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@The Foening Star DECEMBER 22, 1930. MONDAY, PAGE B-1 WASHINGTON, D. C, BER FEDERAL WORKERS WARNED AGAIST “HCHER” ANNUITY Chairman Alcorn of Joint Con- ference Says Alternate Plan Protects Loved Ones. GAMBLE WITH DEATH INVOLVES FEW DOLLARS 8ix Examples Cited on Application of Law, to Uniform Ap- plicants. Robert H. Alcorn, chairman of the Joint Conference on Retirement, is sending out warning to members of the conference and Government em- ployes 8gainst selecting the type of annuity ‘which is slightly higher each year, but which provides for no re- turn to the estate upon death. There are two types of annuity of- fered under the new retirement law, effective July 1, 1930, Mr. Algorn points out. In one of these, known as “life annuity,” the annuity is slightly lower, but upon the death of the an- nuitant the remainder of the account he“h':.s paid in, is due to his family or est In the case of the other, however, a | higher annuity is paid, and no funds | accrue to the estate upon death, but are forfeited. | Safety First Policy. “There i no doubt in my mind,” wrote Alcorn, “that when employes un- derstand how the law applies they will, without hesitation, apply for the life annuity. Let me suggest that the of- ficers and organization workers recom- mend to all employes who are making application for retirement that they take the life annuity, and in that way protect their loved ones. Don't gamble with death, play safe,” he warns, “take right path and thus prevent regret at some later day. Safety first for all; and above all, think and act for those who may be left behind.” Six Examples Sct Forth. In explaining his reasons for these recommendations, Mr. Alcorn set forth six exampies of how the new law ap- plies, to employes who take the life an- nuity with refund in case of death, showing the amount which is charged off the accumulations to the credit of the employe when he or she retiges from the service, also the number of years it will take to use up these accumulations. | Then, another group of six instances is quoted, to show when the employe retires and makes application for the so-called greater annuity and forfeits ;n 31‘.8 or her contributions in case of ea SECRETARY HURLEY GUEST OF VETERANS Is Invited to Attend Christmas| Party Tomorrow Night at Mt. Alto Hospital. Secretary Hurley, ranking service officers and clvic leaders have been in- | vited to a Christmas party in Mount Alto Hospital tomorrow night at 7:30 at which Equality-Walter Reed Post and Auxiliary No. 284, Veterans of For- eign Wars, will be host to 150 disabled veterans who are patients at the hos- pital. A program will be presented by a section of the Marine Band. Judge Robert E. Mattingly will act as Santa Claus and distribute to the men Christ- mas stockings full of useful gifts. ‘The party is being arranged by Mrs. Laura V. Dunn, assisted by Mrs. Rose John I. Spreckelmyer, Mrs. E. Mattingly, Mrs. N. N. Nock, Miss Lilllan Dann, Earle Gregory and LIBRARY AND BRANCHES TO CLOSE WEDNESDAY Dr. Bowerman Announces Compli- ance With Order of Commission- ers for Excusing D. C. Employes. Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian, announces that, in compliance with the order of the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia excusing from duty all employes of the District of Co- lumbia government on Wednesday, the central building of the Public Library, at Eighth and K streets, and all branches and subbranches will be closed that day. As in previous years, the central library and branches will be closed all day Christmas and on Sunday, Decem- ber 28. PRINTERS WILL VOTE ON $5,000 JOBLESS AID Columbia Typographical Union Pro- poses Helpful Plan—G. P. O. Policy Indorsed. Columbia Typographical Union at a meeting yesterday at Typographical Temple, voted to submit to a referen- dum of the members which will be held December 30, a propesition to aside $5,000 as an “out of work” benefit for members unsuccessfully seeking em- ployment. This action was taken because of the large number of printers unemployed in Washington, in an attempt to re- lieve to some extent the possibility of suffering. ‘The meeting also indorsed the efforts of Public Printer George H. Carter to relieve unemployment. More than 200 additional printers have been em- ployed in the Government Printing Office during the past year, and about m«m:qn in ather trades have been MRS. GANN TO AID NEEDY ‘Will Help Distribute Baskets at Volunteers’ Station. . rd Everett Gann, sister of vlct‘mm“'lnl Curtis, will distribute the first Christmas baskets, clot and theater tickets, Wednesday morn- poor of wuhhvton and Bu::- ?:m for