Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1931, Page 17

D.C. BILL PASSAGE PUSHES MUNICIPAL BULDING PROERAV Structure to House Courts Will Be First Unit Under Construction. SYMMETRY TO BE GOTTEN BY ALTERATION IN PLANS Most of Property in Desired Area Now Owned by District—Rest to Be Acquired. Passage of the District appropriation bill for the 1932 fiscal year, carrying $1,500,000 for work on the Municipal Center, will result in an actual start on the building of this long planned group next Spring. The first building to be built will house the Municipal and Police Courts. It will be a structure 500 feet Jong. running back from Pennsylvania avenus to Judiciary Square, bounded by ‘Third street and John Marshall place. Committees Are Formed. Committees have already been formed to take charge of th> various phases of the work, the preliminary duties falling on the Committee on Excavation and Foundation, headed by Assistant En- gineer Commissioner Hugh P. Oram. ‘The first contract to be let in con- nection with the work will be one for making core borings at convenient spots to ascertain the contour of bed- rock underneath the proposed building. ‘When this is done the type of founda- tion will be decided upon and then cdh- tracts will be let for razing the build- ings now standing in the area and for digging the foundations. The project s not expected to get much beyond the Ia: of foundations during the next working season, but already prob- lems having to do with later progress of the work have started to bob up. Separate Courts Desired. ‘The Municipal and Police Court JMfiS want their respective functions to absolutely separated from each other, so that there will be no commu- nication between the Pennsylvania ave- nue end of the building. which will house the Police Court, and the Judi- clary Square end,.which will house the Municipal Court. This will probably re- sult in the construction of four elevator wells, one at each end of the building | and two in the center, one on each | side of the dividing wall. B ‘Without this dividing wall it wouls be possible to serve the needs of the building with three elevator wells, one at each end of the building and one in the center. ‘The architects working on the gen- eral plans of the entire Municipal Cen- ter group, which will entually cover the area between Johm Marshall place, Sixth street, Pennsylvania avenue and Judiciary Square, in addition to the area to be used by the courts building. have already made some tentative changes in design of the group since the design represented by the cardboard model recently acquired. In the cardboard design the ends of the building, fronting on John Marshall near Judiciary Square, are con- siderably closer together than the ends near Pennsylvania avenue. It has been decided to move the ends near Judiciary Square farther apart so as to achieve symmetry of design. The bal- cony along the upper story of both ‘butld! John Marshall place fronting _on been continued around to front on Pennsylvania avenue also. Cl are being made in the de- sings of the columns fronting on John Marshall place in order to give more light to the rooms immediately behind the columns. The design of the arcade | under the columns is also being changed for the same reason. Most of the property in the courts building area is now owned by the Dis- | trict, and condemnation proceedings | have been instituted in order to acquire the rest. Several of the pieces named in the condemnation proceedings may be acquired by purchase, however. One of the most recent to be acquired, since the institution of tondemnation pro- ceedings. is the Hotel Vendome proper- ty, at the corner of Third street and Pennsylvania avenue. Harris Devising Architecture. The architecture of the new group is being devised by Municipal Architect Albert L. Harris and the 1932 lppr);;- e erwise without regard to the provisions of the personnel classification act. ‘When the construction work gets un- der way Mr. Harris intends to devote most of his time to the municipal cen- ter work and leave the bulk of work of designing other municipal structures to his staff of assistants. Assistant En- er Commissioner H. L. Robb has general supervision over the municipal | center work. . GUNMAN 1S JAILED AFTER WILD PURSUIT Hundred Shots Exchanged in Chase Through Streets, Endangering Residents of Ohio Town. By the Associated Press. BARNESVILLE. Ohio, February 23 — Lured here by a faked letter bearing the name of his 20-year-old wife. Leonie Taylor, 24, Knoxville, Tenn., gunman, was in Beimont County jail last night afterbeing wounded in a wild gun battle early yesterday morning Taylor shot it out with police after his arrival with H. 8. Smith, 26, and Bertha Arnn, 24, all wanted in Knox- ville, police sald. for highway robbery. Taylor was captured only after a running fight through the streets, in which more than 100 shots were ex- changed, windows shattered and the entire city of 5000 thrown into con- fusion. ‘The gunman was barricaded in the he officers went to The Poening Star WASHINGTO D. MO DAY, FEBRUARY 23 STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL CHASES BURGLAR FROM HOME Door Pane Shattered in Home of William R. Castle, Jr. Blood