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iy GAS CUT EXPECTED IN NEW SCHEDULE, FEDERATION HEARS Wood Tells Citizens Proposal to Be Presented to Utili- ties Group Soon. SAYS OLD REDUCTION PLAN DRAWN IN HURRY Measure Opposed by Associations Reported Prepared Quickly on Demand of Official. A new schedule, calling for substan- tial reductions in the District’s gas rates, will be presented to the Public Utilities Commission within a very few | days, George A. G. Wood, president of the Washington Gas Light Co., pfom- ised last night. He was speaking to the Federation of Citizens’' Associations, as- sembled in & special meeting in the board room of the District Building. Mr. Wood said that the schedule would be filed soon enough to allow action by the commission before Con- gress reassembles, which indicates that the company has given up its idea of waiting for congressional action upon is bill asking for a merger with the Georgetown Gas Light Co. before put- :ln‘ its proposed lower rates into ef- ect. As to his last propusition for lower rates, which the organized citizens greeted with such unconcealed hostility, Mr. Wood waved it depreciatingly aside. It was prepared, he said, in a great hurry—in 48 hours—to meet the demand of a public efficial who seemed to have no faith in the company’'s promise of reduction of rates if Congress acted favorably on its merger bill. The citizens’ objection to the old schedule was that while reductions uld be made in the bills of large sumers, those of small consumers would be in- creased. H. E. Young, Iowa-Thomas Circle, asked Mr. Wood if the first schedule wasn't a bluff. Mr. Wood re- gl;d that he had never.made a bluff in | life. will Build New Plant. Not alone selfish motives led him to uproot himself from a quarter of a century of work in the cool breezes of Eastern New England to come to Wash- ington, he said. There was also ‘the romance of being able to give to the Capital of the country the finest gas service in the country. . This he pro- to accomplish by setting up a roduct plant, in which the gas will be distilled directly from coal, and buiiding up a market for the residual coke. Special encouragement will be given to the Summer user of.gas in the way of special rates for gas water heaters, and other scientific develop~ -ments which will be made plain when $he new scheduled 's published. Public utilities matters occupied a lug( share of the meeting. William McK. Clayton, chairman of the federa~ tion's Public Utilities Committee, sought and obtained permission for his com- ago. . e of ail animals and difficult’ to capture. they_survive indefinitely. WASHINGTON, D. C, This baby rhinoceros arrived at the Washington Zoo today after a long journey from Hamburg, Germany. Its predecessor in the Zoo died several years The animals are rare in captivity. They are among the most dangerons However, once accustomed to captivity ~—Star Staff Photo. “BLIND" PILOT FLIES FROM ONAHA HERE ! Radio Beacons Guide Marine| Aviator Over Airmail Route. Following the Department of Com- i merce radio beacon courses by means of instruments placed in a hooded cock- | pit, from which he could not see out- side the plane, Capt. Arthur Page, U. 8. M. O, winner of the Curtiss Ma- rine Trophy race here last month, flew “blind” from Omaha, Nebr., to this city yesterday, lfhding at the Anacostia | Naval Air Station at 7:10 p.m. | Capt. Page made the 1,000-mile flight over the transcontinental airmail route from Omaha to Cleveland, where he picked up a radio beacon course to 'his Itl(y. He stopped for fuel at Chicago and Cleveland, flying to within 200 feet of the ground at both fueling points and then turning over the controls to Lieut. V. M. Guymon, U. 8. M. C., oc- cupying the open second cockpit. | Ldeut. Guymon 'landed the plane at each | fueling point and at the local air station ‘The flight of Capt. Page is the second {long “blind” cross-country flight to be made to this city by a military pilot within the past few weeks. He was preceded by Capt. William C. Ocker and Lieut. Carl Crane, who flew here from Kelly Field, Tex., recently by in- strument. Where Capt. Page followed | the radio beacon courses, however, | | Capt. Ocker depended upon dead | reckoning for his navigation. . ! Capt. Page took the plane off by in- strument at each of the starting points. He left Omaha at 6 o'clock yesterday morning, flying along the chain of De- mitiee to represent the federation this { partment of Commerce radio. beacon summer‘bvgo-e l'.lze- Public Utilities l?i;w to Chicago. He left Chicago Commission dur federation’s | at 1 pm. Summer tecess. He served notice that|. The flight was made In & standard | he would move for & reduction in tele- | Navy O2U-1 observation plane equipped | phone rates; for half fares for school | With the visual type radio range beacon | children cn the transportation system; | receiving instrument. Two vibrating | for abolition of pay intercompany|Treeds indicate to the pilot whether he | transfers on the street car system; and | s on the course or, if off the course, to for better service frorh the street car | Which side and by approximately how companies to which he believes the| much. The reeds are actuated by pubiic is entitled now that the coms |radio waves broadcast in a beam along | panies have been granted the "10-cent t.hei n!rwl'ngo :{:m control stations at the | fare. main air) 5 The meeting was cdlled to get a vote | A station of this character now is on whether the federation wanted {o|being erected by the Department of enter a block of 63 automobiles in the | Commerce at Hunters' Point, Va., ad- firemen's parade on Labcr day. This | joining the proposed Gravelly Point Question led to an hour and a half of | &irport site. This station is one of 'sbv- acrimonious debate. Two schools of | €'al being built along the coastal airway thought developed. One was strongly m Boslon to Miami. in favor of the idea. The other looked ; Capt. Page was born in St. Paul, @t the matter from a different angle | Minn., Sepiember 17, 1895, and gradu- and opined that the sight of 63 au:o- | 8ted from the Naval Academy June 28, mobiles in line in a parade would be so [ 1917. 1He was designated a naval | dull as to give the public the wrong g‘:twfn‘nmig;c?‘;nl:l%mk‘l: l::l‘(,‘l%;: impression of the federation, _ vy hong (g, Misuing Committee to Decide. 1919; a fight from this city to San “Why I can light a cigar and sit on | Piego and return in 1923, and a flight my front porch,” said Mr. Clayton, two months ago from this' city to Man- “and see a parade of automobiles much | 88ua, ragus and return in the rec- 8 ‘bt ord time of six days and 20 minutes e i e Slapsed time and 55 hours actual fving | ‘When the membership seemed hope- | time. He now is on duty arine | lessly divided, 8 compromise resolu-|COTPS aviation headquarters at the | tion was put through leaving the de- Navy Department. cision up to a committee to be selected by the president. Sergt. A. J. Bar- gagnl, marshal of the parade, invited the federation to take part. The federation adopted a resolution of appreciation of the services of Col. ‘William B. Ladue, former District En- gineer Commissioner, and of regret at is_transfer, Many celegates 10se to pay tribute to the departed Commis- | sioner when the resolution was intro- duc;d by William A. Roberts, Conduit road. The federation also adopted a reso- lution asking the Commissioners to water the young street trees, which are being killed by :he drought. FORESTRY ASSOCIATION PLEADS AGAINST FIRES the ALEXANDRIA AUDITOR | SUCCUMBS AT HOME| Capt. William H. Sweeney Wni for Many Years Superintend- ent of City Schools. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. July 22.—Capt. William H. Sweenéy, 64, city auditor and for many years superintendent of schools here, died at his residence, 801 South Patrick street, at 10:40 o'clock this morning, following a long iliness. Capt. Sweeney had been practically an invalid for more than a year, but re- cently suffered a severe attack from which he did not recover. A generation of school children, many who have grown up and have their own children of school -‘:; will mourn the passing of the famil figure of Capt. Sweeney. For more than 15 years, and up until & few years ago, he was super- intendent of schools here and previous to that time had been a teacher in the public schools and at St. John's Academy. . Capt. Sweeney obtained his title as “captain,”, by which he was familiarly and affectionately known by every one | in this city, while captain of a military corps at St. John's Academy. Several years ago he was retired as head of the Unprecedented Drought Brings New Need for Caution by Smok- .ers in Country's Woods.. ‘The American Forestry Aamullml last night issued an earnest appeal for nationwide care against starting forest fires in these days of unprecedented drought George D, Pratt, president of the as- #ociation, particularly urged that everybody refrain from the use of tobacco in the forests and woods of the country, pointing out that careless &#mokers have been responsible for about 50 per cent of all forest fires. “The timbered ll::l t{’ll '.h@l 