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A—12 = FOWLER REQUESTS | S0 T0 BULD SOLATON VARD Further $50,000 for Equip-| ment at Gallinger Hos- pital Asked. TOTAL NEEDS $999,668, HEALTH OFFICER SAYS Fears Private Hospitals Now Re- ceiving Contagious Patients May Refuse Contracts. Pointing to the need of more ade- quate facilities in the District for the isolation of patients suffering from minor contagious diseases, Dr. William C. Fowler, District health officcr, has included in his estimates for 1932 a re- quest for an appropriation of $450,000 for the construction of an isolation bullding at Gallinger Municipal Hospi- tal. An additional $50,000 would be re- qured to equip it. ‘While expressing dissatisfaction with the existing arrangements in the Dis- trict for the care of these contagious cases, Dr. Fowler said, however, he is directing no criticism of the only two contagious wards in the city, those maintained at Providence and Garfield Hospitals. It is his opinion that the District Government should have an isolation building under its own super- vision, a project for which he has quietly campaigned for a number of years. Asks $999,668. Dr. Fowler's estimates for the Health Department total $999,668. Of this! amount $49.398 is asked for work in the prevention of contagious diseases in the District, an increase of $1,398. Referring to the need for an isola- tion building, Dr. Fowler pointed out that it is probable that at least one of the hospitals will refuse to renew its contract with the District next year. ‘The $2 and $2.10 per day these hospi- tals now_receive, respectively, for the care of District patients fails to meet the cost of service, the Health Depart- ment says. An increase of $12,000 also is asked in the appropriations for school health work. This entails medical and dental service and instruction in hygiene and sanitation, for which a total of $115,- 980 is asked. ‘The 1931 bill provides for two addi- tional inspectors and two more nurses, Dr. Fowler said. “While helpful,” he added, this increase to the staff “does not nearly meet the needs.” Asks More Nurses. Each health inspector is charged with Jooking after 5,000 schocl children, while each nurse has 6,000 to look after. ‘The increase asked in the estimates would provide five additional medical inspectors and five additional nurses. Yielding to the complaints of humane societies and others, Dr. Fowler is re- questing $1,500 for the installation of an electrocution cage at the District Pound to substitute the present method of using charcoal fumes to put dogs and cats to death. The method now in use, he said, has been the source of much criticism. OWNER OF RUNAWAY AUTO IS UNKNOWN Car Coasts From Parking Place, Endangering Pedestrians, and Crashes Into Excavation. ‘The owner of an automobile which coasted from its parking place on a hill at Rhode Island avenue and U street mnortheast yesterday afternoon. endan- gering scores of holiday motorists, could not be located today. Danger from the runaway car was averted by the quick action of W. J. Beall, 30, of 13 Rhode Island avenue northeast, who jumped on the running board of ine fastmoying machine, and, reaching through the open window, steered it into an excavation in the street at the foot of the hill. The driver- less car, Beall said, attained a speed of 25 miles an hour. A policeman from the eighth precinct made an investigation of the incident yesterday, but made no written report of his findings. The automobile, its front end badly smashed, was still in the excavation today. +Beall was driving away from his home in his own car when he saw the other machine start forward. He ran to it and jumped on the running board. The emergency brake would not hold, so he steered it down the hill, maneuvering through the heavy traffic. Fearing an accident, he said, he guided the machine into the excavation. Only the fact that trafic on North Capitol street was held up by a red light enabled him to avoid a mishap, he de- clared. KVALE LAUDS DEAD AT MEMORIAL CROSS Representative Principal Speaker at Legion Ceremonies at Prince Georges Monument. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. BLADENSBURG, Md., May 31.