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STATE CHECKS ON - BRADY TESTIMONY Mother Declares She Had No| Objection to Herman “Court- ing” Naomi Hall. ___(Continued From First Page. to name the various schools he had been enrolled at from time to time. Ryon also drew from Letoy a state- ment to the effect that he had reached his place of employment the day be- fore the day the bomb is supposed to Zcve heen delivered an hour before he Sas supposed to be at work. Leroy said | he arrived half an hour early, but later conceded he was an hour early when pressed by Ryon. Prepared for Hunting Trip. He said he spent this time in pres paring for the hunting trip he took the next day, placing an outboard motor in his car and performing other tasks of a similar nature. Ryon apparently intended to charge ;t: spent this time in working on the mb. Ryon was met with several answers, such as don’t remember” and “I don't knos as he attempted to de- velop_ various points, Brady appeared especially reluctant to discuss the route he followed in reaching Herman’s home from Washington the morning the bomb was delivered. His answers were made in such a low voice that the court instructed Ryon to stand at the extreme end of the jury box while con- ducting the examination. Even then Leroy gmd to be reminded several times to raise his voice. Following a lengthy cross-examina- tion, Brady was excused from the stand. “Did you ever make a bomb or part of a bomb?” Leroy was asked by M. Automobile Association patrol received in the past year. Isaac Gans. as cha In the front row also are Harry Motley Hampton Magruder, chief of defense counsel, i “No, 5ir,” the defendant replied in a low_voice. “Did yéu ever put any package or ‘bomb on the porch of the Buckley e on x(q:lfl-ng_dy road?” Magruder inquired. “No, sir.” Counsel Clash Over Questions. “When was the first time you heard ©f the explosion?” “New Year night.” ‘The questioning of the defendant was marked by numerous caustic verbal exchanges between opposing i The first argument followed a question by Magruder concerning Leroy’s mar- riage three years ago in Washington. o whom were you married?” Mnguder asked. “By a Baptist—" “T object,” shouted J. Wilson Ryon of counsel for the prosecution. Ryon insisted such testimony was irrelevant. Magruder replied he would withdraw the question because he had no desire to_determine the denomination of the officiating clergyman. Leroy, in answer to Magruder's ques- tions, then launched into a history of his life. He sald he was born near Mitchellville, Md., 27 years ago. His parents had five children, of whom he was the second. His father dying when he was 9 years old, he was able to go to school only periodically, -att -8 small village institution. He ed the sixth grade. Started to Work oh Farm-at 13. ‘The defendant said he worl on the family farm .when 13 years ol and remained there until he was. 19, He said he then went to Kansas City and studied at an automobile school for eight weeks. On eom%l:un‘ this course to Terre wute, Ind., and & gasoline lawn mower at & 15’ school for two or three months. He added he then returned to Mitchellville and worked on .he farm a few thonths. ter this he went to. Washington and "worked in a small garage at 1611 N street for nine months. The witness declared he obtained em- pluoyment as an automobile mechanic in the Barry-Pate Gar: in May, 1924. He worked the: it duties cor E Tepair work.on. repair work on He was in charge of the battery room. = Explaining he had visited his home about once every Week since foving to ‘Washington to live, Leroy said he met; Naomi Hall “several yog- before Mer | marriage to his prother Herman in No- vember last. It was-Naomi Hall Bra whose name was on the package in which the death-dealing device was wrapped. Its explosion killed Naomi and one of her smaller sisters and in- \fant brother. Leroy said he had only seen Naomi 1o speak to her once in the past three vears. He said that was Christmas Tight last when she visited at his Wash- ington home in company with Herman. Prior to that he had passed her “on the road” several times. Leroy asserted he had made frequent visits to Point No Point, Md., during the past five years. He went there to hunt and fish. Just before Christmas in 1928 he built a box beneath the floor board of his car. He said he had used this container to conceal whisky, fish and ducks on his return trips from Southern Maryland. “I brought liquor back once every two or three months for the other me- chanics in the shop at their request. I don't drink whisky as a rule. At Christ- mas time I take it just to be saciable, but I don’t like it. I drank wine when- ever