion estimated at from 11,000 to 13,000 | persons. i “The National Capital Park and| Planning Commicsion has made maps | of 126 alleys that contain 10 or more | dwellings each,” Thider asserted in his report. “Some of these alleys are com- munities of such size that they would be considered villages if they had a rural environment. Navy place, for ex- | ample, contains 70 houses; O'Brien’s | court,” 40; Snow's court, 41; Cooksey | place, 53, and Dixon's court, 44.” Relief Legislation Pending. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, vice chair- man and executive officer of the com- mission, believes that with the legal and orderly elimination of these dwell- ings, with the assurance that property owners will not be damaged, these spaces might be utilized for shops or suitable cheap tenements might be erected, eliminating the present insani- tary conditions. Legislation designed to accemplish this is awaiting action by | Congress. Col. Grant made it clear that he does not consider that Washington is in a | worse position than other cities of the country, but feels that the National Capital, designed as the model city of | the nation, should eliminate its hid- den eye-sores. Ihider listed the following changed conditions since the time prior to the World War, when efforts were made to eliminate the alley dwellings: The greater use ot automobiles which re- quired parking and garage spaces; the increased number and size of apart- ment houses, requiring larger areas and providing an economic use of properties running farther back from the street; the increased value of open space in the rear of business buildings for park- ing and for loading and unloading auto- | mobiles, and the increased need for open spaces for play and recreation. Sees Infection Sources. Col. Grant believes that potential sources of infection in the alley dwell- ings near schools might be removed and the space they occupy utilized for play- ground purposes. Ihlder sees a number of evils flowing | from the alley dwellings: “They constitute hidden communities in which disease, vice and crime flourish, It does not matter whether they breed criminals and persons dis- eased morally, mentally or physically or whether they attract such persons. | Probably they do both, “Moreover, because they have no direct. outlets or have inadequate out- lets, the alleys do not have thorough ventilation.” Col. Grant is of the opinion that one solution might be the cutting of through streets in locations where alley dwell- ings exist. 1hlder points out in his report that the two main points to be considered are the rehousing of the alley popula- tion and the future use of ailey prop- erty now used for dwelling purposes. He pointed out that an investigation is now under way by the housing commit- tee of the Washington Council of So- clal Agencies to rectify the situation. The evidence indicates, he believes, that there are available dwellings to care for the alley population elsewhere if eviction begins soon, and “that there will be no real hardship to tenants.” ‘The search for vacant houses is col fined to colored blocks. Also, the re- port continues, “it is recognized that there are differences among the color- ed people, and it is not proposed to give respectable colored neighborhoods a new character by flooding them with undesirable new tenants.” The report asserts that this is a difficult task. POLICE SEARCH FOR MAN WANTED IN FIGHT CASE Henry Freeman Accused of Wound- ing Hotel Worker After Reprimand. Henry Freeman, 25 years old, colored, of 1318 T street, who is alleged to have attacked and stabbed George Nicholson, 35-year-old former policeman, of 1011 1 street southeast, during a fight at the Willard Hotel last night, was still at large today. Freeman, it is alleged, stabbed Nicholson, an ofler in the hotel engine room, when the latter reprimanded him. Freeman is a dishwasher at the Willard. Nicholson was taken to the Emergency Hospital, where his wound was dressed and pronounced not serious. He was later taken home. A dozen detectives present for the 7 o'clock roll call at the Detective Bureau and a squad from the Trafiic Bureau raced to the hotel when the report of the stabbing was made and the hotel was thoroughly searched, but Freeman | could not be found. i CONSTRUCTION WORK BILL SIGNED BY HOOVER Two Items, Amounting to Nearly $2,500,000, of Special In- terest to Capital. President Hoover today signed a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to proceed at once with construction | | work at navy yards and naval air sta- | tions on both coasts. the Canal Zone and Hawail. The order includes two items amounting to nearly $2,500,000 of special interest to the Capital. The first of these is for the construc- tion of officers’ barracks and a mess hall for 250 men at the Anacostia D. C. Naval Flying Field to cost $275,- 000, and the expenditure of $25,000 for @ heating plant at the field. The other jtem provides for the construc- tion of barracks for enlisted men, the construction of roads and walks and distributing systems at the Marine base at Quantico, Va., to cost $1,450,000, and the filling and grading of the flying fleld at Quantico, to cost $500,000, and | the laying of rground telephone wires on tsc flying to cost $35,000. THURSDAY, MAY 15, FVE ARE QUZZED N PROBE OF FIRES AT SEATPLEASANT Officials Refuse to Reveal| Identity of Suspects | or Evidence. | MILK WAGON DRIVER'S STORY INVOLVES ONE | No Charges Are Preferred as Pris-| oners Are Held in Upper Marl- boro Sheriff's Office. Five suspects in the series if in- cendiary fires that swept Seat Pleasant, Md., were being questioned in the office of Sheriff Charles S. Early at Upper Marlboro this afternoon. County Policeman Prince, who with Detective Joseph Daugherty of the State fire marshal’s office, has bten investi- gating the fires for more than a week, said no charges had been preferred against the men. He refused to reveal the identity of the men in custody. Both Sheriff Early and State's At- torney Parron were absent from Marl- boro when the suspects were brought in, and it is presumed they will be held until these officials arrive. Those un- der arrest are said to be chiefly sus- pected in the $150,000 incendiary fire | that swept the store and lumber yard of F. L. Watkins two weeks ago. Police have been told by a milk wagon driver that one of the suspects interfered with his efforts to put out a small blaze he had discovered in a house. One of the persons indicated by the statements of the milk wagon driver is | a relative of an influential political | leader of Seat Pleasant district. { ‘The State fire marshal’s office as- signed a detective to the case on re- quest of Sheriff Early and Seat Pleas- ant residents, who believe that two fires | in vacant houses, one just before the | other, shortly after the lumber yard | fire, also were incendiary. H ‘The men in custody are being ques- | tioned behind closed doors, and police | refuse to disclose the nature of the | evidence against them. BAVBLING PATRONS BAN IS CONSIDERED Senator Robsion Would Also | Extend Padlock Law to Cover Resorts. Persons who frequent gambling es- tablishments would be subject to a penalty as well ‘as those who operate games, under a bill to be introduced | by Senator Robsion, - Republican, of Kentucky, chairman of the police sub- committee of the Senate District com- mittee, following a conference he had yesterday afternoon with a group of local officials. ‘The proposed legislation also would extend the padlock law to cover gam- bling places, and provide heavier penal- ties for the offense of permitting gam- ing. Senator Robsion said he hoped to get the bills in shape for consideration | at_the present session. The conference with Senator Robsion was_attended by District Attorney Leo A. Rover, Supt. of Police Henry G. Pratt, Assistant District Attorney Neil Burkinshaw, Assistant Corporation Counsel Vernon West and Building In- spector John Oehmann. It is expected the District Attorney will confer again today with James Ring, clerk of the District committee, regarding the draft- ing of the changes to be proposed in the aw. The copference yesterday was a_con- tinuation of discussions Senator Robsion had with police officials several weeks ago as to the need for stronger teeth in the laws relating to gambling in the District. The conferences followed the hearing Senator Robsion _conducted earlier in the session regarding law en- forcement_conditions in the neighbor- iood of the Government, Printing Of- ce. ATTORNEY FILES ANSWER TO CONTEMPT CHARGES | Leo K. Drury Offers Apologies to Court for Alleged Remark About Jury. Leo K. Drury, local attorney, today, through Attorney Morgan H. Beach, filed an answer to the contempt rule recently issued against him, charging him with using a derogatory statement about a jury which had returned an adverse verdict In a case in which he had been a witness, Drury stated he had no recollection of making the remark accredited to him, and declares he had no intention to