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S The Foening SHaf [ coerst vews WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1930. SOLVING HUB FIRES|SMITH OFFICIALS o Bl ||CREDITED 10 TWOJ WILL STAND TRIAL CLEVER INSPECTORS| LATE THIS MONTH PAGE B-1 PRIVATE DETECTIVE HELD ON CHARGE OF POSING AS OFFICER * FLIVVER 1,500 MILES TO FLY BUDGET CHIEFS SAY CHANGE IN SYSTEN ~ WILL BENEFIT GITY Designating Priority of Items Planned as Giving Commis- sioners More Leeway. COL. ROOP TO ATTEND HEARINGS IN PERSON Bureau May Also Find Way of Separating D. C. Funds From Federal Money. Note—This is the concluding ar- ticle of a series of three discussing the power of the Federal Bureau of the Budget over locally raised rev- enues of the District, BY J. A. O'LEARY. Officials of the Budget Bureau believe the new method adopted this year of calling for one set of estimates without fixing tentative limitations in advance, but with increases marked according to priority of need, will give department heads a better opportunity to present a complete picture of what they regard | as their requirements to the budget- making authorities, | One result of the new plan is to enable Col. J. Clawson Roop, the pres- ent director of the budget, to IK in on all budget hearings this year, by making possible an earlier start on the series of hearings. Thus, the head of the Budget Bureau will be able this year to hear first hand the views of the various departments in justifica- tion of the items asked for. Under the former system more than one hear- ing would be in progress at a time. The change in the procedure of sub- mitting estimates, budget officials ex- lain, is intended to give department eads as great a degree of admin- istrative discretion as possible. The Budget Bureau, of course, has the same authority as before to make revisions where it is felt that an agency has outlined a more enthusiastic program than can be recommended for one year ‘when considered in connection with the other needs of the Government service. Surplus Money Accumulated. For several years prior to 1930 a surplus of District revenues was accumu- because the estimates and appro- tions were not up to the limit of ue which came in. Appmgrlluam since been made by Con- believed, will use up vir- cur&l'llu. and that phase tuation is not likely to the near future. The the bus Col. 3 t year, and is under- same view now; that needs to be met reason for building ling to meet needs, in book as submitted to has always con- of the estimated expenditures of the Dis- ct government, but heretofore District figures have been incorporated in with the totals for the Government S i B :ry‘tfl i v o r work _ou budget tables g‘l way that will show LS of funds which are y_the Federal Government, but wm'::h 2; not_belong P ] 2§ o s§ 3 il g5 H i i §E : % H to the Gov- in the District government, the Insti- vernment Research of the system, lhrauml: , g which the heads of the District gov- ernment could lay before Congress a full report of financial operations in the past, present financial conditions and an estimate of future needs. The ents presented by the institute in favor of this recommendation were set forth. as follows: “(1) It lays the basis for the segre- gation of the finances of the District %l sty and - ane onal budget and the and accounting system Government by- remov- ing from them items not constituting & part of the receipts and.expenditures proper of ‘the National Government, which now improperly swell both sides of the acoounts, and (3) it will con- centrate responsibility for formulating an expenditure and work program in a single body ' (whether the existing Board of Commissioners or the pro- posed legislative council), where it properly belongs, instead of having the | responsibility divided as it now is be- | tween the issioners and the ! Bureau of the Budget, one a local and the other a Federal agency.” ‘The institute took the view that if the District is to be considered purely as one of the executive departments of the National Government, it is proper that the procedure with respect to its estimates should conform to that of the Government departments. The report added, however, that the Dis- trict, in fact, is a distinct political sub- division, analogous in all legislative sys- cept as pertains. to- its legisiative sys- tem, to the territories and dependencies. ‘The institute in its report also em- phasized the fact that even