Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1930, Page 17

S | C. OF C. NAMES 43 AS COMMTTEE IN PROSPERITY DRIVE Non-Members as Well as! Members Accept Places on General Body. “BUY-NOW” CAMPAIGN WILL OPEN ON MONDAY Women Offer Services to Chamber to Aid in “Emergency Un- employment Distre The organization of a city-wide General Committee of more than 43 prominent ‘Washingtonians was announced today by the Washington Chamber of Com- merce as part of the “buy-now-for- better-business” campaign of the group, which officially gets under Way simultaneously with the sixth annusl Mllltflll Exposition of the Chamber | Monda: m umunl Committee, grouping to- representative :enonues from ull walks of H.(e includes non-members as well as members of the Washington Chamber of Commerce. As announced | by George A. G. Wood, chairman of the | Chami ‘committee having the pros- campaign in charge, the follow- m’ have signified their intention of mplm as members of the General Committee Personnel. ‘William P. I‘cDowell of the i “Ghorcn. South, | . Rabbl, Abram ke ram on m’ T Congregation, EEERI TR tion of Churc oy Ed- W. Noyes, Corcoran Joshus lvuu. 'llum C. Miller, Lowell l‘rll(el:m. C. Havenner, president of of Cif Associal the ‘committee, uug%hck acceptances were received at ‘chamber headquarters todas ‘Women Offer Services. ‘The Federation o(uwm“e;‘l'rlimclul; through its president, Mrs. an board of directors, yesterday offered | Mumwmcmmbero(com- merce to help in the “emergency un- employment distress in any way the | Chamber of conzu'u may indicate.” loyed needing jobs, ith the “buy now” cam- In conformity with the five-year ex- ‘pansion program announced this Fall by chambser, Rudolph Jose, president of the group, yesterday made public the next step in the expansion drive—that f g the activities of the chamber 30 as to co-ordinate the sev- eral standing committees under six bu- ts, Teaus or departments. ‘The Executive Committee of the cham- ted aims and putting into practical effect the chamber’s five-year expan- sion program. Names Department Heads. ‘Mr. Jose appointed the following as heads of the various dfimflm under 'hlth mflve stan committees 1'nomu Littlepage, civic and Ped- eral affairs bureau: William C. community advertising and wbllclty. George A. G. Wood. industrial develop- ment; Harold Broou traffic and tion; )un,m Leese, trade promotion, and Charles H. Frame, membership forum. In zhc rullcnmmt of the commit- the various activities of the cham- Affs on national representation, finance, public schools, law and leg- kh'.!o'n universities and colleges, parks playgrounds, charities, public hed'.h police and fire protection, Ana- costia Flat and high water pressure. 2 Community advertising—Commit- tees on Convention and Greater Wash- ington and the present efforts covering national ldv!flll‘lm welcoming of visit- lni nf‘umm denlopmznt—commu- tee on Manufacture, Industrial Exposi- Uon, Devel t of Great Falls and and such other spe- ndum-m survey, buy- | tation—Com- tion, Public Util- arbors and other ac- 5. Trade prmotwn-cdmmnm on Wholesale and Retail Trade, Insurance, and Brok ‘Banking "‘fi' Buy-in-Wash- w and related vt ties. Membership forum—Including Committee, Membership Com- nmae and special committees hnndnng ular events for the fellowship among chamber mem- mm&iflahuthefutmcme M alignment of committees proposes ‘upon the powers of the standing committees, | ummmmm J_m in allocating each stand- tee effort lnd avold duplication and (3) to stimulate all committees in t on Transportation, 'hleh'lllbz under the Trafic and Transpor- Bureau, @he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, Capt. and Mrs. Carl lIlflee. who left Washington July 26 in their 35-foot been heard yawl for a trip around the hurricane hit Santo Domi: ne elove. They have not Their course from Beaufort, N. C., to Charleston, from since the S.C..Ilyumtumldmhuflumlflmmlmmbnlmy have been swam| ped. Below: The ylvl which they built themselves. |FEAR SEA TOOK GLOBE CIRCLERS Mr. and Mrs. Carl Justice Un- heard From Since Hurricane Hit Santo Domingo. ‘The little yaw! Explorer, in which Mr. and Mrs. Carl Justice left Wash- | Inzwnlonuythemmp-no(mly,f has gone into a limbo, whence no news | returns to the workaday world—has | been swallowed up, it seems, by the | broad Atlantic, and their Washington | friends are fearing for their fate. Since a few days before the storm which devastated Santo Domingo, lashed | B e aminat St Scuth Carolina | coast, been no word h'om‘ the Explnl"r and its intrepid