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TW0 OVERGONE IN SO0 BLAZ ATFT HUNPHREY Wartime Building Filled With Engineers’ Supplies Destroy- ed at Army Post. OFFICERS QUIT DANCE TO FIGHT THE FLAMES Inquiry Under Way to Determine Origin of Fire Now a Mystery. e A spectacular fire which for a time threatened to make a clean sweep of the frame warehouses at Fort Hum- phreys was brought under control by some 600 officers and men early today | .after it had razed a wartime building stored with engineers' equipment esti- mated to be worth $300,000 to $400,000. Two enlisted men were overcome by emoke during the thick of the fight and Teceived treatment at the post hospital. to determine the origin of the blaze. Lieut. L. J. Rumaggi, in charge of the engineers’ warehouse, said the fire ap- parently started on' the ground floor near the center of the building at a point where nothing inflammable was stored. He could advance no explana- tion as to how the fire originated. Quit Dance to Fight Fire. . ‘The officers’ Club of the post was en- tertaining at a dance when a sentry on | duty in the warehouse area discovered flames shooting from the tar-paper roof of the building at 11 o’clock and turned in a general alarm, The officers hastily quitted the dance floor in their white dress uniforms and fought the blaze with the enlisted men, while their dance partners looked on from behind the fire lines. ‘The flames had gained such headway when discovered there was no time to sav: the engineers’ warehouse, and the hose was trained on an adjolning ord- nance building in which a large quan- tity of small arms ammunition was stored. While streams of water were played on the building, members of Company A of the 13th Engineers carried the ammunition from the threatened ware- house and removed it to a safe place. A half hour after the fire fight was organized the flames were spouting 100 feet into the air and sending out a shower of sparks. Believing the fire would get beyond the control of the post fire de- partment and the troops, a call for aid was telephoned to the Alexandria Fire Department. Companies Respond. Engines of Companies Nos. 1 and § and the accompanying hose wagons re- sponded from Alexandria and made the 12-mile run in record time. With the fire practically under control when they arrived, the Alexandria firemen went into action along with the Army men in preventing the blaze from spreading. Meantime, a number of troops of Cav-| alry and foot soldiers had been dis- patched to scour the nearby country 1o search for any possible forest fires started from the shower of sparks sent for several miles by the high southwest wind. A number of serious forest fires y|of & city manager much like the “old BELL REGARDS CITY MANAGER'S Former Engineer Commis- sioner Back After Short Tenure in Covington. Irksome Task Held More Try- ing Thar Executive Posi- tion in District. A city manager's job is not all that it'’s cracked up to be, even in a small city with a $12,000 annual salary for encouragement, according to Col. J. Franklin Bell, former Engineer Com- misioner of the District, who Was re- cently ousted as city manager of Cov- ington, Ky. Col. ‘Bell, who is spending a few days in Washington en route to his home, in Washington, Pa., dropped in tke District Building today to call on his former as- soclates and to tell them of the trials | and tribulations of a city manager. “A District Commisisoner has enough troubles,” he said, “but they are trivial 1n comparison with a city manager’s.” Although Col. Bell's career as city manager in_Covington was compara- | tively brief, he said he found the work “interesting but trying"—more trying, in fact, than any of his manifold duties as Engineer Commisisoner of the District. Tells of Tribulations. Col. Bell pictured himself in the role woman in a shoe” fame. “Yqu know,” he said, “they expected me té supervise the filling of every hole in the street. They wanted me to be chief of the fire department and occa- sionally take a ride on the fire appa- ratus. And, of course, the city manager was supposed to listen to every com- plaint. As a result the good folks of Covington were coming to me with’ kicks about the water service, the garbage collection service and what not.” One of the things that led to Col. Bell's short-lived career as city man- ager, he revealed, was that he did not formulate a traffic code for the city expeditiously enough to satisfy his employers. “When I took office January 8" he of nursery JOB AS POST OF TRIBULATIONS COL. J. FRANKLIN BELL. declared. “Covington had no traffic regulations. I drafted a code and had it in force.by the end of January, but