Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1930, Page 17

D. C. TRAFFIC LAW REVISION PROPOSED BY NLEOD TODAY House Action Suggested on Advice of Public Utilities Head. ASKS BODY TO PREPARE CODE DURING SUMMER ‘Would Include District Heads, Po- lice Superintendent and Other Officials in Survey. Entire revision of the traffic law for the District of Columbia was proposed today by Acting Chairman McLeod of the House District committee on rec- ommendation of Gen. Mason M. Pat- rick, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission. Mr. McLeod suggested the appoint- ment of & board of public officials on which would be represented _those sagencies particularly interested in the traffic situation. which would sit dur- ing the Summer and be prepared to recommend a new traffic code to_the House District committee when Con- gress meets in December. He proposed that on this board, should be represented the Board of District Commissioners, the superin- tendent of police, the chief of the Fire Department, the director of trafic, the chief of the Bureau of Efficiency, the Public Utilities Commission and that there should also be a representative of the Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions. Gen. Patrick Cites Changes. He made this suggestion, he said, be- cause Gen. Patrick had called to his attention great changes in traffic con- | ditions since the existing act was sed. P he proposal of general traffic law revision was made when the commit- tee had up for consideration the bill to compel taxicab drivers to carry in- surance, and grew out of an earlier hearing in which Gen. Patrick had been instructed to draft a bill which would give the Public Utilities Com- mission sufficient power to prevent taxicab monopolies at Union Station, in streets adjacent to hotels, to prevent taxicabs drifting in the streets to pick up passengers and blockading the streets in front of theaters, and io give the Public Utilitles Commission au- thority to establish taxicab and bus stands. Patman Asks Postponement. Further consideration of this measure Wwas postponed for further hearings on the suggestion of Representative Pat- man of Texas, who has been taking a particular interest in this measure. ‘The District committee favorably re- ported the bill authorizing the Commis- sloners to settle a suit against surety for a coal company which had failed to live up to its contract during the coal famine in war days. The suit is to be settled for $7,000, although the amount involved is more than $19,000, but it was argued that it would cost the Dis- trict more to prosecute'the suit in court. BRIDE FAVORS CHANGE. Says Commission Should Make Traffic | Law Study. Urging the need of a general re- vision of the District traffic laws to achieve co-ordinated action without | conflict, Corporation Counsel W. W. Bride has proposed to the Commission- ers the appointment of a special com- mittee to conduct public hearings and | to investigate traffic conditions here and in other cities. The special committee, which should report in November on recommenda- tions for definite legislation, Mr. Bride said. should be composed of a repre- sentative of the Board of Commission- ers. the major and superintendent of | police, the traffic director, a repre- | sentative of the Public Utilities Com- | mission and of the Bureau of Eff- clency. | Bride Responds to Request. Mr. Bride’s proposal was sent to the Commissioners in response to a re- quest by Commissioner Herbert Crosby for an interpretation of the various provisions of existing traffic laws, espe- clally in view of divided authority, and the existing conflict over the question of responsibility in controlling traffc. “This committee,” the corporation counsel wrote, “should hold hearings Wwhere various persons interested might have the opportunity to express their should investigate conditions in other citles and at the conclusion of its study should make a full and com- plete report upon the situation, with a Pproposal for definite legislation, Says Time May Be Saved. “I believe that this will save time for instead of having the present law interpreted and its rights, duties and responsibilities fixed, with the conse- quent long legal delays that will be nec- essary, a modern, complete and definjte law can be enacted. without the anti- quated, overlapping and indefinite pro- visions of the present-day law. “I am confident that if such new legislation is presented to Congress. backed by the.support of the Board of Commissioners, the Public Utilities Commission_and the Bureau of Effi- clency, Congress will be very willing to promptly enact it into law.” e Commissioners made public Bride's suggestion yesterday, with an Accompanying memorandum explain- | ing that they had not had time to study