Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1930, Page 16

A—16 w " BROS FROM HOLY " CHINESE PEAK ARE SENTTO MUSEUM 97 Specimens, Gathered on “ Mount Omei, Are Received From Missionary. SACRED SPOT DRAWS THOUSANDS YEARLY Shrine of Buddha Has ‘“‘Suicide Cliff,” Over Which Faithful Plunge to Be in His Arms. Rev. David C. Graham, intrepid ‘American missionary-naturelist, has se- cured for the National Museum an almost complete collection of the birds ©of one of the earth's weirdest places— one of China’s four holy mountains. A shipment was received here this week of 97 specimens gathered on Mount Omei, in the Szechwan Province of China, where thousands of pilgrims Journey snnually to witness a strange natural phenomenon which they inter- pret as a_manifestation of the living ‘Buddha. Because of its sacred char- acter, the mountain long has been a refuge of bird life, so that the Graham eollection shows Imflreslinlg examples of extension of biological ranges. ‘h;{olml Omei towers 11,000 feet above sea level. For the last 6,000 feet there is a precipice, one of the highest in the world, extending through the clouds. “In some places ascent is possible only by ladders. Pilgrims Walk Thousands of Miles. Once on the summit the pilgrims look down into the cloud ocean below them and behold the “fo-kuang” & great golden ball of fire surrounded by a rainbow floating in the mist. This can e seen practically any day when the sun is shining and is believed to be the glory emanating from Buddha. ‘Bands of pilgrims walk for thousands of miles from all over China to view this optical phenomenon. The edge of the precipice is guarded with chains, but in spite of this many pilgrims throw themselves into the chasm below, in the belief that they are throwing them- selves into the arms of Buddha. It is known as “suicide cliff.” On top of the precipice is a giant image of one of the buddhas mounted on an elephant, the guilded and lacquered mummies of three holy men and a tooth of Buddha 12 inches long and weighing 18 pounds, Which he is reputed to have lost while sojourning here. Nearby are the ruins of a temple of solid bronze set up in honor of Buddha by one of the early emperors and destroyed by lightning. 2,000 Monks Live on Slopes. ‘The mountain slopes harbor one of the world's largest religious commun- ities. There are 56 pagodas and more than 70 temples and monasteries with approximately 2,000 monks. Most of these are above the 4,000-foot level ‘where the slopes begin to be difficult to cultivate. The extreme need for agricultural land has driven farmers gradually to invade the lower slopes with great groves of ash trees for the culture of insect wax, one of the im- portant products of that part of the world. Small farmsteads are Inter- spersed even among the monasteries higher up. The general scenery, with great for- ests of silver fir, hemlock and yew breaking through the cloud ccean is in keeping with the sublime nature of the place. Here a group of Christian mis- sionaries in that part of the world have established Summer qfiarters, called Si Gi Pin, at about the 4,000-foot level. Hitherto, Mr. Graham has collected only occasional specimens from the Holy Mountain. There has been con- sidezable objection to shooting there. | But the present collection was obtained with the consent of the local authori- ties. The American clergyman has made scveral expeditions into ihe more remote sections of Western Chira, encountering not only extremely diffi- cult roads, but bandit gangs, to ob- tain natural history and ethnological collections for the museum. Contains Rare Specimens. ‘The present collection con’ains sev- eral birds not previously reccived from China and others rare in collections, althcugh t probably ere rot un- doscribed varieties. Among the rarities are two specimens of liocihla, probably a distant relative of the local thrashers, | which first was discovered by the mis- sionary a few years ago ard named in his honor when it was catalogued by the National Museum. Practically the same bird.. say Na- tional Museum exper's, is found cn the island of Formosa and was supposed Ch ‘The detective. who took yesterday afternoon off to arrest Charles Lucien Skinner, a colored newspaper reporter, described as chronically optimistic over the extent of his checking account, Jo- cated Skinner almost immediately, but had to put off the arrest for a while, due Jargely to the fact that Skinner was looping, or rather being looped with, about two miles in the air. M ejaculated Detective F. H. Alligood. rubbing a crick in his neck, “could that be Charles Lucien Skinner up there?’ “Check,” affirmed an Army flyer, who had jointed the detective beside a Boll- ing Field hangar. “Not the Charles Lucien Skinner of the first block of P street northeast?” marveled Alligood, as the plane came out of barrel roll in favor of a tail spin, “Double check,” said the Army man. “What do you want him for.” “Rubber check,” answered Alligood, and I believe he’s coming down.” Skinner Coming Down Fast. Sure enough, Skinner was coming down, fast. The ship was in a power dive and the struts howled. “He came out here, by authorization of the War Department's press rela- tions office to learn something about flying. and that pilot up there seems to be trying to teach him all he knows,” was ‘the further information vouch- safed. Meanwhile, the plane had come down THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO DETECTIVE WAITS ON FLYING LESSON TO ARREST REPORTER arles Lucien Skinner, Wanted on Check Charge, Goes Up With Bolling Field Pilot on Mysterious Authorization. a grateful landing and swept up to e officers, Skinner was somewhat indisposed, but declined medical attention. Already glum, he didn't cheer up any when he recognized Alligood. Regarding the warrant with melan- choly eyes, Skinner told the detective he often had flown at Bolling and other fields and was ambitious to become a full-fledged fyer. The course was interrupted, at least temporarily, by the warrant. Skinner |spent last night at No. 1 precinct, where he is held in default of $1,000 bond. Bad checks reputed to Skinner's authorship total some $100, all passed on downtown business firms. Flight Authorization Mystery. The matter of Skinner’s authoriza- tion for the flight in ‘an Army plane is muffled in mystery. Just how and just who authorized Skinner is unknown. Bolling Field had a telephone message from the press relations office instruct- ing that Skinner be flown, the officers there said. On the other hand, the press rela- tions office professed ignorance of the message’ and even went further, saying they did not know Skinner. Skinner, who is 36 years old, was re- leased last January from Occoguan, De- tectives Ira Keck and P. W. Thompson of the check squad said, after serving two years on bad-check charges. While in prison Skinner wrote letters to Congressmen, Government officials and to the newspapers. to th LEADERS T0 SHOW PAYBILL GRATITUDE Organizations Sponsoring Measure Arrange Luncheon Meeting for July 8. Appreciation for the passage of the bill raising the salaries of members of the Police and Fire Departments of the District will be voiced in the name of the city through the five major local organizations which sponsored the pay boost at a luncheon meeting at the Willard Hotel at 1 o'clock July 8. Heads of the organizations, consti- tuting a joint committee, made arrange- ments for the occasion yesterday after adopting a resolution’ commending Congress on enactment of the law. Members of Congress having prominent part in the legislation and District officials wili be invited as honor guests at the luncheon. These include Senator Capper of Kansas, chairman of the Senate District committee; Senator Bingham of Connecticut, chairman of the Dis- trict subcommittee of the Senate ap- propriations committee; Representative Zihlman of Maryland, chairman of the House District committee; Representa- tive Simmons of Nebraska, chairman of | the District subcommittee of the House | appropriations conmimittee; Maj. Henry | G. Pratt, chief of Police: George S.| Watson, chief enginmeer of the Fire Department, and District Commis- sioners Reichelderfer, Crosby and | Ladue. Awarded Degree MRS. ISABEL P. ANDERSON. AWARD CONFERRED The luncheon will be given in the | name of the Chamber of Commerce, | Board of Trade, Merchants and Manu- | facturers' Association, Federation of | Citizens' Associations and the Central | Labor Union. The event was planned | today at a meeting of spokesmen of | these organizations: Charles, W. Darr, | George Plitt, Mark Lansburgh, Dr.| George C. Havenner and John B.| ONMRS. ANDERSON Washington Woman Re- ceives Honorary Degree Frem Boston University. Mrs, Isabel Perkins Anderson of | Washington, wife of Larz Anderson, re- ceived’ the honorary degree of doctor Colpoys. | (recent fifty-seventh annual commence- CAPTAINS T0 TRY “POLICE OFFENDERS: New Order Outlined by Maj. Pratt at Gathering in Head- | quarters. | ‘Df laws from Boston University at its Commanding officers of all police | precincts and bureaus were called to | | headquarters by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, | | superintendent, and instructed as to | their authority under the new plan adopted by the Commissioners provid- {ing for trials of offenders by their precinct commanders in the case of | women of the country to receive a doc- | 10 be confined to that area. The Gra- | minor infractions of discipline. ham discovery shows it living in a far | After Maj. Pratt had outlined the | different environment hundreds of | new order to the commanding officers, miles away. but it does .iot cccur be the group went upstairs to the office | tween the two places. Among of Police Commissioner Herbert B. | birds are a group allied to China’s fa- | Crosby. In addressing the officers, | mous “laughing thrushes” and others | Commissioner Crosby said the Commis- which resemble the :weetest singers sioners had put into tMe precinet com- among Oriental birds, kept by cultured | manders’ hands the power to main- families for their songs. Some of the | tain strict discipline within their pre- mountain birds are highly colored wi H:lnc(_s, and that he hoped they would red, blue and yellow feathers. |use it. As a result of the new order, | g | he said, he expected fewer minor com- plaints to reach him. | The new order gives the cap'ains power to try men accused of petty LONG DIVORCE FIGHT _ 7 oo IS WON BY HUSBAND ! infier panichment not to exceea 335 | fine. five davs loss of annual leave or | a reprimand se who can be dis- | ciplined are the men below the rank of s.rgeant. The order is immediatelv effective. Findings of the various pre- cinct commanders must be forwarded |to the major and superintendent. who {may modify the punishment infiicted. but his cecision is final. : APPROVE HUI&T SENTENCE William T. Davis Is Granted Abso- lute Decree, Denied to His Wife. The 4-year-old fight between William T. Davis, Navy Yard employe. an his wife, Mrs. Mary J. Davis, sno1 v - street, over petitions and cross-peti- . . tions for divorce in Equity Court, came | The D O ey to an end today in District Supreme|Aapproved the recommendation of the Court when Justice Bailey signed an | Police Trial Board to reduce SHB‘!