Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1931, Page 17

Washington News @he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, REED VOICES FEAR FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1931. PAGE B-1 'TWO FIREMEN HURT COMFORTS OF HOME SCORNED §3,336,029 VALUE - SET ON 3 BLOCKS - SOUTH OF AVENUE Jury of Five Fixes Price for Site of Department of Justice Building. AREA LIES BETWEEN NINTH AND TENTH STS. Parcel on Corner of Louisiana Ave- nue and Ninth Tops List, With Cost Set at $356,219 The value of the 40 parcels of real estate, which the Government was un- able to purchase at private sale in the three squares lying south of Pennsyl- vania avenue between Ninth and Tenth streets, was placed at $3,336,029, in & report of a jury of five citizens made to- day to Chief Justice Wheat in District Division 1. The property is to be used as a site for the Department of Justice Bullding, it is reported. The specific awards follow: Parcel 1, 900 and 902 Pennsylvania avenue, $162,- 500; parcel 2, 904 Pennsylvania avenue and 905 C street, $76,646; parcel 3, 906 Pennsylvania avenue and 907 C street, $85,771; parcel 4, 908 Pennsylvania ave- nue and 909 C street, $135 fifllui)ogflrcel 5, ue, parcel 916-8 Pennsylvani: parcel 7, 920 Pennsylvania avenue, $87,- 933; parcel 8, 922 Pennsylvania avenue, $99,541; parcel 9, 924 Pennsylvania ave- nue and 920 C street, $65.828; parcel 12, 301 Tenth street, $47,861; parcel 13, 303 Tenth street, $30,000; parcel 14, 305 Tenth street, $30,000; parcel 15, 307 1,000; parcel 16, 300 Tenth street, $23,934; parcel 17, 311 “Tenth street and 932-93¢ Pennsyl avenue, $102,997; parcel 20, 926 Pennsyl- vania avenue, $49,035; parcel 21, 913 Louisiana avenue and 916 C $82,588; parcel 25 921); Louisiana avenue and 926 C street, $43,575; parcel 26, 923 Louisiana avenue, $38,171; 927-929 Louisiana avenve, $52,733; par- cel 36, 909 B street, $60,274; parcel 37, 911 B street, $60,504; parcel 38, 913 B street, $56,949; parcel 40, 921 B street, $48,742; parcel 41, 923 B street, $45,099; 1 42, 925 B'l‘mfl, $41,210; Louisiana avenue, $96,’ B street :nd 940, Louisiana avenue, $92,256; parcel 48, 93315 B street and 942 Louisiana avenue, : 20 352 *Coutsiana. ”‘lz'“. m-ogg 133,620; parcel 55, avenue, $142,621; r iana avenue, -$77.918; parcel 906, 908, Dlfli 912 .and avenue and 218-222 Ninth street, $356,- 219; 216 Ninth street, $52 parcel 62, 212 Ninth street, $72,055; parcel 63, 210 Ninth street, $82,543. The jury was composed of William Oliff, Harry J. Scharnikow, Paul W. Fishbaugh, T. E. Edmonston and John 0. Gheen. ‘Government Was repre- gented by Assistant Attorney General Henry H. Glassie and Special Assistant United States Attorneys Alexander H. Bell, jr., and Arthur G. Lambert. HOOVER RECEIVES FILM CELEBRITIES Estelle Taylor Dempsey and Rich- ard Dix Guests of Oklahoma Congressmen. Estelle Taylor Dempsey, wife of Jack Dempsey, and Richard Dix, both screen celebrities, were received by President ‘Hoover at the White House today, & few . hours before a preview showing is to be twice given tonight of the motion , “Cimarron,” in h both Miss Taylor and Mr. Dix appear. The two showings tonight will be at R-K-O Keith's Theater and at the Nal Press Club. After they were received by the Presi- dent early this afternoon, the two screen stars were the guests of the Oklahoma delegation in Congress at a luncheon in the private dining room of the Speaker of the House and later in the day were to receive Washington de nts at the Mayflower Hotel and attend & dinner tendered by the board of gov- ernors of the National Press Club. The preview of the motion picture in which they appear is to be attended tonight by & distinguished group of Govern- ment officials and diplomats. Mrs, Dempsey denied reports that the illness of her husband is serious. Drmpsey is suffering from a carbuncle on one of his hands which has caused the hand and wrist to swell consider- ably. She said she had talked with him over the telephons this morning and declared he had “laughed it off.” THREE D. C. BILL REPORTED WITH 0. K. Reid Measure for Expediting U. 8. Acquisition of Land on House List. The House District Committee today ordered a favorable report on three bills. One of these is the Reid bill to expedite the Government in acquisition | Geor action ot thnl' Government bullding in the and would allow the Govern- ment to actually take over properties without waiting for the conclusion of condemn! of 11 to 2, reported ouf small