Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1930, Page 17

. kg PLANCANPAGY 70 BEAUTIFY ROADS LEADING TO CAPTAL : Billboards, Dumps and Un- sightly Stands Will Be Warred Against. CIVIC ASSOCIATION SEEKS CLEAN-UP BEFORE 1932 Grant Asks Status of Legislation to Clear Highways for Bicentennial. A vigorpus campaign to rid the Vir- ginia and Maryland highways leading into the National aCpital of billboards, dumps and unsightly roadside refresh- ment standss, as well s “‘eyesore” gaso- | line filling stations, was agreed upon yesterday afternoon at a meeting under | the auspices of the American Civic As- | sociation. The cleaneun campaign is planned so that these areas may be beautified for the George Washington Bicentennial celebration in 1932. Al series of meetings are being arranged for early next month. Under the chairmanship of Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion, the meeting was informed that billboards might be discouraged by tax- ation, the planting of trees along the highways, the offering of prizes for a clean-up campaign, the removal of signs placed along the wayside without the consent of property-owners, ~public health supervision over “hot dog” stands and the insistence on the part of the consuming public that it will not patronize products of advertisers who display their wares “as a blot on the | landscape.” Radio Talks Successful Talks by radio, advising Lousewives not to purchase goods advertised on the landscape, has met with success, Mrs. Edward H. McKeon, State chairman of the committee on billboard restriction, of the Garden Clubs of Maryland, told her hearers, in detailing her personal ® experiences. This, she said, 1s one of the most effective methods of convinc- { ing the biliboard advertisers that their | present methods are economically un- sound. . The planting of trees along the high. ways to block the views of the sig boards and make ‘il economically un- profitable for advertisers to resort to | this method was advocated by F. W.| Besley, Maryland State forester, illus- trating Lis point with the aid of slides. The whole problem was dealt with exhaustively by Mrs. W. L. Lawion of the National Council for the Protsction of Roadside Beauty, who has traveled extensively over the Nation in this cause. She outlined the ps that are being taken elsewhere and showed a series of slides of photographs of Mary- * Jand and Virginia roadways leading into Washington. She pointed out the dan- * ger of billboards to safety in automobile driving, tending to divert the attention of motorists from their machines. In Oregon, she said, the State Highway Commission secures the co-operation of ers in discouraging the posting of t‘s?fi? and thelr barns and places a sign on barn reading “Post No R In Pennsylvania, she continued, 1aics are conducted on signs that are | placed on the highways, without the | * consent of the property owners. Gaso- | line filling stations, she insisted, can | be made attractive and the numerous signs adjoining them can be elim- nated. | Seeks Status of Legislation. . The status of legislation on this sub-' © gect in the various States was requested by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, vice chairman and executive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, who expressed o desire to| have this situation cleared up, if possi- ble, so that by 1932 the roadways to Washington ih the area covered by his commission would be attractive. He in- vited attention to the work of the Amer- | ican Automobile Association in offering prizes to beautify the countrysid i Col. Grant sald he believed a good | deal could be accomplished by asking thz owners of stores, gasol'ne filling sta- tions and refreshment stands along the waysids o co-operate. The plan of formation of community groups along the highways in the metro- politan area was explained to the meet- ing by D. L. Mtzler, representing the ‘ American Automobile Association, who said that prizes are to be offereds as a stimulus o the clean-up campaign Prizes will be offered for the best filling station, the best refreshment stand, ete. | Several advisory boards are being set up | in the outlying districts, he explained, ing that a large respc: can be se- cured by direct civic appeal. Richard W. Westwood stant sec- retary of the American Nature Assoc tion, said that definite recommenda- tions should be embodied in the pub- lished report. D. C. i | | i Biliboards Docmed. Billboards in the District of Columbia sre doomed, Mai D. A. Davison, As- sistant Engineer Commissioner, assured his hearers. He said that no new bill- bdards would be sanctioned here. The | problem that confronts him, he said, is whether existing billboards should be | permitted to rot out, under the pro- vi