Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1930, Page 16

INURED REVELRR NOT T0 PROSECUTE HURLER OF GLASS W. L. T. Abrams Regains Consciousness Ten Hours After Party. * COMPANIONS TO FACE DISORDERLY CHARGES Five Held After Police Find Pa- tient Hurt Among Noisy Group in Apartment. Regaining consciousness about 10 o'clock this morning, William Lee Tren- holm Abrams, 32-year-old real estate operator, assured police he did not wish to prosecute any members of a party at 1028 Connecticut avenue last night, during the course of which he was felled by a glass container supposed to have been hurled by & woman. ‘While Abrams lay in a semi-conscious condition at Emergency Hospital for 10 hours and physicians treated him for a possible fracture of the skull, police ar- rested and held for questioning five members of the party, which was held in the La Salle Apartments. g Several visits were made to Abrams’ bedside before investigators could obtain | & coherent statement from him. His condition was described as sericus this morning, and Abrams was to undergo X-ray examination later today to de- termine if his skull is fractured. ‘When police learned that Abrams would not prosecute, they allowed the others to post collateral on charges of being drunk and disorderly and released them. Party Noisy. Tenants told police the party had been noisy for several hours, when an uproar broke out about 12 o'clock. Responding to a call to No. 3 precinct from the apartment, Detective 8. F. Gravely and Policemen H. H. Price and John H. Hoffman found Abrams stretched on the floor beside the broken glass, his forehead laid open. Pieces of furniture had been over- turned and Abrams was unconscious. Meanwhile the fire rescue squad and an Emergency Hospital ambulance were summoned. Abrams was given first aid by the ambulance physician and squad members and then removed to the hospital. Four members of the party were on the premises, while police were informed that two other men left before they arrived. The four gave their names at No. 3 precinct as Carolyn Barbour Fisher, 30 years old, of 828 Eighteenth street; Hazel Daphne Phillips, 30 years old, secretary; Shelby Strange Faulkner, 32 years old, attorney, and Ralph Aloysius Collins, 44 years old, reporter. Acting on information given by mem- bers of the party, police early today arrested Willlam G. Schauffier, 39 years old, aviator, at his rooms in the Carlton Hotel and took him to No. 5 precinct for investigation in the affair. Collins was allowed to post $5 col- lateral on a disorderly conduct charge and he left the precinct early today. Girl Booked for Throwing. Miss Pisher was booked on drunk and disorderly counts and also held for investigation. Police said they were informed that Miss Fisher threw the glass at Abrams during an argument over who should be required to leave the apartment. The other women and Faulkner were charged with being drunk and dis- ¥ The apartment, poll e apartment. police reported, was leased by Mrs. Singleton Stanley, who had gone out to dinner last night and had not returned when the disturbance ‘occurred. Police quoted an apartment attend- ant, John E. Hartman of 1200 Nine- teenth street, as having told them he saw two men rush out of the building shortly after some one telephoned from the upstairs apartment that “a man has been hurt, please call a doctor.” He called police, he said. Abrams, | who is connected with a well known | real estate firm, is married. He lives at 1327 Eighteenth street. A hearing in Police Court will be de- ferred until Abrams has recovered, po- lice said. NEVITT CALLS INQUEST INTO BELLMORE DEATH Funeral Service to Be Held for Fort Humphreys Tailor, Killed in Crash, Tomorrow. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt has called &n inquest for Monday morning at 11:30 o'clock into the death of Edward Bell- more, 60 years old, of 633 Gresham place, who was instantly killed early yesterday when a machine in which he was riding collided with another at Twelfth street and Rhode Island avenue. Luther C. Proffitt, 26 years old, a soldier at Fort Humphreys, Va., who was driving the automobile in Wwhich Bellmore was a passenger, and Harry Walker Summers of 2301 N street, driver of the second car, are being held at the second precinct police station for the inquest. Funeral services for Bellmore, who ‘was the post tailor for Fort Humphreys, will be held at his home tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock and burial will follow at Adas Israel Cemetery. Bellmore was born in Philadelphia and came to this city 30 years ago. Two daughters, Mrs. Anna Walter and Mrs. Edith Hoffman; and two sons, Carl and Bernard Bellmore, all of this city, survive, Marriage Licenses. Robert W. Blazer. 29. this ¢ PR g e D g Hamlet. 22, Land Edward F. Ryon, 26. and Elsie M. Post- w2 fev B i Robert P. i N and Ida M. New- ; . i Rev. . 20. and Janice L. Norris . 29, Charlottesville, nd Sarah C. Bangerfer, 23, this city; Walter F. Eagleson. Lewis, 28. Chevy Chase View, Md., and Alma L. Gochenour, 28, this city; Rev R. Deal nd Prances G. Dill orne. Elizabeth M ohnson. and w3 Harry ‘A° Krauter, 34, and Marie C. Roes. 32 both of Baltimore, Md.; Rev. Albert H Zimmerman Herath. 