the Volunteers of America relief station, 928-930 Penn- sylvania avenue. The Volunt will have open house Volunteers 4 no:ae (Xouss unem- S S PLAN FOR STRIKING CHRISTIAS FETE Community Tree to Be Light- ed by President Hoover Now Being Decorated. Decorators began work this morning on the national community Christmas tree in Sherman Square, just south of the Treasury Department, which will be lighted by President Hoover at 5:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The pro- gram will be marked by the singing of Christmas carols. ‘The committee in charge, headed by Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, will extend invi- tations to numerous visitors in the city. Some 25,000 personal greeting cards will be distributed among strangers, through the American Automobile As- sociation. Government bureaus, public libraries, hotels and other agencies. Boy Scouts will serve as a guard of honor for President Hoover during the exercises. Two Scouts, Laing Sibbet, Troop 43, and John Stevenson, Troop 75, will be the official buglers. Christmas greetings from the people of Washington to President and Mrs. Hoover will be presented by Henry H. Bowles, an eagle Scout of Troop 17, and Jane Oswald, Troop 28, Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts of Troop 11 are aiding in trimming the spruce tree. KIWANIANS HOLD YULE PARTY FOR CHILDREN Underprivileged Boys and Girls Are Given Presents After Entertainment. More than 150 children, accompanied by parents and members of their fam- ilies, were entertained and presented with gift packages at the annual Christ- mas party for underprivileged children given by the Washington Kiwanis Club in the auditorium of the Gordon Junior High School yesterday. Approximately 350 adult persons were in attendance. Following_an address of welcome by James B. Edmunds, president of the club, a program of entertainment ar- ranged by the club’s Program Com- mittee, of which Ernest Spitzer is chair- man, was presented. C. C. Cappel is chairman of the Entertainment Com- mittee. A number of crippled children were brought to the party by members of the club in private automobiles. Charles W Pimper, chairman of the Orthopedic and Welfare Committee of the Kiwanis Club, who was active in planning the annual affair, was in charge of arrange- ments for the cripples. ‘The entertainment program included numbers by a group of Mayflower Ho-| tel Orchestra musicians, under the di- rection of Sidney Seidenman, a mem- ber of the club: vocal selections by Fred East and Willlam F. Raymond, accompanied at the piano by Robert S Thomas; solo number by Francis “Sonny” Thomas, song and dance num- bers by Misses Marion Walberg and tion of Mrs. Sherwood Edmondsto: “Punch and Judy” show by Leonard Reh and the showing of comic moving pictures by Fred A. Schutz. Following the entertainment, gift packages from a giant Christmas tree and boxes of candy were presented to the children. Willlam R. Schmucker | was Santa Claus for the occasion. Re-| freshments were served later in the| | basement of the school. | REMOVAL OF TERMINAL IS SOUGHT BY BUS LINE Washington-Luray Firm Official Says Presenf Quarters Must Be Vacated Soon. ‘The Public Utilities Commission to- day received an application from the Washington-Luray Bus Lines, Inc, through E. B. Neifort, president, to re- move the company’s Washington terminal from its present location, at Little Ninth and B streets, to Twelfth and D streets. Mr. Neifort said that he had been informed his present terminus, which is the old Bijou Theater, will be torn down shortly after January 1, 1931, as part of the Federal plans for building in the Mall-Pennsylvania avenue triangle. Apparently the move to Twelfth and the Avenue will be only temporary, since that. terminns, too, must be razed as part of the Fedeial building plans. The commission has recently been consider- ing the question of where to locate a DECORATING COMMUNITY TREE Two electricians, J. S. Crowley (right) and H. B. Dodson, today began work on the community Christmas tree in front of the Treasury Building, which will be lighted by President Hoover Wednesday afternoon. | sneak thieves had an active week end| | vealed. 