crew, the | Justices. They were on their way from Beau- fort, N. C., where the small boats take to the Atlantic from the inland coastal passage, bound for Charleston, 8. C., when the mighty hurricane of the Caribbean vented its waning fury| against the South Carolina coast. Some- | where off that coast the Explorer was making her way when the storm came. | ‘Whether they were able to make the | tiny coral islands that dot the sea (rfl:n i e g | the their vessel and their fortunes for an- | other try against the ocean elemen or whether they lost their first en- counter with the broad Atlantic, their Washington friends do not know. Charleston Was Destination. Prom Beaufort their forwarding ad- | dress was to have been_Charlesion. | Post cards came back from Beaufort, but | none from Charleston. Anxious friends | have been sending letters to them at| Charleston for months. Many of them | have returned unclaimed. At other ports | they were to have visited there has been no word. Maybe, say their friends, the ocean was too much for the Explorer and her crew of two. Maybe, they con- jecture, the Justices have befalien the fate of those who sailed during the war in the collier Cyclops and joined those men in a watery grave somewhere off the South Atlantic Coast. They hope not. It was on July 26 the Justices, in the Explorer, set sail from the Washing- ton Yacht Club, on the Potomac. It was a gay departure, the Explorer was gaudy with bunting, and there were smiles of happiness on the faces of the Justices, for they had worked years for their trip. The Explorer went down the bay | safely and tied up at Norfolk, where the final fitting out was accomplished There was paint for the Explorer and some gear to be bought. Thence the Explorer took the Dismal Swamp Canal into the North Carolina seunds, Pamlico and Currituck, where all was clear sail- ing to Beaufort. There the argonauts awaited good weather, meanwhile shak- ing down their gear and getting the Explorer ready for her first test with | sl the open sea. | Headed to Sea September 1. —Star Staff Photo. SKULL FRACTUIRED IN HAMMER FIGHT = Victim Reported Critically Hurt—Police Hold Suspect on Technical Charge. Beaten over the head with a hammer in a fight late yesterday afternoon, Harry Carlisle, 37 years old, of 1600 Sixteenth street, was reported in a critical condition with a fractured skull at_Emergency Hospital today. Homer E. Stogner, 42 years old, of 403 G street, is being held by police at the ninth precinct on a technical charge following his arrest several hours after the fight by Detective Sergts. JDl.rlnTs A. Springmann and John glis| It was at first feared that Carlisle's injury might prove fatal, but l(ur specialists had operated successfull remove a plece of crushed bone rom his skull improvement was reported. Carlisle was thought so unmuly hurt last night that the final rites of his church were administered as he lay on _the operating table at Emergency. ‘The altercation in which the man was injured occurred at his place of | employment in a welding shop at the rear of the 1100 block of Twentieth street. Detectives were given two versions of affair, one that the argument started over the ownerhip of some ls which Stogner said he ‘came to the shop to claim, having left them there when he dissolved partnership with George Ridgeway, the present owner, while others id that the fight ‘was the outgrowth of “jealousy.” No one would elaborate on the latter statement, however. Ridgeway told police he heard Carlisle : call and found him lying on the floor of the establishment when he ran intg the building. Stogner, ". is said, went to Emergency and was treated for lacerations of the head and later left for his home, where he was arrested by Detectives Dalglish and Springmann and sent to No. 9 station to be held for investigation. A son, Wlllhm H. Stogner, 13 years old, was taken into custody by the detectives and questioned, but was re- leased after he had been held but a short time. POSTERS TO BE USED IN BUYING DRIVE Board of Trade Orderss Billboard Notices to Urge Public to Trade in Washington. Increasing its support of the move- (ment here for greater commercial de- velopment in the District, the Wash- Board of Trade is having pre- pared 50 billboard posters, carrying ns boosting the National c-pmf which will be set up at prominent points lbeut the elty. it was announced today rw . Cottrell, executive zecre- It was about September 1, maybe a | u little later, friends report, thai the | Justices cast off from the wharf at| Beaufort