I learned later that I was expected to have the regulations drafted in three hours.” Col. Bell took the position as city manager of Covington unter a most unusual gentlemen's agreement. The four city commissioners agreed to pay his salary of $12,000 & year so long as he served their personal - wishes, but subject to immediate dismissal should his actions not meet with the ideas of any one of the commissioners. Believes Progress Made. Out in Covington, it was said, Col. Bell was the victim of a secret political organization known as “The Red Elephants.” But Col. Bell would not attribute it entirely to politics. Never- theless, there was a sizable uprising of the citizens against his ouster, and he left the job confident ‘that considerable progress had been made during his short tenure. Col. Bell has received two attractive offers since he left Covington, and an- nounced that he would decide which one to accept after conferring with his family. He declined to indicate, how- ever, whether either of the jobs would bring him back to Washington. CADET DRILL WON BY DUNBAR, C0. £ Victory in Colored Corps Fourth in Row for School. Co. A Second. Dunbar High School's Company E, commanded by Cadet Capt. William Brooks, yesterday afternoon won first place jn the annual company competi- tive drills of the Colored High School Cadet Corps, to give that school its fourth consecutive victory on the drill field at Grifith Stadium. Not content to have only first honors | rest at Dunbar, Company A of the same | have occurred recently in the vicinity of the fort and it was feared that others might be started. ‘The Army’s firefighters were directed by Col. E. H. Schulz, post comman- dant; Col. E. J. Dent, commandant of 13th Engineers, and Capt. J. M. Ward, fire marshal. In the thick of the fight two enlisted men were overcome bg smoke and had to be removed to the post hospital Neither was serious affected, and both were discharged after first-aid treat- ment. New Stock Burned. Two box car loads of quartermaster supplies, including & large quantity of Stationery and drafting paper, had been placed in the warehouse early yesterday and this added greatly to the intensity of the blaze. Among the supplies de- stroyed was the complete field equip- ment of the 13th Battalion of Engi- neers. The supplies which were damaged or entirely destroyed included a quantity of surveying, drafting and pioneer ipment recently acquired for the use of Reserve and R. O. T. C. training camps this Summer. The dance in progress at Harris Hall was arranged in honor of some two- score Army, Reserve and Natlonal Guard officers who will be graduated today from the Engineers’ School at the fort The full man strength of the fort was mustered to fight the blaz: and the offi- cers today were unstinted in their praise of the deportment of the enlisted men, who were credited with preventing a general fire. 'EDWARD HANDLY DEATH IS HELD ACCIDENTAL Student Motorman Was in Charge of Street Car That Fatally Injured Man. A coroner’s jury today returned a ver- dict of accidental death in the case of Edward J. Handly, 85, of 4520 Georgia avenue, who died in Garfield Hospital Wednesday of injuries received a week ago when struck at Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue by a Capital Traction Co. street car operated Ly a student motorman. It developed at the inquest today that * Thomas W. Hayden of Rock Point, Md., was actually in charge of the car at the time it struck Mr. Handly. He was being instructed by Motorman William Lewis, who said at the inquest that he had originally assumed responsibility for the accident Hayden left the employ of the traction company after the accident. WILL ADDRESS TRAINMEN ‘William N. Doak to Be Speaker at Memorial Exercises. William N. Doak, legislative Repre- sentative and first vice president of the Brotherhood of Raiiroad Trainmen, will be the principal speaker at memorial exercises to be held under the auspices of the Biil Doak Lodge of the brother~ ocd, Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, Sunday night, 8 o'clock. ther organizations to attend the services are the Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, the Brotherhood of Firemen and tae Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Fall Fractures Skull. Henry B. Rodier, 35 years old, of 4433 ‘Harrison street, fell and fractured his noon in the sales school, under Cadet Capt. Charles Shu- mate, took second place, and Company B, also of Dunbar, under Cadet Capt. Harry Risher, captured third place in the decision of the judges. For his company’s prowess Capt. Brooks was presented with a diamond- studded gold medal, which he may