on .Wall Indicates Groping for Light After Accident. Assistant Secretary of State William R. Castle, jr., 2200 S street, chased a burglar from his bed room early today, after the intruder had smashed a glass door on the first floor of the house. Although Mr. Castle, asleep on the third floor, did not hear the sound of the breaking glass, he was aroused by the noise made by the burglar when he entered the bed room. ‘When Mr. Castle awoke, however, the man darted from the room, ran down- stalrs and escaped through the door by which he had entered. The intruder had smashed three panes of glass in the door with his fist before he was able to reach the lock. Blood was found on the floor and on the wall, where the burglar had groped for an electric light switch. WILLIAM R. CASTLE, JR. Mr. Castle, who gave police a descrip- tion of the man, said that, so far as he could determine by a hasty check-up, nothing was missing. The intruder, Mr. Castle said, ap- peared to be under the influence of liquor or drugs. AUTO TURNS OVER ON ALL OCCUPANTS Three Persons Are Injured in Two Traffic Mishaps Over Week End. Mr. and Mrs. Randolph A. Menefee and their two children of 1825 Lincoln road, were extricated from their over- turned automobile at Rock Creek Church road and Randolph street yes- terday by the fire rescue squad. The ‘machine turned over after colliding with an automobile driven by Elvin C. James of 233 G street. Although Menefee was badly cut about the head and neck, he refused to g0 to a hospital until his wife had been removed from the car. With blood pouring from his wounds, he-stood by and watched the firemen’s efforts to ex- tricate Mrs. Menefee, After about 15 or 20 minutes' work, the firemen succeeded in removing Mrs. Menefee, and she and her husband were taken to Garfleld Hospital. There Mrs. Menefee was found to be suffering from a glctured shoulder and severe facial cuts. The Menefees’ two children, Kath- erine, 5 years old, and James, 8, es- caped injury. Two drivers will face charges of reck- less driving in Police Court today after their machines collided and one of the cars careened onto the sidewalk knocked down a tree and injured pedestrian. The accident occurred Third and F streets yesterday. A machine driven by Robert Dixon, colored, of 457 King court collided with another operated by Merle Heilman of Hyattsville, Md. The latter machine tore down a tree and struck Mrs. Eliza- beth Mitchels, 57 years old, of the 300 block of G street. She was treated at Emergency Hospital for a fractured right thigh and a fractured left arm. WIFE, 29, IS ACCUSED IN STABBING HUSBAND William Lewis Reported Seriously | Hurt in Quarrel—Accident Seen by Detective. William Lewis, 32 years old, of 2605 Thirty-third street southeast, was re- ported in a serious condition at Sibley Hospital today from a stab wound in his stomach, said to have been inflicted by his wife, Mrs. Virginia Lewis, 29 years old, following a quarrel at their home last night Detective Sergt. Howard Ogle, inves- tigating the case, said today that “the stabbing was more an accident than anything else.” He explained that Mrs. Lewis had a butcher knife in her hand when the quarrel started and that she did not know what she was doing when she thrust the knife forward. Lewis will recover, physicians said. TELEGRAPH OFFICE SAFE LOOTED OF $190 IN HOTEL Combination Apparently Worked When Employe Leaves Desk for Few Minutes. Police headquarters detectives today were investigating a $190 safe robbery at the Western Unjon suboffice in the Willard Hotel last night. The detectives said the combination of the safe apparently had been worked | 10 gain access to the funds. ‘The detectives pointed out that the safe was presumably looted when an employe left the office for a short time. The robbery was reported today by | Theodore B. Gittings, manager of the | Western Union main office, 1317 New York avenue | A pad of money order blanks also | was taken from the safe, the detectives said. CATHOLIC SOCIETY BEGINS QUARTERLY MEETING St. Gabriel's Acting as Host to"Bt. Vincent de Paul Group Conferences. Mass at 8 o'clock at St. Gabriel's Church opened the quarterly meeting of the conferences of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, held yesterday at the church. Bishop John .M. McNamara and the soclety of St. Gabriel's Church acted as hosts. Reports from 31 conferences of the bath room when h a through the streets. A mile out of town Taylor wrecked the car on & curve, but came out shooting at pur- | Joseph suers and ran to a fleld. He gave up after being surrounded on all sides. He was wounded in the shoulder. Smith and the Arnn woman were found at a hotel. They were armed, put surrendered without resistance. 3 . ‘Warrenton Man Honored. ‘WARRENTON, Va., February 23 (Special) . —Willlam N. Wilbur of War- yenton has been elected president of thletic association of the Stuyvesant cbool. He fills the vacancy : llus C. Hugh the resignation of Marcellus C. Hughes ol Rossiyn. S by | this soclety, detailing the work of the ps in reform, unemployment, vfift‘t‘nl other matters were made. , W] sided; Senator Joseph Ransdell of Louisiana and others. Breakfast was served by the women of the parish after mass and before the meeting. Bound Student Dead. CAMBRIDGE, England, February 23 (#).