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NEW CITY RATING | BY CENSUS BUREAU MAY TAKE SUBURBS “Trade Territory,” Outside Boundaries, to Be Basis of Count. WOULD INCLUDE TOWNS OUTSIDE DISTRICT LINE New Classification Being Consid- ered as Result of Nation-wide Complaints of Limitation. A new and modern concept of a city, that it is the sum of itself and all its suburbs, commercially speaking, may result in the Census Bureau listing. Greater Washington, 5o that the Capi- tal may be considered from its “trade territory” aspect as well as according to its geographical boundary. This new concept of a city has brought an avalanche of requests for such announcements by the Census Bureau and Willlam E. Steuart, the director, said today he intended to give the cities the advantage of the an- nouncements of the “larger community” which indicates the “buying power, insofar as it is possible for him to do 0. ‘With that in mind, J. Sterling Moran, supervisor for the District, has re- quested supervisors in nearby census districts in Maryland and Virginia to report to him the population of the area which' is, to all intents and pur- poses, a part.of Washington. Fairfax and Arlington Counties, the City of Alexandria, in Virginia, and Prince Georges and Montgomery Counties, in Maryland, comprise this area. Penalized By Boundary. Director Steuart mentioned ington as one of the cities penalized by insurmountable boundary barriers. The Capital City cannot claim credit for much of her growth in the past decade, since it has been in the residential sub- urbs of Virginia and Maryland. e “And yet for practical purposes, it's all Washington,” said Mr. Steuart. ‘The population of Washington and the District, within its geographical boundaries, was annsunced recently by Mr. Moran as 485,716, which is a gain of 11 per cent over the population in 1920. Mr. Moran is confident, however, that the population of Greater Wash- ington is between 600,000 and 700,000 and a definite check on this estimate awaits the response of census supervi- sors in the nearby counties. The listing of Greater Washington as having a population of 650,000, to take the mean figure of the estimate, would have a value to business in the District of thousands of dollars. This value is factual, and is suggested by requests which have been made to Mr. Moran by business men and the ex- planations offered in support of them. ‘The Washington representative of a business which o] lained that he ‘Wash- d prevailed on the SECOND OMMERCIAL nh SECOND COMMERCI/AL Shaded area of map shows portion of which owners seek to have placed tinuation of the $1,000,000 market Gallaudet College, protests because se: The Zoening Star WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1930. IBOARD WILL HEAR | area of Union Terminal Market commercial area to permit con- t. Dr. Percival Hall, head of veral college buildings stand near the ndary of the market area. Sixth street is to be opened through right side of ‘bou market area to the Patterson tract park LEFT TURN URGED ON GREEN LIGHTS Association Asks ftfr Change in Interest of Conformity of Traffic Rules. ‘The left turn on the green light is rates nationally ex- |one of four changes in traffic practices urged upon loner Herbert B. ome office to include within its budget | Crosby, by the law and traffic com- an advertising program for Washing- ton based on a population of 550,000. - The home office, in other words, was mittee of the Washington Automotive Trade Associal as announced by the committee last night at its final willing to advertise in the Capltal ter- | meeting of the season. ritory on the theory that its potential market encompassed 550,000 buying Ppower units. Buying Power Bigger. ‘When Supervisor Moran’s announce- ment of 485716 population was made, the apparent buying power units for that particular business man had drop- mb’ 65,000, with the result that the e office began asking pertinent questions. ‘The plaintive complaint to Mr. Moran was that the home office couldn't be made to understand that thousands of people who do their business in Wash- ington live across the District line in Maryland and Virginia and yet remain as permanently a unit of the Washing- consumers’ market as the resident of ss‘ll::fcnfih i:‘enet. lar conditions prevail in man; other citles, among them clevehndy. Louisville, Miami and San Francisco. ‘The new concept of the city may re- sult in each being listed