23. and Anna M. Soresi, user- 24, and Ruth E Tolson ~and Ruth Rev. Allan re. Raymond D. Keneipp, 26, and Sara M. Mc- Geary. 21; Rev. Claire E._Hawthorne. ac 2 . and Dora v. George F. Dudley. nd Nellie M. ity, and Pran- N.'Y.; Rev. over, Md.; Rev. Thomas Taham. 30, Syracuse. #nd Olga T. Helphenstine, 23, this city, John J. Queally rown, Mauck, and Katherine A. . Emmo; . 35, and F. Wenchel. tman, 36, Fort Monroe, Va., ups,” 25, Mathews, Va.. olas. oldstein. 28. and Frances R. Rev. A Volkman D Mclesd, 25, this city. S fan, 23, Richmond, Va.| Domen M Buimiey. 44, Swimley. Va 34, ‘this o m’ U. Galy 24. this city. and Helen B. Estelle and Rev. 0ano. 27. and Vincenzina Caruso, oA Mol s THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JUN IDR. MORGAN AND SIX NAVAL PHYSICIANS Group Will Attend Meeting of American Medical As- sociation Next Week. Comdr. Hardison Plans to Make Non-stop Flight if Weather Is Favorable. Dr. Witliam Gerry Morgan, 1006 Six- teenth street, president-elect of the American Medical Association, and six doctors of the Navy Medical Depart- | ment, took off from the Anacostia Naval Air Station at 9:30 o'clock this morning in a Navy Ford tri-motored transport plane for Detroit, where the annual meeting of the American Medical Asso- ciation will be held next week. The big plane was piloted by Lieut.| Comdr. D. B. Hardison, with Lieut. A.| P. Storrs as co-pilot. 'If the weather holds good and the winds remain fa- vorable Comdr. Hardison said before taking off, he planned to go through to Detrolt without a stop. If it seems necessary to refuel, however, a landing will be made at Cleveland. Dr. Morgan will take office as presi- nt of the association following his ival in Detroit. He was elected to the office at the last annual meeting. Under the rules of the association the officers do not assume office until a year after election. The Navy doctors makh? the trip are Comdr. Frederick Ceres, flight surgeon at the Anacostia Naval Air Station; Comdr. W. A. Bloedorn, retired, and Lieut. Comdrs. J. J. White, R. P. Par- sons, E. P. Huff and E. C. Ebert. Dr. Morgan, though born in New Hampshire May 2, 1868, has lived in | this city the greater part of his life. He | graduated from Dartmouth in 1890 and | received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1893. He | was married to Miss Cora Boyd of this city November 27, 1895, and settled in | this city the following year. | FLY TO DETROIT DR. WILLIAM GERRY MORGAN. —Harris-Ewing Photo. Since 1904 Dr. Morgan has been pro- fessor of diseases of the alimentary tract at Georgetown University. He is associate editor of two leading medical magazines. During the World War he served on the first advisory draft board and was a lieutenant in the Navy Medi- cal Reserve Corps up to 1922 and then became a major in the Army Medical Reserves. He has held high offices in the lead- ing medical socleties, including e presidency of the District of Columbia Medical Soclety. e also is afliated with scientific and historical associa- tions and was vice president of the Washington Academy of Science and is a member of the Washington His- torcal Society, the American Archio- logical Association, the Association of Military Surgeons, the Medical Vet- erans of the World War and the In- ternational Medical Club, of which he is president. REAR ADMR. HARRIS, 80 YEARS OLD, DIES Retired Naval Officer Had Outstanding Record of Service. Rear Admiral Uriah Rose Harris, United States Navy, retired, who had served on many important tours of duty in the service, died in the Naval Hos- pital yesterday after a long illness. He was 80 years old. Admiral Harris had made his home here since his retire- ment in 1911 and resided in the Brighton Hotel. He was on duty here from 1882 to 11884, being attached to the Naval Ob- servatory. He had twice served as naval governor of stations in the Phil- ippines and early in his career did im- portant work in connection with map- ping the Pacific Coast. Born at Columbus, Ind., September 14, 1849, Harris was the son of the late John and Abigail Rose Harris. He was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1869, was promoted to ensign in 1870, to master January 1, 1872; lieutenant, February 11, 1875; leutenant com- mander, February 25, 1897; commander, December 31, 1899; captain, February 21‘91905. and rear admiral January 7, 1899. The officer had served on the Coast Survey schooner Ernest while engaged in mapping the Pacific Coast, the Yukon and other ships. He also_had served as commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and had been on lighthouse duty at several other Navy posts, in- cluding Boston, Chicago and others. Admiral Harris was married to Miss Sophie Ann Simonton. His wife died about 10 years ago. He is survived by a brother, William J. Harris of Chicago, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Alice Simon- ton of this city. Funeral arrangements are to be an- nounced later. Interment is to be in Arlington Cemetery. VETERAN OF FIRE- FIGHTING RETIRES “Dad” Chroniger, 