—Scotland Yard agents were sum- POLICE SHOOT THIEF LEAVING FUR STORE Second Escapes as Bullets Stop Pal—Window Broken After Entrance. One of two thieves who broke into the Model Fud Store, 923 G street, early today was captured when Policeman T. V. Howze, summoned by radio after the burglar alarm in the shop had been set off, shot him in the leg. The wounded man, who identified himself as Guy Duckett, colored, Sev- enth near 8 street, was treated at Emergency Hospital and then taken to the first precinct police station to be held for Investigation. Police believe he may reveal the identity of his col- ored accomplice. Front Window Broken. ‘The burglar alarm was sounded when the robbers broke a front window of the store. They had tossed a large number of furs through the window and were emerging when Howze and several other policemen arrived. Howze fired his revolver twice as the men fled, but only one shot took ef- fect. Duckett's companion escaped, de- spite a thorough search of the neigh- borhood by a half dozen policemen. Enter at Rear. thieves gained entrance by breaking open a rear door. Why they smas] the front window, when they could have left through the rear door, puzzles police. They believe, however, that the men feared the very thing that happened when they broke the window —sounding of the alarm. Police found the furs neatly piled near the broken window. So far as they could learn, none of them was missing. 80 6. W. U. STUDENTS T0 RECEIVE DEGREES Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart Will De- | liver Convocation Address at 8 0'Clock Tonight. The Eighty George Washington Univer- | sity students, who have completed the prescribed academic work, will recei their earned degrees in the Midwinter convocation in Constitution Hall at 8 o'clock tonight. Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, historian of the George Washington Bicentennial Commission, will speak on “Washing- ton and Lincoln” in his convocation address. ' John Russell Mason, librarian of the university, will present a program of organ music prior to the convocation, which will be launched with the aca- demic procession at 8 o'clock. Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of George Washington University, will confer the degrees to the candidates as they are presented by Dr. Willlam A. Wilbur, the provost of the univer- sity, and the various deans. The con- vocation will close with Dr. Marvin's charge to the graduates. Rev. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House of Representatives, will intone the invocation and the benediction. $481,375 FOR RELIEF IS PAID BY ENGRAVERS Union Officials Report Huge Sum Expended in Unemployment Aid During Past 12 Months. ‘The International Photo-Engravers’ Union has paid out $481,375 for unem- ployment relief in the past year, it was brought out by Edward J. Volz, interna- tional president, at an interlocal con- ference of the Eastern local union, at Harrington Hotel, yesterday Pending agreements and the co- ordinating and consolidation of or- ganizing efforts were considered. In this connection, it was brought out that interlor work and price cutting by spme firms is hurting the industry. i St FAIRFAX MAN NAMED George R. Bready Appointed to County Electoral Board. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., Pebruary 23 —George R. Bready'hds been appointed by Judge Walter McCarthy a member of the Fairfax County Electoral Board for a term of three years, beginning March 1. Bready will succeed Lud A. Popkins of Groveton, who has served as chairman of the electorial board for many years. had been reappointed to suc- ceed himself, but Dr. F. M. Brooks, chairman of the Republican party of Fairfax County, called to the attention of Judge McCarthy the fact that the law requires that the two major political parties be represented in the personnel of the board. Popkins and the other two members, Benjamin Nevitt of Pairfax Station, clerk of the becard, and B. B. Iden of Andrew moned here today to investigate the strange death of John Charles Ellis of idner-Sussex . ‘was found dead in room. A ‘handkerchief was bound his mouth and his hands and ankles tied. Chapel, are all Democrats. The electoral board is charged with the duty of appointing judges and clerks of election, preparing ballots and arranging the details of all county IVMASONS LAY PLANS FOR WASHINGTON TEMPLE DRIVEWAY National Association Con- venes at Memorial to Carry on Program of Work. $100,000 TO BE COST OF THOROUGHFARE Windows, Heating and Flooring Required to Complete Con- struction. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 23— The annual meeting of the George Washington Masonic National Me- morial Assoclation convened at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Temple, under construction here, this morning. Plans for carrving on the work on the temple, where $2.