Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1930, Page 17

WASHINGTON, " HITT FLAYS POLICE TEAL FOR ARRESTS EXCEEDING 10000 Proper Courtesy to Motorists Would Show Different Re- sults Here, Says Judge. Driver Allowed Personal Bond, but Fined $2 for Not Showing Permit. Criticising police for being overly *anxious to make small cases” Judge Isaac R. Hitt of Police Court today ex- ressed the opinion that a large num- ger of the more than 100,000 names of those arrested by police during the past year, would not have been placed on ihe police “books” if members of the force had extended the courtesy to motorists that they should have. The judge’s remarks were brought forth when a man was brought before him for trial, charged with driving through a “safety zone” at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, while the streets were deserted and after the street cars had ceased to run. Charles G. Doomis, 7101 Georgia avenue, was arrested by Policeman E. P. Martin _of the third precinct on Pennsylvania avenue. The officer testi- fied that after Doomis had been taken to the precinct a superior officer or- dered that he be charged. A charge of failing to show his permit was also placed against Doomis. $2 Fine Imposed. Judge Hitt took Doomis’ personal bond on the “safety zone” charge and imposed a fine of $2 on the other. “This is a case,” said Hitt, “where Police could have exercised their cour- tesy. They have been ordered by Com- missioner Crosby to warn motorists and be lenient in cases of this kind. ‘The policeman admitted that no traffic was on the street and even the street cars had stopped running. While there was a technical violation here, the man did no harm. “Records show that nearly a quarter of the population of the city were ar- rested A large number of these cases were traffic. I daresay a large number of the tases should not have occurred and would not have oc- curred if police had been less anxious to mase small cases, shown more courtesy and endeavored to apprehend hdn more important violators of the MILITARY SURGEONS Forty star pupils of the evening ischools of Hamilton County, President Hoover at 12:30 o'clock today. These pupils, ranging in age from 25 to 72 years, were given the trip to Washington as a reward for perfect at- tendance three nights a week for 12 weeks and for special distinction in their studies. Starting fo learn reading, writing and arithmetic as adults, they have crowded into three months four or five years of average school work. Mrs. Fannie Clark, 64 years old, presented to Mrs. Hoover a raffia basket filled with preserves made by the women of Hamilton County. President Gets Gift. M. S. Goins, 72 years old and the oldest member of the party, gave Mr. Hoover a basket of sweet potatoes raised by the Boys' Club of Hamilton County. special cars provided by the Southern Railroad, in which they are making their home during their two-day stay in Washington. There they held a writing contest this morning. The results will be judged by Representative Ruth Bryan Owen and two prizes, offered by | were received at the White House by | The party came to Washington in | HOOVER GREETS ADULT PUPILS FROM TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS Trip Given Group to Washington as Re- ward for Moonlight School Work. Ages 25 to 72. | Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, founder of Tenn., | the moonlight schools of Kentucky, will be presented at a meeting at the Red Cross tonight. The party, under guidance of J. E Walker, superintendent of Hamilton County’ schools, is putting in two busy days seeing the sights of Washington. Accompanying the party, in addition to Superintendent Walker, ‘are Mrs. Eula A, Johnston, county supervisor of schools; Miss Anna Lee Carpenter, di- rector of nutrition, and five teachers in the evening schools, Mrs. Nan Miles, Mrs. Mae Springfield, Miss Frances Golston, Miss Mabel Mathews and Mrs. D. W. Layomn. Red Cross Assisting. The party was met on its arrival by Miss Clyde Schuman of the American Red Cross, who assisted in making the arrangements. Remarkable progress has been made in the night schools of the mountain county. Two years ago there were 10 schools for adults with a total enroll- ment of 58. This year there are 30 such schools with a total enrollment of 791, of whom 160 have had perfect at- tendance. This is the first time many of the party have been in a big city. HUSBAND VIS WOUNDED WONAN Mrs. Elsie Davis Still Uncon- scious, With Small Hope for Recovery. Released temporarily from the Vir- ginia convict road camp where he is serving time on a charge