87-Year-0ld Mar- shal, Given “Hot” Farewell at G. P. 0. William Chroniger, better known as “Dad,” 87-year-old fire marshal of the Government Printing Office, had the “hottest time” yesterday in two score years of fire fighting service. Nearly 500 fellow workers assembled in the Harding Auditorium extended ia rousing and prolonged farewell to Chroniger, who retires as the oldest fire marshal in the history of the | bureau. On behalf of the Government Print- ing Office Public Printer George H. Carter presented the veteran with a remembrance book, containing farewell comments by a host of friends. A purse of gold was also presented. In a brief speech, Public Printer Car- ter said, “The highest praise I can | give our fire marshal is this, the old | builaing didn’t burn down.’ | Chroniger, who, a half-century ago, | occasionally toiled up Capitol Hill in | the traces of a man-drawn fire fight- ing “buggy,” has been in the Govern- |ment service 46 years. He served five | years in the United States cutter serv- | ice on the Great Lakes, and was in the | Navy Yard before going to the print- | ing “office. | When asked if he was pleased at the prospect of returning to Pittsburgh, his native town, Chroniger said: “Well, young feller, its a smoky town, |and smoke-eating, whether I liked it .| or not, has always been my business. Chroniger's retirement becomes effec- tive today. Dress Reform Is Taboo. BERLIN, June 21 (#)—Male dress re- form in hot weather is taboo in the Reichstag. A few members were ap- pearing in their shirt sleeves till the vice president requested that the dig- Removal of Dial Phones in Senate Offices Started All to Be Taken Out With Failure of Modifica- tion Move. ‘Workmen of the Chesapeake & Po- tomac Telephone Co. last night began taking the dial telephones out of the Senate Office Building and the Senate wing of the Capitol after a final effort to have the Senate modify its original order failed yesterday afternoon. The original resolution, sponsored by Senator Glass, Democrat, .of Virginia, directed the removal of the dials and the installation of the manual phones within 30 days, and that time limit has been reached. Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Mary- land, drafted an amendment under which the dials could be left in the offices of any Senators who preferred them, but action could not be obtained on it during the past few days. On Thursday Senator Glass renewed his opposition to the dial phones when the ‘Tydings amendment was called up. ‘When Senator Tydings asked for consideration of the amendment yes- terday Senator Glass did not take any part in the discussion. Senator Dill, Democrat, of Washington, objected, however, declaring the question should be discussed when it is considered, and that it was not the regular order at that time. — SENATE CONFIRMS HANFORD M’NIDER Brookhart's Charge Envoy to Can- ada Led Drunken Revels Is Ignored. Hanford MacNider of Iowa, the for- mer Assistant Secretary of War, was confirmed by the Senate late yesterday as Minister to Canada after Senator Brookhart, Republican, of Iowa, had described him as the leader of “drunk- en revels” at American Legion conven- tions. Senator Steck, Democrat, of Iowa quickly denied the charge. Senator Brookhart, in voicing his personal objections to his Iowa Repub- lican political foe, startled the Senate with his picture of American Legion conventions as “drunken revels.” He added: “I have seen Hanford MacNider lead- ing those revels. I know he is to blame for that more than any man in the whole American Legion.” Steck Makes Reply. Jumping to his feet, Senator Steck replied that Brookhart “does not know what he is talking about.” He said MacNider had been a “teetotaler” since he entered public life as an Assistant Secretary of War four years ago. He called upon the Senatz to confirm him The Senate lisiened attentively to the airing of tne old feud between Brook- hart and MacNider and when Steck had concluded did not even take a rec, ord vote. There was a chorus of “ayes and the Jowan was confirmed. Brook- hart did not ask the Senate to reject the nominee on his plea that MacNider was “personally offensive in the highest degree.” ASKS PARK NAME CHANGE Bill to Name Site After Senator Henderson Introduced. The name of Meridian Hill Park at Sixteenth and Florida avenue, would be changed to Henderson Park in honor of the late Senator John B. Henderson of Missouri, and his widow, who still re- sides in Washington, under a bill in- troduced yesterday afternoon by Sena- tor Harris of Georgia. The bill was re- ferred to the District committee for re- port. Senator Harris sald he offered the bill as a recognition of the work that has been done by Mrs, Henderson in bring- ing about the improvement of that sec- tion, as well as a tribute to the former Senator. The Henderson home, widely nity of the house be preserved. known as Henderson Castle, is on Six- teenth street, opposite the park. MAN WEDS MISS Harvey E. Ingley of the White House Secret Service detaill and Miss Ruth Richardson Kincheloe, private secre- tary to Newbold Noyes, assoclate editor of The Star, were