and headed into the ocean in | the face of reports of a tropical hurri- cane gathering in the Caribbean. The post cards the Justices mailed in Beau- fort just before their departure carried the last word received here or anywhere else, 50 far as can be learned, of them. At the Washington Yacht Club their friends are still hopeful the Justices went far to sea to esca) Jz stormy ‘weather and n’e safe and snug in some Dlflbbeln or South Am: i hnvlnc beenbu back yard of the Justices :even.l years | 8 8go, was of a seaworthy —a mvved in ltonny wnlher and fair, Gopt. Hasy Pigeon, which mgouated s apt. Harry n, W a round-the-world cruise. For years the Justices, Carl and Jes- for the trip. While posters will carry the slogan: "Buy in Washington' in addition to the shibboleth of the movement which reads: “Washington money, Washington “Should llAy in Washington for Wi n trade.” ‘The billboa: mnvfllarryuu -uzmnormewmmnm eflcln port. The | ganizaf bookbinding offices of the organization in The Star Building. out the Explorer, putting in navigation instruments, guns, ammunition, cameras, reserve rations, spare sails and ever!' unn. else they considered necessary { Finall; had ht and had CITIZENS TO NAME FEDERATION HEAD INPOLL TOMORROW Dr. George C. Havenner Op- posed for Re-Election by Charles I. Stengle. INCUMBENT IS SEEKING THIRD TERM IN OFFICE All But Six Delegates Expected to Cast Their Ballots—124 Are Eligible. The two-corfiered race between Dr. George C. Havenner and Charles I. Stengle for organized - citizenship’s | highest office, -the presidency of the in the board room of the District Build- ing. Dr. Havenner, the incumbent, who is seeking a third term, today confidently predicted his re-election by a sub- stantial majority. Stengle's supporters, | however, are just as confident of his election. Dr. Havenner said more than 70 of the 124 delegates to the federation had pledged their votes to him. A majority is necessary to elect. According to present indications all but six of the delegates, who expect to be out of the city over the week end, will cast ballots. Quinn Heads Committee. An active committee headed by Henry 1. Quinn, prominent Washington attorney, has been conduc!lnl Stengle’s campaign, Steng] broadcast through the unn et urnnhed citizen- l&'urdl which say: “That if you believe my election as president of the federation will help to advance the in- terests of organized citizenry, I will pngy appreciate your support and Dr. Havenner has conducted a sin- gle-handed campaign, basing his plea for another term on the federation’ record of whievemmq during his two years as president, “The record of these two years,” he said, “has been notable in the public mind and gratifying to all persons in- terested in municipal affairs. Nine | strong citizen assoclations have added their membership to the federation dur- ing this period, bringing the total en- rollment to 62 constituent associations spread over the District and represent- ing & total citizen movement of more than 35,000 persons. “During these two years the federa- tion has taken an active part in all matters of importance looking to the upbuilding of our city and to the wel- fare of our people. Its policy has been to work for those things, and only those things that make for good government. Cites Achievements. *“The federation urged the enlclment into law of & bill providing free te: books and educational supplies for puplls of the junior and senior high schools of the District. It had an ac- tive part in securing increased salaries to the police and fire forces of our city, in having enacted into law the bills providing for two additional justices of the Bupreme Court of the District and two additional justices of the District Court of Appeals. “It indorsed and worked for the pas- -gm of the Cramton bill for the estab- ent of the George Washington Memorial Parkway and to provide for the acquisition of park lands and play- Evund sites in the District of Columbia. recommended an appropriation of $850,000 for the acquisition of sites for the construction thereon of two modern high temperature incinerators for the destruction of combustible refuse. It secured reduced bus fares for the citizens of Hillcrest and Garfield.” POLI THEATER RAZING WORK IS UNCERTAIN ‘Wreckers Have Not Touched Struc- ture and Keys Remain in Hands of Lessee. Following decision yesterday by Judle Adkins, which upheld the right of Government to raze Poli’s Thnwr‘ it appeared uncertain today as to when the wreckers will get to the building, although