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—16. & NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D.- 0O, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1930. FINAL PLANS MADE BY CATHOLIS FOR CHARITIS SESSION Many Delegates Already Here for Conference Open- ing Tomorrow. PONTIFICAL HIGH MASS T0 BE HELD IN MORNING Becretary of Interior to Give State- ment on Child Health and Protection. With many of the out-of-town dele- tes already here, final plans were be- made today for the opening tomor- row of the sixteenth meeting of the National Conference on Catholic Char- itlulflndqmnen are at the Willard Hote! Pontifical high mass will be celebrated at 10 o'clock at St. Patrick's Church, Tenth and G streets, by Right Rev. John M. McNamara, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The sermon will be preached by the Right Rev. T. C. O'Reilly, Bishop of Scran- ton, ‘Will Welcome Delegates. ‘The president of the conference, Thomas F. Farrell of New York City, will welcome the delegates to the con- vention at a general meeting to be held in the gymnasium of the Catholic Uni- versity at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. Mr. Farrell's address of welcome will be followed by an address by Right Rev. James H. Ry honorary president of the conference and rector of the Catho- lic University. He will show in what ways the conference, which originated &t the university, has aided the poor. Secretary to Speak. Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior and president of the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, has a message for the dele- gates on Sunday evening also. Committee on Families is sched- uled to meet at the Willard Hotel. Speakers at this meeting will be Mrs. John Glenn, president, Family Welfare Assoclation of America, New York City; Bruce M. Mohler, director, National Bureau of Immigration, National Cath- olic Welfare Conference; Mrs. Herbert F. Fisher, Hartford, Conn., and Mrs. Charles P. Neill, vice president of the Christ Child Society, Washington. Sisters to Meet. ‘There will be a round-table meeting for the sisters tomorrow afternoon, con- ducted by Dr. John M. Cooper, director, National Study of Catholic Child-Caring H lome. ‘The general meeting of the Soclety of St. Vincent de Paul will also be held in the lflerlnoon at 2:30 .;e !‘.he g«'tllénrdm meetings are being held at the Wmm: CIVIC FEDERATION ‘ HONORS BOWLES, Resolution of Regret Adopted on| Death of Former Association . Secretary. o Mmuo)::nol t:!lv:a:l Alghtlomd m n the boar ‘room olmbmct secretary of the association. my of the delegates paid personal tribute to An amendment to the constitution, providing for election of delegates and :l'a‘nl'u :a.ml:‘f I;zd:;’nlm at the anuary m of e constituent bodies was lost. The federation decided to send representatives to the next ’! firemen's parade here. ot & AR POLICE INVESTIGATE ABDUCTION STORY Liebrand Says He Was Held Aft- er Being Drugged and Robbed of $102. Police today were investigating the reported abduction and robbery of Harry A. Leibrand, 39 years old, of 2904 Nichols avenue southeast, who Teturned home after a day's absence last mfllfi and told a story of having been kidnaped early yesterday and Tobbed of $102 by three armed men. According the story to police, Leibrand was driving to work about 7:30 o'clock yesterday morning when an automobile occupied by three men drove alongside and forced his car to the curb on Virginia avenue near South Capitol street. Two of the men drew pistols and climbed into his machine, Leibrand said. He said he was then drugged with & hypodermic needle and did not regain consciousness until late yester- day afternoon, when he found himself bound hand and foot in a partly fur- nished house in the northwest section of the city. Leibrand said he was held prisoner until nearly dusk, when he was bundled into a car and carried to Conduit road. the men apparently were paving little attention to him, Liebrand said, and he made a successful leap from the door of the car, and succeeded in making his escape. Liebrand then hailed a taxicab and |8U was driven to his home. A private hysician was called in to treat him or injuries said to have been sustained in his fall from the car. ‘The money, Liebrand said, belonged to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., by whom he is employed as an agent. NEW LITERARY GROUP FORMED AT BOYS’ CLUB Debating Lectures, Socials and Athletics Will Be Program for Winter. ‘The first meeting of a new literary and- athletic club formed by several leading members of the Boys’ Club of this city held its first meeting last night at the Boys’ Club. It is ex- pected by the members that the club will adopt the name of one of the ‘well known men’s clubs here. The officers are: M. Koonin, presi- dent; A. Perry, vice president; H. Gar- er, secretary; J. Tucker, treasurer. A ity and program committee also | A gray-shirted cavaleade started over the highways of the District this morning in pursuit of the wary traffic violator. without tunics, were purchased by the men themselves as a measure of greater comfort, but they are hoping this costume will be made regulation, with the city then footing the bill. In the picture are: Sergt. E. Willisms, M. N. C: W. H. Bell, Sergt. 