Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1931, Page 17

@he Foening Star General WAS HINGION, D, € TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1931. PAGE B-—1 JUENT CAR FARE * MEASURE MAY 60 T0 SENATE TODAY Compromise Bill Fixes Maxi- mum Rate for School Chil- dren in District. PROPOSAL AFFECTS ALL UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE Agreement of Conferees Leaves Fixing of Sum Up to Utili- ties Commission. The compromise agreement fixing 3 cents as the maximum fare on strect cars and busses for children going to and from school may be submitted to| the Senate for ratification by Chairman Capper of the District Committee late today or tomorrow. ‘The agreement worked out by con- forees yesterday. leaves the exact rate to be fixed by the Utilitles Commission, with a proviso that it shall not exceed 3 cents. Both branches of Congress must ratify the agreement. Text of Car Fare Bill | The text of the bill as agreed to by tne conferees yesterday afternoon reads: | “That the Public Utilities Commis- sion of the District of Columbia Isi hereby empowered and directed to fix | | Locking Back 25 Years LONGWORTHS TO CELEBRATE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. DISTRICT BILL VOTE BY SENATE TODAY SEEN AS PROBABLE $111,520 Pay Increase in Underaverage Grades Cut Out of Measure. MUNICIPAL CENTER SUM HELD TOO LARGE BY KING |Project Calls for $21,000,000. $6,000,000 Provided for Pur chasing Land. With only a few amendments re- maining to be acted on, the Senate trict appropriation bill this afternoon and send it to conference. No material changes were made in the measure yesterday, except to elimi- nate the $111520 inserted by the Ap- propriations Committee to increase sal- aries in underaverage grades. This action was a foregone conclusion after the Senate had ylelded to the House on similar Increases in the Interior supply bill Saturday. When the Senate adjourned last night there were only & few amendments to probably will pass the $46,000,000 Dis- | Posed for a portrait of any kind. BAND T0 POINT OUT | Mgnastery Founder Poses for Bus ER"EST DURIG COMPLETES FIRST LIKENESS OF FATHER § GUN SHOOTS WOMAN Revolver, Hidden in Bed, Palls to Floor and Goes Off. ‘The revolver on which Lillie Walker colored, depended faithfully for prctec- CHILLING. Father Godfrey Schilling, fcunder and head of the Pranciscan Monastery, Brookland, at the age of 79 poses for a | portrait bust, which has just been completed by Ernest Durig. This is the first time in his life that Father Schilling. has LLEGAL OPERATION ONE DEAD, 3 HURT AS AUTOS CRSH ON Y STREES Woman Dies in Hospital as Result of Injury in Acci- dent February 1. COLORED YOUTH KILLED IN COLLISION WITH POLE Mrs. Inez Stone Seriously Bruised ‘When Taxi Operator Strikes Parked Cars. One person was fatally injured. an- other died as the result of an accident two weeks ago and three persons were seriously hurt in trafic accidents it night and early today. A back injury suffered on February 1 in a collision between two cars at Sixth and I streets southwest caused the death of Mrs. Edna Callan, 52 years old, of 457 I street southwest, at the Emergency Hospital early this morning, the second fatality resulting from the accident. Mrs. Mary Swartz, 84, of the I street address, died at Emergency Hospital Sunday night from injuries received in the same collision. A coroner’s jury which conductéd an inquest into the death of Mrs. Swartz yesterday returned a verdict of accidental death. ROBBERY VICTIMS | Youths, 11 to 14 Years of Police reported that the mishap oc- curred when a sedan operated by Thcmas M. Simmons, 21, of 476 F street southwest, was in collision with an automcbile driven by Cora Rowan, 32 of 222'; V street northeast. reduced fares for school children not | over 18 years of age. going to and from | school on street railway and bus lines | in the District of Columbia, under such | reasonable rules and regulations as the | of a century ago at the White House. | tion in’ her bed ro:m at 4437 A street | southeast turned traitor to its OWHFY‘ early today and shot her on the leg | while she wasn't looking. lGrand Jury AISO Indlcts Fire‘ | be offered by Senator Tydings, Demo- crat, of Maryland. Municipal Center Discussed. The only discussion in connection CHARGE FACES PAR This 18 how ‘Alice Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth looked a quarter In the group, left to right, are President A mortal fear of being shot cold- commission may establish; that such reduced