wear for a year. Both Capt. Brooks and his officers, First. Lieut, Thornton McKin- ney and Second Lieut. Perry Davidson, were awarded gold medals, which they may keep. The personnel of the win- | ning company was presented with blue ribbons. i Presentation of Awards. | The presentation of awards to the | victorious officers and cadet units was made by Commissioner Luther Reichel- | derfer, Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby, | Col. Benjamin O. Davis, United States Cavalry; Dr, Frank W.' Ballou, super- intendent of schools; Dr. J. Hayden Johnson, member of the Board of Educations and Representative Oscar DePriest of Illinois. Capt. Shumate, commander of the second prize company, and his officers, Pirst Lieut. George Donald and Second Lieut. John Hawkins, were presented with individual silver medals, while their men received white silk ribbons. The third place company's officers, Capt. Risher, First Lieut. George Pet- ross and Second Lieut. Bernard Wash- ington, were given individual bronze medals and their men red silk ribbons. Judges of Compefition. The judges whose decision gave the clean sweep to Dunbar High Scnool companies were: Maj. Howard C. Gilbert, 3724 Infantry, Ohio National Guard; Capt. Oscar Randall, 8th In- fantry, Jilinols National Guard, and Capt. Chauncey M. Hooper, 369th Infantry, New York National Guard. In the reviewing line @nder Col Davis and with the officials who assisted in the presentation of awards was Capt. Arthur C. Newman, District of Columbia National Guard, professor of military sclence and téletics in the schools. The drills were begun at 9 o'clock | yesterday morning when Company I of | Armstrong, under Cadet Capt. William Starks, marched on the field. Other companies followed at half-hour inter- vals until the final review at 5 o'clock ‘The afternoon drill period was marked by an exhibition silent drill by six| squads of picked non-commissioned officers in which the young cadets executed both close order and extended | order maneuvers without verbal com- mands. . STAFF MEMBERS DEPART FOR BOYS’ CLUB CAMP Panner Seas‘;; at Wl-c:)mico River Outing Place Predicted for son Beginning June 14. Sea- Preparatory to opening the Boys' Club camp on the Wicomico River June 14, the first group of staff mem- bers is leaving .oday. C. M. Pyfe, superintendent of the Boys' Club, 1s anticipating the banner camp season this year. In the first group to leave are: Joseph W. White, assistant camp director Joseph L. Carter, director of junior ac tivities; Darjus Gaskins, in charge of the waterfront program, and Dave Wolf, in charge of camp entertainment. An announcement from the club sald today that the camp physician will leave with the first group of campers on June 30 and will be in attendance there the rest of the season. The camp is open to any boy between the ages of 9 and 16 years, the rate for skull yesterday af! room of an automobile agency on Con- treated at necticut avenue. He was Amsrgency Hospital members being $12.50 for two weeks, including tra: cmumn For non- members the e s , additional. i TRAFFIC COUNCIL 1S ORGANIZED Capt. Whitehurst, as Chair- man, Asks Eno to Aid in D. C. Survey. Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, chairman of the newly created traffic advisory com- mittee, which will make extensive in- vestigation of the traffic situation in the District, today completed the personnel of the advisory council which will act in co-operation with his own commit- tee, Willlam Phelps Eno, noted traffic authority, was invited to sit in with the two committees after the survey is com- pleted and join with them in preparing the final report. Invitations were extended by Capt. ‘Whitehurst today to the following 15 men to serve on the council: George W. Offutt, Selden M. Ely, Rudolph Jose, Theodore P. Noyes, A. S. E. Scheer, W. H. Lanham, E. D. Merrill, J. H. Hanna, Harry M. Berel, C. H, Frame, Norman Baxter, Lowell Mellette, Dan O'Connell, Capt. R, C. Montgomery and C. W. Eliot, 2d. Under the order of procedure for the investigation, as laid down by the Dis- trict Compmissioners, the two bodies would divide into subcommittess, so as to go exhaustively into every.phase of the traffic situation. It was expected [that the inquiry would start in a very 326 ARE AWARDED DEGREES AT HOWARD Diplomas and Certificates of Grad- uation Are Conferred by Dr. Johnson. Diplomas and certificates of gradua- tion are being awarded to 326 Howard University students at that Institution’s sixty-first annual commencement on the campus this afternoon. ‘The commencement address is being Burghardt Du Bois, W. Johnson, president gf Howard, is conferring the