separately as “Crester , , » ‘The “trade territory” theory of cities was precipitated rather violently into the 1930 census by the bitter argument which arose among the Southern cities over the “Greater Atlanta” census fig- ure claimed as Atlanta’s population un- der the act of August 17, 1929, by the Georgla Legislature. This act added to Atlanta the boroughs of Avondale Es- tates, College Park, Decatur, East Point gd Hapeville, without destroying their litical entities and police powers, Louisville, Ky., among other cities testing this action, avowed she wi ve to reach across the Ohio River into the State of Indiana, to put her- } self on equal footing with Atlanta in annexation of suburbs—an obvious im- possibility. KNIGHTS OF.COLUMBUS ELECTS NEW OFFICERS General Assembly of Fourth Selects J. Eugene Gallery as Navigator. J. Eugene Gallery was elected nav- igator of the Washington General As- sembly of the Fourth Degree, Knights of Columbus, at the monthly meeting last night at the Mayflower Hotel. Other officers chosen were: Anthony J. Scullen, captain; Michael A. Casey, admiral; Arthur J. William- son, pilot; Pred J. Diegelmann, scribe; Eugene C. Baczenas, controller; Thomas K. Gallagher, purser; John B. Coyle, inner -enunei; J. E. Merryman, outer sentinel. Delegates to the next District assem- bly were A. D. Wilkinson, James B. Fiynn, Edward P, Harrington and J. Fendall Coughlin.” Another feature of the meeting was & report on the past year's activities by Navigator Gallery, showing that the organization was stronger financially and had gained considerably in membership since last year. Plans were discussed for the assem- bly's dance to be held at the Congres- sional Country Club on June 30. Arro- of vocal solos was presented by pt. Daniel J. O'Brien. Following the business meeting & buffet supper was served. —————— = DROWNED BOY RECOVERED Joiss old, 406 L sireet southeast, who ate yesterday slipped from the sea- sylvania Avenue Bridge, was recovered by police last night. John Lyles, colored, 9 years old, of the same address. Lyles called to workmen a short distance away, but was unable to attract their attention. He ran home and told Todd's mother of the accident Departm and she called the Fire ent, Povri e, The four recommendations were set forth at the Racquet Club by Paul B. Lum, chairman of th association. to Commissioner Crosby urged adoption of these general principles: Urged Uniformity. ‘The left turn on green lights be per- mitted, on the ground that the heavy tourist trafic in Washington makes uniformity with the regulations of other communities desirable. That traffic lights should be installed at intersections where the need is ap- parent and that regulation of them inwmd be governed by the volume of ic. ‘That many stop signs should be dis- carded because they tend to make driv- ing burdensome. The committee said in its letter that streets carrying rush- hour traffic should be protected only in such hours and that cars entering or crossing such streets should yield the right of way. - committee mended further that on boulevards on | g which s ter than 22 miles an o e S e et be afforded, but under other many stop signs should be replaced by signs instructing caution or driv- Letter Acknowledged. The other recommendation was that tbl:e Mcuogynél:nclal responsibility bill Mr. Lum stated that the Commis- sioner had acknowledged receipt of the letter, but it was not sald what Mr. Crosby’s expression was on the matter. The association voted to recess for the Summer and resume its meetings in October. OPTIMIST CLUB SETS DAY FOR ANNUAL OUTING ‘The annual Summer outing of the ‘Washington Optimist Club will be held June 25, probably at Benedict, it was announced today by Wash B. Williams, president of the club. Williams also announced today that there will be an Optimist golf tourna- ment at Indian Spring Golf Club to- morrow afternoon, with entry lists being rawn up by Hugh Phillips, chairman of the golf committee. ‘The Optimist Club had just completed purchase of three canoes, which will be presented to the Washington Boys’ Club camp. The Boys' Club Optimist base ball team will be given uniforms in the next week or so. The committee in charge of plans for the outing is headed by I. Harry An- lico and includes Peter Dorsch, Wil- jam Clarke and Hugh Phillips. HUSBAND FORGIVEN BY WIFE HE SHOT {Mrs. Hibbard Makes Up With Mate and Refuses to Press Charges. Mrs. Carrie Hibbard, 414 