Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1931, Page 17

ARMS DENOUNCED BY MRS, CATT AT SESSION OPENING 600 Cause and Cure of War Delegates Told Pacts Are Only Hope of Peace. FIRST CONFERENCE IN 1925 IS REVIEWED Chairman McDonald of Foreign Policy Association and Sen- ator Reed Speak. Declaring the chief cause of war to be competition in armament building and its only cure, pacts of peace and disarmament, Carrie Chapman Catt, famed fighter for world disarmament, ned the sixth conference on the mn and Cure of War this afternoon at the Washington Hotel. Attended by 600 delegates, represent-" ing 11 national women’s organizations, the afternoon program marked the opening of a four-day session at which prominent speakers will be asked to discuss the problems which tend to- wards the furtherance or prevention of the conference’s chief objective, dis- armament and dfiommfl"m fead Briefly compar! e first conference on the Cause and Cure of War, held in 1925, to that which is convening week, Mrs. Catt said: “We were not cerfain whether the first conference had been a comedy, & tragedy or an experiment. In the first conference our speakers enumerated causes until I counted 257, and they. went home leaving us to find the cures!” Cure in Peace Pact. e hi our sixth conference the tes, having dismissed the 257 causes of war, have learned that com- petition in armament building is the chief cause of war and that pacts of peace and of disarmament are the chief cures of war.” “The cruclal question now is” con- cluded Mrs. Catt, “how may our be- loved Nation be persuaded to assume world leadership in the peace move- ment. This is the question which per- h‘rt. we ought to answer before we Sketching international events of the last year in their bearing on world m in -tHe future, James G. Mc- d, Chairman Foreign Policy As- sociation, impartially traced events casting both c and pessimistic notes upon the possibilities of world Mr. McDon- year have been tory. For every step forward, there seems to have been & step backward.” Payments More Difficult. the belief that the Young lan was a distinct advance over the plan as a means of determining Germany shall y the Allies, Mr. Mcl =y hnw:owmilnw the rapid in prices, ver, ce the new plan was drafted, Germany's payments, which are in gold, are ap- ximately 20 per cent more cult ?:me ich to bear than was antici- ug‘fiflz the London Naval Conference resulted in an agreement by the United States, Great Britain and Japan which would eliminate dangerous elements of tion between these powers, the inted out that as a result of ity to agree as to the size of their navies, Prance and Italy are today further apart than they were before the conference. Although a date, 1932, has been sug- gested for the convening of the Gen- ergl Disarmament Conference, to be at- tended by virtually all the nations of the world, Europe, in the meantime, continues to be an armed camp, Mr. McDonald declared. Menace of Russia. “Nor is it surprising,” he continued, “that the capitalist states of Europe, di- vided among themselves by nearly pro- hibitive tariff walls and overburdened ; with preparations for war, should see in a united Communist Russia the menace of the future.” * major tendencies in interna- tional relations during 1930,” concluded Mr. Macdonald, “have been confused and contradictory, but not completely devold of encouragment. World-wide economic depression has _accentuated every cause of uneasiness. International constructive efforts have for the most been counteracted by narrow, de- structive nationalism.” Miss Jane Addams, noted head of Chi- cago's Hull House, will deliver the open- ing address at this evening's session, which will be held in the Washington Hotel at 8:15. Paul Kellogg, editor of Survey, will appear on the evening’s program with Miss Addams. | LAWYER HURT IN FALL | FROM HOTEL WINDOW Edward B. Dean, 29, Sustains| Fracture of Ribs and Lacera- tions of Head. er | | Edward B. Dean, 29 years old, a law- er, suffered two broken ribs and a ceration of the head early yesterday when he fell from a window in the Port- 1and Hotel, landing on a shed roof four stories below. After receiving medical attention at Emergency Hospital he walked out, a half hour later, refusing further treatment for his injuries. Dean’s bed was near a window, po- | lice said, and when he rolled off the bed he went out of the window, strik- ing a fire escape on the way down, throwing him onto the roof of the wooden shed. J. P. Hand, a clerk in , and H. heard Dean's body strike the shed and found