it. MELLON PLACING STONE AT WALTER REED TODAY The corner stone of the Memorial Chapel of ‘Walter Reed Hospital is being placed in position by Secretary of Treasury Mellon at an impressive ceremony_there this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Many prominent persons are participating in the exercises, The purpose of the Memorial Chapel is to be explained by Maj. Gen. Mer- Titt W. Irelana, surgeon general of the Army, and the memorial will officially be presented by Mrs. Henry R. Rea chairman of the Gray Ladies of th American Red Cross. It is to be ac cepted by Assistant Secretary of War F._Trubee Davison. The exercises will be presided over by Bishop James E. Freeman, while Brig. Gen. Carl R Darnall, commander of the Army medical center, will be executive officer. Invocation 'is to be delivered by Col. Julian E. Yates, chief of chaplains of the Army, and the benediction by Rev. Francis J. Hurney. - . Slips and Falls, Dislocates Knee. Slipping on the Washington Monu- ment steps yesterday, Daniel Miller, 19 years old of Mercersburg, Pa., suffered & dislocated knee and was taken to the Emergency Hospital for treatment. The Foening |Powder Puff Thief Feebly Attempts and Gathers Up Rouge and Lipsticks. The powder-puff burglar who dropped in on lph.; Vanity Beauty Shop. at 1348 Connecticut avenue, last night, was rather lackadaiscal about it all. He was obliged to hoist himself through the transom, but once inside grew apathetic and soon wearled of prying at the cash register. Then he dallied about the cosmetics case, choosing .some carmen lipsticks and several boxes of rouge. Then he strolled off. The burglary was ‘discoveretl this morning. No finger prints could be found. Ox2 policeman said he doubted if the bur- on such a chilly night. From the scratches on the cash reg- ister he must have tried to jimmy it with a finger-nail file and a couple of hairpins. "The - proprietor said he had not learned just how much of his stock Col. Fitzmaurice and John H. Mears, Record Seekers, Confer With Officials. Col. James 'C. Fitzmaurice, transat- lantic fiyer, and John Henry Mears, who the world in an effort to beat the record Zeppelin last year, were visitors in the Capital today. Mears is making arrangements for Federal co-operation in connection with his proposed flight, which is to begin about June 10. . He was to be received, with Col. Fitzmaurice, by Prasident Hoover and also was in conference this morning with Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, chief of the Army Air Corps, and officials of the Federal Radio Com- mission. Make Hop From New York. Mears and Fitzmaurice flew here from New York, arriving at Bolling Field just before dusk yesterday in the Lockheed cabin monoplane City of New York, in which Mears is planning his trip next month. The plane was piloted by Fred Melchoir, Swedish pilot, who will be at the controls during the globe- girdling flight. Fitzmaurice, formerly a colonel in the Irish army air force, gained fame through his flight across the Atlantic from Ireland to the wilds of Labrador in company with Herman Koehl and the late Baron Gunther von Huenefeld. While in this city Fitamaurice was the guest of Daniel J. O'Brien, managing airector of the Mayflower Hotel. The two were schoolmates in Dublin. Mears and Fitzmaurice return to New York this afternoon. Mears at Aeronautics Office. Mears visited national headquarters of the National Aeronautics Association here this morning and requested that an official record be made at Roosevelt Field, N. Y., of his departure time by an accredited timer for the association and the Federation Aeronautique In- ternationale. Mears told officials of the association that he expects to fly at an altitude of 10,000 feet or more during most of the trip to take advantage of favorable winds and that he is using a supercharged engine for high altitude work. The first leg of the trip will be to Newfoundland and the Atlantic Ocean crossing will be made by the northern route, he said. HOOVER TO ATTEND BUCHANAN SERVICES Statue of Former President to Be Unveiled in Meridian Park June 17 or 18—Figure Gift of Niece. President Hoover has accepted an in- vitation to attend the ceremonies inci- dent to the unveiling of a marble statue of President James Buchanan in Me- ridian Park, which will be held either 'on June 17 or 18. ‘The invitation was extended today in & formal manner by a delegation of prominent citizens of Lancaster, Pa., the home of President Buchanan. C.C. Calhoun of this city introduced the vis- itors to the President. The late Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston, niece of Presi- dent Buchanan and mistress of the ‘White House during his administration, left a trust fund for $100,000 for the erection of a monument to her uncle. 