degrees. Besides the awarding of degrees, this afternoon’s exercises include the presen- tation of special awards and commis- sions in the Reserve Officers Training Corps. Exhibit to Close Sunday. The exhibition of paintings by Ameri- can colored artists, which opened at the Smithsonian Institute May 30, will close Sunday. The exhibit is fostered each year by the committee on race relations of the District of Columbia. ) ! i i WASHINGTON, D. C. “CLEARING HOUSE’ FORBEENTENNAL FETE IS ARRANCED Will Bring Conventions and Other Features Here Dur- ing Celebration. BUSINESS MEN OF CITY TO AID COMMISSIONS Dr. Hart, in Charge of Definitive Edition, Is Here Conferring With Officials. As the result of a conference between representatives of local business organ- izations, the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission and the District Bicentennial Commis- sion, arrangements have been made, ac- cording to an announcement today, for a ‘“clearing house” to provide for co- operation between local business or- ganizations and the national and local bicentennial commissions in bringing national conventions and other features to this city in 1932 during the 10- months celebration of the 200th an- niversary of the birth of George Wash- ington. Present at the conference were rep- resentatives of the Board of Trade, the convention bureau of the hotels and other local organizations, together with representatives of the United States Bicentennial Commission. Promises of | support were also received from the Washington Chamber of Commerce. The meeting was held in the Washing- ton Building, at the headquarters of the United States Bicentennial Commission. Federick Vining Fisher, recently ap- pointed executive secretary or local director by the District Bicentennial Commission, was present. Other con- ferences will be held for interested parties to get together and arrange programs here. Cuno H. Rudolph, chairman of the District Commission, is co-operating with the United States Commission. He and the other members of the local commission and Mr. Fisher are pre- pared to give full co-operation to the United States Commission, so that the main events of the bicenternial, which will take place in this city between February 22, 1932, and Thanksgiving day of that year, may be arranged in a smoothly working program. Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, professor of history at Harvard University, has been here this week conferring with officials of the United States Bicenten- nial Commission and the Public Print- ing Office with regard to the historical publications which the Government will publish as permanent memorials to Gecrge Washington. Dr. Hart is his- torian of the United States Commission. He has supervisory charge of the 25- Volume definitive edition of the works or complete writings of George Wash- ington, which will be published for the first time, and he has written a sepa- rate work on the achievements and character of Washington, also au- thorized by Congress. 'GIRL SCOUTS TO HELP IN HOSPITAL BENEFIT Captains of 75 Troops to Be Given 1,000 Tickets for Dis- tribution. | Miss Dorothea Green, Girl Scout director for the District, will ask the captains of 75 Scout troops in Wash- ihgton to assist in disposing of tickets | for Casualty Hospital's benefit day Mon- day on the Convict ship, it was an- nounced last night. Roscoe Fertich, chairman of the hos- pital's campaign executive committee, said the Scout captains would be given 1,000 tickets to dispose of among the members of their troops. It was also announced last night that the Hudlow sisters—Eleanor, 17, and Ruth, 16—would broadcast a program of songs and dances from station WOL at 1 pm. tomorrow for the benefit of the hospital. They will be accompanied by Mrs. Beverly Mae Waller, who broad- casts from the station regularly on Wed- nesdays. The hospital is conducting a cam- paign for $50,000 to retire part of the | indebtedness on its new building and | for the purchase of additional equip- ment. FUND TO AII5 BLIND GIRL | Quota Club Entertainment at Na- | tional Theater Monday Night. The Quota Club, the business women’s organization, will give a benefit Mon- day night at the National Theater, when ths National Players will appe: |in the “Bachelor Father.” The entire | proceeds of the benefit will go to the Girls’ Service Fund. The activities of the club are directed at this time to raising funds for the assistance of a blind girl's education. Left to right: First Lieut, Thornton McKinney? Capt. William Brooks and Com) Second Lieut. annual competitive drills Perry Davidson, commanders yesterday. lous unit in the pany E, victorl g nal