3| Club. He retired from business several i —Star Staff Photo. VISITOR LOSES §%00 MATCHING DOLLARS Wins With Pennies, but Loses When Limit Raised—Wom- an Picketpocket Reported. Confidence men, hold-up men and in Washington, police reports today re- Edward C. Letourneau of New Or- leans, told police two confidence men had “won” $900 from him through employment of the time-honored penny matching racket. Picked up at Union Station, Letourneau said he was led to an alley near the Government Printing Office. He explained he had been a heavy winner when the stakes were a penny, but failed to fare so well when the ante was raised to a dflar, Two Armed Bandits Active. An unidentified man robbed William Alexander, 17, of Gloucester, Va., of $37 at the point of a pistol early today on M street near New Hampshire ave- nue. Alexander was unable to describe the hold-up man. Garnett Frye of Potomac, Va., taxicab driver, reported a colored man had brandished a revolver in an effort to induce him to stop his cab near First and Canal streets early yesterday. He said he refused to halt the car. Reports Woman Pickpocket. William E. Duncan, Vienna, Va., de- clared a young woman pickpocket had relieved him of a billfold containing $30 last night in a local theater. Other robbery victims included Henry Burke, 9 N street southeast; William Cuney, 1102 R street; Neil R. King, 1326 L street; Francis Rector, 512 Second _street; Alexander Huro- wich, ,507 D street southeast; Mrs. Clara Townsley, 1812 H street; Frank Freeman, 1736 Willard street; Artie Thornton, 23 Second street northeast; Michael Palumbo, 917 Eleventh street; Joseph M. Donohue, 1517 Thirty-third street; Sol Edlavitch, 2016 Fourteenth street; James Brown, 31 O street northeast; Charles Labb, 2406 Eight- eenth street, and Mrs. J. Borden Har- riman, Ridge and Reservoir roads. SEVEN MEN HURT INAUTO CRASHES DURING WEEK END Hit-and-Run Machine Sought After Serious Injury of Young Pedestrian. TWO DRIVERS ARE HELD ON LIQUOR COMPLAINTS One Car Collides With Three Others—Another Sideswipes Pass- ing Vehicle, Third Smashes Trolley. Seven persons were injured, one re- ported seriously, in traffic accidents over the week end. Orville B. Gartletz, 22 years old, of 1255 Oates street northeast is in Provi- dence Hospital, while police seek an alleged hit-and-run driver who ran him down at Magazine and Living- stone avenues southeast last night. Gartletz received head injuries, a frac- tured pelvis and a broken leg. His condition is reported critical. William A. Padgett of 2013 Fourth street northeast and Albert Coleman of Brentwood, Md., told police they found Gartletz in the street after a speeding automobile sideswiped their machine a moment before. Gartletz told police last night at the hospital that he had been struck by an automobile. Three Hurt in Crash. James Lamon, 40 years old, of Sil- ver Spring, M eceived a broken nose, a fractured right ankle and internal injuries when his automobile collided with a trolley pole last night in the 6400 block of Georgia avenue, He is in Garfield Hospital. . Three persons were hurt slightly when an automobile, said by police to have been operated by Arthur Easton, 53 years old, of 1107 Fifth street, ran them down at Twenty-fourth street and Pennsylvania avenue last night. They were: Robert L. Allen, 30 years old, of 2236 Minnesota avenue south- east; Walter Yancey, 41 years old, of 625 L street southwest, and William Waddell, 35 years old, of 122 C street. They declined to press charges against the driver. Liquor Charges Filed. Benjamin F. Wright, 53 years old, of the 4600 biock of Sixteenth street, was arrested on a charge of driving while drunk last night after his auto- mobile figured in a triple collision on Key Bridge. He was hurt slightly. Wright's automobile collided with an automobile driven by George M. Fuller of Clarendon, Va. which was forced into another machine operated by Charles A. Reis, also of Clarendon. Carl H. Klein, 1604 Q street, said to be employed at the Bureau of Engrav- ing and Printing, was arrested on a charge of possession of liquor after his automobile, police say, collided with a Washington Railway & Electric street car at Tenth and G streets last night. Klein was treated at Emergency Hos- pital for cuts over his right eye. The street car was operated by Edward C. Stine of 729 Taylor street. The auto- mobile was damaged badly: . 3 SCHOOLS ARRANGE CHRISTMAS EVENTS Serenades and Carol Singing Scheduled by Various Stu- dent Groups. With the public schools scheduled to close for the holidays at the end of the day tomorrow, the senior and junior high schools are planning Christmas celebrations for late today and to- morrow. . Central, Eastern, McKinley and Busi- ness High Schools will present plays tomorrow afternoon. Eastern is an ex- ception, however, as it offered its first performance today. Western will cele- brate the season with the singing of Christmas carols and with separate class parties in the section rooms tomorrow. The other four high schools also will have individual class parties. Columbia Junior High School will FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR DAVID L. FRANK Retired