loans bill to legalize a rate of in- terest of 3 per cent a month against borrowers of small amounts. Representative La Guardia, Repub- lican, of New York, some time ago served notice that he would filibuster against it. Representative Hull (oroeg e L Box Party at Forestville, a NW Vo, January a y n #chool house at 8 .o'clock, SRR <52 SAILOR GIVES CLUE street | the report that Beulah BY BOY, 8, FOUND SLEEPING OUT Bitter Cold Nearly Fatal for Harry Salemmo on Third Adventure. Lad Discovered Huddled Close to Wall of Furnace Room—~Unrepentant. Home, hearth and comfort are noth- ing to Harry Salemmo, 8 years old,| found early today In back of 937 H| street, lips blue, teeth chattering. No, Harry did not want to go home. He knew how to get there, but he wouldn't go—unless, of course, they would let him make his own way back. But D. W. McAllister, who found Harry cuddled against the basement | wall of his home and brought him in, detected a subterfuge. He called police of No. 1 precinct to take a hand just to be sure Harry would 80 home. Sure enough, Harry did. He admitted to the bluecoats he did mnot live in the “northwest” as he told Mc- Allister, but at 1223 H street northeast. Harry failed to show up for lunch ‘Tuesday. His parents learned he left Holy Name School on schedule. That was the last they heard until the pre- cinet notified them Harry was found at 2 this morning. Harry’s Third Jaunt. It was Harry's third jaunt, his father told newspaper men last night while the search was in progress. Just before Christmas, when his fel- lows were minding their p's and g's, Harry took French leave for a day and night. For once, however, he came home voluntarily—in time for the festivities. Bright-eyed, alert and normal in other respects, Harry just won't stay home. Last Summer he dropped from sight and three days later a policeman found him curled under a doorstep in Georgetown. His last adventure might have been final in all respects, but Harry was uncomfortable in the bitter cold and talked in his sleep as he rolled about HARRY SALEMMO. against McAllister's wall, warm_himself. This woke McAllister, who, putting on a bath robe, hurried down to in- e. Harry was warmly dressed leather jacket, thick cap and gloves. trylng to Suffers No Tl Effects. ‘This, coupled with the fact that the wall was warm from the furnace in- side, must have saved the child from freezing to death. He suffered no ill effects from the exposure. Harry seemed to enjoy the warmth when McAllister bustled him inside, al- most as much as the steaming meal which the bluecoats provided at the station house. But still he wanted to be allowed to make his own way home. It's just, as Harry’s father explained, that he likes bright lights, crowds, ad- venture and excitement. Harry's pas- sion is 5 and 10 cent stores at the rush hour or busy street corners when the trafic roars loudest and sidewalks are thronged. Harry was safely tucked in bed to- day, under the eye of his mother. He said he wanted to get out as soon as possible—so he could return to school. N LIMEREK CASE Says Man Abused Girl at Dance Night Before She Was Murdered. Investigators today were running down Limerick, Bky‘ High lub _secretary, was abused by an unidentified man at a dance on night preceding the slaying. Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, assistant chief of detectives, said today that the homi- cide squad had learned several sailors who attendeéd the dance ‘where the arguments is said to have occurred. Sailor e Give Information. Information in connection with the argument at the Sky High Whoopee Club dance was turned over to -olice by a sailor detailed as an orderly at the Naval Hospital, at Twenty-third and E streets. Kelly said the orderly reported that during the course of the dance a man made an effort to stop Beulah Limerick from dancing with a sailor, Investigators said that this man is the one they are particularly interested in questioning. Conference Is Planned. After the grilllng of the sailors is completed, a conference between inves- tigating police and Jullan Richards, assistant District attorney, who will present case against the four sus- R:""' held to the grand jury, will be ld at the attorney’s office. Kelly announced that although they had _disci story told by Donald Boyer, the milkman, who said he heard two shots fired on the morning of the girl's death, investigators are still woi on the “tip” that Boyer saw & blue roadster leave the Limerick home the