3’":‘)'\:{ are in such an inflamable stal a a single cigarette or burning mwh‘lml school system and became cl;.?y may start an inferno,” he said. “'flle,l\lidllor on the death of Auditor E. F. ublic must realize this and refrain | Price. ?rum the use of tobacco in the mresu,] The deceased was born in Upperville, or else national, State and private | Fauquier County, Va. He Is survived by forests may be closed to them. The ! his wife. who before her marriage was situation 18 the most critical in years.” | a Miss Keegan; two brothers, J. T. and 17 demeiitemn Richard, and two sisters. No funeral WILL DEDICATE SHRINE arrangements have been made. Marble Statue of St. Anne to Be Unveiled Tomorrow. A pefmanent shring will be dedicated to St. Anne, mother ol the Virgin Mary, | and & marble statue of the saint un- velled at ceremonies oW t at 0 o'clock in St. Jus’ urch, North Capitol and I streets. The ob- servance will open three days of special devotion in honor of St. Anne, whose feast day will be celebrated in Catholic churches on July 26. Rev, James M. Cotter of Gonzaga Col- | in 1918 R ATTACHE REPORTS HERE New Japanese Military Diplomat Visits War Department. . Shohiel Washizu, newly appointed ml?l?nry attache at the Japanese em- bassy, made an official call at the War Department this morning and paid his respects to the Secretary, the As- sistant Secretaries and Gen. C. P. Sum- -merall, chief of staff. ‘ashizu Dies in Atlantic City H. BRADLEY DAVIDSON. ~—Harris-Ewing Photo. H. B, DAVIDSON DIS AT AGE OF 63 Capital Realty Operator and Banker Succumbs at Atlantic City. H. Bradley Davidson, for many years a prominent real estate operator In the District of Columbia and nearby Mary- land, died in Atlantic City, N. J., yes- terday after a brief illness, He was 69 years .old. . Mr. Davidson resided at Edgemoor, near Bethesda, Md. He long had been prominently identified in financial and club circles, in addition to his activities in the real estate business, which were extensive. Funeral services will be conducted at the Church of the Pilgrims here Thurs- day morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs, David- son, the widow, who was with Mr. Davidson at Atlantic City, was expected to arrive at the home at Edgemoor this afternoon. Other details of the funeral arrangements are to be announced later. ‘The son of the late Dr. James H. and Sarah Slater Bradley Davidson, Mr. Davidson was descended from distin- guished ancestry. On his father's side he was a great-great-grandson of James Davidson of Scotland, one of the Colonial settlers of Anne Arundel County, Md., and a great-grandson of John Davidson of Georgetown, D. C., and on his mother's side of Stephen Bradley, born 1642, and of Abram Brad- ley, born 1674 in Connecticut. He also was a great-grandson of Willlam R. Prout, a large landowner in this city and Maryland; also of Sir Mathiew Hale, & chief justice of England. Mr. Davidson was educated privately and at Princeton University, where he was graduated in the class of 1880. Subsequently he read law with his great-uncle, the late Judge Joseph H. Bradley of Chevy Chase and received his degree from George Washington University. He formed the real estate firm of Davidson & Davidson, from which he retired six years ago. He had large real estate interests. Mr, Davidson, with the late Frederick H. Stevens, organized the Commercial National Bank and was its vice presi- dent and had continued on the board until his death. He also was one of the organizers of the Lincoln National Bank, a member of the Washington Board of Trade and many other or- ganizations, including the Chevy Chase and University Clubs. Mr. Davidson was an active member of the Southern Presbyterian Church and was the second oldest member in length of service on the board of trustees of Union Theological Seminary of Richmond, Va. He is survived by his widow, Mary Stanard Porter Davidson; a daughter, Miss Louise A. Davidson, and two sons, H. Bradley Davidson, jr., of Baltimore and Richard P. Davidson of this city. TAXI DRIVER ROBBED One of Party in (;;;!mnced Him With Knife, He Says. Lawrence Eaton of 526 Eighth street southwest was robbed of $6 yesterday /| She struggled and screamed, frighten- MARY RAFF LOSES BRAVE FIGHT FOR LIFE IN-HOSPITAL Girl Succumbs to Wounds In- flicted July 14 by War ; Veteran. PHYSICIANS BELIEVED RECOVERY WAS POSSIBLE Sudden Relapse and Death Came as Shock and Surprise to Rela- tives and Doctors. Affer a brave and determined fight for her life, aided by what skill the medical profession could provide and | her own stout heart, Mary