Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1930, Page 17

v EDUCATION BOARD - REFUSES 15-YEAR SCHOOL ESTIMATE Letter to Reichelderfer Says “Guesswork” Would Be of Little Value. FIVE YEARS DECLARED PLANNING TIME LIMIT Request for Information Desired by Maj. Gotwals Is Considered at Executive Meeting. An attempt to estimate school build- ings construction and maintenance cost for a period 15 years in advance would involve too much guesswork and would be of little or no real assistance to the ioners, the Board of Education advised Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, president of the Board of Commission- ers, in a communication today. Its communication to the Commis- sloners, transmitted and signed by Harry O. Hine, secretary of the Board of Education, carried to the District heads the School Board's reply to Dr. Reichelderfer’s request for a_ schedule, of expenditures by the school system for the 15 fiscal years following and including 1932 to make possible a long-time fiscal program. The board considered this request, which was made at the instigation of . John C. Got- wals, U. S. A, Engineer Commissioner of the District, in executive session late yesterday. Five-Year Estimate Offered. The comunication to Dr. Reichelder- fer sets forth also: “That the Board of Education can make a general estimate for a period of 4, five years, and has already recorded % ftself as of the opinion that an average “of $3,000,000 per year for the next five years should reasonably meet the re- quirement of the public school system (building _construction and maintenance) regard.” Mr. Hine advised the Commissioners also that the Board of Eudcation desires it to be understood that it expects the Commissioners to allocate the revenues of the District “in such wise as to give priority to those demands which in its on seem to the Board of Commis- rs to be the most urgent.” . The board wants it known further that it will submit in no case estimates for a larger amount than it believes ab- solutely necessary to meet the serious demands ‘o the school system,. “even i entage of the total Fevemies of the i p..centage of revenu ml;uw'.:h of’ Columbin”spprecigbiy” les than the percentage general - cated to public education by eities of “Hire's lette i 3 . Says Besrd Will Og-epertie © “purther, should such a percentage, ,000,000 a year, require an increase | 5 te in, the District of Co- willbe “that the Y ‘estimates may be proportionately rednesd to avold such increase. DISTRICT VACANCIES Republican Membership on Sen- ate Committee Cut by De- parture of 2 Men. ‘The of the two vacancies ‘In fiing the Republican membership of the Sen- ate District Committee resuiting from ot Webster Americanization School b- | con! wed despite the will be Senate by Dwight W. Morrow, Repub- Senator Robsion’s place in the Sen- ate will be filled during the short ses- sion by Senator-elect Ben Williamson, and after March 4 Willlam- ‘will be succeeded by Judge M. M. , Democrat, elected for the six- year term. new Republican Senators take office December 1, James J. Davis of it FACE TRACK RECLUSE, 65, FOUND DEAD IN CABIN Taciturn Hermit With Obscure Past Had Guarded Secret of His Life Until End Came. Samuel Johnson, 65-year-old race t-ack recluse, was found dead yesterday 1) a log cabin on Barnes lane, near the cid Benning race track. A kind of legend of foymer promi- Lence—a stable owner, perhaps, in the heyday of the old Benning race track, his few acquaintance said—had formed about him. Nothing, however, save a €eep love for horses m&rnfln:d this. Patrick MeSweeney, ‘trainer for the Brady Stables, found the old hermit, Wwho had practically immured himself in the cabin for the past few years, on a rude pallet. Tacituin and secre- tive, a ted only with race track workers, he had guarded his “past” un- il the end. Police are making efforts to locat> WASHINGTON, LOAN TO CHINA URGED TO AID TRADE AND Legal ‘Adviser to Nanking Government Believes Silver Deal Good Investment. Judge Linebarger Wants U.S. to Beat Russia to “Big Prize of Today.” A bright picture of how American trade with ‘China could be increased, relieving unemployment here, if this Government would extend financial aid to China, is described by Judge Paul Linebarger, legal adviser to the Chinese Natjonkl government, who has just reached Washington from the Orient. According to Judge Linebarger, the Chinese National government is seeking to borrow from thé American Govern- ment & billion ounces of silver, which would be about $360,000,000, to be used in getting Chinese soldiers back into peaceful pursuits, where they would be- come potential consumers of American ‘We are only seeking to borrow a commodity—the commodity of silver— not money,” Judge Linebarger empha- sizes. “But we will turn this into money, by using it as a tool, and change it into gold by development of China’s natural ‘wealth and in trade.” Declaring that there is hardly any- thing the Chinese will not buy from America if they have the means, this special representative of China’s