'PUBLIC HEARINGS CALLED ON ZONING | Two Amendments to Code Will Be Discussed at Session on Wednesday. The Zoning Commission will hold a public The first amendment would permit in residential C areas where the lim- itation is now 60 feet. in case street is 110 feet wide or more. Pro- vision is made that the allowable lot occupancy shall bé reduced 4 per cent |for each 5 feet in excess of 60-foot { height, The other amendment is designed {to permit temporary parking of auto- { mobiles on vacant ‘property in first | commercial areas, provided that no gasoline be sold or repairing or servicing | of cars be done. Consent of 75 per cent | of property owners within 200 feet of such parking arcas would be necessary. Assistant _Engineer Commissioner Davison went over the 34 districts terday wherein zoning ‘changes are roposed 50 as to acquaint the com- | mission with his first-hand knowledge of the various case: CONSIDER ACCIDENT BILL ‘The Scnate District committee is in session this afternoon to consider the Capper-McLeod bill dealing with finan- cial responsibllity of motorists, The bill, which passed the Hoy provides that motorists convicted of serious traffic offenses would not have their right to drive restored until they demonstrated ability to meet future damage claims. The bill is sponsored by the American Autorhobile Associa- tion and oth°r organizations, To Enter Cash Box | Soon Wearies of Effort| glar had come out without his gloves | was missing, and could offer no cluci VTG INCAPTAL s PLINSARERUSHED NATALARDIPLAY now is planning an airplane trip around ! time for the circuit made by the Graf hearing Wednesday on two pro- | {posed amendments to the code and 34| church school for 16 years, { proposed changes in zoning. the erection of apartments 90 feet high | the | use Monday, ! WASHINGTON, D. TIRE COVERS TO FOR BICENTENNIAL culate Program in Honor of First President. Automobiles ‘of every Senator and Representative, all mobiles and trucks and thousends of other motor vehicles all over the coun- try will carry this Summer a large display announcement of the George Washington Bicentennial, according to plans_just completed by Representa- tive Bloom of New York. Mr. Bloom, with Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, is associate director of the series of bicentennial celebrations which are to center in Washington and to extend all over the land during 10 months in 1932, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Washington's birth. The announcement is in the form of a handsomely painted tire cover, bearing the inscription in large let- ters, “George Washington Bicentennial, 1732-1932,” around the of the circle of ‘the cover, and a picture of George Washington painted in the center. Mr. Bloom had the first of these tire covers placed upon his own motor car here today, and it attracted great at- tention as he drove through the streets to the headquarters of the bi-centennial commission in the Washington Building and thence to the Capitol. Governors of the States will begin ja & series of radio addresses tonight to arouse the interest of the citizens of their States in the bi-centennial. Through the efforts of the national headquarters here, 22 governors have already consented to deliver addresses, and within a few days all, including those of the teritories are expected to be on the schedule. The series will ‘begin tonight with addresses by Gov. Frank. G. Allen of Massachusetts, Gov. Frank C. Emerson of Wyoming, and possibly Gov. Myers Y. Cooper of Ohio. The others will speak during the next 30 days. The National Park Association has recommended to the Secretary of the Interior that some great national land- mark be named for George Washington on the occasion of the bicentennial. It is probable that some national park will be chosen for this honor and will be called the “George Washington National Park.” No indication has yet been re- ceived as to what park will be chosen. ISAAC C. SMALLWOOD Veteran Navy Yard Employe Will Be Buried in Congressional Cemetery. Funeral services for Isaac C. Small- wood, 65 years old, for 51 years an em- | piove at the Washington Navy Yard. who disd in a local hospital yesterday { following an_operation, . will be con- fducted at the Lincoln Road M. E. Church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Congressional Cemetery, with Masonic rites at the grave by the Washington Centennial Lodge of Masons, and services by the i Mount Vernon Council, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, i Mr. Smallwocd was employed at the | brass foundry at the yard. He resided at 3028 Twenty-fourth street north- east. He had long been an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and had served as president of the board of trustees of the Lincoln Road M. E. Church. He also was secretary of the He was a member of the Washington Centennial Lodge of Masons, the Mount Vernon Council of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and of the Mount Vernon Council, Daughters of America. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary W. Smallwood; a daughter, Mrs. Carrie E. Ketcham, and a brother, L. Vernon Smallwood. In an effort to stir up interest in the George Washington bicentennial cele- | bration, this plan of motor advertising has been adopted. Representative Sol | Bloom of New York, one of the associate directors of the observance, is shown here with his car, the first to be so equipped. Automobiles Enlisted to Cir-‘ Government auto- | C Uvy BOOST 1932 FETE { —Star Stafl Photo. - AGAIN SCHEDULED !eronautic Events, Interrupt- | ed by Storm Are Set for Saturday. Unless bad weather again Intervenes on Satuday afternoon, the National | Capital will be given another oppor- tunity to see, in connection with the Curtis Marine Trophy races, to be flown |at the Anacostia Naval Air Station, the | biggest program of aernonautical events ever held in this part of the country. Except for the review of 130 combat planes from the battle fleet, all the events scheduled for last Saturday, but which were postponed because of a 35- mile gale which swept the city, will be flown this week. The races will begin at 3 p.m., being preceded and followed by special features, which will begin at 1:40 pm. Special Features Scheduled. Included among the special features |will be a visit by the Navy dirigible | Los Angeles, which will drop a glider flown by Lieut. Ralph S. Barnaby, U. S. IN. and will pick up in flight a Navy observation plane flown by Lieut. Comdr. Charles A. Nicholson, U. S. N.: a combat demcnstration by VB-1B Light Bombardment Squadron, known as the “Red Rippers”; a demonstration of formation acrobatics by a Marine Corps section of three fighting planes, led by Lieut. Christian F. Shilt, hero of the Nicaraguan_campaign; solo acrobatics by Lieut. M. B. Gardner, operations officer at’the Anacostia Naval Air Sta- tion, and parachute jumping. Tickets of May 24 Accepted. Tickets and automobile passes issued | for May 24 will be good for May 31, the | Navy Department announced today. A |limited number of autcmobile stickers and tickets to replace misplaced or de- stroyed stickers or tickets are available in the Bureau of Aeronautics. Appli- cation for these should be made to Lieut. S. C. Ring, room 3246, Navy De- partment. Lieut. Ring may be reached by telephone through National 2520, branch 270. GIANT METAL AIRSHIP IS PROPOSED FOR ARMY Craft to Cost $4,500,000 Would Carry 100 Tons at High Speed, House Men Told. By the Associated Press. Plans for a 100-ton, 100-mile-an-hour metal-clad airship fo cost $4,500,000 | were laid before the House military affairs committee yesterday by Carl B. Fritsche, vice president of the Detroit Alrcraft’ Corporation. Appearing in support of the Kahn bill | to authorize construction of such & ship |for Army transport purposes, he said| engineers believe it would e practical. | Such a craft, he added, would be able | to carry a military load of 40,000 pounds from Washington to Panama in 40 hours without a stop. The proposed ship would be slightly larger than the Graf Zeppelin and 25| miles an hour faster, he added. { Fritsche placed the cost of two such | airplanes at $8,000,000 snd sald the first could. be compieted in 30 months and the second in 42 months, Plunges Down Steps of Barber Shop on Fourteenth Street. Charles Stoneciffer, 55 years old, of 1224 Thirteenth strect, is'in a serfous condition at the Emergency Hospital. with a fractured skull as'a result of a fall down_the sieps of a barber shop at 1123 Fourteenth strect early last night. Stoneciffer was taken to Emergency Hospital in a private machine by Sam- uel M. Anglin of 1411 Eighth street, and was treated by Dr. S. G. Lewis. Will Place Memorial Day Scouts of Troop No. 23, District Coun- cfl, will deposit a Memorial day wreath and flag upon the grave of a Revolu- Army officer which they them- :‘e‘;?en:y discovered and marked a year ago while hiking along the wooded banks of the Potomac near Washington. The' boys were making their way along the trail and scanning their sur- roundings for something of interest when one of them noticed a slab of stone, most Of which was hidden by rgrowth. unx:‘e‘: the dirt was removed the Scouts were gble through a time-worn BOY SCOUTS TO DECORATE GR |OF HERO WHICH THEY DISCOVERED Addison, Revolutionary Leader. Wreath on Slab for Col. inscription to identify the grave of Col. John Addison, commander of the lower battalion of Maryland troops. Shortly thereafter the troop received a letter of thanks from the Maryland State Historical Society. The troop was recruited from the Eastern Presbyterian Church, Sixth. street and Maryland avenue northeast, n‘\;l’d the scoutmaster is Thomas Under- | wood. The boys are now searching for the grave of John Hanson, president of the ‘Third Continental Congress, believed to be located near his home across the Petomac from Alexandria. WEDNESDAY, AVE/i MAY 28 1930. 