I wanted, but not much.” The defendant said he went to Point No Point in company with his brother Herman, early in December last. After shooting ducks over a week end they started back to Washington. He quoted Herman as having told him on the re- turn trip of his marriage to Naomi Hall. This, he said, was the first he had heard of the wedding. “I told him I had expected this be- cause he had been going with her so long. After he told me his wife lived on Tarmody road in Seat Pleasant, I offered to help him buy some furniture.” Quizzed About Hunting Trip. Questioning by Magruder brought out that Herman told Leroy on this trip that his wife was an_expectant mother. He said Herman failed to tell him when he expected the child to be born. Magruder then began questioning Teroy concerning a hunting trip he took with- Herman, December 29. It was on this morning that the infernal machine was left on the front porch of a neighbor of Naomi Hall Brady, who with her small brother and sister were killed. He sald he asked his wife to ac- company him on this occasion but she declined, explaining that it was too cold. His wife testified yesterday to the same general effect. He said that .after kissing his wife goodby, he left before 4 o'clock in the morning of De- cember 29 to join Herman at Mitchell- wville. He insisted he did not go by way of Carmondy road where the bomb was Jeft. He said he had taken some Mary- land tags from the shop where he worked with him to place on his car in order to avoid suspicion should he de- cide to bring liquor back with him. He said he decided not to bring back any whisky and then threw the license lates down by the side of a tree at glormnn‘s home where they were found later by detectives. Leroy testified that it was raining that morning. He said he stopped alongside the road before joining Her- man. This examination apparently was intended to discredit the contention of the State that he had delivered the bomb and stepped in red clay in the proce: 45 | tive entry-into politics in 1908. 1 the* surface for the first four months dy | States ‘Senate. This matter RESULT DOUBTFUL INSIMMONS RAGE White Supremacy and Al Smith Issues in Contest Against J. W. Bailey. (Continued From First Page.) ator Simmons has had recourse to local | candidates siot, supported by elements | favoring Bailey, with two results: The| organization of h candidate is more | elaborate than anything ever before known in the State, and never before have there been so many candidates for local offices. But while both candidates have es-| chewed speechmaking for organization | Senator Simmons has pursued a course widely differing from that of Bailey on the matter of Issues. Senator Simmons has met the Smith | issue in two ways—by insisting that his course was proper and by the statement that in any event his record for party regularity is superior to that of his opponent. Given 5,000 Votes. In an effort to make Balley an issue in the campaign, prohibition has been widely injected intd the campaign, but only in an effort on each side to show that its candidate is drier than the other. Dr. Thomas L. Estep, from the mountain yillage of Stratford, is run- ning as & wet Democrat, but he does not figure at all in the calculations, as 5,000 votes out of the more than 300,000 that will probably be cast is considered his outside Jimit. Bailey, who wa$ then aneditor of the Biblical Recorder, a Baptist paper, is attacked on the ground that he was an independent then, although he has been a regular of regulars since his ac- | Campafgn activity was largely below of the campaign, but there has been an -inténse activity ‘in recent weeks, with each side presenting a vast quan- tity of literature. Senator Simmons has included in his booklets one giving an elaborate sumi- mary. of his 20 years in the United' has been ignored on the Balley offense. ‘White Supremacy Issue. But the matter which has expressed the: most widespread attention is the white supremacy issue. Senator Sim- mons has played heavily on three pending bills in Congress, the tariff, rivers and harbors and veterans' relief measures, but the incident upon which his supporters have seized most avidly is the presence on the registration books of a number of-Negroes regis- tered as Democrats, with about 500 s0 registered in Raleigh alone. The white supremacy issue was the one upon which Senator Simmons rose to power | in 1898 as the champion of the con- stitutional amendment containing an educational qualification which was designed to remove the Negro from poli- tics permanently. But Negroes are bet- ter educated now and politicians have formed the habit of using them in some localities