Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1930, Page 17

CITIZENS POLITICS SIZZLE IN RACE FOR PRESIDENCY Havenner and Stengle Are Opposed for Federation Leadership. 1 { | PRESENT EXECUTIVE WANTS THIRD TERM Candidates Discuss Plans of Cam- paign to Secure Cov- eted Post. ‘The political pot of the Federation of Citizens' Associations began to sizzle today as Dr. George C. Havenner, presi- dent, announced his intention of seek- ing a third term and Charles 1. Stengle revealed his plans to oppose him. Stengle already had quietly started his campaign, awaiting an announce- ment from Dr. Havenner before publicly making known his intention of running for the federations highest office. Dr. Havenner said he would conduct his vari- e ens: *Eocociations _hat " mvite him and outlining the achievements of the federation during his administra- tion. Plans Are Outlined. Henry I. Quinn, prominent Wash- héfm lawyer, who has been active in federation affairs has been named chairman of Stengle'’s Campaign Com- mittee. He declared that already a great number of delegates to the fed- eration had expressed a desire to sup- rt Stengle. wlfl uekfng a third term, Dr. Haven- ner said his re-election would not es- tablish a precedent, since three of his predecessors had been in office for three years each. These were William Mc- Kinley Clayton, who served in 1910, 1911 and 1912; Willlam B. Westlake, ident of the federation in 1919, 920 and 1921, and Charles A. Baker, whose terms ran through 1922, 1923 and 1924, Election November 8. ‘The two-cornered race for the federa- tion presidency will continue until November 8 when the election will be held. Both Dr Havenner and Stengle will conduct active campaigns. Dr. Havenner will base his plea for re-election on the accomplishments of federation during his two-year regime. le say that they believe elected as a reward for his work in the federation, which has served as chairman of the Piscal Relations Committee and is now serv- ing as chairman of the local Suffrage Committee, Stengle's friends also con- tend that they believe that two terms are sufficient for a federation president to_serve. Stengle is a former member of Con- gress, Tepresen Brooklyn, N.Y., in the House. Bince he left Congress, he bas been active in civic affairs both in the federation and In the Petworth Citizens' Association which he repre- sents in the federation. DRY BUREAU’S OFFICE TO CHANGE BUILDING Plans Being Altered Now to Care for Department in New Structure. Government officials said today that the transfer of the Bureau of Prohibi- tion from the Treasury to the Depart- ment of Justice has necessitated some changes in Pllm for the proposed De- partment of Justice Bullding. These Thanges are being made by the archi- tect, indicating that work may be started on the new building early next year. & Condemnation proceedings are under way for acquisition of the site, bounded by Nigpth and Tenth, B street and Pennsylvania avenue. Department of Justice officials- are now presenting the Government’s side of the case before a condemnation jury and the procedure will be carried through to the point where title to all this property will finally pass to the Government. By this time plans are expected by of- ficials to be sufficiently advanced so that the old buildings in this area can be torn down. Plans for the new Department of Jus- | tice Bullding are being drawn by the architectural firm of Zantzinger, Bori & Medary of Philadelphia, which is in- corporating changes needed to house the new Bureau of Prohibition. The pro- hibition forces of the department are housed in the building at Thirteenth and E ‘streets, purchased by the Gov- ernment from the Southern Railway Congress has authorized $10,000,000 to be spent for the new Department of Justice Building. It was intended for- merly to have the structure on the site of Center Market, but it was later moved to the site immediately to the west. ‘The building will have a large interior | court. The building will face B street, which ‘s o be known as the ceremonial avenue 0 Washington of the future, ARLY AIR ATTACK STIRS ANACOSTIA Planes Dive on Marching Troops With Blank Shooting in Mock Battle. Residents of the section of Anacostia jacent to the parkway between Penn- sylvania avenue and Eleventh Street Bridges were treated to a taste of mod- ern warfare this morning when at- tack planes from Bolling Field dove onl & column of Infantry on the march. ‘The amerial attack apparently caused more excitement among the civilian populace than among the soldiers, Jjudging from the number of telephone calls received by the police and officers at Bolling Field, Blank cartridges were used. ‘The ground troops were a battalion of Infantry from Port Washington, Md., out on a practice march. By way of adding to the realism of the march and & the tre practice repellis .m attacks, Bol Pleld was orders to send out planes at irregular intervals WASHINGTO! B, G ) TUESDAY, The Foening Star OCTOBER 14, 1931 Snake Forsakes Society Reptile Slithers Away