Photo, ~—Natlo s FRIDAY, BBLE CONVENTION | WILL COMMENC HERE TOMORRO Will Welcome Represent- atives of 250,000 Men. PARADE IS TO FEATURE ' AFTERNOON PROGRAM Bands to Participate and Trophies Are Planned for Winner and for Best Floats. The National Federation of Men's Bible Classes, with a membership of more than 250,000 persons and repre- senting 25,000 Bible classes, will con- vene in the opening session of its sev- enth annual convention in the Wash- ington Auditorium tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. A feature of the con- vention, which is to continue through Sunday, will be a parade of delegates from the Peace Monument to the El- lipse tomorrow afternoon, the parade to begin at 2:15 o'clock. A song service, to cover a period of 45 minutes, led by John Thomas, wiil be a feature of the opening meet- ing, at which the delegates will be formally welcomed to the city by Dis- trict Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby. A short address of welcome also will be delivered at the sesison by Joseph B. Montgomery, national president of the federation, and the response will be made by Rev. Homer J. Councilor, president of the Organized Bible Classes of the District of Columbia. The latter organization is host to the con- vention. . The latter part of the morning sion will be devoted to business, cluding discussions, brief addresses and reports of committees. Parade in Afternoon. ‘The parade tomorrow afternoon will be divided into several different di- visions, with units made up of out-of- town delegates making up the first di- vision. Lieut. Forest F. Bartl will be marshal of this division, with Lieut. Albert J. McCurdy as aide. The di- vision will have an escort of honor the Harrison Bible Class of Congress Street M. P. Church. The second division in the parade, to be made up of District of Columbia units, will be in charge of Lieut. Col. Charles R. Stark, jr., with Capt, A. W. Yereance as aide. Automobiles and fioats will make up the third division, to be commanded by Capt. William A. Barkman, with Lieut. Edward M. Web- ster, George Myers and W. F. Martin as aides. v A number of bands are expected to participate in the parade, is an- nounced, and loving cups will be award- ed to the best band and the most ar- tistically decorated floats in the parade. Maj Gen, William J. Everson will‘ be chief marshal of the parade, with Maj. Frank A. Frost as aide. Although the federation is composed of men, women are invited to attend the sessions, it is announced. 3,000 Due at Banquet. At 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon a | banquet will be held in the Mayflower Hotel, where 3,000 persons are expected to_attend. g Tomorrow evening at "7:30, in the Anditorium, a mass meeting will be held and addresses will be made by Rev. O. F. Bartholow, Rev. George P. Taubman, Rev. A. T. Murray, Chaplain Julian E. Yates, U. S. and Chaplain Clinton S. Neyman. U. 8. N. A song service by Percy S. Foster, accompanied on the Auditorium organ by Thomas Moss, will be another feature. Sunday morning at 7 o'clock & sun- | rice pentacostal anniversary service will be held at Temple Heights, conducted by Rev. H. B. Melton, president of the Ministerial Union. A record attendance is expected at the Bible class meeting at 9:30 o'clock Sun- day morning. Convention sermons will be preached at Calvary Baptist, First Congregational, Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church South, Luther Place Me- morial, National Baptist Memorial and New York Avenue Presbyterian Churches. Wt 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon a mass meeting will be held at the Auditorium, where noted speakers will speak at a re- consecration service. Convention Officers. Officers and committee chairmen of the convention are: R. Spencer Palmer, general convention chairman; Guy A. Ourand, secretary; R. Frank Barr, trans- portation; Robert H. Clark, accommoda- tions; Dr. A. W. Cummings, men's re- ception; Mrs. Gertrude M. Donovan, women's reception; Percy S. Foster, music; I. H. Linton, finance; Norman Sandridge, ymgr&m‘, Guy A. Ourand, publicity: J. C. Viek, banquet, and Luther Kinard, usher committee. Wal- ter H. Newton, administrative secretary to President Hoover, is honorary con- vention chairman. The trophy cups have been donated by R. Harris & Co. for the best deco- rated and most original floats in the parade, and by A. Kahn, Inc. for the most effective samples of Bible class publicity. JURY ASKED TO HEAR | DRUNK-DRIVING CHARGE Dr. Michael John Kranichuck in Two Collisions on I Street, According to Police. Dr. Michael John Kranichuck, 35 years old, of Georgis avenue near De- catur