if the Dis- trict authorities submitted the local budget to Congress without reference to the Federal Budget Bureau the Na- tional Government would still have the opportunity to control the fnancial policies of the District through Con- gress. Limitations Still Possible. “If it is deemed advisable” the in- stitute’s report continued, “that limita- tions shall be placed upon the District government in regard to the character of the budget that may be prepared and submitted by it, as, for example, that the total expenditures recommend- ed shall not exceed the total of reve- nues to be received under the existing revenue system of the District, or under a designated tax rate, this can be pro- vided for by law. “Should the recommendation that the District budget be taken from under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of the Budget not meet with approval, pro- vision d at least be made for a segregation of the District budget from that of the Natlonal Government, its lnepcntkm as a separate document, and ts consideration by the Bureau of the Budget and subsequently by as an independent proposition.” Local ials have not commented on this subject recently, but while the Gibson subcommittee of the House was studying District affairs in November, 192¢, Daniel J. Donovan, District au- ditor and budget officer, made the fol- recommendation to the sub- ttee: “The Commissiofers should have t% To two fire inspectors in the Fire Department goes the credit for solving the mystery of four fires in warehouses of the Hub Furniture Co. Left to right, they are: J. R. Gray and R. C. Rol confession of Lingan A. Butler. Their efforts resulted in the HACKER ROBBED OF AUTO AND %0 Police Told of Hold-up by Armed Colored Man After Trip to District Line. Loss of $90 and his automobile was reported to the police yesterday after- noon by John W. Smith, colored, of 4411 Lane place northeast. Smith was employed by an unidentified colored man at Forty-fourth street and Hunt place northeast to drive him to Forest- ville, Md., and when on Benning road near the District line the fare inquired of the hacker if he had change for a $10 bil. Smith answered “Yes” and the pas- senger forced him from the car at the point of a pistol and quickly relieved him of his $90, he told the police. The bandit returned the weapon to his pocket and drove off in the hacker’s car. He quickly disappeared in the wooded section, leaving Smith to walk back to the city. Hold-Up by Four Vain. Four unidentified colored men par- tiolpated in the attempted hold-up last night of John Ware, colored, 613 Sec- ond street northeast, during which a pistol was displayed, but not dis- cl The quartet left Ware's home without having obtained his cash. ‘Theft of jewelry valued at $235 was reported to the police last night by Conta Spangler, occupant of an apart- ment on the fourth floor of 1426 M street. The stolen cles included a string of pearls, bracelet and brooch. Floyd Rowe, Blue Plains, asked police these | to arrest two unidentified white men who were given a ride in his automo- bile on Livingston road southeast Sun- day night. He sald the men forced him to drive them to a point near the ;'!18:;1:: line, where they robbed him Saxophone Reported Taken. ‘Taking of a saxaphone valued at $175 from Tech High School,” Second and T stfeets northeast, yesterday, was re- ported to the police by Frederick Semon, 5008 Seventh street. Mrs. Mary M. O'Brien, 3824 Legation School, Seventh and C streets south- east, told police of the taking of her pocketbook from her desk last night. The thook, containing $5, keys. checks, driver's permit and registration card, the teacher stated, was stolen by & young man who was seen to run from the room. . ey o ety et e emored early t entered through the kitchen and helped them- selves to jewelry valued at $60, propert; of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben G. Hm and a pair of shoes and jewelry valued at $109, property of Kirke L. Simpson. MISS ROWE WIGGINS LEAVES $1,640,000 Niece and Others Will Get Income From Principal of Her Estate. Miss Rowe Wiggins, Gra: who died Scpbem‘gr 24, lef{":r‘m :‘r’.':t!e valued in excess of $1,640,000 accotd- ing to the petition for the probate of her will filed by the Safe Deposit & Trust Co. of Baltimore, the executor, through Attorneys Minor, Gatley & Drury. The beneficiaries include a niece, Adele E. Jones of Warrenton, N. C.; two grand-nieces, Elise M. Van