Sixth street, who was shot by her husband, Oscar D. Hibbard, on the night of May 11, today refused to press police charges of as- sault with a deadly weapon against him. ‘The pair left Police Court arm in arm, telling neighbors they were happy once more. Police declare Hibbard shot his wife through the head and then turned the revolver upon himself. She was taken to Casualty Hospital in a critical con- dition. Doctors discovered that the bullet had entered between the neck and ear and lodged in the jaw. Hib- bard, who was also admitted to the hospital, was soon released. He was subsequently arrested by police and held under $5,000 bond. ‘While some court authorities were perplexed with Mrs. Hibbard's action today, it had been reported about the building that she would not prosecute her husband. Mrs. Hibbard was released from the hospital this moming and with the bullet from her husband’s revolver still in her jaw journeyed to Police Court to have the charges quashed. Assistant District Attorney Charles B. Murray declared that when he “I don't want to prosecute him” “But you can’t do that,” said Murray, “All right, if you carry the case into court I will refuse to testify.” Murray said when he found the Hib- bard family was reconciled he had no desire to break up the reunion. PARISHIONERS—T-(EVE REV. SMYTH RECEPTION Blessed Sacrament Pastor Return- ing From Eucharistic Congress in North Africa. A surprise reception will be extended to Rev. Thomas G. Smyth, pastor of the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament in Chevy Chase, at 8 o'clock tomorrow night by the priest's parishoners as a welcome on his return from the Euchar- istic Congress at Carthage, Tunisia, Africa. A musical program under the direc- tion of George O'Connor and refresh- ments, served by the women of the Sanctuary Society, will be features of the reception in the Blessed Sacrament School Auditorium. Invitations are extended to friends of Father Smyth in parishes throughout the city by the committee in charge, ‘The committee includes the following: Dr. John Ryan Devereux, chairman; A. J. Cummings, Charles W. Darr, James T. McCarthy, Joseph W. Murphy, Mrs. Charles Roach and James B. Bolling, COLORED CHILD TRIES TO PLACE BET WITH POLICE MAKING RAID Attempts to Give Letterman Money to “Put Up for Ma” on Insi A small and very insistent colored who became unruly when mem- f the vice squad, raiding a policy game establishment, refused to accept her mother’s bet, was the squad's pet “The body of Ralph Todd, colored, 17| worry during three gambling raids this child, bers of morning. The child ran into Charlie Ting's wall into the Potomac River at Penn-|laundry in the 1900 block of Eighteenth street, waving her mother's money. “Put this u) Sergt. O. J. Letterman. “No—keep officer. M side tip’” said the child. “No, we're police,” said Letterman. But that was no obstacle to the child. for my ma,” said the Todd was fishing with a companion, | child, attempting to give the money to |1 the money,” seld the ther says to put up, its a ‘in- ide Tip. She was just as insistent wlen they trundled r out of the front door and sent her home. Charlie Ting, 50, proprietor of the laundry, was arrested on a charge of permitting gaming. Eight patrons were booked as Government witnesses. In a second raid on a restaurant in the 600 block of Second street Ernest H. Williams, 25, colored, was arrested He was charged with permitting gam- ng. Nellie Levi, 25, colored, was arrested in the rear of a shoe repair shop in the !onmhloctk oz Mr-und-;-hn.l mfi““ southwest. charge of permitting gaming also was placed against her. A large amount of “numbers” slips were confiscated. TERINAL MARKET ZONE CHANGE PLEA Arguments to Be Submitted on Lowering Classifica- tion Tomorrow. OPPOSITION IS FACED FROM GALLAUDET HEAD Commission Houses Base Request on Continuing $1,000,000 Development. Petition for a change in zoning of a part of the site of the Union Terminal Market north of Florida avenue, rough- ly between Fifth and Sixth streets, to permit the continuation of the $1,000,~ 000 development, will come before the Zoning Commission at the public hear- ing tomorrow. The petition is urged by the large group of commission house firms and others associated with the enterprise as a_means of completeing the project which already is in an advanced stage. Vigorous opposition will come from Dr. Percival Hall, president of Gallaudet College, whose property