they are working all around it. The theatrical properties inside the old theater still remain in the same con- dition they were following the last show, all around is seeping in to cover all. Neither the Government, nor Poli's rep- resentatives have moved the curtains, theater seats and other paraphernalia. The keys still are in the hands of Poli's representatives, although the Govern- ment terminated the lease last July 1. Willlam E. Leahy, counsel for Poli here, said today he had forwarded the court decision to Benjamin Slade, gen- eral counsel for Poli, at New Haven, and was awaiting reply. The theatrical magnate claimed that he lost money by reconstructing the theater after the Knickerbocker disaster, and by being able to run it only up to this year. He instituted suit for temporary injunction against the Treasury and the con- tractor, to prevent razing the theater, but the court decided in favor of the Government and denied the petition for injunction. ASK EMPTY BUILDING USE TO HOUSE IDLE Lieut. Col. Grant to Give Thorough Consideration to Request of Charitable Agencies Here. ‘The unemployment problem in Wash- ington has brought before Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, a s stion | from two relief agencies that he turn over space in some of the unoccupied public buildings under his jurisdiction as quarters for destitute people here. Col. Grant said today that he is seek- ing to find a solution of this problem, but it appears that he has no suitable buildings available at this time. The Salvation Army and the Volun- teers of America have asked Col. Grant ";:lu& mm':u.mw ml 'h\cll;d lhe'z mi ve T to people applying {‘ relief. Col. Grant g givi '.hll question thorough consideration, he said, and expects to make his findings definite in the course of a few days. ‘Tomorrow morning, as a contribution of his office toward llleviltln' unem- ployment in the National Capital, Col. it will ‘work- FRIDAY, Federation of Citizens’ Associations, will ; close with the election tomorrow night | except that dust from the excavation | OCTOBER 31, first of next Mr. Me'nkn studied In architectural This rough model of the new group of buildings to go 1930. schools in Germany and took PAGE B-1 DELEGATION ASKS as the Municipal Center was made by Eric F. Menke, one of , the assistants in Municipal Architect Albert L. Harris’ nflee The model is built of wood blocks covered with a commerelal type of mod;l‘ln‘ clay. The cardboard model, a contract for which was recently let at $6,000, will not be ready before the graduate work in the School of Fine Arts ll Yale University. He was formerly employed by the architectural firm of Price & Waltos hich designed Meeting House now being built in Wllll’lhlylton 4 & e ] —Star Staff Photo. SCHOOL DEAFNESS TESTS REVEALED Indications Are That Hearing of Children Improves With Age. Does hearing among childrein im- | prove with age? Something of the sort is indicated by hearing tests for 710 public school children in Washington and 1,150 in Hagerstown, the results of which have just been announced by the Public Health Service. The tests were conducted with an audiometer, a device which made it possible to measure the hearing acuity of each individual in units so that fine comparisons could be made between different children. Age groups measured ranged from 7 to 17. Normal and above normal was found for 58.7 per cent of children between 8 and 9, while the percent- age for t.hou between 14 and 17 rose to 74.6. The same condition was found for loss of three hearing units, an auditory defect so slight thn it never would be noticed in daily life. Such a loss was shown by 31.6 per cerit of the 8 and 9 year olds and dropped to 15 per cent in the 14 to 17 year old age group. There is light possibility, according to the Public Health Service announcement, that some of the im- provement may be due to better under- i standing by the older children. Exact Reverse Found. Exactly the reverse, however, was found in the number of children with serfous loss of hearing in the different age groups. Deficlency of nine or more auditory nuits was considered signifi- cant of defective hearing. It was rare among both the Wasl and Hagerstown children, but there was a consistent rise in the curve of its oc- currence from the youngest to the old- est groups. Between 8 and 9 only 1.6 per cent were thus affected, compared to 2.4 per cent between 14 and 17. ‘The curves show some slight differ- ences between boys and girls. On the whole girls hear better than boys— that is “there is a slightly more markd impairment of hearing among the boys of all ages than among the girls”, Larger proportions of good hear- ing were found among the younger boys and the older girls. For both sexes of all ages the le ear was found slightly superior to right, but such dividual vul-nom were shown that it is admitted this finding may be a result of chance and not applicable to the school population as a whole. No reason can be shown w}ll.