- 500,000 already has been expended, will be made at the meeting. Last night an executive session of officers of the association was held at the Willard Hotel, in Washington, at which the plans for construction work during the year were outlined. These will be presented to the general body for approval late today or tomorrow. Exterior Now Complete. Exterfor work on the temple itself was completed recently. The last of the stonework was put in place late in December and the giant torch, $17.000 gift of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, was completed about two weeks ago. During the coming year it is expected that a driveway will be bullt, at a cost of approximately $100,000. This is planned due to the large number of visitors expected to this section during |the George Washington Bicentennial celebration next year. Otner work planned includes the memorial windows, installation of heat- ing and laying of flooring. A spiral staircase to the tenth floor, which will be the public observation platform, i now under way. A date for dedication of the temple, which is expected to be for April, 1932, 1also will be set at the convention. Virginia Welcome Given. The first session opened this morn- |ing with an address of welcome by Dr. A. M. Showalter, grand master of Masons of Virginia. This was respcnd- ed to by Col. Lewis A. Watres, president of the association. It was Col. Watres who gave the set of chimes to the temple, which were played for the first time a year ago yesterday. Another business session will be held this afternoon. At 6 o'clock the dele- gates will attend a stated communica- tion of Alexandria-Washington Lodge, No. 22, of this city, of which George ‘Washington was a member. Following the lodge meeting, which will be held in the Cameron Street Temple, the dele- gates will attend the annual banquet of Alexandria-Washington Lodge. United States Senator Simeon D. Fess will be the principal speaker at the banquet. ‘The final business session will be held tomorrow morning in the Cameron street lodge rooms. Tomorrow afternoon a group of the delegates will make the annual pilj ge to Mount Vernon, when a wreath will be placed on George ‘Washington’s Tomb. BUTLER IS DEFENDED BY HEFLIN IN SPEECH Prohibition Lauded and ‘Jim Crow’ Lashed in Hagerstown Ad- dress by Alabama Senator. By the Associated Pre. HAGERSTOWN, Md, February 23.— A defense of prohibition and Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler of the Marine Corps and a denunciation of a bill in the Maryland Legislature to repeal the “Jim Crow” law were included yester- day by United States Senator Heflin, Democrat, Alabama, in a speech here on “The Americanization of Washing- ton.” The Senator was invited here by the Good Citizens’ Club of Maryland and spoke in the State Armory. After lauding Washington, his ideals and accomplishments, the Alabama Democrat turned to discussion of pres- ent-day affairs. As he had previously done on the floor of the Senate, he defended the Marine commander at Quantico, Va, in the recent contro- versy over Premier Mussolini of Italy and declared court-martial proceedings were dropped after the situation ‘“be- came too hot.” A repeal of the “Jim Crow” law, as suggested in & measure now pending in the Maryland Legislature, would, Sen- ator Heflin said, “put wrong ideas into the minds of the colored people and endanger the white women of the Na- tion.” The bill, which the measure would abolish, provides for the segre- gation of white and negro’ passengers on the common carriers in the State. e, TAXI DRIVER ROBBED OF $14 AND MACHINE Fare Stops Cab on Nearing Alex- andrin and Flashes Gun—Drives Off After Taking Money. Omar McKhann, taxicab driver, re- siding at 1374 Columbia road, yesterday morning was the victim of ‘an armed bandit, who took more than $14 in cash and his taxicab after he had driven to the vicinity of Alexandria. McKhann was at Fourteenth and U streets about 6 o'clock, he reported, when a young man about 18 years old, having light complexion and wearing eyeglasses, employed him to drive him to Alexandria. A short distance from Alexandria the fare stopped.the cab and produced .a pistol. The driver gave up his money and stood by while the bandit boarded the taxicab and drove off in the direc- tion of Alexandria. — GARDEN PLOTS OFFERED Firm Would Help Employes Re- duce Living Cost. CINCINNATI, Ohio, February 23 (#).—The Cincinnati Milling Machine Co. has offcred to its employes the use of 25 acres of ground adjacent to the plant for use in gardening. The plant is operating on a four-day- a-week schedule, and officials told em- g{oyu they might work the ground dur- g _the two days and use the lucts to reduce th of lving. similar purpose during the World plot of ground for a ‘War. ORATORY GONTEST OF STAR GAINS 437% INMARYLAND AREA Total of 1,438 Students in District Enrolled for Competition. FOUR UNITS IN SECTION ENTER 100 PCT. SCHOOLS Charles, Prince Georges, Montgom- ery.and St. Marys Counties Eager for Trials An increase almost equal to 50 per cent gain shown in the enrollment in the Virginia district is indicated by the | first figures compiled on the Maryland district roster of students entered in { The Evening Star area of the National Oratorical Contest. A total of 1438 students is repre- sented by the group, enlisted -from 24 high schools in four Maryland counties which is writing orations on some as- pect of the Constitution. This figure Teveals a growth of 43 per cent since the 1930 contest, when 1,006 