fares shall not ex-| ceed 3 cents.” This was a compromise between the | provisions originally adopted by the two branches. The House first passed the | bill fixing & flat rate of 2 cents. The Senate rewrote the measure to leave the | fixing of the exact rate to the Utllities | Commission, with a stipulation that it} should not exceed one-half of the adult | posed of those who attended the cere- | mit himself on the subject of his cos- |mony in the White House and the | tume. fare. The conferees left the fixing of the rate to the commission, but stipulated that it shall not exceed 3 cents. During the months the bill has been before Congress William McK. Clayton, representing the citizens' assoclations, | through the federation, and John J. Noonan have been active in urging its | Ppassage. | ‘The conferees who worked out the mgreement yesterday were: Senators Capper of Kansas, Blaine of Wisconsin and Copeland of New York; Representa- tive Zihlman of Maryland, Representa- tive McLeod of Michigan and Repre- sentative Mary T. Norton of New Jersey. MAJ. DEMONET HEADS RESERVE OFFICERS Lieut: Col. Livingston Chosen Vice | President, and Executive Board Announced. Maj. Charles Demonet, Ordnance | Reserve, was re-elected president of the | District of Columbia Department of the Reserve Officers’ Association at its meeting last night in the Cairo Hotel. ‘This will be Maj. Demonet's third term. Lieut. Col. Prederick Livingsten, In- fantry Reserve, was elected first vice president; Lieut. Col. Albert L. Bar- rows, Infantry Reserve, second vice! president, and Lieut. Col. Samuel Goodacre, Finance Reserve, treasurer. New Executive Committee members included Brig. Gen. Henry J. Rellly, Lieut. Laurence Hazard, Lieut. Col Isaac Weil, Col. J. Miller Kenyon, Maj. ' George E. Strong, Capt. Arthur C. Adair, Maj. Roy E. Hughes, Capt. Mil- ton J. Landvoight, Maj. H. K. Bentley, Lieut. Col. Edgar J. Robinson, Col. Fred B. Ryons, Maj. Julius 1. Peyser and Capt. Gregory Cipriani. Chaplain H. E. | Snyder, Chaplain Reserve, was named | by Maj. Demonet as chaplain of the de- partment. n e RITES FOR MORRISON Retired /r. 0. Employe to Be Byriéd in Oak Hill Tomorrow. | Puneral services for Frank Morrison. 10, retired employe of the Government Printing Office, who died in Tucson, Ariz, Thursday, after a short illness, |tion to lay conduits under E and F|Awarding of Jobs to Launch Pro- | ‘will be held tomorrow morning at Oak | Hill Chapel. The body arrived from ! Arizona today. Mr. Morrison, who | lived at 4323 Towa avenue, served as | a ruler in the Government Printing Of- | fice for many years. i He was a charter member of the | Ninth Street Christian Church and of Myron M. Parker Lodge. F. A. A. M. Interment will be in Oak Hill Ceme- tery. | CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Washingtcn Chamber Commerce, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Columbia Historical Soclety, | Cosmos Ciub, 8:15 p.m. Card party, St. Anthony’s Church, ‘Twelfth and Monroe streets northeast, 8 pm. of ! Dinner, Pidelity Chapter, No. 19, new | Almas Shrine Temple, 1315 K street, | 4:30 to 7:30 pm. Dance and card party, Bethlehem | Chapter, O. E. 8., Wardman Park Hotel, 8 pm. Card party, benefit Washington Re- treat House, Sisters cf Atonement, 4000 Harewood road northeast, 8:30 p.m. Card party, T and S Bridge Club, Arlington Hotel, 8 p.m. Business Women's Council, Church of the Covenant, Eighteenth and N streets, 8 p.m. Meeting, Southern Society of Wash- ington, Willard Hotel, 8 p.m. Card party, Lebanon Chapter, No. 25, 0. E. 8., 920 Bladensburg rcad north- east, tomorrow, 8:30 p.m. Luncheon, Soclety of American Mili- tary Engineers, Army and Navy Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Lions_ Club, Hotel, tomorow, 12;30 p.m. Luncheon, Excha Club of Wash- ington, Carlton Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 pm. Mayflower W«;n;;n Class to Meet. BALLSTON, Va., February 17 (Spe- cial).