that they cahnot be touched structurally, or whether their owners should be given ssion to “modern- ize” thote in exiitencc at present and count on the building up of the city to_climinate Arlington ty, Va., real estate operator, called 10 the unsightly dumps on ginia roeds aleng the approachcs to shington. He explained, however, the District has forced these on the adjoining sections of and suggested that plans be made to eliminate them. e is wide interest in the work beautification, not only in \ear Washington, but all over {ation, G, H. Collingwood, forester e for the beautific ide. Flimination of billboards of public safety might be hed, Horace W. Pe of the American Inst itects and chairman of its Com- mitice on the Naticnal Capkal, asserted, in recalling the provisicns of the Vir- §inia law that forbids these signs in the future on curves snd within 200 feet of intersections. Alexandria Ordnance Aids. Alxandria, Va., has a zoning crdnance now in course of preparation and this will aid the situation there, Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of planning of the Na- tional Capital Park snd Planning Com- mission, sald. An enabling act Lor zon- : . ing in the nearby counties was pas i by the Virginia Legislature, but so far, ac- nothing active has been accomplished, sald. Fairfax and Arlingt on the| WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1930. he Foening TARGETS OF LYE THROWER \ JOSEPH AND TERESA PAXON, Eight-year-old twins, ¢f 739 Sixth street, southeast were treated for minor burns yesterday, after a colored boy had thrown dye lye into their faces, they told the police. The children said they were on their way home from the Van Ness School when the boy suddenly confronted them, pulled a can of lye from under his sweater and tossed a handful in their faces. The burns were slight and the children returned to school today. —Star Stafl Photo. Watch Hands at Auction Young Man at Post Office Sale Scratches Head and Nearly Gets Baby Clothes. If you haven't already learned, be very careful how you move your arms when attending a public auction. A well dressed young man standing against the wall in the conference room of the Post Office Department Buildin, casually scratched his head at 10:1 a'clock this morning. At 10:15 o'clock he had convinced an auctioneer that he | was not bidding on a choice assortment of children’s combination underwear suits. Somebody else did, however, and the public auction of unclaimed articles more intelligently and more often than men, but for individual articles, mostly wearing apparel. Three women's | dresses sold to a woman for $1.75, sight unseen; another woman bid $1.25 for | 12 bath towels. Unemployed Join Crowd. Augmented by the unemployed men who dropped in to get warm and stand in the rear of the room, the crowd filled the assigned space, and among the curious and disinterested, various ariicles ?dspircd comment, o&e‘n murnil-t ‘malls continued, with em- |shouldered man, wearing a shiny sul ‘f,li:;nu llg,z t.h: division of dead letters !Of sober cut, dark overcoat trimmed in and dead parcel post officiating before | velvet, black hat, wing collar and green the largest crowd ever to turn out for and tan sport shoes, couldn't under- the event. . stand the sale of the bath towels. “Too cold to bathe,” he commented. 900 Lots Offered. Four women’s flannel gowns brought An even 900 articles, representing an | $3.25 and several young women laughed. accumulation of six months, were of- Forty yards of short length gingham fered “as is,” with neither quantity nor | aroused little interest. ‘‘You needn't be uality guaranteed. From lot No. 1,!| ashamed of it” the auctioneer said. “toilet articles, cosmetics, salves, etc.” | Bidding started, and somebody took it to lot No. 900, “miscellaneous lot of | away for $2,75. cheap jewelry, etc.,” the auction-going | The money realized from the sale is ‘public, women and men, bid up a vaded | turned in to the Treasury Department assortment of goods. Officials of We ' At the last auction, 1,000 articles division said it"was the poorest lot | brought approximately $5,000, stuff they had ever offered, but that the\ officials seriously doubted that the were running at a satisfactory icles offered today would average so jevel. ‘high. Dealers in second hand gcods As is usually the case, women bid | dominated the sale. Y M.C. A ENROLLS ‘BUREAU S ASKED 553 NEW MEMBERS FOR HANDICAPPED 150 Campaign Workers At- Child Health Survey Finds| tend “Victory Dinner” at Treatment and Training Close of Annual Drive. l Woefully Lacking. The Young Men's Christian Asszcla- | BY the Associated Press tion has expanded its membership by A centrally-located special education 559 men as a result of its annual mem- | bureau for handicapped