adjoins the market area on the east; and from the Trinidad Citizens’ Association. Dr. Percival Hall has protested both to the Trinidad Association and to Zon- ing Commission executives that the re- quested lowering of the zoning classi- fication from residential to second com- mercial would detract from the south- ern approach to the Patterson Tract Park area to the north and east and would also make possiblé “undesirable” developments on the land adjoining the college property. Insist Type Improve Area. Officials of the market organization, however, insist that the modern type market buil being erected on the area will be a distinct improvement to the large area, which for years stood in an undeveloped and unsightly state. They point out also that Sixth street is to be opened above Florida avenue, running near the line of the Gallaudet boundary, providing a buffer for the college grounds and also. pro- viding an entrance to the park area above. They contend, also that they should be permitted to complete the develop- ment as originally planned for the rea- son that huge sums of money already have been invested in the enterprise. ‘The main Gallaudet building is situ- ated at a considerable distance from the western boundary of its property. veral smaller bulldings stand about feet from the boundary between the college grounds and the market area. It is pointed out also that New York avenue is to be graded and paved under items In the appropriation bill for the next fiscal year and that this street will afford a wide avenue to the Patterson track park when it is developed. A compromise probably will be pre- sented to the Zoning Commission which will provide some additional protection to the park area and the college grounds. A suggestion is to be placed before the commission that a strip of land 100 feet deep, along Florida avenue and along the line of Sixth street, in the section involved in the zoning petition, be made first commercial area instead of second commercial. This would re- quire a higher type of development than is possible under the second commercial classification. Area Consists of 15 Acres. ‘The area concerned in the zoning petition consists roughly of 15 acres of land. The Union Terminal Market controls a total of 42 acres. On part of this area 52 modern brick market buildings now are being completed for the commission houses who will locate there during the Summer. Part of the remainder of the area is to be used for farmers’ marketing space and part for retail stores. ‘The additional space, the market in- terests protest, is needed in the develop- ment of the market area. While the proposed first commercial strips along Florida avenue and the boundary of Gallaudet College grounds would not hurt the development planned, the pro- moters feel the remainder of the area should be made second commercial to correspond to the part of the tract al- ready developed. Dr. Hall, however, protests against the development of “unsightly” market buildings which will “detract from the general beauty of the region” and ar- gues that this development daily will bring hundreds of vehicles along Flor- ida avenue. . BOYS’ SUMMER CAMP WILL BE OPENED JUNE 30 Youths From 9 to 16 Years of Age Admitted for Outing of Two ‘Weeks Each. Camp Reeder, Summer camp of the Boys Club of Washington, located on the Wicomico River near Mount Vic- toria, Md., will open June 30, it was announced today by officials of the club. Boys between the ages of 9 and 16 years are eligible to spend two weeks of rec- reation at the camp. A small addi- tonal rate over the members’ fee is charged for outsiders. Commodious quarters are provided for the boys, and they are to enjoy well cooked and wholesome food. They may indulge in their favorite Summer sports, including base ball, fishing, crabbing, swimming, boating or any of the many other recreations offered by the well organized camp, which is located 48 miles from Washington. RADIO BRINGS ABOUT RECAPTURE OF GIRL W. G. Gulerman Finds Description of Agnes Farrell Fits Visi- tor of Roomer. Agnes Farrell, 17 years old, who es- caped from the National Training School for Girls, was back this morn- ing, all because W. G. Gulerman of the 200 block of D street had a hunch that 8 description broadcast over the radio by _police “fit her perfectly.” Gulerman_was_listening to the radio last night when Policeman W. D. Hais- lip of the sixth precinct broadcast the description. “Sounds