pupils par- ticipated in this territory. The entries are not yet closed to the schools in The Star area. Four Units in District. The four units comprising the Mary- land district, in the second zone, Star area, of the National Oratorical Contest are Charles, Prince Georges, Montgomery and St. Marys Counties. In this section there are eight 100 per cent schools, Charles County is represented in the 100 per cent class by La Plata High School, Milton M. Somers, prin- clpal. The Hughesville High School, T. C. Martin, principal; Indian Head High School, Mrs. J. H. Rice, principal, and the Glasva High School, at Bel Alton, J. M. Bishop, principal, likewise will supply contestants in the county eltmination. F. B. Gwynne is the su- perintendent of schools. Nicholas Orem, superintendent of Prince Georges County Schools, has three 100 per cent organizations under his supervision, the Marlboro High School, Gardner Shugart, principal; Brandywine High School, Miss Ruth E. Warren, principal, and Miss Erma Barnes, faculty sponsor, and Bowie High 8chool, R. G. Weagley, principal, and Mrs. Alma Marshall, adviser. Other schocls preparing speakers in this county are Oxon Hill High School, at Anacostia, William T. Jobe, principal; Mount Rainier High School, Forrest P. Blunt. principal; Maryland Park High School, at Seat Pleasant. William D. Himes, principal; Surrattsville High School, at Clinton, T. 8. Klein, prin- cipal, and the Hyattsville High School, K. J. Morris, principal, and Miss Nona Milimer, faculty sponsor. In St. Mary's County the Leonard Hall School is a 100 per cent unit. Brother Walter, who supervises the ar- rangements for*the contest within this scheol, has assigned the constitutional subjects to the entire student body of 53 pupils. The Mechanicsville High Scheol, James Greenwell, principal: St. Mary's Seminary, Miss M. Adele France, principal; St. Mary's Academy, Sister Mary Hubert and Sister Prances Clare, sponsors, and the Charlotte Hall School, Col. C. F. Crowson, principal, and Prof. J. F. Coad, adviser, are other schools en- tered from this county to date. Miss Lettie M. Dent is the superintendent of schools. In Montgomery County. Supt. Edwin M. Broome of Montgom- ery County rivals with his division the 100 per cent showing made by Prince Georges County, having also three schools thus classified. The organiza- tions which have participated unani- mously in this county are Damascus High ‘School, Edgar G. Jewell, prin- cipal; Miss Helen Burdette, adviser; Takoma-Silver Spring High School, E. M. Douglass, principal, and the Bethes- da-Chevy Chase High School, Thomas W. Pyle, principal; Mrs. Evalene Beebe, faculty sponsor. In the Sherwood High School, at Sandy Spring, where A. A. La Mar is principal and Miss Jean Coulter adviser, the entire senior class is being given the contest topics as class work. The Galthersburg High School, Thomas W. Troxell, principal: Miss Rebecca Fields, sponsor: the Rock- ville High School, L. Fletcher Schott, principal; Miss Catherine Hall, adviser, and the Fairland High School, Maxwell E. Burdette, principal, also are prepar- ing contestants. There are four preliminaries through which a contestant in The Star area must pass before reaching the national finals, which are held in Washington in { May. The first is the intraschool elim- ination, arranged by the principal of each organization according to his own plan. The representative thus selected next competes in the county finals, where the opposition is supplied by the other speakers from that division. The successful county candidate receives a gold medal and is entered in the State meet. If he or she wins here the prize is $100 cash, and the next competition is The Star area finals, where an orator from each of the 11 Star districts takes part. The Star winner is awarded a $200 cash prize and a two-and-on half-month trip to Europe with all e: penses paid, and is eligible for the na- tional final: s DAME CROWDY TO TELL OF WOMAN’S PROGRESS Noted Englishwoman Will Talk at Central Community Center To- night Under Institute Auspices. “Progress of Women During the Last 20 Years” will be discussed by Dame Rachel Crowdy, noted Englishwoman, under auspices of the Community In- stitute at Central Community Center tonight. Dame Rachel, whose title was be- stowed for war work, is noted for her social welfare activities and has been prominently identified with efforts of the League of Natlons to stamp out optum traffic.. . - She will be introduced to her Wash- ington audience by Maj. Julia Stimson, Army Nursing Corps head. ‘While in the Capital Dame Rachel is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic A. Delano. PSS —— NEW Z0G PLOT BARED Second Attempt to Kill King of Al- bania Thwarted by Vienna Police. VIENNA, February 23 (#).