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| WASHINGTON FEDERATION FALS 70 DECIDE FUTURE | OF ADVISORY BODY Existence for Year Assured to Citizens’ Council by Action Delay. OPTION FOR CHILDREN ON CASH FARE ASKED Motion to Indorse Light Rates 8liding Scale Is Lost After Discussion. ‘The special meeting of the Pederation of Citizens’ Assoclations last night, called to discuss the future of the Citizens’ Advisory Council, failed to act on the matter and thus assured the ex- istence of the council for another year. Elections of council members will be held in April. A report had been submitted by a ial committee, headed by E. S. lege, on the wisdom and desirability of continuing the council, in which it was recommended that action be de- Jayed until next December. The fed- eration nmuied with the report and with a substitute motion of J. Lewis Gelbman, Congress Heights, to abolish the council forthwith. Many points of order were made against the substtute motion. James G. Yaden of Petworth made the point that to abolish the council would be to amend its constitution, and that an amendment could not be sustained without a two-thirds vote. President George C. Havenner ruled otherwise, but on an appeal from the ruling Mr. Yaden was sustained, 27 to 25. After much debate, the whole matter was laid on the table on motion of George E. Sullivan of Takoma Park. Favors Option on Fares, The federation voted in favor of al- Jowing school children the option of paying a 3-cent cash fare for their rides on the street cars and busses under the reduced fare law or of buying strips of tickets to be sold by the car and bus companles, Several delegates lm)ke in opposition to requiring the children to identify themselves as school children by the production of identifi- m(‘:‘fmy'w hail o . Clayton, chairman of the Public Utllitles Committee, intro- duced a resolution indorsing the prin- ciple of adjusting electric light rates by @ sliding scale method under the con- sent decree of Equity Court. The reso- lution said that certain modifications, adjustments and changes are necessary more fully to protect the interests of users of electricity, and that such fl'lll'lfil should be effected without deny] &mg company a fair, just, and even lberal rate of return on its prop- erty investment. The report suggested certain Thanges in the depreciation scale set up in the consent decree. One of the paragraphs of the report read: “The committee be- lieves that the higher interests of both consumers and company would best be conserved by an avoidance of an appeal to court, and the committee urges that every legitimate and permissible effort be put forth by hoth commission and company to avold an appeal to the courts.” Question Wrangled. ‘This paragraph caused a frenzied discussion. ‘There were those, led by George E. Sullivan and Harry 1. Quenn, who held that this pa: aph was the very reverse of an action taken re- cently by the federation in support of the position of People's Counsel Rich- mond B. Keech, who favors an absolute abrogation of the decree, as beyond the Jurisdiction of the court to make in the first instance. Another group, led by Mr. Clayton, to it decree, and was §0 to valuation with its ent of rate re- commission would be securing the data on which to bufld & rate if ft decided to take the rate-fixing out of the hands of the court. Mr. Sullivan wanted to substi- tute for the whole repert a resolution that the federation indorse the stand of the people's counsel in the matter. After an impassioned appeal by Mr. Clayton, the federation voted the . sub- stitute down, 22 to 28, but later struck out the paragraph from Mr. Clayton's report which had given rise to Mr, Sullivan’s original objection. Mr. Sul- livan next wanted to strike from the mon the word “liberal,” so that the leration would be committed to favor- for the company only a “fair and Just,” but not “liberal,” return on its valuation. Dr. Havenner objected to the consideration of this motion, end since it came up under unanimous consent, it lost. Dr. Havenner later moved o, Teconsider the matter, but his motion | Was laid on the table, VB GBI ONE MAN AND WOMAN | SEIZED IN RUM RAIDS | @. J. Sharpo Also Charged With‘ Flooring Policeman H. G. Bower | in Swoop. A man and a woman were arrested on liquor charges in two raids staged by police of Inspector T. R. Bean's special liquor squad last night, the man being charged, in addition to violation of the liquor law, with assulting one WASHINGTON, D. C, The Story of Nancy Hart 65 SCHOOLS ENTER Which in Itself Is a Moving Tale and in the Hands of the Writer Becomes Something That Is Symbolic—of Something. BY WILLIAM HARD. ‘The most interesting woman in the annals of the present session of the Congress is undoubtedly Nancy Hart. Sh> died long ago. In fact, she died more than a century ago. Her period of flourishing was during our Revolu- tionary War against Great Britain. This present session of the