Afte Householders and Residents Tread Lightly. Last night's intruder at 823 Fourth street northeast had more than one reason for slithering out of that vicin- ity. In the first place, a Maltese cat named Agnes spat at him and then leaped away as far as possible, to an eminence on the back yard fence. Agnes, it might be said, was having her breakfast and was therefore not lightly to be disturbed. Cats, zoolo- gists declare, eat breakfast at nightfa, because that is only the beginning of their day's activities. Peggy Speaks Up. No sooner did Agnes forego her breakfast than a collie called Peggy spoke up from the next yard, first get- ting behind something substantial. All this came to the ears of the head of the household at the Fourth street address, J. A. Few. In a few minutes Few succeeded in rolling a newspaper into a torch and ventured forth Mmto his back yard. It was just another emergency to Few, who had bivouacked on the Oklahoma plains with the troops who later made all that war literature in France. Few's newspaper shed plenty of light on the situation, after he touched a match to it, and in the revealing beams he described something familiar—a dia- mond-backed rattler about 3 or 15 feet long. At the moment the intruder coiled like the spring of an alarm clock and sounded off; in all his experience out West Few never heard such a vicious rattle. Few hastened indoors after his hip boots, while Mrs. Few hastened next r Disturbance by Cat, Dog, Police—Community door to ask the neighbors to telephone for the police as well as the firemen. In the meantime an airedale, which answers to the name of Brownie, clat- tered over his back yard fence, and then, once apprised of the situation, concludel to yip an alarm. All of which was no fun for the snake. He looked all around, at the dogs, cats and angry houscholders, and decided to leave But when the snake Went under the fence, a neighbor of Few's, H. A. Glea- son, was ready. Gleason was standing handle poised. The snake was in such a hurry he didn't see Gleason and got spanked several times, mostly on his rattles. In the nick of time, the police and firemen arrived. Detective W. E. Mc- Carten of No. 9 precinct was armed. He fired his revolver at the snake just as Few appeared with a rifle. Darts Under Woodshed. The snake, however, eluded the Met- | ropolitan police with a slight shrug of his shoulders, darting under a wood- shed. It was then the real hunt began. Edrnest policemen and residents of the vicinity, armed with axes and consider- able caution, demolished whatever they thought might harbor a diamond- backed rattlesnake. But they could find neither hide nor hair of the intruder, who probably is running yet. Meanwhile. Agnes, Peggy and Brownie are on leashes: residents of the v. inity are walking softly, watch- ing every stev. As for the snake . . “He's in China by no man said. " one police- PERMIT FOR GAS LINE IS ASKED Main Is Planned From Wash- ington Plant to Rock- : ville. The Washington Gas Light Co. to- day_applied to the Public Utilities Com- mission to lay a 12-inch main to con- nect its east plant, at Eleventh and M streets southeast to the main of the Columbia Gas & Electric Co., at Rock- ville. The main will be used to bring natural gas to the company's east plant where it will be mixed with the carbu- retted water gas manufactured by the local company and thence sent to the company’s customers. ‘The main for which permission is asked leaves the company’s plant and travels out of the District by way of Queens Chapel road northeast. Thence it sweeps in a large semi-circle west- ward through Wheaton, Md., to Rock- ville, where it will tap the Columbia Co.’s natural gas main. The route was chosen 0 as to travel through sparsely settled territory, rather than to take it through Washin, , where the ex- pense would be prohibitive. The Public Utilities Commission for- warded the request to the co-ordinator’s office, where the requisite releases from the various District department in- terested will be obtained. The gas com- pany stated its desire to start digging tomorrow or the day after, although it is not likely that the releases wi ready by that time. GIRL CUT BY GLASS; ESCORT HELD IN JAIL Police Say Prisoner Gave Two Ver- sions of How Young Woman ‘Was Injured. Of two versions which they credit to her escort, police at least have been able to assure themselves that Dorothea Hart. colored, was cut by flying glass. The 19-year-old Hart girl was treated at Freedmen's Hospital early today for several scalp lacerations. She was brought there by James Mobley, 25, colored, first block of Flor- ida avenue northeast, who, police say, at first attributed her injuries to an automobile accident. The car overturned near Hyattsville, Md., Mobley is quoted as having said, and two other passengers crawled from beneath the wreckage and disappeared. Strangely enough, the wreckage, too, had disappeared. Or at least that was what police learned when they asked Maryland authorities to get details of the traffic accident. Questioned