2939 GRADUATIONS ARE SCHEDULED IN D.C. SCHOOL SYSTEM Elementary and Junior High Reports Show Decrease From Last Year. MKINLEY TO GRADUATE LARGEST SENIOR CLASS 1,261 Boys and Girls to Leave Sixth Grade, 1,678 Going From Junior Highs and Eighth Grade. Reports from the District elementary and junior high schools received at the Franklin Administration Building to- day indicate that 2,939 boys and girls will be promoted within the school sys- tem next month. This figure is 910 less | ,than the promotions within the scheols a year ago. Of the total, 1,261 will be promoted from the sixth grade to the junior high school, while 1,678 will be sent on to senior high s¢hool. 959 will enter senior high school from the junior high schools, while the re- maining 719 will enter the senior high schools direct from the eighth grades of the elementary schools. McKinley High School heads the list of the senior high schools in‘the number of pupils promoted to its classes with 6. Eastern High is second h 386. Central is third with 366, Western fourth with 252, and Business is last with 228, Langley Junior High School will re- ceive most of the new junior high stu- dents, with 200 slated for its rolls. The other junior high schools and the num- ber of new students assigned to them follows: Hine, 178; Gordon, 173; Paul, 158; Macfarland, 147; Jefferson, 12 116; Powell, 105, and Columbl k The number of graduates of the seniur high schools had not yet been computed. These will be made public probably within the next week, SOMERVELL TO AID IN FLOOD CONTROL District Engineer for War De- pariment Will Take New Orleans Post, War Department orders today reveal that Maj. Brehon Somervell, District engineer for the War Department for the Washington area, will be detached from his present post about September 1, and go to New Orleans, La., for duty in the river engineering district, as as- sistant and understudy to Maj. Willilam H. Holcombe, the district engineer there. New Orleans is divided into two dis- tricts, the river, to which Maj. Somer- vell will be assigned, and the gulf. In his new duty he will have an im- portant part in Mississippi River flood control work and he is slated to become the next district engineer at that point when Maj. Holcombe is detached. Maj. Joseph D. Arthur, jr., now under instruction at the command and gen- eral staff school at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., will take over Maj. Somervell's duties here, soon. Maj. Arthur is ex. pected to arrive in Washington next month and study his new job under Maj. Somervell until the present Dis- trict engineer leaves for the South. ‘The New Orleans river district, offi- cially termed No. 2, has charge of im- provements and flood control of the Mississippl River and its tributaries be- low Warrenton, La. CAPT. FENWICK’S BODY IS FOUND IN POTOMAC Funeral Services Are Held for Two Companions in Boat Tragedy. ‘The body of- Capt. Arthur Fenwick, third victim of the tragic sinking Sat- urday afternoon of a speed boat in the Potomac River near Cobb Island, was found in the water about 15 miles from Colonial Beach yesterday. Capt. Fen- wick was the State oyster inspector at Piney Point, Md. Others who lost their lives when the boat sank were Richard Klimkiewiz, 17, of 132 Twelfth street northeast, and lOwt'n D. Whitcomb, 32, his brother-in- aw. The youth was buried in Bryantown Cemetery following services at the Holy Comforter Church at 9 o'clock this morning. Wuneral services for Whit- comb were held at Deal's undertaking establishment at 2:30 o'clock this after- noon. He was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The only survivor of the tragedy is Francis Klimkiewicz, 52, father of Rich- ard. With the aid of two seat cusrions, he managed to keep afloat until he was ;escued 24 hours after the boat went lown. RETIRED OFFICER BURIED IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY Lieut. Col. Julius H. Patzki Died in Ninety-second Year at Home, in Canada. JFuneral services were held at the Arlington National Cemetery this morn- ing at 11 o'clock for Lieut. Col. Julius H. Patzki, U. 8. A., retired, who died Monday at his home, in Oakville, On- tario, Canada, in his ninety-second year. e was born in Prussia, February 5. 