Dusen and Mildred 8. Grifith of gm-‘l;:;bg:bré m‘l'l;‘d & grand-nephew, 3 i - mn“:. ber r. "of Wilming Miss Wiggins owned real estate a Wilmington, N. C., valued at l50.000t, had securities estimated at $1,500,000; :;‘5}50 $01,000, and household” effects, She leaves her wearin, household effects with hgl' ‘:‘fi:;:‘nb‘flng to her niece, Adele E. Jones, Her estate is to be converted into cash by the Wilmington Savings & Trust Co. of Wilmington, N. C., and the proceeds turned over to the Safe Deposit & Co. of Baltimore, which Eo:o act as trustee of the remaining estate. The trustee is directed to divide the estate | into two funds to be known and No. 2. The income from Funa No. 1 15 to be paid to the niece, Adele E. Jones, for life and the income from Fund No. 2 is to be distributed one- half to Elise M. Van Dusen and one. half to be divided between Mildred S. Griffith and G. Herbert Smith, jr., during their lives. Descendants of the beneficlaries are to divide the estate. RECOVER STOLEN CAR Automobile of Army Nurse Corps Head Found by Police Undamaged. An automobile of Maj. Julia C. Stim- son, head of the Army Nurse Corps, which was stolen yesterday, was recov- ered this morning by park police. The automobile, taken from a park- ing place near the Munitions B | fore arrest and —Star Staff Photo. DRILLS TO BEGIN MONUMENT TEST Ten 'Holes to Determine Safety of Excavation for Sunken Gardens. ‘The Giles Drilling Corporation of New York moved its equipment into place today and prepared to begin drilling operations near the base of the Wash- ington Monument, ‘o advise the engi- neers how far down it is to bedrock. This_ informal is necessary for use in conjunction with the proposed sunk- en gardens to be created in that vicin- ity. Engineers of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks know that there is no bedrock before about 40 feet down and are hopeful of striking 1t from 50 to 90 feet below the surface. The National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission and the Office of Public Bufldlng and Public Parks wish to know the th, so that the engi- neers may be advised how far down it is safe to excavate, in the vicinity of the Washington Monument for the gardens that are to surround the stately shaft. W. T. Partridge, ‘consulting ar- chitect of the commission, has been at work for some time on a model of the proposed Washington Monument gardens. Data to Be Established. operations are to estab- data that will guide the The drilling lish scientific commissiol Grant, of the Washington Monument is of filled earth, the engineers say, and a visible base near the doorstep is about 45 feet above sea level. The base of the Washington Monument does not rest upon bed rock, the engineers ex- plain, but is on a wide foundation of stone and cement, which in turn rests on clay. When the Washington Monu- ment was started with the foundation was fo by the Gov- ernment, which took over construction later, to be inadequate. Accordingly, Government engineers quadrupled the foundations of the Monument, Ten to Be Drilled. The drilling company is expected to be at work for about six weeks and will drill 10 holes in a circumference cut beyond the roadway that surrounds the ‘Monument. The Government is conducting re- searches into the subterranean water conditions surrounding the Washington Monument so that when the sunken gardens are created they will not be flooded by water, such as was en- countered in the construction of the foundations for the new Government buildings in the triangle. The gardens, the engineers say, will have to be at least 17 feet above mean low tide. ‘The National Capital Park and Plan- Commission has its plans for the sunken gardens now in stage and is waiting on the data to be secured from the drilling operations be- proceeding further with the pro- a tentative gram. GUILD WILL HOLD READING OF PLAYS Community Drama Group Will Have Private as Well as Public Programs. To supplement the public production of full-length plays at McKinley Audi- torfum, the Community Drama Guild of Washington proposes a serles of monthly events Testricted to its own members, this season. Play reading, a series of practical demonstrations in make-up, talks on the drama by outstanding playwrights, actors and directors and the annual dinner are included on the program of events, ‘The inaugural meeting, set as the opening event of the season, will take place late this month or early in November and a committee headed by Miss Mabel Van Dyke is arranging the program. Lovers of amateur drama are being invited by Mrs. Charles Thomas Watson and her Membership Committee to be- in the Franklin Administration Build- ing, Thirteenth and K streets. The opening play at McKinley Auditorium, “The Great Divide,” by Willlam last week in November. ‘The Membership Committee includes: ? 