married today at Virginia Beach, Va. The event came as a _complete surprise to their many friends in Washington, who had had no _advance information of the step. Mr. Ingley has been attached to the White House staff since the Fall of 1925, and has traveled thousands of iles in connection with his duties of mi tecting both Presidents Cooll d E’ow\ unmaxm% WHITE HOUSE SECRET SERVICE Bridegroom, Who Has Been in President’s Service Since 1925, Is Harvey E. Ingley. RUTH KINCHELOE ment he was known as “the baby of the secret service” because of his youth. He also is well known in the local athletic world. He played two seasons at first base with Martinsburg team | of the Blue Ridge League and he was a star forward on the old Palace basket | ball team when Washington had an entry in the league. MILION PRKNAY FUND INCLUDED DEFENEY BIL REPORT OPPOSING DISTRICT TAX RAISE MADE T0 CHAMBER Measure Passed by House:Committee on City Finance Provides for Many Impor- tant Projects in Capital. FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION ITEMS ARE AUTHORIZED Limit of $37,350,000 Cost Placed on Specific Buildings—Bicenten- nial Sum Cut Fai Funds for carrying forward many im- portant projects of Capital development are included in the second deficiency appropriation bill which pasced the House late yesterday. There was added on the floor an item of $1,000,000 for a start on the George Washington Me- morial Parkway project, previously au- thorized in the Cramton-Capper bill, providing for a magnificent riverside parkway and boulevard on both sides of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon and Fort Washington to Great Falls, In the lump sum of approximately $30,000,000 for continuing Federal bullding projects are included author- izations and allocations of funds for specific Federal buildings here, with a limit of cost of $37,350,000, including: Post Office Department Building, $10.300,000; Department of Justice Building, $10,000,000; Department of Labor Building, $4,750,000; Interstate Commerce Commission Building, $4,- 500,000; a connecting wing between the last two buildings, $2,000,000; Public Health Service Building, $865,000; re- modeling of the State Department Building, $3,000,000; landscaping of the block bounded by Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Pennsylvania avenue and E streets, $50,000; for the purchase of land in the Pennsylvania avenue-Mall triangle, $2,000,000. Funds are included for operation of the new Department of Commerce Bullding. Erection of the proposed Archives Building, previously allocated to anoth- er site and for which appropriations have been made, is authorized on the site of the present Center Market. Funds also are included for continuing the operation of the Center Market until it must be removed to make way for the new building. Among the new and most interesting a fund for establishing a radio broad- casting system in the Police Depart- ment, with receiving sets in .outlying territory to aid in the apprehension of criminals. Efforts made by Representative La Guardia of New York to reduce the appropriation for the George Washing- ton Bicentennial Commission from $362,075 to $250,000 failed on a vote of 61 to 6 in the House. WILLIAM H. SMITH DIES AT 49 OF PNEUMONIA Founder of Capitol News Co. Was Friend of Presidents and Prominent Mason. Stricken with pneumonia about a week ago, Willlam H. Smith, 49, known in his youth as “the President’s news- boy,” dled early yesterday in Emergency Hospital. He was a friend of President McKinley and other Chief Executives, Funeral services will be conducted Monday morning at 9 o'clock from the funeral parlors of Joseph Gawler's Sons, 1754 Pennsylvania avenue. In- terment wil be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Mr. Smith is survived by his widow and two daughters, Misses Kate and Helena Smith, all of Washington. He was a member of Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 3, Royal Arch Masons; Washington Centennial Lodge, No. 14, Masons; Almas Temple Shiners, Wash- ington Council, No. 1, Master Masons; Albert Pike Consistory, Scottish Rite Masons, and Washington Lodge, No. 15, Elks. Mr. Smith was the founder and pro- prietor of the Capitol News Co. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; gentle west winds. Maryland—Fair tonight and tomor- row; not much change in temperature moderate to fresh west winds. Virginia—Mostly fair tonight and to- morrow; not much change in temper- ature; moderate west winds. West Virginia—Fair tonight and probably tomorrow; not much change in temperature. Record for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 pm., 86; 8 pm,, 79; 12 midnight, 69; 4 am. 66; 8 am, 7 noon, 80. Barometer—4 p.m. 29.78; 29.77; 12 midnight, 29.79; 4 8 a.m, 29.78; noon, 29.75. Highest temperature, 87, occurred at 5:30 p.m. yesterday. Lowest tem- perature, 65, occurred at 3 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 87; lowest, 68. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 10:20 am. and 10:07 pm.; high tide, 3:27 a.m. and 3:45 pm. ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 11:15 am. and 10:57 p.m.; high tide, 4:16 a.m. and 4:39 pm. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rose 4:42 am.; sun sets 7:37 pm. Tomorrow—Sun rises 4:42 sets 7:37 p.m. Moon rises 1:07 a.m.; sets 2:28 p.m. Weather in Various Cities. s Temperaturs £ en 5 m.; sun 453U Btations. e sep1ass Abilene, Tex.. Albany, N. Y. Atlanta,” Ga Atlantic _Git; Baltimore, 0.7 0.42 Cloudy Cloudy 1. Clear 0.08 Pt.cloudy Bicloud t.cloudy Clear . Clear i0 Pt.cloudy ron, 0.20 Clear Indian Jacksonville Fla. Kansas City, Los Angeles Loutsville, K. Miami, Fla. S. Dak.. 29.78 apolis,Ind 29.88 20,96 90 2986 e Raleign. N, €. 2084 Salt Lake City. 29.88 Miss Kincheloe is Maude Kincheloe of Manassas, Va. Th bride is 27 years old and the bride- Upon their return to Wi will aughter of Mrs. | S San _Antonio % provisions for the local municipality is | Favors Adoption of Long- Time Fiscal Plan. SURPLUS PRESERVATION SCHEME RECOMMENDED Statement Declares Burden Here Has Grown Through Constant Increase in Assessments. Congress would be urged to make no increase in the District tax rate under resolutions recommended for adoption to the board of directors of the Cham- ber of Commerce yesterday by the Dis- trict finance committee. The committee report said that “de- spite the fact that the District tax rate has remained stationary for several years past, the actual tax burden has constantly grown because of the annual increase in the assessed value of taxable property. Under the plan of speeded- up assessments, moreover, new buildings are now assessed and taxed if a half year remains after construction is com- pleted, thus still further increasing the | tax burden upon real estate.” Would Guard Surplus. Other committee follow: “That the District surplus fund be not drawn upon for current expenditure needs except with a matched and pro- portionate contribution of Federal fu ‘That pending the findings of the proposed permanent fiscal relations commission the Federal contribution be increased, particularly for those im- provements involving added responsi- bility, at least in so far as may be necessary to avoid an increased tax rate. “That through the proposed perma- nent fiscal relations commission or by other means there be developed standard long-time financing plan in- cluding the budgeting, over a period of years, of major public improvements with correlated methods of financing over a long-time period. “That the form of the current an- nual budget be improved, as previbusly recommended, for the greater conven- fence of the tax payer and that the District Commissioners be authorized and directed to provide for full public hearing before their budget estimates are submitted to Congress.” ‘The committee reported that “the Capital City of the United States—par- ticularly in that year dedicatéd to the memory of 1ts revered founder, the Father of Our Country—cannot afford | to unduly curtail its expenditure for necessary public services the benefits from which will accrue to all citizens of the United States as well as to the citizens of the District of Columbia, Committed to Proposals. “Under these circumstances your com- | mittee on District finance does not feel that it can present to you detailed recommendations covering particular items to be included in the 1932 budget estimates. The chamber is already com- mitted in favor of a number of specific proposais, including a municipal airport at Gravelly Point, increased provision for parks and for school buildings and grounds, the widening of certain por- tions of H and Thirteenth streets, a Nationad Guard armory, the modern- ization of the port of Washington, the elimination of grade crossings, the con- struction of bridges, more branch library buildings and increased appro- priations for the promotion of the pub- lic health and welfare. Your committee reiterates Washington's urgent need of these improvements, but it protests against any plan of taxation under which the cost of these and other im- provements involving a still further degree of Federal responsibility—such as the proposed new Municipal Center— will be assessed in undue proportion against the taxpayers of the District. In the opinion of your District ce committee much of the present fiscal difficulty is traceable to the failure to develop an adequate budgetary procedure for financing the long and short fiscal needs of the District of Columbia. The present pay-as-you-go policy has served its purpose as regards maintenance and operating cost items, but it has failed lamentably to meet the requirements of long-time financ- ing. Sufficient evidence of this failure is afforded by the five-year school building program, the Cramton park bill and the proposed temporary air- port and Municipal Center bills. = Each of these long-time improvement proj- ects would be provided for by special legislation and by different financing methods. Urges Standard Procedure. “Your committee submits that the time has come to resolve the present chaos in District financing by the de- velopment of a standard financing pro- cedure including the basic pay-as-you- go policy, but including also a method for