—The Progressive Women's Class of the Ballston Christian Church will hold George F. Marcey, Cherry Valley, to- morrow afternoon. provided, | Ro:sevelt, Kermit, Archibald, Alice and “Nick. PEAKER and Mrs. Longworth are today eelebrating their twenty- fitth wedding anniversary by giving a dinner to 30 guests to- | night in their home, on Massa- | chusetts avenue. The party is com- | —Harris-Ewing Photo. women of the party will wear the| dresses they wore on that occasion. Mrs. Longworth, unable to get on her wedd ng gown, worn when she was a mere siip of a girl, will wear a yel- low setin gown belonging to her trous- seau. Mr. Longworth r=fuses to com- | SENATE WILL GET PARKS L TODAY Measure, Favored by Com- mittee, Would Authorize Use| of $3,000,000 for Purchases. The Senate District Committee wm! submit a favorable report to the Senate today on the amendment to the Capper- | Cramton park development bill, which would enable the National Capital Park | and Planning Commission fo use $3,- 000,000 of the Federal authorization | toward the memorial parkway along the | Potomac, to acquire without delay es- | sential areas of land. | The amendment does not change the | original law providing that Maryland and Virginia reimburse the Govern- ment to the extent of half the cost of the parkway along the Potomac, nor does it increase the total Federal au- | thorization. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, executive of the park commission, ex- plained, however, that it will enable | the commission to move promptly in acquiring certain key properties in the park area. Wants Canal Area. Col. Grant told the Senate committee before it ordered the favorable report yesterday afternoon that the commis- sion_desires to negotiate immediately for the old Chesapeake & Ohio Canel | for land around Great Falis and cer- | tain other important sections of the | park area. The bill makes a few other minor | changes in the original law, including | definite authority for the Office of Pub- | lic Buildings and Parks to control and | police the roadways in the park area. | The committee also ordered favorable reports on these two House bills: Au- thorizing the Commissioners to trans- fer certain parcels of land to Howard University; “authorizing the Terminel Refrigerating & Warehousing Corpora- streets southwest for refrigerating pur- poses. | Discuss Healing Arts Law. | The committee discussed the House bill to amend the healing arts law by including in it a definition of naturo- pathy. After arguments for and against the bill_had been heard. Senator Copeland of New York. who had charge of the original lJaw when it was beind drafted, called on the District Commission on Licensure of the Healing Arts to adopt a satisfactory definition to cover na- turopathy. { It was indicated that if this is not done, the pending bill will be acted on. The 'Licensure Commission will meet within a few days to consider the ques- tion. LEGION HONORS PATRIOT Tribute Paid American Fought in Polish War. The Polish Ambassador, Tytus Filipo- wicz, this afternoon received from the American Legion on behalf of the Polish government, an engrossed reso- luticn of tribute to the memory of the American, Dr. Paul Fitzsimmons Eve who served in the Polish struggle for independence, 1830-31. The presentation was made at the Polish embassy in the presence of the embassy staff by Nathaniel Spear, jr of Pittsburgh, representing the legion The resolution expresses appreciation of the part played by Poland in the World War. Memorial services in honor of Dr. Eve are being held in Poland and at his grave, in Augusta, Ga. Who |POLICEMAN WORM, TIRING OF PUNS, {ASKS COURT TO NAME HIM WARREN Force Lent to His Petition by Comment, “He Turned,” After He Files Request f. Eric George Thomas Worm of the Washington Police Porce had heard that old gag before. Yesterday he did something about it. He petitioned the District Supreme He pileaded that the inconvenience, hampered Pame was an im in busi- | office, 11 o'clock, and evening praver at | service will be broadcast through Sta- 1 from BISHOP TO DISCUSS LENT SIENFICANCE Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman| Will Speak Tomorrow in Bethlehem Chapel. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will discuss the signifi- | cance of Lent in an address at a special Ash Wednesday service tomorrow mogn- | ing at 11 o'clock in the Bethle Chapel of Washington Cathedral. He will have as his subject, “Forty Days and Forty Nights” | Lenten services also will be held in | St. John's Church, Sixteenth and H streets, with a celebration of the holy communion at 8 am. tomorrow, fol- lowed by morning prayer and sermon at 11 o'clock. The choir will be present. | For & number of years St. John's has | had a short service at 4:45 o'clock in the afternoon during Lent. These serv- | ices will be continued. The one other daily service during Lent will be com- munion at 8 am. At Washinglon Cathedral four serv- ices tomorrow will mark the beginning | of Lent. The schedule includes holy communion, 7:30 am.; litany, 10 am.; morning