—Rep- | resentative P. J. Kvale of the Seventh Minnesota district was the principal speaker at the annual Memorial day ex- ercises of Snyder-Farmer Post, No. 3, American Legion, of Hyattsville, held at | the Prince George County World War Memorial Cress here yestcrday. Prior to the exercises there was a parade from t'l;lel Naticnal Guard Armory in Hyatts- ville. Spirit of the men who laid down their lives for the country was dauded by Representative Kvale. A wreath was laid on the cross by Mrs. Bradley A. Snyder, mother of one of the fall:n men for whom Snyder-Farmer Post was named. Miss Marion Snyder, daughter of Mrs. Snyder, and prisident of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of Snyder-Farmer Post, also participated in the program. Carl W. ‘Walzl, commander of the post, presided. In the parade were members of the American Legion and their auxiliary, Boy and Girl Scouts, fire departments and other groups. Music was furnished by th: Nationgl Training School for Boys' Band and by Boy Scout buglers and drummers. -— AMBASSADOR GREW HERE ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE U. 8. Envoy to Turkey in Wash- ington Conferring With State Department Officials. Joseph C. Grew, former Undersecre- tary of State, and the present Ambas- sador to Turkey, who is in this country on leave of absence, is in this city in conference with officials of the State Department in regard to Turkish af- His Work Praised ROBERT H. ALCORN. Harris-Ewing Photo. WORK OF ALCORN LAUDED BY GIBSON Vermont Representative Tells of Retirement Bill Sup- porter’s Efforts. Tribute to the work of Robert H. Al- corn, who for 16 years has led the effort in Congress for retirement legislation, is paid in the Congressionzl Record by Representative Ernest W. Gibson, Re- publican, of Vermont, a member of the House civil service committee. He emphasizes that Mr. Alcorn gave up his position in the Government serv- ice to lead the campaign for: remedial legislation for his fellow employes and that now the fight is won he is ineligible himself to share in the benefits. Rep- resentative Gibson's speech is, in part, as_follows: “The signing by the President of the Dale-Lehlbach retirement bill marks the culmination of years of ceaseless striv- ing on the part of civil service em- ployes for an adequate retirement meas- ure, Joint Conference Successful. “The unco-ordinated efforts of sepa- rate organizations brought meager re- sults through many years of effort. It was not until the formation of the joint conference on retirement that real progress was made in bringing forth a measure that would ease the declining days of the worn-out employes of the ‘Government. “The joint conference on retirement was formed in 1917, and Robert H. Al- corn, who had served for several years as the chairman of the retirement com- mittee of the Naval Gun Factory, was elected chairman and has held the posi- tion to this time. “It is not my purpose to dwell on the struggles of the last 13 years to secure the enactment of the McKellar-Keating bill, the Dale-Wadsworth bill, or -the Sterling-Lehlbach bill which became a law in 1920, but I do wish to pay a tribute to the sterling character, the ability, and the tenacily of the chair- man who through all the trying situa- tions of the many years has retained the respect and confidence of the great body of Government workers. He has kept the ranks closed with only one single exception. “The joint conference consists of rep- resentatives of the navy yards, naval stations and arsenals, National Associa- tion of Letter Carriers, National Fed- eration of Post Office Clerks, Railway Mail Clerks, National Association of Master Mechanics, District No. 44 of machinists, Government printers, print- ing pressmen, bockbinders, mechanical trades of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and, in additicn, through their | confidence in the chairman, nearly all of the independent organizations in the Government service in the District of Columbia and throughout the ccuntry have loyally co-operate 300,000 Affliated. “I think it is a conservative estimate that there are in excess of 300,000 men and women enrolled under the banner or affiliated with the joint conference on retirement. By reason of diversity of occupations and environment con- flicting demands have inevitably arisen among the different groups, but all these “diffcrences have been ’amicakly adjusted and all have carried on with| singleness of purpose that brought re- sults. Much of the success has been due to the tireless efforts of Chairman Robert H. Alcorn. “You all know him. There are fow whose offices he has not visited and been received with a welcome. Courteous and kindly, he has always found the door open to_him, with an invitation to return upon his departure. He has had the confidence of the members of the civil service committees. The glory of | success with the retirement raeasure elongs to him. I congratulate the thousands of loyal Government workers | that they have been led by such a splendid type of