show disrespect to the court nor to the jury, and if the remark was made it was due to the surprise caused by the verdict. He asks that his apolo- gies be accepted. Assistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw, who had obtained the rule against the young lawyer, did not argue the matter, but agreed to submit it to the court. Justice Bailey took the matter under advisement. House Group 0. K.s Bill Providing for U. S. 44-Hour Week ‘The House civil service commit- tee today ordered a favorable re- port on the bill granting a Satur- day -halfi holiday, making a 44- hour week for -all Government employ including all those in the departmental service in ‘Washington. Certain amendments are to be written into the bill, which al ready has passed the Senate and which is designed primarily to give the year-round half holi- days to employes of navy yards, arsenals and other mechanical (o;lcu on the Government pay roll. Representative Gallinger of Massachusetts, who wrote a sim- ilar report in the Seventieth Con- gress, was delegated to draft the amendments, which exclude from provisions of the bill post office employes and others whose wages are fixed by separate legislation. 1930. OWNS FAMOUS NANSEN MESSAGE ° ‘/51—,,‘4,“ / 555~ y n.le /U85, 2 I had been written in May, 1896. He is NANSEN MESSAGE BROUGHT TOLIGHT i ‘Note Is in Possession of Rc-.fi.\rch Worker in Navy Department. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin of the Navy Department with the note left behind in the Arctic by Nansen in which the famous explorer told of the drift of the Fram. Mr. Baldwin, himself an explorer, found the message in May, 1902. a copper tube in which the message was inclosed. It shown in the photograph above holding Star Staff Photo. HOOVER DISCUSSES CUT AT NAVY YARD Labor Heads Say President May Aid in Preventing More Reductions. | The recent death of Fridtjof Nansen {at Oslo has brought to light a cherished | blubber-stained message that Nansen |left behind in Franz Joseph Land. It| is the property of Evelyn Briggs Bald- | win, who is now engaged in special re- | | search work in the World War historieal | | section of the Navy Department, who | found the message when he was on his | polar peregrinations. In the note Nansen told of the drift| of his ship, the Fram, toward the North | Pole in the pack ice. | Nansen and Lieut. Johansen had left | the Fram in an effort to reach the Pole with dog teams. They were forced to stop at 86 degrees 14 minutes, then the farthest norgh any expedition had pen- etrated, and started back toward Spitz- bergen, building the hut from drift- wood and skins when the long Arctic night began. Lived on Walrus Meat. Nansen said in the note he believed | he was in Gillis Land, that he and his companions_had been’living on walrus and polar bear meat and that they were leaving for Spitzbergen by canoe. When they reached the south cdast of | Franz Joseph Land, they met the | Frederick Jackson _British _expedition, |-financed by Lord Northcliffe, and were | returned to civilization. Baldwin said when Nansen returned numerous persons expressed doubt that the Norwegian had gotten as near the | Pole as he had said. The American de- fended Nansen. In 1897 and 1898 Baldwin visited Nansen’s home near Oslo, and when the American went on his expedition in 1902 he found the “Winter lair” and the note. Baldwin Translates Note. The Nansen message, dated May 19, 1896, and found by Mr. Baldwin in May, {1902, has been translated by the Amer- ican’ explorer, as follows: “We were beset in the ice morth of I Kotelnol ai_about 78 degrees 40 min- utes north latitude 22 September, 1893. Drifted_the following year northwest- erly. Johansen and I left the Fram 14th of March, 1895, at about 84 de- | gress 4 minutes north latitude, 103 de- | grees east longitude, to attempt a more jnortherly latitude. “The command of the remaining ex- pedition was given over to Sverbrup. Found no land farther North. April, 1895, we probably reached 86 degrees 14 minutes north latitude and about 95 | degrees east longitude. The ice was impassable. Set our course for Cape Fligely, but our chronometer stopped and we knew not our longitude and ar- rived 6 August, 1895, at four broad ice- covered islands on the north side, at about 81 degrees 30 minutes north lati- tude, extending perhaps about 7 degrees easterly. Twenty-six August, 1895, found it safe to Winter over. Lived on bear meat. Go today southwesterly along the land to seek a route to Spitzbergen the nearest way. We