praver, address and penitential 4 o'clock, followed by the first in a series | of Lenten lectures, Canon E. S. Dunlap speaking on “What Is Sin?”, The major portion of the 11 p'clock | tion WMAL over the coast-to-coast net- work of the Columbia Broadcasting System., TWO ROAD CONTRACTS CALL'FOR $273,486/ gram Which Will Give Work to 4,000. Warren F. Brenizer Co. was the low bidder on the District’s Spring conciete roadway program, putting in a bid of $157,766.55. The bids were opened by Roland M. Brennan, chief clerk of the District Engincer Department, yester- v. McGuire & Rolfe submitted the low bid for the concrete curbs and gut- and asphaltic surfaces of $115,- 50. These two contracts, which will be awarded by the District Commissioners later, are the first part cf a road build- ing program that will give employment to about 4,000 men during the coming working season. Other contracts have been advertised and bids will be opened time to time as the season ! progresses. NOVICE RECEIVED Miss Elizabeth G. Fox Enters Vis- itation Order at Monastery. Miss Elizabeth G. Fox. graduate of St. Mary's Academy, Alexandria, of the | class of 1929, was received as a novice of the Visitation Order at the Monas- tery of the Visitation, Bethesda, Mon- day afternoon. The ceremony was performed by Mer C. F. Thomas of St. Patrick’s Church, assisted by Rev. Father Paschasius, D., and Rev. E. A, Hannan, The novice, who will be known in religious life at Sister Margaret Mary, is the daughter of John L. Fox of Media, Pa. or Change of His Name. | with the bill yesterday was the obser- | vation by Senator King, Democrat, of | Utah, that Congress should consider | carefully the ultimate amount to be| spent in developing the Municipal Cen- | ter, since the burden will be on the people of the District. The bill contains $1,500,000 to begin the first building, with an authorization up to $6,000,000. Answering Senator King's question, Senator Bingham, in >harge of the bili, explained that $6,000,- 000 previously has been appropriated for the land, of which 68 per cent has | been bought. He quoted from the House | report that the total cost would be | about $21,000,000. “Not being an architect or building.” said Senator King, ¥I am unable, per- haps, to have any judgement. but it does 'seem to me that $21,000,000 is a stupendous sum, much larger than necessary.” “I agree with the Senator,” replied | Senator Bingham. No Change Is Made. The Senate made no change, however, | in the House provision relating to the municipal center. The Senate approved virtually with- out debate the various committee amendments, including $100.000 for the local George Washington Bicentennial | Commission; $120,000 for a new bulilding | at the Janney School; increases of $10,000 each in the House items for enlargement of the Woodridge and | Ben Murch Schools; $15,000 additional for home care of dependent children | under the mothers' pension law; ap- proximately $47,000 additional for school | furniture, a few additional teachers and | school employes; $37.000 for extending ! & roadway in Rock Creek Park to the District line; $20,000 for beginning development ' of 'the Manor Park| recreational center; $4.500 for new in- | closures in the Zoalogical Park for the | animals to be given the park by the estate of the late Victor Evans On motion of Senator Copeland of | New York, the Senate increased from | $15000 to $20,000 the item for pur- chase of a site for & new fire truck | house on Rhode Island avenue north- | east., MRS. RICHEY’S WATCH RECOVERED BY POLICE Valuable Timepiece Stolen While | Secretary's Wife Was Dying. Three Under Arrest. Recovery of a gold watch which dis- appeared from the sick room of the | late Mrs. Lawrence Richey, wife of President Hoover’s secretary, while she was on her deathbed five months ago, has led to the arrest of three colored suspects on charges of grand larceny. The theft occurred prior to Mrs. Richey being Temoved to Emergency Hospital, where she died. The watch, valued at $250, was found | in possession of a local second-hand ‘Jewelry dealer, after having passed through the hands of a number of per- sons. Those under arrest are Beatrice May Henson, 20 years old, 914 Westminster street, former domestic in the Richey household; John Randall, 23 years old. 922 W street, and Edward Johnson, 734 Fajrmont street. 