Raff, 14- | vear-old girl, succumbed early this ymorning from the bullet wound in_her abdomen inflicted July 14 by Ross Wil- lard Golden, World War veteran, who afterwards committed suicide. Mary died at 7:15 o'clock. When taken to the hospital follow- ing the shooting, physicians there held little hope of Mary ever getting well, After her life had hung by a thread for several days, she seemed to gain strength after being given a blood transfusion, and hope increased. Then as time went on physicians began thinking she had a reasonable chance for recovery. Her father, Charles J. Raff. 923 Ninth street northeast, had given his blood to aid her in her fight. He remained almost constantly at the hospital. Mary continued to gain strength as time went on and hope rose as the dreaded infection from the wound seemed to abate. Her sudden relapse and death this morning came as 2 shock and surprise to relatives and phy- sicial Although the latter never felt positive of her recovery, they had not anticipated the sudden relapse. The girl was shot at the residence at 1121 B street northeast when Golden, who was 29 years old, flew into a jealous rage after the girl had teased him about “another man.” After shooting the girl Golden shot his sister, Mrs Lula Mills, 49 years old, through the shoulder when she rushed to the roon after hearing the shots which wounded the girl. Golden then turned the on himself. In addition to the bullet wound in her abdomen, Mary also had a minor bullet wound on the face. Mary remained conscious until shortly before her death. TWO GROCERY STORES | ARE DAMAGED BY FIRE| 8500 Loss Sustained at Shop on i Four-and-a-Half Street Southwest: Blazes in two groceries, one of which caused a damage of $500, were extin- guished by firemen early today. Shortly after, midnight, fire broke out i two- story frame structure at Delaware | avenue and Second street, the ground floor of which is occupied by the grocery of Herman Goldstein, while { Goldstein and his family were away | from their home in the upper story. | The flames spread through the entire !store and caused about $500 damage before they could be put out. Fire thought to have originated from a short circuit in wires leading to the | refrigerator ‘was extinguished with nominal damage in the grocery of Sol | 5. Snider at 229 Four-and-a-half street southwest, about 3 o'clock this morn- ing. AR SOLDIER IS ACCUSED OF ANNOYING WOMEN Domenic Venezie Held in Jail at' Arlington After Appearing Twice Near Residence. Captured after a chase by police and indignant citizens, Domenic Venezie, 21-year-old soldier from Fort Myer, is being held in the Arlington County Jail today as a suspect in connection with & number of cases reported to the police in which a strange man has an- noyed women in the Clarendon section. Venezie was surprised twice last night in the back yard of the property of Rex Collier, 229 Norton street, Lyon Village. He was chased a time by William Carlton y lier's brother-in-law, but returned later while Palmer was talking with Collier on the telephone. ‘When informed by Palmer that the man was again in the rear of the house, Colller took three officers, Constable A. D. Langley and Policemen Edward Dun- can and Willlam H. Thompson, and started for his home. On the way there, they saw Venezie walking along Key ulevard, several blocks from the Col- lier home, and arrested him. Venezie then was returned to the Colller home, where he was positively identified by Mrs. Collier and Mrs. Juanita Pritchard, Colller's sister-in- law, as the man who was seen loitering in the back yard twice last night and also on Saturday night. Mrs. Kinslow, 310 Milton avenue, Clarendon, had previously reported to police that she had been attacked as |she walked along the street nesr her home by a man who came up behind her and put his hands over her mouth. ing her assailant away. Mrs. Kinslow will be brought to the jail tonight and be given an opportunity to determine whether Venezie was her assallant. For the past several weeks various women in the Clarendon section have reported to police that a man has been caught looking in the windows of their by one of a party of several colored meng homes. . who rented his taxicab and told him to drive to the fool of Half street southwest, Arriving at their destination, the men alighted and one of their number manaced Eaton with a knife; demanding money. Eaton handed over the $6, he told police. HURT IN AUTO CRASH Mr. and Mrs. George J. Byrne Suf- fer Slight Injuries Near T. B. George J. Byrne, 51 years old, and his wife, Mrs, Estelle Byrne, 34 years