- interlocutory decree of absolute divorce Odessa §. Hunt, former instructor o in favor of the husband. | the police school. to the rank of private On December 7. 1926, the wife sued | and fine him $200 on a charge of in- Davis for limited divorce, alleging he | toxication. ~Hunt pleaded guilty to the had treated her cruelly and forced her | charge and was relieved from his post to leave their abode. Davis countered | Of instructor at the school immediately with a cross-bill for absolute divorce, | after his arrest two months ago. claiming that his home was broken| The Commissioners reappointed Dr. up by the presence of a boarder, who Chesfer A. Baker to membership on the as named as co-respondent. This charge the wife answered. and after-| of five years beginning July 1. ward a sult was filed by Herbert B, nominaticn wes recommended by the Cutter against Charlotte M. Cutter for | District Dental Scciety. divorce in which Davis was made co- sespondent. > This case was never trled. and sn May 3 last Davis flled an smended com- | laint, accusing his wife of continuing | Fer reiations with the codefendant, | Woman Davis, represented by Attorneys Ray- | mond Neudecker and James P. Farmer, denied the paternity of twins born the wife following her separation from|mont street, was robbed of a pocket- him _Aiter the trial began before Jus- | book containing $7, bankbook and keys, tice Bailey the wife was permitted to|by one of two men who approached Tenew charges of infidelity against her | her on the street near her home last husband for the pui of recrimina- | night. The young woman told police tion, but at the conclusion of the case|the men stepped from an automobile, the charges were dismissed. Under the | snatched her purse and drove away. terms of the decree signed today the kel : costs of the combined proceedings were | ssed against the wife. | Is Robbed by Two Men Stepping From Auto. Miss Alma S. Otterstrom, 1704 La- Actors Hit Theater Star System. VIENNA, June 28 (#).—The Actors’ International Congress at yesterday's zession condeinned the t:\;l"‘ii:l siar 1d C. Williams, 33 years old, of | system as deleterious to the stage an SB?al:lomnm street, walked off from the | discouraging to capable actors, who are District Jail yesterday after serving six | thereby submerged. Prof. E. Rostrup of days of a 10-day sentence. Williams | Copenhagen argued that the theater was a trusty and was working on the ' could not long survive if star perform- jail grounds when he effected his ers continued to be featured to the ex- aazape. b of other actors. -3 Trusty Leaves District Jail. ’ Board of Dental Examiners for a term | The | ment. The degre: was awarded to Mrs. An- derson by Dr. Daniel L. Marsh, presi- dent of Boston Universitr, in recogni- tion of her prominence in the field of literature. In the midst of a busy social life, Mrs. Anderson has written numerous children’s books and also has written extensively on her travels to all parts of the world. Mrs. Anderson was one of the few tor of laws degree from a university this year and the only woman to re- ceive an honorary degree at the Boston University commencement, which was | held June 16. Twelve prominent per- | sons in various walks of life were sin-| gled out for distinction by the univer- sity this year, five others besides Mrs Anderson ‘having been made doctors of | law. They were Herbert J. Burg- stahler, president of Cornell College Mount’ Vernon, Iowa: John D. Mc- Laughlin, associate justice of the Su- perior Court of Massachusetts; Albert B. Meredith, professor-elect of educa- tional administration, New York Uni- versity; Elmer J. Rathburn, associate | justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode | Island, and Henry Xnox Sherrill, bishop-elect of the Episcopal Diocese of | Massachusetts. | 'TEXT BODKS COSTS T0 FALL ON PUPILS [F FUND BILL FAILS Scarcity of Some School Vol- umes Is Foreseen by Local Dealers. EXPENSE TO PARENTS MAY EXCEED $200,000 Condtion of Used Books Available Might Be Bad—Stocks Have Declined. ‘When Washington high school pupils attempt to buy their text books next Fall, in event the 1931 appropriation bill is lost and the funds with which to carry out the provisions of the free text book law are mot otherwise pro- vided for, they will be confronted with the necessity of purchasing used books of questionable condition by virtue of limited new book stocks in the city. This is indicated at_the various book dealers’ of the Capital, who afe laying plans