‘y one ear should be better than the other. Intelligence Quotients Considered ‘The tests indicate a significant re- lationship between even slight hearing deficlency, such as would never be noticed in everyday life, and both in- telligence and school standing. Intel- ligence .xmfinnu 'ere allable for all the Washington chil Among chil- dren with lnw\unnee scores above the average, 74.2 showed normal or above normal hearing acuity. Only 25 per cent were slightly below normal and less than one per cent were defective by nine or more units. In the group whose intelligence quotients fell average, only 60 per cent had normal or above normal hearing, while 3.7 were deficient by nine or more units It is not assumed, the report stresses, that “defective hearing affects native intelligence, but a failure to hear clear- |1y the oral presentation of a mental test might easily affect the intelligence | quotient.” Among Hegerstown children, where intelligence quotients were not available, the same relationship was shown between hearing and standing in school. The percen! dren with hearing loss generally was greater in the over-age for grade group. In no group at any age, when both sexes were taken together, did the number significant hearing loss rise as high as four per cent. The study was made with co-opera- tion of the District and Hagerstown school authorities by Dr. E. Bhnche Sterling, acting assistant surgeon charge of the child health office of the Public Health Service, and Elizabéth Bell, occupational therapy aide. — PRESIDENT IS INVITED TO FETE AT CAMP HENRY President Hoover today was to participate, on April 26 next, in the exercises to be held at Clpe Henry, Va., exercises planned to celebrate the anniversary o( the landing of the first Cavaliers in the Virginia Colony. This oelebrouon will be lenurefl by the sev- to this historic of Tidewater, Va., Women, organization is Isnn.\n:f to make that section another tion shrine. below the | How Halloween Began Celtic Peoples of Pastoral Age 2,000 Years Before Christ First Observed Day as Opening of New Year. | £ Halloweer - night of carnival revelry, as Washing.on and much of the civil- ized world will celebrate it tonight— rnnnNewYenwemn by itic peoples in the pastoral age more thnn 2,00 years before Christ, histo- rians believ.e Soaped windows, disappearing gates, mysteriously ringing doorbells and mas- querade dances for the more sophisti- cated have evolved l’mm seasonal cele- | bnumu perpetuated through the sges | onthelutdnyo{'mthmhmvnl as October, lowing kine back | from Summer pastures to be cared for | and fed in crude stalls as bleak winds | whistled in hollows and trees thrust| denuded limbs skyward. Winter had| come. Pastoral Celts determined the| season by activities of their herds. Walpurgis night, or the following | | day, May 1, were thought to begin Sum- mer, for ‘it was then that cattle were turned back into open pasture. ‘Was First of New Year. Samhain, or All Saints’ day, Novem- ber 1, began the new year. All Hallows Even, the night before, came to be known as Halloween. Until recent times, the first day of November was regarded as the first day of the new year on the Isle of Man, where C:ltic lore and language held out longest against the siegé of Saxon invaders. l‘ln mum- mers would go about singing * Tom(h! Is New Years Night.” With the beginning of each 13- month period, superstitious minds be- gan to wonder what the coming days had in store. And they sought super- natural aid to learn. In days of | the Druids augury and divination were | resorted to in order to foretell events to come. The present day Halloween amuse- ment of diving for apples ted in ancient times in the Scottish hlands, where it was belleved the lucky divers would have good fortune for the coming 12 months. In a similar manner, many present day amusements have evolved from superstitious customs. of 'rice uj the newly mlrfled eouple was o lly supposed to make the mating fruitful, as rice was considered the favorite food of the God of fertility. Pire was thought to be a life source, and in