Na- tional goverhment believes the proposal ‘would prove to be an investment as well as a loan. The Chinese, according to Judge Linebarger, are prepared to pay 2 per cent interest for 50 years. Chinese Called Most Grateful. Although he is legal adviser to the National government of China and spe- cial treaty envoy to this country, Judge | Linebarger, whose home is at 2006 R street northwest, says he prefers to be looked upon as a piain American cit- izen trying to relieve unemployment in this country and who believes he has one solution. “China,” he says, “suffers from un- derconsumption, while America suffers from overproduction. Why not co- operate? The Chinese are the most grateful people on earth. We must make friends with them.” Judge Linebarger said he was not in 2 position at time to give details regarding the proposed loan which is being sought, beyond saying that he is here on such a mission. Di 1 generally, iscussing Judge Linebarger predicted that as soon as_“China gets tools—money—China will work for America.” “In this country,” he continued, “we have two sets of fools—gold and silver. We have discarded the silver set. If a carpenter had two sets of tools and a job was waiting to be done requiring two men, he would be glad to let the other fellow use the set he was not using.” DEBATES SETTLED ON KINDERGARTENS M Classes With Less Than 18 to Be Closed if Teachers Needed Elsewhere. “Settlement of thé long-pending kin- dergarten controversy was reached ami- cably by the Board of Education in spe- cial session late yesterday when, in three separate actions, it established & new policy on the administration of this department of the District school system. ‘The board’s three policy-making ac- tions were: 1. Deciding that kindergartens whose average daily attendance falls below 18 shall be closed if the need for the kin- dergarten teacher is more urgent else- where in the schools: 2. Agreeing definitely that the so- called underage kindergarten at nt:z be continued; and 3. Agreeing that the two-teacher kin- dergarten at the Thomson School—ac- & demonstration school—shall be fact its average dally ;twndnwg is below 25 puplls per. her. Transfers to End. In thelr application to the present kindergartens the administrative orders which the board adopted immediately after establishing the policy the new rules mean that no more kindergarten teachers in the white schools shall be transferred to vacancies in the elemen- tary schools, unless, of course, some time in the future their average daily at- tendance should drop below 18. The board’s complete action yesterday also means that the promotion, termination, retirement, resignation or deéath of a kindergarten teacher shall constitute a vacancy that is to be filled in accord- ance with already existing rules of the board. This is at variance with the former interpretation of the passing of any kindergarten incumbent through any one of these five channels, which, since the passage of the current appro- priation act, was construed as a mere reduction in the personnel, with a re- sultant lapsing of the absentee’s salary. At the opening of the discussion which preceded the board’s series of actions vesterday Dr. Charles P. Carusi, presi- dent of the board, made plain his atti- tude toward the kindergarten and toward Representative Robert G. Sim- mons of Nebraska, chairman of the House Subcommittes on Appropriations, whose caustic criticism of the kinder- garten administration brought the whole | of the hear- matter to light. Speak! last ings on_the appropriation bill Spring, Dr. Carusi said: Agrees with Mr. Simmons. “I said then that I dergartens were over to you now that I overstaffed at that time. In that I be- lieve Mr. Simmons entirely right and deserving of credit for showing us thoug taffed, and 1 say clieve they were ht the kin- | RELIEVE JOBLESS JUDGE LINEBARGER. Judge Linebarger, who is familiar with the progress of events in China since he resigned as United States judge in the Philippines in 1907 to be- | come¢ an adviser to Dr. Sun Yat Sen, says that this is the end of 17 years of warfareg and that the men in the Chinese national government compare favorably with those of any other gov- ernment. Chiang Kai-Shek is president of the Council of State and generalis- simo, Government Is Explained. “China’s National government,” Judge Linebarger sald, “is controlled by the Kuomintang party, which acts as ‘trustee for the masses to prevent a dic- tator from ruling China and-to advance the interests of the masses. Bov- ernment of China is nominated by this party. The Chinese masses are not ignorant, but only illiterate. They are susceptible to Communistic doctrines be- cause the proximity of Russia allows constant propaganda. The Council of State is responsible for the masses dur- ing the period of tutelage, in which their uplift will be attained within a decade. America's co-operation is ex- ceedingly necessary during this tutelage period. Russia is striving hard for the greatest prize of today, the prize of an alliance with China. If America does not shape China’s destiny in the period of tutelage, of course, China will have to turn to Russia.’ Discussing the present need for as- sistance, Judge Linebarger said the Chi- nese government must disband its sol- diers, exchange their rifles for picks and shovels and get them started in gainful labor, If this is done, he said, there will be no Communism. ‘The Chinese National government, in co-operation with an American com- mission, would spend the money for labor. He emphasized that China, with its large population, offers a great mar- ket, and that many lines of industry in America would be stimulated by an increase in China’s ability to buy. board seemed to dispel the controversial spirit which had prevailed and paved the way for the amicable and quiet dis- cussions which followed. The Web- ster School's underage klndu}:fign was considered first. Henry Gilligan, spirited champion of all kindergartens, opposed further consideration of this class on the ground that the board had | agreed to continue it when it excepted that class from the tember. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, supef- intendent, however, contended that the board had taken no action on the Web-. ster class when it excepted it from the closing order. The board then unani- mously voted to continue this class, Retain Two-Teacher School. Just as quickly, the school bogrd voted to continue the two-teacher kin- dergarten in the Thomson School when Dr. Ballou explained that as a demon- stration center for the whole system one teacher would be too seriously taxed in scaring for her young charges and at the same time “demonstrating” her work to visiting teachers. Some discussion centered about the rule to close kindergartens whose aver- age daily attendance falls short of 18, when Mr. Gilligan and Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle sought to ha: phrased so that such class closed rather than be. Mr. Gilligan explained that as the rule was proj , the only contingency under 1| Which such a class may be continued in service was that its teacher might be needed more urgently in some hase of the school systerh. Gill jost, however, and the “shall” remained in the policy. This policy includes the changing of the minimum enrollment basis from “an enrollment of 25” to “an average daily attendance of 18.” In consequence of the board’s new policy on kindergartens, it approved an order calling for the filling of kinder- garten staff vacancies either by the transfer of a former kindergarten teacher back to the kindergarten de- partment from her position in the grades if she desires it, or the rein- statement of 'a kindergarten teacher now on leave and eligible for rein- statement, or by appointment of the first candidate on the appropriate list of qualified eligibles, In recognition of the urgent need for adidtional elementary teachers in the colored schools and admitting that such a need may sometimes exist in the white schools, the board further authorized the superintendent to trans- fer qualified kindergarten teachers to positions in the elementary grades under the provision in its new policy on the size of kindergarten classes. This was a departure, since the trans- fer of kindergarten teachers was con- templated by the congressional con- ferees only as & means of saving sal- aries, which savings were effected by | placing the transferred kindergartens | only into vacancies whose salaries had lapsed with the departure of the former incumbents. This order of the board, hg:"ev;‘r. n‘l(llth:nus the transfer of a e kindergarten TS “new” positions, © has L) ‘SUSPE‘CT IN AUTO THEFT ARRESTED AFTER FIGHT Officer Battles Colored Man for 15 Minutes—Prisoner Delivered to that the kindergartens could be more | efficiently administered. 1 m'ght add {hat perhaps that is one of the few | times when 1 believe Mr. Simmons has bren right, however. ersonally, I never thought much of the education value of that business of our kindergarten teachers going around Telatives, OTTENBERG TO SPEAK Local Attorney to Address Business High School P.-T. A. Louls and - ber ot 't 'fim‘.’”&'fl o :fim at its ‘school tomor- TOW night, w oo’ monthly meeting at = Shervaner visiting the fam lies of foreign teachers to il out thelr working day, particu- larly when: 1t was develop:d here that they didn't even know the language of the persons they were supposed to coun- eel with, but had to rely upon little children ‘as int-rpreters. “Now, since it had become necessary for us to do something about the kin- dergarten, I em frank to tell you that I'd prefer to do what might be the pop- ular thing, but I am convinced we have a duty here that we ought to perform, , and I will say at the outset that T am ready to share the re- 9 ibility with you board members in oing the right thing by casting my vote on what aj to_be the unpopular m ot this question i it comes to Prince Georges Sheriff. Overpowered by police after a 15- | minute figtic combat, James E. Thomas, | colored, 33 years old, of Melwood, Md., | Was arrested