0. R. Sanderson, D. F. L. Rawlinson, T. T. Hefferman, Z. R. Cook, M. Znamenacek, L. T. Johnson, J. The shirts, which can be worn ter, E. Galimore, V. V. Vaughn, J.' 0. Hite, Wright, Q. E. Heyne, A. Richitt, J. W. T. White and B. T. Chew. —Star Staff Photo. SHOT IN DARK STOPS RAID BY BUSHWHACKING HI-JACKER Picturesque Story of Lawlessness Described by Still Watchman When Coroner’s In- quest Is Held Over Colored Victim. The boys who make Maryland rye | dowr in 8t. Mary's County have ac- quired a habit of keeping shotguns and rifiles handy about their stills, not so much because of the Federal dry men as because of an entirely new menace— a fairly well organized gang of bush- whacking hi-jackers. At any rate that was the story un- folded to a coroner’s jury yesterday over the body of a young colored man known as Frank Sommerville. The jury met in a grove of giant pines, far from the haunts of civilization, at the still where the man had been killed. It was so far from the haunts of civilization that the jury had to get to the scene of its investigation on foot after traveling about 2 miles west of the village of California. ‘The dead man, the jury was told, had been, up until Friday, one of three col- ored men led by a white desperado on numerous still house raids in the vi- cinity. Charges Robbery Attempt. “Yes, suh, gentleman,” went on the star witness, a colored helper at the still house, which loomed behind the jury,| “I had it to do. That boy there”—the witness gestured toward the dead man—"come down here and tried to rob us.” “I had to shoot him,” confessed the witness, who said he was John Hall, 24 years old, “or else—" “Or_else,” echoed a juryman, glanc- ing about at the elaborate apparatus which Hall had defended, he" ‘would have taken everything you had. “Eggsackly!” said the witness, dron- ing on. He told how he had gone to sleep in a new and as yet unfilled mash | box, a loaded shotgun beside him. The shotgun, the witness sald, was more than a precaution—it was a ne- cessity. The boss man at the still— the witness wasn't quite sure what his name was—knew that bushwackers were abroad. That was why there were plenty of guns at the still house. “And that's why,” said a Federal pro- hibition agent later, “we have to yell ‘Federal agents’ when we go in on stills down there. They're jumpy you see— always watching out for hijackers. If we don't let them know who we are they begin to shoot as soon as they can see anything to shoot at.” Fires From Hiding Place. ‘The man slain, the witness conflnue;li had emerged first from the thicket. was late—sometime after midni and the man had a flashlight e trained it on the white boss of the still just as three companions, two col- ored men and theh‘! white leader, stepped from the covert. "psvlfck ’em up,” Hall quoted the dead man as saying. “We're here to take charge of this joint.”” Hall said his boss stuck 'em up, as high as he could. Hall's boss was standing in the full beam of the flashlight and had no oth- er_choice. But Hall himself lay in the mash box, concealed by the ;mplll’-boll’dedi sides, which were to have held 1,000 gallons of still beer—Hall and his shot- n. “I just raised up, judge,” Hall said, “and let him have it; I shot at the flashlight—1I guess I hit him, all right” “Yes,” admitted a juryman, “I guess you did.” ‘Whereupon the jury deliberated, and, finally, suggested that Hall be held for a preliminary hearing Monday in the county seat of Leonardtown. Sheriff Earnest Clarke of St. Mary’s County accepted the prisoner, at the same time predicting his early release. Investigating the case also were Federal Prohibition Agent Joscph R. Brewer, who lives near Waldorf, 20 miles north, and Federal dry men led by Deputy Administrator Willlam R. Blandford of the Washi area, whose interest primarily was the still house where the murder occurred. Between the time of the coroner’s in- quest and their arrival—a matter of a few hours—the 500-galion cypress and copper kettle had been spirited away, together with the huge boller from which steam had been injected into the kettle, and such whisky as may have been on hand. Dynamite Is Used. With dynamite the agents destroyed what remained on the still house site— was formed. The program adopted will consist of debating, lectures, ath- letics and socials. Harrisonburg Lad Missing. District police have been asked to September 24. red hair, freckled face gray eyes, was reported to have seen near New Hampshire avenue street last night, - years | the run. The 12 boxes