children—the | Derehip ek campaign, which closed jame, the deaf, the blind, the mentally Announcement that the assoclation | 8nd nervously defective, the under- had gone “over the top” in its city- | Dourished—was asked today in the re- wide ‘eanvass was made at a “victory | POTt on that phase of the child health dinner” of more than 150 workers last | Problem prepared for the coming White night in the ¥, M. C. A. assembly hall. | House conference. The dinner marked formal conclusion| ' From such a bureau, the report ar- of the drive, which was directed by Ed | §ued, parents and teachers could read- Morton Wilils. The original goal was | 1Y secure information concerning the exceeded by 67 members, treatment and training of all types of Desire of a number of the volunteer | handicapped. workers to continue the canvass until| The Sonengiviee sn S quecisl dhs. certain remaining prospective members | © lof b'?hxa Dr. ’Chlrles 8. Berry, of have been approached may result in ai o “31 a University, is chairman, also even larger final total, Chairman wmu‘p;'f;n & nation-wide publicity cam- declared. | . = Not a single city in the United States. w;i?,‘:;;‘,’:,nT’Q°";fs€‘ ,{"":}x";,"c;:d‘ ihe | the committee set forth, is mow pro- appreciation of the board of managers| Viding special education for all its| of the association for the achievements | Nandicapped children who need it, and ot the volunteers, of whom were | in small towns and rural districts any | e g B ‘men, who | f0rm of such education was said to be sacrificed other duties in order fo take| WORTUlly lacklpg. \ ¢ £ art in the canvass. Mr. Thompson | c 8 Presented to Mus. Willis, wife of the | Pled children were said to be inade- hairman, & large bouquet of roses in | QUAtely trained, and state laws dealing Secognition of the efforts of herself and | With apecial education af the Handicsy rpetsaig pe pronounced “fearfully an f*"Was announced that Rev. Dr,| }onderfully made i lacking in uniform- Homer J. Councilor, assistant pastor | i 80d not fair in distribution of of Calvary Baplist Church and dean | gisabilities 8 i 1 of Religion of the ¥. M. |3 : G A" 1ad a1l uer waskeers in i fotal Adore than 3.000,000 childre tn elee num of members enlisted. mentary schools of the United States brought in 33 recruits. Dr. Edward Decd special treatment and training be- Grass was next with 32 new members, | C2use¢ of marked disabilities, the com- T e no” Mot memmbers. | mittee estimated. An added 6,000,000 oy P v gt I g “m_‘weremsmd to be suffering from mal-{ fation membership *o “extend the hand | pocrion &nd 625,000 more have weak of fellowship” to the new members. A ] special welcome will be arranged, FISH FIRM FILES SUIT IN BANKRUPT COURT Thomfordt-Faunce Co. Schedule Shows Assets About Half of | Its Liabilities. | The Thomfort-Fauncze Co., Inc., deales BOARD OF EDUCATION LAUDS ORATORY WINNER |Letter Bearing Signatures of All Members to Be Sent to Gullion. Contest Is Authorized. The Board of Education today is!| forwarding its official commendation | in sea foods at 604 Pennsylvania avenue | 12 Edward Gullion, Western High northwest, today filed a voluntary pe- | School boy, who won the fifth inter- tition in bankruptcy; through Attorneys | hati-nal Oratory Contest finals in Con- Loving &nd Hamner. Through Milton | Stifutional Hall. October 25, in accord- W, Thomfordt, its president, the come | ®ACe With action taken at its meeting pany schedules its liabilities at $78.- | “;1 yesterday. 294.93, and estimates its assets at| PTOMDt authorization of the contest, $33.567.39. ;’\v!:k‘ll; h:< .becnlmrl v]lI(}‘tuallly n(;'s:rt o{ The company succeeded last April to Wasiington's school life during thte pas the fish bu‘s’larwyu of E. Thomfordt, Inc,, | 5°VeN Years, was given, and attention e ‘of Faymond T. Faunce. Both of | ¥85 directed to the ‘victory of the the older concerns had been in business | g;;‘n “R‘;":l Gflwol Lbov o the lmt - i s of h e for more than & quarter of a century. | gepcre) %'y S OB ;.‘:d‘wsu sy 4 s | The Evening Star in this area. foadways of signs, if another method | Mrs. Philip Sicney Smith, board mem- can be found. He expressed interest In | ber, proposed that a letter of commen- the recent decision of the Indiana Su- | dation, bearing the signatures of each reme Court giving authorities in what member of the school board, be dralted tate furisdiction over billboards in cer- and sent t) young Gullion. The pro- tain areas. | pozal was accepted, and Harry O. Hine, Miss Harlean James, executive sec- | scheol bcard secretary, y is prepar- retary of the American Civic Associa-|ing the letter. tion, “explained that notices have been| Edmund Guilion is the son of Lieut. sent out to 17 national organizations| Col. Allen W. Gullion, U. 8. A., and | i TWO, FOUND DEAD, BELIEVED SUICIDES BY GAS AND PISTOL Despondency Over Lack of Work Blamed in Death of F. L. Eldridge. BAKER, SHOT, LEAVES NOTE BESIDE HIS BODY Frank Novotny Discovered Garage at Rear of His Home in Northeast. Two persons were found dead today under circumstances which led police to believe they committed suicide, one after a period of despondency over un- employment, and the other for unknown causes. Frederick L. Eldridge, 35 years old, committed suicide, police say, by in- haling illuminating gas in his rooms in the Drake Apartments, 2100 block of H street, last night. The body of Frank Novotny, 45 years old, a bakery shop proprietor at 1112 H street northeast, was discovered this morning in a gaarge in the rear of the man’s residence, with a bullet wound in the head. Wife Discovers Body. Mrs. Frances Eldridge, who discovered her husband’s body when she returned home from her position at a woman' wearing apparel shop, told police had been worried for several weeks be- cause of his failure to find work. Eldridge was found lying on a cot, clad in a bathrobe, when his wife entered the apartment. Gas was flowing from several open jets on the kitchen range, while a rug had been stuffed beneath a door to prevent the fumes from escaping. The fire rescue squad was summoned, but efforts to resusitate the man failed. Dr. A. L. Delgrego of the Emergency Hospital staff pronounced him dead. Coroner Gives Certificate, A certificate of death by suicide was signed by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt. Police 'who investigated the death of Novotny reported a pistol and a note to the man's wife were discovered Iying | near the body. After questioning Paul Brown, colored, of 1925 Gales street northeast, who found the body, police said they were of the opinion that Mr. Novotny had com- mitted suicide. Brown was in_Mr. Novotny's employ. _Coroner “J. sey Nevitt was notified. The note to his wife was written in Bohemian. It was not made public by members of the family. According to police, Mr. Novotny started his customary day’s work at 4 o'clock this morning and at 5 o'clock he told Brown-he was going to the nearby restaurant for coffee. After an hour had elapsed the colored man went to the restaurant where he was told Mr. Novotny had not appeared. He then notified Mrs. Novotny and started a search, ending in the garage in the rear of the home, where the found Mr. Novotny's body on the floor, his re- volver nearby and his cigar resting on the fender of his automobile. Mr. and Mrs. Novotny had been mar- | ried 19 years. There were no children s £ald the Novotnys have no | relatives in this country. SON OF MEMBER OF HOUSE HURT Jay Kurtz, 18, in Serious Condi- | tion After Car Overturns on Annapolis Road. Jay Kurtz, 18-year-old son of Repre- sentative J. Banks Kurtz of Pennsyl- vania, is in a serious condition at Prov- idence Hospital as a result of injuri: received in an automobile accident ye: terday while returning from a foot ball game at Annapolis, Md. Kurtz, accord- ing to hospital authorities, has a pos- sible fracture of the skull and several rib fractures. . ‘Two other occupants of the car, Paul ‘Tangora, 20, and Robert Mayo, 20, stu- dents at the Devitt Preparatory School, where Kurtz attends, received lesser injuries, the condition of neither being eonsidered serious. The three boys were leaving Annap- olis after attending a foot ball game between Devitt and the Naval Academy plebes when the accident occurred, causing their automobile to overturn. Passing motorists brought the youths | to the local hospital. Dettails of the accident, which was the second in two weeks in which stu- dents at Devitt have figured promi- nently, could not be ascertained. Three members of the preparatory school’s foot ball team were hurt October 25 when their automobile was in_collision witi. another near Frederick, Md. Young Kurtz lives with his parents at 3016 Tilden street. Mayo resides at 7000 Piney Branch road and Tangora at Connecticut avenue and Upshur street. Arrested while speeding to the bed- side of his injured schoolmate, Barney Ackerman, 21 years old, a student at Devitt Prep School, received a sus- pended sentence from Judge Gus A. Schuldt today in Police Court. Ackerman said that last night he re- ceived information that Kurtz had been injured. “I was naturally worried because of my friend's condition,” Ackerman told Judge Schuldt, “which made me drive a little faster than usual, for they told me he would live only a few hours. Judge Schuldt ordered a $25 fine and the sentence uuegzndel Ackerman was chargea with sedond offense speeding. in| Ram- | GRAND JURY GETS FLYTHE STORY OF LIQUORLESS RAID ;Newspaper Man, Wife, Guest and Rental Agent Testify. Informer Available. TURNAGE