's Fay Bentley, Mrs. Willlam E. Hildegarde Cook, Benjamin Doel Stolar, Miss Mabel Van Dyke, Mrs. Wiley. 0. E. S. Chapter Plans Benefit. CLARENDON, Vi cial) —Mary Washington Chapter, was spotted this morning, parked at Twenty-lh\r: and B nraeu,p. by Park e oty et until I:'nm Music will be mi 3 c by Les Colvin’s Qrchestra. b- | extra pay. rivate funds, | toda; come members of the guild by securing membership blanks at its headquarters Vaughn Moody is to be presented the Chamberlin, Miss Helen CflhnunA Mtg hrer, Mrs, Prancis Goodwin, Brad Holmes, Mrs, Robert Howard, Mrs. John Otto Johnson, Col. Harry R. Lee, Mrs. Miss Edna Patton, L. Veerhof, Miss Rhoda Watkins, Mrs. William Wheatley and Mrs. Harvey , October 7 (Spe- 0. 50, Order of the Eastern Star, is com- benefit dance to be in the Commu:lg from 9 o'cl furnished be Blue Prints Drawn to Trace Movements and Locate Em- ployes at Warehouse. CONFESSION FOLLOWS ARREST IN 5 BLAZES R. C. Roberts and J. R. Gray, Who Cleared Mystery, Privates of Marshal’s Force. Clever detective work by two in- spectors in the fire marshals’ office, it was disclosed today, was responsible for the recent arrest of Lingan Asberry Butler, an employe of the Hub Furni- ture Co., in connection with three pre- vious fires at the company’s warehouse. The most recent fire, which occurred September 24, aroused the suspicions of Fire Marshal Charles Achstetter, and he assigned two of his inspectors, R. C. Roberts and J. R. Gray, to the investi- gation. The fire started in a large room without partitions, and the in- recwn started with the theory that f they could locate each workman at the time the fire broke out, or shortly befote, the fire could probably be traced to the one nearest to it. Accordingly they drew up blue prints of the estab- lishment and interviewed officials and employes of the warehouse with a view to filling in the points at which the various workers were stationed before the fire broke out, and a record of their movements. Five Fires at Warehouse. There have been five fires at this warehouse in the 18 months, ac- cording to Achstetter, the last three of them ‘“‘suspic! .” In order to secure data, the positions of the workmen for all of the last three fires were filled in as well as could be remembered by their various fellow workers. All of the ‘when compared, show that But- ler had been at the place where the blaze started shortly before it was dis- covered. This was as far as the firemen, who have no police power, could go. Ac- cordingly Ashstetter took his data to police headquarters, - where he laid it before Headquarters Detectives Sweeney, Talley and Darnall. The police ar- rested and questioned Butler, who con- fessed that he had started the fires, although insisting that all had been the results of accidents.. Butler is now in Gallinger Municipal Hospital under- going & mental examination. Not Given Extra Pay. Roberts arid Gray, although they con- centrate on investigation work, are pri- vates in the department and draw no . They are assigned to the fire marshal to act under his super- George 8. Watson, chief engineer of the d:r-r'.ment. was high in his praise of thelr work today. He was on leave at the time of the fire, although he went to the scene from his home. He returned to duty today, not having been at his desk during the investigation. Ject is now being drawn up, and is ex- pecfie; to be placed before Watson later JANITOR PLACED IN CELL. Colored Man Gives No Reason But Drink for Starting Apartment Fires. Having confessed starting four fires in the northwest section of the city last week, in one of which Miss Jessie Cam- mack, occupant of the Denver, 1419 Chapin street, lost her life, John Hick- son Williams, colored janitor, who was employed at 1407 W street, was return- :‘%mllcx;l;m tl':1 he;dq;:mrs of the e squad an ed behind bars today. . s Coroner J. Ramsey Nevitt conferred with the police and concluded he would conduct an inquest at the morgue at Ll;::)mo'clock Tngll;’lmdly morning to de- e res) ty for Miss o mlchke’l denp':n v s leut, Edward