further, Mobley is said to have admitted that, while the girl had been cut by flying glass, it was a flying at her while Mobley was quarreling with her. precinct until police can learn not so much how the Hart girl got hurt as how badly. SUSPECTED VIOLATOR OF OATH IS BONDED Mark A. Wingate Is Charged With Obtaining Position by False Statements. Mark A. Wingate, alleged to have made false statements under oath in applying for a civil service position, was placed under bond for action of the grand jury by United States Commis- sioner Needham C. Turnage at a pre- liminary hearing yesterday. On October 3 Wingate was arrested on complaint of the United States Civil Service Commission. It is charged that he obtained a position as assistant me- chanical engineer in the office of the supervising architect through false statements under oath as to his edu- cation, training and experience in his examination for appointment. CONFESS ROBBERY Three Admit Theft of Car Acces- sories Valued at $5,000. ttack the marching column. w'x!nh morning mem:l.lnu went out and found the infantrymen taking shelter under the trees in the Anacos- tia parkway. The planes were forced to fly down among 10 get at the Ysulting hullabal :hnel dn mnm . Anacostia. ‘gc.rmtly. Py . The re- 2 R 1 the treetops, life in half entering 30 garages and stripping au- tomobiles of accessories valued at more than $5,000, to police of the precinct. . ‘The men, Edward Johnson, 23; Lloyd lohnson, 24, and John Davis, 24, all and giving their address as the th_street, were y night ‘Was re. charged with robbery. ‘They were r:nefied when ‘more than $2,000 in covered, police reported. water glass which somehow got thrown | The upshot is that Mobley is at No. 2 | | ‘Three men last night confessed to MCOY WILL PLEAD FOR KINDERGARTEN Former D. C. Chief Justice to Head Group Before Educa- tion Board. Former Chief Justice Walter I. Mc- Coy of the District Supreme Court and a leading protagonist of Americanization school work here, will head a group of persons who will seek the continued maintenance of the underage kinder- garten in the Webster Americanization School at tomorrow's meeting of the Board of Education. Other persons who have announced their intentions of appearing before the board are Mrs. E. C. Rittue, director of Americanization of the Daughters of the Amerjcan Revolution, and Mrs. GHes Scott Rafter, past president of the Congress of Parent-Teacher Asso- ciations of the District, of Columbia. Request for Closing. Having exempted the Webster School kind rten at its September 10 meet- ing, when it voted to close all under- »age kindergartens in accordance with a ents reached between school ‘offi- cl nd essional conferees, the board two weeks ago was asked by Dr. Ballou for the second time to close | the Webster class. Although the gen- | eral inclination at that meeting indi- cated a reluctance to reopen the ques- tion, the elimination of the Webster !klndernrrgn was postponed until to- morrow’s session. The Webster Kindergarten was con- tinued in service largely on the demand of Henry L. Gilligan, board member, who pointed out that the maintenance of that class permits mothers to attend the Americanization classes in the same building who otherwise would have to forego that training for citizenship. Dr. | Ballou reopened the case of the Web- | st XKindergarten when, he said, addi- | tional information, not in his hands at the September meeting, since had come | to him showing a disproportionately | Jarge number of children below the reg- ular kindergarten age was enrolled. Judge McCoy, whose interes in Americanization work here is renowned, asked for the privilege of addressing the board on behalf of the continuation of {this class. His request was promptly | granted. Additional strength in the | defense of the questioned class came when the D. A. R., another advocate of | Americanization work in Washington, | indicated its desire to send a repre- | sentative to tomorrow's meeting. Mrs. Rafter previously had éxpressed a desire | to appear before the board on behaif |of indergartens which have been threatened by the pending reorganiza- |tion which congressional conferees wanted. Besides the Webster School under age kindergarten, tomorrow's meeting ! will be occupied largely by the general kindergarten reorganization. Dr. Ballod | will present his recommendations in- volving a policy for the conduct of | kindergartens, based on attendaace | figures which the statistical office will | complete at the end of the school day today. {RING RETURNS IN WASH AFTER ARREST OF WOMAN Nolle Prosse Asked in Case of Mary Watkins When $400 Loss of ‘Damas Davitas Is Cleared. { | Charged with stealing a 3400 ring ‘from her employer, Mary Watkins, 28, of the 100 block of F street was held for grand jury action last Tuesday. To- day the ring was returned to its owner, Damas Davitas, in his little boy's trousers, which had been sent out with the Davitas’' family laundry last week. Detective John F. Boxwell of the | sixth precinct immediately asked