street, arrested on a charge of driving while drunk last night, after a collision With two machines on I street, demanded a jury trial upon a plea of not guilty in Police Court today. . Police declared that while driving east on I street Dr. Kranichuck’s ma- chine collided with the parked car of Fritz Trade, 433 Eleventh street north- east. Authorities said that he then reversed his car across I street near the intersection of Tenth_ street and struck the machine of R. B. Wulf, parked near the north curb. TEACHER TALKS TO CLUB ‘That Washington stands second to no other city as a center of interna- tional affairs and that it has attained that prominence in the past 15 years was the assertion made by Dr. Thomas B. Healy, assistant dean of the George- town Foreign Service Schaol, before the Cosmopolitan Club at its weekly meet- iing_at the Carlton yesterday. Dr. | Healy, guest speaker for the day, said that the United States, from the great- est borrowing nation in the world, has turned into the greatest lending nation of the present day. George MacClesky and Paul P Brandstedt won the attendance prizes offered by Henry O, Karr and Harry Huntsberry, - | Washington. JUNE 6, 1930. General’ | Members of the cast of “Sunny of Sunnyside,” which was presented yes- terday afternoon and is being repeated tonight. Front row, left to right: Dorothy Rogers, Genevieve Hurley, Edith Johnson, Martha Jane Behrend and Alda Johnson. Cullinane and Catherine Saunders. Back row: Alvin Platshon, Nora Branell, Frank Malone, John —Star staff photo. RUM“STOOL PIGEON CURB YET IS UNUSED Hart Asserts Police Are Clogging Office With In- significant Cases. Although yesterday David A. Hart, assistant District attorney in charge of prohibition enforcement at Police Court, declared that he had asked for a police curb on the use of informers in gather- ing evidence for arrests in dry law cases, 9 of 10 cases brought into court.today were made through use of the “civilian undercover” man. Hart declared that police literally were clogging his office with small, insignifi- cant cases, which hampered prosecution of the larger bootlegger. These cases made by use of the “stoolpigeon” are weak and it is doubly hard to get a jury convietion In such cases, he pointed out. The prosecutor said that there are 350 untried cases in his office and that it is “the worst jam that I have ex- perienced in several years.” Police use of the informer has increased great- ly since the coming of the new year, Hart said. Although he admitted ‘that he 1s in favor of using the informer in certain instances, he said that the request for a curtaiiment of their use would cover a period until he and his assistant, Julian I. Richards, were able to disposé of a large number of the pending cases. ARMY OFFICER HURT AT POLO IMPROVES Lieut. Oxx Believed Recovering| From Skull Fracture He Suffered | in Practice Game. Lieut. Frank H. Oxx of the 13th En- gineers at Fort Humphrey is believed recovering at Walter Reed Hospital from a compound fracture of the skull received Wednesday afternoon when he was hit with a polo mallet during a heated brush between practice teams on the post grounds. Lieut. Oxx was given first aid at the fort following the accident and then taken in an ambulance to Walter Reed. The young man apparently took a turn for the worse yesterday and his wife summoned members of his family to ‘The lleutenant, however, underwent an operation yesterday- afternoon and his condition this morning was pro- nounced ‘“‘satisfactory” with every chance of an early convalescence, phy- sicians said. ‘The mallet struck Lieut. Oxx over the left eye when one of his fellow officers made a quick swing at the ball. HOLY COMFORTER CHURCH PLANS BENEFIT CARNIVAL Funds to Be Raised for Buildings and Equipment From July 28 to August 2. A carnival to raise funds for the improvement of buildings and equip- ment of the Holy Comforter Church and school will be held from July 28 to August 2 on the grounds of the school, Fifteenth and East Capitol streets. A ferris wheel, chair plane, booths for the sale of Tefreshments and household s and numerous other attractions will feature the carnival, to be open to_the public from 6 to 11 p.m. daily. Rev, Edward J. Nestor, pastor, was named chairman of the committee in charge and Joseph Gannell, president D.A.R. MEMBERSHIP NOW TOTALS 173,839 Previous Peak Exceeded by Several Thousand, Report to Meeting Shows. ‘The largest membership by several thousand in the history of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution was repdrted yesterday at an all-day session of the board of managers, in Continen- tal Memorial Hall. Reports to the