for the anticipated failure of the pending bill. The free text book measure was en- acted January 31 of this year, and by the language of its section 7 was to become effective on the date of the bill's passage. The estimated first cost of providing free text books to senior high school pupils and to pupls of the third year of the junior high schools was $240,000, and ‘this amount is in- cluded in the 1931 appropriation bill, which now is caught in the Senate- House deadlock. Parents May Burd Take len. Hence, unless funds for this purflme are forthcoming, parents of high school pupils will obliged to invest between $200,000 and $240,000 in books and sup- plies next year. The exact amount which they will spend—after being as- sured of relief from this cost with the passage of the free text book measure five months ago—will depend upon the kind of books they may be offered by the book dealers in the Fall. One of the largest booksellers in the District, who has sold text books to Washington pupils since the public school system has been organized, is putting in a limited stock of standard text books, but he is unable to stock the preferred literature volumes, which the teachers may instruct their pupils to purchase. Another large dealer, whose chief trade is in second-hand books, is doing nothing at present in the conviction that once assured the ap- Ppropriation will not become available, he can order stocks of discarded books from out-of-town jobbers who, it so happens, have bought most of the books sold by Washington puplils following the pas- sage of the free text book bill. The condition of the used books which may be offered to Washington chil- dren in September is regarded with ap- | orehension by school officials here. These stocks come from cities all over the United States and, due to handling, shipping and initial wear, may be in very bad repair when finally sold t Washington children. It is likely thai there will be no shortage of these vol- umes because local dealers have an- nounced their ability to stock these ks following adjournment of Con- gress. New Book Market. The new book market, however, will be crippled. Since the passage of the free textbook bill, the new book dealers have be:n depleting their stocks as much as they dared, maintaining only sufficient works to satisfy the demands of children who prefer to own their own books regardless ofefree provision. Since the current deadlock, however, the deal- ers have been reinforcing their stocks gradually on the chance the apprepria- tion will fail. On textbooks, there can be no question as to edition, for the | publish=d textbook list is available at | school system headquarters for pub- lishers and dealers alike, The chief handicap to be the Capital is in the fieltl of “reading” books used in the literature | courses. Teachers have preference for certain editions of the standard classics and their pupils are instructed tq buy these editions. Previously, local "book dealers have interviewed teachers dur- ing the last few 1.onths of the closing school year to lcarn these preferences in order fo stock the proper volumes for the next vear. These interviews were not undertaken this year, so literature teachers will be obliged to instruct their | students with any available books, lack~ ing at times those containing the edu- cational notes found heretofore to be valuable classroom work. suffered by ! DISTRICT RESIDENTS URGED AS D. C. JUDGES Civic Associations' Federation Hits Anacostia River Swimming. The Federation of Civic Associations met last night and authorized its legis- lative committee to press for appoint- ment of District residents to one of This is not the first honorary degree | which Mrs. Anderson has received, for | George Washington University some | years ago. made her a doctor of litera- | ture. | Mrs. Boston | Anderson was born in uary meetings of er_assoclations. and spends much of her time in Brook- | WarV meetings of member associations. [ Tine Red Cros work during the World War and served | | overseas in official capacities. For many | | years she also has been prominent in | | D.A. R. circles and has taken an active |interest in charitable and civic matters {in Washington where she has made her home foy many years at 2118 Mas- | sachusetts avenue, | Mrs. Anderson is now at her Brook- |line home and intends going to Canada | early in July before returning to Wash- ington in the Fall. SOCIETY FORMED - T0 CHEAPEN RADIUN Group Organized at Annual Amer- } ican Medical Body | Meeting. She was active in | By the Associated Press. |, NEW YORK, June 28.—Organization | by leading American radiologists of & soclety for research to lower the cost | of radium and X-rays for the sick was announced here yesterday. | Recent advances in radiation, such as | generation by -human flesh of actual | X-rays believed somehow connected with | restoration of health, and effects in cur- | Ing cancer. were sketched in the an- | nouncement of the field upon which the | new scientific body wili concentrate. | The society was organized under the name of the Radiological Research In- stitute in Detroit yesterday by radiolo- | gists attending the annual meeting of | the American Medical Association. The | record of their action was made public | here yesterday by Willlam W. Buffum, | general manager of the Chemical Foun- | dation, Inc, who attended and acted as craft contest is to be given a trip to Instruments and a small quantity of official spokesman. 