As- sistant District Attorney John R. Pitz- patrick to nolie prosse the larceny charge against the woman. Damitas had the woman arrested shortly after the disappearance of the| ring from his home, in the 700 block of New Jersey avenue. The woman, he alleged, was employed in his home at the time the ring disappeared and ad charge of things there, and responsible for missing articles. The ring, containing a diamond, was found to have gone through the laun- dry unscathed. How it got into the little boy's trousers no ome in Damitas househcld could explain. Damitas is the proprietor of two restaurants in the vicinity of the Union Station. | Comdr. H. E. S8aunders of the Con- | struction Corps of the United States Navy will be the speaker at a meet- it Sy L cl us evening, October 23, nt 8 o'clock, at Cosmos Club, on deep-sea diving and submarine safety, using lantern slides to illus- the lecture the society will hold & dinner, beginning at 6:30 o'clock. on top of a pile of bricks with a pick | wul PARK GROUP TO GET! REPORTS ON PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT National Guar¢ Armory and Pan-American Building to Be Considered. MUNICIPAL CENTER ALSO UP BEFORE COMMISSION of Conduit Boad Likewise on Calendar of Improvement Business for October. A mosaic of future development, in- cluding the proposed National Guard Armory, the Municipal Center, the Pan- American Office Building and improve- ment of Conduit road from the District line t6 Great Falls, will be laid before the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission at its October meet- ing, to be held Friday and Saturday. ‘The commission will be asked by Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of plan- ning, to decide how parts of Conduit road to be used as part of the road system in the George Washington me- morial parkway is to be planed to separ- ate truck and light traffic. Mr. Eliot said today that the Maryland Capital Park and Planning Commission has under consideration three alternative plans for the solution of the problem. One plan is to extend Massachusetts avenue into Maryland so that it might reach a point near Great Falls, another is to have it curve northward into River road, while a third is to have it meet the Geln Echo road near Minnchaha Teek. Maj. Joseph D. Arthur, jr., District Engineer for the War Department for the Washington area, has referred to the commission a proposed plan of development and reports, prepared by his predecessor, Maj. Brehom Somervell, with several specific questions with ref- erence to the proposed park project and the improvement of Conduit road. which contemplates an enlarged bridge across Cabin John Creek, to replace the present rather narrow red structue. Will Make Recommendations. Mr. Eliot will present to the com- mission a series of recommendations, designed to have the park development and the Conduit road improvement pro- ceed in harmony. The co-operation of the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission will be neces- sary to the fulfiliment of the program. The main question at issue, Mr. Eliot explained, concerns Conduit road as part of the George Washington Memo- rial Parkway. It may be necessary to have two lines of roadway in the present Conduit road, one to be used in the parkway exclusively for light traffic and another further up the slope for heavy trucking. Mr. Eliot pointed out that between the Dalecarlia Reservoir and Glen Echo the steep contour of the country makes road construction diffi- cult. The commission will have before it again the proposed erection of a Ma- sonic memorial on the Dean tract at Florida and Connecticut avenues. On Friday morning it proposes to hold a conference with the celebrated New York; City architect, Harvey Wiley Cor- bett, who will present studies for the Masonic Temple. Mr. Corbett is the architect for the Masonic memorial now under construction at Alexandria, Va. Previously the commission rejected a proposed design of the Masonic memo- rial here on the gound that it was too much like the coln Memorial, Architect to Report. A. L. Harris, municipal architect, will inform the commission of further de- talls with reference to the Municipal Center. A report on the District’s new Na- tional Guard armory will be laid before the commission by Maj. Donald A. Davison, Assistant Engineer Commis- sioner, who was chairman of the spe- cial committee appointed by the District government to inquire into this prob- lem. Serving with him on this com- mittee were Mr. Harris and John W. Oehmann, the District building inspec- tor. Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr., the com- mission’s engineer, and C. L. Wirth, a landscape architect, were invited to sit in on some\of the sessions of the Na- tional Guard Armory Committee. The commission is interested in the proposed location of the National Guard armory and a general recommendation con- cerning it. The Davison report is being held confidential. Studies of the $1,000,000 Pan-Ameri- can Union Office Building, to be lo- cated at Eighteenth and B streets, will be presented to the commission by its consulting architect, W. T. Partridge. This program involves the realignment of Virginia avenue to permit a head-on view of the Washington Monument, making it the only thoroughfare in the city where this is possible. Will Study Purchase Act. The commission will have before it several questions revolving around the Capper-Cramton park purchase act, particularly the sections relating to the establishment of self-sufficient units in Virginia and Maryland for playground purposes. The commission staff will report on the extension of Rock Creek Park into Maryland and the units for land purchase that are involved. ‘The highway improvement program of H. D. Whitehurst, District co-ordi- nator and chief engineer, will be brought to the attention of the com- mission by Mr. Eliot. The Co-ordinat- ing Committee, consisting of interested Federal and District agencies, has already placed its stamp of approval on this program, but certain rearrange- ments in the commission program will be necessary because of it. Capt. Chisolm and Mr. Eliot will re- port a number of highway changes, sanctioned by the Co-ordinating Com- mittee. Capt. Chisolm is chairman of that committee. The legislative pro- gram will be passed upon, but informa- tion on this is being withheld for the present. ACHIEVEMENT HONORED Washington Men Sponsor Presen- tation of Medal to Mine Expert. George Otis Smith, director of the United States Geological Survey, and Scott, Turner, director of the United States Bureau of Mines, both of Wash- ington, have been named members of a Nation-wide committee of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers to sponsor the 1930 presenta- liam Lawrence Saunders York City October 31. The Saunders medal, which was awarded to President Hoo' °r in 1928, is presented annually e institute for ‘achievement in min} Mr, ch‘kul;:a is a_ native of M He org: the Utah Copper Co. in 1903, | | Albert H. Hamilton, ballistics expert (right), and his son, Robert A., festing the gun which Government experis claim killed Mary Baker. killing Miss Baker has been set for October 21. The Hamiltons were retained by counsel for Herbert M. Campbell, whose trial on a charge of —S8tar Staff Photo. GELEBRATE STORE'S T0TH ANNIVERSARY Ad Club Members Give Luncheon in Compliment to Lansburgh & Bro. The seventieth anniversary of the founding of the firm of Lansburgh & Bro. was celebrated today by a tes- timonial luncheon of the Advertising Club of Washington, held in the audi- torium of the National Press Club, with members of the Board of District Com- missioners, heads of trade and civic bodies and other representative organi- zations of the National Capital in at- tendance. Dr. Abram Simon, rabbi of the Wash- ington Hebrew Congregation, was guest speaker for the occasion. His talk was in the nature of & review of the history | of the Lansburgh firm sinc~ it was | founded in 1860 by Gustave and Max Lansburgh. “My interest in this celcbration fs personal and unique,” Dr. Simon said, “and it harks back to three years be- | fore the firm of Lansburgh & Bro. was | organizéd. The father of the Lans- | burgh sons was Rev. 8. M. Lansburgh, | who, having brought his family from | Hamburg® Germany, to Baltimore, was | chosen as the first rabbi of the Wash- | ington Hebrew congregation in 1857. | It 15 quite encouraging to members of | my profession to know that the pro- verbial minister’s sons have made good in their chosen department of life. | Firm's Progress Outlined. | “The firm of Lansburgh & Bro., con- | sisting originally of Gustave and Max, called itself “the fancy goods agency” | at 322 C street, above the Bank of | Washington. By the year 1866, the brothers were operating two stores. One was called the Metropolitan Dry Goods Store. The other was called the Balti- more Bargain Store.” | “Though these pretentious names | were used for a few years, every adver- tisement still carried the name' of the | firm as Lansburgh & Bro. The nonde- | script names of the stores were then abendoned, the upper Seventh street store sold, the lower Seventh street | store gave greater promise of success, | brother Max gave way to brother James and by 1870 the firm began its phe- nomenal and progressive expansion. Dr. Simon stressed the value of “silent salesmanship” as a secret of consistent | growth in business.® He brought out principally the points of integrity, win- dow display, newspaper advertising and | service. Club President Occupies Chalr. James W. 8. Hardey, president of the Advertising Club, presided at the luncl eon meeting. A chronicle of the per- sonalities that have comprised the house of Lansburgh was presented by Charles J. Columbus, managing director of the Advertising Club: The_entire proceedings were broadcast by Station WMAL, commencing at 1 o'clock. The Lansburgh firm was represented | by Sol Lansburgh, president, and Mrs. | Lansburgh; Charles Goldsmith, vice | president, and Mrs. Goldsmith; Miss Aileen Lansburgh, Mr. Adolph Weyl, | treasurer, and Mrs. Weyl; Mr. Mark‘ Lansburgh, secretary, and Mrs. Lans- burgh; Mr. Ralph Goldsmith, general | merchandise manager; Mr. Howard W.