old, of 1630 Massachusetts avenue southeast, injured.in a traffic accident at T. B. Md., about 10:30 o'clock last night served in Washington | Crismon Jege will deliver a series of three short tary al and St. Anne at the Hisao Watari, e 5 assigned o sermons devotion ueetlnn‘;‘umm the feast day. been HARMON FATALLY HURT Chicago Sports Promoter Killed ‘When Automobile Overturns. CHICAGO, Mly 22 (#)—Patrick J. (Paddy) Harmon, builder of the $7,000,~ 000 Chicago stadium and sports pro- moter, was fatally injured today, when his automobile left the road and turned gver as he was driving to Chiu‘o from Ris Summer home in Orystal Lake, Ills. Lady Bugs in Capsules, Lady bugs or beetles are the remedy for the mealy bug which has been rav- aging the citrus orchards of California, and for the benefit of Pacific flnfl-, to be pon reaching ir destina- tion. There are 10 in a capsule, and they are sold ”m cost“of production. treal TUESDAY, JULY 22, HODVERTODELAY NAMING TWO N IOGES UNTILFALL Will Decline to Make Regess| Appointments to District Court of Appeals. HITZ ALREADY PICKED FOR ONE OF NEW POSTS | Department of Justice to Continue Seeking Jurist for Second Posi- tion Just Created. It was sald at the. White House to- day that President Hoover will wait until next December, when the Senate again will be in regular session, before filling the two newly created judgeships for the Court of Appeals for the Dis- trict of Columbia. The President could make recess ap- | pointments to fill these two places, but it was pointed out in his behalf today that he knows of no reason for any haste and that he, therefore, will re- frain from making recess appointments. It was said that this attitude on his part applies not only to the two local Jjudgeships, but to all other appoint- ments to the Federal Courts. Mr. Hoover is known to have selected Associate Justice Willlam Hitz of the District Supreme Court for one of these two places in the higher court, and James M. Proctor, local attorney, for appointment to succeed Justice Hitz in the lower court. These two appointments were de- cided upon by the President more than two weeks ago, it was understood, and according to White House information, | there is every reason to feel he will not | change his mind between now and the time Congress next meets. { These two appointments are known | to have been decided upon by the | President upon the recommendation of Attorney General Mitchell. No decision has been reached, however, regarding the selection of some one for the second ! additional Court of Appeals judgeship. It is thought doubtful if the President will give this latter -appointment any thought before the Fall. In the mean- time the Attorney General’s office will cast about for available material. l DENISON LOSES $2,500, RING AND LARGE DRAFTS| Illinois Representative Believes| Pockets Picked by Man Who Jostled Him in Cigar Stofe. Representative Edward E. Denison of Illinois was jostled by an unidentified | man in a cigar store near Second and B streets southeast yesterday afternoon and a few minutes later, when he arrived atehis office in the House Office Building, he- discovered the loss of a wallet containing a diamond ring valued at $2,500 -and personal papers, Mr. Denison, who resides at the Ward- man Park Hotel, reported to the police that the wallet contained $4 in bills, a valuable gold pendant marked with a likeness of the King of Spain and two drafts drawn on the Marion Trust & Savings Co. in the amount of $1975 and $1,000, as well as fraternal organi- zation cards. He was not able to furnish a detailed description of the man whom he saic was in close proximity to him in the cigar store, CHILDREN’S HEALTH MEETING CALLED Preliminary Hoover Group Surveys to Be Studied in A November. By the Associated Press. President Hoover’s conference on child health and protection will con- vene in Washington November 19-22 to study the preliminary surveys of its twenty-odd subcommittees. Announcements of the meeting were sent forward today by Dr. H. E. Barnard, director, to the 1,100 volunteer educators, technical men and women— all specialists in child welfare work— who a year ago were organized at the : instance of the Chief Executive. Nearly as many more, the director sald, will be invited to participate in the conference. r the last year, since July 29, 1929, when the President’s selected Planning Committee of 27 met, surveys and recommendations to determine presen: rhro‘m and future needs have been in e making. “Not since the World War,” Dr. Barnard said, “when Mr. Hoover rallied the volunteer