when contests have been close. When the campalgn opened it was thought that the nomination would be of doubtful value to either candidate. the four Republican candidatcs for the Republican nomination are expected to poll well under 100,000, with some esti- mates only half of that number. The Bailey supporters are charging that many voters normally Republican, will enter the Democratic primary and vote for Senator Simmons. The four Republican candidates are George M. Prichard, one of the two Republican members of the House to be elected from this State in the Hoover landslide; for- mer United States Attorney Irving B. Tucker and George E. Butler, a brother of former Senator Marion Butler, who has for years practiced law in Wash- ington. Smith on One Side. A second primary may be necessary to determine the Republican nomina- tion, but all of the interest is centered on the Democratic fight with the pres- tige of Senator Simmonseand the un- popularity of Alfred E. Smith arrayed on the one side, and the intense regularity of North Carolina Democrats on the other. TAKES OATH TOMORROW Alfred A. Wheat will take the oath of office as chief justice of the District Supreme Court at a special meeting at the court in general term tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The oath will be administered by the senior associate justice present at the ceremony. After taking the oath Justice Wheat will re- move from his position at the extreme the middle. The reception to the new chief justice will be extended by the members of the bar and & number of hl? friends who are expected to attend tl 4 Southern Maryland early on the morn- ing of December 20. The prosecution had contended he delivered the death- dealing device to the home of a neigh- bor of the Halls on that morning. ‘The principal witness for the defense Cheracter “Witnesses “22etily. Sumgerous character witnesses testi- Wed for Leroy soon after the defense began presenting its case yes| y afternoon. The first witness for the wife.. She him on the hunting trip to last night was Dr. Viadimir V. de Sveshnikol, former physicist and chemist of the Bureau of Standards. His testi- liam Higgins, Charles Armstrong and David Crosby. That view is no longer entertained and | bo: left of the court to the vacant chair in| THE SCHOOLBOY PATROL HEROES REWARDED Scene at Business High School yesterday when members of the American medals for saving lives of schoolmates irman of the safety committee of the District division of the A. A. A, is shown here pinning a medal on Tony Marino. and Robert Skinner. In the rear, Wil- | —Star Staff Photo. 40 SCHOBLBOYS BETALAA-MEDALS Awards Presented by Safety Chairman Gans at Annual Rally. Forty members of the A. A. A. school- boy traffic patrol were awarded medals | yesterday afternoon for saving the lives of schoolmates during the past year. The awards were made at the annual rally of the 1,200 patroimen in divisions 1 to 9 at Business High School. ‘The award of medals for acts of hero- ism was in addition to the presentation of 112 “award of merit” medals for outstanding acts in protecting children en_route to and from school. Isaac Gans, ¢hairman of the safety committee of the D. C. division of the | A. A. A, presented the medals. He praised the patrol system and declared that it is one of the bright spots in the Capital’s traffic problem. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, was also present and paid tribute to the meritorious work being done by the patrols. Others who were present and who spoke favorably of the boys’ work in- cluded Lieut. B, A. Lamb of the Police Department, Howard M. Starling, A. el A. director of lluf‘etly, l.nd Selden M. ly, supervising principal in charge of safety fx: the lp}‘\’nou. . More than 1,000 certificates. were pre- sented to boys who have served on the patrols during the year. Awards in divisions 10 to 13 were made Wednes- day and. those in the private and pa- rochial schools today. ~ > It was revealed that fdtal aceidents to children of :school age have been reduced 33 per cent in the District since the patrols were inaugurated in 1926. There are approximately 2,000 boys serving in 158 patrols in operation in the District, including” 24 patrols in parochial schools and 2 in private schools, while 23 have been organized in territory adjacent to the ecity. The District now has an average of one patrolman to eyery 40 school children. Members of the patrol system, from divislons 1 to 9, .who were presented with life-taving medsls were: Force | School, James B. Hare; Bernard School, Maynard Robinson, Allen Latimer; Weightman School, Morris Wall; Lang- don School, Wilson Aysherman, Billy