| Berty, director of sales and advertising; | Mr. and Mrs. A. Cohen, Mrs. James | Lansburgh, Mr. R. B. H. Lyon, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Schwartz, Mr. and Mrs. Leon- ard Weinberg and Mr. and Mrs. C. Merwin. Other guests included: Dr. L. H. Reichelderfer, president of the Baard of District Commissioner: Mr. Herbert L. Crosby, District Com. missioner; Maj. John C. Gotwals, Dis. trict Commissioner; Maj. John C. Got- wals, District Commissioner; Dr. Abram Simon, honor guest speaker, and Mrs. Si- mon; Mr. George Plitt, president of the Board of Trade; Mr. Charles W. Darr, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Dr. George Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Assoclations; Mr George O. Walson, president of the | Washington Stock . Exchange; Ma). Henry G. Pratt, major and superinten- dent of the Police Department; Chief Engincer George 8. Watson, District of Columbia Fire Department; Mr. C. J. Gockeler, secretary Washington Stock Exchange; Mr. Harold B. Young, Wash- | ington secretary National Retail Dry Goods Assoclation; Mr. Louls Rothchild, director Better Business Bureau; Mr. J. B. Edmonds, president the Kiwanis Club of Washington. FIND DRUM AFLOAT Harbor Police Also Fish “No Park- ing” Signs From Water. A bass drum today was added to the list of unusual “finds” in the Potomac River by harbor police. The drum came bobbing down the river last night and was fished out by Harbor Patrolman Charles M. Burkigt as the patrol boat cruised in George- town Channel near Key Bridge. The police are walting for its owner to claim it. Later on, two “no parking” signs which formerly stood before the Irish legation were found by the harbor po- lice along the banks of the river. Po- lice suspect that both drum and signs were brought to the river by mis- chievous students. DR. S. LIPSCHITZ. C.OF C.EXTENDS MEMBER CONTEST | the current year are Norman C. Kal, | Campaign to Last Until Fri- day—=261 Total Enroll- ments Listed. With a total of 261 new memberships for the first four and one-half days of actual campaigning, the 24 teams of the Washington Chamber of Commerce en- gaged in canvassing the city in a drive which is the initial step in a 5-year expansion program recently announced by the chamber, yesterday voted to continue the campaign until noon Fri- day, thereby extending it two days. For the first time since the campaign was inaugurated . last Wednesday the banner for most memberships reportzd was awarded to other than the all-Gas company team. Yesterday at luncheon meeting at the Washington Hotel Mrs. Ada M. Payne, captain of team No. 11, reported a total of eight | new memberships, nosing out, hy one the Gas company team, which is cap- tained by A. Ewaldsen., The latter team was tied for second-place honors with team No. 16, captained by Harry T. Peters, each with seven new mem- bers. Teams Nos. 19 and 22, under, the leadership of F. E. Rogers and Fenton M. Fadeley, respectively, each secured six new members, third-place honors. ' Workers Congratulated. The plural group, that team engaged in soliciting the memberships of busi- ness houses and firms, yesterday re- ported 45 new memberships, which, coupled with the 47 acquired by the other teams, brought the total reported for the day to 92, the largest number yet reported at a meeting during the campaign. Charles W. Darr, president of the chamber, and Rudolph Jose, vice presi- dent and general chairman of the five- year expansion program, were speakers at the meeting yesterday. They con- gratulated the team workers for their fine work in connection with the cam- palgn and lauded the spirit which, they sald, is making great success of the inaugural step in the expansion pro- gram. Col. Edward Goring Bliss, chair- man of campaign organization, presided at the gathering. Members Are Cited. Among the oustanding new members acquired by the chamber during the drive, as reported by Col. Bliss yester- day, ‘are_the following: Former Gov. Thomas E. Campbell of Arizona, Frank B. Noyes, president of the Associated Press; Leo A. Rover, United States district attorney; Mi Daniel J. Don- ovan, District auditor, and George S. Watson, chief of the District Fire De- partment. Foremost among new woman members are Mrs. Whitman Cross, pres- ident of the Visiting Nurses' Soclety: Miss Mattie M. Gibson, superintendent of Children’s Hospital, and Miss Har- riet M. Chase of the National Educa- tlon Association. Meetings will be held at the Wash- ington Hotel Wednesday and Friday to report new members acquired. AUXILIARY TO MEET Special Dispatch to The Star. LAUREL, Md., October 14.