Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1930, Page 17

WASHINGTON, HIGHWAY SESSION BRINGS 650 HERE FROM GONATIONS World Road Congress Opens Tomorrow at Constitution Hall for Six Days. SECRETARY STIMSON TO DELIVER WELCOME Many Social Events Planned for Guests, Including White House Reception. Road builders of the world, represent- ing more than 60 nations, colonies and dependencies, meet in Washington this week to attend the sixth session of the International Road Congress For six days, beginning tomorrow, the common problem of praviding mankiad everywhere with swift, safe and eco- nomic highways will be studied by a conve=¢ion of experts such as this coun- try has noi erzertained before. The at- tendance of 650 foreign delegates from every civilized community will give to the deliberations an international as- pect not duplicated in Washington since the disarmament conference of 1921. A gala opening is planned for tomor row at 1:45 o'clock in Constitution Hall. After_a 15-minute period of music by the United States Navy Orchestra, Henry L. Stimson, the Secretary of State. will deliver the address of wel- come, Mr. Stimson will be introduced by Roy D. Chapin, whom President Hoover appointed to direct the Ameri- can organizing commission to prepare the way for the meeting. A response to Secretary Stimson's address will be delivered by M. Edmond Chaix, vice president of the Permanent International Association of Road Con- gresses, in the absence of Senator Al- bert Mahieu, the president, who at the last minute was forced to cancel his at- tendance because of his duties in the French Senate. Mr. Chaix is president of the Touring Club of France and a member of the Executive Committee of the permanent association. First in Hemisphere. The Washington convention of the congress marks the first time it has assembled on the Western Hemisphere. Countries that were known to history Paul le Gavrian of Paris, secretary mission. Mr. MacDonald met M. Gavrian which opens here this week. general of the International Association of Road Congresses (left), and Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the United States Public Roads Bureau and secretary general of the American Organizing Com- when he arrived for the road congress’ —Star Staff Photo. T0 CONVENE HER 15,000 Delegates Expected to Represent U. S. and 30 Other Nations. For the first time in their hundred years of history as a separate religious brotherhood the Disciples of Christ, who are organized into the Christian | churches or Churches of Christ, will | come in annual convention to Wash- | ington this month. | This_religious gathering, one of the most important held here in recent years, is expected to bring to the Na- tional Capital from the United States | and 30 nations as many as 15.000 dele- gates for sessions which start October 14 and will carry over October 23. A feature of these sessions will be the| before the American Government was conceived, Japan, Indo-China, India, Nigeria, Liban, Algeria, Morocco, Great Britain and France, will have repre- sentatives here to witness a progress in development not to be found anywhere else in the world. Men and women from these many lands will be interested in learning how the American people opened 600,000 miles of improved highway in 25 vears. In 1905 there were less than 25,000 au- tomobiles in this country and about 155,000 miles of improved highw with only 144 miles having a high-type sur- face. Today there are more than 26,000,000 motor vehicles in the United States and in addition to 600,000 miles of improved highway there are 500,000 miles of usable dirt roads. The congress has been divided into two sections, one to discuss the techni- cal phases of road construction and the other to study questions of traffic and finance. The importance and inter- national significance of the meeting ‘was described by Mr. Chapin fuurdly in a radio address broadcast from sta- tion WMAL over the Columbia Broad- casting System. Mr. Chapin said that under lead- ership of Thomas H. MacDonald, who is chief of the United States Bureau of Public Roads, “with the full co-op- eration of President Hoover and his administration, of the State highway departments an dof all industry, the congress will inevitably have an imme- diate and a profound influence, upon highway development everywhere.” “They come, these men, not so much to discuss the technical problems of grade, alignment and type of rcad, as on a human mission of vital im- portance,” he said. “Wrapped up in their deliberations is the social and economic future of their children, of yours and mine. Everyday Routine Job. “Primarily, theirs is the everyday routine job of scaling s mountain. penetrating & jungle, filling & swamp or pushing en express road through the intricate mazes of modern city traffic. “Fundamentally, these highway engi- neers are the vanguard of modern life. Upon the success of their efforts rests the opportunity of hundreds of millions of people to obtain for themselves new standards of living, nmew insight into the customs of their neighbors, new markets for the commodities they may produae. s their work progresses, they will stability to government, new yment to vast hests. n cas nd me to explcre with cur Abor 600 Amcrican engineers are | expected to attend the mestings, and in connection with the congress an inter- national road machinery show and ex- position will be staged at the Auditorium and on nearby property by the Ameri- can Road Builders' Association. The two sections of the congress will hold their meetings in the council chamber of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The cosmopoli- tan character of the deliberations is attested to by the fact that discussions will be in four languages, French, Ger- man, Spanish and English. While #peakers are talking their words will be translated by interpreters. To avold confusion, each interpreter will speak into a miniature telep Weight of Opinion. The opinions at these seciion meet- ings will be considered official at plenary meetings of the congress Fri- day in the Chamber of Commerce, at which time all conclusions of the dele- gates will be passed on. umerous social events have been planned for the delegates, notable among them being a reception by President Hoover which will be held at the White House Thursday after- noon at 4:30 o'clock; a reception by Secretary Stimson at the Pan-Ameri- can Union Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock, and & banquet Thursday eve- at the Willard Hotel, with the American Organizing Commission as host Three excursions will be made by the delegates to Mount Vernon Wednes- day; to Arlington Experiment Stati Friday, and to Annapolis on Satur where the visitors will be escorted through the United States Naval Academy and entertained at luncheon dedication of the National City Chris- | tian Church, now nearing completion | at Massachusetts avenue and Thomas Circle, to the erection of which Dis- ciples of Christ all over the United States have joined in contributing. The forthcoming sessions embody three distinct assemblages, the first being the international convention of the Disciples of Christ, the second a youths' convention, and the third a| world convention of Churches of Christ, the first ever called. Prominent church | Jeaders from England, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States and other countries will address the sessions on themes of international re- ligious interest. ‘Will Meet President. President Hoover, in recognition of the importance of the convention and | the anniversary of a hundred years of work, will receive the delegates at the White House on October 21, during the world convention sessions. Immediately following that occasion there will be a visit to the Garfleld monument as a tribute to the President of the United States, who worshipped regularly at the little frame chapel, forerunner to the beautiful National City Church that has just been erected. ‘The international convention of the Disciples of Christ meets annually at the choice of the convention. They decided to come to Washington this year and have a part in the dedication of the new church. Its sessions will begin October 14 and conclud: at tte com- munion services Sunday afternoon, October 19, at thé Washington Audi- torjum and Constitution Hall. The youth’s convention will be in session also from October 15-19. No one more than 24 years of age will ordinarily be admitted to this convention, which will hold separate sessions for the most part, although it will participate in some of the sessions of the other con- ventions. R. A. Long, philanthropist, of Kansas City, Mo., is president this year of the international convention. He will speak on “The Great Responsibility of the Church” the evening of October 14, fol- lowing the preliminary reports of vari- ous agencies of the church, Pension Fund Planned. One of the most important projects to come before the convention is the proposed effort to secure $8,000,000 for a pension fund for the retirement of | d ministers bject is to be seas dele of Octobe €ons, especia t when the delegates will assemble by | States and regions at the various hotels | of the city. On_October 15 will be inaugurated also the series of daily dedication of parts of the National City Christian Church, the first three being at 12:30 pm. and the last four being at 5 p.m. with the actual dedication of the build- ing at sunrise on Sunday, October 19. With business sessions in the after- noon, the morning and evening sessions | of the international convention will be of an inspirational character. Interest is centering on the election of a presi- | aent of the United Christian Missionary | i Society. Component parts of the or- fzation are the American Christian hris-| stian the Among are hoards of educa- Chr an unity end affiliated tion. temperance, evangelism Speakers on Program. Among the speakers will be Edgar De Witt Jones of Detroit, Roger T. Noee of Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. Jesse M. Bader of Indianapolis, Ind.) Charles Relgn Scofville, the evangelist; A. E. Corey and Charles T. Paul of In- dianapolls, Graham Frank of Dallas, Tex.; E. M. Waits, president of Texas | Christian University; Arthur Braden, | president of Transylvania University Kentucky; John D. Zimmerman, secre tary of the Kansas Christian Missionary Society; John G. Alber, secretary of the Nebraska Christian Missionary | Society: Rodney L. McQuary of Ander- | <on, Ind.; Paul Preston of Dallas, Tex.; | W. R. Warren of