AND RAIDERS SUMMONED TO APPEAR Perjury Charge in John Doe Pro- ceedings Probed After Search of Home. Several witnesses were examined to- day as a grand jury began an investi- gation of a recent raid of a police liquor squad on the home of William P. Flythe, local newspaper man, at 1806 G street. Among those questioned were Filythe, his wife, Mrs. J. H. Montgomery, a friend of Mrs. Flythe; Col. Charles J. Ferris of the Army and Navy Club, a frequent guest at the Flythe home, and Willlam H. Hutcherson, real estate dealer, with offices in the McGill Building, who was rental agent for the owner of the premises. The grand jury also called Needham C. Turnage, a United States Commis- | sioner; members of the raiding party | and Inspector Thaddeus R. Bean, chief of the liquor squad, who conducted an independent probe of the affair soon after complaint was made by the writer. Informer to Be Available. J. M. Burke, informer who swore to the warrant used in the surprise wisit, did not appear. Officials announce arrangements had been made to com- municate with him promptly should his presence later be deemed necessary. ‘The case was presented to the grand jury as a result of a conference seyeral days ago between Flythe and Leo A. Rover, United States attorney. Flythe informed Rover Burke had perjured himself when he swore to a warrant ' in which he charged he saw liquor pur- chased in the Flythe home after he had discovered a still in the cellar. No Contraband Found. No contraband was found when the | vice squad, armed with a Joe Doe war- rant, ransacked the writer's residence. Flythe declared there never had been a still in his home and he knew of no one who answered the description of the man named in the warrant. Filythe also told Rover he never had sold a drop of liquor in his life. 'DR. ENCISO IS DEAD \WHILE EN ROUTE HOME Argentine Charge d'Affaires Sought Health in Trip by Ship to South America. The death of Dr. Julian Enciso, blic in its embassy here, aboard the | steamship Western Prince, on which he was making his way to Buenos Aires, was announced today by the embassy. The death occurred yesterday. Dr. Enciso had been very il for sev~ eral weeks here. He ‘Washington October 24 and was to have arrived at Buenos Aires November 11, Armistice day. He was 51 years old. Assigned to Washington in August, 1928, as consul after & distinguished ca- reer of 22 years in the diplomatic serv- |ice of his country in several posts of importance, Dr. Enclso was elevated to the position of charge d'affaires Novem- ber 15 of that year. Previously he had served as secretary to Argentine lega- tions in Madrid, Berlin and Santiago, Chile; charge d'affaires at Copenhage secretary at Berne and at Rio de Ja- neiro, and as an observer for his gov- ernment at Geneva. A native of Buenos Aires, Dr. En- ciso_was graduated as a lawyer from the University of Buencs Alres and for eight years before entering the diplo- matic service was officially connected with his government. He was distin- guished as a writer in prose and verse and for several years had been the lit- erary editor of La Nacion, the leading newspaper in Buenos Aires. Dr, Enciso is survived by his wife, the former Miss Susana Ugalde, whom he married in 1917. U. S. DEAL APPROVED Ohio Avenue Lot to Be Acquired for $15,000. While the selection of a jury was in progress to value the two squardd lying south of the District Building in connection with the Federal improve- ment program, the Department of Jus- tice has approved the purchase at pri- vate sale of premises 1357 Ohio avenue at a consideration of $15,000, which had been submitted by Attorney Wil- liam B. Wolf. The owners are Louls and Laura Cervetti. Harry Seidenberg has sold to the Government the Capitol Hill Apart- ments at Delaware avenue and C street southwest for $115,000. Attorney Wolf represented Seidenberg and arranged a lease from the Government for five years. Licensed to Wed at Fairfax. FAIRFAX, Va., November 6 (Special). —Marriage licenses were issued at Fair- fax Court House this week to Clarence L. Snow, 24, Saco, Me., and Florence C. Drown, 22, Sanford, ‘William R. Pruitt 49 and Emma Kahl 32, both of East Falls Church, Va. PROPOSED MIDGET TAXI FLEET OF 200 MACHINES CREATES STIR | Officials Fear Intensified Rate War and Doubt Whether Such Cars Could Meet D. C. Regulations. Washington's public utility and traf: fio officlals were stirred today by re- ports of the advent of another cheap- rate taxicab venture, to compete with the various 35-cent companies now in operation. ‘The Public Utilities Commission was advised by Sergt. Joseph D. Harrington, District hack inspector, that informa. tion had ccme to him that a new taxi- cab ccmpany is planning to start opera- 6F 300 nidket. satotmanics, and offering