Simpkins: Randle Highlands School, Clinton Burgess; Corcoran School, Jo- seph Kelliher; Jackson School, Thomas Donohue; John Quincy Adams School, Richard Schreiber; Bradley School, Alvah Cripps; Brightwood School, Ernest Crooks, Philip Brodsky, Wilmer Helmuth, Fernleigh Graninger, Robert Galentine, Willlam Dickens; Raymond School, John C. Swank; Paul Junior High School, Willlam Derrick; Blake School, John Petrone; Tenley-Janney School, George Eiker, Arthur Harry; Henry School, Robert Racoosin; Gales School, Gus Koustenis. Fred Scaldaferri, Kenneth Padgett; Peabody School, Earl ‘Wheeler, Tony Marino; Hilton School, Sam Desimone, Richard Haig; Carbery School, George Feiton, Ben Mitchell; Emery School, Linwood Cecil; James Monroe School, Sylvia Rogers; Edmonds School, Thomas Whinerey, John Kenna Hillers, James Lawrence; Adams School, Victor Purse; Truesdell School, Harold Bacon; #mallwood School, David Gib- n Patrolmen of schools in divisions 10 to 13 who were presented medals were: Myrtilla Miner Normal School, Lafayette Artis Monroe: Cleveland School, John Simms; Douglass School, John Walker, Eugene Collins; Wilson Morgan School, John Henderson; Birney School, Rich- ard Lane; Stevens School, James Frye. DEGREE FOR DR. $1200 Presbyterian Pastor in Washington Honored by Rutgers University. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyteriar. Church, received the honorary degree of doctor of divinity from Rutgers University at its 164th commencement exercises this morning. Seven honorary degrees were conferred. Captures Honors mony was to the effect that powder ot the type found in the home of & brother of Leroy could npt have been used in the bomb. He said® had sueh an explo- no of forn in e lu'rnwum have been Hall kitchen, Mai MISS EDITH GRANT, Daughter of Lieut. Col U. S, Grant, 3d, and Mrs. Grapt, who won the Horace White prize in Greek literature at W year, ~—Wide World ~ EVENING ! | !tgl.mmure.-ndhz Photo. would be any dela; STAR. WASHING CLOUDS MAY HOLD SOUCEK ON GROUND Clear Weather Essential for Altitude Flight Planned by Navy Pilot. An overcast sky threatened today to hold up a final attempt of Lieut. Apollo Soucek to establish a new world's altitude record until early next week. The naval fiyer prepared to take off at the first favorable moment, how- ever, and if there is a break for a few hours the attempt will be made today. Clear weather is essential for an alti- tude flight. Though there is a bility that his flight to an indicated altitude of 42,000 ! feet Wednesday afternoon will show a new record when the checking of the barographs is completed at the Bureau of Standards tomorrow, he was not satisfied and planned immediately to g0 up again regardless of what his barographs show. Yesterday afternoon Soucek aban- doned the metal propeller which car- ried him to a height of eight miles above the earth Wednesday and made a trial with a huge wooden propeller of nearly twice the blade area. The blade was so large, however, that the power- ful engine, which on Wednesday turned up to as high as 2,300 revolutions per minute, could not turn at more than 1,950 revolutions dnd Lieut. Soucek had extreme difficulty in getting his s charger to work, At 32,000 feet, after he had passed through two layers of clouds, he was convinced that it was no use going any further and he turned back to the fleld. His final attempt is.to be made with the former steel propeller, with the blades set, however, to a greater pitch, 50 as to increase its effectiveness at the top of the climb. 10-CENT CAR FARE ATTACKED IN FINAL UTILITIES ARGUMENT (Continued From First Page.) sarily be increased for the other, and that the 10 cent fare is exhorbitant for the service rendered the public. “For the court to grant the prayers of the plaintiffs,” the brief said, “it is necessary first to find the present rate of return for fair value inadequate, and second, to fix a fare which would result in.a rate of return reasonable to the public as well as to the utilities.” This is impossible, the brief claims, since the companies have supplied in- sufficient data in the record. “The burden of proof is on the com- panies since they seek to have an order of the Public Utilities Commission ‘set aside,” the brief declares. The brief goes at great length into the inadequacy of the valuation data supplied by the companies. On the sub- ject of “going concern value,” West and Keech said: “In the valuations of both companies they have given credit for an in- tangible element known as going con- cern value. Due to the great influx of private automobiles in the District in the last several years, the increase in the use of popular use of taxicabs and the