1838, and served in the Union Army during the Civil War, as a surgeon in the 15th New York Heavy Artillery. In November, 1867, he was commis- sloned as a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the Regular Army {and reached the grade of major in Feb- ruary, 1889. On account of disability re sulting from his war service, he Placed on the retired list in January, 1892, and in April, 1904, was promoted to the grade of leutenant colonel un- der the provisjons of an act of Congress gIVing advanced rank to retired officers Who served in the Civil War. His next of kin is a step-daughter Miss Annette L. Gibson, who lived with him in Canada and accompanied the funeral party to this city. 23 Autos Stolen, “Twenty-three automoblles were re- ported to the gollce as having been stolen or taken by joyriders during the past thres days. Nine of becn recovered this morning. Of the latter figure } 13 | This bronze tablet has been erected _Dispelling the mystery which once | shrouded the tomb in Arlington Ceme- | tery of Mrs. Mary Randolph, the War Department has erected on the ivy- covered brick wall inclosing the tomb an informative bronze tablet, inscribed with a brief biography of this re- markable woman. Data for the inscription were ob- tained as a result of an article in The Star some months ago by Enoch Aquila Chase, calling attention to the uncer- tainty surrounding the history of Mary { Randolph. The tablet point§ out that ! Mrs. Randolph, the first person to be buried at Arlington, was a direct de- scendant of Pocahontas, a cousin of Thomas Jefferson, of Fitzhugh Custis and Robert E. Lee and a sister-in-law of Gov. Thomas Mann Randolph of Virginia. ‘The tablet also seeks to explain the quaint epitaph, long a subject of com- ment, which follows: “Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Mary Randolph—Her intrinsic worth needs no eulogium. The deceased was born the 9th of August, 1762, at Amptbill near Richmond, Virginia, and died the 23rd of January 1828 in Washington City, a victim of maternal love and duty—As a tribute of filial gratitude this monu alted virtues by her | Requiescat in pace!” Was Author of Jefferson Cook Book. ‘The tablet points out that her youngest son was Burwell Starke Ran- dolph, who fell from a mast while a midshipman and was crippled. “Her devoted care of that injured son,” the marker states, “is said to have hastened her death, and would seem to explain her epitaph.” As a result of the publication of Mr. Chase’s article in The Star it was established that Mrs. Randolph was the author of “The Virginia Housewife,” known as the “Jefferson Cook Book," one of the prized relics of the White House. Recently Mrs. Hoover sent this old book to the Library of Congress for restoration. David Meade Randolph, a soldier of the Revolution and a friend of George Washington, was Mary Randolph's husband and her cousin.” When Wash- youngest son. of Mrs. Mary Randolph to dispell the mystery surrounding {| MARY RANDOLPH'S ARLINGTON TOMB IS MARKED WITH TABLET| War Department Acts to Dispel Mysteryg Which Formerly Shrouded Ivy-Covered Brick-Walled Grave. nont is dedicated to her ex- | RETTR URWE in Arlington Cemetery to mark the tomb he grave. —Star Staft Photo. | 1 ington was the first President of the | United States he appointed Randolph the first United States marshal for th State of Virginia, a position of trust and honor he held for years thereafter. His spacious and ever-popular home in Richmond, which ‘he called “Moldavia,” was one of the social centers of the capital of Virginia and was famed far and wide for its hospitality. ‘Was Known as “Queen.” Mary Randolph was so well known throughout Virginia as a woman of brilliant wit. charming manner, gracious bearing and as a remarkable hostess |and housewife that she was for many years called “the Queen.” In later years Moldavia came into the possession |of John Allan, whose adopted son, Ed- gar Allan Poe, lived there for a time With his foster-parents. It is believed by many persons that Mary Randolph was the godmother of Mary Ann Randolph Custis, the only | surviving child of George Washington | Parke Custis and his wife, Mary Lee Fitzhugh, and who became Mrs. Robert E. Lee on June 30, 1831, at Arlington House. But that fact has never been | authentically established. Jo.The indeription on the new tablet fol- o Mary _Randolph, wife of David Meade Randolph 'and first person known to be buried in Arlington, was the eldest child of Thomas Mann and Ann Cary Randolph of Tuckahoe, Her | maternal . grandfather was Archibald Cary of Ampthill; her paternal grand- father was William Randolph of Tuck- ahoe. She was a direct descendant of Pocahontas; a cousin of Thomas Jef- ferson. of Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, wife of George Washington Parke Cus- s, the builder of Arlington House, and of Robert E, Lee. Her brother, Thomas | Mann Randolph, Governor of Virginia 1819-1821, married Martha JefTerson, | daughter "of Thomas Jefferson. Her | eldest son