distributing, over a period of years, the cost burden of the limited number of major public improvements of the types already mentioned which can- not be financed on an annual appropri- ation basis. “The means for developing such a standard financing procedure have al- ready been placed before Congress in the form of the Moore bill (H. R. 11194), to provide a permanent fiscal relations commission empowered to make investigations ,of this character and to develop and to recommend to Congress the adoption of a sound and equitable District financing plan. This bill, which embodies a recommendation originally made by your District finance committee and indorsed by the whole chamber on December 20, 1927, pre- sents, in the opinion of your committee, the best plan yet advanced for solving this difficult problem.” Rudolph Jose, chairman, signed the committee report. MRS. RUTH BUCHANAN LOSES ALIMONY CASE Heir to $4,000,000 Estate Shows Wife Living on Farm in Virginia. Chief Justice Wheat of the District Supreme Court yesterday afternoon overruled without prejudice the appli- cation of Mrs. Ruth Lester Buchanan to require her husband, John R. Buchanan of Warrenton, Va., to pay her $1,000 per month umronry alimony pending the decision of the court in her suit for separate maintenance. The court held that unless the wife alleged she was in necessitous circumstances no temporary allowance would be made. is one of the heirs of the $4,000,000 estate of his father, Gen. Buchana The husband showed through Attor- neys Minor, Gatley & Drury that the wife was living on a farm in Virginia and her household expenses were being paid. The chief justice told Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert and Rudolph H. Yeatman for the wife that they might Tenew the request if circumstances ware rented, recommendations | BYRD RADIO MAN FINDS OLD BOX PREFERRED TO HIM BY SMALL SON Above: Lieut. Malcolm Hanson, radio engineer with the Byrd expedition, is getting acquainted with his little son, Malcolm, jr.. whom he saw for the first time yesterday when he arrived here with the expedition. The young man was born soon after Lieut. Hanson departed for the Antarctic, two years ago. ‘I?elo': Charles Kessler, another mem- ber of the expedition, who visited his father, at 1600 Foxall road. —Star Staff Photos. Baby, Born After Father Left for Antarctic, Proves Too Blase. But Stuffed Penguin From Little America May Win for Daddy Yet. Just why an old box and a bladeless razor should hold more attraction for & year-and-a-half-old son than a real, live daddy is one of the more difficult questions now confronting Lieut. Mal- colm P. Hanson, U. 8. N., radio expert with the Byrd Antarctic expendition. Down in the South Pole country, where radio reception is not a simple | matter of turning a switch and twisting a dial, Lieut. Hanson won quite a repu- | tation for himself as a problem solver. xmls1 this son of his has him stopped cold. Home for the first time in two years, Lieut. Hanson, stifling a sigh of resigna- tlon, opened the door of his apartment at 3819 Military road this morning to admit a reporter and a news photog- rapher, Penguin May Turn Tide. In the room were Mrs. Hanson and Malcolm, jr., who came into the world while his father was sailing to the pole belew the Equator, Malcolm, it appeared, has been getting along fine without a father for 19 months and now fails to see any good reason why he should transfer his affections from that nice old pasteboard box and gold- plated razor simply because a genial man, with a face tanned by sun and wind, has put in an appearance at the Hanson home, “The little rascal just doesn't seem | fOF publicity purposes were assailed in | to know his daddy,” the lieutenant ex- plained, with a suggestion of bewilder- | ment in his tone. “He seems to be more interested in that old box.” There is one influence, is working in Lieut. Hanson's favor. He brought home with him a black and white stuffed penguin as a present for the son he was to see for the first time. Malcolm has not as yet forsaken his box and razor, but the gawky penguin seems to be winning an ever larger share of his affections. Studied Short Waves. One of the most Interesting phases of Lieut. Hanson's work in the Antarctic was the measuring of short wave char- acteristics there. 1t is the development of the short wave which has made long- distance radio transmission feasible, and Lieut. Hanson's observations in this Tespect are expected to be of great value in future radio work. radio wave, he explained, after leaving its starting point is deflected upward by the curvature of the earth. Instead of vanishing in space, however, it strikes an atmospheric canopy at varying distances above the ground and is deflected back toward the earth. Part of Lieut, Hanson’s work consisted of measuring the heighth of *his can- opy. Knowing that a radio wave trav- els 186,000 feet a second, the length of time required for a ground wave to travel a short, measured distance was carefully determined. Then the speed of the deflected wave, arriving perhaps one-thousandth of a second later was measured, the difference