quarterly meeting, which assembles national officers and State regents for business conferences, showed ihat the membership to date is 173,839. Seven new chapters and 1,075 new members were admitted to the or- ganization, bringing the total number of chapters to 2,400. A program was formulated by which it is expected to raise $500,000 in the next two years to liquidate the remain- ing debt on Constitution Hall. Leaders hope to have the sum during the tenure of office of Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart of Cincinnati, president general, as a mark of appreciation for her conduct of theA office. ccording to plans submitted by Mrs. Russell William Magna of Hg,lyoke, Mass., chairman of the finance com- mittee, voluntary contributions of $25 from each group of eight members in <he various chapters should raise the re- quired amount. 'The organization al- ready has put $1,000,000 into Constitu- tion Hall. The meeting was attended by some 50 women and o presided over by Mrs, SILVER PLAQUE PRIZE GOES TO WINNING UNIT Company H, Western High School, Receives Award as Best Drilled Cadet Company. A silver plaque was presentes Elbridge Church, ('omma‘;ldmg u?flc?:potl Company H, Western High School, ad- judged the best-drilled company of the Cadet Corps, by the District Chapter of the Military Order of the World War in the Western High School auditorium uu;hmammw-h‘ e presentation was made b : George F. Unmacht, commander of the local chapter. Charles W, Darr, presi- dent of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, presented Capt. Church with the Allison-Naylor Medal, which also goes to the best-drilled company in the corps. At the presentation the Mili Order of the World War was re{):?—' sented by Maj. Gen. Mark L. Hersey, U. S. A.i" Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, U, S. A.: Col. Courtland Nixon and Maj. Waggaman. FETE MARKS BIRTHDAY OF WOMEN’S BUREAU The tenth anniversary of the organi- zation of the Women's. Bureau, Uoited States Department of Labor, was cele~ brated last night at the home of Miss Mary Winslow, 3061 Q street, by several members of the staff. The cutting of a birthday cake adorned with 10 can- dles featured the occasion. Starting as a temporary wartime agency known as the Woman in Iudus- try Service in July, 1918, it was made a permanent organization with its pres- ent name on June 5, 1920. The task assigned to the bureau by Congress is to formulate standards and polioies to promote the welfare of all wage-earning women; to improve their working con- ditions; to increase their efficiency and employment _opportunities, and to study problems pertaining to their interests. ‘The Women's Bureau is not vested with any powers of law enforcement, but as an impartial, scientific Govern- ment agency devoted to fact finding and Ennalls of the Lincoln Park Citizens' Associa- tion, assistant chairman. fact furnishing, it carries the influerice of authority. PENNY SCALES SHOULD BE RIGHT, STATE WEIGHTS OFFICIALS Law Requiring Accurate Recording Because of Health Interest Is Urged. The penny-in-the-slot weighing ma- chine which tells fortunes and performs various other mystical stunts on the side should be required legally to register weight as accurately as mer- | chandise scales, speakers declared "before the National Conference on Weights | and Measures at the Washington Hotel | today. ‘ Long regarded as a joke, the personal weighing scale now deserves serious consideration because of the medical interest in exact weights, sald Carl E. Dartt, president of the Columbia Scale and its errors may constitute a to public health, SAY ¥ Great differences in the weights given by such scales were cited. It was em- phasized that they were difficult to keep in order. Verious formulae for measuring logs were described by A. W. Corwin, sealer of weights and measures of Allegany County, New York. Other speakers at the final session of the conference were J. C. Tinkey, deputy sealer of weights and measures of Ohio; M. J. J. Harrison, PAGE B-1 SURVEY OF PARK SET-UPS IN OTHER CITIES PROPOSED Grant Is Sending Wirth to Obtain All Available Data on Subject. STUDY OF FINANCES IS MAIN AIM OF TRIP. Work Is Preparatory to Carrying Out Recreational Features of Capper-Cramton Act. Preparatory to carrying out the recre- ational features of the Capper-Cramton park development act, Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission, proposes to conduct a survey into how other cities, comparable in size to Washington, are handling their playgrounds and park developments, Col. Grant is particularly anxious to insure that the District'’s program will be in keeping with that