J. Kelly, chief of the homicide squad, conferred with the :wnmer‘ l‘ndn me:benr o't' 'xm force will summon jumber of nesses to at- tend the inquest. Members of the fire- fighting force who worked at the fire will be among the witnesses summoned. Others will tell of the finding of Miss Ci 's body and the police will tell of the prisoner’s confession. Police plan to file charges of arson against the prisoner. It is probable, however, that there will be a grand jury investigation of the charges, in- stead of taking the prisoner to Police Court for a prelimi examination. During the long siege of questioning by members of the homicide squad and eighth precinct police, it is stated, Williams never gave the slightest rea- son for starting the four fires other than that he had been drinking. The unoccupled building at 2204 Fourteenth street, in which fires were started in two closets, is only a short distancé from where Willlams was em- ployed, and the prisoner calmly told of going from there to the Denver, using his gasoline-saturated handkerchief to start the conflagration which involved the burning to death of Miss Cammack. Asked if he started the fires for the purpose of seeing the firemen respond or for the purpose of creating excite- ment, Williams responded in the nega- tive, and police took it for granted that he started the apartment house fires for the purpose of seeing thinly clad occupants hurrying from the building. At the Denver Apartments, he stated, he gave his coat to a lady who was forced to leave the burning structure in a hurry. SOCIAL AGENCIES COUNCIL TO MEET ! John B. Colpoys and Rev. Dr. John 0'Grady Will Discuss Unem- ployment Conditions. John B. Colpoys, editor of the Trade Unlonist, and Rev. Dr. John O'Grady, director of Catholic Charities of Wash- n, will address the first Fall meet- ing of the Washington Council of Social Agencies in the Y. W. C. A. Building, Seventeenth and K streets, next Mon- da, umw‘nt;: 12:30 ol‘:loek. use of unemployment situa- tion 4n this city the general subject of the meeting will be “Social Conse- of Unemployment,” it been Achstetter’s official report on the sub- | 5 Difficulty in Disposing of Dilatory Pleas of Defense Causes Delay. NEXT MONDAY IS SET AS FINAL HEARING DATE Five of Nine Remaining Pleas Must Go to Jury to Deter- mine Facts. ‘The four officials of the F. H. Smith Co. who were indicted last April for | an alleged conspiracy to embezzle funds } of the company and to destroy certain | books and records will be brought to trial in the District Supreme Court the latter part of this month, it was in- dicated today. | It had been planned to start the trial tomorrow, but difficulty in disposing of | dilatory pleas filed by defense counsel has necessitated a delay. Justice William Hitz this morning i set Monday, next, as the date for a| final hearing of all pleas in abate- | ment, motions to strike and motions to | quash the indictment, thereby making | it possible ‘to proceed with the actual trial before the end of the month, coun- sel on both sides having indicated they would be ready to proceed with the trial within two weeks after the dilatory | pleas have been disposed of. Cox Rules on Six Points. Justice Joseph® W. Cox, who yester- day heard preliminary arguments on the pleas, ruled this morning with the Government on six points that had been raised. He sustained' demurers to two pleas attacking the right of women to sit on a grand jury, granted a motion to strike a plea which contended that the jurors were not properly drawn, sustained de- murers to two other pleas which at- tacked the validity of .the indictment on the ground that an employe of the American Security & Trust Co., a de- pository of Government funds and a trustee for certain of the Smith Co. stockholders, sat on the jury, and, finally, sustained & demurer to a plea which contended that the indictment should be invalidated because a man" who had been convicted of illegal pos- session of liquor was allowed to sit on the jury. ‘This last plea involved the question of whether illegal possession is an of- fense denoting moral turpitude. Jus- tice Cox said that this was an interest- ing question, but that in his opinion Congress by the Jones act had specifi- cally removed illegal possession of liquor m the classes involving moral turpi- Jury to Get 5 Pleas. Of the nine remaining pleas, five must be submitted to & jury for deter- mination of questions of fact. four