in time of ar- rival indicating the number of extra feet the deflected wave traveled in reaching and returning from the canopy. ‘The most important consequence of this work lles in the use to which the data obtained by Lieut. Hanson can be put in future radio work in the Antarctic region. Conversation Irks Baby. To Lieut. Hanson, one of the most interesting phases of his work was the radio conversations with the sta- tion on Pranz Josef Island, the north- ernmost radio post in the world. This station was almost exactly opposite the Byrd party on the earth's surface. At this point, however, the conversa- tion became a bit irksome to Malcolm, jr, and he began to investigate a camera tripod which the photographer had set up on the floor. The photog- rapher suggested a photograph and Lieut. Hanson consented. “But,” Mrs. Hanson interposed, “you're not going to have a picture taken in those pajamas, are you?” “Why, certainly,” the lieutenant re- plied. “I'm at home new, and besides, it doesn't matter.” But Mrs. Hanson couldn't quite see it that way, and after s brief discus- sion Lieut. Hanson retired to the bed- room and donned shoes, trousers, shirt and tie. Returning, he borrowed the reporter's coat and everybody was ready—that is, everybody but Malcolm. He had moved across the room and was trying to make the penguin climb up the back of a chair. “Come here, sonny,” the lieutenant called, “these men want to take your picture” But Malcolm continued his efforts to manipulate the penguin's well stuffed legs. “Malcolm,” his father called in a voice of authority, “come here” But Malcolm didn't. Mrs. Hanson ploled bim wp and eat , however, that | in the second deficlency bill for the LAGUARDIA ASSAILS BICENTENNIAL FUND But House Retains Item for Publicity of 1932 Celebra- tion as Needed. By the Associated Press. Proposed expenditures by the George Washington bicentennial commission the House yesterday by Representative La Guardia, Republican, New York. Seeking to have an item of $362,075 commission reduced to $250,000, the New Yorker asked “are we to write the history of Washington today?” Representative Bloom, Democrat, New York, director of the commission, de- fended the proposed declared that New York spent “as much money yesterday in welcoming Admiral Byrd as we propose to spend for the celebration.” Thinks Staff Too Large. La Guardia conceded that “there is need for preparatory work” for the celebration to be held two years hence, but asked “who ever heard of such a staff for publicity work?' He read the items of proposed ex- penditure, including $6,000 for a pub- licity director, $5,000 for a special writer, $5,000 for a magazine writer, $6,000 for an editor, $10,000 for sup- plies and stationery, $87.200 for print- ing and binding, $25,000 for a movie scenario, and, he shouted, “$10,000 for newspaper clippings.” He contended that “we should not start off with a vast roll two years in advance” and declared that there was no need to spend $10,000 for news- paper clippings, “so that Sol Bloom can see what the papers are writing about him.” At this time, he continued, with many men out of work in the country, the money could be better spent. Bloom Defends Plan, Representative Bloom declared that "this is a Nation-wide celebration” and that the bulk of the work must be done this year in advance. “We are trying to give you a celebr: tion that the world will be proud of, he declared, and added that “it is some- thing that is needed at this time.” La Guardia's amendment failed of adoption, 61 to 6. DIES IN HIS SLEEP Julian C. Garland Had Been Ill at Times Since February. Julian Calvin Garland, 42 years old, of 1318 Thirty-fifth street died in his sleep early today in his apartment after an illness of four months. His wife, Mrs. Lena Garland, told police of the seventh precinct station that her husband had been suffering alternately with pleurisy and pneumonia since an operation last February. ried him over to the sofa, where the lieutenant was sitting. The latter smiled with pleasure. “That's right, sonny," he said, “I'm glad to see you're learning to obey your father. Charles Kessler, 27-year-old Washing- ton seaman with the Byrd expedition, was in Washington last night for the PAINTER DROWNED* IN SWIFT CURRENT OF UPPER POTOMAC Companion Narrowly Es- capes Same Fate in Attempt , to Save His Life. SEARCHERS FAIL TO FIND BODY OF W. W. VOELKER August Groves, 22, Dazed From Striking Head on Rock in Rescue Effort. William _W. Voelker, 50-year-old’ painter of 316 K street southwest, was drowned in the rapid current of the up- per Potomac late yesterday afternoon, as he struggled to regain the shore only, a few yards away. His body had not been recovered early this afternoon, after harbor precinct police had dragged for hours. A companion, August Groves, 22 years old, of 1311 Seventh street, narrowly escaped with his own life after an at- tempt to reach Voelker, as he sank be- neath the water for the last time. Dazed from striking his head on a Tock and with a cut on his left side, suffered when he was whirled into a submerged boulder by the treacherous eddies, Groves struck