here yesterday afternoon and turned over to guthorities of Prince Georges County, Md., as a suspect in the theft of an automobile ai Marlbaro | Sunday night. | Deteclive Sergt. Henry M. Jett was | driving near Third and M streets south- west when he observed a car answering the description of the machine stolen at Marlboro. He forced the driver to the curb and began to question him, | Thomas resisted when Jett advised | him he was under arrest, and the two battled for nearly 15 minutes. Police- man J. K. McConnville went to the de- ‘tective’s ald when he came upon the """’n"',}h’ struggle, and the two o cers finally subdusd colored man. The prison DISTRICT PREPARES 10 RUSH PROJECTS ON SHORT NOTIGE H. L.' Robb Detailed Solely to Speed Up Program of Construction. U. S. APPROPRIATIONS TO ENABLE PROGRESS Engineering Staff Concentrates Upon Jobs in Anticipation of Later Authorization. Energetic preparation by the engineer branches of the District government under Engineer Commissioner John C. Gotwals began to take form today as reports from subordinates came to his desk indicating the number and charac- ter of engineering projects which could be undertaken at short notice should Congress see fit to ease the unemplo; ment situation by making available tra appropriations for various construc- tion jobs. : At the same time, in an effort to speed up building construction work, Assistant Engineer Commissioner H. L. Robb, who has charge of the Munici- pal architect’s Office and the Land Pur- chase Committee was relieved of all of his duties except those directly relating to buying land and putting up build- ings tn order to allow him to concen- trate solely on these subjects. Control over the District'’s auto re- pair shop, the District Building, the Motor Transport Board and municipal garage was switched to Assistant En- gineer Commissioner Donald A. David- son temporarily, Highway Projects Ready. First of the reports to come in deal- ing with projects not in the appropria- tion act or in estimates, but which could be put under contract within four to eight weeks, came from Capt. Herbert C. Whitehurst, District hjghway en- gineer. Capt. Whitehurst reported three such projects; ome, construction of a grade crossing over the tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at New Hampshire avenue extended; two, re- placement of the Chain Bridge by a new bridge bullt on the same piers which support the present structure; three, changing the grade and location of Fourteenth street from Water street southwest to the Highway Bridge and providing grade separation of all streets intersecting park highway. Capt. Whitehurst reported that it would be impossible to undertake any paving works during the Winter except at the almost certain sacrifice of any paving that might be done on account of the freezing weather conditions. Similar reports have been ordered by Maj. Gotwals from all of the District engineer branches and he will organize them s0 as to show at a glance the character of work now in progress, work. appropriated for but not yet under con- tract; work not.yet appropriated for but included in the 1932 estimates and which could be started promptly should propriation for them be enacted; | and ly, work covered neither by the appropriation act nor in the estimates, but which could be started with a mini- mum delay should appropriations acts covering it be passed. Report Ready for Hoover. Maj. Gotwals said that this work was similar to that being done by State executives and others at the request of Col. Arthur Woods, chairman of Presi- dent Hoover’s emergency committee on unemployment relief. ‘The report from the Water Depart- ment on lines laid down above is ex- pected tdday and others later in the week. All persons seeking work were urged today by Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the District Unemployment Commit- tee, to enroll with clerks to be stationed in all public schools Saturday morning between 9 and 12 o'clock. ‘The chairman announced permission to use the school buildings in taking the census had been granted by Dr. Charles P. Carusi, president of the Board of Education. The plan is for all unemployed men and women to visit the nearest school and sypply clerks with their names and types of occupation de- sired. Disclosures of October Conditions. Meanwhile a Labor Department sur~ vey of conditions in October revealed a majority of industrial establishments in the District “operated on fajrly satisfac- tory production schedules with their usual forces employed in most in- stances.” The report added, however, that a surplus of labor prevailed throughout the month, including building trades- men, sales persons, white and colored domestic’ help and unskilled workers. “The volume of public utility work under way the past 30 days,” the bulle- tin said, “exceeded that of the previous month, with prospects for a further increase during November. The hotels and stores expect to increase their forces during the next few weeks in [preplrztlon for the holiday trade. 