— Police today announced discovery of anothar pict against the Wife of King Zog of Albania, who missed assassination last Friday when gunmen fired at him near the Vienna Opera House. The new plot was laid to Albanian political opponents of the King, who, it was said, planned to sttack him in Votive Park, where he often walks, y or | port. 1931. * Features and Classified MAN'S BODY IS FOUND FLOATING 'Police IN RIVER NEAR ALEXANDRIA Without Clue to Identity of Victim. May Be Youth Who Was Drowned SCVC ral Weck Police today were without any clue to the identity of the body of a white man found floating in the Potomac River off the Princess Street Wharf about noon yesterday by Samuel Fones of 711 Wythe street, Alexandria, who was searching for an anchor. The body, which is being held at the District Morgue, was clothed in over- alls or fatigue clothes over an Army uniform. Only a watch, which had stopped at 9:45, """‘"{. tobacco and a comb were found in the pockets. An_examination was made by Coro- ner T. Marshall Jones of Alexandria. The man apparently had been dead for several weeks. s Ago. Beveral relatives of missing persons were unable to identify the body after viewing it at the Morgue. It appeared possible, however, that the body may be that of John Bingham, 16, of 111 North Payne street, Alexandria, drowned with a companfon last December op- posite Alexandria while setting out muskrat traps from a rowboat. The body of the other youth, Henry B. Florence, 17, of 232 North Alfred street, Alexandria, was recovered from the river shortly after the accident. Bingham'’s relatives expected to visit the District Morgue later today. Law to Be Taught From Experience As Well as Books !Students in LastTwo Years of Course to Discard Texts for Trials. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 23.—Text books have been traded for human experience in the Northwestern University Law School. Dean Leon Green, in announcing a new curriculum yesterday, said in a re- to President Walter Dill Scott that two years are enough to spend in pursuit of text books and that hence- forth third and fourth year classes will be shifted to the living laboratory of Chicagoans and their everyday legal problems. “After the student has learned how the judicial process operates,” Dean Green said, “he will want to know something more in detail about actual problems which are troubling business, how business men meet them, how Jawyers deal with them, how courts deal with them.” “Under the new curriculum, the third and fourth year students will be in- troduced,” the dean outlined, “to the intricate problems of business organiza- tions, financing, marketing, which in turn includes banking, insurance, taxa- tion, arbitration and many sorts of spe- cial contracts. Special problems and actual cases related to one another will be assigned to each student.” Students will be turned loose in the court rooms, Dean Gresn said, to study te\end the most trivial cases at close hand. BALTIMORE SLAYING MOTIVE 1S MYSTERY | Woman Found in Apartment With Her Head Crushed After Apparent Struggle. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., February 23— Police tonight said a day's investigation into the murder of Miss Anna Herrara, 48-year-old recluse, had failed to dis- close a motive. No arrests had been made and the coroner purposed to con- duct an autopsy today. Robbery, first considered after the body was found last night in a pool of blood in the woman's ent in the colored section of the city, was dis- carded early today by the officers. The authorities however, were convinced the murderer was admitted by Miss Her- rara, as neither the door nor window had been forced. Miss Herrara's head had been crushed and the appearanc: of the room gave testimony of a terriffic struggle. The apartment was the basement of the property owned by the woman and the upper floors rented to colored roomers, She had occupied the property for a quarter of a century. Police sald Miss Herrara, formerly a milliner, at one time had been a heavy holder of real estate, and owned the bullding in which she was found slain. More than a year ago, however, she lost more than $30,000 in investments, and mortgages had be:n placed on some of her holdings. Capt. Charles Lastner of the police department, in charge of the investiga- tion said he had not yet conferred with Coroner Ferdinand Link, who last night reported the woman had been criminally attacked. ANTI-VIVISECTIONISTS SEEK U. S. MEMORIAL Monument Urged for Animals Who Gave Lives in Interests of Science. Promptly following favorable action by the House on the Griffin bill author- izing appropriation by Congress of a congressional reward and gift of $1,000 for heroes of scientific research, the Anti-Vivisection League unanimously adopted a resolution yesterday in favor of a Federal appropriation of $50,000 for erection of a fitting memorial to those who have been helpless victims of sci- entific experimentrs’ zeal. This resolution was proy by Charles Edward Russell and calls upon Representative Perkins of New Jersey to introduce such & measure in the House. Members of the Legislative Committee of the league argued that if such rec- ognition is made to scientific research men, proper recognition should be made of the victims who lost their lives through their experimenting. Copies of the resolution were sent to the President and to the presidents of all humane leagues. FORMER SOLDIER DIES; AUTOPSY IS PERFORMED Police Believe Opiate Was Taken to Induce Sleep After Traces of Drug Are Found. Frederick V. Sullivan, 33 years old, a former soldier, who resided 1834 Connecticut avenue, died at Naval Hos¢ pital yesterday. He had previously been treated at Walter Reed Hospital. A bottle that had contained a sleep-induc- ing drug was found in his room. An autopsy performed at the Morgue this morning showed evidences of his having taken a dose of an opiate and the belief that he had cine to induce sleep. His mother is believed to be & resident of Florence, 8. Dak. % RELICS OF NEGRITO Shy Forest Dwellers of Luzon bergh, Missionary. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. One of the earth's most primitive Ppeople lives under the American flag. An almost complete collection rep- resenting the culture of these people— Nefiim of Northern Luzon, in the Philippines—has just been received at the ' headquarters of the Catholic An- thropological Conference at the Catho- lic University from Rev. Morice van Overbergh, a Belgian missionary, who is one of the first white men to have made any intimate contacts with them. The Negritos, as Father Van Overbergh describes them, remain one of those shy, largely unorganized, forest dwell- ing peoples, who are believed to repre- sent the state of human culture at a very early level. Some dwell at the edges of the forest and have made contacts with Malay traders and more advanced native tribes. A few still re- main denizens of the deep forest, rarely coming even to the edges. The culture of the “edge-of-the-forest” people has borrowed a great deal, such as some forms of clothing and weapons, from the Malay neighbors, with whom they are on friendly terms. But during years & practically the only white man with- able to separate what had been bor- rowed from the original. The borrcw- ings, he found, were rather deposits on top of the primitive culture than substitutions. Sample of the Culture. ‘The whole fills only a small case, but, according to Rey. Dr. John M. Cooper, professor of I.n'.hmpolfl at the Cath- olic University, it probably is a sample of all the culture to be found in the lives of this people. These people, as described by Dr. Van Over- bergh, are one of the few remnants in the world of the “food gatherers,” living Off their environment with hardly any effort to change it, without organized government or much social structure. m&rlpfll)plu t‘h'e nppmxl.m-%e]y the e level are pygmies of Africa, the Veddahs of Ceylon and the “Punan,” the original “wild men of Borneo.” The one great difference between the Ne- gritos and the others is the practice of lving in rude houses, usually one family to a house. Father Van Over- bergh found one exceptional case where there were four families in one dwell- ing. The houses are scattered over a wide area, with never more than four together. Generally speaking, he found them people of excellent morals and excep- tionally peaceful, a condition usually re- ported by ethnolegists among the other peoples at the same level and leading to the opinion that morality decreases in many ways with the advance of civ- ilization. “They never keep two wives at a time,” he writes, “although this prac- tice is indulged in very often by the neighboring tribes. Married people very rarely separate. Two vices gener- ally recognized as being common to many uncivilized people are lying and stealing. It would seem almost against the nature of a negrito to tell a lie, and the one reason for this perhaps is his apparent inability to conceal his own thoughts. ~Whatever he knows he makes public. Stealing, if it occurs at all, is very rare. The fact that we left our belongings for several days where every passing pegrito could have taken from them what he liked is sufficient proof of their honesty. Only once have I heard the imputation of a negrito having stolen something and this was in the way of eatables, which might readily excuse {’wnx‘ryAmen as :::.r.l}"body hua right to e. nyway, is certainl, - horred by them. i e Of Peaceful Character. “Those I saw are of a ver aceful character. There is no quuugnpoel war- fare between the different negrito groups. They usually know one another and even when unknown they are al- ways very friendly. They seem to con- sider the whole negrito race as a big family, any representative of it being welcome to their homes at all times. When I asked Masigun if they would allow negritos from farther away to hunt in their forests he candidly an- swered me in the affirmative. He sim- Ply laughed when I asked him if his Ppeople would not shoot arrows at them. “We find the Negritos living in happy Intercourse with everybody else, but entirely isolated from Isneg (Malay) and Christian alike by a deep social gulf. A Negrito is always happy. He laughs more than he weeps. He is devoted to his friends and he has no enemles. He is very polite and he is hospitable to a remarkable degree. “To the Negrito life seems to be a very joyous affair, and he does not seem to have any preoccupation at all. To him each day has its cares and, if he cannot find today what he is in need of, he expects to find it some other time, not seeming to care a fig for disappointments of any kind.” The missionary was able to find a few love songs among this primitive people which seem to 'show no outside influence. He found their religious ideas quite difficult to penetrate, but that_these, Rumanian Claims Gangster Is Send- ing Him Mon®.. ORADEAMARE, Rumania, Fébruary 23 (#).