man. “He has made a genuine sacrifice. In 1921 he was reduced in his grade owing | to loss of time due to work for his| organization. He was reinstated in | 1927, but remained less than a year in the service. He gave up his position that he might have the time to work | for others. He is therefore ineligible | to share in the benefits of retirement. He has kept the faith, he has won the | fight, but can not share in the realiza- | tion of his dream.” fairs. He is spending most of his va- cation at his former home in Massa- chusetts and expects to stary back for his distant post ‘at Istanbul, about the 15th of June, A group of children from Northwest Wi | their own homes to place on the graves at Battle Ground National Cemetery, ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, IHORSESHOE TITLE GRAVES ARE FOUND| OF CAPITOL HILL | et FLOWERS FOR HERD ON PILE OF TRASH Arlington Officials Investigat- ing Memorial Day Slight to Six Dead. CEMETERY EMPLOYES CLOSELY QUESTIONED Although Box Came Through Post Office Insured, Record of It Can- not Be Found by Probers. Six graves of America’s war dead, which were bare yesterday while the last resting places of thousands of their war buddies lay beneath a profusion of Spring blossoms, today had their own quota of flowers, and Arlington National Cemetery officials were looking for the person responsible for the slight. ‘The flowers, sent by friends and rel- atives of the men who lost their lives for their country, found their way yes- terday afternoon to a cemetery dump heap instead of the graves for which they were intended. Supt. Robert R. Dye of the cemetery today explained the incident, while cem- etery officials made a thorough investi- gation. Found on Trash Pile. ‘The boxes of flowers, according to Dye, were found yesterday morning by a’ colored workman of the cemetery upon a heap of discarded flowers, boxes and trash which formed one of the piles of flowers sent over to the ceme- tery Wednesday for school children to decorate graves. The workman care- fully put the boxes to one side and left them there until the overflow of Me- morial day traffic in the cemetery would permit him to come with a truck to get them. In the meantime, Dye says, the boxes were found by a reporter, who, after opening them and examining the cards and other information on them, reported the matter to the cemetery officials. A truck was dispatched to the scene and the boxes were removed from the dump heap and placed in Dye’s office and an investigation was started. ‘The colored helper who first found the boxes, it was learned today, went back to get them after their removal to Dye’s office and, not finding them, did not report the incident, telling Dye he thought they had been taken to their proper places by some other em- ploye of the cemetery. All Employes Questioned. Dye yesterday and this morning ques- tioned all other employes of the ceme- tery, but has been unable to find out how the boxes got on the dump heap in the first place. No one in the ceme- tery office remembers seeing the boxes until they were brought in yesterday afternoon, A check-up today revealed that one of the boxes of flowers came through the Arlington post office, was insured and carried a special delivery s:amp. Dye investigated and found that there was no record of it at the post office. Dye believes some messenger, caught in the jam of traffic in the cemetery yesterday morning, was unable to make his way to the cemetery office, and to save time dropped the tributes on the nearest dump heap. TRAINING CAMPS SHOW AN EXCESS OF QUOTA All Areas Record Applications Be- yond Number Allotted for * Service in 1930, War Department advices show that the number of applications already re- ceived for the 1930 Citizens' Military Training Camps is within 3,172 of the enrollment objective of 52,757 and 12.- 000 in excess of the quota of 37,500 ai- lotted for training at all the camps this Summer. All the corps areas received applications for training in excess of their quotas by from 3.6 per cent for the lowest corps area to 79.6 per cent for the highest corps area. The 2d Corps Area, headquarters at New York City, received the greatest number of appiications, closely followed by the 4th Corps Area, headquarters at Atlanta, Ga. As applications are being recelved at the rate of about 300 a day it is practically assured that the total quota | allotment will be reached before the close of next week. PLANE DIVE KILLS TWO Arizona Crash Is Seen by Wife of Pilot. CHANDLER, Ariz, May 31 (&). Spinning to earth from a low altitude, an airplane crashed at the Chandler Airport _yesterdsy, killing