of comparable communities, particularly from a finan- cial standpoint. Accordingly, Col. Grant is sending Conrad L. Wirth, landscape architect of the commission, to various cities, prac- tically all east of the Mississippi River, to study the park and playground financial set-up in each. Col. Grant explained today that his office has studied published data from various cities, but desires to undertake the personal survey to secure the latest available data and information, obtain- able only by talking with interested civic officials. + The commission has drawn up & tentative program under the Capper-Cramton measure, with prospective costs, but Col. Grant de- sires that Mr. Wirth check these figures and the program against the practical experience of other citles. Under the measure it is tentatively proposed to expend some $6,000,000 for recreation centers alone. For the Fort drive that will link up the historic Civil War forts nearby it is suggested that some $3,500,000 be spent. The proposed program calls for the purchase of the land needed in the District of Columbia within about five years, but Col. Grant foresees a devel- opment program extending for about 25 years. A certain amount for devel- opment will be included in the budget estimates annually. Col. Grant expects that Mr. Wirth's survey will take the whole Summer, CIVIC CELEBRATION JULY 4 IS PLANNED Committee to Prepare for Program Is Organized at Session. The civic celebration committee for the July Fourth celebration was or- ganized yesterday. E. J. Murphy, whe was appointed by Commissioner Luther H. Reichelderfer to act as general chairman, presided at the meeting. The National Capital civic fund will finance the celebration. The publio schools’ community center depas it will co-operate with, the general com= mittee. whose members include repre= sentatives of about 40 organizations. BALTIMORE FUGITIVE CAPTURED IN CHICAGO William Niemoth Stops Here on Way to Face Charge of Partici- pating in $47,500 Robbery. Innumerable travelers have found the view of the Washington Monument from a train nearing the Capital a thrilling experience, but to William Niemoth, elusive Chicago gangster, who spent 40 minutes at Union Station this morning, the sight was a fragment in a very bad dream, Boxed in by three alert detectives, who half expected reprisals when thep started from Chicago, the 37-year-old fugitive from the Baltimore police lolled in a stuffy Pullman compartment dur- ing the brief pause in a journey that is expected to end in jail. In the last four years Niemoth has been arrested six times, but only now were the Balti- more authorities able to return him to face charges of participating in the $47,500 Sonneborn pay roll hold-up, in which a man was killed. ‘The group arrived here without an untoward incident marring the long trip. Niemoth looked out the train window complacently at several new: paper photographers who strolled along- side the train. The prisoner could not be approached for the reason that after four years the police were taking mo chances. WIFE ASKS DIVORCE Husband Ordered Her Away Because She Hid Liquor. Declaring that her husband, Earl C. Schuermann, 1109 G street, ordered her and their daughter from home because she hid a bottle of liquor from him last Decoration day, Mrs. Josephine G. Schuermann, 3409 Twenty-ninth street, yesterday asked the . District Supreme Court for a limited divorce from him. She says he deserted her on four sepa- rate occasions, only to be taken back because of her desire to maintain peace in_the family. Her husband started to drink liquor in 1925, the wife asserts, and is now “intoxicated almost daily.” They were married in 1916 and have two children. Attorney George D. Horning, jr., ap- pears for the wife. Charges German-U. S. Debt Bill Signed. President Hoover today signed the bill for settlement of the German debt to the United States, inoluding awards of the Mixed Claims Commission and the costs of the American Army of Occupation. Lincoln Memorial Pool Schedule. The rainbow fountain located at the reflecting pool of the Lincoln Memorial will be turned on every Sunday through the Summer from 10 am. to 6 p.m., according to public building and pub- lic parks officials. L Claims Bill Approved. President Hoover today signed an act amending the law authorizing the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia chairman of the committee on speci- fieations of the National Scale Men's Association; J. H. Meek, director of the Virginia State division of markets, to settle claims and suits against the District of Columbla. This witl will give e Commissioners more leaway in set- small elaims, %