was William" Beverley Ran- | dolph, “through whom alone her line | has descended. Her youngest son, Bur- well Starke Randolph, when a midship- man in the,U. S. Navy, fell from & mast and was crippled. = Her devoted care of that injured son is said to have hastened her death and would seem to explain her epitaph.” G. P. 0. AND NAVY YARD TO GET 3-DAY HOLIDAY Two More Establishments Other Government Units in Tak- ing Ngxt Saturday Off. Joining the rank of Government es- tablishments to receive an all-day holi- day Saturday, giving employes a three- day vacation’ including Memorial day, it was announced today that the Distric! Building, the Government Printing Of- fice and the Navy Yard personnels would likewise be granted Saturday off. Like the Federal Government, the Dis- trict also will have pay day fomorrow. Saturday half holidays for employes of the District Government during the Summer also were declared today by order of the Board of Commissioners beginning June 14. Each Saturday thereafter and ending September 27, in- clusive, the officers will close at 12:30 o'clock, PULLMAN MEN HONORED Retiring officers of the Pullman Su- | pervisors Club were honored last night at a banquet in the Mayflower Hotel, attended by some 100 department heads lof the Pullman system in and about | Washington. The officers were W. S. Jones, president; Burkhart Scheyette and W. M. Ransom, vice presidents; W. Yocum, secretary, and F. B. Stout, treasurer. Jomi L.| nounced today by Charles J. Columbus, ESTATE IS APPRAISED AS WORTH $2,000,000 Application Filed to Probate Will of Late Isabel D. Stedman. left an estate valued in excess of $2,000,- 000, according to the petition of her executor, B. P. Lamberton, for the pro- bate of her will and codicil. He is also & nephew of the deceased and is left $200,000. He informs the court that he knows of a cousin of the deceased, Mrs. Anna S. Stephens of Los Angeles, and through Attorney Clyde D. Garrett Tequests permission of the court to ad- vertise for other relatives. The estatc is composed of premises 1703 New Hampshire avenue, assessed at $23,086, and personal property esti- mated at about $2,000,000, comprising stocks, bonds, furniture and the like. The provisions of the will were pub- lished recently in The Star. ADVERTISERS TO ELECT New officers of the Advertising Club of Washington, will bo nominated next Tuesday at the regular luncheon meet ing in the National Press Club for ele tion on Tuesday, June 10, it was an- secretary. The officers are elected for three-year terms. Alleging that his 7-year-old boy fell | asleep in school on account of being kept awake by his mother while she was learning tap daneing, Charles Christian Schmidt, an employe of the Southern Railway, filed suit today. in the Supreme Court of the District against his wife, Lydia Mae Schmidt, said to be now a resident of Arlington County. Mr. Schmidt claims that his wife de- serted him in 1928 and is riow trying to establish a residence in Arlington them had ! County for the purpose of suing him for divorce. ASKS DIVORCE WHEN WIFE'S DANCE LESSONS AWAKEN CHILD| | Charles C. Schmidt Files Suit Against Wife, Now in Virginia, Asking for Boy. Schmidt says that he agreed to phy $40 a month for the care of their child, but his wife did not use the money for the boy and neglected him entirely, spending most of her time with a cer- Isabel D. Stedman, who died May 18, | PAGE B-1 GALLINGER WARD ADDITION PLANNED BY WELFARE BOARD $500,000 Appropriation for 250 Bed Expansion Is Includ- ed'in Estimates for 1932. REPAIR WORK AT JAIL ALSO IS CONSIDERED Increase of $700,000 Is Represent- ed in Total of $5,817,945 In- cluded in Bill. An appropriation of $500,000 for a new ward building at Gallinger Munici- pal Hospital of not less than 250-bed capacity is sought by thie Board of Pub- lic Welfare in the 1932 estimates for the various institutions undgr its jurisdic- | tion, Recent investigation of conditions at | Gallinger disclosed that old wooden structures still used for patients are not only obsolete in type, but also are un- safe. ~ With the new appropriation asked, it is hoped to be able to start construction on a modernly equipped building to replace the flimsy frame structure. Repairs to the 20-year-old leaky roof at the District Jail, as well as a new 100f over its rotunda, and various other improvements at the workhouse in Oc~ coquan and the reformatory at Lorton also are asked in the new estimates, Furthermore, the Board of Public Wel- fare is faced with what it terms an “inevitable” increase in the\population at the workhouse and seeks the employ- ment of 38 additional guards to make escape less easy. Estimates Total $5,817,945, The estimates for 1932, totaling $5,817,045, represent an increase of ap- proximately $700,000 for the Board of