1t is charged the girl took the watch during Mrs. Richey's last illness and passed it on to the men. According to Detectives M. J. O'Dea and M. J. Dowd and Pawn Inspector Edward Murray, | the woman claims the timepiece was given her by Mrs. Richey shortly before she died. Mr. Richey denles this, how- ever. The watch will be offered in evidence when the trial is arranged in Police Court tomorrow morning. BODY OF TES.T PILOT GOES TO MINNESOTA| | Widow of Donald T. Stevens and | Commerce Representative Accompany It. The body of Donald T. Stevens, 25 years old, radio engineer for the air- way division, Bureau of Lighthouses Department of Commerce, Who W drowned Sunday when a piane he was test flying dived irto the Potomac off Hains Point, s being taken to Monti- cello, Minn., by his widow, Mrs. Rutn Stevens, and Clinton Hawkins, repre- sentative of the. airways division, Funeral services are to be held at the home of Stevens mother, Mrs. E. F. Stevens, in Monticello, probably tomor- row. No services were held here. SPEAKER GETS OVATION The twenty-fifth anniversary of the marriage of Speaker Nicholas Longworth and Alice Roosevelt Longworth was ob- served today in the House. ness and was a source of annoyance, quite a source of annoyance. The full force of Worm's source of | annoyance cropped:up when a news- | paper reporter read his petition. |, "Oh.” remarked the reporter, “he its regular meeting with Mrs. | Court to change his name to Warren. | turned, did he?" But Worm, happily, perhaps, was out 1 of hearing. Representative John N. Garner of Texas, the minority leader, called the attention of the House to the silver wed- ding of the Ohio Republican and the daughter of the late President Theo- dore Roosevelt, saying, “I wish you many happy returns of the e Members rose and gave the Speaker & hearty ovation, Age, Held After Confession of Series of Crimes. A band of youthful, self-confessed burglars, who are said by police to have admitted breaking into eight homes and stores, were to make a tour of the city with detectives today, point- {ing out the places they claim to have entered end rotbed. Four cf the boys, who were arrested as the result of an intensive investiga- tion by Eleventh Precihrt Policeman C. R. Sydner, are charged with unlawful entry, while a fifth, Preston W. Jones, 15, of 1324 W street southeast, is being detained for investigation. | Those against whom formal charges have been Icdged are Patrick Tilghman, 14, 1617 W street southeast; Henry L. Beek, 14, 1421 T street southeast; Paul L. Burger, 13, 1827 W street southeast, and Clifford Norris, 11, of 1625 W street | southeast. They are held at the House | of Detention. | Tilghman and Beck are both charged | with one case of unlawful entry while Burger and Norris are booked on three charges each. The four boys against whom charges have already been brought are said to have been connected with the robbery of a grocery and hardware store last Saturday night and | a barber shop on February 7. | A total of $156 was reported stolen in four hold-ups and thefts in the city| last night, police sald this morning. Among those reported robbed were Mrs. Katheiine Wilhelm, 445 Randolp! street; Nathan Steinbach, member of the District National Guard: Frederick Johnson, 3800 New Hampshire avenu> and Mrs. Margaret Devens, All States Hotel, 514 Nineteenth street. MOTHER OF 14 TAKES | POISON TO END LIFE Responds to Treatment at Hospital. Jobless Husband Given as Reason for Act. St | Mrs, Maary C. Walker, 36 years old, | 806 Seventh street southwest, the | mother of 14 children, 10 of whom are still living, attempted suicide by drink- ing poison late yesterday at her home but after treatment at Emergency Hos- pital returnd to her home. Her con- dition was said not to be serious. The unemployment of her husband, lack of funds and illness of several members of the family were ascribed by Mfs. Walker as the reasons for her act. She sald today she was much bet- ter, although she was still in consider- able pain. The husband, James E. Walker, 42, an automobile mechanic, said today he was not looking for charity, but for a job at which he could make sufficient money to care for his family. The present family income is from daughter, Hazel, who receives $7.50 a week, and Harold, 17, who receives $8 | a week. | TWO HELD IN THEFT TRY Youths Under $5,000 Bond on Charge of Attempted Robbery. Joseph J. Scanlon, 22 years old, and | Louis Diskin, 19 years "old, charged with attempt to Tob Clement E. Atkin son, a barber, on Twelfth near F streets Pebruary 12, were held under $5,000 bond each for grand jury action by Judge John P. McMahon in Police Court_today. Scanlon and Diskin got in Atkinson's automobile on Twelfth street as he was preparing to go home. One of them, allegedly holding a pistol, pointed at Atkinson, commanded him to drive on. Atkinson' grabbed at the pistol, got pos- | session of it and engaged in a fight with_the youths. Evidently believing the fight a losing one, Scanlon and Diskin jumped from the automobile and ran, with Atkinson following rapidly behind them. One of | the youths was caught during the chase when & man in the crowd who had | joined Atkinson in the chase made a | fiying tackle at him. The arrest of | the second youth followed. JONES’ RITES TOMORROW | Former Member of Department of Justice Staff Killed by Auto. Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the | chapel of Almus R. Speare, 1623 Con- necticut avenue, for Charles F. Jones of the legal staff of the Department of Justice, who died yesterday at his apart- ment in the La Fayette Hotel. Dr. Frederick Brown Harris of Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church will offici- ate_at the services. Interment will be in_Brookville, Ind. Injuries sustained when he was struck by an automobile on April 21 last, were :el!a:ed to have been the cause of his ea | the Supt. bloodedly in her sleep led Lillie to keep a revclver secretaed under the covers, for eventualities. She stretched her leg about 2 o'clock this morning. and the gun fell to the floor and exploded. | Surgeons at Casualty Hospital treated her for a flesh wound on the left leg. OFFICERS INSTALLED BY NEW LEGION POST Gavel Is Presented to Commander McGrath by Representative Kvale, Honor Guest. Officers of the newly organized Wash- ington Police Post. No. 29, American Legion, were installed at a meeting last night in the board room of the District Building, attended by officials of the local department of the Legion and other guests. Post Comdr. William H. McGrath and other officers were installed by Prederick G. Praser, senior vice com- mander of the local department. Other officers are: W. P. Als, first vice com- mander; W. E. Riley, second vice com- W. Reed, third vice com- J. B. Scott, financial officer; J. E. Lowry, adjutant; P. C. Wheeler, master at arms; A. Moore, at arms, and E. C. Moore, historian. Represenative Kvale of Minnesta, a guest of honor, to Comdr. McGrath. Other speakers included John Thomas Taylor, national legislative officer, Amer- ican Legion; Inspector Willlam _S. Shelby, chief of detectives, Police De- partment, who presented greetings from of Police, Maj. Henry G. Pratt, and Past Department Comdrs. Harlan Wood and Paul J. McGahan. CHARLES A. RICHARDSON, STORE MANAGER, DIES Services Will Be Held Here To- morrow Evening, With Inter- ment in Baltimore. Charles A. Richardson, 61-year-old manager of the Hanover shoe store at 717 Fourteenth street, a resident of Washington for more than 20 years, died suddenly at his home, in the Sher- man Apartments, Fifteenth and L streets, this morning. Originally from Baltimore, Mr. Richardson was assistant manager of the Hanover shoe store at | 929 Pennsylvania avenue for 17 years, becoming_manager of the company’s store op Fourteenth street three years ago. Surviving him are his widow, Jo- sephine B. Richardson (nee Mason), and two sisters, Ellen and Maggie Rich- ardson, both 'of 2026 North Fulton street, Baltimore. Rev. Ezekial Richardson, a Methodist minister of Baltimore. Services will be held tomorrow night | !at 8 o'clock at the W. W. | funeral parlors, Fourteenth and Chapin streets. The body will be taken to the residence of his sisters in Baltimore, where services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment wiil be in Lowden Park Cemetery, Baltimore. NATIVES TO DANCE Music, dancing and social events will ‘hature the program of the Society of Natives at its regular meeting at the Washington Club, Seventeenth and K streets, on Friday evening. Fred A. Emery, the organization’s president, in notices to the members, today pointed out that Mrs:~Ella C. Robinson will stage the program. The society proposes to put on a mem- bership drive in the Smmediate_future, under the supervision of Ralph L. Hall, vice president, of 415 Fourth street northeast. sergeant presented a gavel | He was the son of | Chambers | Department Aide’s Son, 19, for Forgery. Bertha Hartwell, 1441 Pennsylvania aiheast. was indicted today by the grand jury on a charge of perform- ing a criminal operation on a 19-year- old girl resident of Atlantic City. Paul M. Rhodes, accused of responsibility for the girl's condition, was jointly