service in the Food Ad- ministration of the country, has there been a group of experts whose work evinced so much sincerity of purpose and who have made so large a contri- bution of time and ability, as to this cause of little children. ESSAY JUDGES GUESTS OF OFFICERS AT LUNCH Group to Determine Winning Paper Submitted by. C. M. T. C. Trainees. Members of the Essay Committee of the” National Patriotic Council, now judging the C. M. T. C. essay contest at Fort Washington, were entertained at luncheon this afternoon by the officers at the fort. The contest judges, who are examin- ing a large number of essays submitted by the trainees, are Chaplain Frank B. Bonner, Capt. F. Amos A. 3 well and Mrs. Noble Newport Potts. Final results of the contest, which was conducted under the single sub- ject, “Is Attendance at Citizen Military Training Camps a Patriotic Oblga~ tion"? were to be announced this after- noon. The winning essay prize, a watch, will be awarded later. Child Is Hit by Street Car. ‘While crossing at the intersection of Seventh and H streets southwest yes- terday afternoon, Ralph Randall, 5 years old, of 706 Seventh street south- west, was ked down by & mnorth- bound street car and his hip painfully bruised. He was taken to Emergency in a passing automobile, to his home. 1930. Above: Judge William J. Graham excavated yesterday at Port Tobacco. Below: Beadsy parts of skulls and lhhnkfl in which a dead chief was wrapped. GRAVE WITH BONES OF INDIANS FOUND {Judge Graham Believes Dis- covery Near Port Tobacco of Great Value. An Indian grave containing the hones of approximately 20 persons—probably & chieftain of the Portpacco tribe with | his wives and children—was excavated yesterday under a pear tree near the deserted town of Port Tobacco, Md., by Judge William J. Graham of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. an enthusiastic ama- teur archeologist. Judge Graham believes that this rave, in which all' the bones were found in a space 9 feet long by 3#eet wide and harely 9 inches deep, is an important scientific discovery. The oec- cupants, he thinks, must have been | Wiped out by a catastrophe or epidemic | more than 300 years ago. John Smith Described Villages. Capt. John Smith, the first white man to come up the Potomac, described three Indian villages near the site of Port Tobacco. The inhabitants were |a peaceful people, mostly engaged in fishing. Later this site was one of the first visited by the Jesuit missionaries who came to Maryland on the Ark and the Dove and the story of the conversion of the people is told in let- {ters to the headquarters of the Society jof Jesus in Rome. The daughter of | the “king” first was baptized, then the ;kln'lhlmulx. and then the rest of the people. \ | This burial, Judge Graham says, evi- tianity, since it was made according to, the pagan custom. The bodies were | simply laid -together on the river bank and eatth plled over them. Sometimes this was protected from burrowing animals by a layer of stones. There is no evidence from the bones that the | occupants of this grave died violent | deaths. One large skull must have been | that of a man of considerable impor- tance, since there were about a score of tiny brass cylinde:s mixed with the bones, such as were worn by chizfs, making a musical sound when they about. Other Fragments Smaller. The other fragments of skulls, teeth and bones are smaller and probably be- longed to women and children. 'The bones indicate a low-statued people with low, doplnf foreheads and projecting jaws. Shell beads and wampum were ‘found among the bones. There was also a duck egg, its shell unbroken, which may have{been placed with the bones as a food article or may have gotten among them years later. Judge Graham, assisted by Edka C. Moore, thirteenth precinct policeman, is workln¥ in ideal surroundings for |an archeologist. ~Port Tabacgo practi- cally is a deserted city. Once it was one of the great tobacco shipping ports of the Atlantic Coast. Now the old houses stand like hollow skeletons, only a ‘{:w families lingering on amid the ruins, All around stretch the marshes, over which the silken threads of a parasitic plant have woven thick orange blankets. The town, incidentally, was named tor the Portopacca Indians. It just' hap- pened .to become a tobacco shipping port. Then the creek began to fill in, ocean-going craft could navigat: it no longer and the town fell to decay. Here in these marshes, it is claimed, John "~ | Wilkes Bootlj hid for a time after the assassination’ of Lincoln. All around are the evidences of antiquity and