others will be decided by the court. ‘The Government was represented Nugent Dodds, assistant to the Attorney General and Assistant U. 8. Attorney Neil Burkinshaw, while Wilton J. Lambert, Prank G. Raichle, Rudolph Yeatman, George Horning and Harry . Barger appeared for the defendants. The defendants are G, Bryan Pitts, Samuel J. Henry, C. Elbert Anadale and John H. Edwards, jr. In asking the court to fix an early date for the trial of the case, Burkin- shaw said this morning that “it is the earnest conviction of the Government that the public interest requires a speedy _trial for this b or case. Mr. Lambert, for the defense, objected to “rushing through” the case, pointin out that some the pleas were stil unsettled and that none of the defend- ants has as yet been arraigned. FOUR ARE INJURED IN AUTO MISHAPS| Four-Year-0ld @irl - Has Frac- tured Thigh After Be- ing Struck. Four-year-old Lucille Agnes Orane, 1443 East Capitol street, was seriously injured early last night as a result of being struck by the automobile of H. A. Kolb. 2220 R street, near East Capitol and Fourteenth streets, only a short distance from her home. The child is reported by the police to hgve run from the curb to the roadway so suddenly that the driver was unable to prevent the accident. Lucille was treated at Casualty Hospital for a fracture of the left thigh and minor injuries. Margaret C. Hurley, 35 years old, fifth floor of the Highlands, stepped from the street car loading platform at Four- teenth and F streets shortly after 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon and was struck by a taxicab. Police took her to !.'merfency Hospital, where she was treated for an injury to her elbow. Merrill Taylor, colgred, 10 years old, 66 N street southeast, was jostled from the rear end of & bus of the Capital Traction Co. in front of 117 N street southeast yesterday afternoon, while stealing a ride. He was treated at Providence Hospital for brush burns on his head and arms. Miss Annie Montgomery, 82 years old, 1300 Massachusetts avenue, was knocked down at Thirteenth and K streets early last night by the automobile of Rus- sell L. Dale, 3423 Sixteenth street, and was bruised and shocked. Dale took the injured woman to Emergency Hos- pital and notified the police of the| accident. ‘The | by by | fiying time. Helen Frigo (left) wanted to learn to fly so badly she drove 1,500 miles to the National Capital with her sister Gertrude (right) in a 1924 flivver to take a flying old car to the legion manager, Ted Wag; DRIVES 1500 MILES TOLEARN AVIATION Miss Helen Frigo of Gile, Wis., Trades Flivver for Two Hours in Air. After swelling the group of D. C. Alr on flying students from outside the District of Columbia by driving here from Wisconsin in a rattle-irap fiivver, Miss Helen Prigo of Gile, Wis., has demonstratéd her business acumen the filvver to T. J. Waggy, manager of the legion, for two hours’ She already has used a half hour of the time and is planning to put in the rest of it in short order. 0 heard of the local private flying club through a newspaper clip- ping mailed to her sister in CI The sister mailed the clipping to Helen up on the shore of Lake Superior, and Helen, who has been saving up her money to learn to fly, ght a 1924 flivver and, with a younger sister, Ger- trude, headed for the National Capital, making the 1,500 miles in less than a week. Determined to make aviation her fu- ture career, Miss Frigo not only is going through with the flying course, but also is taking a course in airport accounting offered by I. W. Ellenberglenx:g in the Hill Building. Gertrude also a job in the accounting school. They are living at 1715 De Sales street. The legion now has members from Tlinois, West Virginia, Rhode Island, Maryland and other States. PLANS IN TRA.INING WOMEN FOR BUSINESS STUDIED Methods of Promoting Successful Career Discussed at Club Meet- ing Held Last Night. Practical methods, particularly per- taining to personal habit and training, of advancing the success of the Amer- ican business woman were discussed last night at the initial Fall meeting of the District Business and Professional Women’s Club. A program for the coming year, in- cluding a variety of athletic and social events, was approved. Miss Elizabeth Haney, president of the local club, was chosen as a delegate to the regional conference of the club at Atlantic City October 11-13. FILE SUIT FOR $15,000 ‘Woman and Husband Hold Mer- chant