the pilot, James C. Robson of Pasadena, Calif., and his companion Clayton Morga- reidge, 21, a student flyer of Chandler. The crash was seen by Mrs. Robson, a parachute jumper, who was preparing to go aloft and give a parachute jumping exhibition. Robson was giving Morgareidge a n. ington who brought flowers from where services were held by citizens of Brightwood and the G. A. R. Kneeling are Betly Smalley and Hilda Friedley; standing, Ruth Evans, Blanche Sejen and Lillian Speckmall. —Star Stafl Thoto, GOES 70 JOHNSON Representative Beats Vestal of Indiana and Receives The Star Trophy. FINAL TOURNEY MATCH IS HELD AT BALL PARK Vast Radio Audience Listens in, With Barkley and McLeod as Guest Announcers. Representative Fred G. Johnson, dis- tinguished as the first horseshoe pitch- ing champion of Congress, wasn't cer- tain today whether all the back slaps and handshakes that came his way were in the nature of congratulations or what the sports scribes would term Bronx cheers. In any case, he accepted them with a broad grin and to all visitors he pointed with unmistakable pride to a pair of brilliantly polished ~chromium-plated horseshoes presented him by The Wash- ington Star as a token of the triumph he scored in the final of the congres- sional tournament held at Griffith Sta- dium yesterday. Final Match Broadcast. In the last match the Nebraskan de- feated Representative Albert H. Vestal of Indiana, the Republican whip, 21 to 20, and it was a battle that kept on edge a warmly rooting gallery, made up mostly of congressional folk, and a vast radio audience. The National Broadcasting Co., with Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky and Represent- ative Clarence J. McLeod of Michigan as guest announcers, gave over its mikes to the barnyard golf show for an hour and a half. It was the first time such an event was broadcast, and the Na- ington Star, which engineered the a: fair, were swamped today with lauda- tory mail. The finals were played by four mem- bers of the House, the Senators sched- uled to appear letting the title go by forfeit. Representative Johnson won his way into the final by defeating Representa- tive Thomas 8. McMillan of South Carolina, the only Democratic partici- pant, 21 to 10, and Representative Ves- tal dealt defeat by a score of 22 to 10 to Representative F. Dickinson Letts of Towa. Johnson Comes From Behind. When the master of ceremonies, Oliver Owen Kuhn, managing editor of The Star, called the finalists to their posts, Representative Vestal was so strong a favorite that the match ap- peared to be a formality. It continued to seem so even after 10 innings had been played, for the gentleman from Indiana by that time had rolled up a lead of 13 to 3. A semi-humorous cheer went up| when in the next inning the Nebraskan rung the stake for three points. “Accidents will happen!” shouted & Vestal adherent. But by way of proving it was nothing of the sort, Representative Johnson proceeded calmly to toss another ringer. Moreover, he scored a point with his other shoe in this inning and boosted his total to 10, only 3 behind'| his opponent. It had become a con- test. Representative Vestal flashed with 2 points in the thirteenth inning and per- haps the numeral bugaboo had some- thing to do with it when he failed to score another point for nine straight innings. At any rate he could offer no other alibi. In the meantime, Rep- resentative Johnson had gradually caught up and then gained a slight lead. In the twentieth he went ahead by 18 to 17. From there to the finish it was touch and go and the gallery was pulled from its seats by the excitement. The two Congressmen had become grim. Representative Vestal ended his losing streak with a point in the twenty-third inning, which left him trailing by 18 to 20. In the twenty-fourth he scored two close shoes and the count stood 20-211, each player a point from victory. ‘There was a pause before the final frame was pitched while ti.c contestants “organized” themselves for the supreme test. Vestal Pitches Wide. Representative Vestal had the first foss.pflm opening shoe sailed over the peg and halted nearly two feet away. He made a desperate try for a ringer with the second, but this also was a bit too high and flopped a foot back of the stake. His opponent's first effort was' almost a wild pitch and the Nebraskan's sup- porters groaned. But Representative Johnson appeared not even annoyed. ‘With utmost deliberation he dropped his second close to the peg and the battle was over. For the next half hour the principals were claimed by movietone, radio and newspaper folk and it is probable a