containing 12,000 gallons of mash, a rude shelter over the still house itself, the water box and coils where the liquor was evaporated and a well 'h!n‘l;l had been dug into the dry run nearby. The well, because of the dry weather, had been sunk deep into the course of agents dropped five sticks of dynamite into the excavation to cave it in. A power pump, they found, had been removed. Back in dtown the Federal |ing will put a crimp in some of this | Young Men and Women Represent | young men and four young women have to prosecute the man because, however inadvertently, he had been instrumental in turning up one of the biggest stills ever destroyed in the vicinity. The county authorities, like the cor- oner's jury, were not inclined to prose- cute. Hall, they sald, had shot an out- law. “The gang that dead man belonged to” Sheriff Clarke said, “has hi- jacked 20 to 30 stills in the last few weeks, I've heard. Maybe that shoot- law-breaking around here.” MEETING CALLED T0 DISSOLVE FIRM Wardman Mortgage & Dis- count Corporation Stock- holders to Act October 20. A special meeting of the stockholders | of the Wardman Mortgage & Discount Cornoration has been called by the board of directors of the organization for October 20 to ratify a resolution of dissolution of the corporation, Harry Wardman, president, annunced today. The meeting will be held at 108 North Asaph street, in Alexandria, Va. ‘The directors of the mortgage and discount corporation, in a recent letter to the stockholders of the corporation, offered to exchange stock in the mort- gage and discount corporation for stock in the Wardman Realty & Construction Co. This arrangement was agreed to by the stockholders at a recent meeting. Mr. Wardman and his associates re- linquished control of the realty and construction company last month, when the Wardman Park Hotel and other Wardman properties were taken over by the Hotels Management & Securities Corporation. 8 SINGERS CHOSEN BY AUDITION TESTS District in Radio Competi- tion Finals. After two days of audition tests, four been selected to sing in the final com- petition test, which will be held Octo- ber 15, determine which one will represent "the District of Columbia in the Northeastern district finals of the Fourth National Radio Audition. The announcement of those to sing in the finals from the 62 contestants includes Florence Yocum, soprano, of 1324 New- ton street, who won the district cham- | pionship last year, The other “finalists—Helen Church- hill Dalby, soprano, of 2020 Twentieth street; Aurelia Neville Beck, contralto, of 1815 Jackson street; Ina Holtschelter, soprano, 335 Kentucky avenue south- €ast; Gueppe Bruna, baritone, of 1211 Gerard street; Harold Cornwall, jr., | baritone, 718 Nineteenth street; Lean- ard Davis, baritone, 712 Fifth street| northeast, and, Edwin Steffe, baritone, | of 509 Third street—will be heard with | Florence Yocum over WRC October 15. The judges are Nellle Wilson Shir- Cliffe, Maud Gilichrist Sewall, Henry Suydam, nationally known music au- thority, and Edgar Priest, organist of the Washington Cathedral. ‘The winners here will compete with singers from Middle Atlantic and North- eascern States for the $25,000 and other awards offered by the Atwater Kent Foundation, WILL FIGHT BOULDER DAM Arizona Official to Seek Writ to Prevent Construction. PHOENIX, Ariz., tember 27 (&).— K. Berry Peterson, attorney general of Arizona, announced s trip to Washing- ton, D. C., today to file suit to prevent construction of Boulder Canyon Dam. Peterson said the action would be filed in the Supreme Court as soon as it con- venes. It will attack the constitution- men held a brief confab with the star witness i his cell, They agreed Dot ality of the Swing-Johnson bill and the congressional pot AULBOTIERE it AIR REGULATIONS METHODIST PASTOR! WILL BE AMENDED | URGES EDUCATION BY U. . OFFICIALS| FOR CHURCH WORK Threescore Changes to Be Made as Result of Par- ley Held Here. PLANE MANUFACTURERS GIVE THEIR VIEWPOINT Attend Conference. New Rules to Govern Growth of Aeronautics. Nearly 100 Drafting of more than threescore amendments to the air cormerce regu- lations and airworthiness requirements of the air commerce act, which will govern the growth of civil aeronautics in the United States, is to be under- taken immediately by officials of the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce following the annual con- ference with airplane manufacturers, it was announced today. Nearly 100 manufacturers and their representatives, in attendance at the conference, voiced agreement with approximately 75 per cent of the 66 amendments proposed by the depart- ment. Changes were suggested in others and several are subject to further study. In addition the manufacturers sub- mitted many proposed amendments which also must be studied. Will Be Promulgated. The amendments finally agreed upon probably will be promulgated about the