of a liquor law violation, Joseph Davis, husband of Mrs. Elsie Davis, 22, was a visitor last night at Providence Hospital, where his wife is fighting death from a bullet fired into 1’1!1' head by Mrs. Lulu May Gamble of La Plata, Md, last Friday morning. A hole torn through her head, Mrs. Davis has not regained consciousness since she was shot, and though she has made a game fight for her life, doctors at Providence do not believe she can recover. Dayis stayed at his wife’s bedside far into last night and is expected to re- main within call of his wife should she regain consciousness or take a turn for the worse. He was brought to Wash- ington yesterday by Agent W. C. Burns of the Department of Justice, after friends of Mrs. Davis had interceded with Virginia authorities to allow him TO HOLD MEET HERE Former Washington Resident Is President of Association to Convene Thursday. ‘The thirty-eighth annual convention of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States will be held here at Wardman Park Hotel on Thursday, Priday and Saturday of this week. ‘The convention, including delegates from Europe, Japan, Cuba, Mexico and Canada, will make & comprehensive in- spection of the medical services of local Federal Government. Addresses by internationally prominent physicians will also be a p am feature. Brig. Gen. William H. Wilmer, U. 8. A, a former resident of Wash- ington, now head of the Opthalmologi- cal Institute, Baltimore, Md", is presi- dent of the association. SOLDIER FACING CHARGE OF DRIVING WHILE DRUNK Pvt. A. E. Moody Accused of Col- liding With Number of Ma- chines in Potomac Park. Pvt. Amos E. Moody, 24 years old, stiached to the Army Headquarters Company here, was to be arraigned in Police Court today on charges of driv- ing while drunk and leaving after col- liding. Police said his automobile struck a number of machines in Po- tomac Park near Hains Point yesterday. A number of automobiles were dam- aged by Moody's car as it tore around the speedway, including those driven by Miss Nyna Forman, 2308 Ashmead place; Joseph H. Norris, 417 Shepherd street, and Duvid Bent, 2114 M street, while several persons whose machines were not badly damaged drove away befors police took their names. ly was arrested while reclining in the grass near the river's edge by Pvt. H. Howells of the park police and taken to the first precinct. The soldier had parked his machine on the side of the roadway and laid down for a rest when discovered by officers sent out to to come here and see his wife. Burns went to Petersburg, Va., with the neces- sary papers for Davis’ removal to Wash- ington, and will return Davis to the road camp near the Virginia city when Mrs. Davis’ condition warrants his de- rture, p.uu. Davis was shot in the forehead, the bullet tearing out a portion of her skull as it emerged on the right side of her head. The bullet was fired by Mrs. Gamble when she found her hus- band in an automobile at 2 o'clock in the morning with Mrs. Davis. Mrs. Gamble is under $500 bond in Charles County, Md., on an assault charge, while the husband is under $300 bond on a charge of wife-beating. INJURED COUPLE REPORTED IMPROVED Son of Semator Schall and Miss Keeps, Hurt in Car Crash, Are Recovering. Injured less seriously than was at first reported, Thomas D. Schall, jr., the 20-year-old .0\‘1‘ 1:1:5 txfius;‘h;‘sr from Minnesota, an 3 2?.b‘o! Balumo}‘e;n::r! still confined in Sibley Hospital y. Bc{h were hurt late Saturday after- noon when their light car crashed against a heavy Standard Ofl Co. truck on the Edmonston road at Jefferson avenue, They were returning to Wash- ington from Baltimore, with the youth at_the wheel. Passing motorists removed the in- jured young man and the girl from the wreckage and took them to the hos- pital, where it was first thought both suffered from concussions of the brain and possible internal injuries. Diagnosis removed these fears, how- ever, and this morning it was said that Schall suffered a fractured right leg and right arm, and Miss Kreps three broken ribs and a fractured bone in the right ankle. Both were located on the same floor at the hospital and attending nurses the condition of each was “as good as could be expected.” Mrs. Schall was at her son’s bedside, the Senator being absent from the city. Miss Kreps' investigate the complaints of motorists. — PREACHER CHALLENGES STATE TO PROVE BIGAMY Baptist Missionary at Lynchburg Says Wife No. 1 Has No Claim on Him. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va. September 22.