Indianapolis, Ind.: | Dr. H. O. Pritchard and John O. Wood | of the Board of Education and Dr. Luther Weigle of Yale University. The opening sessions of the World Convention will meet in two sections by Gov. Albert C. Ritchie at the An- napolis Roads Club. Special arrangements for entertain- ing the wives of the foreign delegates have been made by Miss L. Fuller, ex ecutive secretary to Thomas H. Ma Donald, who as chief of the United States Bureau of Public Roads, has an important place in the werk of the congress. The closing plenary session will be held Priday afternoon. on Sunday night, October 19, the one at the auditorium being presided over by Dr. Jesse Bader of Indianapolis, Ind., and that at Constitution Hall by Dr. Charles §. Medbury of Des Motnes, Towa. Deepening world fellowship among churches of Christ will be the general theme, speakers being Hon. J. W. Black CHURCH OF CHRIST | | Christian _unity. | v nations, when representatives of 30 countries will each respond with a 3- minute greeting from their respective churches. Those who will respond for the United States are E. S. Jouett, vice president and general manager of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co..and C. C. Chapman, California business man. The general themes of the morning and afternoon of October 20 will fea- ture the beginnings and the work of the century of this religious movement. | Among the speakers will be delegates | from England. Australia, New Zeal Canada, Russia and the United States. “All-Nations” Luncheon. Some of the topics of the convention will include addresses on “The Church Invincible,” by Leo Sadler of Green- ville, N. C., and Elijah V. Stivers of Eugene, Oreg., and the results of Pente- cost anniversary observances. An “all-nations” luncheon will be given October 21 at the Mayflower Hotel, followed in the afternoon by the White House reception and the me- morial service at the Garfield Monu- ment. One of the most interesting sessions will be held the afternoon of October 23, the closing day of the world con- vention. The theme will be world is- sues, with Oliver Stuart of Chicago speaking on a sober world, H. L. Herod of Indianapolis on a brotherly world, and Kirby Page of New York on & warless world. The closing session will be a “coronation service.” The con- vention chorus of 300 voices, under the direction of W. E. Braithwaite, director of music at the National City Church, will sing the “Hallelujah Chorus” from the “Messiah” and Hugh McLellan of Winchiester, Ky., will be the speaker. ‘The youths' convention extends from the afternoon of October 15 to Sunday evening, October 19. The main themes of discussion will be economic justice. racial brotherhood. world peace and Robert W. Burns of Atlanta, Gu., is the president. While its general sessions are to be held at the Auditorfum and_Constitution Hall, mass assemblies will be held in the Lutneran Place Memorial Church, the Vermont Avenue Christian Church and the new National City Church. 1,000 Churches Expected. It is expected that a thousand churches will send delegates to this youths' convention. Dr. C. R. Ras- mussen, pastor of the Luther Place Church and R. R. Potter, chairman of the Young People's Commission of the ‘Washington Church Federation, will extend the city's welcome. Among those who will lead group dis- cussions are Ralph B. Shank, Hagers- town, Md., and Katherin Wilfley o ‘Washington. D. C., on “Economic Jus- tice”: Jennie Chicholm of Washington, “Racial Brotherhood”; Ethel Bailey of Washington, “World Peace,” and_Ro- berta Bell Galloway of Takoma Park, Md., “Christian Unity.” There will be a banquet the eve- ning of October 18 at the Calvary Bap- tist Church. At a young people's ves- per service at the National City Church Sunday evening, October 19, repre- sentatives of various organizations of the Was] District will speak and B. A. Abbott, editor of the Christian- Evangelist of St. Louis, will give an address on Christian unity. Episcopaliin young Deople of the Washe palian young people e - Diocese; the Ep: League Methodist Episcopal Church of the Dis- trict; Fred Schlicker, the Luther League: Robert M. Lyon, the Christian Endeavor Union; Paul Smith, the Ep- worth League of the Methodist, Episco- pal Church South, and Thomas R. Wil- son, the Baptict Young People’s Union. A fieg from New Zealand youth will be presented at this session by Jean Dick. The Central Committee is composed of Robert W. Burns. Atlanta, Ga., pres- ident; Grace B. Holloway, Indianapolis. Ind., secretary-treasurer; Thomas M. Giltner, Louisville, Ky., first vice presi- dent; Gertrude B. Hopper, Chicago, Ill., second vice president; Franklin H. Minck, Orange, Calif., former president, | and Harvey Baker Smith, pastor of the Columbia Heights Ch Church, ‘Washington, D. C. FARM BOARD DECLINES LOAN INFORMATION By the Associated Press. ‘The Federal Farm Board declined vesterday to make known the amount of money it has loaned and interest ratcs charged co-operatives until its arnual report is submitted to Congress. The information was asked by Rep- entative Celler, Democrat, New York, who made public a letter he wrote Chairman Legge Tenewing a request made and denied in tember. Cel- ler asked the names of co-operatives getting loans, the amounts and inter- est charge and any