first of the year, it was indicated today following the conference. These amend- ments, affecting many phases of the design, manufacture and use of civil aircraft, will become the law controlling the destinies of the aviation industry during the coming year. One of the chief points in issue be- tween the manufacturers and the De- partment of Commerce is the recent establishment by the department of engineering and flight test bases in various parts of the country as part of its decentralization program. In the past aeronautical inspectors have been sent by the department to the various airplane factories to flight test planes submitted for licensing. Complaints Are Heeded. Establishment of the fleld stations was decided upon by the department as a result of complaints by manufac- turers that there were not sufficient inspectors to make the rounds of the factories quickly enough and that long delays in getting new planes flight tested and approved were injuring their business. ‘Their opposition to the new system, it was indicated, is that they do not want to be compelled to fly their planes to the test bases for what amounts to public tests of their products. The matter is being considered by officlals of the department and will be covered in the series of amendments to the act MARVIN DEPLORES COLLEGE FOIBLES “Coonskins and Slang Remnants of Adolescence,” G. W. U. Freshmen Told. Today’s college freshman puts aside such “remnants of the irresponsible days of adolescence” as coonskin coats, college caps and collegiate slang, Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of George Washington University, advised the university’s first-year class at the for- mal_opening assembly yesterday. “Don’t confuse the burning of gas with the burning of midnight oil,” Dr. Marvin admonished the freshmen. “You may go further overland on the former, but it won't get you as far on the road you are to travel,” he told them. “Loafing is a disease, & malfunction- ing of worth-while energy. Some of the most inveterate loafers are those who look the most busy. They are busy about being busy; never going anywhere. Choose as your friends those who are going somewhere and know where they are going,” Dr. Mar- vin advised. The freshmen were urged to “stand on their own feet,” and to “be in- dividuals.” Dean Henry Grattan Doyle explained to the freshmen the advisory system which has been instituted in the new Junior college, whereby every student is provided with an adviser who not.only will assist him in planning his courses, but will serve as a faculty friend to whom he may turn with any problem. The provost of the university, Dr. ‘Willlam Allen Wilbur, presided at the assembly and introduced the speakers. DRIVER TEéTS URGED THROUGHOUT NATION New 'Hove Begun by American Motorists’ Association to Get Uniform State Laws. By the Associated Press. A new drive for enactment in every State of legislation to provide examina- tion and licensing of every automobile Iriver was announced today by the American Motorists’ Association as a means of reducing accidents. A survey conducted by the assoc tion disclosed that only 12 States the District of Columbia require a test of fitness and skill before issuing a driver's license and that only 8 other States compel licensing of motorists. All Legislatures meeting this year will be urged, the association said, to enact a uniform statute for licensing opera- tors, embodying compulsory examina- tion. Under the proposed law drivers would have to demonstrate their driv- ing ability in traffic. ‘The States which now have laws of this type are Arizona, California, Con- necticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massa- chusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. South Carolina is to have a similar statute in effect on Oc- tober 1. District Heads Order Midget Golf Courses Closedat 11:30 P.M. Holding that the miniature golf courses are subject to regu- lations covering places of amuse- ment, the District Commissioners have held that they must be close¢ by 11:30 p.m. At a hearing before the Com- missioners, owners of miniature courses requested permission to stay open until 3 a.m. The mat- ter was submitted to Willlam W. Bride, corporation counsel, and Mr. Bride held that miniature olf is an amusement, and, there- fore, subject to prevalling statute. Southern Conference Speak- er Stresses Importance of Financial Obligations. FINDS BUDGET PROGRAM HAS EXCITED REVOLT Conference Adopts Report De- manding Prohibition Be Treated Solely as Moral Issue. A program of education among church members to make them realize more fully their financial obligation toward the church was urged before the Baltimore Conference of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church South, today, by Rev. Dr. E. L. Wolf of Winchester, Va. His remarks were prompted by the assertion that “there is a spirit of revolt in the