— Sitting in a cell at police headquarters with his hands on an open Bible, G. L. Hodge, former missionary Baptist preacher, charged with bigamy, defies the State to prove that he is the hus- band of two living women. Meanwhile Commonwealth's Attorney W. T. Spen- cer, jr., is making an effort to locate Mrs. e No. 1, who Hodge says is actually Miss Gussie Deaton of Lenore, N. C, and who has no claim on him. Giving his age as 34, Hodge was brought here from Danville, where the was thrown out of court on a question of jurisdiction, as it is claimed he married wife No. 2, who was form- exly Miss Grace Gilbert of Elon, that county, in Amberst County. PROMINENT FARMER DIES Special Dispatch to The Star, CHESTERTOWN, Md, September 22.—W. Tilden Brice, 76, died at his home in Fairlee Saturday night. For many years Mr. Brice was one of the leading farmers and landowners in Kent County. Falling health caused his retirement from active agricultural pur- suits several years ago, since which time he had resided in Fairlee, In his younger days he was an active leader in Democratic politics in the county. parents visited her yesterday. Yourg Schall is a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy. MEETING TO CONSIDER POLICIES OF Y. M. C. A. Committee Chairmen and Depart- ‘Will Report To- night—Program Is Planned. ment Heads Activities of the past Summer and policies for the future will be dis- cussed at a joint meeting of the board of managers, committeemen and staff secretaries of the Washington Young Men's Christian Association this even- ing at 6:30 o'clock in the Blue Triangle Hut of the Y. W. C. A, Twentieth and B streets. ‘The joint policy conference is an annual event, at which reports are re- ceived from committee chairmen and heads of the various departments, and programs covering each phase of the association’s work mapped out for the ensuing year. A dinner will precede the business session. ‘The board of managers, of which Huston Thompson, president of the Y. M. C. A, is the head, will hold a preliminary meeting at 5:30 o'clock at the hut, during which regular month- 1y business will be disposed of. Statistical reports covering all ac- tivities of the g(;'llul, educational, re- liglous, boys, Camp Letts, service and dormitory departments of the associa- tion during the past Summer will be submitted. In addition to these each department, through its committee chairman or secretary, will propose a definite program for the Fall and Win- ter. Some of the proposals, it is under- stood, will involve ney policies which must be voted upon by the board. Killed Crash REMO J. PROSPERI, Twenty-one-year-old graduate of George- town University, who was killed when his machine struck a telegraph pole near Elkton, Md. DEFENSE T0 SEE CAMPBELL PISTOL Attache of Prosecutor Must Be Present When Gun Is Examined. Plans were made today to permit de- fense firearms experts to inspect a pistol alleged by the Government to have been used by Herbert M. Campbell, under in- dictment in the slaying of Mary Baker. A letter requesting authority to have the examination made was received to- day by William H. Collins, assistant United States attorney, from Charles Henry Smith of Alexandria, chief of de- fense counsel. Collins declared he would set a date for the test soon. The prosecutor added he would re- quire the presence of an attache of his office when the examination of the pistol and fatal bullets was made. He pointed out that this procedure had been followed when the articles were inspect~ ed by Dr. Wilmer Souder of the Bureau of Standards and Col. Calvin Goddard of Northwestern University, both of whom reported the Campbell revolver was used by the girl's murderer, Collins said he would decline to per- mit Smith or any one else to examine the other Government exhibits, consist- ing principally of wearing apparel, un- less some highly pertinent reason for such an inspection could be advanced. Smith announced the pistol would be tested by Albert H. Hamilton of Au- burn, N. Y. i gt WOMAN SHOT DOWN WALKING IN STREET Husband Is Charged With Shoot- ing Wife in Hip and Arm After Estrangement. By the Associated Press. PETERSBURG, Va., September 22— A. A. Holt, 49, of Matoaca was in the Petersburg Jail last night and his wife lay in a Petersburg hospital with bullet wounds in her hip and arm after a Sunday morning shooting affray on the streets of Matoaca. Chesterfield County Officer Bowman sald Holt shot his wife as Bowman ar- rived on the scene after being sum- moned. The couple were said to have been estranged for a week. Mrs. Holt was on her way to church. Holt was held for county authorities. TWO ARMY PLANES OFF FOR PACIFIC COAST Gen. Foulois and Maj. Kilner De- part After Landing of Capt. Knight From Texas. ‘Two Army planes left Bolling Field for the Pacific Coast today and one ed here after cross-country from Brooks Field, Tex., yesterday afternoon. Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulols, as- sistant chief of the Army Air Corps and oldest military pilot in point of service in the country, took off from the local field in an XPT-2 experimental type primary training plane with a radial air-cooled engine for the West Coast. He carried Pvt. Albert G. Sanborn of Bolling Field as mechanic. Maj. Walter G. Kilner and Capt. Ar- thur B. McDaniel of the office of the chief of Air Corps, also left Bolling Field this morning for the Pacific Coast in an O-25 observation plane. Capt. Louis R. Knight, Air Corps, on duty at Brooks Field, San Antonio, Tex., arrived at Bolling Field yesterday afternoon from his home field in & little Army fleet Araining plane. D. MONDAY, SEP 29 .MBER @he Toening Star 193 PAGE B-—-1 YOUTH IS KILLED, FOURTEEN INJURED INTRAFFIC CRASHES Remo J." Prosperi, George- town Graduate, Dies After Automobile Hits Post. WOMAN’S CHEST CRUSHED IN SMASH-UP OF CARS Other Week End Accident Victims Suffer Only Minor Injuries. Remo J. Prosperi, 21 years old, of 1831 Twenty-third street, a graduate of Georgetown University, was fatally in- jured at 1 o'clock this morning in an autcmobile accident near Elkton, Md., when his machine, skiddipg at a turn, crashed into a telegraph pole. He died several hours later at the Elkton Hos- pital. A graduate of this year's class at Georgetown University, Prosperi, who was recently stationed at Brooke Field, Tex., as a flying student, was returning to Washington after having visited his mother, Mrs. C. Prosperi, at Chester- town, Md. His father, Caio Prosperi, a former restaurant proprietor here, is now at Lake Como, Italy. Requiem mass will be solemnized at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning at St. Matthew's Church. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mostly Minor Hurts. Fourteen other Washington people were injured in traffic accidents which oc- curred in the District and nearby Vir- ginia yesterday. With one exception all of those hurt escaped with minor cuts and bruises. In one case occupants of two cars operated by Washington drivers nar- rowly escaped injury when an automo- bile occupied by three colored men crashed into three machines on the lt(én:;dtown ;!:‘Bg nu'; Clinton, Md., and then caught fire, its occupants sus- taining slight ¢urns. ) Chest Is Crushed. The most seriously injured was Mrs. Clara Powers, 66 years old, of 3465 Fourteenth street, who received a crushed chest when an _automobile driven by her son, James Leo Powers, 25, of the Fourteenth street address, was in a collision at Tenth and S streets. Four others were hurt in the same mishap, The son was taken to Garfield Hos- pital with Mrs. Powers, but was dis- charged from the institution after treatment for slight cuts about the head. Three colored occupants of the second machine, Alonzo Lee of Rock- ville, Md., who was driving the car; his wife, Luella Lee, 45, and daughter, Adele Lee, 16, were given medical at- tention at en’s Hospital. David Wood, 8 years old, of 2605 Thirtieth street northeast, and Ralph Calli, 6, of 2619 Bladensburg road northeast, were injured when an auto- mobile operated by Sonia A. Davidson of 2003 O street, a student driver, struck them in front of the Wood residence. The operator and her instructor, John D. Regan of 3039 Douglas street north- east, were not held. Children Are Treated. ‘The two children were taken to Sib- ley Hospital, where staff surgeons treated them, the Wood boy for a frac- tured left leg, and the Calli youngster for a fracture of the right arm. An accident on the Fairfax road near Alexandria sent four members of a Washington family to the Alexandria Hospital for first aid. Those injured in the accident were Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Odell and two small children, all’ of 2600 Thirtieth street northeast. Mrs. Odell remained at the hospital for overnight treatment, but the hus- band and two children were dismissed after first aid. Car Tears Off Shirt. Felled at Thomas Circle by a ma- chine operated by Mrs. Sue Thomas of 3114 O street, Mrs. Eva Rodier of 1409 Thirty-seventh street, suffered lacera- tions and was treated at Emergency Hospital. Harry Little, 16 years old, of 71 L, street northeast, was taken to Casualty Hospital with bruises and lacerations yesterday when his bicycle skidded at Eighth and H streets northeast and threw him to the roadway. George Perri, 20 years