1930 Street Program Soon Ready. “The 1930 street improvement pro- gram was nearing completion toward the close of the month. Quite a num- ber of the men that have been em- ployed in this work will be retained throughout the Winter on a 5-day-week basis,e instead of being released as in the past Winter periods. Federal and private building projects continued to offer employment to large numbers of skilled and unskilled laborers. . NAMED POST COMMANDER William E. Spicer Elected Head of Legion Unit. william E. Spicer was elected com- mander of Second Division Post, No, 28, of the American Legion at a meet- ing held last night at the Cairo Hotel. In taking-this action, the post elevated its adjutant and chairman of its Ways and Means Committee. Mr. Spicer served with the 67th Com- pany, 5th Regiment, United States Marines of the Second Division during the World War. commander he succeeds Earl J. Brown, who held that post since 1924. Other officers elected were first vice commander, K. T, Wright; second vice commander, Wil liam Wright; sergeant at arms, P, J. de Mareo, and color bearers, J. Everts and G. H. Smith. COLORED MAN DROWNS Walk r Lee Slips and Falls Into River—Body Recovered. Walker Lee, colored, 52 years old, drowned yesterday afternoon whin he lost his balance while at work for the foot" of Foening D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1930. NATIONAL SHRINE DEBT PAID UP BY U. . HIERARCHY Chapel of Lourdes and Southern Foundations to Be Erected Next. 35,000-PIECE MOSAIC WILL BE DEDICATED Catholic Administrative Council Takes Up Question of Aid for Unemployment Conditions. The check paying off the last cent of indebtedness on the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, repre- senting an expenditure of” $1,500,000, was signed today by Mgr. Bernard A. McKenna, special representative of the hierarchy of the United States in the erection of the great basilica, accord- ing to an announcement at a meeting of the trustees of the Catholic Univer- sity today, with Cardinal O'Connell of Boston presiding. Chapel of Lourdes Next Work. Work on the structure will continue with erection and embellishment of the Chapel of Lotrdes, the gift of George Logan Duval of New York, a laetare medalist, who founded the chair of Mariology at the university. The south- ern foundation will be next laid, ac- cording to a decision reached at a meet- ing of the Shrine Building Committee J. Dougherty of Philadelphia. The new foundations will more than double the size.of the present structure and indicate where the main entrance of the cathedral will be. The foundations will cost $250,000. Three American cardinals, O'Connell of Boston, Dougherty of Philadelphia and Hayes of New York, with the papal delegate, Archbishop Fumasoni-Biondi, who is soon to be created a cardinal, and all archbishops and bishops com- prising the American hierarchy will as- sist tomorrow night, following the semi- annual meeting of the hierarchy, in the formal ceremony of dedicating the mosaic of Murillo's “Immaculate Con- ception,” which is the gift of Pope Plus XI to the National Shrine. osaic Contains 35,000 Pieces. ‘This mosaic is said to be the most beautiful art work of its kind in the ‘Western Hemisphere. It is 8 by 12 feet and contajns 35,000 bits of enamel, which it took five years to assemble by artists in the Vatican mosaic works. It is to occupy the place of distinction in the main apse of the completed basilica. At the dedication ceremony Cardinal Dougherty will officlate and express the t?t\lde of American Catholics to the ;l;pe for this gift. Mgr. McKenna will be master of ceremonies, and the choir from the Dominican House of Studies will sing. Cardinal O'Connell spent more than an hour in the crypt this morning and expressed delight at the mosaic and progress of the decorative work on the crypt of the National Shrine. The administrative council of the Natlonal Catholic Welfare Conference met yesterday. Unemployment ¥s Considered. Rev. John J. Burke, general secre- tary of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, stated that one of the first matters to which the committee had given its attention was the far- reaching unemployment throughout the country. The committee, Father Burke said, passed a resolution asking all de- partments of the National Catholic Wel- fare Conference, including thousands of affiliated lay organizations of men and women, to take an active and immediate interest in seeking to relieve and im- prove unemployment conditlons, to co- operate with President Hoover's Na- tional Committee on Unemployment and with local official bodies working for @’ betterment of this situation, more lamentsble as Winter. approaches. ‘The Administrative Committee further called attention to and urged applica- tion in every field of business and civic life of Christian principles of justice and charity, particularly as set forth in the rerum novarum of Leo XIII, the bishops’ reconstruction program and the joint pastogal letter of the bishops of the United States of 1919, Hoover