—Dele- gates from the eleven branches making up the Women's Auxiliary of the Prot- estant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Washington are expected ‘to attend a meeting of that organization to be }}:e]d next Friday at St. Philip's Church ere. Dr. James Morris, former missionary to Brazil, will speak at noon. The afternoon session” will include election of a new Prince. Georges County vice president to succeed Mrs. James J. T. Graham_of Springfield. Miss Matthews is president of the St. Philip's Auxiliary Unit. Rev' J. E. Neighbor is rector of St. Philip's Church. the | creating a tie for | NOTED JOURNALIST 10 ADDRESS JEWS Dr. Lipschitz to Discuss Ger- many’s Economic Situation at Brotherhood Meeting. | An address by Dr. Sigfried Lipschitz, | famous German journalist, on “The Po- | litical and Economic Situation in Ger- | many Today,” will feature the first | meeting this season of the Brotherhood | of the Washington Hebrew Congrega-- fuon. in the vestrey rooms of the temple | |on Eighth street between H and I | streets, tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. | | A program of music also will be ren- | dered at the meeting. Dr. Lipschitz, an alumnus of the University of Berlin, is a leading Ger- man newspaper correspondent in. this | country, representing approximately 300 German social democratic newspapers. He was for two years the head of the European press division of the Mexican government and has written several book on European political and religious | topies. | _The meeting marks the beginning of the sevénth year of the functioning of the brotherhood. s The officers of the brotherhood for president; Irving Deiner, vice president; Milton D. Korman, vice president; Har- old Strauss, secretary, and Dr. Berman | A. Baer, treasurer. | The members of the board, with the committees of which they are chair- men, are Irving Deiner, entertainment; Allen De Ford, Milton D. Kor- man, publicity; Sam Hirshfeld, big brother; Bernard Baer, temple attend- ance; Burnett Baer, membership; Nor- man C. Kal, Sunday school; Julius Reis, | prizes; 8. Sherry Stein, reception; Har- old Strauss, national brotherhood; | Emanuel Haas, sick; Henry Jaffe, book- {let; Julius Lully, refreshment, and | David Bornet, finance. \CAPITAL WOMAN FATALLY INJURED { Four Other Occupants of Machine Escape With Minor Hurts. Mrs. Lulu O'Dell Phelps of 1310 L street was injured fatally last night in which she was driving with her orother, her husband and her two young children, was in a head-on collision | with another machine. The husband, Thomas E. Phelps, and the two chil- dren escaped with minor lacerations, as did Mrs. Phelps brother, Leonard Gos- wellin of 1343 L street. Phelps returned early today and made plans to take Mrs. Phelps’ body to her former home at Eastern Shore, Md., for burial. The Phelps family was returning to | Washington after a week end trlr when | their automobile was in collision on Baltimore Boulevard near Sulphur Spring road with a machine driven, police say, by Percival Sills, colored postal employe of New York City. Passing motorists carried the Wash- ington party to a Baltimore - hospital, where Mrs. Phelps died early today. Her children, Thomas E., jr. 7 years old, and Eugene V., a year younger, | were treated there for slight cuts and bruises, Goswellin, who was driving the Phelps machine, escaped without in- jury, as did Phelps and the operator of the other car. The latter was or- dered held by Magistrate R. E. Staple- ton for an inquest Friday night in Baltimore. The colored man told police the head- lights of the approaching machine had blinded him. He sald he did not know the proximity of the other car until it was too late to avoid the crash. Phelps, who is employed by a sand- blast concern here, was uncertain to- day of his future plans. He expected to remain at least several weeks with relatives of his wife at Eastern Shore. UPSHUR ORDERED MOVED ‘The Navy Department today ordered the destroyer Able P. Upshur, now used as a training ship for Washington Naval Reservists, to proceed to Philadelphia from the Washington Navy Yard, to be placed out of commission. + Twenty flve Naval Reservists who have been acting as ship keepers will 80 on inactive duty. The craft is ex- pected to leave the Washington Navy Yard within a few days. The Porpoise and the Grampus, two other ships now in the local navy yard, are soon to be put on the auction block, officials said. Aecrodrome for Bell;lt. Although voters of Belfast, Ireland, refused at the last election to sanction areodrome, construction of an fast Chamber of Trade that the city shall have dor planes. It recently voted & campalign of education of an airport and will continue its orts until the city has one, ' | near Baltimore, when the automobile | PAGE B—-1 DEFENSE EXPERTS WIN POINT IN TEST OF BAKER PISTOL Collins and Technical Ad- visors Agree to Forcing Bullet Into Barrel. DR. HAMILTON AND SON USE MUCH EQUIPMENT Prosecutor Announces Government Is Ready to Proceed With Campbell Trial. Sharp disagreement over method of procedure marked the opening today of an examination by New York micro- chemists of the pistol alleged by the prosecution to have been used by Her- bert M. Campbell, under indiciment in the slaying of Mary Baker. Dr. Albert H. Hamilton of Auburn, N. Y. and his son, Robert