sup- pose we are supposed tp be on Gilles Land. (Signed® “FRIDJOF NANSEN.” “Nansen really was the father of scientific polar expeditions,” Baldwin said. In the Nansen expedition when the Fram drifted in polar ice for three years, Baldwin recalled, the late Roald was an engineer on the ship. Ex-Senator Loses Car. An automobile owned by former Sen- ator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma, to- day was being sought by police following a report of its theft yesterday from a | the {WHITTAKER IS CLEARED - | Testimony Concerning Charges of Amundsen of the outstanding explorers | President Hoover, if possible, will lend his power to prevent further re- ductions in the ranks of employes of United States arsenals and navy yards, according to a delegation representing the American Federation of Labor, who discussed the subject with him today. In this delegation were Frank Mor- | rison, secretary and treasurer of the American Federation of Labor; John Coefleld, vice president of the American Federation of Labor and president of ! Plumbers’ International Union; Arthur O. Wharton, vice president of he American Federation of Labor and president of the Machinists’ Interna- tional Union, and John P. Frey, secre- tary and treasurer of the Metal Trades Federation. During the conversation. the delega- ion suggested to the President that the situation would be greatly relieved by putting into operation the moderniza- tion and reconditioning program under the terms of the naval treaty. ‘This program, it was stated, soon would absorb much of the unemploy- ment. The President was told that the arsenal and navy yvard workers are | greatly alarmed by the layoffs and the anticipated layoffs. They shld after- ward that the President seemed sympa- thetic and interested and made it plain that he was anxious to improve condi- tions, if possible. IN WIFE-BEATING CASE Hair Shearing Ruled Out by Police Court Judge. William Whittaker, Grant_place, was exonerated by a jury in Police Court of charges of assauit and_battery brought by his wife, Mrs. Louise Whittaker. Several wecks ago Mrs. Whittaker came to John R. Fitzpatrick, assistant 900 block of | PAGE B-* MCANN STRESSES * RESPONSIBILITIES OF ADVERTISERS $350,000,000 Bill Is Reveal- ed for 1930 at Annual Convention. PREDICTS GOOD VOLUME | DESPITE DEPRESSION 200 Delegates Attend Opening Ses- sion Behind Closed Doors—One Meeting Is Public. Responsibilities of the advertisers in placing a total of more than $350,000.000 of advertising during 1930 were stressed before the delegates to the thirteen:" annual convention of the Americu Association of Advertising Agencies ag the Mayflower Hotel today by H. K McCann of New York, president of th~ McCann Co. and chairman of the boare.! of directors of the association, in his opening address. Despite the current business depre: sion, McCann predicted that the adver- tising volume for this year will be “well maintained” in comparison with the general increasfyin advertising that marked the past y Oy Approximately 200 representatives of 133 agencies attended the opening_ ses- sion, which was held behind closed doors. At the first public session, this afternoon, leaders in the advertising business are discussing various phases of advertising, particularly newspapers. John Benson, president of the associa- fion, is presiding at this only public session of the two-day convention. Mills to Speak Tonight. Undersecretary of the Treasury Ogden L. Mills will address the association at its_annual banquet this evening at 7 o'clock in the Mayflower. McCann will be_the only other speaker. McCann deplored the fact that re- lentless competition in the battle for ?mrke'.s sometimes leads to sharp prac- ices. “Exaggerated claims, the number of so-called super-products, the psuedo- scientific copy appeal, the flood of bought testimonals are all evidences of the pressure of competition,” he de- clared. “Such advertising tends to de- istroy public confidence,” he warned. |and lessons the effectiveness of adver- llmng in the long run. Radio Advertising Discussed, Following the cpening address, Earl Ames Brown of New York, president of Lord, Thomas & Logan Co. and chair- man of the four A's commiitee on radio breadcasting, spoke cn this phase of ad- vertising. ‘‘Three other talks on radio and two on cutdoor advertising com- ! pleted the forencon session. Speakers on radio, in_addition to Brown, included William S, Hedges of Chicago, president of the National As- soclation of Broadcasters; H. H. Kynett of