flmgonl.ht. P More than own! lue mwumed by police. None of them knew anything about the slaying. . INDIA INDEPENDENCE DRIVE TO BE MARKED Senators to Speak at Banquet on First Anniversary of Move Monday Evening. The first anniversary of the Indian declaration of independence will be celebrated at a banquet under the auspices of the India Independence League of the District of Columbia in the Y. W. C. A. Bullding, Seventeent and K streets, Monday evening at 7 o'clock. Many prominent persons are to deliver addresses. Speakers listed are Senator John J. Blaine of Wisconsin, Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa, Senator Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota and Charles Edward Russell. George T. Odell will preside. ‘The Indian declaration of independ- ence is to be read at the meeting by H. T. Muzumdar of New York, repre- sentative of the Indian Nationalist movement, who participated in Gandhi’s march to the sea. Mr. Muzumdar is to appear in Indian homespun costume. Listed as sponsors of the anniversary banquet are Senator Robert M. La- Follette, jr., of Wisconsin; Senator W. Norris of Nebraska, Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, Sen- ator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, Jane Addams and Rev. John Haynes Holmes. BRIDE WILL PRESS POWER RATE SUIT Ready to Act as Ordered by Utilities Commission, Cor- poration Counsel Says. Corporation Counsel William W. Bride sald today that as soon as the Public Utilities Commission had fur- nished him facts on which to base a petition to Equity Court to modify the consent degree governing electric rates here he would prepare and file the peti- tion and fight the case to the best of his ability. The step to be taken by the commission is contrary to his ad- vice as its general counsel, but “I am & good soldier and know how to obey orders,” he said. “This case will be prosecuted vigorously and loyally.” Mr. Bride expects to leave today for a week end om the Chesapeake Bay, where he will endeavor to shake off the effects of an illness induced by overwork in connection with attempt- ing to secure passage of District legis- lation in Congress. Work on prepara- tion of the petition to the court prob- ably will begin in earnest next week. 'he commission will seek a modific: tion of the decree so that a gre amount can be applied annually to rate reductions than is possible under the present decree. Now one-half of the excess profits above & 7); per cent on the consent valuation are applied in rate reductions each year. Under the modification sought by the commission half of the excess profits above 63, per cent would be thus used; three- fourths of the profits above 73, per cent, and five-sixths of the profits above 83, per cent. Since the consent decree went into effect in January, 1925, the company’s rate of return, according to testimony at the recent hearings on electric rates, has never been less than 10 per cent. ANTI-CRIME LEAGUE OPENS OFFICE HERE Nation-wide Clean-up Intended by Organized Citizens' Com- mittees. By the Assoclated Press. The Anti-Crime League of America has come to Washington, with its avowed intention of cleaning up the Nation. Headquarters of the organization, in- corporated recently in West Virginia, are to be maintained here during the crusade it expects to be permanent. J. J. Moore and P. E. Gentry, two of the five Huntington, W. Va., residents who formed the league, announced its program today. Observance and enforcement of exist- ing laws, rather than more statutes, was given as the primary purpose of the campalgn, which Moore said he would attempt to pyt before President Hoover. ‘The general plan, Moore said, was to organize committees in each city and town to direct the work. A squadron of planes would be estab- lished, he added, to carry trained in- vestigators into crime centers, where they would collect facts for submission to the citizens' committees. ‘The committees then would be ex- pected to put the facts before the “proper authorities, who will see to it that the laws are enforced,” explained Moore. ‘The District of Columbia Committee on Employment has a plan which it is hoped will provide an “endless chain” RELIEF FOR D. C. UNEMPLOYED SEEN IN WOODCHOPPING PLAN Trees Cut Down in Arlington Cemetery Provide Work for Numerous Men. ROADSIDE STANDS WILL MAR HIGHWAY Warns Congress Disfigure- ment Menaces Memorial Boulevard. HOWELL POINT OF ORDER BLOCKS $2,700,000 FUND Further Effort to