like that young ldy up- stairs,” he told his wife. He 'followed out his hunch and sure enough the young lady, Who was visit- ing a roomer at the house, was the missing_girl. m‘r‘-‘;reu girl escaped with three other girls. They are Elisabeth Humph- ries, 1i Anderson, 18, and Evelyn , 17, They are still at Society and General * GEORGETOWN LIBRARY PLANS PUSHED ‘ Georgelown citizens this morning went to the Capitol and presented to one of their number—Representative Ruth Hanna McCormick of Illinois—a draft of legislation to obtain a library for their section. In the group are, left to right: Mrs. Robert W. Woolley, Frank P. Leetch, chairman; Mrs. R. F. Whitehead; B. Agee Bowles, president of the George- town Citizens’ Association; Mrs. McCormick; John H. Small, former member of Congress; Isaac Admiral H. H. Rousseau and Henry E. Draper. B. Nordlinger, Rear —Star Staff Photo. F. V. FISHER NAMED DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF BICENTENNIAL Was Assistant Director of San Francisco Ex- position. Conferred Today on Ques- tion of Bringing Con- ventions Here. Frederick Vining Fisher, formerly an assistant director of the San Francisco Exposition, was today chosen executive officer of the George Washington Bi- centennial Commission of the District of Columbia to act in the capacity of District _director of the bicentennial. Mr. Fisher had a conference this morning with Cuno H. Rudolph, chair- man of the District Commission, which is closely co-operating with the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission and the assoclate directors for the Federal Government, Repre- sentative Sol Bloom of New York and Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3rd. Later to- day he conferred with local business men with reference to plans for bringing to Washington in 1932 the convention of every national or international or- ganization in this country. Mr. Fisher, who has just arrived in this city, is stopping for the present at the Washington Hotel, where he can be reached until the local commission chooses and opens its headquarters. Born in New York. Mr, Fisher is about 55 years of age. He was born in New York State, not far from the great metropolis, He is a graduate of Yale. During the time he was one of the assistant directors of the San Fran- cisco Exposition he specialized on “bringing the attention of San Fran- cisco to the world and the attention of the world to San Francisco,” as he expressed it today. ‘When the United States entered the World War, Mr. Fisher worked with the Council of National Defense plan- ning community organization for each State. He went to Los Angeles in 1925, and, under the auspices of the local Chamber of Commerce and Los Angeles County, he helped to advertise Los Angeles to the Nation by taking all over the country “dissolving pictures in color,” depicting the West and leading up to Los Angeles. On this occasion he vglud the National Capital. “What interests me in the George ‘Washington Bi-centennial,” sald Mr. Fisher today, “is that it furnishes a FREDERICK V. FISHER. —Star Staff Photo. greatly needed opportunity to call the attention of the present generation of .Americans to the historic background of .America and the basic principals and ideals held by George Washington and his compatriots, upon which the Nation is founded. Attention Been in West. “For years the attention of the Na- tion has been called to the West. The Sesquicentennial at Philadelphia did not really call the people’s attention to the East. 1f this George Washington bi-centennial celebration—or the main part of it here in Washington—falils in this respect, there will be no other such opportunity in our day to summon America back to the definite things that make the Nation. “The city of Washington is more than the Capital of this Nation. It is the incarnation of all the greatness and glory of America. Every American has two cities—his own home town and the city of Washingion. “Every American in 1932, if at all possible, ought to make a pilgrimage to the historic scenes about this city. Washington ought to be prepared in that year, by great spectacles, marvel- ous events, great scenes—like inaugural day repeated again and again through the year—to impress the thousands upon thousands of visitors, who will come here, with the consciousness of the glory and importance and the re- sponsibility of America. “I take it that whatever can con- tribute to this task is our work, which we face in the nearly two years ahead.” BLISS GRADUATES 1930 CLASS OF 335 Electrical School Commencement Scheduled for Tomorrow Night in Memorial Continental Hall. ‘The Bliss Electrical School will grad- uate 335 students in its thirty-seventh annual commencement at 8 o'clock to- morrow night in Memorial Continental Hall. Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, will deliver the address to the graduates. The graduates hail from virtually every section of the United States and include students from several neighboring countries. The officers of the class of 1930 are, for the first semester, Clyde A. Horner, Johnstown, Pa., president; Henry M. Temple, Wash- ington, Pa., vice president; C. E. Wild- asin, jr, Glade Spring, Va., secretary, and John W. Stokes, Waterbury, Conn., treasurer; second semester, Henry M. ‘Temple, Washington, Pa.,, president; Sidney D. Moore, Liberty, N. Y. vice president; Ward Reimold, New Castle, Pa., secretary, and Paul McHenry, East Liverpool, Ohio, treasurer. The 11 Washington members of the class are Jacob Cohen, Clarence O. Cornelius, H. A. Dobson, 3r: Nicholas C. Galotta, John W. Mockabee, Edgar G. Quackenbush, Rodolfo Sandoval, jr.; Rudolph Siegrist, Willard F. Sylvia, ‘Thomas M. Walker and Eugene Zuck. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS The Civil Service Commission an- nounces the following open competitive examinations: ‘Treasury representative (customs for- eign service), $3,200 a year, Foreign Service of the Bureau of Customs, Treasury Department. Associate attorney, $3,200 a year; as- sistant attorney, $2,600 a year, Inter- state Commerce Commission. Chief engineering draftsman (aero- nautics), $2,600 a year, Bureau of Aero- nautics, Navy Department. Park naturalists of various grades, $2,600 to $3,800 - a year, onal Park Service of the Interior Department, for duty in the field. Instrument maker, $1,620 a year, Bureau of Standards and Geological Survey. Full information and up&l.umm blanks may be obtained from Otvil Service Commission, 1724 F' street. LIBRARY RESEARCH FUND IS GROWING More Than $500,000 of Million- Dollar Endowment Already Re- ceived by American Association. Friends of reading have subscribed more than $500,000 of the million-dol- lar endowment sought by the American Library Association, according to Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian of the Public Library of the District of Co- lumbia and member of the A. L. A. special membership committee. One million dollars has already been given the assoclation to permit expan- sion of its cultural and research work and another million is believed by the officers of the association to be in sight as soon as the public has evidenced its interest by subscribing an equal amount. “For more than 50 years the Amer- ican Library Association has been re- sponsible for ‘the development of the POLICEMAN SHOOTS ALLEGED FUGITIVE PAGE B—-1 SIX FIRE VICTIMS ARE T0 BE BURIED IN SINGLE GRAVE Mrs. Katie Moxley and Five Children to Be Laid to Rest Tomorrow. LONE SURVIVOR IS LEFT IN DESTITUTE CONDITION School Children and P.-T. A. to Pay Tribute to Family Stricken by Blaze. In a single grave of the little church yard of Montgomery Chapel, near Da=- mascus, Md., tomorrow morning will be laid to rest all that remains mortal of the family of Willlam Moxley, the bodies of his wife and five children, burned to death in the fire which early Sunday morning destroyed the Moxley mmle adjoining Glen Echo Amusement Pa rk. At -the church and grave side will mourn_all the children of the Glen Echo-Cabin John School, the playmates of four of the Moxley children who at= tended the school. School will close s0 they can attend the funeral. Father Left Destitute. His family wiped out, his home a mass of charred timbers, all that re- mains to Moxley is a kindly group of relatives who have joined to see him through his time of tragedy and a job that he says he may return to at Glen Echo. So destitute was he left that his brother yesterday took him to Fred- erick, Md., to buy him a sult of clothes to replace the one he wore when he tried to rescue his wife and children and which gave mute testimony to tne Youth Is Captured After At- tempted Auto Thefts Are Reported. An official report submitted to police headquarters today by Capt. Ira Sheetz of the tenth precinct disclosed that Policeman D. F. Donoghue of his com- mand shot and wounded Wilton Syl- vester