decay. ] Fate of Indians Unknown. Nobody knows what became of the Portopacco Indians, Judge Graham Polm.lw! Some say they were entire- ly kil the whi some of them, mixed with white blood, are still living in Charles Oounty, [These constitute % group _known ‘;lm::: “Wesorts,” m: e vlmhou (ntn;el:';a!e m ml‘y“ Indian al a . Aamong Themselves. They. are such . distinct group that n the old Jemult Ghurch at L. Manor, near Chapel Point, pecial section Is set apart for them. They~mqy be descendants: { dently preceded the adoption of Chris- | struck together as the owners walked PAGE B—-1 OFFICIALS MEET examining, the ancient Indian grave he what are probably fragments of a hair tar Staff Photos. [ VANY QUITBODY ON DN DSEASE No Explanation Offered as Health Leaders Leave Bengal Committee. Resignation of most of the members of the India Foreign Committee of Tu- berculosis Associations of Bengal, which was formed here several months ago for the purpo-e of raising funds to fight tuberculosis in India, was announced today by Mrs. E. R. Grant, its chair- man. Among those who submitted their resignations are Dr. Hugh 8. Cumming, surgeon general of the Public Health Service; Serator Arthur Capper of Kansas, Senator Royal G. Copeland of New York, Dr. Kendall Emerson, man- aging director of the National Tu- berculosis Association of America, New York; Dr. George. M. Kober, president of the Washington Tuberculosis ciation; Dr. J. W. Peabody, superin- tefident of the Washington Tubercu- losis Hospital; Howard S. Reeside, Dr. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of | the House; Dr. Abram Simon, rabbi of the Washington Hebrew Congregation. No explanation was forthcoming to- day as to the cause of the resignations. Mrs. George F. Becker, who was sec- retary of the committee and who has done considerable work in India, could not be reached today. It was at her instance that the movement was started. It is understood that her resignation was not submitted. No money has actually been raised in the drive, but several preliminary meet- ings had ben held. . Other members of the committee in- clude Dr. Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior. MITCHELL ASKED FOR POWER RULING Hoover Desires Appointments to Be Made Pending Con- gress Session. | By the Associated Press. Attorney General Mitchell has been asked by President Hoover to render an opinion as to whether members of the newly created Federal Power Commis- sion may be given recess appointments pending their nomination to the Senate at_the next session of Congress. Mr. Hoover sent the names of three members of the commission to the Sen- ate for confirmation Saturday, but they were not acted upon. A diffexence of opinion exists as to whether interim appointments of the power commission may be given so that the members may take over the duties now performed by an ex-officio board composed of the Secretaries of ‘War, Agriculture and Interior. President Hoover expects to make in- terim appointments for the six mem- bers of the Tariff Commission who are to named, since it is held no provi- - of the mew tariff law prohibit whose boties have been uncovered by Judge Graham. Folks ing a considerable interest in the di ing of the judge and the policeman, ut it is not altogether an archediogi- cal interest. The peat tree rising out of the grave has .been there for many years. Generations of children have raided ifs branches. There is an old Southern Maryland superstition about eating fruit that comes from the bones of dead mg. ‘They wonder what will grave was discovered by a dog digging for a woodrat among the pear tree roots. He uncovered a skull with his paws. His owner reverently replaced the earth over it and, some weeks later, told Judge, Graham about it. Gi has spenf years exploring Maryland antiquities and -eagerly fol- the clue. WITH GRANT 10 DISCUSS HIGHWAYS Provisions for Connecting D. C. Arteries With Marylnad and Virginia to Be Censidered SEEK PLAN TO CONFORM TO TRAFFIC CONDITIONS Committee Must Adopt General Plan Which Will Meet De- velopment Conditions. Representatives of the National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission, State ageneies of Maryland and Vir- ginia, the Counties of Montgomery, Md., and Arlington and the city of Alexan- dria in Virginia and of the District of Columbia government gathered this afternoon at the call of Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the local Planning Commission, to consider preliminary plans for co-operation in the construction and connecting up of highways passing from one State to the other either directly or through the lk)ls!rlct of c;):‘umbin. ‘The committee is nown as the Washington Regional Highway Committee. 