1 the vacancies on the bench of the Dis- trict Court of Appeals and the District Supreme Court. An amendment was introduced by John E. Bowles calling for election of delegates to the federation at the Jan- It will be taken up at the next meeting Greater police vigilance on the Ana- costia water front was asked to prevent boys from swimming in the river at points proibited by law. Dr. George Richardson, president, was absent because of illness in his home, and William A. Joiner presided. BAND CONCERTS LIMITED Day Celebration Preparations Under Way. Preparations for the Independence day celebration at the Sylvan Theater on the Washington Monument grounds will limit the number of regular band concerts in the parks during the coming week to two. This announcement was made by First Lieut. F. B. Butler, as- sistant director of public buildings and public parks. The concert hours are from 7:30 to 9 o'cloc! The schedule follo Monday—Twelfth street and Michi- gan avenue northeast, Army Band. Tuesday—Dupont Circle, Nineteenth and P streets, Navy Band. BOY FLIES TO DETROIT Everett Meeks to Take Part in Model Aircraft Contest. Everett Meeks, 15 years old, of 2608 | Myrtle avenue northeast, holder of three world records for model airplanes, left Hoover Fleld today at noon on the first leg of a trip by air to Detroit, where he is to participate in the model aircraft contests, beginning Monday, under the ;Plcel of the American Boy Magazine. oung Mecks is being sent by the Independence i @ possibly fractured left arm wes , SATURDAY, | < g a study prepared by the National Capital Park Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, its executive officer, which is sought by the Roosevelt Memori: JUNE 28, 1930 G | and Planning mmission, under the direction of Lieut. C giving a tentative program of development in the region of Analostan Island, al Commission as a great out-of-doors memorial. by roads and bridges to Columbia Island and the Arlington Memorial Bridge and the Moun to the south. To the north, it would be connected to the George Washington Memorial Parkway, running up to Great Falls on the Virginia side of the Potomac. The island would be linked t Vernpn Memorial Highway TWO WOMEN HURT - IN AUTO CRASHES Cab Driver and Visiting Mo- torist Accused of Reckless- ness as Result. Two women were injured in automo- oile collisions last night which resulted in the arrest of two drivers by police of the third precinct on charges of reck- less driving. Miss Anna Mae Carder, 23, of 1900 F street, was taken to the Emergency Hospital with lacerations of the knees, shock and a possible fracture of the right rib when a car in which she was viding was struck at New York avenue | and Seventeenth street by a taxicab. She was admitted for overnight treatment. The cab driver, John A. Hurley, 27 years cld, of 226 “Seaton street north- east, was arrested on a charge of reck- less driving and released on $1,000 bond. Miss Carder was an occupant in a car operated by Mrs. Erma Jean Huckstead, 26, of 1262 Twenty-first street. Severe lacerations of the forehead and | sustained by Mrs. Alice G. Bennett, 3: vears old, of Aurora Hills, Va., when an automobile she was driving overturned when it collided with another machine | at Twenty-sixth and K streets. She was | treated at Emergency Hospital. Isaac Hooper, 29, of Paris, Tenn., who was driving the other car, was arrested and charged at No. 3 station with reck- less driving. Hooper, who told police he was visiting friends in Chevy Chasc, was later freed under $1,000 bond. Andrew Doonis, 35 years old, of 1113 Staples street northeast, was to be arraigned in Police Court today by second precinct police on charges of reckless driving, defective brakes, leav- | ing after colliding and operating a car | after revocation of permit. | Doonis was taken to No. 2 station by | Ben Harris, of 801 L street, a taxicab driver, following a collision at New Jersey avenue and H street. Harris | told police that Doonis drove past a the smaller | red traffic signal, struck his cab, backed | | first day's entertainment. into another machine and sped away. Harris caught Doonis, he said, after a chase to First and M streets, DERGANS’ BURIAL T0 BE AT ARLINGTON Treasury Employe and Artist, 40, Was Native of Vienna, Coming Here in 1912. | Funera] services for Louls S. Dergans, | 40 years old. of the Treasury Depart- | ment, who died at Emergency Hospital | yesterday following several operations, will be ‘conducted at Tabler's funerai | parlors Monday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery with military honors. | Mr. Dergans held the position of as sistant to the assistant superintendent | of the Treasury Department. He was | widely known in this city as an artist. | A native of Vienna, Austria, Mr. Der- | gans came to this city in 1912. He was naturalized and served in the World | fWar with the United States military | forces. He was a member of the Wash- | ington Arts Club, where he held his | first exhibition in the new gallery. He also was a member of