information the board might have as to reloan inter- est_rates. Secretary Christensen on September 22 wrote the New Yorker the board “found it inadvisable” at the time to make available the information. At the board office it was said yesterday the board's-annual report was being compiled, and the information Celler sked would be made public shortly. In his second letter Celler said he had been informed co-operatives had been charged as much as 4 per cent and as little as 1% per cent, and that they in turn had charged members as much |as from 5 to 7 per cent interest. He | expressed the opinion that withholding | interest rates would excite suspicion. | Boy in Hospital Learns Sewing. | (PITTSBURGH, Pa., October 4 (NA. N.A) —Three months that Joe Weh- ner, 11, has spent in a hospital may slow him up on & foot bell field, but he of Leicester, England, formerly a mem- ber of the British Parliament, and C. R. Stauffer of Atlanta, Ga. One of the dramatic phases of the (has learned to sew, knit and crochet, and has become so proficient he is giv- ing his four sisters lessons. (Copysisht, 1930.) convention will be the roll call of the | B N SUNDAY The Sunday Star MORNING, OCTOBER GENERAL NEWS 4| 5, 1930. PAGE B-1 CAMPBELL PISTOL 70 BE EXAINED AGAIN BY EXPERT Defendant Expected to Plead Not Guilty on Tues- day. NOVEMBER MAY BE SET AS TRIAL TIME Prosecution Undecided as Whether to Ask for Re- fusal of Bond. to ‘With the Government's “case” against Herbert M. Campbell—the al- leged murder weapon—tucked away in a tiny black bag, Sam Hardy, a Depart- ment of Justice agent, will leave for Chicago again today to enable Col. Cal- vin Goddard, ballistics expert, to make further tests of the revolver. Meanwhile opposing counsel com- pleted plans last night for the legal skirmish expected to break forth anew ‘Tuesday when Campbell is arraigned in the District Supreme Court on a first- degree murder charge resulting from the slaying of Mary Baker April 11. He will enter a plea of not guilty. Two Tssues Confronted. Associate Justice Jesse D. Adkins probably will preside at the preliminary hearing. The outstanding issues he will b called on to decide are whether the defendant shall be permitied to remain at liberty under bond and whetner Campbell's demand for an early trial shall be granted. William H. Collins, assistant United States attorney in charge of the case, declared last night that he was unde- cided as to whether he would ask that bond be denied. He added he had no objection to a trial within a week or 10 days. He intimated, however, that the crowded court docket would remove all possibility of a trial before the mid- dle of November. Bond Ts Expected. Charles Henry Smith, chief of de- fense counsel, expressed confidence that his client would remain at liberty until the beginning of the actual trial. In declining to discuss reports that William E. Leehy, Washington attorney, had been retained to aid in the de- fense, Smith said negotiations with a “certain Washington lawyer” were in but no definite action had cution's case to be strengthened by additional photographs of the Camp- bell pistol and death bullets to be taken this week by Col. Goddard in his crime detection laboratory at Northwestern University. Col. Goddard reported several months ago at the conclusion of a series of in- tricate tests that the weapon volun- tarily turned over to i tigators by Campbell unquestionably was the one used in the slaying. He declared this was proved by the firing of test bul- lets and comparison beneath a micro- scope. Under present plans the revolver and bullets are also to be examined by Dr. Albert H. Hamilton of Auburn, N. Y., an authority of firearms. Dr. Hamilton will be brought here by the defense. TALKS ARE PLANNED BY WASHINGTONIANS | Capital Woman Will Preside at f Recreation Congress Tomorrow at Atlantic City. | | Several Washingtonians will among the chief speakers at the Na- tional Recreation Congress in Atlantic City beginning tomorrow. . Eliot, II, director of p! ning of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, will discuss “City Planning for Recreation Workers” ‘Wednesday. Miss 8ibyl Baker, director of the Community Center Department in the local achools, will preside and lead the discussion of two major subjects to- morrow. Problems to be considered in- chude, “What Responsibility Does the Community Center have in providing evening recreation for boys and girls of Junior and senior high school age?” and “What handcraft projects are best adapted to different age groups>” Miss Baker also will speak Tuesday on “Trends in American Life Affect- ing Recreation.” Herbert Evison, executive secretary o he National Conferance on State Parks with headquarters in Washington, will be among the other speakers Tuesday, as well as Harlean James, executive secretary of the American Civic Asso- clation; Miss Ella Gardner of the Chil- dren’s Bureau of the Department of Labor; Robert Sterling Yard and Dr. Marie M. Ready, recreation activities ) list of the office of education in the Department of the Interior. Standards of recreation for American families will be gone into by two other Washington women, Miss Julla D. Con- nor, assistant director of Better Homes in America, and Miss Ellen Lombard, specialist in home