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power to order reduced fare for school SCHOOL FARES CUT | HEARING IS BEGUN; LAWYERS OBJECT T ractién Interests’ Speakers Cite Conflicting Bills Pend- ing in Congress. THREE COMPANIES JOIN IN REDUCTION PROTESTS ® Washington Rapid Transit Repre- sentative Says Increased Equip- ment Would Be Made Necessary. Over the joint objections of lawyers for the Capital Traction Co., the Wash- ington Rallway & Electric Co. and the Washington Rapid Transit Co., the Public Utilities' Commission hearing on reduced fares for school children got under way today at the District Build- ing. Only one witness had been heard at the luncheon recess. Attorney Reads Prom‘.Du an he start, G. Thomas inlop, Il(fi:'lwty for the Capital Traction Co., read a document in which his company objected to the holding of the hearing at all, since the commission has no children until Congress legislates to ‘h':';l:l’zefie two conflicting bijls now pending, and neither has been 'passed. Cmmum.ay Mr. Dunlop argued, any order issued as a result of this hearing would be null and void. Further, he said, in ignorance as to which of the bills will be enacted, it is impossible to present proper evidence to enable the commission to consider and determine the proper rate of fare for school chil- dren. ch of the three lawyers came ln?:‘ed with an objection identical in all respects, except that George P. Hoover. representing, the Washington Rapid Transit Co., made no mention of in- creased fares, but said that it would be necessary for his company to buy ad- ditional ~ equipment should the half fares be ordered and that this com- pany is not now nor has it ever been able to make a reasonable return. | ‘Counsel ght to postpone the case Procesd 2 ‘onger. the present | to_a hearing under | m All objections were overruled by Chairmag Mason M. Patrick. Objections Overruled. 4 . iward Heberle, first witness for th: gplhl Traction Co., produced voluminous , exhibits, comprising sta- tistics on the effects of reduced fares upon iger uvenulen. Hetnbl; 3‘\: a questionnaire sen! vy Mq 57 cities where reduced fares for school children are in effect showed that about 3.6 per cent of the passengers cities are school children at reduced fare. In ‘Washing r. Heberle estimated the number of school children at about 2 per cent, but said that undoubtedly the number would increase if reduced fares offers 'elr!'e set I::nevenl hypothetical analy- ses and the average result was that his company would lose about $60.000 a year gross, or $50,000 after deduction for income and corporation taxes, should a half fare for schocl children be in- ced. Effect of the company's return earned on fair value without taking into con- sideration any purchases of new equip- ment would be to reduce the present return of 3.28 per cent on the valua- tion of $26,100,000 to about 3.08 per cent, he said. ‘Witness Cross-Examined. Mr. Heberle was cross-examined by Peoples’ Council Richmond B. Keech, William McK. Clayton of the Federation of Citizens' Associations, H. E. Young ‘of the Logan Circle Citizens' Associa- tion, Charles F. Bowles, representing Archbishop Curley of . Baltimore, in the interests of parochial school chiidren, and Charles 8. Raub. ANNUAL CATTLE SHOW| DATES ARE CHANGED Frederick County Society to Have Display Last Week in Septem- ber to Increase Revenue. @pecial Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., January 26.—Re- voking a custom of 70 years' standing, managers of the Frederick County Agri- cultural Soclety on Saturday night moved the date of the annual County Cattle Show from the third week in Oe- tober to the last week in September and went on record in favor of three night shows in addition to the regular four- day showing. The action was taken in an effort to increase the revenue of the society, the 1930 fair being operated at & loss of $3,500. For years the county fair has been the last exhibit of the Eastern fair cir- cuit and because of the lgteness of the seascn has encountered much unseason- sble weather. Last year's show had four days of clear but subnormally cold ‘weather, resulting in a falling off in attendance. MAN WOUNDED IN BACK AT HOME OF SLAYER 'Co | MRS. EDITH WOMAN, LONG 1L, TAKES LIFEBY GAS Leaves Note to Husband, Saying She Was “Just Burden” to Him. VEANER. Police said today Mrs. Edith Veaner, 38 years old, of 1733 Twentieth street, died by gas yesterday because her doc- tor bills were “nothing but a burden” to her husband, Benjamin. Authorities said they came to this conclusion after reading a note written by her to Mr. Veaner, who at the time was visiting in Harrisburg. Pa. Mr. Veaner is president of the Veaner Interior Decorators of 1723 nnecticut avenue, and his wife was vice president. The body was discovered by a nephew, Earl Holston, who roomed with the Veaners. He summoned the fire rescue squad and the Emergency Hospital am- bulance, but efforts to revive Mrs. Veaner were futile. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt issued a certificate of suicide. Mrs. Veaner was active in Red Cross work for several years prior to and during the emergency drive for relief of the Japanese earthquake victims. SEIZED CAR LICENSE HAS VISCOUNT’S NAME Falls Church Mayor Holds Card for Call by Secretary of Bel- gian Embassy. Mayor L. P. Daniels of Falls Church is holding a District of Columbia driver’s license bearing the name of Viscount de Lantsheere of the Belgian em| . taken from a man yesterday who claimed diplomatic immunity from arrest for speeding because of his con- nection with the embassy. In order to establish the identity of the man as the diplomat, Mayor Daniel sald he would require a farmal application for the return of the license. " Viscount de Lantsheere, who is first secretary of the embassy, could not be reached at the embassy in Washington aodly. He was sald to be out of the ty. The license was turned over to Mayor Daniel by Town Sergt. Walter Mitchell, who pursued the car driven by the man after he said it had driven through thes town limits at a rate of 60 miles an hour early Sunday morning. ‘When the car was halted, the driver protested against facing the mayor on a speeding charge. He produced the driver's license, signed Haetaulsheede Viscount de Lantsheere, with the ad- dress given as the Belgian embassy and went on his way. His license tag was 291, District of Columbia. HEADS COLORED 4-H CLUB George Arnold Elected Prestdent of Marlboro Organization. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. 26.—George Arnold was elected presi- dent of the local colored Boys' 4-H Club at the January meeting, in the Marlboro Colored High School, Saturday. The other officers chosen were: Ig- natius Mitchell, vice president; Cyril Mitchell, secretary; Swann Proctor, treasurer; Willlam Perry, reporter, and Preston _Proctor, cheer leader. Prof. James E. Diggs, club leader, arranged to appoint the Constitution and Pro- gram Committees later. James F. Armstrong, local colored ex- | tension agent, addressed the meeting. $2,500 DAMAGES GIVEN Blow by Electric Light Bulb Basis of Plaintiff's Suit. Damages in the sum of $2,500 were awarded Maurice Lavine, 30 Sherman Circle, today in the District Supreme Court against the Potomac Electric Power Co. for personal injuries sus- tained October 31, 1929, on Georgia avenue when an electric bulb fell from an electric light pole, striking Lavine on ‘the head as he was crossing the street and inflicting head injuries. He was represented by Attorney Alvin L. Newmyer. g Hnrshand Woman at Whose Home Shooting Occurred Under Death Sentence in York Case. Suffering from a bullet wound in the back, Harry Hargrave, colored, 24 years old, was found early today in the home of the wife of Milton Walter Guy, col- orsd, who is unde~ ¢uai. sentence for his alleg#r_ participation in the slaying last April of Lamar Watson York, pro- bibition agent. Hargraye was taken from the home of Mrs. Guy, at 207 Brooks court, after po- lice had recelved a call fcr assistance of started search for his alleged assailant. Guy resided at the Brooks court ad- dress at the time of the slaying of the Tevenue agent. Plan Canning Study. By » Stafl Correspondent of The Star. JEWISH GROUP ELECTS Arthur J. Sundlun Is Chosen Pres- ident of Welfare Body. Arthur J. Sundlun was elected pres- ident of the Jewish Welfare Pederation at the meeting held yesterday at the Hebrew Home for the Aged. The other officers chosen were: Norman Fischer, first vice president; Morris Garfinkle, WASHINGTON, D. C, [HI’I'Z AND AUKAM NOMINATIONS PRESIDENT IS T0LD 10 ASSIST JOBLESS Parley of Protestant, Cath- olic and Jewish Leaders Opens in Capital. PREVENTION OF FUTURE UNEMPLOYMENT IS GOAL Trade Captains Found More Con- scious of Avoiding Depressions, Speaker Asserts. ‘The problem of unemployment is not only economic, but ethical and moral as well, and responsibility for its solu- tion rests upon the whole American people, President Hoover was advised today by a delegation representing three national church groups sponsor- ing the National Conference on Perma- nent Preventives of Unemployment. The delegation informed the Presi- dent that the conference, opening a two-day meeting at the Hamilton Hotel this afternoon, will seek to “focus the conscience of the Nation on possible permanent preventives of unemploy- ment.” The visiting group was composed