advent of bus service, the field from which the railway companies have drawn their patrons has been reduced materially. The street railways no longer enjoy & monopoly in the local transportation field, but are confronted with stern competition. Therefore we submit the going concern value of these campanies has decr: d since their re- | spective valuations. Absorbed Depreciation. With respect to depreciation the two lawyers stated that they were not con- cerned here with annual depreciation, but that they were concerned with the actual observed depreciation existing in the properties of the respective com- panies. They cited facts to prove also their assertion that “the lccoufitlnz methods of the two companies are at variance in all major respects,” and further that it is impossible to determine what fare the companies are asking in cases in- volving intra company transfers between cars and busses. Uniformity of fare, the brief stated, does not now exist in the District in view of the varying charges for transfer and bus service, ‘The two lawyers briefly outlined the various steps and procedure leading to the present status of the case, In order for the court to grant the prayers of the plaintiffs, they pointed out, it is necessary first for it to find that the present rate of return received by each of them is inadequate and, sec- ondly. for it to fix a fare which would result in a rate of return reasonable to the public as well as to the utilities. The record, they declared, is devoid of facts showing the present value of the properties, used and useful for rail- way purposes, and the net operating in- come earned thereon. No proper de- duction, it was declared, is made for depreciation on the depreciable proper- ties of the company. “Numerous errors in accounting ap- pear,” the brief stated. Revaluation as Helpful. With regard to the valuation of the ‘Washington Rallway & Electric Co., the brief sets forth that Mr. Ham, its presi- dent, “stated that a valuation at this time ‘would, in his opinion, afford more exact information as to value of the property, but that he felu there was sufficient evidence before the com- mission for it to judge wheiher or not his company is entitled to relief,” add- lnfl however, “that a revaluation at this time would be helpful to the com- mission in reaching a conclusion.” ““The necessity for a uniform rate of fare on the two street rallway com- pany lines no longer exists,” the brief set forth, “because of the great influx of bus and taxicab competition.” ‘Thus the lower-rate company would not be excessively overtaxed as has been claimed in the past, it was said. In ad- dition, & number of lines of the two companies are non-competing and per- sons living or working on certain lines of the higher-rate company would, of necessity, have to.continue to make use thereof. - D. C. COURT POWER BILL RECONSIDERED Measure Affecting Jurisdiction in Utilities Cases Had Been Passed Under Consent. ‘The bill to curtail the power of the District Supreme Court in passing on decisions of the Public Utilities Com- mission, which passed the Senate early yesterday on the unanimous consent calendar, was reconsidered later in the day at the request of Chairman Capper of the District committee and will be taken up again. Senator Capper explained that some members of the District committee were not aware the measure was being con- sidered and had an amendment they wanted to offer. ‘Members of the com- mittee have differed as to the wording of the section defining the extent to which the court should review evidence taken by the commission, Senator 'Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, who favors the bill as it passed yester- day, sald he would not object to its reconsideration ‘if it is understood the bill would be disposed .of the next time it is reached on the calendar. Senator Capper said Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wisconsin wanted to have the Sen- ate consider an amendment to the did not believe there e D. O, FRIDAY, | 1l ! PACT FOES CLAM GAIN IN STRENGTH Sponsors Still Confident, but Robinson, Indiana, Fore- casts Its Rejection. By the Associated Press. Opponents of the London Naval treaty today claimed voting gains, but Its| sponsors were still confident the pact would be ratified. . Senators Johnson of California and Robinson of Indiana, Republicans, who are expected to lead the fight against the arms limitation agreement, made claims of increased strength. Robinson predicted the treaty would be rejected. Meanwhile, procedural dificulties had been smoothed over with the definite adoption of the original plan for de- bating the pact at a special session, to