education, Depart- ment of Interior. Among other persons from this city who will attend the conclave will b: Edwin C. Grabam, chairman of the Community Center Council; F. B. But- ler. assistant director. office of public buildings and _public parks: Albert Clyde-Burton, Commodore W. E. Long- fellow, Mrs. Susic Root Rhodes and Miss Lydia Burklin. WOMEN, TWO MARINES, HELD IN THEFT OF AUTO Trio Arrested at Cumberland When Proper Credentials Are Not Produced. A woman and two Marine privates were arrested at Cumberland, Md., yes- terday in connection with the theft of an automobile here several days ago after the allegedly stolen automobile skidded from the road and overturned near Cumberland. ‘The trio, Walter C. Pahel, 19 years old, of Quantico, Va.; Richard Luzler, 21 years old, of the same place, and Miss Delores De Veney, 21 years old, who sald she had no address, were police headquarters with grand larceny. Cumberland authorities arrested them when they I to show proper cre- dentials concerning the automobile. The machine, police said, was stolen from Simon Levy of 3700 Massachusetts ave- nue several days ago while it was parked in front of his home. The trio is being held at the sixth precinct pend- ing trial at Police Court tomorrow or the next day. - | | | | Police Court, tomorrow. Left to right: Dorothy Fox, Edna Robinson, Virginia Schleider and Frances Morrison, Census Bureau employes, forced to eat their lunch on the lawn because of the lack of restaurant accommodations. FOOD HAWKERS VIE FOR TRADE OF CENSUS BUREAU WORKERS| Thr;e Government-Operated Cafeterias Unable to Care for 4,000 Extra Employes. The Scotchman's Junch wagon had a | generous amount of parking space, but | the Scotchman himself was in no great hurry to give away an inch of it free for nothing. The little Italian dancing behind his banana push cart was nearly frantic. | It was most noon; any moment now | the overflow, with scant time in the 30- | 6,000 Census Burean employes would | swarm out looking for their Saturday | luncheon—there would be business enough for all. “Move up_one feeta one-foot!” be- | sought the Itailan, “—only- one feeta,; one foota!” % | The Scotchman turned adlacid eye on his helpers, arranging hot dogs and sandwiches; he, like his Junch cart, | was_quite unmoved. Along Sixth street next the Census | buildings stretched an unbroken line | of lunch carts, shelved with edibles, with | soft drinks—every sort of vehicle that could be pushed or pulle¢: or motorized. Nowhere was Italian. He was late. ‘The little man had | come hurrying down the street, long after the others had taken the best places. He tried to wedge in now be- tween the Scotchman and the colored man, who had converted an old sight- seeing bus into a rolling restaurant. Pushers Unpopular. “Let me in,” wailed the Italian, push- | ing and perspiring as his cart wedged | between the trucks. “Let me in!" | ‘No pushing, no pushing!” rose a | shouted protest along the line. Pushers, | explained the patrolman on the beat,| are unpopular. no_one likes it. Private automobiles are shoved to- | gether, bumper to bumper, for every | inch of curb space is valuable. There | is much wailing and gnashing of teeth when the employes try to get their sutomobiles out of the jam at closing ur., there a place for the | Everyone pushes and | The curb competition sprang up when the census added some 4,000 employes | to its rolls to care for the periodic tabulation. The three Government- operated cafeterias are adequate only for the permanent force, Daily they are filled to capacity, and minute luncheon period to seek else- where, must patronize the curb hawkers or bring their own lunches. —Star Staff Photo. BIG NEW BUILDING REPORTED LANNED Mystery Purchaser at 12th- 13th-and Avenue and E in Likely Deal. Development of the entire square bounded by Pennsylvania avenue and E street, Twelfth and Thirteen'h streets, | a part of which was purchased in Au- gust by a principal whose identity as yet is shrouded in mystery, looms as a possibility in the face of recurring re- Restaurant Under Way. While the Controller General has re- affirmed his refusal to authorize anothe Government cafeteria, a foundation al. Teady has been laid on the reservation | along Missouri avenue restaurant ‘The building is b2ing pieced together from odds and ends—bits of material salvaged from the Government struc- ture which burned recently, lumber gathered here and there. The Depart- for a small ment of Public Buildings and Public | Parks is supplying most of the labor. It is hoped to have the restaurant in operation before cold weather sets in, with its attendant hardships to an out- door lunch room clientele. Meanwhile the hawkers sell out daily and vie with each out for the best parking places. Most of them park cars there early in the morning, before the Census Bureau's motorists can line the curb. Some bring their own cars, other have working agreements with garages and rent old cars, which are whecied into place early. One hawker sends an ancient sightseeing bus down every morning, which is moved out only when his lunch wagon rolls up. At any rate, the little Italian—the man who came late—had to trundle his cart off down the street. If he found a parking space no one seemed to notice. After the rush began no one