of economists, clergymen and others rep- resenting the social action department of the National Catholic Welfare Con- ference, the Social Service Commission of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America and the Social Jus- tice Commission of the Central Confer- ence of American Rabbis. Already Giving Aid. “The churches of all faiths through- out the country have been responding generously to the special need for im- mediate relief ‘in the unemployment situation through which we have been passing,” the White House callers ad- vised President Hoover. “In their own communities the churches are assisting in the organized efforts to give food and shelter and to gl‘ovlde work for the unemployed in earty co-operation with the program of the President’s Emergency Commit- tee on Employment.” President Hoover's response was not made public. Heading the delegation were: Rev. R. A. McGowan of the social action department, National Catholic Welfare Conference; James Myers, industrial secretary, Social Service Commission, Federal Council of Churches, and Rabbi Edward L. Israel, chairman of the Social Justice Commission, Cen- tral Conference of American Rabbis, Others in Delegation. Others in the group included Prof. David A. McCabe of Princeton Uni- versity, Prof. Elizabeth Morrissy of Notre Dame Col Charles A. liege, Baltimore; McMahon of this city, Miss Linna E. Bresette of the National Catholic Wel- fare Conference, Rev. Dr. W. L. Darby, secretary of the Washington office o: the Federal Council of Churches; Rev. Dr. William S. Abernethy, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church; Dr. William Knowles Cooper, former general secre- tary of the Washington Y. M. C. A Rabbi Abram Simon of the Wash:ngton Hebrew Congregation, Maurice Bisgyer, director, Jewish Community Welfare fiaw:r:mmn?lfit PB.‘Gold]mln of Cincin- musl S. Mayer: of 1‘-1'"“3’ City, Mo. i e first session of the confe opened with addresses on stnbll!:;::‘:l: of employment by Edwin S. Smith, per- sonal assistant to A. Lincoln Filene, of Boston; Fred Hoehlers director of pub- lic welfare of Cincinnati, Obio; Leifur Magnusson, director of the local branch of the International Labor Organiza- tion, and William T. Foster of the Pollak Foundation for Economjc Re- search, Newton, Mass. -Prof. McCabe was the presiding officer. Mr. Smith declared business men finally have awakened to the fact that unemployment is wasteful, and they are endeavoring to find a remedy. An extensive system of interindustry con- trol of business operations appears necessary if business is to prevent cyclical unemployment, he said. Explains Cincinnati Plan, The “Cincinnati plan” of combating unemployment, recently brought to at- tention of the country by the Pres- ident's Emergency Committee on Em- ployment, was explained by Director He described how Cincinnati nemployment census as early as 1929 and laid plans far ahead to meet possible distress, Mr. Magnusson disclosed interna- tional ramifications of mnemployment, estimating that from ten to fifteen million workers in the world today are unemployed. The lowest estimate for the United States, he declared, places approximately 3 per cent of the totai population in the unemployed list. The Federal Reserve System was blamed by Mr. Foster as the indirect cause of a degree of unemployment n this country. He asserted the Federal Reserve reduced bank credit by several miilions in 1929, causing a slump in business and in employment. Session Planned Tonight. Further discussion of stabilization will take place tonight at 8 o'clock at the Hamilton Hotel, with Prof. Jacob H. Hollander of Johns Hopkias Uni- versity in the chair. At this sessioa John P. Frey of the American Federa- tion of Labor will speak on “Wages and Hours,” and George Soule, .ditor of the New Republic, on “Are Busi- ness Cycles Avoidable?” ‘The afternoon session tomorrow will feature addresses by Senator Wagner of New York, Secretary Edward L. Hunt of the President’s Committee on Employment, and others, which will be broadcast over the Naticnal Broad- casting Company’s networs. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Lecture, American Horticultural So- ciety, Interior Department auditorium, 4:45 pm. Meeting, Midcity Citizens' Assocla- tion, Thomson Cummunity Center, Twelfth and L streets, 8 p.m. second vice Mrs. Louis Kron- heimer, ucgeury; Paul Himmelfarb, treasurer. Maj. Julius I. Peyser, retiring presi- dent of the federation, was given & vote of thanks'for his services. MRS. EDELEN DEAD Sharpesville Woman Expires at Home—Five Sons Survive. Special Dispatch to The Star. , Md, January 26— {liness Mrs. Jenkins Edelen r by SONS, Mrs. [ 6, O. E. 8., N Eighth and Banquet, India Independence League, Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets, 7 pm. Banquet, Bank Women's Club, Lee House, Fifteenth and L streets, 7:30 p.ra. French section dinner, Women’s City Club, 736 Jackson place, 6:30 p.m. FUTURE. Luncheon, Advertising Club, National Press Club auditorium, tomorrow, 12:30 J|pm. Card party, Hope Council, Sons and Daughters of l.lfll::y. Naval Lodge Hall, = | Fourth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, tomorrow, 8:30 p.m. party, Good Will' Chapter, No. R ortheast Masonic Temple, F streets, tomorrow, 8:30 MONDAY, JANUARY ORDEREDFAVORABLY REPORTED OF CHURCHES' PLAN Nujfent Dodds Approved by Judiciasy Committee to Become Assistant Attorney General—Groner Case Still Undecided. ‘The Senate Judiciary Committee to- day ordered favorable reports on the nomination of Justice Willlam Hitz for the District Court of Appeals and of Judge George C. Aukam for reappoint- ment to another term in the Municipal Court. ‘The committee also ordered a favor- able report on the nomination of Nugent lds to be an assistant to the Attorney General. Mr. Dodds has been serving for some time past as a special assistant to the Attorney General and represented the Government in the recent trial of several former officials of the F. H. Smith Co. ‘The nomination of Judge D. Law- rence Groner of the Federal Court for the Eastern district of Virginia to be a member of the District CouM of Appeals is still pending before a subcommittee. ‘Two former Department of Justice at- torneys last week protested against the Groner nomination, basing their com- plaint on a case tried before Judge Groner in Federal Court in West Vir- ginia seven years ago. The subcom- mittee is endeavoring to communicate with some out-of-town witnesses before acting on_the Groner nomination. APARTMENT LOBBY STRIPPED BY BAND Thieves Take All Furnishings From Foyer of Building on California Street. Some person or persons with no respect for property rights, according to a complaint made to police by Frank J. O'Connor, - manager of the St. Nicholas Apartments, 2230 California street, made away with the furniture of the lobby of the building between 3 and 5 o'clock yesterday morning. While most of Washington was sound asleep, O'Connor told police, intruders entered the apastment buildi and stripped the lobby of its furnishings nd departed ®nmolested. The furni- re said to be “enough to fill a truck” was valued at $315. Police were given a description of the articles taken, but no clue has come to light as to the identity of those who made the haul. Another reported theft, the heaviest over the week end, was from the Na- tional Press Pharmacy, 1340 F street, where robbers are said to have gained entrance by fcrcing a window. Jaco Nance, manager, told police six cash registers there were robbed of $230, eight pints of prescription liquor being taken from a safe. Carl Endress, 3403 E street southeast, reported to police an intruder stole silverws a watch and cigarette case valued at $125 from his home. Robbers entered the apartment of Frank Park- er, 5130 Connecticut avenue, and stole Jewelry valued at $55 and a p-cketbook containing $1.50, he told police. REV. SETH A. MILLS DEAD AT AGE OF 66 Retired Rector of Episcopal Church Passes Away at Hyattsville After Long Illness. Special Dispatch to The Sta: HYATTSVILLE, Md. January 26.— Rev. Seth A. Mills, 66 years old, re- tired Protestant Episcopal clergyman of the Diocese of Washington, died yes- terday at Sacred Heart Home here of a complication of diseases. Mr. Mills retired from- the ministry five years ago, his last rectorate having been at Durham Parish, Grayton, Charles County, Md. Since his retire- ment he has resided at 616 Adams ave- nue, Riverdale. At times he had as- sisted Rev. Clyde Brown, rector of Pinkney Memorial Church here. Though he had not been in robust health since his retirement, Mr. Mills' health did not begin to fail markedly until the past year. His death was due to a complication of diseases following a stroke of paralysis suffered Christmas eve. Mr. Mills, who was born in Wake- field, Ontario, Canada, in 1864, was educated at McGill University and the Montreal Diocesan College, both of Montreal. After *his ordination he served several rectorates before becom- ing _rector of St. Luke's Church, Troy, N. Y., where he was for 14 years. Surviving Mr. Mills are his widow, who, before her marriage, was Miss Mary Helena Dunscombe of England and a daughter, Mrs. Jane M. Cox of Forest Hills, N. Y, a former resident of Hyattsville. A son, Lieut. Harold Colthurst Mills, United States Marine Corps, was killed overseas in the World War. Mr. Mills was a life member of