be called by President Hoover as soon as the present regular session is ad- | journed. This program was finally agreed upon after three days of conferences between the Chief Executive and leaders of the various factions in the Senate. The “young Republican” group had been considering an effort to bring the treaty to a vote before adjournment. Borah Issues Statement. Chairman Borah of the foreign rela- tions .committee, which has the pact under consideration, was among those who conferred with Mr. Hoover,.and he issued a state: flmst night saying he had told the President “that so long as the Senate remained in session” he wowld feel it his “duty to urge the treaty. be disposed of with all convenient dispatch.” ? | He went on to say he would begin calling daily sessions of the comunittee, to continue until a vote is reached, as soon as the testimony taken at the re- cent hearings is available in printed form and requested documents have been received from the State Depart- ment. Secertary Stimson, who was present at the Hoover-Borah conference, told the Senator these papers would ready for delivery today. They were de- manded by Senator Johnson, a member of the committee, and consist of ex- changes between Washington and Lon- don which led up to the recent naval conference. Johnson issued a statement last night asserting members of the Senate should be supplied with all available informa- tion before taking action on the treaty. Correspondence Published. “To coerce action before they are fully informed, to compel consideration before every scrap of information and every pertinent document is before them should be resented,” he said, “not only by the foreign relations committee but by every individual Senator.” The State Department published yes- terday the correspondence between this country and Great Brita and Japan regarding replacement of cruisers, show- ing agreement between the three na- | tions on the subject. ‘The correspohdence was initlated upon suggestions made at Senate com- mittee hearings on the treaty that notes | be exchanged removing the possibility | that Great Britain might replace 6- | inch gun ecruisers with 8-inch gunners at time of obsolescence. Replies from both countries indicated they concurred witly the American view that any replacemeht would have to be made in the same gun power, except that the British explained they had sev- eral ships carrying 7 ns which would | be replaced with 6-inchers. COLORED MEN BEAT JUNE | tong outbreak the deaths of a Chinese 6, 1930. and sweetheart attaching his epaulets. emy, receives a kiss of congratulation Annapelis, Md. THIRD NEW YORK CHINESE 1S SLAIN Deaths of Two Others Are Laid to Tong Outbreak by Police Officials. By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, June 6.—Louie Lee, 42. the third Chinese slain in New York's | metropolitan area in 36 hours, was | found shot to death in the bunk behind | his laundry in Brooklyn today. Police had alresdy attributed to a | found shot to death.in downtown New York and another slain with a hatchet in Newark early yesterday. LITTLE ALARM HERE. Sixth Precinct Commander Denies Special Guard Is Posted. Despite Chinese tong uprisings in other ‘cities, reports that the trouble might spread to the Chinese settlement here were scouted by police and friends of the rival leaders today. No special precautions have been STORE PROPRIETOR Louis Hermann, Viotim of Attack, Knows No Motive for Whipping. ‘Two unidentified colored men walked into the Hermann Shoe Co. store, 717 H street northeast, shortly after noon to- day, dragged the owner, Louis Hermann, 45, of the 1700 block of Gallatin street, into a rear room, and after beating him severely with a blackjack escaped. No money was missing from the man’s clothing or from the cash register. Three men working in the rear of the store heard Hermann's calls for help and ran to the front. They saw the two men leave the store and walk hur- | riedly away. One of them went into { the store to see what had happened, | while the other two followed the col | ored men into an alley between Six and Seventh streets northeast. When they entered the alley one of the colored men wheeled and pointed a gun at the men. The two men stopped, and the colored men disappeared down the alley. The men notified police, and a spe- nlas detail of headquarters detectives and & squad from the ninth precinct began a search of all houses in the al- ley. Hermann was taken to Emergency Hospital, where doctors say he is suf- fering from severe cuts to his head and body. He sald he know no motive for :he attack. Paris Postal Package Explodes. PARIS, Ji 6 (A).