Baltimore Conference among our people” regarding the question of budget appropriations by Rev. Dr. H. M. Canter of Staunton, Va. when he spoke on budget recommendations, which had Just been presented before the O Eiowing th lowing the report of the Board of Christian Education, calling for appro- priations totaling $30,900, Dr. Canter said there is a feeling of dissatisfaction regarding the extent of the budgets anc declared there would be more “if you don’t reduce the budget this year.” Urges Education Program. Dr. Wolf, in advocating the adoption of the whole budget as recommended, declared: “The crux of our financial situation is in the church.” He then asserted that people have been con- verted and made church members with- out having had impressed upon them their obligations to the church. then urged the program to make the members realize their responsibilities, Upon motion of Dr. Canter, a resolu- tion was adopted referring items total- ing $18,900, as recommended by the Christian Education Board, to the Bud- get Commitee for further consideration. The resolution, however, approved an appropriation of $12,000 for operating ex;:lemu of the Board of Christian Edu- cation. Among items included in the $18,900 sum were $700 for teaching religious education of Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va.; $1,000 for the Epworth League; $2,200 for ministerial supply and training; $6,500 for Randolph- Macon College, and $8,500 for Randolph- Macon Academy, at Front Royal, Va. Reports Officers Elected. In making its report the Board of Christian Education made it known that G. C. Martin of Baltimore had been elected president, Rev. H. S. Y. Denstricker of Roanoke vice president, E. Barrett Prettyman of the Washing- ton district recording secretary and Rev. H. H. Sherman executive secre- tary. The board recommended that Blair J. Fishburn and Bishop Paul B, Kemn be named to the board of trus- tees of Randolph-Macon College. The entire report of the board was adopted today, with the exception of the part of the budget referred to committee for further consideration. Dr. R. E. Blackwell and Dr. Samuel C. Hatcher, Randolph-Macon College, addressed the conference, telling of the 100th anniversary of the college. Pre- siding Bishop Beauchamp, in a brief address, praised the college and said he would like to see its endowment doubled. Sees Prohibition Facing Crisis, The conference today was on record as believing that national prohibition faces a “critical situation” and as strongly opposed to ministers “preach- ing politics.” A report outlining the stand of the conference was adopted late yesterday at the sesslon in the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South. The conference will be in session there until Monday. .The report submitted before the con- ference by its Committee on Temper- ance and Social Service was unani- mously approved without discussion. It pointed to prohibition as a ‘“moral issue” rather than a political one. “We are convinced,” the report said, “that no church should attempt to dominate a government nor should her ministry ‘preach politics, but believe that the church and her ministry can no longer afford to be partisan, nor should they be intimidated by certain subtle influences, who in any and every crisis of local and national importance seek by such means to hush the mouths of those who would cry aloud and spare not.” “The moral law is the highest law and must prevall,” it added. “We first of all ought to be Christian. Let us teach our people that the right of franchise is sacred and urge them to vote their convictions as children of Law Nullified by Treachery. While expressing the view that pro- hibition is practical, the report declared that in many sections the law is being nullified by the “treachery and the fanaticism of officers whose duty it is to enforce the law.” “The strength of the dry vote has been weakened in ss by recent elections,” it said, “and it now looks as if there would be further weakening in | C° this respect unless we can awaken re- newed interest in this great moral issue.” The report urged a program of educa- tion. “Let the home, the school and the church teach prohibition and in a generation there will be a transforma- tion,” it added. “Political expediency has prompted | Fes many office seekers to become turn- coats in order to get elected, the report further stated regarding the political situation. Replies to Criticism. The 1eport took issue with eriticism of the Methodist Church for “so-called ‘lobbying’ and ‘dabbling in politics.’ " It asserted belief that “they come from enemies of moral righteousness who are not patriotic and are unchristian.” “‘We are unafraid in the face of such accusations,” it continued. ‘The report also characterized the “divorce evil” as a “terrible monster that strikes at the very heart of our Nation—the American home,” and urged that the ministers of the church “ob- | M serve great care in marrying divorced couples.” LOCAL PULPITS FILLED. Methodist Conference Ministers Will Preach Tomorrow. ‘The Committee on Public Worship of the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, meeting in annual convention here, re ports that ministers will fill pul- pits in churches in and near Washing- ton tomorrow, ‘The morning and afternoon assign- ;nle’nu in the various churches are as ollows: In Methodist Episcopal Church South, in Washington— 2 Calvary, 11 am, Rev. E. C. Beery; 8 am, Rev. G. G. Oliver. .m., Rev. J. R. Wood. 10 am., adult department of Sunday school, Rev. W. J. Elliott; 11 am., Rev. H. Sydenstricker; 7 and 8 p.m., Rev. Gaither Warfield. Aspury, 11 am., Rev. C. K. One of the interested spectators at the Army relief carnival at Washington Barracks yesterday was Mrs. Hoover, who is shown here with Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, wife of the Secretary of War, and Maj. Gen. Preston Brown. —Underwood & Underwood Photo. HOOVER ABANDONS TRIP 70 HIS CAMP Revision of Speech to Be Made Next Week Keeps Him Here. President Hoover today abandoned his plans of going to his fishing camp on the Rapidan for a week end rest. It was said in his behalf that he was anxious to get away to his camp prin- cipally to be with his son Herbert, who is confined there, but he wanted to complete writing the speech he is to deliver next Thursday in Cleveland. He thought he had his Cleveland speech out of the way when he sent it to the Public printer several days ago, but when he received the printed proofs he started making so many changes that the document has virtually been re-written, Delivers Speech Thursday. Even when the corrected proofs were returned to him yesterday he made further changes. Today he was whip- ping the paper in shape to return to the printers with the hope that it will be off his mind for good or until the time comes for its delivery before a large gathering of the American Bankers' Association at Cleveland ‘Thursday night. In the meantime the President has been drafting the two speeches he is to deliver in Boston. October 6, one before the American Legion and the other be- fore the American Federation of Labor, and the one he is to deliver the follow~ ing day at Kings Mountain, N. C., in dent to the celebration of the 150th a nl:'emry of the Battle of Kings Moun- tain, Reports Mr. and Mrs. Hoover are re- celving each day from the Rapidan camp are to the effect that their son is responding splendidly to the treat- ment prescribed by Capt. Joel T. Boone, ‘White House physician. Mrs. Hoover has tentatively planed to go to Indianapolis to attend the six- teerith annual convention of the Nation- al Council of Girls Scouts, of which she is the head. The meeting is scheduled Monday and Tuesday. If Mrs. Hoover decides to attend this meeting she will leave Washington tomorrow night. In the event she goes to the Scout meeting, Mrs. Hoover will not return to Washington to accompany the Presi- dent to Philadelphia to attend the open- ing game there of the world series base ball game, but will join him on Thurs- day in Cleveland. GERMANS TO STUDY U. S. ARMY SCHOOLS Two Prominent Military Officers Will Arrive Here October 4 for Courtesy Visit on Tour. By the Associated Press. A study of American Army schools by two prominent officers of the Ger- man Army will begin here early next month, Lieut. Gen. Werner von Blomberg, commanding general of the 1st Division of the German Army, and Col. Erich Kuhlenthal of the German ministry of war, will arrive here October 4 for a courtesy visit to War Department offi- cials before beginning a tour of inspec- tion of American Army posts which will take them West to the Pacific ast. Both officers have been decorated by the German government a number of times for distinguished military service. Ray; 8 pm., Rev. J. W. Seay. Marvin, 11 am, Rev. E. A. Lambert; 8 p.m, Rev. J. J. Ringer. Mount Vernon Place, 9:30 a.m. ast,” Rev. pm., Rev. F. J. Prettyman; 11 a.m., overflow service, H. M. Waters, St. Paul, 11 am, Rev. J. J. Ringer; 8 pm, Rev. D. M. Brown. In Nearby Methodist Churches. Anacostia, 8 pm., Rev. R. C. Meeks. Brookland, 11 ., Rev. W, G. Win- ton. Calvary, 11 am., Rev. W. D. Keene. Douglass Memorial, 11 Rev. C. L. De Long. McKendree, 11 am., Rev. P. R. . Luttrell. Rev. T, M. Swann. , 11 am, Rev. R. Corrin. Branchville, Md., 8 pm, Rev. F. L. [orrison. Hyattsville, Md., 11 am., Rev. C. T. Coliyer. Bethesda, Md., 11 am., Rev. L. H. Richcreek; 8 p.m., Rev. J H. Brown, jr. Brentwood, Md., 11 am., Rev. B. W. John; 8 pm., Rev. C. A. York. Mount Rainler, Md,, 11 am., Rev. L. H. Smallwood; 8 pm., Rev. J. M. York. Rockville, Md., 11 am., Rev. D. A. Beery; 8 pm., Rev. F. M. Lucas. Central Union Mission, STRIKING LATHERS . WIN PAY INCREASE Settle Differences With Mas- ter Plasterers After Grant of $1 Raise Per