Responsible for Her Injuries. Jullus B. Gay, proprietor of a poultry and cominission store at 917 Louisiana avenue, was sued today in the District Supreme Court for a total of $15,000 damages by Mrs. Elizabeth Lombardi and her husband, Anthony Lombardi, 3323 Eleventh street, for injuries alleged to have been sustained by Mrs. Lom- bardi when she slipped and fell in front | of Gay's store, August 31, 1929. The wife asks $10,000 damages and the husband wants $5,000 addition for the loss of services of his wife and the | expense incident to her illness. Attor- | ney P. J. J. Nicolaides appears for the couple. Woman Accuses Harry R, Thompson of Saying He Was D. C. Policeman. CLAIMS THREAT USED TO OBTAIN AFFIDAVIT Operative Ordered Bound Over to Grand Jury Under $1,000 Bond Pending Probe. Harry Robinson Thompson, 38 yean old, a private detective of 707 Cortlan street southeast, was held for gran jury action in Police Court today on & charge of impersonating a headquarters detective. Miss Margaret Balley, 20, of 1351 testified that Ridge place southeast, Thompson came to her while she was employed in a store on Good Hope road, flashed a badge and declared him- self a headquarters detective. She said he ordered her to accompany him to a lawyer's office, where she sald she was forced to sign an affidavit against Mrs, Samuel E. Prossit, whose husband was suing for divorce. Miss Balley testificd she was threatened with arrest if she refused to swear to the paper. Threatened to Call Wagon. Prossit, with whom she sald she was acquainted, accompanied Thompson at the time of his visit to the store. Miss Bailey declared that “Thompson, after telling me that he was a policeman, threatened to summon the patrol wagon™ if she did not go with them to the attorney’s office. She said that she course with the D. C. Air Legion. Arriving here, she traded the battered gy, for two hours’ flying time. —Star Staff Photo. NDORSES YEAR EXPANSION PLAN | Reichelderfer Tells C. of C. Committee City Should Profit by Move. Indorsement of the five-year expan- e | slon program of the Washington Cham- ber of Commerce was voiced today by Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, chairman of the Board of District Commissioners, on the occasion of a visit to his office by a delegation from the chamber on the eve of the inauguration of a week- long campaign to officially launch the expansion program. The delegation con- sisted of Charles W. Darr, president of the chamber; Rudolph Jose, vice presi- dent of the chamber, and chairman of . | the five-year expansion program; Mar- tin A. Leese, past president, and Dorsey W. Hyde, secretary. The purpose of the visit was to pre- sent to Dr. Reichelderfer the outline of plans for the expansion program. Of Value to City. “I am deeply intereste¢ in the five- year expansion program which you pro- pose for the City of Washington,” the Commissioner told the delegation. “A well conceived plan of civic and econ- omic development is an asset of decid- ed value to any city. Large American business firms have found it necessary to plan their activities and their finan- cing over a period of years, and it seems to me that this procecure should prove equally beneficial when applied to the modern community. “I wish you all success in your pro- gram of public service for the District.” Final plans for the launching of the campaign, which gets under way early tomorrow, will be gone over at a meet- ing of the board of directors of the chamber at 8 o'clock tonight. A break- fast meeting of team workers their commanders, scheduled for 7:45 o'clock tomorrow motning, at the May- flower Hotel, will be the official “send- off” of the campaigners. Thomas P. Littlepage, general chair- man of campaign organization, will pre- side at the breakfast meeting. Team commanders who will be present in- clude Edward Goring Bliss, H. A. Brooks, Darrel P. Aub, George E. Keneipp and Ernest J, Spitzer. Editors’ Views Sought. The views of Washington news T | editors will be asked cancemlnlp‘ ?l:e | “Washington Forward Movement” at a luncheon tomorrow to which the editors of five local periodicals will be invited. Radio talks and luncheons through- out the rest of shis week and early next week will mark the intensive campaign of the chamber, which constitutes the initial step of the body to stimulate public interest and civic co-operation in its extensive expansion program. CAB DRIVERS VOLUNTEER Will Take Wounded