the Washington Landscape Club, the Washington Cen- tennial Lodge of Masons and the Ame ican Legion. Mr. Dergans is survived by his Mrs. Ursula Dergans of Vienna daugher, Helen Louise Dergans of | er, two sisters, Mrs. Christian | Shober and Mrs. Therese Hoffman, both | of Salt Lake City, and three brothers, Dr. Franz Dergans of Vienna, Ralph Dergans of Denver and John Dergans of Colorado Springs. His daughter, Miss Helen Loui Dergans arrived here yesterday after- | noon from Denver, and his sister, Mrs. | i Therese Hoffman was to arrive here | Revolutionary period. this afternoon. | JOHN DONNELLY CHOSEN | TO HEAD CURLEY CLUB John Donnelly, chairman of the ath- letic committee of the Curley Club, Wi elected president of the club at a meet- | ing in the Gordon Hotel last night. | Other officers clected were Roland Hyland, vice president; Miss Gretchen Baden, treasurer; Miss Julia Bland, rec- ording secretary: Miss Ethel Ammon, corresponding secretary; William Boyd, advocate, and Albert Sweeney, warden At a meeting of the newly elected offi- cers the first of the week the chaplain will be appointed. Arrangements were completed for | the annual lawn fete, which will be held Tuesday, July 15, at the corner of Sixth street and North Carolina avenue southeast, at which time the Elk’s Boys' Band will be the feature, | rendering a program of vocal and in- strumental numbers. Proceeds will be | applied to the scholarship fund of the crganization. | Dr. Ruffin’s Car Robbed. ! When the car of Dr. Julian M.| al A lon School of America, through the courtesy of the Clifford Ball Air Lines. ‘The winner, of the model air- Europe. Ruffin of 1627 Twenty-first street, | parked on Sixteenth between K and L streets, was robbed last night, surgical narcotics were stojen. L4 Violin Made in 1764 Is Reported Stolen From Capital Home ’ A violin made in England near- ly_two centuries ago and once valued at $1,000 was reported stolen from the home of Mrs. Wil- _liam Carroll at 1354 Wyoming avenue, yesterday afternogn. Shortly after the report was made to police of the eighth pre- cinct station, Charles E. Shaw, colored, 17, an employe at the Carroll residence, was iaken into custody and is being held on a technical charge of investigation. Mrs. Carroll was bequeathed the instrument by her father, who had received it as a gift from a once famous violinist, who had played the instrument in a comcert at Annapolis before a notable assembly, including a President. The viclin was made of ma- hogany at London in 1764. Mrs, Carroll’s father valued the instru- ment so highly that he carried it to his deathbed and, as a dying gesture,.destroyed its sound qual- ities so that the end for botn might come together. LAWYERS PREPARE 10 GREET VISITORS English, Irish, Scotch, French? and Canadian Attorneys to Be Here August 26. HODVER VAGATIN PLANSARE VAGUE Complicated by Length of Session and Morrow’s In- vitation to Mexico. By the Associated-Press. Like many another in Washington, President Hoover is finding his vaca- tion plans complicated by the length of the congressional session. A month from now, he had expected to leave for ‘a tour of the West, buf with the regular session still on and the difficulty of estimating how much time the Senate will devote to the London naval treaty, arrangemencs for the trip are being held in abeyance Mr. Hoover has consistently declined to discuss a proposed itinerary even with his aldes, and it was said today hie did not intend taking up the ques- tion until there is som@ definite indica- tion of how much longer Congress will keep at work. Planned Trip Early in August. In his original snnouncemeng of the trip the President said he expected to leave the Capital about the first of August and spend the montn visiting the national parks of the Rocky Moun- tains. Since then plans for the jaunt have become more obscure. It was said, .however, he still planned to visit the 'national ‘parks. The situation has been fusther com- | plicated by the urging of Ambassador Morrow_that Mr. Hoover carry through before Fall his proposed visit to Mex- ico City. Mr. Morrow expects to resign as Am- bassador during September, and he strongly urged President Hoover to visit PARK COMMISSION - ACOUIRES THRD OF FORT DRIVE LAND Pretentious Boulevard Wil Link Civil War Landmarks Around Capital. EXACT ROUTE WITHHELD; STAFF WORKING ON PLANS George Washington Memorial Parkway Will Connect With Highway in Anacostia. ©One-third of the land upon which the Fort drive, the pretentious boulevard that will link up the various Civil Wam forts encircling Washington, has now been contracted for by thg National Capital Park and Planning Commission.N While details of the plan for the drive have not been made public, the com- mission’s staff is at work on plans leage ing to the drawing of actual rotites. As there is a large amount of land involved in this program that has not as yet been purchased, the commission’s officials declined to make public the ex- act route. No funds for starting im- mediate development are in hand. | The general committee of Washing- | Mexico while he is still there. While o lawyers preparing to. eniertatn the | declluing o sy whet seply! be had i | b2 , a) Iembers‘of (the! Miighth, Irlsh; Sooldh, | o1 qeit “dsii