Agree on Money for Paving and Buying Land Adjacent Is Possible. A warning that the George Wash- ington Memorial Boulevard to Mount Vernon may be marred by hot dog and advertising stands unless Congress takes appropriate action was sounded by Senator Reed, Republican, of Penn- sylvania, during an unsuccessful effort in the Senate yesterday afternoon to appropriate $2,700,000 to complete the boulevard and buy some of the land adjacent to it. Although a point of order raised by! Senator Howell, Republican, of Nebras- ka, prevented the Senate from placing this additional fund in the first defi- clency bill, it is possible further efforts will be made to reach an agreement on this item before the session ends. Senator Howell wanted to know how much of the additional money was for construction of the road and how much for purchase of land, arguing that the amount for land be held back until condemnation proceedings can be had to acquaint Congress with the prices to be paid. Spolled Appearance Seen. Chairman Jones of the Appropria- tions Committee, in charge of the bill, was willing to accept a limitation that no part of the appropriation be used for land. Senators Fess of Ohio and Reed declared it would be to the Gov- ernmen! advantage to buy whatever abutting land is needed before rather than after the highway is finished. Referring to the proposed restriction against using any of the money for land, Senator Reed said: Before that is agreed to, let me say it is a foregone conclusion that the construction of this road is going to lead to an outbreak of advertising signs, of hot dog stands, and similar establishments which disfigure every road in the neighborhood of Washing- ton at the present time. If we wait until’ such structures shall be built, and income is being derived by the landowner from all the cheap shanties which will be put up, we are going to have to pay much more for these properties than if we buy them as vacant land. I hope the Senator will not put bhis amendment in that form. If he wants to require every piece of land to be condemned, so that we will be protected against any unwise and excessive payment, I will be glad to see him do that, and I appreciate that he is trylng to save money for the United States; but we ought not to postpone action in getting title, other- wise we will have to pay much more money in the end, and the looks of the road will be spoiled in the meantime.” Senator Howell said he thought Con- gress should begin to review the amounts being paid by the Government, even under condemnation proceedings. He disagreed with Senator Reed’s view and argued that the erection of hot-dog stands and advertising signs would de- crease rather than increase the value of the land if the Government buys it after the road is completed. Senator Phipps, Republican, of Colo- rado told Senator Howell he had learned that not more than $600,000 of the ad- ditional money would be used for buying land. Approximately $1,500,000 of the pending item is needed for paving work and the balance for bridges, Senator Phipps explained. Estimate Practice Criticized. Senator Howell also found fault with what he said was the practice of not estimating for a sufficient amount for Government projects when they are started. He sald “there seems to be the idea that estimates can be made as of one amount at one time, and later the department officials can come in herefllnd get any amount of money they see fit.” Senator Howell ended the discussion by making the point of order against the item as an amendment to the pend- ing appropriation bill. iscussing Senator Howell's proposal for condemnation proceedings, Senator Smoot of Utah said it has been his ex- perience in connection with the Fed- eral building program that where land has been taken by condemnation “it has cost us more practically every time.” ‘The Senate added to the deficiency bill other items for improvements in Washington aggregating more than $800.000, including: St. Elizabeth's ngilll—l’or enlarg- ing the Tuberculosis Building and gen- eral repairs, $75,000. Howard University — For retaining walls, 'ndlngl:nd other improvements in _the grounds, $250,000. ‘Washington Navy Yard—For sea wall, $275,000, and for heating and power lant, $45,000. For the Naval Research boratory at Bellevue, D. C., $185,000. ‘The bill now goes to conference with the House. FLAMING OIL IS SPOUTED INTO AIR BY EXPLOSION Welder Narrowly Escapes Injury in Blast Blamed on Sparks From Acetylene