—A package con- an c“::lum blew up in Central Post Ofice today. There Were B0 Vics A ordered to guard against an outbreak, police say, and the only change in the regular patroling of that section of the city was the ordering of the patrélman on that “beat” to make more frequent trips into the 300 block of Pennsylvania avenue, where the Hip Sing and On Leong Tongs have their headquarters. Belief that the two factions might rise in a local war had been expressed after reports of killings in Newark and New York City and an attempted kill- ing in Chicago. Acting Caj Jerry Sullivan, com- mander of No. 6 station in the absence of Capt. Martin Reflly, who is ill in GRADUATION DAY AT U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY JUNIOR CHTIZENS - - 10 FIGHT FOR VOTE Members of Younger Genera- tion to Be Organized Into: Alliance Tonight. Designed primarily to promote inter- est in the cause of national representa- tion for the District of Columbia, among. the younger generation, but having also as its object a study of civic affairs and the cultivation of social relations, the Junior Citizens’ Alllance is being formed here, and will have its organization meeting tonight, it was announced tn- ay. The organization is sponsored by the Citizens’ Joint Committee on National Representation, and has the indorse- ment of the Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade. Prize Essay Contest Planred. Upper: For the second time Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics of the Navy, was privileged to witness the graduation of a son from the United States Naval Academy, when Midshipman William A. Moffett, jr., was commissioned an emsign. Photo shows the young officer’s mother Left to right: Miss Dorothy Fowler of Washington, Ensign Moffett, Mrs. Moffett and Admiral Moffett. ~—Underwood Photo. Lower: H. A. Lincoln of Michigan, one of the 403 graduates of the Acad- from his sweetheart, Marjorie Moss of —Harris-Ewing Photo. MIDSHIPMEN LEAVE ON CRUISE TONIGHT More Than 1,000 Will Sail for Europe on Three Battle- ships for Ten-Week Trip. Special Dispateh to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 6.—It will be ‘anchors aweigh,” with ample opportun- tom themselves to the salt spray when more than 1,000 midshipmen of the first and second classes of the Naval Academy embark tonight on the an- nual 10-week cruise. ‘They were boarding the U. S. 8. Arkansas, Utah and Florida this morn- th. ‘The members of the second class will engage in “ground flying” in their study of aviation, during’ the Summer months. On July 1, the three vessels will dock at Cherbourg, France. The itinerary includes Kiel, Germany; Oxlo, Norway, and Edinburgh, Scotland. The return trip will be via Hampton Roads, Va., where the !hlr will engage in target practice. On August 29, the mid- al)xg‘men will have cne month’s vaca- CLUB NAMES MRS. LANDES Soroptimists Elect Former Seattle Mayor as President. PHILADELPHIA, June 6 (#).—Mrs. Bertha K. Landes, former mayor of Seattle, Wash., was yesterday elected president of the American Federation of Soroptimist Clubs. She had been second vice president. The federation, composed of business and prof Al women and wives of Rotarians, proposes the formation of a Georgetown Hospital, denied todsy re- guar clothes me: operate in the Chinese sector. ” o Young People’s World Citizenship League as a means of teaching a uni- versal doctrine of péace and s uniform creed of friéndliness. DIAL PHONE WIRES CLIPPED BY EMPLOYE OF CENSUS Reported Confession Follows in United States Buildings. Eleven cases of the wires of dial tele- phones having been clipped in the three Government temporary bulldings in the vicinity of Sixth and B streets led to an investigation, which disclosed _today that an employe in the Census Bureau had clipped the wires as a protest against continued use of the phones. ‘Watchers assigned by the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. to Building C apprehended the man as he came from &-boOtn afier one of the clipping episodes. The chief clerk of the bu- Sd. that ‘he" prosably “wotid pe puar ) o wol - ished the o e Eleven Instances of bamage munity from prosecution, it was said, in exchange for an tion of why the wires were cut. man’s it was said to be based on the locat of the phones in dim corridors, where in- sufficient light was afforded the booths. ‘The one man was held responsible for most of the wire cutting, but it wes said that another case had been reborted from Building F in the vicinity. ity to gain their “sea legs” and accus- | itse The alliance will meet in the as- sembly room of the Board of Trade and the session will be marked by announce- ment of plans for a prize essay contest on the