Apollo Lodge of Masons of Troy. With members of the King's Daugh- ters and the Brotherhood of St. An- drew of Pinkney Memorial Episcopal Church as guards, the body of Mr. Mills is lying in state in that church. The funeral will take place from there to- morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock with Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington officiating. Interment will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. e RING LOST 30 YEARS FOUND 40 YARDS AWAY Field in North Carolina Often Plowed by Husband of Woman Who Recovers Token. By the Associated Press. GOLDSBORO, N. C—Mrs. J. A. Whitley Iost her wedding ring. She found it the other day about 40 yards from where she lost it. Forty yards is not a great_distance, but the ring had been quite a long time in_making its journey. Mrs. Whitley lost the ring in Febru- 1901. . / ary, “Just as shiney as when new,” My, ‘Whitley, husband of the fortunate woy'= an said. “I bought that ring in 1960, had the words ‘Ashley to Nannie' cut in it. And I've been plowing that land where she found it in a potato bank about 25 years.” PAY ADJUSTMENTS ORDERED DELAYED | Joint Committee Reports on Commissioned and Enlisted . Personnel Question. The problem of readjusting pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey and Public Health Service is destined to go over for further study by the next Congress, in accordance with a report just filed with the Senate and House by a joint com- mittee which has worked on the ques- ‘tion for this Congress. Two Recommendations Made. %aking the position that new legis- lation to” bring about unifcrmity and equality .with regard to promotion of commissioned personal must precede new pay legislation, the commitfee made the following recommendations: 1. That a joint committee of mem- bers of the next Ccngress be appointed to investigate and report a bill relating to distribution in grade and promotion of commissioned personnel of the sev- eral services, and also to continue the investigation with regard to readjust- ment of pay and allowances of both commissioned and enlisted personnel. 2. That for the future the Senate and House should create regular-stand- ing committees to handle all legislation affecting both pay and promotion for these several services. Explaining this recommendation, the committee states that piecemeal legislation and divided jurisdiction are responsible for many of the situations needing adjustment at the present time. Continuation of equality of treatment, after it has been established, may achieved only through single control of the question, the report states. Officers’ Pay Given Precedence. The committee says that the study it has been making during this Congress has been confined to questions touching commission personnel, not because other phases. are less important, but because the pay of officers is-given precedence in the report of the interdepartmental bay board. JOINT INSTALLATION HELD AT HYATTSVILLE Oriole Lodge, Odd Fellows, Esther, Rebekahs, Induct Their Officers. Special Dispatch to The Star. e HYATTSVILLE, Md. January 26— Newly elected officers of Oriole Lodge, No. 47, Odd Fellows, and Esther Re- bekah Lodge,+ No. 20, were inducted into office at a joint installation. Carl M. Blanchard, former chief of police of Hyattsville, was installed as noble grand of Oriole Lodge. Other officers of this organization installed were G. W. Quick, vice grand; F. S. Grooms, recording secretary; Joshua Stedehouder, financial secretary; J. C. Hawkins, treasurer; T. E. Morris, war- den; D. H. McLeod, conductor; G. W. Hawkins, chaplain; F. M. Hitaffer, in- side guardian; A. E. Burgess, outside guardian; A. C. Hart, right supporter to the noble grand; W. A. Saylow, left supporter to the noble grand; John Stedehouder, right supporter to the vice grand; W. H. Murphy, left supporter to the vice grand, and H. M. Nau, junior past_grand. Officers of Esther Rebekah Lodge in- stalled were: Una Dorsey, noble grand; Ida Lawton, vice grand; Ruth Maxwell, recording secretary; , Lillian England financial secretary;” Margaret Townsend. treasurer; Thelma Hawkins, warden; Leah Blanchard, conductress; Mrs. rney, chaplain: outside guardian (Bost not yet filled); Mary Fenwick, inside guardian: Eugenia Parlett, right supporter to the noble grand; Mrs. James, left supporter to the noble grand; Mrs. William Reeves, right sup- porter to the vice grand: Mrs. Arnold, left supporter to the vice grand, and Ruby Lockridge, junior past grand. Mrs. Reeves was presented with a past grand jewel and Mrs, Lockridge with a past grand pin. “Silver” Tea Planned. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., January 26 (Special).