of t aul ering a flat-rate service of 25 and 50 cents— 25 cents for the so-called city proper will only serve t» intensify the taxi- cab rate war, and confront them with another new problem in regulation and control of public vehicles, the number of which the Utilities Commission al- ready has tried unsuccessfully to limit. A question also was raised as to whether the midget cars could meet the require- ments for public vehicles prescribed in the commission’s order of last Applications for licenses for the censes, Sergt, is con- Gucking on thvestigation "o "And" the [ CA Precinct Commander Has Spent 35 Years in Service of District. Efficient Work Carried Him From Ranks to Leader of Local Force. Capt. Charles P. M. Lord, commander of the thirteenth police precinct, today filed an application for retirement with Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police. He asked to be placed on the retired list, effective November 15. Lord will be the fifth veteran police captain .to leave the service in' the last two months. One of them, Capt. Robert E. Doyle of the eighth precinct, died on duty. The others, Capts. Fred Cornwell of the fourth precinct, Charles T. Peck of the second precinct and Wil- liam E. Sanford of lElt fifth precinct were retired at their own request. For .35 years Capt. Lord has been connected with the Police Department, and his record of service contains 13 official commendations for meritorious policework. During his career he has served in all but 4 of the 14 police precincts. Starting as a “rookie” in October, 1895, Lord's first assignment was as a patroiman in the eighth precinct. From there he moved to other precincts throughout the district, going from the PT. LORD, VETERAN OF POLICE, TO RETIRE WITH MANY HONORS | CAPT. CHARLES P. M. LORD. eighth to the first, then to the ninth, the tenth, the second, the third, the tenth, the sixth, the eleventh, back to the tenth, and finally to the thirteenth as_its commanding officer. Lord's efficient police work also brought him the promotions which car- ried him from a private to a captain in a period of 24 years. His first promo- tion from a private to a sergeant came July 2, 1906. He was made a lieutenant May 15, 1914, and was advanced to his present rank of captain August 10, 1919, Capt. Lord is 63 years old. LA GORCE HONORED BY 200 AT DV Geographic Society Trustees Present Globe Atlas to Vice President. Some 200 friends from a score of cities and a dozen States—scientists, | explorers, statesmen, editors and other | notables—attended the dinner given last evening at the New Willard Hotel by the trustees of the National Geographic Society in honor of the 25 years' asso- ciation with the society of Dr. John Oliver La Gorce, now its vice president and associate editor of its National Geo- graphic_Magazine. Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the society, presided at the dinner, told of the work of the guest of honor in behalf of the society and presented him, in behalf of the trustees, with a globe atlas of the world. After recounting the occasions upon which the society has paid tribute to its explorers who have returned from noteworthy expeditions, Dr. Grosvenor added: “Equally worthy of recognition and honor is one who has given a quarter century striving mighti- ly and brilliantly to help create this great organization, which supports the explorers, arouses public sentiment to the importance of their work and makes the reports of their discoveries available to t:\: public.” The only other speaker on the Nevils, S. J, president of Georgetown University, which Dr, La Gorce attend- ed and which recently gave him an honorary master of arts degree. Education Peace Factor. Dr. Nevils was greetéd with applause when, after recounting some of the measures advanced to bring about world peace, said: “But there has been one program against which, I venture to say, no antagonist has up to the pres- ent arisen. It is this: Let us have in- ternational peace through education. This can be done best through educa- tion. There is probably no medium the world over that has contributed so much to international peace through education as the National Geographic Magazine.” The globe-atlas presented to Dr. La Gorce by the society’s trustees bore the inscription: “Presented to Dr. John Oliver La Gorce by the board of trus- tees of the National Geographic So- ciety in recognition of 25 years of dis- tinguished service to the society.” Signed by 39 members of the edi- torial staff and the cartographie, il- lustrations and photographic divisions of the society and its foreign cor- respondents who were present was an engrossed resolution. The tribute con- tained in this resolution paid Dr. La Gorce by his assoclates was read to the