e 110, Ui WILe. Sickuse Prench and Canadian bars, who will| fhat the trip would be mate visit this city August 26, 27 and 29, | Invitations Received. have completed arrangements for the | oy GRS Whether, if the President does visit | the Latin American republics, he would At noon the Lawyers' Club will give | shorten his tour of the Western States ettt onarsdial e e s D and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon the | g o s the Fall, 1s one of the tions President and Mrs. Hoover will be hosts Tiopcans: sy | Harry Covington. Charle: | F. Taliaferro, treasurer. are under consideration by those who to the visitors at a garden party at|are gathering data for his vacation. the White House. ~Attorney General| ~As CongresS hangs on and there ap- William D. Mitchell will give a recep- | pears the possibility that the Western tion and dinner at 7:30 o'clock at the | trip may have to be eliminated, invita. Pan-American Building in their honor. | tions are being received for Mr. Hoover The officers of the general commit- | to visit other sections of the countr tee are Lieut. Col. J. Miller Kenyon, | John Hays Hammond of ‘Washington chairman; William R. Vallance. J.|has renewed only this week his invitas Henry Butler | tion for the President to visit his estate ice chairmen; and Mary M. Connelly, | at Gloucester, Mass. secretary, and Sidney | F. Regis Noel, The members | are as follows: Chester I. Long, George | au E. Hamilton, William W. Bride, P: A. Chase, Julius I. Peyser, Peter Q Nyde, George Maurice Morris, Lewis Smith, Joseph A George A. King, Stanton C. Peelle Charles W. Darr, Levi Mohun, A. Coulter Wells, R. W. Dyer and Edward A. Harriman. Man: other lawyers prominent in official and civil life are on the committee. BENEDICT ARNOLD USED Inquiry Shows v Owned It—Washington sAlso Wrote on Desk. o Traitor By the Associated Press. Although Benedict Arnold once used an old desk recently presented to the Military Academy, War Department of- ficials are satisfied him, and said today it deserves a place as a valuable memento of Revolutionary times. Arnold sat at the desk only durin g his brief stay at the Point before de- serting to the British, but to did every commanding officer there during the George Wash- ington wrote letters on it during visits to the fort. . The desk was recently given to the Academy by Mrs. Helen M. Dentofi of California. The question arose if it were owned originally by America’s most notorjous traitor. After inquiry, Maj. Gen. Willlam R Smith, West Point commander, said it first belonged to Col. Beverly Robinson, a Virginian, schoolmate of Washingtor and staneh patriot. NAVY DENIES REPORTS OF LOS ANGELES INJURY By the &y ated Press. LAEEHURST, N. J., June 28.—Offi- cials at the naval air station denfec today that the dirigible Los Angeles had broken loose from its mooring mast yes- terday or experienced any difficulty in landing after a practice flight Comdr. Cherles E. Rosendah!, for- mer skipper of the craft, now in chaige of experimental work at the station, said statements were erroneous that a cable had snapped when the ship was returning to her hangar, tearing a hole in the outer covering ‘and injuring two members of the ground crew. Rosendahl said no difficulty was ex- perienced by the ship, which left her hangar early on the morning of June 26 and remained aloft, because of un favorable landing conditions, until the next morning. Burkhart, Charles H. LeFevre, Howard LeRoy, Cook, Barry Never never. belonged to RAID ON NUMBERS GAME Tobg | BRINGS FIVE ARRESTS adquarters Visit- | ed as One of the Largest in the District. Raiding what they described as one |of the largest numbers game head- | quarters in the District, police of the | eigbth precinct arrested five mea on harges of permitting gaming yester- day afternoon at 1834 Seventh street, The men taken into custody gave their names as William Seiger, 36 years old, of 1336 R street: Ruben Kaplan, 24 years 6ld. of 1834 Seventh street; ph C. Hart, 21 years old, of 829 ‘nth street; Benjamin H. Brays, 53 vears old, of 2101 Connecticut avenue. ne Dailey, 22 years old, of 155 southeast, The raiding part E. A. Miller and P | William McEwen, seized $14.50 money, seven adding machines, and a number of dence. | BOY IS POISON SUSPECT Police Describe He: composed of Sergt W. R. Laflin and in a safe, gambling slips a3 evi- |Orphan Declared to Have Mixed Boll Weevil and Baking Powders. MAGNOLIA, Miss.. June 28 (/P).—Joe Strogner, 11-year-old orphan boy, was held in Pike Co Jail here yesterday | facing charges of attempting to kill by poisoning four persons, three being i-;\]t‘mbcrs of a family that befriended im. Mrs. J. R. Carruth, 85, Chattawa, was | reported in a critical condition from the | | poison dose. | were Mrs. Al ‘and Leander dents, The youth Re had mixed baking powder, hurt any one.” [FILIPINO NIGHT PROGRAM e L] Maj. Gen. Frank McIntyre, Philip- pine trade commissioner, will deliver the principal address at exercises in ob- sarvance of “Filipino night,” under aus. pices of the Filipino Catholic Associa- tion of America at Notre Dame Hall, North Capitol and K streets, Monday evening at 8:30 o'clock. Other speakers will include Macario §. Balco, president of the association; Miss Mary C. Boland, grand