—The Woman's Auxiliary of Trinity testant Episcopal Church will hold a “silver” tea and mesting at the home of Mrs. Hal B. Clagett, 2230 Q street, Washington, Wednesday after- noon at 2 o'clock. Those participating in the tea will be taxed a silver coin. Praceeds will go to complete the aux- fliary's quota. Athletic Club Plans Dance. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., January 26 (Special).—A dance will be given by the Athletic Club of Upper Marlboro High School Friday evening in Trinity Church Parish Hall, starting at 9 o'clock. EMPEROR’S BIBLE WILL REWARD BISHOP FREEMAN FOR HIS PRAYER Gift From Ethiopian Ruler Now on Way to Washington. Book Covered With Silver and Gold. By the Assoclated Press. s Somewhere in midal a mdlisive Bible mnnfi wit silver and gold was from the Em- 3 iyer had a ‘“remarkably joyful and thedral. &:fla"zgefi" on the Emperor, who mon. ial hmmm had an chieftains A copy of the yer was forwarded by the State Depl:nrtment to the King through the American legation at Addis Ababa. The minister reported that the t descent from King Solo- Ambhiric trans- -ayer published for feudal ecclesiastical authorities of the empire. he Foening Star 26, 1931. | i |WILKINS GIVES AUSTRALIA and | FRR Features and Classified ’ IRENE REESE DIES | N AUTO COLLISION: FIVE-OTHERS HURT Inquest vDue Today in Triple ~ Crash on Baltimore Pike at Waterloo, Md. TWO CARS DEMOLISHED, THIRD KEEPS ON GOING Victim Was Secretary and Research Worker of White House Child Health Conference. An inquest will be held at Baltimore today into the death of Miss Irene jReese, 25 years old, secretary and re- | search worker connected with the White House Conference on Child Health, who was fatally )njul‘e'd early Sunday in a triple automobile crash on Baltimore Boulevard at Waterloo, three miles be- yond Laurel, Md., Miss Reece expired on the way to the hospital. Her three companions were slightly injured, as were two occupants of a second machine involved. Witnesses said the third auto- mobile did not ‘stop. Others hurt included Miss Rose Pol- lard, 24 years old, who gave her ad- dress as 1414 Kennedy street; Gordon Willis, 28 years old, of Essex, Md., and James Owen, 27 years old, of K near | Sixteenth street, driver of the machine in which Miss Reese, Miss Pollard and Willis were passengers. Driver Held for Inquest. All were taken to University Hospital in Baltimore by a passing motorist, Miss Pollard for treatment of a fractured arm, Willis for treatment of a broken rib and Owens for treatment of & cut over the right eye. Owens was held for the inquest before Dr. Germanus J. France, automobile coroner, at the cen- tral police station late today. The Maryland State police said the accident occurred at 1 o'clock Sunday morning as Owens was rounding a curve on his way to Washington. The police said Owens’ car was sideswiped by a machine coming from the opposite direction, went out of control and crashed into a third automobile, head on. The latter car was operated by Danis Lady of St. Petersburg, Fla., who es- caped uninjured. The driver’s father, Byrd G. Lady, and another occupant of the machine, Mrs. Agnes Lindsay of Hartford, Conn., were taken to Uni- versity Hospital and treated for lacera- tions. Father and son were held for the inquest as witnesses. Both Machines Overturn. The impact overturned both ma- chines and virtually demolished them, strewing wreckage along the highway for a considerable distance, police said. They have found no trace of the third automobile. Reese made her home with Mrs. Sylvia B. Power at 1414 Kennedy street. A graduate of Cornell with the class of 1927, she came here more than a year ago and, having had considerable experience in research work, became a secretary attached to the Committee on Family and Parent Education, White House Conference on Child Health. The body will be taken to the birth- place of Miss Reese, at East Brady, Pa., for burial. She is survived by her par- ents, three brothers and two sisters. Her family is now living at Ithaca, N. Y. RADIO TALK ON HIS PLANS Submarine Exploration of Arctic| Will Be Attempted, Beginning May 1, He Announces. By the Assoclated Press. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., January 26. —Sir Hubert Wilkins, explorer, told the home folks down in Australia by radio yesterday how he planned to reach the North Pole by submarine. His talk from the General Electric station here was sent out also on short waves. It was picked up by station 2ME, at Syd- ney,. and rebroadcast from there to Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. With a converted Navy submarine, he plans to leave this country about May 1, go to England, thence to Norway and 50 begin his cruise into the ice flelds of the Arctic Ocean. . BLAZE AT OXON HILL $200 Damage Done to Home of Arthur Tolson. Special Dispatch to The Star. OXON HILL, Md., January 26.