diners by Dr. W. J. Showalter. During the dinner Gene Buck of New York introduced Alfred Chigi, Russian soloist, and Robert Conchi, who con- tributed to the musical prgram, which also included a group of Russian choral singers. Letter From Byrd Read. A letter was read from Rear Admi- ral Richard E. Byrd, who had expected to be present, but was detained by a lecture date that could not be canceled. Following the response of Dr. La Gorce the first showing was given mo- tion pictures taken on the National Geographic Society's recent aerial survey of sky paths from Washington to Bue- nos Aires. These pictures reveal the first “‘movies” ever taken from the air of a water spout, snapped off Havan, and then recorded aerial views of the old Spanish Main, of historic Santo Do- mingo, of other West Indies Islands, of the broad, island-dotted mouth of the Amazon and of the La Plata, and showed the beautiful harbor of Rio de Janeiro. Trips were also made to in- terior regions where the camera revealed little known jungle areas, and primitive peoples, in contrast to the busy cities and the mammoth coconut and coffee plantations, end other new industries that are springing up in South America. Other pictures also were shown, in- cluding those taken by Dr. La Gorce of flamingoes, the only movies recorded of this elusive blrd, and those of the Val- ley of Ten Thousand Smokes, in Alaska, recorded by Dr Robert P. Griggs, leader of a series of the society's expeditions which discovered and explored that natural wonder a PARK POLICE MAKE 51 RUM CASES IN MONTH Drunkenness, with 51 cases, was ex- ceeded only by 70 violations of traffic regulations, in the compilation of of- fenses set forth in the report of the | United States Park Police for October, submitted today by Capt. P. J. Crrroll to Capt. R. C. Montgoméry, U. 8. A., the superintendent. There was a total of 179 arrests, and 36 were fined $545, while 96 preferred to forfeit $404. As a result of the far-flung activit; of the park police, 10 were sent to for 30 days, 2 for six months, 1 for one year and 5 were when the month closed, ‘Twenty sick or injured were sent home or to hospitals. Forty-eight auto- mobile accidents were reported, _four stolen automobiles were recovered, a lost child was returned to its parents “BUY-NOW" DRIVE SHOWS TRADE GAIN Business for Past Week Far Ahead of Same Period of Last Year. ‘The week of business ended yesterday in District firms was considerably im- proved over the corresponding week of 1929, according to repcrts of department store executives made yesterday to Mark Lansburgh, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association. The reports were made at the request of Dorsey W. Hyde, jr, secretary of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, which is sponsoring a “buj-now-for- better-business” campaign this week to revive Iéullnul enm'lnicn:u i the The Campaign Commif ving prosperity drive in charge, which is com| of prominent Washingtonians affiliated as well as apart from the chamber, is making a canvass of local firms this week to determine what, if the campaign, will deliver a talk over Station WRC tonight in with the drive. Rudolph Jose, presi- dent of the chnm“be{fiennd George E. program was Rey. W. Coleman | P pressed business Talks before the Kiwanis Club and Cosmopolitan Club on the “Buy-Now=- for-Better-Business” scheduled for today. SCHOOL BUILDING FOWLERTOMAKE TESTS OF PURITY OF AIRINBUSSES - Complaints of Passengers Bring Order From Health Officer to Study Ventilation. GARAGE OWNERS GIVEN WARNING OF MONOXIDE Bulletin Calling Attention to Dan- ger of Running Engines in Closed Places Is Mailed Out. Tests of the purity of air in busses Tunning in the District have been or- dered by District Health Officer Willlam C. Fowler, on complaints from pas- sengers that busses are rl; - lated. The order was mm v’llt;m':e approval of the Public Utilitles Com- ™ ealtn lealth Department inspectors take into the busses two Al’nllref)otkles for each sample. One bottle is full of dis- tilled water. The other Is empty. In order to get a sample of the air, all that is necessary is to pour the water from one bottle to the other. Then the empty bottle is tightly stoppered and th"e’ llr'cxmuflned in the chemical labor- atory for ices of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. Warning Sent Out. According to Dr. Fowler there is a remote poseibility of the presence of carbon monoxide, a deadly poison, in the busses. The discomfort passengers suffer comes principally from carbon dioxide, an inert gas exhaled by the human lungs, which accumulates when the busses are trowded and there is nt ventilation, If the tests show that the busses are improperly ventilated the results will be given to the Public Utilities