Torch. With a blast that frightened persons a block away, accumulated gases in the pipe of a fuel oil tank at the rear of the Shoreham Bullding exploded late yesterday afternoon and sent flaming oil spouting high into the air. Police reserves, Pire Rescue Squad No. 1, and fire apparatus soon placed the slight fire under control. Sparks from an aceptylene torch with which G. M. Burgess, a welder, was working on_the pipe are believed to have set off the gases. Burgess nar- rowly eScaped injury when the steel cap was hurled into the air and the oil thrown out. VICE SQUAD USES RUSE Pose as Customers to Make Arrest on Liquor Charge. Posing as customers, members of In- lfich}r T. R. Bean's special vice squad visited Vernon Brownell, 22, of 1431 of | America of Teachers mmn Academy wear at the midyear commencement. period and the average cost was $3.50. sky and Erna Jasper. Jefferson Junior High School’s girls showed their Parent-Teacher Association just how profitably they have been spending their allotted 10 hours in the sewing classes when they modeled samples of the graduation dresses they will The material was purchased, cut and fashioned into garments in the 10-hour The little dressmakers shown are, standing, left to right: Hazel Coppage, May Branning, Edna Dodd, Mary Lemeshew- Front row, left to right: Edith Nunnally and Nettie Rubenstein, who elected Miss Irene Ninear, sewing teacher, directed the work. to make pajamas. —Star Staff Photo. NOTED SINGERS AID SCIENTISTS! STUDIES Gigli, Tibbetts, Bori, Althouse | and Werrenrath Become Subjects. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Some of America's foremost singers have become laboratory subjects of Carncgie Institution scientists studying the extremely complex mechanism of the human voice. | These include Benjamin Gigli, Lu- crelia Bori, Lawrence Tibbetts, Reinald | Werrenrath and Paul Althouse. The | study, which is being directed by Dr.| G. Oscar Russell of Ohlo State Uni- versity, seeks to determine the minute Physiological differences in vocal or= | gans and other parts of the body which | may account for good, bad and indif- ferent singing volces. X-Ray Pictures Made. Between 10 and 20 X-ray exposures, Dr. Russell reports, have been made on the throats and heads of these artists and many other singers in the act of singing. The exposures were exactly | synchronized with high quality-sound records, making it possible to check | back on exactly what the pitch and | voice quality was at the moment the | picture was taken. These photographs show the exact position of the Ilip, tongue, velum, larynx and hyold bone | and the exact diameter of the lips and opening of the larynx. They also show, in most cases, the exact length of the vocal cord. Eventually it is expected to obtain such data for nearly all the operatic and concert stars of the coun- try, singers and students with poorer voices, and deaf persons and those with recognized bad voices. From this mass of evidence efforts will be made to iso- late the responsible factors. A general characteristic of the good singer, Dr. Russell reports, is the ‘re- sonance,” or carrying power of the voice. Without this quality highly de- veloped a professional career is prac- tically impossible, regardless of other voice excellences. Teachers have been unable to account for the failure of promising puplls to develop this quality. New Instrument Made. It has long been held that the “carry- ing power” difference was not due to the quality of the sound as it came from the larynx, but was a function of the nose, head and chest cavities, which acted as “resonators.” The study of this required construction of a new instrument the sonometer which could register with extreme accuracy the carrying power of the sound and dis- tinguish this from the pitch at any int from the instant it leaves the mynx. In this way it was hoped the place where it picked up its carrying power could be located. To the great surprise of the scientists, no such' point could be found. The carrying power of tenor, soprano, bass and baritone voices always was great- est at the larynx. No outstanding con- traltos were measured, but Dr. Russell sees no reason to believe they would differ from the others. The voice of Gigli, Dr. Russell found, shows the greatest carrying power when the sonometer is placed on the larynx and next to that when it is measured from the tip of the chin, the cheek or back jaw bone, Nobody \‘Il‘mld suggest these places as “‘resonators,” he says. Yet all show greater loudness and energy in the tone than when,it is measured from the frontal sinus or nasal bridge, which are the traditional places where it picks up its carrying power. The same test Tesults were obtained in the case of Ernest John- son. Chest Fails on Low Notes. Practically no deflections on the sonometer needle could be obtained for very low tones when the instrument was placed over the chest. Measure- ments were obtained when the pitch rose but at no time were these sufficient to show that the energy of the tone was greater after having struck the “sounding boards” of the chest than when it was emitted from the glottis. “The inherent energy picked up by the transmitter,” Dr. Russell concludes, “was very much greater at the source of voice production than after the sound had passed through or struck any of the head cavities. Practically no de- flection was noticeable from over the middle of either lung or even over the trachea immediately under the vocal cord. Yet there was manifest a notice- able diffierence between the carrying wer of the low-pitched tone and the m(h—pfllched tone glcked up immedi- ately over the trachea. This evidence would seem to indicate that this tube, placed under the glottal stimulating source, may alter the so-called chest tonal qual But it does not give it greater carrying power, but only changes the quality.” It may be decades before the mass of evidence required can be compiled and interpreted, Dr. 1l says. The work is being conducted co-operatively P SUES TAXI ASSOCIATION Man Claims $50,000 Damages for Alleged Injuries by Cab. Charles Teufel, 807 H street, has filed suit to recover $50,000 damages from the Independent Taxi Owners' Association for alleged personal injuries. He says he was crossing the intersec- tion of Eleventh and H streets on March 16, 1929, when he was struck by a Diamond cab, the driver of which was a member of the association. The driver, Robert N. Legg, it is charged, failed to exercise reasonable care and was negligent in the cperation of the cab. Attorney Alvin L. Newmyer ap- pears for the plaintiff. MAN IN GREEN RAT CALLED FOR JURY George Cassiday, Convicted on Liguor Charge—Appeal Is Pending. ¢ George L. Cassiday, convicted of transporting liquor and widely known as “the man in the green hat,” has been summoned for jury service in the District Supreme Court in February. Cassiday was arrested near the House Office Building October 31, 1929. He was sentenced to 18 months in the pen- itentiary, but later flled an appeal, which i3 still pending. ‘The summons to act as & juryman was served on Cassiday at his home, at 303 Sevenftenth street southeast, by Deputy Marshal Sinclair. It is not unusual for persons con- victed of crime to be summoned if their names have been in the jury box for any length of time, according to court officials. Prospective jurors always are asked if they have ever been convicted of any crime er misdemeanor involving moral | turpitude, and are excused if the answer is in the affirmative, it was explained. The name then is withdrawn from the box, it was added. “LITTLE CONGRESS” T0 MEET ON FEB. 7 Employes and Aides of Legislative Body to Admit Women to Banquet. Congressmen—and women—of the future are t0 dine and dance and brush dull legislative cares away when they make merry with Congressmen of the present at their 11th annual banquet in the Rose room of the Wash- ington Hotel, Saturday evening, Feb- ruary 7. The “Little Congress.” composed of secretaries to members, committee clerks and-other employes of the leg- islative body, has capitulated after a 10-year fight—for the first time in its history—the women are to be admit- ted to the banquet. The women, in celebration, promise to contribute something historic to the frivolities of the occasion. Representative Fritz Lanham of Texas, whose father was a member of the House, and who later won fame as a vaudeville star before his fellow citi~ zens sent him to Congress, will be master of ceremonies. Representative William P. Connery of Massachusetts, also a former vaude- ville headliner and nationally-known as a story teller per excellence, has a fund of new anecdotes and remi- niscences with which to regale the banqueters. George Harvey of Missourl is Speaker of the Little Congress, Kenneth Romney is in charge of the banquet and entertainment, assisted by Maj. Sims, George Stewart, Jack Nethery and Howard Sedgwick. i INJUNCTION ASKED Fireman