A. Hamil- ton, brought here by the defense, won their contention that they should be permitted to insert a lead bullet into the end of the revolver barrel after a | series of secret conferences between | William H. Collins, an assistant United | States attorney and his technical ad- visors in the corner of a jury room at the District Supreme Court whers the tests began. Mr. Collins, acting at the suggestion of Dr. Wilmer Souder, ballistics expert of the Bureau of Standards, and Lieut. | John Fowler, at first declined to permit Dr. Hamilton to force the bullet into { the barrel of the shining black .32- | caliber pistol. Dr. Hamilton consented { to the original ruling without objec- ;tlonA Whereupon Mr. Collins went into janother conference with Dr. Souder and Lieut. Fowler, after which he said he had no objection to the proposed move. The prosecutor told Dr. Ham- ilton he had no desire to do anything to hamper the defense experts. “Oh, oh, I understand,” Dr.. Hamil- ton replied, “it might alter the muzzle. T appreciate your position.” Dr. Hamili“n explained in telling of his desire to make the test that to in- {sert the unfired 1-ad bullet in the barrel | would enable him to “have a record of | grooves, widths and any impressions made by thom. I then can measure it under the micic_op2 and gain an in- sight that should prove valuable. If you were pieser:.-g powder inside the barrel, I wouldn't 2°k it. However, you have fited test bullets from the pistol |since the bullets in question were dis- charged.” Bolh Dr. Hamilton and his son were equipped with notebocks and fountain pens. As they made countless micro- | Scopic examinations, they inscribed their findings for future reference. Stack about them were three microscopes and many other instruments, several of them the only ones of their type in.existence. The experts worked on a large flat- topped desk, which was literally cove ered with gadgets of every description. They went about their task as though they had six months in which to pre- pare their report. Meanwhile, Souder, Fowler and Col- lins, as well as three newspaper men, stood at their shoulders and watched every move made. In the early hours of the examina- tion, the contents of several boxes stacked in a corner by Dr. Hamilton remained a mystery. It was presumed that the boxes contained paraphernalia | for use in firing test bullets and taking accurate measurements of the score or more parts of the weapon. As the experts prepared to make their intricate tests, Collins announced the Government was ready to proceed with the trial of Herbert M. Campbell, charged with the slaying, set for Octo= berkzl. on the District Surpeme Ccurt docket. 'PROTEST CLOSING LOWER 14TH STREET | Merchants and Manufacturers Ob- | ject to Stopping Vehicular Traffic Each Day. The closing of Fourteenth street southwest between B and D streets to vehicular traffic each afternoon for & period of approximately two hours dur- ing changes of shifts of employes of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is vigorously opposed by the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association in a letter addressed today to Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, District Commis- sioner in charge of Fire and Police Departments. “As Fourteenth street is the only direct north and south arterial high- way leading from Virginia into the downtown business section of the city,” the association’s letter to the Commis- sioner read. “the board of governors of this association at a recent meeting ex- pressed the opinion that this street should be kept open to through traffic and that the pedestrians be safeguarded by arranging for thé loading of street cars on B street, rather than an Four- teenth street, or on a spur track con= structed into the grounds of the Bu- reau of Engraving and Printing. YOUTH SAID TO HAVE CONFESSED ROBBERIES Police Make Arrest and Announce Recovery of $1,900 in Jewelry. Police today said they had recovered jewelry valued at a total of approxi- mately $1,900 yesterday following the arrest of a 15-year-old high school boy, who, they said, admitted to have com- mitted a number of thefts. The boy also is said to have admitted shop- lifting and taking jewelry on several other occasions. Two fellow students of the boy are said to have aided in the disposal of some of the property taken. The student is said to have admitted taking school rings valued at $1,400 from the Black & Gold Shop at College Park, Md, which he claimed he rob- bed on the night of August 16. In addition to the rings, the police are holding an assortment of jewelry valued at $500 for claimants. Among other thefts the boy is said to have admitted was the taking of a watch and a handkerchief from the Congressicnal Library some time ago. He is held to await action of the Mary- land authorities. PR Supper-Dance to Aid (—!hureh. OXON HILL, Md.," October 14 (Spe- cial).—A turkey supper and dance for the benefit of the general church fund will be held in the parish hall of St. Barnabas Church night, 1