him in a semi-conscious condi- tion. Although doctors at the hospital he- lieved that the man had sustained Foote, a roomer, internal injuries, they said he refused | to remain overnight. $15,000 DAMAGES ASKED John Collins, 3000 Alabama avenue southeast, has filed suit in the District Court to recover $15,000 dam- from Lawrence Coleman, an em- the Smithsonian Institute, f(‘)r WA SON OF BISHOP CANNON WEDS DR. BALLOU'S PERSONAL CLERK Rev. F. B. Harris Performs Surprise Ceremony at Foun- dry M. E. Church. Bridegroom, Associated With Father on Temperance Board, Studying Law. David P. Cannon, son of Bishop James M. Cannon, jr., of the Southern Meth- odist Episcopal Church, and Miss Mar- garet Lee: Fultz, daughter of Rev. and | Mrs. R. L. Fultz of Front Royal, Va, and personal clerk to Dr. Frank W.| Ballou, superintendent of schools, were | married in a surprise wedding at the | Foundry M. E. Church here Saturday afternoon, it became known today. Engaged for Some Time. Although engaged for some time, the couple’s plans to be married were un- | known until after the ceremony. Miss Fultz left the Franklin Administration | Building with Mr. Cannon, who had | called for her at the end of her day’s duties at 3:30, and two hours later they were standing before Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of Foundry Church, as that minister performed the ceremony. Only Mr. and Mrs. D. L, Cannon, brother and sister-in-law of the bridegroom, and the sole persons taken into the confidence of the couple, were in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Cannon will be at home after February 1 at 2115 F street. Mrs, Cannon has been personal clerk to the superintendent of schools for the past four years, handling, in that capacity, all the confidential business of Dr. Ballou's office. She had resided in Washington with her sister, Miss Elizabeth Fultz, for the past two years. Mrs. Cannon’s father was pastor of the Francis Asbury Methodist Episco- | pal Church, on Sixteenth street here, | prior to his transfer to his Front Royal | charge two years ago. | Lewisburg, MRS. DAVID P. CANNON. *—Harris-Ewing Photo. The bride, who is 26, was born in . Va., and has lived with her parents in many of the cities of the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Church in which her father has been stationed. Bridegroom Associated With Father. The bridegroom, who is 27 years old, is next to the youngest of the Methodist bishop's sons. At present he is assd- ciated with his father on the Board of Temperance and Social Service of the Southern Methodist Church. He is studying law at George Washington University. HAMLTON i ASSALS DARROW Representative Holds Law- yer's Race Speech Was Based on False Statement. Representative Hamilton Fish of | New York, head of & special congres- | sional committee investigating revolu- | tionary Communistic activities in this country, in a public address here today criticized Clarence Darrow, agnostic Chicago lawyer and lecturer, for an| address he made here recently before a colored audience, in which the out- spoken Chicagoan was quoted as having pointed out alleged “discriminations” against the colored race in this coun- Holds Statement False. He sald Darrow was reported to have cited an untrue statement that the colored Gold Star Mothers of America were the victims of ination in the excursions to the graves | of American veterans in France. | Denying that investigation showed | there had been any such discrimination, Mr. Pish said such statements by Dar- | row were for the purpose of turning loyal colored citizens against the Gov- ernment. Mr. Fish's remarks were made in the course of a half-hour attack on com- munistic work and objectives in the United States, delivered at a meeungi of the Public Order Committee of the Washington Board of Trade at the Raleigh Hotel. ‘The colored race in America, however, Mr. Fish declared, are loyal American | citizens and its members will not be- come Soviet followers when they under- stand just what are the aims of the Communist. Criticizes Russian Trade, Mr. Fish pointed out that his com- mittee had recommended deportation of alien Communists and said he was grad- ually coming to the conviction that trade relations with Russia should be ended, due to the close relation that ex- ists between Soviet trade and political practices. He criticized American industrial con- cerns which “for temporary” profit are selling implements and products to Rus- sia which will be used, he said, to kill | off American foreign trade. Were it not for