5 Provisions for connecting the high- ways of the District with those of the two contiguous States and the District boundary lines are among the most im- portant matters under consideration. Col. Grant desires to avoid in the future situations which would make it necessary to straighten out highways leading across the District lines at con- slderable expense, due to the adoption of an original plan, in order to con- form to modern traffic conditions. Meeting Is Preliminary. principally one for organization. GCol. Planning Commission on the commit- tee, together with other members of his staff, explained there are two major problems confronting the whole operat- ing authorities of the District and the two States. In the first place, ade- quate provision, he explained, should be made for the local ‘needs of the nearby counties in the matter of high- ways. In the second place the com- mittee must consider the question of connecting up in the best way the highways in the adjoining countles with the various streets or thoroughfares of Washington, in accordance .with a gen- eral plan which can be followed in'the future and which will meet develop~ ment conditions. Among those present were: For Montgomery County, Lacy Shaw, vice president of the board of county com- missioners, who is in charge of that portion of the county nearest the Dis- trict; for Prince Georges County, J. Enos Ray, who knows conditions along the border line of Prince County and the District; for Arl former Representative P. P. of Kansas, and County Engi- L. Kennier; for Alexandria, Wallace Lawrence, city manager, and {for Fairfax County, County Supervisor | Mark Turner and County Engineer F. Novell Larkin. Problems Can Be Solved. It is not expected that the Regional progress today beside organization. Later meetings will be called and Col [Grant believes that by this means of | co-operation between the District au- thorities, the Federal Government and the authoroities of the adjoi States, highway problems can be solved as they arise or prior to theit acute. He hurs that the regi plans adopted a few months ago by the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com~ mission, will for the most part fit in with the ideas of the Stafes and county authorities. In addition to those already men= tioned, the Maryland State Roads Com- mission, the Virginia ‘State Highway Commission and the Federal Bureau of Public Roads is r:prmn‘d at the meeting today. Addressing the committee, Col. Grant said that Congress has given to the local park and planning commission the duty ‘of preparing and maintaining a comprehensive and consistent plan for the Capital and its environs, co-ordinat= ed with the plans of the counties ad- joining, especially with reference to the construction of highways and parks. DEAF MUTE’S DREAM OF MARRIAGE SMASHED | Police Arrest Man Alleged to Have Collected Money for Imaginary Sweetheart. Dreams of love and marraige of Wil- liam A. Gray, 8 deaf mute livi | Fifth street southeast, were broken yes- terday when police arrested Ty Quantrille, a painter, 2100 block of P street, because they believed the girl “Blanche,” - to whom Gray had sent money as: well as many love letters, to be a “child” of Quantrille’s imagina- tion. ¢ Quantrille was locked up at the third precinct last night on a charge of “ob~ taining money through false pretenses.” Assistant District Attorney Fitzpatrick ordered the man released today. He said “it would be impossible for us to prove that ‘Blanche’ did not exist.” It was estimated that Gray lost about 60. PLRER] Colored Man Held After Weapor Is Discharged in Scuffle. Charges of assault with a weapon were placed against Morris, coiored, 30 years old, of 1231 Linden street northeast, by police of the ninth precinet today following & shooting in the basement of his home in which Lula Braxton, colored, 30 years old, of 1235' Linden street north- east, was wounded. The shooting is alleged to have taken place early this morning when the weapon was acci- dentally discharged during a struggle for s possession. The woman was treated at Preedman’s Hospital. COMES TO CAPITAL James R. Childs of Lynchburg, of the Foreign Service, who past nin Hha beon detaitea nine years, duty in meygure-u of Division of rent Information st the State Depart- - Va., g at 115 - ‘Today's meeting is preliminary and - Grant, who represents the Park and Committee would make much definite WOMAN IS WOUNDED A el DY J hllkl"d" during the # Cur-