Philacelphia and Lee H. Bristol of | New York. " An invitation was _extended to the ! agency executives today by the Asso- ciation of National Advertisers to join vith that body in an accurate eiwck of veriising programs, WitN a view ing cuplication and more effi- ciency in their presentation. A demonstration of commercial sound films was arranged for this afternoon. This afterncon President Benson was siriking the keynote in a talk on the “Futur> of Newspaper _Advertising.” Kenneth Collins of New York had pre- pared a paper on “Retail Advertising in Newspapers.” FOR APARTMENT HOUSE Charles W. Arth Appointed by Court to Succeed Charles S. Baker. Charles S. Baker has resigned as re- celver of the Jefferson Apartments, Sixteenth and M streets, and Justice ‘William Hitz has appointed Charles W. 1 Arth to act as co-receiver with Herbert L. Davis, former auditor of the District Supreme Court. Arth will ‘be required to_furnish a bond of $20,000. Mr. Baker will retain_the position of collector for the Smith Building, at 815 Fifteenth street. Business calling him out of town within a few weeks was &s- signed by Attorney Baker as the reason for his request to be relieved of the re~ ceivership. The court has under o visement the application to name Ye- ceivers for the Smith Building and collectorship is regarded as temporary. ADAM WESCHLER DIES; LIVED IN CITY 11 YEARS Adam Weschler, 79 years old, retired farmer of Prince ‘Georges County, Md., and a resident of this city for the past 11 years, died at his home, 1335 Newton street northeast, yesterday after an ill- ness of a few days. Funeral services will be conducted in St. Anthony's Catholic Church Saturday [ morning at 9:15 o'clock. Interment will | be_in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Weschler was a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Anthony’s district attorney, with her hair cut short and uneven and complained that her husband had assaulted her, and on the | following day had “taken her for a | ride” into Maryland and sheared her | hair. She said that he was jealous of | other men, H In court Whittaker denied that he had tied his wife’s hands behind her, | gagged her with a towel and beaten her | with a razor strap. He declared he had | accused her of friendliness with other | men and that she had cried because of | Judge Ralph Given refused to allow | the Government to introduce testimony | concerning “the hair cut.” as the of- fense with which the husband was charged was said to have happened the | day before. | BURGLAR IS S.URPRISED AS FAMILY COMES HOME A burglar surprised in the home of Morris Goldstein at 2639 Woodley place when the family returned last night made his escape in the excitement which followed his discovery and could not be found despite a thorough search of the neighborhood by police of No. 14 station. The iIntruder was discovered standing on the stairway landing when the Gold- steins returned shortly after 9 o'clock. Dashing past Mr. Goldstein before the latter could recover from his as- tonishment, , the burglar bounded through the doorway and fled. It is belleved the family returned within a few moments after the thief parking pl ear the Cross Build- | ing on Sevenyeenth street, gained entry to the home. An investi- gation failed to disclose any robbery. Church. He is survived by two daugh- ters. Miss Agnes M. Weschler and Miss Catherine Weschler, and five sons, Adam A., Andrew, George, Charles and Mau- rice, all of this city. CAROLINIAN SENTENCED TO 180 DAYS IN PRISON Roy N. Matthews of Greensboro, N. C., was sentenced to serve 180 days in jail by Judge Gus A. Schuldt, when he was arraigned in Police Court today for passing four bad checks of approxi- mately $130 to local merchants. The Carolinian had just finished serving a two-month sentence in Balti- more on a similar charge. Detective B. W. Thompson went to the Maryland city and apprehended Matthews as soon as he was released from the Baltimore jail yesterday. He pleaded guilty on all of the counts. DENIES STATEMENT Justice Alfred A. Wheat, whose nomi- nation to the office of chief justice of the District Supreme Court is pend- ing in the Senate, today denied a pub- lished statement that he favors hearing d&m;sulc ‘relauun cases in chambers in- stead of in open court, as provided the District law. o “I not only never made such state~ ment,” said the justice; “but do not entertain that view.” Justice Wheat also pointed out that the custom docs not prevail in the New courts, as declared in the statement,