Week. ‘The Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers’ Local No. 9, of the District of Columbia, and the Master Plasterers’ Association of the District of Columbia, confronted with a pay increase problem since July, today have reached an amicable settle- ment, it was officially announced today. On July 1, lathers went on a strike ul?lnzt the mmnm Plnmer:' Auochm- tion, demanding a permanent wage in- crease of $1 to $2 a day. The lathers, however, agreed to a three-month suspension of the strike, pending com- promise steps by both . A compromise agreement, to become effective October 1 and granting the lathers a dally wage increase of $1 was reached yesterday. The agreement fur- ther stipulated that the lathers, on their part, will take no further strike meas- ures until a year has elapsed. POLICE THWARTED BY SMOKE SCREEN Delivery Truck, Suspected as Rum Runner, Makes Escape Into Maryland. A light delivery truck believed to have been loaded with liquor escaped into Maryland early today after laying out a smoke screen on the road which the drivers of two police cars found too thick to penetrate. A seven-mile chase from New Jersey and Rhode Island avenues over a zig- zag route to Bladensburg, Md., greecdod the escape at Pease Cross, where the police lost sight of the truck. Policemen C. A. Cartmill and N. T. Imlay of the second precinct, observed a truck bearing Maryland tags l ing along New Jersey avenue about 3:30 o'clock this morning, and decided to investigate. The truck driver accelerated the speed of the vehicle when the police car ap- proached, and a companion immediately released a smoke attack which left the street filled with thick oily clouds. ‘The police car followed its quarry to Fifteenth and H streets northeast, dis- regarding more smoke screen bursts, A police car from the nintn precinct, manned by Pvt. Oren J. Hen- ning, entered the chase at that point. The two patrol cars drove close to the truck until the District line had been crossed. Another smoke screen at Pu& Cross left the road virtually filled wif smoke, said by police to have been too dense for safe driving, and the police cars were forced to halt. Comdr. orders modified; to observation and treatment, Claude 8. Gillette, Naval Hospital, Washington, D. C.; uncompleted ?ortion delay authorized by CinC, Asiatic Fleet, cancelled. Lieut. Comdr. Charles F. Greene, de- tached aide to Commandant Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif, to U. 8. 8. Chicga Lieut. Comdr. John D. sJones. de- 3 w- tached duty command U. S. La rence, to continue treatment, Naval Hospital, Newport, R. 1. leut. John C. Heck, detached Naval Ammunition Depot, Dover, Lake Den- mark, N. J., to Naval Ammunition De- P Esign. Jonn. O Urquhart, Ir, d sign _John_G. , r, de- tached U. S. S. Arkansas about Oc- tober 15, to Naval Air Station, Penso- cola, Fal, Lieut. Hug J. McManus (Supply Corps), detached Naval Station, Key West, Fla., about October 15, to Naval Supply Depot, Hampton Roads, Va. Lieut. (Junior Grade) George L. Todd (Construction Corps), relieved from all active duty, to home. ARMY ORDERS Col. Miro C. Corey, Infantry, at Pittsburgh; Maj. Willlam J. Burdell, Medical Corps, at Fort Bliss, Tex., and Capt. Amos Tyree, Quartermaster Corps, at Fort Mason, ., have been on the retired list on account of dis- abilities incident to the service, and Lieut. Col. Walter O. Boswell, Infantry, at Governors Island, N. Y., has been or- dered to his home to await retirement. Master Sergt. Clarence A. Kingman, on duty at the Staunton Military Academy, Va,, has been placed on the retired list on his own application and relieved from active duty. He has had 30 years' WORLD MILITARY SURGEONS GUESTS AT ARMY CARNIVAL Medical Exhibit Focal Point Following Yesterday’s Record Attendance. FIRST LADY SHOWS KEEN INTEREST IN SHOW Pigeon Race, “Perils of the Plains” Pageant Among Events—D, C. Day This Afternoon. The Army is host today, at its Mili- tary Exposition and Carnival, to the international delegates attending the meeting of the Military Surgeons of the United States, who went to the Washington Barracks showground at 11 o'clock with the surgeon general of the Army, Merritte W. Ireland. Arriving early for a show that is not scheduled to begin until shortly after 2 o'clock, the distinguished visitors dis- played intense interest in the medical exhibit. This phase of the exposition was made Plrucululy technical this year, when it was seen by the exposi- tion heads that the carnival and the military surgeons' sessions would be staged at the same time. Besides the medical display, however, the visitors inspected all of the military exhibits Which comprise the tented city on the War College peninsula. Crowds Break Record. per“r::m.y.