had time to notice. ONE KILLED, TWO | HURY N WISHAPS lMan Fatally Injured in Fall- ing Under Wheels of Truck. George William Harris, 50 years old, of 1057 Jefferson street, was fatally in- jured yesterday when he fell beneath the wheels of a five-ton truck not more than half a block from his home. The truck driver, Morris Robison Tapp, 41 years oid, of Baliston, Va., s being held pending the outcome of an inquest to be held at the District Morgue tomorrow. Harris died at Georgetown University Hospital two hours after his arrival. Death, physicians said, was due to & skull fracture and internal injuries. Police reported that Harris was lean- ing against a parked automobile in the 1000 block of Jefferson street when he suddenly lurched and fell directly in the path of the apprcaching truck. " wheels, police said, passed over him. The brakes of Tapp's truck were found in good condition following a test made at the Trafic Bureau. Joseph Diggs of 1071 Jefferson street, a wit- ness of the accident, will testify at the inquest. Mrs. John A. Edwards, 62 years old, of 606 North Carolina avenue southeast, in an undetermined condition at Casualty Hospital after she was struck and knocked down by an automobile at Sixth and Pennsylvania avenue south- east last night. Given James Hammett, 25 years old, of 404 Twelfth street southeast, was arrested by fifth precinct police and charged with reckless driving and de- fective brakes, He was later released on $600 bond to answer the charge in Mrs. Edwards was treated for numerous severe cuts and bruises to her arms and legs. James Loskawitz, 16 years old, 710 Tenth strect southeast, was seriously injured last night when he was struck by an automobile operated by Ernest | McCracken, 19 years old, of 709 E street | southwest, at Thirteenth and K streets southeast. Loskawitz was taken to Casualty Hospital and treated for a possible skull fracture. McCracken was arrested mdlng the outcome of the The and hel boy’s injurles. BOY’S INJURY FATAL Arthur Cross Dies From Hurts Sus- tained When Hit by Auto. Running from behind a pagked auto- mobile directly into the path’of an ap- proaching machine, Arthur Cross, 7 years old of 2500 K street, was fatally hurt yesterday. He was taken to Georgetown University Hospital and treated for a skull fracture and numer- ous cuts and bruises on his body and face. He died last night. ‘The driver of the automobile, Mrs. Mary V. Lambert, 35 years old, of 1200 Thirty-seventh street was arrested. Pbo]uce said the accident was unavoid- able. ‘The child was playing with several companions on the sidewalk when he suddenly darted from behind the parked car and was struck by the machine, | streets of the finest residential neigh- PETTON SOUGHT AANST VENDIG Merchants Fear Flood of Pushcarts Under New Regulation. Steps are being taken by the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Assocation to compile a petition signed by several hundred Washington business men ask- ing that the District Commissinoers re- scind the new street vending regulation, which the association bolds will throw the city “wide open” to push cart vend- ors, it was announced yesterday by Edward D. Shaw, secretary. Decision to compile the petition was reached, Mr. Shaw said, after his or- ganization received a communication from the city heads announcing that no change would be made in the regula- tion for the present. Fcar Push Cart Flood. The new regulation permits street | v-hdors to stop as long as 30 minutes at one time in one place in the District, but bars them from certain circles and the arterial highways. This, the mer- chants body declares, will permit out- of-town organizations to “flood” the city with push carts, which might be parked all day even in front of fashion- able residences, by having the peddlers move from one spot to another every half hour. Mr. Shaw wrote the Commissioners recently that the Merchants and Man- ufacturers’ Association, “on behalf of about 3,000 retail stores affected, went on record as being strongly opposed to the action of the Commissioners in changing this regulation, for the fol- lowing reasons: Reasons Are Listed. 1. “Under the new regulation it is permissible for a vendor who pays a| small license fee to park any kind of a | vehicle and carry on trade along the borhood, from which sections mer- chants, who pay high rents and taxes, are now barred by the zoning laws. The board feels that this is unjust dis- crimination. 2. “While the regulation limits the time of stopping in any one place for a period of 30 minutes, the board feels that the act is practically nullified in that it believes the law can be techni- cally complied with by the vendor mov- ing a few feet at the end of each 30- minute period. Such a regulation, the board feels, is extremely difficult, if not impossible, of enforcement. 3. “The new regulation will make it possible for hundreds of push carts and other dilapidated vehicles to invade the residential sections of the city and greatly add to the already serious traf- fic and parking problems. 4. “The parking of such unsightly vehicles in the better sections of the city will depreciate property values and greatly detract from the beauty of the Nation's Capital City. “The Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, therefore, respectfully re- quests that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia reconsider their action in changing this regulation, and trust that they y see their way clear to rescind this action and re-enact the .