— Volunteer fire companies from this and neighboring communities yesterday ex- tinguished a fire in the home here of Arthur Tolson after damage estimated at $200 had becn caused. The fire was reported to have been caused by a de- fective flue. Firemen from Boulevard Heights, Greater Capitol Heights, Seat Pleasant and Oxon Hill responded. F. V. TOMPKIN! S. —Star Staff Photo. AERDHITSDERREY, BUTLANDS SAFELY Pilot Regains Control Craft After Collision in Night Fog. of Flirting with death is one of the hobbies of F. V. Tompkins, aviator of the Ludington Lines. To Tompkins’ ability goes the credit for the spectacular deftness with which he landed his giant tri-motored plane in the darkness of 3 a.m. at Hoover Field today after a wing had been all but ripped away in a collision with a derrick on a barge anchored in the Potomac near the airfield. Tompkins’ plane was floating toward the airport when the landing maneuver was interrupted by an ominous detona- tion as a wing crashed into the derrick, towering in the fog. The pilot maintained control of his “stick.” The crippled plane lurehed to one side and dropped to earth. The ship then responded to a jerk on the controls and jumped nearly a hundred feet to the landing field, finally sput- tering to a stop, still upright. plane to assist Tompkins. however, he stepped out non: chalantly lighted a cigarette, It wi all in the day's work to him. He conquered the elements in a flight from New York with 2,000 pounds of newspapers and nothing’ else mattered. Damage estimated at $1,000 was caused to the wing and the la gear. Investigators declared the derrick bore no danger signal. ONLY 49 CASES REPORTED OF INFLUENZA IN CAPITAL Nothing Like Epidemic Noted by Health Aide in Record Since January 1. Although there have been numerous rumors of a widespread presence of influenza here, only 49 cases have been reported since January 1, nine of them having been reported over the week end. Of the nine week end cases, seven were in a single household. Assistant Health Officer - E. J. Schwartz said today that although there were undoubtedly many cases in which no reports had been sent into the Health Department, as required by law, the malady is still very far below epidemic proportions here. ARLINGTON CIVIC BANQUET COMMITTEE IS NAMED Changes Made in Chairmanships of Various Organizations in Federation. Special Dispatch to The Star. C! DON, Va., January 26.—At a recent meeting of the Executive Com- mittee of the Arlington County Civic Federation Hugh J. McGrath,, L. C. McNemar, Robert E. Plymale, Comdr. P. T. Wright, Mrs. Mae E. Jacobs, Miss Gertrude L. Crocker and Joseph Haley were appointed to assist in completing arrangements for the annual banquet A joint meeting of the members will be held at the Chamber of Commerce rooms Friday evening to select a gen- :r‘llls chairman and to discuss other de- ails. Owing to several of the committee chairmen failing to accept appoint- ments, Philip Talbott of the East Falls Church Citizens' Association will head the Public Safety Committee; Walter U. Varney of the Clarendon Volunteer Fire Depariment, the smembership Com- mittee; Mrs. Eleanor Gary of the Lyon Park Woman's Club, the School Com- mittee, and G. O. Basham, the Trans- portation Committee. $2,000 GIVEN IN DEATH ORISR Administratrix Wins Suit for Es- tate of M. W. Stearns. Roberta V. Corby, administratrix of the estate of Warren M. Stearns, de- ceased, today recovered a verdict for $2,000 against McGuire & Rolfe, Inc., before Mr. Justice Stafford and a jury in Circuit Court No. 1. The action §rew out of the death of young Stearns who was struck and killed by an auto- mobile on Rittenhouse street March 22, 1930. The plaintiff was represegted by Attorneys Alvin L. Newmyer %nd Maurice Grudd. CONC ERTS CANCELED Official Duties to Occupy Navy Band Time. Attaches of the airport, wit- | then nessed the ucMean the . PAGE B-1 FIGHT T0 RELEASE - PITIS 1S BROUGHT BEFORED. C. COURT Tribunal’s Jurisdiction Smith Co. Embezzlement Trial Is Attacked. in CITIZENSHIP OF JUROR NOT CALLED IN QUESTION Hitz Declared Sitting as Criminal " Instead of District Judge Dur- ing Defendant's Hearing. The fight of G Bryan Pitts to se- cure his release from jail on a writ of habeas corpus was brought into the District Supreme Court today when the mn.ner chairman of the F. H. Smith Co's board of directors attacked the Jurisdiction of ihe court which recently found him guilty on conspiracy-em- bezzlement charges. WIill Not Attack Juror, It had been expected