Business Man Died While on Motor Trip Through Florida. Funeral services for David L. Frank, 49 years old, former vice president of Erlebacher’s, dealers in women's cloth- ing, who died in Punta Gorda, Fla., ‘Thursday, were conducted at his home, 4720 Blagden terrace, today. Rabbi Abram Simon of the Washington He- brew Congregation officiated. Interment was in the Washington Hebrew Con- gregation Cemetery. Mr. Frank died of a heart attack. He left here a little more than a week ago with his wife, Mrs. Regina R. Frank, for a motor tour. Widely known in this city, Mr. Frank was a member of the Masonic fra- ternity and of the Woodmont Country months ago. CHARITY REPLACES TREE Telephone Operators Give Up Party to Distribute Gifts. The War-Navy-Shipping Board tele- phone exchange operators have dis- carded their Christmas tree plans for this year and instead will distribute gifts to poor children of the city. ‘The 35 operators have filled bags and turned them over to the Central Union Mission for distribution. They also have given food and clothing to needy families. Mrs. C. L. Allen, chief operator, ex- plained today that for eight years the cperators have had a Christmas tree and a reception in the Navy Building, with the Secretaries of War and Navy as their honored guests. H FOUR FALSE FIRE CALLS Department Kept Busy in Answer- ing Baseless Alarms. Four false alarms of fire sounded early yesterday kept policemen and fire- men busy and involved a cost of ap- proximately $200 to the District. The first of them was sounded from a box at Conduit and Foxhall roads about 2 o'clock, followed by alarms from Thirty-seventh and T streets, Sixth and G streets southwest and Twentieth terminal for the several bus lines and street car lines now Twelith and D street street and New York avenue. The last ot the | was sounded from the southwest lo- for the cation ‘clock. at 4:30 o' follow its traditional custom of sending a group of its students to the Franklin Administration Building to serenade the school officials. The students also plan to visit the Langley Junior High School, the Henry Cook School, and possibly others. This school is having section room parties during tomorrow after- noon The Gordon Junior High School will have a Christmas assembly at 2:15 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, at which time the Boys and Girls' Glee Club will sing carols. The Paul and Stuart Junior High Schools will have similar celebrations. A teachers’ Christmas luncheon will be held at Stuart, how- ever, in addition to the pupils’ program. Christmas plays, in addition to carol singing, will mark the holiday celebra- tion at the Powell, Langley, Jefferson and Hine Junior High Schools. All of these schools also will have section room parties. These individual parties will constitute the whole celebration at the Macfarland Junior High Schol. Sc;mols will reopen Monday, Janu- ary 5. ASKS CUSTODY OF SON Government Employe Says Man Without Home or Position. Mrs. Ruth Harris Bell, Conard Apart- ments, today asked the District Supreme Court_to award her custody of her son, born February 18, 1929. She tells the court that she obtained a divorce last May in Harris County, Tex., from John Paul Bell of Minden, La., but the decree was silent as to the child's custody. In naming her former husband as de- fendant, the plaintiff says he has no home or position and is not in a posi- tion to care for the infant, while she is a Government employe and able properly to care for the child. She is represented by Attorney Willlam R. Lichtenbers. POLISH LEADER CHEERED Korfanty at Home After Imprison- ment by Pilsudski. KATTOWICZ, Poland, December 22 (#). — Adelbert Korfanty, opposition leader who disagreed with Marshal Jo- seph Pilsudski and was imprisoned in the fortress at Brest-Litovsk, was wel- comed home by thousands of cheering friends yesterday. He was liberated Saturday. Korfaniy looked weak, but spoke guardedly about his experiences. As to his plans for the future, he said he was too old to change his political con- victions, hence would continue to fight pevfle of Upper Silesia and for in all Poland, Lity of the COMMERGE FORGE DELAYED INMOVING INTONEW BUILDING Occupancy of Center Section to Await End of Noisy Work on Two Wings. ACCESS OF WORKERS NOT TO BE BLOCKED Quiet of Present Location of De- partment Promises Effi- ciency Value. Although construction work on the great Department of Commerce Build- ing is far ahead of schedule, it has been decided to postpone until later in the year 1931 the moving of the de- partmental offices from their present locations into the new structure. Serious consideration had been given to moving into the center