| ports in reliable circles that negotia- | tions are pending for the remainder of the large square. Negotiations for the inclusion of the | the new develepment were expected to be resumed this week by agents of the new owners of the west end of the square. All the remainder of the block | is known to be owned by Christian Heurich, sr, who has just returned to_Washington from Europe. It was reported in apparently well- informed circles yesterday that the negotiations would take the form either of a proposal that the larger portion of the block be sold to the owners of the building site or included in the proposed development under a long-term lease arrangement, such as has been em- operations here. Big Development Likely. If this plan is consummated, it would forecast a new development for this commanding sitc overlooking the Gov- ernment triangle south of Pennsylvania avenue of a size ond importance far greater than that indicated by the pur- chase of the western end of the square. While no official announcement has been made to date concerning either the identity of the purchaser of the tract at the western end of the square, or the character of the building planned, the mere confirmation of the report that the purchaser paid well in excess of $1,000,000, in cash, for the 18,796 square feet, was an indication to local observers that the purchaser had a project of magnitude in mind, and also had huge financial resources or backing. The entire block contains a grand total of 69,100 square feet which would make possible a structure of huge size. [f a building of maximum size permitted by the zoning code were erected on the | square it would be onc of the most | prominent and outstanding private Washington developments, due to its iz> and position facing the monumental government buildings to the south. Mr. Heurich has been represented re- cently as not being interested in a pro- posal that he sell his holdings along Pennsylvania avenue between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, but it was be- lieved by those closely associated with sider & 99-year lease proposal. No direct comments, however, can be drawn from any of the few having any real information about the project. Agent for Purchaser. The National Bank took fitle as trustee to the property at the west- ern end of the square as agent for the undisclosed purchaser. This property acquired has a frontage of 89 feet on Pennsylvania avenue, 144 feet on Thir- teenth street and of 128 feet on street. Bank officials, respecting the wishes of the purchaser, will neither confirm nor deny any official reports concerning any phase of the contem- ted development amors still persist that the new development will take the form of a hotel with possibly some other features. | Most rumors to date, however, are based apparently on what observers think would be the most likely development. The mystery surrounding the purchase and the reported negotiations for the remainder of the square has served to_stimulate interest in the project. ‘The latest rumor to be run to earth is the report that the Statler Hotel or- ganization, with headquarters in the Pennsylvania Hotel in New York, was the purchaser and planned to build a large hotel here. Frank A. McKowne, president, informed The Star this week that his organization has not been and is not interested in the site, was not the purchaser and knew nothing about the transaction. Likewise the rumor that the Penns vania Raliroad or one of its bus sub- siciaries was the purchaser of the site has been met with the statement of the general real estate agent of th> railroad in Philadelphia that that organization was not the purchaser. A local spokesman for the Ford Motor Co. likewise has stated that Ford is not the purchaser of the site, D_e;l:lieported. The following deaths have bet the Health Department ini the Zerealds €. White, 84, 1635 Mary A. Hadden, 82, 4317 Dorinda’ A. Reynolds, 79, 1 Katharine A, Hayden. 75, Mary E. Thornton, 7i, 831 Joseph Lovea 1, 114 William G. Hi Sist James Thomas G. Wi Evangeline S. Baker, Hospital. iast Monroe st. eorgia a en Teported to last 3¢ hours: Btore. Quincy st 7_15th st . Hargrave, 57, Keith's Theater. Mary 53,1500 35th at. eorge, 53, 861 F rovidence Hospital. 1 month, Children's Births Reporte;i. The following births have been reported to the Health Department ini the last 24 hours: Henry L. and Elsie u Dorothy F. L. and Mae E. Smit} Gus and Angelena Vakas, Clifton arnd Rosamund Adams, si Russell G. and Margaret Ma Thomas A. and Agnes R. Doyle, Karl d Mon b previous regulation, which was in effect for several years." N - remainder of the block in th> site for| ployed in a numbar of other building | th: him that he would be inclined to con-| % | Death PORTABLE SCHOOLS NOW USED HERE ARE CUTTOTOTAL OF5 Five Still Employed Have Been Moved to New Sites Since Last Year. ELIMINATION PLANNED OF 16 ADDITIONAL UNITS Congestion May Necessitate Fur- ther Transfer of Buildings to Other Locations. With the elimination this Fall of eight of the one-room frame structures, the