old, of 625 T street had an upper tooth broken off when a taxicab driven by William G. Faulkner, 24, of 1203 Thirty-first street struck him at Wisconsin avenue and M street. Police say Perri stepped into the side of the cab as he w-Yked from the sidewalk. His shirt ‘was ripped off in the accident. One Auto Hits Three. One of the cars struck in the serles of crashes on the Leonardtown road was driven by Miss Margaret S. Murphy, 18 years old, of 3008 Adams street northeast, who was accompanied by Mrs. Helen T. Colton, 75 years old, of the same address. Their automobile was wrecked, but neither was hurt. ‘The other Washington car involved was operated by Matthew C. Colton of 300 Adams street northeast. He and his wife escaped without injury. The third machine struck was not badly damaged and was driven from the scene before the arrival of police. Jougi\ Campbell, colored driver of the car which struck the three vehicles, and his two colored companions, James Kelly and Frank Campbell, all of Bell Alton, Md., were burned when their ma- chine turned over and caught fire. They were treated at Gallinger JHospital and dismissed. Oxygen Tank Cap Blown Into Face Of Squad Member ‘The speed and skill of fire res- cue squad No. 1 was called into lay this morning when one of ts own members, Pvt. J. R. Gheen, 42 years old, was severely injured by a steel cap which flew off a high-pressure oxygen tank he was filling in squad headquar- ters at No. 2 engine house on ‘Twelfth near G street. ‘The missile opened a wound across Gheen's forehead and rendered him unconscious. He was given first aid by his mates and taken to Emergency Hospital in the squad's automobile. Doctors had to take several stitches to close the wound. His condition was described as un- determined pending an X-Ray examination for a possible frac- ture of the skull. The injury, however, was not believed serious. Gheen, who lives at 1304 Sixth street southwest, has been with the department for about 12 years, A group of first-graders at Thomson School as they this morning started delying Into the Intricacies of the alphabet. —Star Staff Photo. ASKS LUNCH ROOM RECONSIDERATION | Secretary of Commerce Em- | phasizes Need of Eating | Place for Census Workers. Secretary of Commerce Lamont has asked Controller General McCarl for a reconsideration of his ruling which recently held that Government funds already appropriated for the Census Bureau could not be used to construct a lunch room for bureau employes. McCarl had decided that law did not permit appropriations for supplies and contingent expenses of the bureau to be used for construction of such a building. Situation Is Acute. The situation, it was explained by Secretary Lamont in his second request to McCarl, has become one of sheer necessity, where something will have to be done in some way to provide lunch facilities for thousands of census work- ers, who now do not have adequate facilities. Secretary Lamont referred to the temporary nature of the buildings in which the census workers are now housed, and to the temporary nature of the lunch room which it is proposed to build for them. The lunch room, the Secretary said, could be largely con~ structed out of second-hand building materials, at a reasonable price. Work May Be Held Up. Census officials feel that the census work cannot proceed further under sent conditions. Many are now eat- g in the building and thousands re- sort to street carts along the curbs of nearby streets, where inclement weather of the Winter will render the situation impossible. The Secretary of Commerce also sub- mitted arguments to the controller gen- eral further aelflng forth new informa- tion, new facts and new reasons why he feels that the money in hand should be used for construction of the lunch room. More than 6,000 employes are now engaged in working on the census here. REASONS FOR RASKOB ISSUE ARE OUTLINED Representative Taylor Tells Why "Republicans Will Use Chairman as Point of Contention. ‘The Republican view of why John J. Raskob “is an issue in the campaign” was explained in a statement today by Representative J. Will Taylor of Ten- nessee, issued through the Republican National Committee. “Published reports credit the Demo- cratic high command with the intention of submitting a questionnaire to leaders of the Republican party as to why John J. Raskob is an issue in this campaign,” said Mr. Taylor. “That is a ques- tionnaire which it is extremely simple to answer. “1. Mr. Raskob became an issue in the Democratic party when at the Houston convention he was able to foist his will on the Democrats of the coun- try