—Ladislaus Capowitz, 75, am in- habitant of this town, claims that Al Capone, ter, is his c:d mlbmh?wmr {s Cornell tmlu claims to be n‘vln mone; his son In the United luh‘l. RAGE ARRIVE HERE, Described by Rev. Van Over-; many miles the Belgian priest was| PAGE B-1 CHURCH WILL OPEN ANNUAL MEETING HERE TOMORROW Reformed Group With Pres- byterian System Alliance Section to Confer. MEMBERS TO DISCUSS ADVANCEMENT OF UNITY Delegates From All Parts of U, §. and Canada to Attend. 8izoo to Talk. The annual meeting of the Western Section of the Alliance of Reformed Churches Throughout the World Hold- ing the Presbyterian System will open tomorrow in New York Avenue Presby- terian Church. Alliance members from all parts of i the United States and Canada are pected to attend the sessions, which will continue through Wednesday and Tlllirsd’ly. Ad‘\'lncem-nz of church unity is one of the main purposes th% fl"l'etlm(d o . J. Addison Jones of Poughkeepsie N.Y.."will act as chairman. &t tomor: ternoon’s session Dr. Henry B. Master of Philadelphia, American sec- retary for the alliance, will present his ports also will be submitted b; 3 David M. Sweets of Louisville, l(y?:”l; E. Baisley of Philadelphia, and Rev. Frank Baird of Pictou, Nova Scotia, Pensions to Be Discussed. Dr. Sweets’ report will have to do with progress in denominational pension sys- tems and in co-operative movements among such systems, Mr. Baisley’s with the finances of the alliance and Rev. annl'rgnh';!g thelmt:: ;;lxnlflclnt events e ry of esbyterian Reformed churches. o Inspirational addresses will be made in the evening by Rev. Clarence Mc- Kinnon of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Rev. George W. Richards of Lancaster, Pa. Rev. McKinnon will speak on “The Faith That Overcomes,” and Rev. Ric] ards on ‘“Messengers of Good Tidings. The future of the western section of the alliance will be discussed at Wed- nesday morning's session. Rev. Lewis S Mudge cf Philad:phia will lead the discgssmn. The report of the Committee Christian Education and Ll!.erllu’r‘: will be read by Rev. James E. Clarks of Nashville, Tenn.,, and Rev. Sweets and Rev. Willard Dayton Brown of New York will s . Rev. Sweets’ subject will be “The Essentials of Christian Education,” and Rev. Brown's “The Various Methods of Student Ald.” Reports to Be Submitted. Rev. C. S. Cleland of Philadelphia, will present the report of the committee on forelgn missions at Wednesday afternoon’s session. ‘“The Foreign Mis- sion Movement in 1931” will be inter- preted by Rev. C. B. McAfee of New York and the report of the committee on home missions will be submitted by Rev. Joseph A. Vance of Detroit. "x"jhue :::M) I:;rmeed mglo%c congress here review v. Walter L. Lingle of Richmond. At Wednesday evening's _session, “America’s Need of Religous Revival® Will be discussed by Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo. Religious conditions in Europe and the doctrinal basis for Presbyterian church union will be the subjects of speeches Thursday morning by Rev. J. Ross Stevenson of Princeton, N. J., and Rev. W. L. Wishart of Pittsburgh, re- spectively. CHINESE HERE MARK NEW YEAR HOLIDAY Many Americans Attend On Leong Reception—Hip Sings and Lee Family Celebrate. There was a large gathering of Chi- nese and American friends of the On Leong Chinese Merchandise Association in the organization’s hall, at 335 Penn- sylvania avenue, last night in connec- tion with celebrations of the Chinese New Year. A feature of the reception was music by a local Chinese band, members of the band also participating in the singing of Chinese songs. At iquarters of the Hip Sings, 325 Pennsylvania avenue, there was also a celebration. Only members of the organization were in attendance, however, friends not having been in- vited. The Lee Family, housed nearby, also celebrated the holiday. Officers of the On Leongs, elected to serve until the close of the current year, are Charlie Soo, president: Moy Sheuck, vice president; George Wen, secretary, and Sing Sheu, treasurer. Those elect- ed by the mfi Sings are Tom Lee, president; Louis Sang, vice president; Henry Leo, secretary, and Charles Lee, treasurer. Tnifn{:l 's n;e't!}l‘nl of the national organ| lons o e O] in| ou] are scheduled to be helg%?: N‘e"ran‘l: Local bodies will send delegates. DR. MARCUS BENJAMIN IS HONORED AT DINNER Editor of U. 8. National Museum for 35 Years Retired on 1st of January. Dr. Marcus Benjamin, for 35 years editor of the United States National Museum, who retired on January 31, was honored at a dinner at the Cos- mos Club Saturday night. Dr. Benjamin came to the Museum in 1896, and since that time all of the institution’s voluminous publications have passed through his hands. A MAN SAYS CAPONE IS SON|% graduate of Columbia, he has received degrees from Lafayette College, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Nashville and St. John's He by the Fren . S. Bass- ler, curator -of geology, and Dr. Paul artsch, curator of mollusks. Dr. Charles G. Abbot, secretary of the Smithsontan' Institution, presided. Liberals Back Carol. BUCHAREST, Rumania, February 23 (A).—A resolution of loyalty to King Carol was adopted congress of the Lil