Is Compiimented. The Administrative Committee stated that every bishop in the United States, through the agencles at his command, particularly charity and aid organiza- tions, was doing his utmost to relieve the condition of the unemployed. Cardinal O’Connell, the dean of the hierarchy, called at the White House yesterday and formally accepted a -place on President Hoover's Commission od Child Welfare. The prelate said after talking with Mr. Hoover that he was impressed with the President’s intimate knowledge of conditions generally. SENATE BUILDING FUND TO BE ASKED Request for $3,000,000 Is Expected to Be Made at Next Session. An appropriation of approximately $3,000,000 probably will be asked at the coming session of Congress to complete the Senate Office Bullding, including an additional wing on FPirst street northeast between B and C streets. It is proposed to erect this new wing with archways leading to an interior courtyard and the plans call for an attractive landscape treatment of this open space in the center of the square. David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, already has an appropriation made af the last session to remodel the entrance and approaches to the Senate Office Bullding at the corner of Delaware avenue and C street. Bids have been received from 13 contracting firms for this work, and it is expected that a contract will be awarded within a few days. It is pro- posed to add a more ornamental en- trance to the building at Delaware avenue and C street, together with a granite retaining wall along the Dela- ware avenue and C street sides of the building, to fit in with the parkway being developed on Union Station Plaza, ‘This work at Delaware avenue and © street is to be done with funds al- P e Yeopeset new wing on_the Pirgt e p new wing on the street side of the building will have to awalt the action of Congress on the additional allotment to be asked for at the next session. Thief (;e'tl Pocketbook and $50. A pocketbook containing $50 in cash was snatched from the hand of Vir- ginia Johnson, 1310 W stree! while she was nlk‘l;u on N nth s sta sterday when wreckers n ‘Washiny h'ebz:ll Left to right in the photo: —Star Staft Photo. BURRDLCHS GROLP CRTIZES BALLOY Grade, Called Unfounded, Brings Attack. Citing a rumor, which school officials | already had declared unfounded, to the effect that the sixth grade in the John Burroughs School was to be transferred to another building, the John Burroughs Citizens’ Association last n:fht sharply criticized Dr. Frank W. B: “ironelad” methods. A resolution requesting the resignation of Dr. Ballou was lost sight of in the general confusion of discussion and never was formally disposed of. The association recalled the transfer of the seventh and eighth grades to there was a possibility that the sixth grade was to be taken from the Bur- roughs Building. Condemnation of Dr. Balbu on these bases spread to include which, Robert N. Furniss and Mark J. Dondero declared, “is in the pages of the Congressional Record bearing ample preof of his inadequacy to hold his position.” Robert N. Haycock, assistant super- intendent of schools in charge of ele- | mentary schcols, said he knew of no proposal to remove the John Burroughs Schocl’s sixth grade. Deni¢s Ballou Responsible. Commenting upon the transfer last February of the seventh and eighth grades from the Burroughs School, Mr. Haycock declared the shift was made at the recommendation of Seldon' M. Ely, supervising principal of the fifth division and the school officer charged with the administration of the schools in the territory embracing the Bur- roughs neighborhood. Dr. Ballou, he said, had nothing to do with, that transfer. Mr. Ely himself told The Star today that representatives of the Burroughs citizens’ organization had asked him about the sixth grade transfer rumor and that he had advised them such a move was not contemplated. He said thekcifllenx went from him to Mr. Hay- cock. The Burroughs Citizens’ Association is the organization which sponsored a “strike” of seventh and eighth grade pupils in that school last February as a protest against the shift of those classes. ‘The Burroughs association at its ‘meeting last night also touched lightly when it was suggested that the erection of a_new junior high adjacent to Bur-~ roughs would create a need for carpen, ters, bricklayers, etc. Oppose 1-Hour Parking Below Avenue. ‘The association went on record as op- posing the proposed plan of one-hour glving es its reason the fact that it is below the business district. The asso- ciation also favors the present Pension Office as an armory for the National Guard. Through the efforts of the as- sociation, stop signs have been placed along Monroe between Twelfth and | Twenty-sixth streets. ‘With the admittance of 36 new mem- Bers last night, the association now has 363 active members. The following were named as committee chairmen: Legislation, Joseph H. Koons; Public Health, John M. Stockard; Parks, Ray L. Gllbert; Public Utilities and Zo: X Robert M. Furniss; Highway, Mark J. Dondero; Publicity, Wilbur S. Finch: Membership, J. K. Lawson; Police and Fire, Willlam A. Horn; Athletics, L. A. Eidsness, and Schools, William E. Ra- benhorst. Kenneth P. Armstrong pre- sided at the meeting. 