District public school system has entered upon the 1930-31 academic year with 59 portable school houses still in use, according to data compiled by Jere J. Crane, first assistant super~ intendent in charge of business affairs and school buildings. Of those in use, five are going into service at new locations, having been moved during the Summer from sta- tions they occupied last year. The biggest and most important eliminati of these structures against which pubiie sentiment has been aroused, cccurred at the Park View School where five portables are replaced this year by a new 15-room addition to the main building. Four of these are to be turned over to the District property office for final disposition, indicating thelr complete withdrawal from service, while “the remaining one has been stored for possible use in the future. Will Drop 16 More. Mr. Crane pointed out late yester- day that 16 more of the portables in service this year will be eliminated next | year through new construction sched- juled this season and provided for in the current appropriation. Every ef- {fort will be made, Mr. Crane declared, {to abandon these 16 structures for all j time, although it is possible that con- gestion at new locations will ces- stitatc the transfer of gome of them |to new sites. The portables which were discon- tinued this year were one of the five at the Garrison School, one of the three at the Jefferson Junior High School, one of the two at the Keene School and the five at the Park View School, Those which have been transferred to new sites this year include one from the B. W. Murch School site to the Broad Branch road site, making a community of three portables where only two did service last year; one from e B. W. Murch School to Wesley Heights, making & community of five, where four served at the beginning of last year (this whole group will be eliminated, however, with the comple- tion next September of the new eight- room school); two from Burrville School to Deanwood, and one from’ ithe Takoma School to the Whittier | School, making two there. Others in Service. Other portables in service this year are as follows: One at the old Bates road site, Allison street and Fort drive; one at the Benning School, Anacostia road and Benning street northeast; two at the Brookland School, Twelfth and ;‘onru streets northeast; three at the nue and Military road; four at the Cleveland School, Eighth and T streets; two at the Congress Heights School, Nichols and Alabama avenues south- east; three at the John Eaton School, Thirty-fourth street and Lowell place; two at the Fillmore, Thirty-fifth and 8 streets; two at the Giddings School, Third and G streets southeast: three at the Harrison School, Thirteenth and V streets; two at the Kalmia road site, | Fourteenth street and Kalmia road; one iat the Kingsman School, Fourteenth and E streets northeast; one at the Maury School, Twelfth and B streets southeast; two at the Orr School, Twenty-second and Prout streets south- east; one at the Powell Junior High School, Hiatt place and Lamont street; wo at Rosedale, Twentieth and Rose- dale streets northeast; two at the Syphax School, Half and N streets southwest, and two at the Tenth and Pranklin streets northeast sif BODY OF RECLUSE FOUND IN CABIN of 73-Year-0ld Sammuel Hessler, Ivy City Figure, lieved Natural. ‘The body of Samuel Hessler, 7. old carpenter and handy-man, who had been a familiar figure in the Ivy City neighborhood for gears, was found near the doorway of his cabin home in the woods near Seventeenth and Bryant streets yesterday afternoon by Arthur ‘Taylor, 45-year-old metal lather, who shared the cabin with L Police of No. 12 precinct after an in- vestigation said last night they were sure Hessler died of natural causes. He was last seen alive about 2 o'clock by a neighbor, Benjamin Redmiles, of 2400 Seventeenth street northeast, su- perintendent of the National Lutheran Home farm. Redmiles said that Hessler came to the house saying he was hungry and had only 6 cents. He was given some milk and bread, and the promise of some sweet potatoes, but he never re- turned for the sweet potatoes. When Taylor, his friend, returned from work he found the body of Hessler lying on its side near the doorway of the home. The food was uneaten. A chair over- turned nearby led Taylor to believe his friend had fallen and attempted to catch himself on the chair. Hessler had been a caretaker on the estate of seven acres on which he had lived many {,‘I‘l About 18 months ago the house burned and since he had been living in & cabin with his friend Taylor. They had three dogs. 'he body was removed to the morgue, where it will be viewed later by the coroner. HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE Second Precinct Police Arrest Two Men After Chase. Arthur H. Cummings, 25 years old, of 811 Quincy street and Russell Petit, 32 years old, of 614}, Park road were ar- rested by second precinct police yeste: day and charged with transporting two one-half gallon jars of alleged liquor following a chase of more than a mile. An additional charge of driving while drunk was placed against Cummings. The chase started at Seventh and 'oo:‘ “;veenu‘gv Abll;u:dm WQ - was aflv!# at & high e and reck: lessly. e chase en at avenue and W street, o Y S