Congress, however, has caused her again to live as the most striking exampls of Ameri- can womunhood presented, even if only reminiscently, to contemparary congres- sional eyes. The second deficiency bill carries within it the completion of an appro- priation of $1,650 commemorate for- ever, by means of a tablet or marker at some suitable point between Hartwell and Alfords Bridge, in the State of Georgia, the feminine influence of Nancy Hart. It is deeply to b> regretted that mod- ernistic masculine squeamishness pre- vented a full recognition of the guality of that influsnce. Eliminated Part of Bill. Representative Brand of Georgia, in- deed, in introducing into the House his Nancy Hart bill of the 9th of last December caused it to include a com- plete summary of Mrs. Hart's greatest achievement. The bill, however, was referred to the Committee on the Li- brary, under “he chairmanship of Rep- resentative Luce of Massachusetts, who is a person apparently of a delicacy far aloof from the manners and meth- ods of our antique Southwestern fron- tier. In any case, whether through the consequences of his temperament or through a general degeneration in na- tional robustness, the bill, as reported back from the Committee on the Li- brary to the House, enacted simply the perfecting of “a tablet or marker to commemorate the memory of Nancy Hart” and wholly eliminated, after the words “Nancy Hart,” the following lines: “Who, during the American Revolu- tion, when & party of British Tories came to her home, captured these Tories single-handed and alone, killing one, wounding another, and the living ones being thereafter hanged by Nancy Hart and a few of her neighbor: ‘This country is certainly not what it once was if we thus must flinch from stating legislatively that Nancy hanged them. I'I’,l‘ order to recover for Mrs. Hart a full frankness in the delineation of her merits this writer feels impelled not| only to exhume the original wording of Mr. Brand's bill, Lut also, out of Mr. Brand's collection of docnments re- garding Mrs. Hart, to state completely | the appearance and the demegnor and the topmost deed ol our most recently canonized national heroine. “War Womans Creek.” She lived on_the north side of the | Broad River. Beside her home there | hives. She was also very fond of load- ing and shooting guns. When the Revolutionary War broke out, the pro-Britishers, or Torles, posscssed themselves of most of Mrs. Hart's part of Georgia. '“he pro- Americans, or Whigs - proceeded, most of them, to move away. Mrs, Hart stayed. She kept by her side the “poor stick” to which she was married. He captured no Torles, though Mrs. Hart every day urged him on. All the local immediate capturing of them had to be done by her. . Didn't Slay Captive. One day, quite near her house, she enccuntered a Tory walking by. She engaged him in conversation, As he comfortably rested his gun on the ground in order the better to converse, she seized it from him. He endeavored to recover it. Naturally he was not strong enough to succeed. No man could wrench a gun back from Mrs. Hart. Mrs, Hart continued in pose: sion of the gun, leveled it at the To and marched him to the Whig fortifi cation known as “the old block house. She did not slay that Tory. He must have been a very inoffensive and un- irritating man. The Tories whom Mrs. Hart did slay annoyed her very much. They came to her house and entered it without permission. They killed her last turkey gobbler. They made her cook it for them. She swore at them loudly and plainly, but they persisted. There were five of them. The “poor stick” was out in the flelds on the other side of the woods. ‘The five Torles stacked their guns inside the house. Mrs. Hart managed to push one of these guns through a chink between two logs in one of the | walls of the house. It fell unobserved to the ground outside. Mrs. Hart then in the same way abstracted a second Tory gun and in the same way con- veyed it to the outdoors. She was put- ting her hands upon & third gun when she was detected. Demands Surrender. She thereupon raised this third gun to her shoulder and aimed it in the general direction of all five of the ‘Torles, who, because of her crossed eyes, were in some doubt as to which one of them it was that she had picked for her instant victim. One of them, though, moved. Mrs. Hart fired. Tory fell dead. With a second musket Mrs. Hart fired again. A second Tory fell wounded, With the third of the three musk®ts still left in the house, Mrs. Hart now covered the three remaining standing Tories and immortally exclaimed: “Surrender your damned Tory car- casses to & Whig woman.” ‘They surrendered. ‘The “poor stick” at that moment ar- rived back from the fields and wished to have the three captured Torles shot, flowed a creek. The Indians were well acquainted with the nature of Mrs. | Hart. Because of her they called the | creek “War Womans Creek. | Mrs, Hart was red-haired. Sne was