2,300 Are Given Jobs. NEW YORK, November 11 (#).—The Emergency Employment Committee an- ounced yesterday that full-time jobs had been provided here for 2,300 work- ers, and that additional unemployed were being put to work at the rate of 250 daily. Officials estimated that by next week 500 more would be em- ployed daily. {Rumor of Shift of Sixth today, presided over by Cardinal Denis ! | of five Western | hurt in a crash on Macomb street near | Connecticut avenue yesterday lou, super- | of 10 persons treated at hospitals fol- intendent of schools, for what it termed | lowing mutomobile accidents in Wash- the Langley School last February and | some of its members declared that now | his entire administration, the record of | parking south of Pennsylvania avenue,| H HIGH SCHOOL GROUP HURT IN ACCIDENT Elizabeth Johnston, 15, Prob- | ably Most Seriously Injured of Crash Victims. Fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Johnston | of 1856 Kalorama road, one of a High School stu afternoon, was probably the most seriously injured ington yesterday. ) Miss Johnston, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Ernest Johnston ,sustained a frac- | tured skull, concussion of the brain and severe lacerations when she was thrown ! throught the windshield. The automobile hit a tree when the' driver suddenly twisted the wheel to avoid hitting a child who dashed into the street, it was reported. Expected to Recover. Doctors said Miss Johnston probably will recover ‘Three other students reported recover- ing in the hospital this were Barbee, hter of Mr. and Mrs. David Rankin , 4304 Thirty-seventh street; Mary Elizabeth | Keeler, 17_years old, daughter of Mr. | eighth street, and Harry Brown Skil man, jr, 16 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Skillmawu, 3901 Connec- ticut avenue, The fourth member of ‘the ty, | Sarah McKay, 16-year-old daughter of A | Mr. and Mrs. Willlam McKay, 4311 Thirty-seventh street, was allowed to go ;h;‘»ot:e after treatment for bruises and' s Miss Barbee is suffering from a broken nose and fractured arm, sustained when | | she was thrown through the windshield; | | Miss Keeler from a wrenched back and shock, and young Skillman from con- | cussion of the brain and a possible fracy | ture of the skull. | ‘The young friends were on their way to Columbia Hospital in Miss Barbee’s automobile. The latter girl had asked Skillman to drive them to the institu- tion, where her mother was about to | undergo a serious operation. Mrs. Bar- bee was not informed of ths accident. Woman Hit by Aute. i Mrs. Louise Kretching, 72 years old, of 1010 East Capitol street, was seri- ously injured yesterday afternoon when an automobile operated by Irvin C. Simmons, 23, of 1511 jorth Caro- SR e penent el b T ppe: o Thirteenth street southeast. Mrs. Kreto.ung suffered a possible fracture :l‘: the skull, severe lacerations and Miss Margaret McCadden, 70, of Bal- timore, was treated at the Emergency Hmrlul for fractured ribs and shock recelved yesterday afternoon in an accident at_Connecticut avenue and street. Police reported that the woman was knocked down by a ma- chihe driven by James K. O'Hara, 25, of Williams lane, Chevy Cha: Minor contusions of the ribs were suffered by John G. Simms, 58 years old, of 1350 Columbia road, when an auto- mobile operated by John Wagon of Mc- Lean, Va., struck him. The accident occurred in front of Simms’ residence ‘Two_colored boys were taken to Cas- ualty Hospital yesterday afternoon, one in a serious condition, after a car in which they were riding was struck at Pirst and B streets by a truck. Floyd Thomas, 10 years old, of 473 School street southwest, was still con- to the hospital this morning with concussion of the brain, bruises of the forehead and a possible skufl fracture, While Melvin Thomas, 10, of 33 School street, was dismissed after first aid treatment for cuts and bruises. Gun Accident Injures Hunter. WARDENSVILLE, W. Va., Novem- ber 11 (Special) —Louis Sti ider, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas !trr::xmel'. had half of his foot torn off by the acci- dental discharge of his gun while hunt- ing on North Mouhtain. Went o wickpeciedly. the ensire charge i ly, the entire charge passing through his foot. The actions of Peyton Gordon, Gov- ernment prosecutor, and of Peyton Gordon, assoclate justice of the District Supreme Court, are cont: in a brief filed by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and Assistant United District Court of 1s in the appeal bv the United States from a decision of, Justice Gordon_holdi an indictment for 2 E. E from. Illinois. ;g Rl is to the of in which Gordon, then United States at'orney defended an indictment for possession of 1 in almost the iden- tlcal terms as Denison cha nd obtained made to the eighth % GORDON’S RUM CASE PROSECUTION