the new American tariff, Mr. Pish said, American ex- ports would be tremendously reduced | and he predicted that Russian competi- | tion in the near future would greatly | reduce, if not eventually bring to an | end, American exports of grain, lum-| ber, oil and cotton. COLLEGE BOARD HEADED BY REV. A. G. DANIELLS | California Homor Given One of | Founders of Washington Missionary College. Rev. Arthur G. Daniells, for 21 years | president of the General Conference of | Seventh-day Adventists and one of the | founders of the Washington Missionary College, Takoma Park, has been named president of the board of trustees of | the College of Medical Evangelists, | Loma Linda, Calif. | Rev. Mr. Daniells has been connected with the Adventist Church for more than 50 years. Prior to his appoint- | ment, he was secretary of the College of Medical Evangelists. ! Rev. Mr. Daniells is a graduate of Battle Creek College, Battle Creek, Mich, and was ordained to the ministry SPELLING BEE PLANNED Free-for-All Match to Be Held by Club Wednesday. The thirteenth “free-for-all” spelling match of the Capital City Spelling Club will be held at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday evening in the Mount Pleasant Library. Approximately 40 persons have sig- nified their intention of participating determine in the match, which is to e the championship of the District. The public is ted. Grounded Liner Sinking. DAR-ES- i , Jan- SALAAN, Tanganyika. :nnry 19 (#).—The Belgian liner Kabinda | Washington MRS. ARTHUR LEE tim of Auto Crash Near Tucson, Ariz. Mrs. Arthur Lee, socially prominent in the Capital, was killed in an auto- terday, according to word received here this morning. Mrs. Lee, a widow, was the former Grace Thomas Davis, daughter of the late Senator Henry Gassaway Davis, of West Virginia, and sister of Mrs. Ste, pher B. Elkins, of Washington. Mr. Lee died in 1925. ‘The family home here, at 1708 Mas- sachusetts avenue, now is occupied by the Turkish Ambassador. In recent years Mrs. Lee has been dividing her time between Washing- ton, the paternal home at Elkins, W. Va., and her ranch near Amado, Ariz. Mrs, Elkins is in Atlantio City, and graphed here to her nor that sent to The Star by Mrs. Bruce Lee Johnson, of New York, a daughter of Mrs. Lee, gave any details of the surrounding circumstances. Three other children also survive Mrs. Lee. Thev are Thomas Davis Lee, of New York, and Henry Davis Lee and Arthur Lee, of Arizona. brother, John T. Davis, of Elkins, W. Va. also survives. Interment will be in Elkins. Mrs. Lee was a member of the Na- tional Society of Colonial Dames, the Colony Club of New York, and the Chevy Chase Club, NAVY TO SELL VESSELS FOR CASH OR ON TIME Buyers Must Agree to Ban Liquor on Them—Bids to Be Opened February 19. Three naval vessels that have been closely associated with the Washington Navy Yard in recent years are to be offered for sale when bids are opened on February 19. This announcement, made today by the Navy Department, said that the U. S. S. Porpoise, the U. S. 8. Grampus and the U. 8. 8. Ammunition Lighter YE-28 will be of- fered for sale, as will the U. 8. S. Cla- rinda, which is located at the Charles- ton, S. C, Navy Yard. The sale of the vessels will be on a cash basis or deferred payment plan, and the pur- chaser must agree that the vessels will be kept absolutely dry, intoxicants aboard being taboo. ‘The Porpoise, a ferry boat, recently left Washington and is now at the Nor- folk, Va., Navy Yard. The same is true of the Grampus, a freight and passenger steamer, but the Ammunition Lighter is now here. WILE TO MAKE ADDRESS An address by Frederic William Wile, newspaper correspondent, on “Behind the Scenes at Washington,” will feature | the meeting of the Brotherhood of the Hebrew Congregation which will be held at the Eighth Street Temple Wednesday, January 21, at 8 o'clock. Miss' Dora Minovitch, accomplished pilanist, will play at the meeting. Eli Emanuel, violoncellist, with Mr. Paris |at the piano, also will play. A report of the National Brotherhood Con\'(intlon will be given by Vice Presi- dent Irving Diener. KILLEDN ACCIDENT Capital Sgcial Leader Is Vic-| mobile accident near Tucson, Ariz., yes- | neither the word of the accident tele- | Al SHINGTON, D. C, DR. ALLEN JOHNSON, NOTED HISTORIAN, IS KILLED BY AUTO Literary Society President Was Engaged on Important " Biography Dictionary. NATIVE OF BAY STATE NEARLY 61 YEARS OLD 19, Ruby Gaw Succumbs Charlottesville From Car Injuries. Mrs, at Dr. Allen Johmson, who had won recognition as one of the leading