Ireland many ancients kindled huge bonfires on Halloween, hoping the blessed influence of the fresh blaze would prevail through the year, check- ing baneful influences of witches and devils, and bringing healthy cattle and | prolific crops. Watched Stones in Ashes. Up until & few ago butlding of big fires was lered a regular Hal- loween sport. Police regulations in ‘Washington, as in many American cities, have since pmhlbfled such cele- bration, after dnmn:\m azes resulted. But back in the days when cromlech and stone altar in woodlands took the place of churches and temples families would compete to see which could build the largest Halloween fire in order to woo good fortune. It was a common custom when the flames died down to make a huge circle of the ashes. ‘Within the circle a marked stone was placed for every one interested in the fire. Next morning, if any of these stones were broken or had disappea: it was thought that the person o wh marked the stone would die before the next Halloween. How ghosts and witches became as- sociated with the night has been a ma! ter of .conjecture. Some writers be- lieve that such association developed through efforts of the Celts to see into ! welcoming its subjects would the future on their New Year eve by communion with spirits of the de- parted. A more generally accepted theory, however, is as follows: Superstitions of the ancients would only let them believe that souls of the dead suffered heat and cold and other hlrdflllpl that made existence difficult for mortals. Hence, were thought to warmth of their mortal family hearth- | stones as Winter gripped the land on ween night. Fear and Desire Conflicted. Fear of the dead and desire to serve them conflicted. Insulting ghostly visi- tors would make them vindictive. Yet the kingdom of witchery and evil was openlynnrvm:nllwod lolk,lnd endanger human life. shinned. " AnA the bolet speeed thas uni it diabolical pandemonium broke loose on Halloween ht. Trembling peasants reported witches galloping through the heavens on besoms and sometimes off black cats. Human servants of Satan were thought to attend Satanic con- ventions. ~ Subjects of Lilith, the Semitic demon, sought to do humans all manners of harm. Youths, credulous of their parents’ ;eup‘o.r;tymom, mmm e'uh.: eno;uh Vi was accomp! eep lear of ghosts alive. And from the suj activities of the kingdom of evi mve developed modern gates and fences that miraculously vanish and porch furni- ture of incautious owners that is found atop automobiles on November 1. Small boys have more than taken up the duties of the olden devils, from the adoption have arisen mn.ny tribulations that make property ers rue the night of October 31, wlth its diabolical Halloween acts of very flesh-and-bone youths. Custom Gradually Dying. In a Chicago suburb this year a boys’ club arranged with merchants and business men to have a huge banquet on Halloween night with the money that ordinarily m (or repairs to pmp- sny Halloween, 8t. Valentine's day, is gradually d: B:l".{e’ ]‘u.l@ :;.the’lbmuy H';ull.ly"llfi ys have faded presen forms of -muumeen s = NEW SONGS I} IN SCHEDULE OF NAVY MIDSHIPMEN 'l'vo new now being the midshipmen 'St tae SNe Aclde one. entitled “Song of the Navy,” was featured at the Navy-Princeton last week. This was written by my. & member of the Naval f class of 1912, now & pro- writer in New h\;:rk new song. now heard on uu ulnmu 18 called “Navy Warriors” and has been written b{ a midshipman whose n-me is nu d.r Beary, aide to Rear ! wn mporln'endent of the N‘Vll Academy, today ad Leonard in ch. of me Naval Academy dlmlon u( the Bureau of Navigation at the Navy en olthll'bne'wn-th‘tmmflln? 'NRNA hit with the future officers of e Navy. lmlom A violent line lqudl developing from two cmvea dmmu which struck in the flflnlfiy ‘Wilmington, Del last night and forced their plane down, delayed until 3 o'clock this morn- 'west hotel. Vallell ne, & 10-passenger of the Fe"’l\,ork Philadelphia & Wllh- ington Alrline, was held up for several hours at the Grand Central Airport, g; NK J., finally -mvln‘ lt ‘ashington-Hoover _Airport ::rwner" and his band at 2: W neloek Vallee ‘the Yankees were held in New York to fill their regular ‘They | trenpor STORM DELAYS PLANE BRINGING ‘CROONER’ FOR APPEARANCE HERE | Rudy Vallee, Held Up Several Hours at Camden, Reachell Shorelnm at 3 AM. airliner | Trea SPEEDON REPAIRS 10 HELP JOBLESS City Heads Urged to Issue Public Proclamation as Local Aid. SIMILAR PLEA TO BE MADE TO TREASURY Numerous Civic Organizations Are Represented