‘ nfl.ent:m edund evening ICes were af o record- breaking number of vummtfy P The afternoon show was marked by presence of Mrs. Hoover, who ar- rived at 2 o'clock, and with mi ed Mrs, Hoover was accompanied Mrs. Frederick Sackett, wife of the :I!I!rlun Ambassador to Germany, who, with Mr. Sackett, is a guest at the White House, Mrs. Stark McMullin, for many years a member of President and Mrs. Hoover's household, also accompanied . Hoover to the carnival. n, and Mrs. C. P. Summerall received Mrs, Hoover, and also had as their guests Mrs. E. E. Gann, sister of Vice President Ourtis; Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, wife of the Secretary of War, and Mrs. Sidney R elock th [X e second pigeon race of the three-day carnival was held under the auspices of the S}nnl colx QGuests of honor released five of the birds, Mrs. Hoover being presented with the first pigeon, Mrs. Gann second, Mrs. Hurley, Mrs. Mrs. McMullin with the other three, Much Interest Shown. Mrs, Hoover remained in the grand- stand until the conclusion of the w eant, “Perils of the Plains,” after which she showed much interest in the dif- ferent military exhibits. Particular in- terest was shown by the Pirst Lady in the embroidery of flags and insignia fil’&'{" in the Quartermaster Corps ex- Due to the heat of the pest two da; the dance floor constructed over th’: tennis courts at the barracks was not 30 extensively patronized as in years. The soft drinks booth, however, reported record sales. Carnival officials take the break in the hot spell as an omen of good fortune for District of Columbia day, the program for which :omme:fi: al!unptlymn 2:30 this after- oon, evening program - ning at 8 o'clock and canunutn:.umn:fl 9:30. After the afteroon and performances dan the "mg:n marks the end of th ———— COOLING BREEZES BREAK HOT SPELL Washington Is Shown to Have Experienced Most Torrid Sep- tember in History, Cooler weather, blown in on th winds that swept the city last nij hthgd ongest Beptember Foas o) onge ‘Ptember heat wave on in the National Capital, a :wm saw the temperature go above 90 d 13 days during the month and which was climaxed yesterday with the mer- cury at 955 degrees maximum, ex- g by one-half degree the record i\:fi: mark for Septémber set back in The outlook is for cool, ‘weather until next Tuesday, with tldlz’hmpeh- ture at or slightly below normal aver- age of 66 for this time of the year, according to Forecaster Charles Mitcheli 's t temperature is ex- pecmmhuounafinwlm-me- what higher temperature tomorrow afternoon. After Tuesday the Weather Bureau expects the mercury to climb a bit, and the present outlook is for rain the lat- ter part of next week. BROKEN BONE REMOVED FROM ARM OF SCHALL, JR. Operation Performed on Midship- man, Son of Senator From Minne- sota, Hurt in Collision. A plece of broken bone was sucoess- fully removed from the right arm of um;hig;n-n Thomas D. Schall, jr., son of the blind Senator from Minnesota, in & five-hour operation performed at Sib- ley Hospital yesterday. The youth was injured, along with Miss Margaret Krebs of Baltimore, when a car driven by Schall collided with a truck at East Riverdale, Md., last Saturday afternoon. Miss Krebs probably will return honie within the next three days, hospital officials say. Mrs. Schall, who has been at her son’s bedside almost constantly since the accident, went home last night. The mother had a nervous bn.umn several days after the mishap, it rallied rapidly. FLORIDA PLANS TO HALT ARMY OF HITCH-HIKER: By the Associated Press. 7:45 pm, (active military service. TAMPA, FLA., 27.—Re- Rev. D. R. Cleckner. Lieut, Col. rl\yhthew A. Reasoner, Med- | solutions ““;‘Jx Gov. Carlton to Potomac, Md, 11 am, Rev. G. G.|jcal Corps, of the surgeon generals |establish & northern bordnrnrm] to Oliver. i office, has been assigned to com- | check a reported invasion a Alexandria, Va., 11 am. Rev. 8. C.|mand of the medical depot at St. Louis; | 0f hundreds of hitch-hikers d Hatcher; 8 pm., Rev. C. D.Mnulhl. o Capt. Rnberhtee B. pm.td ter | vagrants from industrial centers of jthe Balls v. E. 8. , has n relieved from coun! at D. -c°. 3 mmh:flg::l mm;ongemwm » 3 construct ter at the Ar- this Clarendon; Va. (Taylor avenue), 11|lington National Cemetery, Va.; Ca The ference also L am., % C. D. Bulla; 8 pm., Rev. W. fBen)ntnln n.lu'zumm. gcld c‘m“. m asking the aauchg of Com- Clark Coals rom Hawal Indianapolis; pt. news encies, wel Gaithersburg, Md, 11 am, Rev. R.|James A. Code, Ir., Corpe, from | And. the. Salvation Avmy. to: brass B, Clagett. Fort Mason, Calif.."to Governors Island, | information that there are only enough ‘Warrenton, Va.,, 11 am, Rev. G. W.|N. Y.; Capt. Fred W. Fallin, Quuhr-l!obl in Florida to care for the State's Cobb. master Corps, from Fort Sam Houston, | own unemployed. Baltimore, Md—Central Church, 11| Tex., to Hawail and Capt. Leslie E. _The resolutions will be sent to Gov. am., Rev. John H. Pearson, and Sud- | Bowman, Quartermaster Corps, from Carlton upon his Teturn from a con- brook, 11 am., Rev. J. H. Brown, Jr. Hawall BSam Houston, Tex, 1