section of thf new building either this month or early in January of the new year. The cen- ter section has been pushed forward and is to be the first one completed. It was first thought that perhaps Sec- retary of Commerce Lamont and his personal staff, together with many other parts of the department. could be moved from their present building, at Nineteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, the last of this year. Center Section Plans. ‘The center section was to have been completed, blocked off from the north and south thirds of the building and occupied while workmen finished the ends. Upon further consideration, however, it has been decided that it would be wiser both from an engineering view- point and from the viewpoint of the department itself and the department's employes to defer the move until the north and south wings also are more nearly completed. Should the offices in the center sec- tion be occupied at the present time, it was pointed out, this would block ac- cess of the workmen in the north and south wings from going back and forth through the center, as they frequently have occasion to do in the completion of a new building. Greater Efficiency Seen. It was also considered that the busi- ness of the Department of Commerce itself could be conducted more efficiently in the quiet of its present location, rather than in the new location, where there would be the noise and distrac- tion of new construction going on both to the south and to the north. Under the contract the builders have until May, 1932, to complete the build- ing. ~ Construction, however, is far ahead of this schedule, and it was pre- dicted today that the whole building will be entirely complete several months ahead of time, or probably about next November. When the Department of Commerce will move in is a question yet to be solved, but the proposed move over the end of this year has definitely been postponed. e 1,500 BOYS TO BE GUESTS OF A. A. A. AT FOX SHOW Patrol Members Will See Special “Tom Sawyer?” Performance Next Saturday Morning. ‘Washington’s 1,500 schoolboy patrol members of the white schools will be guests at a special motion picture show of “Tom Sawyer,” in which Jackie Coogan is the star, at the Fox Theater Saturday morning, according to an announcement made today by Selden M. Ely, supervising principal of the fifth division in charge of school safety work. The young guardians of their fellow pupils are to assemble at the F street theater at 8:45 a.m. in preparation for a photograph. Following the picture taking, the boys will enter the theater for_the show. ‘The American Automobile Association is financing the party for the boys and arrangements for the show were made by Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher, educa~ tional director at the Fox Theater. A similar show probably will be ar- ranged for the colored boy patrol mem- bers in the immediate future. How Clay Bans Gardens BASE OF ADNVMEN‘; P GRAVEL AND SAND 40+ Sketch showing the engineering dif- ficulties encountered in the subsoil sur- rounding the Washington Monument in any plan to place extensive sunken gardens in that area, The special engineering advisory board that is assisting the National Capital Park and Planning Commission believes _that the equilibrium of the Washington Mon- ument might be seriously disturbed if any extensive excavation goes forward there. ufil m:' D:ol:nment does not rest upon rock, but upon a t crust of sand and gravel, the e‘l:fl aspects of the 1901 sunken gardens plan are complicated by the extensive stretch of lllzpery blue clay that is en- countered the foundations of the historic shaft. ~Further, this clay bed is not of uniform thickness—further complicating the problem. Some modi- fication of the 1901 sunken gardens plan is likely to be the final outcome of the commission’s plans—an arrange- ment that will not endanger the stabil- Washington Monument t, which has of A » centary FALLS DEAD OF Miss Jacqueline Prominent in Social Set of the Capital. Rescue Squad Works in Vain Half Hour to Restore Breath. Miss Jacqueline DuPuy, 19-year-old daughter of William Atherton DuPuy, author and journalist, and Mrs. Ada DuPuy, fell dead shortly after break- fasting with her parents this morn- ing at their home, 1869 Mintwood place. The Fire Department Rescue Squad, answering an emergency call from the DuPuy apartment, worked vainly over the girl with an inhalator for nearly half an hour. Miss DuPuy, who was prominent in local society and a familiar figure at functions of the League of American Pen Women, had been suffering from heart trouble for some time. She was pronounced dead by Dr. Edith Cole, who had ben