his- torians of the United Statcs, was killed last night when struck by an automobile at Connecticut and Rhode Island avenues. Samuel Cherosky of 407 Rhode Island avenue northeast, the driver, was re- leased in custody of his attorney, pend- ing an inquest at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. Dr. Johnson was proceeding across the intersection, and Cherosky Wwas turning off Cormecticut into 'Rhode Island avenue at the time, police re- ported. Cherosky took the injured man to Emergency Hospital, where he died a short time later. Doctors said death was due to shock, though he received head injuries and a broken leg and arm. Dr. Johnson would have been 61 years old the 29th of this month. Death interrupted a work that his associates said today would have crowned fittingly a notable career—preparation of The Dictionary of American Biography. Designed eventually to contain 20 volumes incorporating the biographies ot some 13,000 notable Americans who have died, the undertaking to which Dr. Johnson had devoted the past five years had reached the stage where the sixth volume was in preparation. Native of Massachusetts. Allen 'Johnson was born in Lowell, Mass., January 29, 1870, the son of Moses Allen Johnson and Elmira Shat- tuck Johnson. He studied’successively at Ambherst, the University of Leipzig, Ecole_des Sciences Politiques in Paris and Columbia University, and then in 1892 launched on his career as in- structor in history at Lawrenceville, | where he remained two years. For the next seven years he occupied the chalr of history at Grinnell, five years more were spent as professor of history and political science at Bowdoin, and then in 1910 Dr. Johnson became learned | professor of history at Yale, where he remained until 1926. Meanwhile he had found time to pro- | duce several historical writings, includ- ing the “Intendant Under Louis XIV,” | | “Stephen A. Douglass,” “Readings in | American Constitutional History,” “Union and Democracy,” “Jefferson and His Colleagues,” “The Historian and Historical Evidence,” and others. From 1918-1921 he also was editor of Chron- icles of America. 4 In 1900 Dr. Johnson married Helen K. Ross of Germantown. One son was born to them, Allen Sheppard Johnson, who survives his father. Mrs. Johnson died in 1921. | Coming to Washington in 1926 as | editor in chief of The Dictionary of American Biography, published under auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies, Dr. Johnson directed the formation of the organization for | production of the work and then | launched into its preparation. The bi- orgraphy was described today as one of the most distinguished and scholarly | works undertaken in years. Literary Society President. He also entered the scholarly activ- | ities of the Capital and was president of the Literary Society of Washington. Host to the society at a meeting at the Washington Club as late as Saturday night, news of his sudden death came as a particular shock to Dr. Johnson's assoclates. Dr. Johnson also was a member of the Cosmos Club, the Graduate in New Haven, and Yale and Century Clubs in ‘New York. He was a Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon and also had been honored with membership in the Amer- ican Historical Association, Maine His- torical Society and American Anti- quarian Society. Dr. Johnson resided at 2310 Con- necticut avenue and maintained an of- fice in the Hill Building. His son was expected to arrive in ‘Washington today, and it was said fu- ner;l arrangements then would be made. ‘M‘S. GAW DIES OF INJURIES. Bound on a visit with relatives, Mrs. Ruby Gaw, 23 years old, of 1374 Har- vard street, was so badly injured in an automobile accident near Gordonsville, Va., late Saturday night that she died in University Hospital at Charlottes- ville yesterday morning. The funeral is being held in Charlottesville today. ‘The accident resulted from some me- chanical defect in the car, which caused her husband, Russell Gaw, who was driving, to lose control. Friends here were told the vehicle hurtled over an embankmeft and pinned the occu- pants beneath. Gaw was badly hurt ;nedd is in the hospital where his wife ied. Mr. and Mrs. Gaw and his brother, Bruce Gaw, and his wife, started for Charlottesville Saturday evening to visit the Gaws' mother, Mrs. Luther Gaw. The couples were in separate cars, the Bruce Gaws to the rear, and they came upon the wrecked car. Bruce Gaw succeeded in getting his brother and sister-in-law out of the wreck and took them into Gordonsville, from where they were removed to