record was established for the amount of publicity given a barnyard golf con- test. An ‘unusual sight later was two dig- nified members of Congress leaving Griffith Stadium clutching fondly what appeared to be two tiny suit cases. In them were horse shoes, the spoils of war, perhaps the queerest struggle in the annals of Congress. Announcers Made Hit. Senator Barkley and Representative McLeod, if radio fan mail is a criterion, distinguished themselves as announcers. They kept up a running fire of banter and description worthy of Graham Mc- Namee, and incidentally did a bit of political log-rolling, although the Sena- tor is a Democrat and the Repre- sentative a Republican. Music by the United States Navy Band interspersed the program. ‘With the congressional matches out of the way, members of the “Little Congress,” composed of secretaries and clerks, hed it out and John M. Rob- sion, jr., son of Senator Robsion of Kentucky, won the championship. In the final he defeated Fred L. Syler, secretary to Representative C. B. Mc- Clintock of Ohio, 21 to 19 and 21 to 10. In the semi-finals Robsion trimmed L. M. Hopping, secretary to Representative McLeod, 21 to 14, and Syler defeated Pratt of Michigan, 21 to 17. ‘The congressional tournament will be repeated next year and promises to be a much larger affair from the stand- point of entries. A number of members of both houses expressed regret that they were unable to take part because ot pressure of work. HURT IN COLLISION Thrown from his motor cycle in a collision with a truck at Pennsylvania avenue and Eighth street this morning, Pvt. Craige L. Smith, 28 years old, of the Traffic Bureau, was cut and bruised about the left leg and foot. He was taken to Emergency Hospitai in a passing automobile and treated by Dr. John C. Lewis. | _ ‘The driver ot the truck, John C. | Johnstone, 26 years old, of 4210 Fourth strect, was arrested and booked at No. 1 precinct on a charge of reckless driv- ing. truck, police say, is owned by the Joseph Phillips Co. of No. 10 Center Market. D. C. SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1930. AT THE CONGRESSIONAL BARNYARD GOLF PARTY : » L ? — i Yy Upper: Lowe The judge made careful measurement before deciding this tos Representative Fred G. Johnson of Nebraska, who won the rham- pionship, and Representative Albert H. Vestal of Indiana, whom he defeated In the final, holding the leather cases inclosing the fancy horseshoes presented them by The Washington Star. r Staff Photos. WETE0ASKED FORSEWER WORK 1$600,000 Item Is Included in | tion Has Been Satisfied With Department’s Estimates for Piney Branch Trunk. An extensive sewerage program for 1932, calling for an expenditure total- ing $2,673,500 for the District Sewer| is provided in estimates| Department, now under consideration. Included is an item of $600,000 for extending _the Piney Branch trunk sewer to Rock Creek in the valley of Piney Branch between Sixteenth street and Rock Creek south of Klingle bridge. Another appropriation of $47,- 000 is sought to begin construction of Oxon Run interceptor between Atlantic avenue and Tenth street in the South- east section. $995,000 for Suburban Sewers. Expenditures for new suburban sew- ers call for a total of $995,000, an in- crease of $220,000 over the amount car- ried in the 1931 appropriation bill. This is due chiefly to the rapid de- velopment of the Northwest suburban sections. Of the total amount for suburban sewers, $380,000 would be used to construct surface drainage sewers, The need for a garage for the Sewer Department is stressed, and for its construction $50,000 is included in the suburban estimates. Another appro- priation of $20,000 is deemed necessary for a new sewerage treatment works which it is proposed to locate at South Capitol and Galveston streets. $390,000 for Reconstruction. An increase of $10,000 is asked in the amount for assessment and permit work which would bring the total esti- mate for this to $295,000. Work on the construction of the upper Potomac main interceptor in 1932, it was esti- mated, would require $50,000. One of the largest items in the budget is a request of $390,000 to re- construct old and defective main and pipe sewers and receiving basins throughout the city. This is $180,000 more than the sum contained for such work in the pending appropriation bill. WOMAN DIES IN LE;AP FROM HOTEL WINDOW| Miss Charlotte Markell of Balti- more Nearly Drags Cousin Out as Latter Struggles With Her. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, May 31—Leaping from the window of her room on the thir- teenth floor of the Hotel Pennsylvania yesterday, Miss Charlotte Markell, 40, of 134 Mondawinn avenue, Baltimore, fell to her death on a shed in the rear of the. building. Her cousin, Miss Lila Miller, of 301 Carlisle avenue, Balti- more, attempted to prevent the suicide and was almost pulled from the window as she strove to hold Miss Markell back. The latter had been in T health for some months and came Eoo about a week ago for treatment at the Rockefeller Institute. Miss Miller said her cousin had a good position as a private secretary in Baltimore and was not in financial difficulty. Miss Markell’s mother died last year, she said, and the loss prob- ably contributed to her illness. Japanese Prince Visits Naples. NAPLES, Italy, May 31 (#).—Prince Nobuhito, brother of the Japanese Emperor, and his wife, Prnicess Kikuko, arrived here today aboard the Kashuma Maru en route to England. They visited the excavations at Pompeil and left this evening for Marseille. | { DANIELS SAYS U, LAGGARD N PEACE Ex-Secretary Declares Na- “Magnificent Gestures.” By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 31.— War will end when nations mobilize in supplanting it with something better, Josephus Daniels of Rale'gh, N. C. tormer Secretary of the Navy, asserted in a Memorial day address here last night. Mr. Daniels declared America had been ‘the most laggard of all in taking a stand for world-wide peace. “We have been so far using weazel words,” he said, “throwing tufts of grass and being satisfied with magnifi- cent gestures.” The former Navy Secretary's address was delivered at exercises sponsored by the American Legion and Legion Aux- iliary, United Spanish War Veterans, War Mothers and other patriotic organ- | | izations. Addressing an appeal to the veterans of the World War, Mr. Danicls urged them “to lead in peace by demanding that America ratify the World Court, | make the Kellogg pact more than s gesture and hasten the day when this country takes its seat at Geneva in the deliberations of the body created by Woodrow Wilson's statesmanship and guided by the light of Bethlehem.” Mr. Daniels asserted that since the armistice the world is making a new appraisement of war and that “in our day the pendulum has swung diametri- cally opposite from its direction in the old days when war was glorified.” RUM RUNNER ESCAPE IN BULLET FUSILLADE Driver of Car Gets Away After Trying to Run Down Policeman. Driving his automobile at a police- man attempting to arrest him and run- ning over the officer’s foot, a colored man, sought for transporting liquor, escaped amid a fusillade of bullets last night. leaving the policeman literally “holding the bag”—which contained 12 gallons of liquor. Seventh precinct Policeman Willlam B. Kuhns, learning of plans for a de- livery of liquor, kept a two-hour vigil in an alley near Thirty-scventh and M streets. When the liquor car arrived the colored driver jumped out and de- posited the 12 gallons of liquor on the ground. As the peliceman rushed to ar- rest the man he jumped back into the sar and, heading it at Kuhns, attempted to run the officer down. Kuhns dodged, but a wheel of the rum car ran over his foot and, the car sped rapidly away as the officer fired at it several times. Kuhns does not believe any of his shots hit the car. . President Orders Kppoiutmem, The President has authorized the appointment of Mrs. Florence R. Hop- kins “to a suitable position in the Treasury Department for one year, without compliance with the civil serv- ice rules, but shall not, by such ap- pointment and service, acquire a classi~ fled status or right to further employ- ment.” The executive order, in this case, says that Mrs. Hopkins is the widow of Henry I. Hopkins, Who spent 18 years in the Government service and died June 14, 1926, “from injuries the cause of which has never been determined.” BAKER CASE PROBE Brewster to Be Held by Civil Officials After Army Release. Investigation of the murder of Mary Baker was virtually at a standstill to- day for the first time since the body of the Navy Department clerk was found on April 12 in a culvert bordering Arlington Cemetery. ‘With the principals in the investi- gation away from Washington on holi- day trips, no attempt was made again to question Pvt. Howard L. Brewster, the soldier who confessed and then denied that he had killed Miss Baker. Brewster remained locked up in the guard house of the headquarters com- pany to which he is attached while military authorities awaited official ac- tion that would release him from the Army. Plans have been made by William C. Gloth of Arlington County to arrest Brewster and hold him for investigation as soon as he is