Contes! Rule Barring Work in Leisure Time. Justice Jennings Bailey of the Dis- trict Supreme Court today took under advisement a motion of the District Commissioners to dismiss a suit for an injunction brought by John R. Ihrie, & District fireman, who sought to pre- vent the out of a regulation forbidding members of the Fire Depart- ment from engaging in private employ- ment in their leisure hours. regulation an attempt to men what they should do after their work for the department had been per- formed. Through Assistant Corporation Counsel Francis H. Stephens, the Com- missioners asserted there is no equity of the fireman, SO BLOOM SPEAKS T0 REALTY BOARD |Outlines Plans for Celebration of Bicentennial Anniver- sary of Washington. A general outline of plans for the | celebration of the 200th anniversary of | George Washington here next year was laid before members and guests of the Washington Real Estate Board at its session last night at the Mayflower Hotel by Representative Sol Bloom of New York, a co-director of the Bicen- tennial Commission. Mr. Bloom cited the need of co- operation from all groups of this city and throughout the country and was pledged the co-operation of the or- | anized real estate men of Washington. Ways and means of “selling” the National Capital to the people of the country more effectively were discussed by the associate director of the commis- slon and by Ernest N. Smith, executive vice president of the American Auto- mobile Association. An effective guide system for visitors to Washington, formation of an organ- ization to insure an agreeable reception of out-of-town guests, a great news- paper advertising campaign designed to induce residents of other sections of the country to spend a year here in order that they i1ay gather the inspira- tion that comes from association with Jife in the National Capital, and other Programs were discussed by the speakers. C. L. MCrea of the Speakers’ Com- mittee of the Washington Community Chest urged the benefits of a single, unified campaign for funds for charity and social services. % Officials of the Board of Trade and the ’Alexandria-Arlington-Fairfax Real Estate Board were introduced as special | guests, by Arthur Carr, president of the | local realtors. Fred East and Willlam Raymond gave a musical program. . RYE WHISKY SEIZED IN VACANT HOUSE Suspicious Sag of Auto Springs Starts Chase and Capture of Liquor as Driver Flees. Search of a vacant house in the 600 block of Twenty-fifth street yesterday resulted in seizure by police of 100 gal- lons of alleged rye whisky. No ar- rests were made. The investigation came about as a result of & “tip” that liquor was being unloaded in the rear of the premises. Efierm:"':find ‘vu dlsc':vered hidden e of ca and straw. Rergt. W. O. Holmes .rnp; R. A. Williams of the vice squad made the seizure. His suspiclons aroused by sagging springs, Sergt. C. E. Perry of No. 12 precinct pursued and seized a rum car, after a short chase, near Eighteenth street and Rhode Island avenue north- east last night. Ninety-six one-half- gallon jars of aileged liquor were found in the tonneau of the machine. The driver, an unidentified colored man, drove the machine into a field and escaped on foot. ——e CASH BONUS PAYMENT APPROVED BY LEGION District Department Executive Committee Indorses Spirit of March on Capitol. The District Department, American Legion, last night took a stand in favor of a cash payment in full of adjusted service compensation certificates. At & meeting of the Executive Committee, Capt. John Lewis Smith, national executive committeeman from the Dis- trict, was instructed -to vote to en- deavor to secure the cash payment when he attends the meeting of the National Legion Councll at Indianapolis, Ind..l Sunday. The stand of the committee was taken after several department officers had spoken, urging that the ent of the ex-soldiers in cash recom- mi ] By separate ballots, the Executive Committee indorsed the spirit of the rade from the District the Capitol Wednesday, by Victory Post, No. 4, and voted to with- draw its recommendation of the Pish bill now before 3 Fred Praser, first vice commander of the department, presided. R len Car Atmgdoned. LYNGHBURG, Va., Janully 23 (Sj cial) one stole a caryb to it Associated Charities drove it 160 miles and Thirteenth and Main Wl police found it Thursday u Meeting, Wo to | Jackson place, 8:30 A munity Drama WHEN ENGINE SKIDS AND HITS SIGNPOST One Iniured‘Serioust When Thrown From