in spite of the two-thirds rule which existed in the convention. “2. This issue became intensified in the Democratic party when it was learned that Mr. Raskob had been & former Republican and that his money had been going to the support of Re- publican candidates in some districts. “3. Mr. Raskob became an issue be- fore the American people when Mr. Frank R. Kent, a nationally known Democratic journalist, recently disclosed that Mr. Raskob had been maintaining, at his own personal expense, a_ party propaganda bureau within the shadow of the White House which, for more than a year, has been lmflnfnluu- ments siandering and maligning the President of the States. “Incidentally, it would be interesting to obtain from the Democratic high command an explanation of why this command widely advertised that Mr. Raskob would speak on the radio in one of the Democratic party’s Natlon-wide hook-ups on the night of September 15 and then, suddenly and mysteriously, substituted Representative Joseph W. Byrns of Tennessee. Was it that Mr. Raskob has become too much of an issue in this campaign?” RED CROSS DRIVE PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR COUNTY Annual Enrollment to Begin Next ‘Week in Prince William, Chairman States. Special Dispatch to The Btar. GREENWICH, Va., September 22— Prince William Chapter, American Red Cross, next week will launch the annual enroliment drive, according to Mrs. W. L. Lloyd, chairman. Mrs. Mamie Lynch Dulaney of Ma- nassas, who as chairman of the enroll- ment drive last year turned in the greatest number of members ever en- rolled in this county, has been appoint- ed in a similar capacity this year. Mrs. Dulaney will shortly announce her selections. of chairmen for the various m terial districts and all committees will be prepared to function on Monday next, the day the drive will start. MELVIN J. MARQUES. DEPUTY REGISTER O WILLS NAMED Marques Appointed to Fill Vacancy Caused by Death of J. A. Sheil. Melvin J. Marques, appraiser in the office of the register of wills, today was appointed deputy register of wills by Theodore Cogswell, the register, to fill the vacancy caused by the death last week of John A. Sheil. Mr. Marques, who is 27 years old, has been. connected with the office of the register of wills for the past 11 years, He is a graduate of Business High School and is in his third year at the National University School of Law. Mr. Marques, who was recently mar- ried, and resides at 2525 Ontario road, took his oath of office today. PARKWAY RESURFACING IS CAUSE OF TRAFFIC JAM Autos Lined Up for Blocks Workers at Virginia End of Highway Bridge. The resurfacing of a part of the way circle at the Virginia end of the Key Bridge caused a traffic jam during the early rush hours today. Washing- ton-bound automobiles being lined up six to eight city blocks on both of Lee Highway and Military road. ‘The snarl was started when workmen began work for permanent paving, the sinking of the approach having until this time prevented any but a temporary surface. District police were detailed at the circle, but were unable to prevent the congestion. Some autoists reported it took them from 10 to 20 minutes to get through the bottle-neck. Work on the repaving of the approach is to be rushed by the District government which bas jurisdic- tion of the Rosslyn end of the span be- cause of the heavy flow of traffic to and from Virginia. by rk- GARDEN PARTY TONIGHT The garden party at St. Aloysius Church, North Capitol and I streets, scheduled to close Saturday night, will be continued tonight, Rev. Michael F. Fitzpatrick announced today. The grand prizes will be awarded this eve- and foreign war veterans in par- ticular have been invited to attend by John Harland, chairman of the com- mittee on arrangements. A special en- tertainment, including dances by chil- dren, instrumental and vocal numbers, }lu been arranged for the former serv- ice men. ASKS HEARING DATE ON SMITH 0. PLEAS Belated Petition Attacks Va- lidity of Indictments * Against Officials. Justice Wendell P. Stafford of the District Supreme Court was asked today to set a date for hearing of argument on the pending pleas in abatement in the F. H. Smith Co. case, which the De-. partment of Justice announced Satur- day, would go to trial October 8. ‘The belated plea, filed Friday, attacks the validity of the indictment, charging G. Bryan Pitts, Samuel J. Henry, C. bert Anadale and John H. Edwards, jr., with a conspiracy to embezzle Smith Co. funds and destroy incriminating records, on the ground that Nugent Dodds, special assistant to the Attor- ney General, was in the