by Group at District Building. The District Commissioners today were requested to issue a public pro- clamation asking owners of private property needing repairs to have the work done immediately. The request was made by & group of citizens rep- resenting numerous civic organizations directly and indirectly interested in avolding serious unemployment during the coming Winter. The delegation called on the city heads at the start of their board meeting this morning and remained for about an hour. John D. Colpoys, secretary of the Central La- bor Union, acted as esman. The Commissioners were asked, aud Mr. Colpoys said that the Treasury De- partment officials would also be asked, to speed the work of tearing down pri- vate buildings purchased or condemned in connection with the District and Federal building programs. To do this, Mr. Colpoys explained, would give work to men in the wrecking business, would compel dwellers or tenants in the build- ings to be wrecked to move out and find space elsewhere, which would stimulate real estate development, with its ac- companying work for contractors and material, men and labor. Chosen From Large Group. ‘The delegation which called on the loners this morning was a com- mittee chosen from a lu-le group which met n'.hg\' w C. Bufldlnlyu- ment probmna d rlnl the m Wln lu e col ter. With the group which met were representatives of the Central Labor Union, the Assoclated Charities, the Community Chest, the Catholic Chari- tles, the Y. W. C. A. and the Y. . M. C. A, the Women's Bureau o( the Department of Labor, the Monday Eve- ning Club, the Council of Protestant Churches, the Washingion Building Trade ‘Trades’ Council, the Board of and the Chamber of Commerce. The committse informed the Com- missicners they had read with pleasure statements that tns Commis-oners were voring to re(.uce lay-offs of diem employes in of the District (.3 engineering proj- : in the current ent at the maximum pos- e during the lean Winter montha. numuu‘unn-u‘. The Commissioners have instructed Municipal Architect Albert L. Harris to draw up a list showing the approximate dates at which the various building Jobl in the supply bill will start. This lisi will be ready in about a week. m first big job is the builiing of the new Rcosevelt High Schoc’, bids for whici will be opened in the District Building November 12. This project will in- ;l ;/30 themexpenditure of approximately ‘After the session was over, Mr. Col= poys reported that the Commissioners and | had listened attentively to the re- marks of the delegates and had promised to do anything that could done within the law to ease the situation. The group which met yesterday is to have ancther meeting at the Y. W. C. A. Monday morning, at which re- ports progress will be made and further plans mapped out. \EX-SMITH OFFICIALS’ MOTION IS STUDIED | Hitz Gives U. 8. Until Tuesday to File Objections to Bill of Particulars. After hearing argument yesterday for and against a motion for a bill of ticulars in connection with an indict- Iour former officials of ernment until Tuesday to file a brief setting forts its objections to grant- ing the motion. The case is set for trial November 17. ‘Thq motion was filled by counsel for G. B Pitts, John H. Edwards, jr., and C. Elbert Anadale. Attorney Harry S. Barger, representing the defendant, Samuel J. Henry, did not join in the application, having announced Monday that his client was ready for trial. Attorneys for the three defendants argued that their clients were entitled to & more specific description of the alleged offenses which the Government expects to prove. _These arguments were advanced by Wilton J. Lambert, Rudolph_Yeatman, George D. Horning, jr., and Edward Toland. Special A-Mlnt Attorney General Nugent Dodds Assistant United States Attorney Nefl Burkinshaw con- tended the defendants were not entitled ehlt they are charged with a cons and not with embezslement itself. +said it would not be essential for thl Government to prove any actual em- bezzlements if they could show that there was a conspiracy to embessle and at least one overt act on the part of the nlleged conspirators. FINED $50 IN ASSAULT Prisoner Pleads Guilty to Striking Policeman V. V. v-ughn Island owner, md!en Aaron avenye tire shop Policeman V. tember 10 for assaul V. Vaughn of the Bureau, guilty before Judge Isaac Hitt in Police Court today an a $50 fine. Vaughn is said to have engaged in an .| argument with Trachtenberg and Wil- liam Osborne oyer & prhu ticket ana one of the men struck the policeman