Apparatus on Turn. DRIVER BLAMES HOLES IN STREET FOR MISHAP George Saur in Serious Condition and E. C. Gasque Bruised—Blaze Was at 5th and Ingraham Sts. Two firemen from Engine Cos No. 22 were injured, one"ol thenrlnpl:;,l! ously, this morning when the plece of apparatus on which they were riding skidded into a gutter and struck a sign post, throwing them to the ground, at Tllinois avenue and Ingraham street. George Saur, 4827 Illinols avenue, is believed to have suffered a fractured skull and other injuries when he was thrown from the engine. The other fireman, E. C. Gasque, 4913 Seventh street, was bruised about the body and his hip was dislocated and his back wr;:chtd. ur was taken to Walter Reed o ?rl’t:l.h“gmuth {ecelved lrntmen{lo:' , but wi hqll!"he jrrvmy was removed to his e accident occurred whe) speeding engine attempted to tux;n &e short corner. The engine was coming :,o-uylhwlr:mmthet!b;.:}l&:l house, on its e al !'-l‘;le'-‘!" 'xn‘;zm‘en said. R L J. rpin, 2529 Bladensbu: 3 who pulled ‘into the curb to llgllmt.}?r paratus to go by, saw the accident and said that Saur was thrown more than 20 feet, and that his head ap- parently struck a tree, ';hec apparatus was undamaged. gine from and Gasque were thrown, md that two holens.in the pavement af corner may have bees " for the accident. T SHOOTING SUSPECT IS UNDER ARREST Huckster Identifies Former Em- ploye, Whom He Says He Reprimanded. Frank Jones, 23, colored, of Capit. Heights, is held at the sixth Dl'!cplnu police station today on a charge of as- sault with a deadly weapon in connec- tion with the shooting of Thomas C ]Cl::.ln.“; A hgugfictfle was arrested ni ve Sergt. J. F. Flaherty, s Callas, who is 33, was wounded about 4 am., July 16, when he went to the garage in the rear of his home, at 413 Third street, to get his truck. He was attacked by three men, one of whom fired a bullet into his chest, Callas, according to police, identified Jones today as the man who did the shooting. The colored man had been employed by Callas, the latter said, add- ing that a few days before the shoot- ing he had reprimanded him for steal- ing produce from his truck. DEFENDS MAN HELD ON ASSAULT CHARGE Alleged Victim Declares She Was Not Pushed From Car—Case Is Dropped. A charge of assault placed against Elmer Catlin, 2000 block of G street, in connection with the discovery of a wom- an lying unconscious in the street on Lanier place last Saturday pight, was nolle prossed in Police Court today, :‘l:n the woman refused to prosecute Nellie V. Wine, 2901 Connecticut ave- nue, who police said told them that she had been pushed from Catlin’s machine following an argument sent an affidavit to court today declaring that she had accidentally fallen from the car. In the afidavit Miss Wine said that she became sick while riding in the Catlin car, opened the door and fell out. She said she only kained consciousness after Policeman R. F. McCarty had dis- covered her. She said that her head was not clear when in answer to a policeman’s question in Emergency Hos- pital she signified that she had been pushed from the automobile. At the hospital Miss Wine was said to have beea suffering from internal injuries sustained in the fall. Catlin was arrested shortly after Miss Wine was taken to the hospital. He was arraigned in Police Court Monday, pleading not guilty, and asking for a Jury trial. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Dance, Virginia State Society, Wil- lard Hotel, 8 p.m. Dance, Illinois State Soclety, Willard Hotel, 8:30 p.m. Card party, Bethany Chapter, No. 24, O. E. 8, Ways and Means Commit- tee, Hay-Adams House, Sixteenth and H streets, 8:30 p.m. Supper, Incarnation Brotherhood. :'ollment.h and Gallatin streets, 5 to pm. Lecture, Dr. R. H. Sargent, Takoma Park Trinity Episcopal Church, Piney Branch road and Dahlia street, 8 p.m. Meeting, Daughters of Union Vet- pm. erans, 808 I street, 8 Meeting, Women's Alliande, All Souls' Unitarian Church, Pierce Hall, Fif- teenth and Harvard street, 8 p.m. Meeting, American War Mothers, HamiRon Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Dance, Columbia Elks’ Hall, 919 H street, No. pm. n's City Club, 736 m. 484, Lecture, Paul Edward Garber, chemi- cal laboratory, Catholic University, 8:15 pm. Lecture, Oscar Leonard, Temple, Fourteenth and Emerson streets, 8 p.m. Play, “The Queen’s Com- Guild, Audi- torium, First and T sl e m-.mme; treets, 15 pm. State Committee on and iters of the Repul R., Pleasant Library, 7: i