Tiler, colored, 17 years old, dur- ing a chase early yesterday morning through the quiet residential section of Mount Pleasant. Tiler, who is said to be an escaped inmate of the National Training School for Boys, accompanied by another col- ored boy, who also escaped from the institution, according to Capt. Sheetz’s report, had attempted to steal a half dozen parked automobiles in Mount Pleasant before Policeman Donoghue | shot_and ed Tiler. The boy was wounded in the left forearm and taken to Garfleld Hospital for treatment. Policeman Reports Case, Policeman Donoghue, in his report, said that about 1:20 o'clock yesterday morning & man came to him on Four- teenth street between Kenyon and Irv- ing streets and told him that two colored men had started his car and jumped out when he approached. The man, he de- clared, gave him a description of the two men. Nearly four hours later, ac- cording to the officer, he saw two men at Fiftéenth street and Columbia road whose _description corresponded _with that given him by the man on Four- teenth street. Ome of the men was in a machine, he said, and the other was standing beside it, and when they saw him both ran. The policeman reported that he chased the men to Fuller street and | Mozart place, where both stopped, turn- ed around, confronted him and reached for_their hip pockets in a “menacing | and threatening manner.” At this | point the officer said he fired two shots, one of them wounding Tiler. The oth- er boy esgaped. Captain Backs Officer. Capt. Sheetz, who made an official investigation of the shooting, sald Ne interviewed Tiler at the hospital and that the boy admitted attempting to steal six or seven cars at different places. The wounded youth, Sheetz de- clared, also told him that the coat, hat and trousers he was wearing he had stolen from a parked machine. Capt. Sheetz said he had corroborated Donoghue’s statement and believed the officer was justified in using his gun. CORPORATIONS GIVE LARGE PART OF FUND Community Chest Reports Show Source of 22 Per Cent to Be Corporate Bodies. Twenty-two per cent of all funds contributed during 1929 to the main- tenance of organized welfare services through Community Chests in 129 cities throughout the United States came from corporations, according to information just received by John Poole, president of the Community Chest, from the As- sociation of Communty Chests and Councils, New York City. This is one of the outstanding facts of a Nation-wide study, requiring over a year of investigation and analysis, just completed by the National Bureau of Economic Research, and soon to be pub- lished. ‘The study was launched in January, 1929, to assemble facts regarding the re- public library in America,” states Dr |jationship between corporations and Bowerman. “It has become a major educational activity in fields difficult to_cover by other educational methods. “It is working for the establishment of county libraries for the 42,000,000 residents of rural communities still without library privileges. It has pub- lished more than 600,000 ‘Reading With a Purpose’ courses which are in use all over the country as a stimulus to the reading of worthwhile books by adults seeking self-education. It is co-Oper- ating with universities and other insti- tutions of learning in establishing and improving education for librarianship. It is working to increase reading fa- cilities for the blind, for the foreign born and for hospitals and prisons. Some of the money now being sought is urgently needed for the better or- ganization of school library service. The library should be the very heart ~f the teaching institution, but most schools are without adequate library service and there is no national bureau to which they can turn for advice. The associa- tion could profitably use the incoms from an endowment equal to that of a great university, Hut all that it is ing is 250 sustaining memberships $100 each.” — Peter R, Wilson recently pleaded guilty in Edinl h, Scotland, to making and passing counterfeit eoins in the county poorhouse. ) human welfare in the communities in which they operate. Advance copies of the complete report have just been ex- amined and approved by the sponsoring committee, headed by Paul D. Cravath of New York, one of the country's lead- ing authorities on corporation practices. PACKER DECR'EE UPHELD BY WHOLESALE GROCERS Protest Filed in District Court Against Modification of Consent Agreement of 1920. By