the hospital. ‘The Gaws are employed by the How- ard Cleaning & Dyeing Co. Mrs. Gaw's mother, Mrs. Willie Lynn, is a resident of Washington. FOR MAN SHOT ‘The police bullet which stopped his wild ride in a taxicab Friday probably has deprived 23-year-old Macon Wesson permanently of the use of his legs, al- though doctors predicted today that he vuuls live. Capt. H. H. Groves of No. 8 precinct was informed that the bullet shattered parts of Wesson’s spine after piercing his chest. It was removed Saturday, and Wesson was sald today to be rally- favorably. esson, who is the son of Lieut. Col. C. M. Wesson, U. 8. A., was lucid when ln&lrronm Groves at Garfield Hos- and ing e on the reefs ween here The WM&I&\&M- sald up. b prompted LOSS OF USE OF HIS LEGS LOOMS AFTER WILD RIDE Macon Wesson, 23, Rallies After Police Bullet Which ' ' Shattered Spine Is Removed. and shoot holes in the windshield. Groves sald the youth told him, how- ever, h idn't blame the officer for shooting.” The shot was fired on Kalo- rama road near Connecticut avenue after a badly frightened taxi driver pi- loted his vehicle into a tree. The police were in clbse pursuit. Weston explained to Groves he thought he was running away when he lea] from the cab and that he had no intén- tion of shooting way to freedom. Parkway drive for daylight traffic. 100 ROAD OPENED FOR DAY TRAFFIC Route Under Calvert Street Bridge to Be Used When Creek Is Normal. Officials of the Smithsonian Institu- tion are now permitting daytime traffic from the Rock Creek Parkway, under the Calvert Street Bridge, to pass through the National Zoological Park. While officials of the Office of Pub- lic Buildings and Public Parks today lacked official confirmation of this, it was learned from Smithsonian Institu- tion sources that the gates are to be left open during daylight hours, pro- vided there is no high water or ice con- ditions in Rock Creek at that point. Officials of the Zoo Who objected sev- eral weeks ago to use of the Zoo roads as a connecting link between the park- way drive and the highways of Rock Creek Park proper said today that the daylight traffic would not disturb the animals. The gates will be opened at 7 o'clock in the morning and closed about sun- down, in keeping with the practice re- lating to other gates of the Zoological Park. The area of the Rock Creek and Po- tomac Parkway between Massachusetts avenve and the Q Street Bridge is now being improved, and as the valley is fitted up with additional roads it will be possible to drive from the vicinity of Silver Spirng, Md, to the Potomac River. AUDITOR OVERCOME; GAS JET FOUND OPEN Joseph E. Handel Is Reported in Serious Condition by Hos- pital Physicians. Joseph E. Handel, 45 years old, aud: {tor in the General Accounting Office, (was reported in a serious condition at Emergency Hospital, after having been found in his quarters in the Conard Apartments, 1228 I street, last night, un- conscious, apparently from the effects of gas. Walter Coleman, colored, 51 years old, an elevator operator in the building, who found Handel, told police all the jets on a stove were opened. The elevator operator said he smelled gas on the fourth floor of the apart- ment building. He started a search and sald he found the odor strongest near Handel's apartment. After forcing an entrance, he sald he found the man with his head bowed over the kitchen table, unconscious. Handel was partially revived by the fire rescue squad, and was then removed to the hospital, where physicians said his condition was serious. Police notir fied Mrs. Catherine Green, a sister, of Brentwood, Md., whose name, they said, wtx on a card they found in the apart- ment. HOUSE 0. K.’S WISCONSIN AVENUE WIDENING BILL Cost of Land for Purpose Esti- mated at $5,000—Measure Has Passed' Senate. The Housé today by unanimous con- sent passed the bill authorizing the District Commissioners to widen Wis- consin avenue abutting squares 1299, 1300 and 1935. The purpose of this measure is to enable the Commissioners to condemn this land in ‘order to make certain street improvements including sidewalk construction on Wisconsin avenue. The approximate value of the land to be taken is $5,000. Under existing law, the Commission- ers have no power to condemn the land because it is in the limits of the old already passed the Senate. SQUAD REVIVES CHILD Four-Year-0ld Found Unconscious From Coal Gas. Homer Kirby, jr., 4-year-old son of Homer H. Kirby, attorney of the Inter- state Commerce Commission, was re- vived by Rescue Squad No. 2 this morn- ing at about €:15 o'clock after he had been discovered by his parents partially overcome by coal gas which was escap- ing from the furnace at the Kirby home, at 3409 Patterson street. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby said that they were awakened by the odor of the gas and, going to the bedside of their small son, found him in a semi- us condition. HEARING ON LOAN BILL Senate Committee Will Have Ses- sion Friday Afternoon. ‘The Senate District Commiti hold hearings at 2:30 o'clock Fridi afternoon on the bills to regulaf City of Georgetown. The measure has |y, The Foening - Star MONDAY, JANUARY ROCK CREEK PARKWAY DRIVE TO Z0O OP D 1931. F¥P PAGE B-1 LANDMARK BLAZE PROBED AS WATSON VOICES SUSPICION Wing of Vacant 66-Room Officials of tiré National Zoological Garden have opened the gates connecting the Zoo roads with the new Rock Creek The Zoo highways act as connecting links between the roads of Rock Creek Park | proper and the Rock Creek Valley Parkway, which eventually will provide a direct connection with the Potomac Speedway. In the foreground of the photo is shown the ford through which traffic passes to enter the Zoo grou | inds. —Star Staff Photos. FOUR OF NAVY'S The Navy Department, it was learned today, has under consideration a pro- posal to bring to Washington for the | Bicentennial celebration next year four |of the Navy's most historic vessels— U. 8. 8. Constitution, the Constellation, the Hartford and the Olympia. Representative Sol Bloom, Democrat of New York, associate director of the George Washington Bicentennial Com- mission, has recently written to the de- partment on this subject. The principal stumbling block in the way, just now, | is the financing of the reconditioning of these vessels and the bringing of them to Washington. Secretary Adams and his assoclates are giving the subject close study, in the hope that the plan may be accom- plished. Hope to Have Museum. Officers sald today that if this is done there is hope that a museum of naval vessels may be established here, follow- ing the bicentennial celebration, just as England has done with the Victory, famous flagship of Lord Nelson, in pre- serving that noted craft for historical purposes. Naval officers estimated that it would take about $100,000 to fit up the Olym- pia and that around a half a million dollars would be necessary to put the | Hartford in ship-shape. HISTORIC SHIPS MAY BE HERE FOR 1932 FETE Bicentennial Body Negotiating With De- partment to Bring Vessels to City. Cost Factor Must Be Mpt. The U. S. S. Constellation, now at Newport, R. I, is one of the landmarks of the naval training station there. This old sailing frigate was built at Balti- | more, Md., and acquired by Uncle Sam in 1797, ., School Children Aid. | ‘The U. S. 8. Constitution, now being restored at the Boston, Mass, Navy Yard, was the hero of the War of 1812, ! School children throughout the Nation | have co-operated in financing this old | sailing vessel, built at the Boston Navy Yard in 1797 | bur, when he was at the head of the | Navy Department, took a keen interest in the work being done on this famous vessel. ‘The U. 8. 8. Hartford, now receiving ship at Charleston, 8. C., was Farra- gut’s flagship in the Civil War. The Olympia, now out of commission at Philadelphia, was Dewey’s flagship in the Spanish-American War. Legisla- tion has been pending in Congress to bring the Olympia to Washington as & naval relic. Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester, U. 8. N, retired, who makes his home at 1828 I street, is particularly inter- ested in this program and has co- operated with Navy Department author- ities in giving the matter attention. ONE-LEGGED PEDDLER IS JAILED FOR ASSAULT Given Six-Month Sentence for At- tack “by Mistake” on Health Officer Calling on Wife. A one-legged pencil peddler was sent to jail for 180 days in Police Court to- day for assaulting a Health Department physician with his crutch. Dr. W. Given Suter, 15 H street, told Judge Gus A. Schuldt that he was mak- |ing a professional call on Mrs. Bertha | McCrider, who was ill at her home, 612 G street, yesterday, when her husband, Isom C. McCrider, crippled peddler, en- tered her room and attacked him. McCrider, Dr. Suter said, struck him twice with his crutch'and then hit him on the head with a glass fruit jar. The doctor sustained a severe cut on his head. McCrider told Judge Schult he made the attack when he mistook the doctor for another person. “I don't think that is sufficient ex- cuse for banging people over the head with that plece of wood,” said