treating the girl during her illness. Miss DuPuy began gasping for breath about 10 o'clock this morning. Her parents rushed to her aid, but the daughter died before medical attention could be given her. The body was removed to the Hines funeral home. No funeral arrange- ments nave been made. Miss DuPuy graduated last year from the Gunston Hall School for Girls. She | had taken an active part in social af- fairs of the Capital's younger set. Dur- DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM A. DUPUY HEART STROKE MISS JACQUELINE DU PUY. ing the annual “authors’ breakfast” of the League of American Pen Women | 1ast April she was captain of pages. The DuPuys have one other daugh- ter, Mrs. Edward Nelson Dingley, jr. STUDENTS SUBMIT DESIGN FOR PARK Ten University Instructors Criticize Independence Square Layouts. The transforming of Lincoln Park into Independence Square is one of the major features of a rejuvenated East Capitol street that is engaging the at- tention of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and other in- terested groups. Plans submittec by 30 students in a contest sponsored by the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design of New York City, now are under consideration by the commission. Ten Universities Compete. The Lincoln Park study represents not only the works of the students, but the criticisms of instructors in each of 10 competing universities, Horace W. Peaslee, vice president of the American Institute of Architects and chairman of its committee on development of the Na- tional Capital, said today. He pointed out the confusion that exists between Lincoln Park and the park that sur- rounds the Lincoln Memorial and for this reason, it is proposed to alter the name of the area between Eleventh and Thitn.centh streets northeast and south- east. Plans submitted contemplate the erec- tion of 13 buildings, one for each of the 13 original States, around the new In- dependence Square. The Beaux-Arts Institute of Design explained that Independence Square should “interpret the inspiration and great country and express the princi- ples of independence and interdepend- ence which predicted its growth.” Street Lines Preserved. “The limits established for the gen- eral treatment of the square, including its building, is from B street north to B street south and from Tenth to Four- teenth streets.” the institute asserted. “The size and shape of this area and the lines of the streets opening into it are subject to modification, but the ra- dial street lines are not to be disre- garded. It is also desired to preserve the curb elms on East Capitol street and the approach vista of the Capitol scheme any competition with the Cap- itol itself.” A _number of thoroughfares, includ- ing Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ten- nessee and Kentucky avenues, meet in Lincoln Park. Mr. Peaslee and his associates of Al- lied Architects of Washington, Inc., be- lieve that the designs submitted in the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design com: petition illustrate the widespread inter- est in the problems for development of the National Capital. This interest is further indexed, they say, by the as- signment of problems of Washington City planning as graduation theses of students of architectural schools. W00DS AGAIN WARNS TRANSIENT JOBLESS Best Results Likely if They Re- main in Home Communities, He Repeats. By the Associated Press. Unemployed men were warned again today by Col. Arthur Woods, chairman of the President's Emergency Commit- tee for Employment, to remain in their home communities. In a statement, he said Arizona, Cal- ifornia and Florida in particular are swamped by an influx of jobless men and families. State and municipal of- ficials throughout the country have ad- vised they have all they possibly can do to care for the unemployed living in their home communities and cannot take care of transient unemployed. John W. Flynn, chairman of the |Anmna State Committee on Unemploy- ment, has telegraphed Col. Woods as follows: “Believe the State can handle its own unemployed and destitute through its own organizations but is hopeless in so far as the transient is concerned. Suffering among transients is serious and deplorable. Request that you use national publicity warning against tran- scients coming to Arizona, stating the fact that employment cannot be had.” Similar information, it was announc- ed, has been received from California and Florida. MRS. LOVELESS EXPIRES Mrs. Margaret Loveless, 70 years old, wife of James W. Loveless, 23 Florida avenue, died suddenly at her home yes- terday afternoon. Her husband was with her when she died. Funeral