Commission for action. At the same time Dr. Fowler sent to owners of public and private e AR, -mol When gasoline engines are Hiated gurages; “The: warming, o he af gar: form of a small printed leaflet, follows:. Fumes Are Poisonous. from the exhaust of an au- gasoline movement were | lated SPEED-UP URGED| *i'percns Board of Education Resolution to Be Forwarded to Dis- trict Heads. Resolutions urging the District Com- missioners to speed up every proposed public school bullding and repair proj- ect which has been authorized and ap- propriated” for will be sent to the Dis- trict Bullding today by the Board of Education as a result of its action taken yesterday with a view to contributing :ld to the unemployment situation ere. ‘The school board's action was_taken at the suggestion of Dr. Charles F. Ca- rusl, president, who asked in open meeting whether the board could not do its share in creating employment. Dr, Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, pointed out that the board could seek the speeding-up of pending building projects. Mrs. Henry Grattan s Doyle, board member, .promptly made a mo- tion that the Commissioners be re- quested to accelerate these projects. The motion was seconded Before Dr. H. Barrett Learned, vice president of the board, proposed that the resolution list each project and the date of com- pletion under the normal operation schedule, and request specifically the speeding-up of definitely named build- . This proposal was accepted, and the resolution will go'to the Commis. sioners in that form. In an ‘effort to go still further in a’ling unemployment. in Washington, Rev. F. 1. A. Bennett, board member, asked if substitute and temporary teacher appointees could not be drawn from the ranks of actually unemployed candidates. Dr. Ballou explained that this policy actually was being pursued. TRACHTENBERG AGAIN SEIZED BY POLICE Man Who Was Freed on Bad Money Charge and Confessed Assault, Held in Dry Case. Freed at a United States commission- er's hearing when arraigned Tuesda on a charge of passing worthless money, Aaron Trachtenberg, 27-year-old tire shop operator, was arrested agai terday when detectives of the police vice squad arrested him at his place of b‘uxmm for an alleged dry law viola- tion. He was taken to the second precinct station, where he was booked on a charge of illegal possession of 24 half galions of liquor and released on $500 collateral for appearance in court. Trachtenberg was released by United States Commissioner Needham C. Turn- age Tuesday when brought before the latter for a hearing on removal pro- ceedings ins and if not promptly removed from the resence of the death may result very short v “No one should remsin alone in a room into which the from an automobile are being since he may without warning be rendered unconscious by the times _occurs, though not rendered un being unable promptly to obtain alr he may without possibility of aid be killed. v “Dizziness, headache, weakness or shortness of breath are danger signs and as soon as they appear the motor should be stopped and fresh air sought , at once. Delay may mean death, since paralysis may prevent escape. “When a person is found unconscicus in a garage or elséwhere in the presence of the gases from an exhaust from gasoline engine, he should be imme- diately removed to the outside air, placed with the head low, and artificial respiration applied. Carbon monoxide is, however, an active poison and kills by its positive action on the blood and not merely by suffocation. A physician should be summoned, therefore, in every case. Even should consciousness be recovered, dd.:t.h may ensue as late as be careful not to remain long in the poisoned atmosphere nor to breathe freely in it. Open the doors of the garage wide befors entering.” BROKER CONVICTED OF TRUST BREACH Client’s Securities Marketed With- out Accounting of Any Proceeds. John Gordon Yates, local stock broker, was convicted late yesterday by a jury in Criminal Division 3 before Justice Luhring of charges of embezzlement and larceny after trust in connection with the disposition of stock entrusted to him by Mrs. Belle V. Shaw, mother-in- law of Rear Admiral Thomas J. Senn of this city. ‘Yates was yhown to have disposed of 25 shares of Consolidated Investment Corporation stock valued at nearly $4,000, which Mrs. Shaw had turned over to him for sale and rein . if asserted, but nothing is yet in sight. - Mr. Delano said that he does m With reforence to the proj posed Mrs. Gulion of 3730 North Hampton ' ai . of billhoard elimination in this area. Chase, : nd 50 cents to outlying sections. strest, Chovy officials omoter of the service and and another child was turned over to Such a venture, the nn( correction. his plans. its parents for