the judge. “You should be more carefyl. I'm going to give you six months to think it over.” N GAS LIGHT MERGER WILL BE DISCUSSED Washington Board of Trade to Consider Proposed Move Tomorrow at 2:30 P.M. The proposed merger of the Wash- ington and the Georgetown Gas Light Cos. will be considered at a meeting of the Washington Board of Trade tomor- row at 2:30 o'clock in the quarters of the trade body in The Star Building, it was announced today. The Public Health Committee of the trade body will meet tomorrow evening at_the same place. Discussion of a possible campaign by local interests for the election of a di- rector in the organization of the United States Chamber of Commerce from this district will be held at 4 o'clock Wed- nesday at the Board of Trade head- quarters by a joint meeting ot repre- sentatives of local organizations hav. ing membership in the national cham- er. ‘This meeting is called by Edward F. Colladay, national councilor of the Board of Trade to the national cham- ber. Local business groups affiliated with the national chamber now have not such representation. Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, will address a joint meet- ing of the Streets and Avenues Commit- tee and the Trafic Committee of the Board of Trade at 12:30 o'clock Thurs- day at the Raieigh Hotel. SONS OF C. E. TRIBBY ACT TO SETTLE ESTATE Seek Letters of Administration on Property Valued in Excess of $1,500,000. Charles E. Tribby, jr. and ob!b’ the late Herbert will, as- nal of real estate had QUIZ IS OMITTED IN GAMING GASES Seven Seized in Raids With Federal Warrants Face Grand Jury Action. The Government's case against seven men arrested in gambling raids Satur- day by officers operating with Federal search warrants, an_entirely new proced- ure, was taken direct to the grand jury this afternoon without the usual practice of a preliminary hearing in Police Court. The men all are charged with per- mitting gaming. They are David Rones, 40, of the 100 block of Tenth street; Samuel Fricter, 28, of the Hous- ton Hotel; Benjamin Levingston, 31, of the 1300 block of R street; F. J. Clay- borne, 30, first block of I street north- east; S. T. Piper, 37, 1000 block of Fourth street, and Rufus Joyner, 38, 900 block of N street. All are at liberty under $500 bond. Acting on search warrants issued by Commissioner Turnage, the raiders broke in barriers Saturday afternoon in the rear of 1219 E street and at 506 Eleventh street. Police rounded up about 100 men in all, took them to headquarters for ques- tioning and released all of the men except the seven c¢harged with permit- ting gaming and two men booked as Government witnesses. SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS ENDS SESSION Honorary Governor General Places Wreath on Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Arlington. The placing of a wreath on the Tomb af the Unknown Soldier by Honorary Governor General Howland Pell of the General Society of Coloni- al Wars, featured the closing part of the program of the General Council of the society, yesterday. The grou held business sessions in the Willard Hotel Saturday. | Members of the General Council, which body is composed of the general officers of the society and the deputy governors general who represent the various State societies of the General Society of Colonial Wars, also made ilgrimages yesterday to Alexandria and Prederickshurg, va, At Alexandria the council members Former Secretary Wwil-|had Gale Mansion Swept by Five-Alarn® Fire. CARETAKER OF GROUNDS WILL BE QUESTIONED Several Tramps Were Seen Loiter- ing Around Building Saturday Night, Police Told. An inquiry was under way today into what firemen described as “suspicicus circumstances” in connection with the spectacular five-alarm blaze which swept the south wing of one of Wash- jngton’s well known landmarks, the va- cant 66-room Gale Mansion, at Second street and Todd place northeast. ‘The caretaker on the grounds, Frank Cook, 65, colored, was away at the time. Police at No. 12 precinct learned he expected to return later today, at which time he will be questioned. The precinct also was notified that several tramps were seen loitering about the grounds Saturday night. Fire Chief George S. Watson, who personally directed the 16 engine com- panies and four truck companies sum- moned to the scene, said the fire ap- parently started on the ground-floor staircase, mounting rapidly to the sec- ond and third floors. Fire Attracts Big Crowd. The first alarm was turned in about 7:30 o'clock and the last a half hour later. When