regent | Catholic Daughters of America, whose ! officers and members will attend, and An' " ‘no Aquino, presiding chairman, T we wil be an elaborate musical program. Others suffering ill eftects ice Hodges, Mrs. D. C. Lee uitted to officers that boll weevil poison with “but didn't intend to Dillen, all' Chattawa resi- | ‘The Fort drive will connect with the George Washington Memorial parkway, which will be mapped out from Fort Washington, Md., to Great Falls, at a point on the Shepherd parkway in An\ acostia. The commission has made ar- rangements to acquire the Portland street area {n Anacostia for this de- velopment, and several parcels of land are now in the process of condemnation proceedings. The George Washington Memorial parkway will make contact with the Fort drive on the east side of the Shepherd parkway. Famed Forts to Be Linked, One of the major projects of the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission, the Fort drive, will connect with a fine boulevard the famed forts ofythe days of '61 and '65 that formed Vk\l links in the defense of Washing- ton. Beginning at Battery Parrott, be- yond the junction of Conduit road and M street, it is proposed that the drive, will travel northward to Battery Kemble and Battery Vermont, past American University to the site of Fort Gains, be- yond the reservoir, near Fort Bayard® and past the trenches near Fortieth street and Wisconsin avenue, Fort Reno will be an important landmark in the Fort drive as will Fort De Russy, in the Rock Creek Park region. Fort Stevens, eastward of Sixteenth street, will be another point of Civil War interest on the drive. Fort Slocum, located at Kansas avenue, and Fort Totten, near the Soldiers’ Home, are to be cardinal points on the program, At the northerly end of the District the drive is to skirt McKinley Hill and pass on to Fort Lincoln, near the National Training School for Boys. Will Pass Group East of River. ‘The Fort drive will then encounter a group of famed forts east of the Ana-y costi Fort Mahan, Fort Chap- lin, Fort Sedgwick, Fort Dupont, Fort Davis and the sites of Forts Baker and Wagner will be met as the motorist of the future travels southward on_this boulevard. _ Southward of .Good Hope ' road Fort Stanton is to be encountered near the Stickfoot Creck Parkway, The tentative route of the Fort drive then is in the vicinity of St. Eliza- beth’s Hospital, going within sight of the site of Fort Snyder and.traveling on toward Nichols avenue and Fort Garroll and Fort Greble, at Blue Plains, . C. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant 3d, executive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission; Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr., the commission's engineer; Charles W. Eliot, 2d, its city planneri and C. L. Wirth, its landscape archi- tect, are giving close attention to de- tails of the Fort drive. It is expected that land for this project will be ac-" quired as rapidly as Congress appropri- ates funds for this development, FIGHT ON PACKERS’ . CASE IS OVERRULED Bailey Decides Against rocers on‘Broad Ques- tions Involved. The motion of the American Whole- sale Grocers' Association asking dis: missal of the packers petition for modi- fication of the packers' consent decree was overruled today by Justice Bailey in the District of Columbia Supreme Court, Justice Bailey held the questions in- volved were so broad that the packers' petition should have a full hearing. He said final determination might depend upon the Government's, stand on the proposed modification. The packers' consent decree was an agreement by which several of the lead- ing packing firms were pledged to con- fine themselves to meat packing and closely related lines. Swift & Co. and Armour & Co. contend changed condi- tions make modification necessary. The Wholesale Grocers' Association, in asking that the modification be thrown out, argued the court was without power to modify a decree entered into niney years ago. SENATE D. C. GROUP MEETING IS CALLED Fiscal Relations Commission’s Pro- posals to Be Studied by Committeemen. A special mecting of the Senate Dis- trict committee was called by Chairman Capper this afternoon for 11 o'clock to morTow. morning to consider two differ- ent proposals for the creation of com- missions in connection with the fiscal relations problem between the Federal and District governments. One resolution is sponsored by Sena- tor Bingham of Connecticut and con- tehplates a commission of seven mem- bers t. 1 into the whole subject of fiscal r-latus and repesd to the Presi- dent recommendations for an equitable apportionment of the cost of maintain- ing the District. The other pending resolution was of- fered by Senator Jones of Washington, chairman of the appropriations com- mittee. This seeks tb create a commis- sion of three-for the sole purpose of making an annual valuation of Fed- eral and private property in Washing-. ton for the :nformation of Con Justice ’ / as one of the primary elements in fix the Federal contribution. Both of these proposals are intended to prevent a re- currence in future years of the con- troversy over fiscal relations, which caused the de1l.dlock én} n{xe pending Dis- rict appropriation bil for the coming 12 months,