discharged. He will be held in the Arlington County jail until the authorities are satisfied that he had no connection with the crime. Findings of the special Medical Board of the Army appointed to inquire into Brewster's sanity have been forwarded in an official report to the headquarters of the 3d Army Corps in Baltimore. The report has not been made public, but it is understood that the doctors found that the soldier is of normal mind and responsible for his acts. Capt. A. R. Bolling, commander of the headquarters company, said he would continue to hold Brewster in the guardhouse until civil authorities com- plete their investigation or he is re- leased from the Army. The officor has indicated that he would turn the soldier over to the civii authorities be- fore his discharge upon the issuance of a warrant. There had been no dispo- sition on the part of Gloth, however, to issue a warrant. 'BURGLAR GETS COAT VALUED AT $1,500 Jewelry and Wearing Apparel Lost | in Robberies at Two Other Homes Yesterday. The home of Nathan B. Scott, 2833. Woodiand drive, was burglarized yes- terday afternoon during the absence of the family, and an ermine coat valued at $1,500 and a wrist watch stolen. A front door had been left un- locked, affording entry. | Mrs. Amanda Watt, 2440 Sixteenth | street, reported to the police that an intruder was in_her home yesterday. A diamond pin valued at $200 was stolen. | Burglars were in the home of George | C. Bromell, 329 V street northeast, be- {tween 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon and |last night. They gained entrance | through a rear door, police were told, |and jewelry and wearing apparel val- ued at $125 stolen. bY BELIEVED THAT OF MOBILE MAN Officers Advance Theory Victim Was Robbed, Slain and Then | Burned in Car. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, May 31.—The charred body of a man believed to be Harold Herbert Schroeder of Mobile, Ala., was found this moxllng in the smoking debris of an autofhobile along a road west of here. Deputy Sheriffs said the circumstances indicated the man had been robbed and murdered. The man’s coat with an empty purse ‘in it was found several feet from the car. Papers found in the coat bore the name of Schroeder and the address of 24 North Clayborne street in Mobile. \ The car had been driven to the side of the road, the ignition turned off and the gear shift lever placed in neutral. This indicates, officers said, that the fire ‘was not accidental. | The body was burned almost beyond recognition, POLICE FIND FOWLS IN STOLEN AUTOMOBILE 30 Chickens and Turkey Added to Loot by Thieves, Who Aban- don Car. Police of the second precinct station played caretaker to 30 chickens and a | turkey this morning after the fowls | were ‘found roosting in a car reported stolen early today from Alexander H. Plitt, at Wheaton, Md. | The car was claimed by Plitt several | hours after it was found abandoned at Fifth and R streets by Policeman H. H. Hodge of No. 2 station, while the | chickens and turkey were carted away {1n a truck by Maryland police to await word from their owners. Police believe the car was stolen by chicken thieves who then made a round of the hen houses in the vicinity of | Wheaton in the smail hours of the morning to corol the fowls found in the automobile. MANY VISIT MONUMENT | ., The Washington Monument got its share of visitors yesterday, but without setting .a record. Inspector Willlam Wright of the guard force of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, which has custody of the Monument, sald today that there were 2,867 visitors recorded yesterday. No count was kept for the Lincoln Memorial. ‘The Monument is open today from 9 to 4 o'clock and tomorrow will be open from noon until ¢:30 o'clock, ‘. 1S AT STANDSTILL POLICE WILL GIVE VISITING AUTOISTS “COURTESY" CARDS fective Tomorrow. FIRST MOVE IN ISRIVE INAUGURATED BY CROSBY Cards Supplanting Arrest Tickets ‘Will Contain Helpful Digest of Regulations. ‘The first move in the courtesy drive inaugurated by Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby in co-operation with Maj Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of po= lice, will be taken tomorrow on behalf of out-of-town motorists who violate minor traffic rules on their visit to Washington. “Courtesy” cards, to the number of 10,000, will be distributed to policemen for use instead of the usual arrest tickets. The cards were suggested by Inspector Brown of the Traffic Bureau. ‘They are cream in color. On one side is printed a helpful digest of the traffic regulations, The other side says: “The Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D. C,, welcomes you to the National Capital. License number. For your information it is a traffic lation to .” In the blank the offi« cer is to the particular offense of which the visiting motorist is guilty. A picture of the United States Capitol is printed on the front of the card with the “‘courtesy” warning. Offenses which will be overlooked for | visiting motorists include the parking regulations, making turns the wrong way and passing lights. Policemen have been instructed not to attempt to arrest the tourists or o give them tickets instructing them to 80 to the nearest precinct station. Ine stead, the policeman will hand the tour ist one of the new cards and then poe ;:L?Iy inquire if the tourist needs any elp. ‘While the practice does not start of- ficially until tomorrow, Sergt. Milton Smith of the Traffic Bureau took it upon himself to give a demonstration last night. Consequently, the first per- son to receive a “courtesy” card was a Newark, N. J., resident, whose car was parked ‘too near a safety zone. His penalty was to face a news camera. Instructions to Eglicemcn in the use of the cards were being prepared today. The Tlesflon of the thousands of nearby Maryland and Virginia motorists who come into Washington every day will be one of the features of the instructions. The courtesy will be extended only to tourists, it was pointed out. .. POPE FELICITATED ON 73D BIRTHDAY Cables and Telegrams of Congratu- lations to Roman Pontiff Received in Large Numbers. By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, May 31.—Pope Pius XI is 73 years old today, and l&t night cables and telegrams of congratulation on his anniversary were being received in large numbers at the Vatican City, post office. H The pontiff, as in former years, ex- fiecu to spend the day quietly, probably aving those members of his family Wwho now are in nearby Rome with him at mass in his private chapel, along with the principal members of his ec- clesiastical and lay households. Plus XI was born Achille Ratti, at Desio, not far from Milan, May 31, 1857, of a family of textile mill op- erators. The town of his birthplace was then under Austrian domination. He was crowned Pope February 12, 1922, PRINCE GEORGES MEN ASK RITCHIE PARDONS Two Prisoners in Maryland Instis tutions Seek Release From Governor. Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MORLBORO, Md., May 31.— Notice is given that application has been made to Gov. Ritchie of Mary= land, for the pardon or parole of Thomas Davis, who was convicted at the Oetober, 1928, term of the Prince Georges County Circuit Court, of lar- ceny and receiving stolen goods and sentenced to four years in the Mary= land Penitentiary. Application also has been made to | the Governor for the pardon or parole of Frank Small, who was convicted be~ fore Judge J. Chew Sheriff of the Prince Georges County Police Court on Janu= ary 6, 1930, of unauthorized use of an automobile and sentenced to 12 months in the Maryland House of Correction, The Governor will take up both cases for final decision on or after Monday, until such time protests will be heard. MISS_MAGRUDEF?DEAD Nurse, Formerly of Hyattsville, Expires in Baltimore Hospital. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., May 31.—Mis§ Martha Agnes Magruder, 22 years old, trained nurse 2t the University of Mary= land Hospital, Baltimore, and a daugh= ter of the late Cassius ana Mrs. Agnes Magrudcr, residents of Tuxedo and Hy= attsville at one time, died yesterday morning at the University of Maryland Hospital, following a montn’s illness of heart trouble. Miss Magruder was in charge of a ward at the hospital from which she was graduated as a nurse. Surviving Miss Magruder besides her mother, who lives in Washington, are a sister, Mrs. Minerva Graves of Baltimore, and five brothers, Fielder and Louis Magruder of Hyattsville and Cassius Clay, Irwin and Kent Magruder of ‘Washington. Funeral arrangements were being completed today. TWO DIE IN CRASH Nine Others;zrt ‘When Three Cars Pile Up in Ohio. CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 31 —0 ‘Two persons were killed and nine others hurt, one of them possibly fatally near Sharonville last night, * when three automobiles piled up on the Cincinnat Dayton pike. The dead: Clair Turner, 30, and his mother, Mrs. Stella Turner, 69, both of Dayton. Mrs. Josephine Flelder, 65, Da; 3 suffered a fractured skull and py::l‘)‘- ably will die. Six Die in Chilean Wreck. SANTIAGO, Chile, May 31 (#).—Six persons were killed and a number in- Jured when a train struck a loaded motor truck yesterday at Vina del Max