serv- ices will be conducted at the home of her daughter, Mrs. rd T. e, 7312 Alaska avenue, 2 o'clock to- morrow afternoon, strength of the historic nucleus of this | fi and to avoid in the development of this | {im COLUMBIA ISLAND ROAD COMPLETED Arlington Memorial and Channel Bridges Are Linked by Highway. For the first time the main Arlington Memorial Bridge spanning the Potomac River and the short bridge that crosses Boundary Channel to carry the project to the Virginia shore have now been linked up by a passable road across Columbia Island. Officials of the Ar- lington Memorial Bridge Commission, of which President Hoover is chairman, explained today that the public will not be permitted to use this road while it is a service thoroughfare to aid in con- struction work. It is now expected the bridge will be opened for public use about next August or September. Tons of Earth Used. Construction of this new road has been accomplished by throwing tons of earth, transported by trucks, onto Columbia Island. The earth was secured from the Virginia slopes lead- ing up to Arlington National Cemetery, where gr: is going forward in con- struction of the memorial approach. Maj. D. H. Gillette, assistant execu- tive officer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, explained today that the fill road across Columbia Is- land, linking up the two bridges, will be allowed to settle for some time, and a temporary pavement will then prob- ably be placed over that road. The ex- cavated earth placed on the island to make the new road is about 30 feet high and raises the level of the island at that point to that of the bridge loor. Paving Types Are Studied. studying best types of paving for the bridge proper—cobblestones, asphalt or whatnot. It is expected that horses will be brought across the bridge to and from Fort Myer, Va., and as the bridge is considered a valuable link in national defense, the commission is taking this feature into consideration in picking its_type of pavement. Bids for paving the bridge are likely to be let in the Spring, and then in the late Summer the work will be finished, so that Washingtonians and other mo- torists can use the span for the first e DONALDSON’S CASE YET IS UNSETTLED Disbarment Rehearing Again Is Taken Under Advisement in District Court. ‘The question of the disbarment of R. Golden Donaldson, former bank presi- dent, for many years a member of the District Bar, again was taken under advisement today by Chief Justice Wheat and Justices Siddons, Hitz, Bailey and Gordon at the conclusion of the argument of J. Wilmer Latimer on behalf of the Grievance Committee which had formulated charges against Mr. Donaldson. ‘The same five justices heard testi- mony last June when the case was sub- mitted without argument. They were unable to reach a decision and ordered a re-hearing which was confined to arguments. Last Saturday the argument was opened by G. Bowdoin Craighill for the committee and Attorney Willlam E. Leahy defended the action of Don- aldson. The principal charge of the com- mittee is that while attorney for the F. H. Smith Co. Donaldson exacted fees totaling $100,000 from the Boyle- Robertson Construction Co. for obtain- ing contracts for the company to erect buildings on which the Smith Co. had made loans and was in position to con- trol the building contracts. Donaldson admitted getting the money, but claimed that he was not acting as a lawyer, but as a business man. CHURCH OFFICIAL FETED ON 25TH ANNIVERSARY Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., December 22— ‘Twenty-five years of faithful service in various capacities in the First Baptist Church by Franklin L. Woore was rec- ognized yesterday when the pastor, Rev. E. T. Clark, on behalf of the congrega- tion, presented the layman with a ster- ling silver loving cup as a token of their appreciation. Mr. Woore has been church clerk, as- sistant Sung Sechool superintendent, and since 1918 a large class of young men. Hewill be succeeded as superintendent by g Bell, secretary of the Chamber of merce. BOY DIES IN FIRE DUE T0 EAGERNESS T0 SEE YULE TREE Burns Received by Father in Vain Attempt to Rescue Two-Year-0ld. TWO OTHERS ARE TAKEN TO SAFETY BY MOTHER Child Believed to Have Struck Match in Home to Obtain Better View. In his eagerness to see a Christmas tree which had been forbidden him until Christmas morning, 2-year-old William H. De Spears rose early yester- day in his home, at 1334 Four-and: half street southwest, and is believed to have set a fire which claimed his own life and for a time threatened to trap his parents, a brother and sister. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. De Spears, were awakened about 8 o'clock by the sound of crackling flames. The father ran to the basement room and was driven back by a wall of fire, receiving burns himself which necessi- tated hospital treatment. The child evidently struck a match to get a better view of the tree. An examination showed a divan in the room probably caught first. William, it was thought, was too absorbed with the Christmas tree to notice when the fire began to spread. Mother Saves Two Children. While De Spears sought vainly to reach the side of his child, Mrs. De Spears hurried out the first-floor en- trance with William’s brother, John, ]ll‘.. aged 4, and sister Patricia, 3 months old. Meanwhile, fire apparatus had been summoned, and Willlam's charred body was recovered from a spot near where the Christmas tree had been standing. The flames, which did some $500 dam- age, destroyed the interior of the base- ment room and did some damage to the upper floor. The body was removed to the Morgue and there Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, Dis- trict coroner, issued a certificate of accidental death. Father Is in Hospital. ‘The father was admitted to Naval Hospital. He received burns about the face and hands. Funeral services for William will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the funeral home of Thomas Sergeon, at 1011 Seventh street, and interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. De Spears is a member of the 260th Coast Artillery Anti-aircraft unti. Dur- ing the World War he was decorated for valor by the British government. PUPILS TO MARK SITE FOR SCHOOL Exercises Planned Tomorrow in Officials of the commission are now | g Preparation for New Building on Wesley Heights. Wesley Heights school children who have been attending class in five one- room portables will break the ground at 2:45 o'clock tomorrow afternoon for the new Horace Mann School, to be erected in their community for the dis- placement of the present flimsy struc- ures. Although the exercises marking the beginning of construction on the eight- room school house have been planned to be entirely for the children, Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools and a resident of Wesley Heights, has been invited to make a brief address. Col. Charles R. Stark, jr, is chairman of the committee in charge of the ceremonies. Other features on the program will include responses to Dr. Ballou's ad- dress by three picked boy pupils of the community and choral singing by the whole student body. Robert L. Hay- cock, assistant superintendent in charge of white elementary schools, and Henry W. Draper, supervising principal of the first division, will be guests at the celebration. The Horace Mann School is to be an extensible eight-room building of the approved architectural type of all recent school houses on a design from Albert L. Harris, municipal architect. Although the unit which will be constructed first will contain eight rooms, the building is designed so that it. may be developed into a 24-room school as need develops. ‘The first unit is scheduled for com- pletion in time for use next Fall. Wesley Heights children have been attending portable schools since their community was inaugurated. It was one of the five portables there which lost a part of its roof in a wind storm two years ago. Dr. Ballou’s own chil- dren go to school in these frail buildings. CHISM ESTATE VALUED AT NEARLY $100,000 Property of Danville Merchant to Be Distributed Among Nephews and Nieces. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., December 22.—The estate of Thomas Flournoy Chism, prominent Danville merchant, who died recently, will amount to approximately $100,000, according to estimates. He left no will, and Charles Booth, local banker, has qualified as adminis- trator of the estate, to be divided ually between nephews and nieces, who are Esther C. D. Bowles, Danvill Nannie D. Elliott, Richmond; Mary Lou Tucker, Victoria; J. W. Roberts, Willie Walker, Gilbert Walker, Reuben Walker and Ben F. Walter, all of Crewe. il S ENJOINED AS DEALER. Order Issued Against Man Accused of Selling Fraudulent Stocks. NEW YORK, December 22 (#).— Charles W. Campbell, under arrest in Denver, Colo, on a charge of seliing fraudulent stock here, was temporarily enjoined from further dealings on August 28 op petition of the State Bu- reau of rities. The Northeastern Petroleum Co., Inc., and Charles W. Campbell & Co., Inc., were also named in the order. The bureau alleged that Campbell sold 24,000 shares of Northeastern Petroleum with assets of virtually nothing. Campbell, who was arrested under the name of Charles W. Best, also was known as les E. Kenner, the peti- 1