the Associated Press. Contending the court lacked both Justification and jurisdiction for any modification of the packers’ consent de- cree of 1920, wholesale grocery groups today opened a fight in the District of Columbia Supreme Court for dismissal of an amended petition for modification by meat-packing concerns. Edgar Watkins, counsel for the whole- sale grocers and representing chain store concerns, opened argument before Justice Jennings Bailey. Prank J. Hogan contended for the packers that the court had jurisdiction and that business and economio ‘warranted modification of the deeree. e P hnml e effort in scorches and seared les. Rev. B. F. Bryan of Montgomery Chapel will conduct the funeral serve ices, which will begin at 11 o'clock to- morrow morning. He will be assisted by the Rev. M. M. Perkins, secretary to the Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington. With the entire student body of the Glen Echo-Cabin John School at the funeral tomorrow will be also the en tire membership of the school's parents teacher association, headed by Mrs. W, B. Armstrong, and the school’s trustees, Mayor H. T. McCuen of Glen Echo, Bernard’ A. Duke, justice of the peace at Glen Echo, and Mrs. A. C. Wilkins, Flowers have been sent by the chil+ dren from a contribution raised yes- terday. Flowers also have been sent by the parent-teacher body and the school trustees. George, Bessie, Valinda and Gordon Moxley went to the school, Eileen, 3, was ‘00 young to attend. At Brother’s Home. Moxley has been staying with his brother, Howard C. Moxley, at Clag- gettsville, Md.,, recovering from the burns and wounds he received when he made his escape from his burning house. He has a long gash in ris one arm, recelved when he punchid the lass from a second-story window in his ouse in making his escape, and several serious _burns. The bodies of Mrs. Katie Moxley and the five children are at a Ridgeville, Md., undertaking establishment await- ing'burial. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Columbia Park Citizens’ As« sociation, George Truesdale School, Ninth and Ingraham streets, 8 p.m. Meeting, Alpha Chi Omega Sorority, { home of Mrs. Paul H. Hayward, Aurora ! Hills, Va., tonight. Dinner, Devitt Preparatory School, mezzanine lounge of the Ambassadot Hotel, 7 p.m. Meeting, Columbia Heights Citizens' Association, assembly hall, Columbia Heights Christian Church, '14356 Park Maetirg. Washington Gt lub, hom eeting, lub, of Mrs. F. Thompson, 3031 Newsr} street, 8 p.m. Meeting, Dames of Malta, 822 20th street, tonight. Dinner me , Chevrolet Motor Oo. garden of the Meyflower Hotel, 6:34 Meeting, United Daughters of the ::onledency. Room A, Mayfiower Hotel, pm. Card party, Phil Sheridan Woman's Relief Corps, Grand Army Hall, 8 p.m. Dinner meeting, Gruen Watchmakers' Guild, small ball room of the Willard Hotel, 7 p.m. Bazaar, St. Monica's Parish Hall South Capltol and L streets, today and tomorrow. Theater party, Catholic Daughters of America, National Theater, tonight. FUTURE. Luncheon, Rotary Club, large ball room of the Willard Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, D. C. Bankers' Association, cabinet room of the Willard Hotel, to- morrow, 12:45 p.m. Luncheon, Lions Club, garden of the Mayflower Hotel, tomorrow. 1330 pm. Speaker, R. L. Pollio, hotel manager. Phuosofhy class, Rosicrucian Fellows ship Study Center, 907 Fifteenth street, tomorrow, 8 p.m. Meeting, Lincoln Post, G. A. Grand Army Hall, tomorrow, 2 p.m. - Meeting, Board of Education, 2 lalnmAdmlnhtnuon nuuaf:..onwmm. :30 pm. Meeting, Department Council of Ad« ministration, Auxiliaries United Spanish War Veterans, 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, tomorrow, 8 p.m. o DINNER DANCE LISTED BY NEW YORK SOCIETY Committee Arranging for Colorful Entertainment to Be Given June 11 at Willard Hotel. Extensive preparations are being made by members of the New York State Bociety for a dinner dance to be held at the Willard Hotel Wednesday, June 11. Members of Congress from New z{;;:-lx‘ are expected to address the gath- 3 a colorful program - tertainment is being arranged. . Reservations may be made through William A. Carr, chairman of the din- ner glnc: committee, 2551 Seventeenth street. Oldest Inhabitants to‘Meet. ‘The monthly meeting of the Associa- tion of Oldest Inhabitants of the Dis- trict of Columbia will be held at the old: Union Engine House, Nineteen and H streets, tomorrow night, at 7:.