out for the Vir- ginia shore when he realized it would be impossible to reach Voelker and reached his objective as two companions started to his aid. Struggled to Keep Afloat. The tragedy came while Voelker, ’ Groves, Chester Woodard of Fairfax and John Sims of Columbia Hospital expenditures and |t were swimming about half a mile above Chain Bridge. Voelker, an excellent swimmer, was first in the water and was swimming strongly in midstream wuen he suddenly cried out and dis- appeared. An undercurrent carried him a short way down the river before he reap- peared. Voelker struggled vainly to keep afloat and Groves jumped into the water to go to his aid. The latter came within inches of grabbing his friend as the latter disappeared for the last time beneath the surface of the river. In his dazed condition, Groves la- boriously made his way to shore, not' knowing that Sims and Woodward had started to his assistance a quarter of & mile down river. Groves dragged him- self up the steep palisade and was rest-* ing there when John Mills, a colored employe at the home of Mrs. William Doak, who lives on the summit of the cliff, 'found him. Groves was removed to Georgetown University Hospital in the patrol wagon of No. 7 precinct and was dismissed after first-aid treatment. Harbor Police Seek Body. Unable to find either Groves or the body of Voelker, Sims and Woodward, in the meantime, climbed to Mrs. Doak's residence and had her telephone Wash- ington police. Mills and the two mem- bers of the swimming party then scat- tered to search for the missing men and Mills discovered Groves shortly afterwards. Harbor police started dragging for the drowned man’s body, but aban- doned their efforts at midnight. Re- | suming the dragg ng this morning, they ! were siill at work at noon today. It is blieved gouslble the body was ci | ried beneath one of the innumerable rocks in the river by the unusually swift flow of water at that point. | Voelker was born in_nearby Mary- land, but lived in this city all his life. | Although married and the father of & 14-year-old daughter, he boarded alone at the K street address, being estranged from his wife for many months. He was a member of Local No. 368, Paint- ers’ Union. Voelker had been out of 1 work for several wi but had ob- tained employment [EDWARD S. NORRIS, ENGRAVER, IS DEAD- Service Co. President Succumbs at Age of 38 Following Operation. Edward Simms Norris, 38 years old, president of the Service Engraving Co., Inc., located in the Washington Post Bullding, died in Georgetown' University Hospital yesterday following an operas lon. Funeral services will be held at his late residence, 21 Rock Spring Drive Country Club Hill, Va., at a time to be announced later. Mr. Norris was born in this city in 1891 and educated in the local schools. For a number of years he was em- ployed by the National Engraving Co. In 1924 he established the Service En- graving Co., at 1103 E street, after pur- chasing the M. E. Joyce Engraving Co. The firm was incorporated this year and moved into the Post Building. He was a member of the Washington Photo-Engravers’ Union No. 17, the Typothetae of Washington and the Washington Advertising Club. Mr. Norris was married to Miss Jewett Hodge of Atlanta. He is sur- vived by his widow, a sister, Mrs. Maude Herman, .lnd a brother, Wells Norris, AUTOS HIT TWO BOYS, BUT HURTS ARE MINOR Both Are Treated' at Hospita Injuries Sustained When Knocked Down. James F. Moulton, 8 years old, 1627 Lamont street, was knocked down by an automobile driven by Howard Boyce of 6223 Eighth street, while crossing at Sixteenth and Lamont streets early last night. Boyce took him to Emer- gency Hos?ltll. where it was reported he was only slightly hurt. Kenneth Snider, 5 years old, 221 P street, was treated at Sibley Hospital yesterday afternoon for cuts and bruises, having been injured when struck by an_ automobile driven by John M. Cole of the 1800 block cf Mori~ roe street. The accident occurred near the child's home. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Picnic, Welsh Society, Reservoir Park, Sixteenth and Kennedy streets, 3 p.m. Picnic, Writers’ League of Washing- ton, Hains Point, this afternoon. Sup- per'at 5 pm. Card party, benefit of Sacred Heart Home for the Aged and Convalescent, Queens Chapel road, Hyattsville, Md., -u;glm of Sacred Heart Home Gulld, 2:30 pm. Excursion to Wildwood, N. J., via the Pennsylvania Railroad, Columbia Lodge, No. 85, Improved Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks of World, this evening. for resentation of the medal to Admiral gyrm He returned to New York early this morning with the other members of the Byrd party. His father, Leroy Kessler, who lives at 1600 Foxall road, was unable to get | | a ticket for the presentation iast night at the Washington Auditorium The Kessler family was well represented, however, Kessler's mother, an aumt and . B ) FUTURE. Card party, St. John's Episcopal Church, parish hall, Thirty-fourth street and Rainier avenue, Mount Rainier, Md., Monday evening. Meeting, 1st Military Air Resery of the Distriot, 1108 Sixteenth ‘d tomoreom, 10:30 am.