that Pitts, ;l'llroulh Illéu attorney, T. Morris Wam- ler,. would question the citizenship of Miss Mildred Robertson, a membexr’ of the jury which found Pitts and two other former officials of the Smith Co, guilty. Wampler, however, offered no proof on this point and advised Justice P;‘L-ieedd"‘th lu" Siddons that he had de-* ci nof uestion the - an's cltlmluhlqp. TGN Wampler confined himself to Argu- ment on two points. He contended first that the criminal charges were heard by Justice Willlam Hitz while his branch was sitting as a criminal court insf of as a district court of the United States. He also asserted that the indictment against Pitts had been in effect amended by the issuance of iculars. These Orders Brief Filed. Justice Siddons instructed Wampler to file a brief covering his lrtun:nt tomorrow. He announced that Nugent , newly appointed Assistant At- torney General, and Assistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw, who Pprosecuted the Government's case, would be given three days in which to wm,un answer. i was convicted with C. Anadale .m:n John H. Edwards, jr., of enyes/> approximatel, $5,000,000 of the Smitn wmpp';ny'l Iund! onhwdenroy n:m:n records in an cover up these peculaf Justice Hitz sentenced Pitts to urt":nlt years in the peniten Edwards 3. Penitentiary, Anadale 9 and KING OF SIAM WILL STAY -AT ANDERSON RESIDENCE —_— Offer of Former U. 8. Ambassador to Japan for Use of Home Ae- cepted by Government. The home of Larz Anderson, Massachusetts avenue, will Ly ‘The Ame:i Apfléfl can ernment - cepted the offer of Mr. Andnr:on?ulmm‘:r Ambassador to Japan, for the King to :s:u thle massive home "as his home e in With no official residence for ished visitors, the American Government borrows homes in Washing- ton for their ht;;lulng. The Anderson home was used 1918 by the.Bel War Mission. i - PEANUT VENDOR VICTIM OF HIT-AND-RUN AUTO Car Abnn\doned After Chase Seized * by Police, Who Await Ar- rival of Claimant. A ut vender, that romantic character now whistling his way to radio and stage fame, is one of the' latest hit-and-run victims in ‘Washing- tono'smllat of traffic m: . & icer T. Fogarty of the Unjted States Park Police reported wdll;’ to Capt. P. J. Carroll that about 9 o'clock Saturday night two young men were driving east on Pennsylvania avenue southeast and turned into Eighth Street, colliding with a peanut wagon, wrecking it and failing to stop. The officer started up his motor and gave chase and the speeding car out- distanced him, he says, but he found it abandoned a few minutes later. The machine was removed to No. 5 police precinct and the officers are preparing to hold whoever calls for it. The peanut wagon was owned by George TLaacos of 318 C street. REPORTS OF KIDNAPING BELIEVED TO BE FALSE ‘Woman Declared to Have Scream- ed for Aid From Car, but Ef- forts to Trace Machine Fail. ‘The two telephone calls received at police headquarters last night that a woman in an automobile had been heard screaming, “I'm betn? kidnaped,” were false, police decided, following an unsuccessful effort to trace them early this morning. ‘The first party to call said he saw an automobile speed by him at Grant road and Albemarle street about 9 o’'clock. automobile Speeding across the inter- - section of Eighth street and Dennison street about 10 o'clock. Headquarters dispatched the. fourteenth precinet cy car to the scene. They were All concerts scheduled by the United States Navy Band for this week and during the month of February been canceled, it was announced today by band officials. Other official duty, which will take up the time of the band, was given as the reason for canceling the public concerts dates. - MISS DOROTHY L. KING, Latest appeointee in the office of secre- tary of the Board of Ci loners, is a granddaughter of the first woman employe of the District of Columbia. Dr. William Tindall, chief of the Dis trict’s Infromation Bureau, was secre- tary to Gov. Henry D. Cooke in 1871, when Miss King’s grandmother, Miss Le Dahl, was appointed a clerk in his office. Miss King was inted as a result of civil service itiol [4 ns. , —Star Staff Photo, HEADS COMMITTEE By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BLADENSBURG, Md., January 26— N O. Brigham has been selected chair- man of the Publicity and Membership Committee of the Bladensburg Junior High Scl tion, it Bea! Ot w. Paul announced president. members of the col inke, Victor E. P C.' L. Johnson em unable to trace eith-r of the cahs. LIQUOR CONFISCATED Driver Escapes After Chase for Tenw Minutes in Traffic. Police confiscated 36 hfl!—m‘m of ) follo & chase last iquor wl:-c b wl af t ended on uvemfln’upu:t ‘Twenty-sec- ond and when the