grand jury room without right while evidence was being presented. Neil Burkinshaw, assistant United States attorney, said he would attack the validity of the plea on the ground that it was filed unseasonably and with- out consent of the court. Burkinshaw said he expects to have a date set for hearing argument this week. The plea in abatement alleges that during the proceedings before the grand jury against Pitts, Mr. Dodds entered the grand jury room without having filed with the clerk of the court his commis- sion the Attorney General and the oath thereto, specifying by name the case or cases to which his employ- ment as special assistant relates. It was also alleged that Henry W. in the grand jury room to take stenographic notes without first filing his commission and oath with the clerk. VIRGINIA GOVERNOR TO OPEN EXPOSITION Washington Barracks Will Receive State Head With Full Military Honors Thursday. El- Gov. John Garland Pollard of Vir- ginia, accompanied by his entire staff, will open the Military Exposition and Carnival Thursday afternoon at Wash- ington Barracks. The Governor will be received with full military honors and will be en- tertained the day of his arrival by Brig. Gen. Albert Bowley, assistant deputy chief of staff, United States Army. Gov. Pollard will motor from Rich- mond to see the show, one of the fea- | tures of which will be “Perils of the Plains,” telling the story of pioneers who traveled in covered wagons over the Oregon trail, so many of whom g::'e‘ originally from the Old Dominion JEWISH NEW YEAR WILL OPEN TONIGHT Rosh Hashanah Celebrations Various Local Synagogues and Homes Begin at Sundown. in Celebration of the Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashanah, will begin with cele~ brations in various synagogues and Jewish homes in the city today at sun- down, with various programs to con- tinue until sundown Wednesday. The Har Zion Congregation will usher in the new Year holidays this eve- ning at its place of worship, 3831 Geo! venue. Rev. Maurice J. Cohen and Rev. H. Scheer will conduct serv- ices this evening and tomorrow and ‘Wednesday evenings, while Rabbi George Silverstone will be the guest speaker Wednesday at 11 a.m., discuss- ing the necessity of building a larger synagogue in the Park View and Pet. ‘worth sections of the city. ADVERTISING USE ON STAMPS SUGGESTED TO REMEDY DEFICI Representative Recommends Sale of Margin Space to $20,000 FIRE DAMAGE American Advertisers to Relieve Shortage. Future tal deficits might be eliminated sale of space on postage stamps for advertising purposes, Rep- resentative Celler, Democrat, New York, suggested today. Expressing opposition to Postmaster General Brown's Pmposll for a rate increase of a half cent an ounce on sealed letters, the New Yorker in a letter to the Postmaster General, said the increase “will not meet with any hearty response in Congress." He also took issue with Brown's statement that there was no justific tion for asking the Government to transport mail for less than cost, as- serting that the mail service “can not be weighed in dollars and cents any more than you can similarly weigh the service which the Government renders in its Bureau of Mines, in its Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, or the Bureau of Standards.” In suggesting the sale of advertising space on stamps, the New Yorker said he did not necessarily advocate it, but added he had been informed that France, Germany and New Zealand sell the marginal space on stamp sheets to rivate concerns, and that Bavaria and taly had doubled the size of their stamps and sold the additional space for advertising purposes. “Other countries have used the back of stamps for the printing of advertis- ing,” he wrote, adding that the United States had often used cancellation stencils for slogans, and had issued stamps directing attention to various CLASSES RECLAIM MORE THAN 70,000 CAPITAL CHILDREN Routine Starts Without Sin- gle Untoward Incident at Schools Throughout City. |ENROLLMENT SHEETS TO GO IN TOMORROW Franklin Building Busy as Officials Prepare for Board Session, Upward of 70,000 youthful ‘Washing- tonians went quietly back to school this morning and by noon today most of them had been eased into the class Toom routine without a single com- plaint, protest or report of untoward incident reaching the Franklin Admin- istration Building. , Just how many boys and girls re- turned to the public schools today cane not be known before tomorrow morne ing, since the written enroliment sheets, compiled at the close of today, are not scheduled to reach the Franklin Build- ing headquarters until 10 a.m, tomor= Tow. It was thought possible, however, that tentative figures on the enrollment might be available late this afternoon. Routine Is Uninterrupted, So smoothly did the school admine istration work today in the enrollment of thousands of young people that school officers at the Franklin Building were able to and did proceed uninterruptedly with their routine affairs. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, was en- gaged on the preparation of his annual report, while Robert L. Haycock, as- sistant superintendent in charge of ele~ mentary schools, met in quiet confer~ ence with Miss Rose Lee Hardy, assist- ant superintendent, and Miss Catherine Watkins, director of kindergartens, to thrash out the final problems incident to_the kindergarten reorganization. Meanwhile the possibility of a meet- ing of the Board of Education Wednes- day faded when reports reaching Harry O. Hine, the board’s secretary, indicated that a quorum of members would not be in the city. Consequently it was ex- pected that the next board session would be held Wednesday, October 1, It was pointed out by Mr. Hine that there are no school “matters of real urgency pending which cannot await action by Wednesday. Hence the tele~ graphed willingness of some of the board members to return to the city if their presence were demanded on Wed- mesday ‘will not be accepted. Abbott School Abandoned. ‘Today's opening of the schools wit- nessed the complete abandonment of the old and antiquated Abbott School, at Fifth street and New York avenue, which for years has housed vocational school classes. All of these classes have now been transferred to the Columbia Junior High School Building, at Seventh and O streets, where adequately lighted and equipped shops have been set up during the Summer months, The old Abbott Building now will be used to house the cabinet shops of the school system, which formerly occupied the basement of the Franklin Administra- v.lolr‘x" Buudlgg. accordance with the plans set uj by the school officials, the same numbeg of regular kindergartens which were in operation at the close of school in June Were reopened this morning. Only the four under age, which were eliminated by the Board of Education on recome x;ex‘ndm?’n ollthe superintendent at its rst and only mee of the year, remained closed. i o the kindergartens opened were assured of existence until Omw 14. If on that date, however, any of the kindergarten classes failed to show an average daily attendance puplls will be slated for closing and u:ex' teachers for transfer to vacancies in the first four grades of the elementary schools. Dr. Charles F. Carusi, president of the Board of Education, is expected to return to the city some time Lfif week, As chancellor of the National University, Dr. Carusi will be in Washington Sat- urday night to deilver the formal ad- dress at the opening of that institue tion’s sixty-second full term. He has been vacationing in Europe for the past two months, . WOMAN SERIOUSLY ILL DUE TO SLEEPING POTION Miss Frances Weeks Under Treat- ment in Hospital After Taking Overdose, Physicians Report. Miss Frances Weeks, 38 years old, of the 1900 block Sunderland place, was reported in a serious comm.&n at the Emergency Hospital today after acci- dentally taking an overdose of sleeping potion at her home last night. Miss Weeks has been in an unconscious con- dition since her arrival at the hospital, but staff physicians say she has a slight chance to recover. . NINE COLORED YOUTHS ESCAPE INSTITUTION Boys Smash Catch on Window to Get Away From National Training School. Nine colored youths escaped from the National Training Schmlpfzfl Boys on Bladensburg road northeast last night by smashing the catch on a window of one of the bulldings. ‘The escaped wards are Herman Nor- man, 18; John Willlams, Cecll Campbell, 18; Alvin F. Gra 18; Theodore L. Jackson, 18; Merrill D. Easton, 17, Hosea Brown, 16; Elmer Olden, 16, and George Gaither, 16, RSl TO WINCHESTER HOME Historic Mansion, Angerona, For- merly Owned by Millionaire Leather Merchant. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., September 23.— Fire of undetermined origin swept through the former home of the late Thomas Cover, sr., mi i aire leather merchant and tanner, and did damage aggregating $20,000. Known as “Angerona,” the rear of the three-story brick mansion was a mass of flames when discovered, but firemen checked flames as they spread to the front. The house, owned by Harry M. Sartelle, is one of the most historic here, and many years ago was utilized for female seminary educatiohal pur- poses. 5