subject, “National Representa- tion for the District of Columbia.” The organization is intended to be composed principally of young people Who reside within the ~metropolitan area of Washington and who are in- terested in the cause of National rep- resentation for the District. However, the only age limit is the minimum re- quirement of 18, and consequently per- sons of mature years are eligible for membership. e The members are called “Junior Citi- " zens” because of thejr youth and also because, as residents of the District, they have no.right to vote in- National elections, and therefore, . politically speaking, have never grown up. ‘The stated purpose of the J. C. A., it was announced, is twofold ‘First, to promote the cause of national rep- resentation for the District of Colum- bis, and, second, to create friendships among members which will be of value and enjoyment to them socially and in their business careers.” City Problems to Be Studied. In carrying out this second purpose it is planned to organize and instruct & drama unit, a dance orchestra and a debating team, and there is enyisaged 2150 a study of such current business #nd_ political problems as are peculiar to Washington. Lectures will be deliv~ ered by Washingtonians well known in business and professional life, and every effort will be made at these lectures to bring about a personal contact between the speaker and interested members of th:er l:mdlence. e meeting tonight will be addressed Jud,e Mary O'Toole and Jesse C. ”:.l:.r| Ore;l:e cnbl::‘m' committee on na- esentation. The ll:l’El‘eldlllN!r for 8 o'clock. STk | lans for the essay contes aunounced tonight, cl’u for ll:'e 31925 ing of a first prize of $100 for the best essay on the subject selected, and prizes of $10 each for the 10 next best es- says on the same subject, There will ‘zlso be offered clal prizes of $25 each for the best ?:::Iy on any one’'of the following, sub- 1—National representa for the District O‘f‘ Cclum:fi? ineded 2—National representation would endanger white lunremcyAn B fob = Open to Members Only. - . 3—National representation for eyer American citizen was uonumplnm the fathers of American independefics 4—Nal 1 ‘representation for’ ‘this not create a sovereign four. spe- cll%'hmw. Y \ e oonf is_o the alllance mfi*‘\fi may be, joined by _mempers of i organization e person over 18 years ‘of age, ‘of good standing in his ‘or her community, upon payment of a $1 initiation fee. Other rules ars that the essgys must not be more than 3.000 words in length; that the decicion of the judges is final; that the copy- right and title to all prize-winning es- says will be vested in the alliance, and that essays which ‘do mot win prizes Wwili not be returped umless submitted with a self-addressed teturn envelope on which postage is prepaid. The con- | test closes at midnight, Noyember 26. The. judges of the :onfim'all be Paul E. Lesh, Judge M |- eric Wlllhmlwfle.lry e George J. Adams, jr., originator of :.‘l;l;k l:u. will preside at the meeting ——eg g SEES AGREEMENT ON POLICE AND FIRE PAY RAISE BILL (Continued From First Page.) vote directly on the Donovan-Phipps- | 8immons amendments, which have been | rejected by both the House and Senate Dls:;lcl committees and by the Senate It is believed that the bill will be sent to conference, with the House con- ferees allowed to act as free agents for & compromise, put with an p that they cannot. yield on ments, striking them from th# out first bringing them back House for a separate vote. Favor for Amendment. It is understood that both .the Sen- ate and House are willing to accept the Simmons amendment, _under . \vmmx would be set up irf the Police and Fire Departments an efficiency ros 10 per cent of the entire whom a bonus or premi g month would be p-L bec: of 8- perior service. The principal amend- ment, on which a fight is expected in the conference, is Mr. Simmons’ pro- posal to delay the payment of, ;hpnd};- crease in salary to privates in the ce . and Fire Departments. Sunday, 116,517 May Circulation District of Columbia, ss.: . [N "HEE BENING AR SURHA %“g}i & Tymber o 1 { the pa) od 4 OB aCtine the”month ot ‘Mave kT (5%, o Daily...112,389 115:521 R LA Less adjustments. aeee Tota!l daily nef eirculation...... daily net paid cinculaiis T of copies Daily average net circulation. SUNDAY. Coples. Day: it i Meanwhile the telephone company was marking time before actirg ‘s ac- cordance with the resoiution e the Senate which demanded that the dial phones removed from the Capitol arn, R, B e company ne or ithout protest.’ company. promised im- | the e N e ~y Average Sunday net circulation...... 116,817 m%:m“ Mow'."" o5 Manager. i “before ‘me. this