HELD AGAINST HIM ON NEW RULING States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw in the | did ve | & Rover Cites Former Prosecutor’s Defense of Indictment llavors were Similar to One Now Frowned On. against the indictment as in the Deni- son case and did not meet the court's approval. Justice Gordon held that the in- dictment against Representative Deni- son, which is contained in not meet_the requiremen Constitution in the of the nature of the cl him and did not from umtherltnaeunnc the event of an obtained permission of the De- partment the Deni- son ¢ decision of Justice to old, has filed his brief in sup- | at famus the o PAGE B-—-1 MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE IS CHARGED INAPARTMENT FIRE Colored Man Is Indicted In Death of Woman at the Denver October 3. TRUE BILLS NAME TWO IN FATAL.CAR CRASHES Jury Accuses 13 of Violating Pro- hibition Law, While 13 Others . Are Exonerated. James Hickson Williams, colored, was indicted today by the grand jury for Work on “Base Ball avenue,” the new street near Griffith Stadium, as a | murder in the first degree part of the park program in that area, was started yest 2 Ja_se 10 tear down 10 houses. Clark Grifith, president of the Association, is removing some of the first bricks. Mr. Griffith, Miss E. L. Grosvenor, A. J. Driscoll and Edward B. Eynon. the death of Miss Jessie Cammack by setting fire to the Denver Apartments, 1419 Chapin street, October 3. lc‘l::nx;a'“f indicted last ‘wee:ht:a four of arson, one of wl Wwith the fire at the Denver o The indictment for murder is in counts and cl in one of three different ways. First degree murder also is charged in an indictment againgt colored. He is charged wit to death his wife, Sadie E. Bradley, a house near Pirst and A streets north- east, May 17. Drivers Face Trials. Manslaughter, as the result of auto in two mobile accidents, is charged other indictments. Melvin J. alleged to ha down Leland O. Wright. The occurred October 5 on Blair road near s gmum street. Wright died the next ay. Meredith Nichols, night cashier at the ‘Wardman Park Hotel, is accused of the embezzlement of $90 of the funds of the United Realities, Inc, which operated the hostelry, September 22, 1929. Assault with intent to kill on Novem~ ber 1 is ¢ in two indictments 2gainst Louis Willlams, colored, who is said to have stabbed Clarence Bell, col- ored, and to have snapped a lodded nistol at Polieman Charles Clay, jr., of the seventh precinct, who arrested him. U. 8. Loses Pistols. A d assault e is contained ‘n -mndiclmrm lnl‘l:l?.cdvln Chatt- men, colcred, a watchman on a build- {ipg operation near Georgia avenue and is to W sta Octcber 21, He have shot John Smith. who was working at the place. Houscbrealing and the larceny of five automatic pistols, August 28, to the United States Government in_the. custody of local National Guarc officers at a storchouse at Water and O rtrects southwest, is charged in an indictment against Nathan Sondheimer, 57 LowE, ‘odo Ninsteentn sireet, neat B. Lewls, nth i her hom: and ti a _pocketbook irom Mrs. Laura Carleton, 35 M street, near North Capitcl and P strecis. Reland Dorssv and Thomas LePage a'so are indicted for highway robbery. They are said to have ck S. Dracos the head with a bottle on Ninth et near G street November 2. Liquor Cases Numerous. The grand jury indicted -13 persons for v.olations of national >4 tion act, and :mm ted 15 m similar charger. Those named in law violation indictments are: Sy ks, e a1 , g , Jol and Thomas Marshall, William Niland, Benedict Smith, Paul Beach and Rich- ard Newberry, Thomas B. Quantrillo, and Alfred Cloud. Yarbrough and Walter Hunter, William g. 1&“" Delilah Wright and Alfred mith. * Other cases in which the grand ju- ;"oi?h refuufl ln': mg;c': mdu“r:opm er, sel mt aged 240 Edward Johnson, Wilmer B. pch’m Willlam Skinnef, Willlam O. Ki Thomas G. McBroom and Edward J. Rogers, setting up a gaming table; An- drew J. Thomas, assault; George Hall, carnal knowledge, and James G. Graves, forgery. e Others indicted and against them include: robbery; Leonard Moseby, Robert Sher= man and Louis Williams, grand lar- ceny Samuel Coleman and David S. Barber, joy-riding and grand larceny; Charles S. Wood and Howard W. Green, depredation of private property. " SMALL DAM DYNAMITED California Project Was Used for Power House Regulation. SAN FRANCISCO, November 11 (#). —Pacific Gas and Electric Co. officials said yesterday a small wooden - ting dam on Hat Creek, a tributary of the Pit River, in Shasta County, had been dvnamited yesterday. The dam held about 400 acre-feet of water and was used for regulating the flow of the water to a power house. Gotham Chop House Raided. NEW YORK, November 11 (@).— Keen's English’ Chop_House, on West Forty-fourth stref, one of the best known restaurants in the theatrical Ribttion agents. Thrse o prol i ‘were rrested and 65 bottles of assoried Five Die of Anti-Freeze. STAMPORD, Conn., November 11 —Dr. Crane, Ralj examiner, last least five men an “Club Doorman” Sought. Ah_dvuthla‘ ut. Paes