in- ted with her. e zlleged operation was discovered vh'n the girl became serjously ill and vas taken to a hospital at Atlantic Car Crashes Into Pole, Paul H. Norris, colored, 19 years old of 607 Girard street, died at Preed- man’s Hospital today after a car which he was driving crashed into a trolley pole in the 700 block of Rhode Island avenue northeast. Willlam H. Fisher, colored, 19 cf the same address was seriously hurt and removed to Preed- mans. Mrs. Inez Stone, 44 years old, of 3000 Connecticut avenue, suffered severe in- Jjuries to the head and spine last night while returning home from Garfield Hospital, where-she had been to visit her husband, William R. Stone, presi- dent and treasurer of Stone's Mercan- She then told police, it is re-|tile Agencth when a taxicab in which rort=d, that she had met Rhodes at thed she was riding crashed into two parked hore resort last July and that he mised to marry her. She de- c that he persuaded her to come to his brcther's home in Baltimore and from there she was driven, she stated, in an automobils to Washington and to the hcme of the accused woman De- cember 19 last. Joseph H. Davidson, 19, son of Lieut. Davidson of the Fire Department, and employed as a messenger at the Com- merce Department, was indicted on a chargs of forging two Government checks and cashing them. He was taken | into cusiody January 6 on a charge of taking an automobile without permis- sion and inquiry, it is said, developed | that he had cashed the two checks, one for $113.50 and the other- for $42.27. He resides at 4411 Forty-second street. Embezzlement Is Charged. Earle Smith, a stock salesman, re- cently apprehended at Ocean City, Md. is charged with embezzling $2,150.1 from Leila M. Sponseller, Kenesaw Apartments. He is accused of selling Cities Service stock belonging to the woman and of ‘appropriating the money to his own use. Embezzlement is also alleged in an indictment against Arthur Judson Young. He is accused of using $3,347 obtained from Lillian C. Nothern, | 1461 Girard street, for stock investment. |~ James A. Wright and Charles R. Har- rison, both colored, are accused of rob- bing two Chinese. They are charged with taking $80 at the point of & gun from Moy Wing April 20, at his laundry, 1259 Ninth street, and with holding-up Chin Pont on the street at Eleventh and Kenyon streets July 14 and taking 85 cents from him. Robbery is also charged in an indict- ment against Harry Redmond and' Ray- mond Shugart. They are said to have held up Milo McDonald January 13 at | his home, 2809 Chestnut, street north- east, and to have taken $46. ,Man Held in Larceny. Housébreaking and larceny is charged against Adam J. Urban, who is said to have broken into the National Press | Pharmacy, 1336 F street, and taken a | quantity of whisky and cash January 25. The ‘grand jury ignored the charge against Holbrook Jennings, who had been accused of grand larceny, Others indicted and the charges against them include: Walter L. Ander- son and Oliver Blondheim, non-support; Eddie L. Franklin and G:orge McAfee, Charles Barnes, Harry Follin, John Mack Lee (two cases) and Joseph L. Sewell, houscbreaking and larceny; Au- gustus’ Bowser, John Pearce, Sylvestcr W. Holmes, Thomas Chesley and Hugh A. Payne, joy-riding: Robert Williams, | robbery; William F. Bell, grand larceny; | Edward' Dodson and William Christian, | violating liquor law; Clarence Mack, as- | sault, and James' A. Wright, white slavery, | | SUIT IS DISMISSED The District Supreme Court has dis- missed for lack of - jurisdiction a suit brought some months ago against Ar- thur E. Sixsmith, former secretary to Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, and Willilam A. Roberts, an assistant’ corporation counsel, in con- nection with the incorporating of a Delaware concern to operate a drug store concession at Union Station. Jo- seph and Pauline Shore and Warren B. Nichols, the plaintiffs, have noted an appeal to the Court o | | CHINESE OBSERVING NEW Y BUT SLUMP CURBS FESTIVITIES Climax to Come Sunday, When On Leongs and Hip Sings | Hold Elaborate Fete. ‘The New Year of the Chinese, their one universal holiday, which links the past with the future, created a ripple of excitement on lowergPennsylvania avenue today. The past is represented by their an- clent calendar, the future by a bright prospect of debts paid, old animosities forgotten. New Year is perhaps the strongest link between the China of yesterday and today. ‘The celebration this year was more subdued than those of past