Veterans to Outing Wednesday. ‘Twenty-five drivers of the Independ- ent Cab Operators have volunteered their services to take wounded veterans from the Naval Hospital, Twenty-fourth and E streets, to an outing at Great Falls Wednesday, under the auspices of Federal Post No. 824, Veterans of For- eign Wars Auxiliary. CHAMBER EXPANSION PROGRAM PRESENTED COMMISSIONER l i A ml#lm right, are: Dorsey W. olph Jgse, expansion cam for five-year expansion to Com- il l!ym‘. mfi the chamber; Charles W. Darr, ! two paign chairman, o unmamm.u.v.,mm.nmq- and Martin A. —S8 Staff Photo. believed what Thompson had told her and was afraid not to accompany them, Thompson, who said he was con- nected with the National Detectiva Agency and had been employed by the local Police Department for special in< vestigation, denied that he had repre« sented himself to be a Metropolitan police officer. “Prossit introduced me as his privata detective,” he said. “Miss Bailey accom~ pained us without force and dictated the affidavit to the attorney and signed it before a notary public. The paper was to be used in Prossit's divorce pro= ceedings.” Says She Talked Freely. Prossit told Judge Robert E. Mat- tingly that he and Thompson went to Miss Bailey only after the 1 had told him two days before that she would willingly furnish him with statements he desired. Bailey talked freely and poe litely,” he said, “while en route to the attorney’s office, and I did not know that she objected to making this state- ment until I learned of Thompson's arres X The alleged impersonation was said to have taken place July 25. Judge Mattingly fixed bond for | Thompson at $1,000 upon the recom= mendation of Michael Keogh, assistant United States attorney. PRESIDENT PRAISED FOR ROLE IN CRISIS League of Republican Women Opens Season—Tarit Act Upheld. Resolutions praising President Hoo- ver's “constructive statesmanship” and addresses commending the Republican administration and its policies, marked the first meeting of the 1930-31 season of the League of Republican Women of the District, in the Washington Club yesterday afternoon. E. F. Colladay, national Republican committeemai for the District of Co- lumbia, and Mrs. Virginia White Speel, national Republican. committeewoman for the District and Mrs. E. A. Harri- man, president of the league, delivered addresses. “Meeting eriticism in dignified sile ence, workl night and day to meet problems whi would crush a weaker he has risen to the heights of . greatest who have lived in the White House,” Mrs. Harriman said of Mr. Hoover. Among the resolutions was one ase serting that political criticism of Presa ident Hoover's administration is de= signed to handicap his efforts to remedy business depression. Mr. Colladay branded charges of the Democratic party regarding the effect of the tariff as false and quoted figures to show that the buying power of the dollar has increased and that a number of prices have actually gone lower since the tariff went into effect. Announcement was made at the meet< ing that on October 21 a meeting of the league will be held at the residence of Thomas W. Sidwell, 3901 Wisconsin avenue, in _honor of the heads of the National Republican Committee, in- cluding Senator Fess, chairman of the committee; Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the committee, and Mrs, Ellis A. Yost, director of women's work for the National Committee. HORSE AND MILK WAGON LOST AT EARLY HOUR Driver Returns From Delivery in Apartment to Find Outfit Has Vanished. Somewhere in the Capital there is a horse and milk wagon, loaded with milk, and minus a driver. And 1t all came to pass because Dob- bin was expected to wait for Elmer Cannon, a driver, while Cannon served milk to sleeping customers. Dobbin was a new horse on the route, unacquainted with the ways of the big city—the clover flelds he recently left were more to liking, and that's where he may be now. Anyway, when Cannon emerged fromi an apartment at Seventh and S streets early this morning, Dobbin, milk wagon and all had disappeared. A. G. NYE’S MOTHER DIES Buffalo Woman Survived by Huse band, 2 Daughters and Son Here. % Mrs. Emma J. Nye, mother of Alva G. Nye, Washington attorney, died yes= terday at her home, in Buffalo, N. ¥. Mr. Nye, connected with the Inter- state Commerce ission for a num- ber of years, resides at 3416 Oliver street. mhc h“l:ef son, Mrs. N!'ev h":urvlveg , ._Nye, an Gaughters, Mrs, Yot Pusecll of '