the first firemen arrived on the grounds flames were breaking from the roof of the left wing. The wooden building was burning like a torch and the noise and glare attracted a throng of spectators. Police had brisk work keeping back the curious and clearing traffic on ad- joining streets. Fire hose was rigged i;om all sides md lmdeluxe of water on was espout to the building. . s Watson sald “suspicious circum- stances” indicated to him the blaze had | been deliberately set. After the flames been extinguished a thorough search was made on the premises for Cook. It was at first believed the col- ored caretaker, who lives in the build- ing, might have died in the fire. Police said the building is so large other persons could easily have entered it without the knowledge of the care- taker. Chief Watson estimated the damage at $15,000. All furnishing had been removed when the building was vacated. Known as “Retreat House.” The agent whose firm insured the building said about $50,000 in fire policies were carried on the structure. ..The building last was known as the Retreat House,” an establishment con- ducted by the Order of Carmelites. It was acquired by the order in 1921 and sold about three years ago. PWO years ago the pi y . chased by H. B. Groom of New York. At that time plans were announced for pulling down the old building to make way for an apartment house. For many years prior to the World ‘War the structure housed on exclusive seminary for young women, Was] Oulleie. During the World War it was used by the local telephone company as a dormitory for additional telephone operators employed during the emer~ gency period. The main part of the building, which been u:‘dd’edlg;o(rom time to time, was_erec n . It first was‘the home of the Gale family. JURY TRIAL ASKED IN WOMAN’S INJURY Elter Catlin Held on $200 Bond on Charge of Hurling Friend From Car. Charged with asault in connection wnhmthe fall L:x‘u & woman from a machine ,on er place Saf night, Elmer Catlin, 2000 hlock“g;dg street, demanded a jury trial and was held under $200 bond by Judge Gus A. Schult in Police Court today. Miss Nellie V. Wine, 2000 block of Connecticut avenue, was found in an unconscious condition in the street in the 1700 block of Lanier place by Policeman R. F. McCarthy of the tenth pre;lnct.. She was taken to Emergency Hospi- tal and found to be suffering from E‘l- ternal injuries, Miss Wine told police | that Catlin shoved her from a car while she was riding with him. She said that he became angry with her while they were engaged in an argument and opened the door and shoved her into the street while the car was still in motion. Police said that it will probably be several weeks before Miss Wine will be able to come to court. POLICEMEN’S EXTRA PAY SUBJECT TO DEDUCTION Controller General J. Raymond Mc- Carl today ruled that the $5 per month extra allowance for policemen and fire- men who have rendered meritorious service is subject to a deduction of 315 per cent for the policemen’s and fire- men’s retirement fund. ‘The question came up in the case of Pvt. James P. Hendricks of the police force, who was receiving the $5 monthly award when he was retired. Hendricks claimed that in addition to half of his regular salary he should also be given half of the $5 as his pension. If Hendricks' point was well taken the Commissioners felt that they would be compelled to deduct the 312 per cent, which is taken from the regular salary, out of the extra $5 as well. The matter was put up to Controller Gen- eral McCarl for a decision and Re ruled visited Church, the old Presby- terian meeting house and the George Washington Masonic Memorial. At Fredericksburg luncheon was served in the Masonic hall, where George Wash- ington was made a Mason. Upon their return to Washington they attended a buffet supper at the Metropolitan Club as guests of George de Benne- ville Keim of Edgewater Park, New Jersey, governor general of the society. ENGINEER WILL SPEAK b Of the United feeg's Office, will that the $5 extra compensation was a part of the policeman’s regular salary within the meaning of the act and that the 3¢ per cent deduction should be made from it. As to the question of whether those policemen retired while receiving the extra allowance should have $2.50 added to their regular pension, Mr. Mc~ Carl left it open. “This is a matter for determination by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia under such rules and regu- lations as may have been or may here- after be approved by them,” he said. ‘Woman Voluntary Bankrupt.