Public Welfare in the pending appro- priation bill. The total is made up as tollows: Board of Public ‘Welfare, $559,700; jail, $180,930; workhouse and reformatory, $1,138,150; National Train- ing School for Boys, $30,000; National “Training School for Girls, 83,000; med- ical charities at private hospitals, $89,000; Tuberculosis Hospital, $237,~ 420; Gallinger Municipal Hospital, $1,060,900; District Training School, $409,690; Industrial Home School (for colored children), $122,140; Industrial Home School (for white children), $55,900; Home for the Aged and Infirm, $1,600,000; support of insane, $1,600,000, ::gggsceuanmm under public welfare, For the Board of Public Welfare it- self , three additional social service workers are asked. Two of these would be case workers among children and the third for similar work among adults, Two additional clerical stenographers also are provided for in the estimates. Declaring that the roof of the District Jall is 20 years old and leaks badly, $6,500 is asked to place it in Tepair, as well as to provide a new covering for the rotunda, which is the worst sufferer in heavy rains. An increase of $84,720 is asked for salaries at the work house and reforma- tory, the total amount being $356,900. The increase is to provide for new posi- tions which would include, in addition to the 38 guards, two assistant medi- cal officers, one chief engineer, one ad- ministrative assistant, one property cus- todian, two prineipal mechanics, four senior mechanics, Of the new guards sought for the work house 24 would be assigned to the new wall group. Construction plans for 1932 at the reformatory include completion and partial equipment of the administration building and beginning of foundations for the industrial or shop building. At the work house it is sought to begin the foundations for two industrial buildings, the location of which has not yet been determined. Estimates for Hospital. Estimates for the Tuberculosis Hos- pital include $60,000 for the purchase of supplies, an increase of $6,000 over the 1931 budget. An appropriation of $75,- 000 also is sought for a new boiler house and boiler. For the hospital, salaries are sought for the employment of two new occupational therapists, three ad- ditional nurses, one hospital attendant and a kitchen orderly. Employment of one physician, a dentist and two. addi- tional guards is pointed out as a need glr l;,he National Training School for rls. 3 In addition to the new ward bullding at Gallinger, the Board of Public Welfare requests the employment of two more chauffeurs so that the ambulance serv- ice for charity and call work might more easily be extended into the north- east section. At the District Training School an Increase of $15,120 is asked to take care of new positions based upon increased population. A total of $93,540 is pro- Vvided for salaries and $60,000 fos a new boiler, heat and water mains, the old being in general disrepair. Under the miscellaneous needs of the Board of Public Welfare, $8,000 is asked in 1932 for relief of the poor, including the purchase of artificial limbs and the pay of physicians to the poor. This also includes dental work. The estimate represents an increase af $500 over the amount carried in the 1931 appropria- tion bill. An increase of $1,500 is asked for the deportation of indigent persons to jursidictions outside the District of Columbia. The total amount needed for such transportation facilities wag sald to be $5,000. FORMER BRICK CAPITOL IS SCENE OF PAGEANT Patriotic Group Stages Ceremony in Senate Room of Building, Soon to Be Rlzed‘ The Senate Yoom of the old brick Capitol at 2} First street northeast last night was the scene of the pageant, ‘Turn Back the Pages of History to the Year 1814, arranged and presented under the direction of Miss Anna C. S patriot rtisan patriotic, non-pa: group par- ticipated in the ceremonies, losovllnl which a pilgrimage to the various rooms of the old Capitol was made. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Aylor, present oecupants of the building, which it is planned to raze to make way for the new Supreme Court Building, headed the reception line, - Capt. David C. Grayson, who was held prisoner in the old brick building during the Civil War, was among recent visitors at the former Capitol. tain mail friend. Mr. Schmidt also asked the court to cancel a separation agreement and asks that his wife be restrained from tgmuculln‘ a sult filed against him in the Municipal Court for $120. Attorney Godfrev L. Munter appears for S-hmidt. i ssks ahlinnled divorce chid, Hurt When Thrown From Horse. mhuem 17 years old, of threw her while riding beneath the P Street Bridge. Miss Schueppe was treated at the Emergency Hospital for siight abrasions of the neck and 1d then dismissed.