years, due in & measure to the business depression. In the shops and homes, however, in- cense was burning before the lacquered im of Chinese heroes, gifts and re- freshments laid out for the pleasure of visitors. The observance will reach its climax Sunday night, when the headquarters ol of the rival Chinese organizations, the On Leongs and the Hip Sings, will be the scene of elaborate festivities. Then Chinese bands will hold forth, | children will receive gift bags crammed | with bright coins, sweet cakes and other Chinese confections. The children lock forward to these things while their fathers contemplate the beginning of a new year with old debts canceled, old enmities ironed out. Cards of greef are arriving from San Francisce, China and from fries d relafl in every quarter of the world, all carefillg timed to arrive @n the new yea Only & few of the more orthodox Chinese @re closing shop. Withyt new genepation it is “business as ustiply although young and o& alike have m some icession in name of genefal celebration. cars on Connecticut avenue near Sedg- wick street and overturned. The driver, Lewis Edward Wood, 29 years old, of 1601 A street southeast, was arrested by police of the fourteenth precince and charged with reckless driving. Removed to Garfield Hospital. Mrs. Stone was given first aid treat- ment by Dr. Edward Wilson, 2723 Con- necticut avenue, and removed to Gar- field Hospital and placed in a room on the floor beneath her husband, who is recovering from & major operation which he underwent several days ago, The parked cars, owned by Dr. Paris E. Brengle, 2710 Ontario road, and Charles W. Schlater, 2700 Connecticut avenue, were sald by police to be dam- aged to the amount of $100 each. Head injuries were received by Jo- seph Port, 30 years old, of 728 Four- ind-a-half street southwest, when an automobile operated by Everett Earle, 5955 Piney Branch road, collided with his taxicab in the 4000 block of Kansas avenue. Port is in Garfleld Hospital in a re- ported serious condition. Those who escaped with minor in- juries in other accidents were: Milton E. Pier, 23, 600 block G street southeast; Rosie Lane, colored, 25, 1007 Third street southeast; Douglas Murphy, colored, 3, 1128 Sixth street; Bessie Mann, 38, 409 Sixth street northeast: Franklin Machette, 75, 935 New Yori avenue, e CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES HERE, AGED 91 Washington 8. Marquette Rites to to Be Held Tomorrow Aft- ernoon at 2 0’clock. ‘Washington 8.-Marquette, 91-year-old Clvil War veteran, died yesterday at Casualty Hospital after an illness of three weeks. Funeral services will b> held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at Deal's Funeral Home. Interment wiil be in Cedar Hill C:metery. Mr. Marquette, who was born in Har- risburg, Pa., in 1840, enlisted in the Pennsylvania State Infantry at the out- break of the Civil War, serving until Lee's surrendcr. While stationed in Washington at that time he met and married Miss Emmie Atchison of Georgetown, who preceded him in death. Of a family of five children, one daughter, Mrs. Clara Miller, Boulevard Heights, Md., survives him. He is also survived by four granddaughters, Miss Evelyn T. Marquette, Mrs. May Brown, Mrs. Emma Kelly and Mrs. Martha Gil- man, and five grandsons, A. P. Sen; stack, H. S-ngstack, Lawrence Seng- stack and Warren Sengstack, all of Washington, and Raymond Sammons of Boulevard Heights, Md. NS R iy PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL FIXING P. 0. WORK HOURS Hoover to Ask Congress to Seek Means of Cutting Down Ever- growing Postal Deficit. President Hoover today signed an act of Congress providing for a 44-hour warking week for Post Office employes, but in doing so he announced that he will ask Congress to see what can bs done as soon as possible to increase the revenues of the Post Office Department, with a view to offstting the steadily growing postal deficit. The President’s intention is to send a communication to Congress shortly suggesting the appointment of a special committee or other body to investigat> this matter, with the view to recom- mending legislation to increase th> postal revenues. DR. JAMES IS SPEAKER Will Address Southern Society at Reception Tonight. Dr. Frank B. James, president of Washington and Lee University, will address the members of the Southern d Soclety at the annual dress will be broadcas radio Station WISV at 9:30 o' Dr. and Mrs. James are honor gt the event. Dr. James “Washington as an Educator,’ % ) over of dis-