cross-eyed. She was big-boned. She was spare-built. She was 6 feet tall. | Her husband, as she often candidly | said, was “a poor stick.” { She was convertd to religion by Thomas Humnhreys and John Majors | of Virginia in a campmeeting. They were followers of John Wesley. Mrs. Hart accordingly became a fervent Methodist. | She was very fond of tracking deer to their laire. She was also very fond of following swarms of bees to their CLASSHAN RULNG | 5SEEN T WEEK | Justice Luhring to Decide on | *Motion for New Trial for Eight Men. District Supreme Court Justice Oscar | R. Luhring will decide this week whether Herbert Glassman and seven of the men recently convicted with him of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act av Glassman's garages, 2101 Fourteenth street and 1319 L | street, are to be granted a new trial. He heard arguments of counsel for the eight men yesterday, Antonio D'Am- brosio, the ninth man convicted, hav- :I’;“'-l withdrawn his motion for a new Counsel for the convicted men laid emphasis on the action of the trial Justice in eliminating from the jury box three men and one woman who had admitted that they belong to the Crusaders, an organization seeking thus indicating once more his feeble- ness of spirit. “Shoot them?” sald Mrs. Hart, “Shooting is too good for them." She accordingly bound them and took them outdoors and hanged them wiil a little help from the “poor stick” and some friends. In her old age she became not only & fervent but a “shouting” Methodist. Thus reads the real record of the lady to whom we are now reverently erecting a tablet or marker, Moral: We men must have needed a lot of nerve to be so chivalrous and so pro- tective as to keep our women‘away 0 iong from the roughness of voting. (Copyright. 1931.) POTOMAG PARKWAY VOTE T0 BE PUSHED Bill Supporters Hope for Ac- tion in Senate Before End of Session. Supporters of the bill to expedite purchase of important areas in the pro- ed George Washington Memorial 'arkway along the Potomac are still hopeful of obtaining action on the measure before the present Congress expires Wednesday. ‘This 18 one of several local measures still awaiting action on the Senate cal- | endar, If it should not be reached | again’ on the call of the calendar, a request may be made to consider it by | unanimous consent. The parkway bill |18 in charge of Senator Carey, Repub- |liean, of Wyoming. It also requires | House action. | The bill amends the Cramton-Capper | park development law in several re- | spects, the most important of which is | muthority to expend $3,000,000 of the Federal authorization to acquire without amendment of the liquor laws. They cited to the court opinions of appellate tribunals holding it to be error in ex- cluding from jury service in liquor cases members of the Anti-Saloon League The court declined to hear from the prosecution, which was conducted by Assistant United States Attorneys Har- old 'W. Orcutt and James R. Kirkland, NEW KLINGLE BRIDGE BIDS TO BE OPENED | Span Costing $500,000 Expected to Be Ready Next January—An- other Will Be Repaired. Bids for construction of a new bridge to replace the Klingle Valley Bridge on of the raiding policemen. The alleged assault took place at a house in the 1700 block of Thirty-fifth | Morrow afternoon. Policeman H. B, Bower, with | important bridge project in the District R. A Willlams and J. K. Baker of the | dur stre-t liquor squad, entered the house and is alleged to have purchased two pints | it. Connecticut avenue will be opened at | the District Building at 2 o'clock to- This is the most uring the coming working season, 500,000 having been appropriated for Assuming that a satisfactory bid is of whisky from Grorge J. Shatpo, 1400 | Teceived, work on the project will be block of North Capitol street transaction, Bower mads identity and recelved a punch i face, which knocked him down Willlams and Baker placed Sharpo under arrest on liquor possession, s- sault and dead automobile tag charges. In the other rald Policeman T. M. McVearry and E. C, O'Meara_arrested Maude Helen Maxwell of the 700 block of I street, on a charge of possession of seven pints of whisky. Six men found in the house were booked at the Sixth After the known recinct on disorderly conduct eharges. | JUNIOR CONCERT GIVEN Junfor members of the District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs last night presented in the Inlerior De- partment Auditorium their second con- his | n the started in about 10 days. It is expected to be ready next January. Another bridge project, the strengthen- ing of the New Yoik Avenue Bridge in the northeast section, for which $60,000 has been appropriated, will also be undertaken soon. Bids for this work ! will be opened March 25. M’MAHON CONFIRMED ———— Police Court Judge Named to Serve Andther Term. last of thé local nominations » nding In the Senate was disposed of | yestercay whew Judge John P. Me- Manen wes confiim d for anothrr toim n_the bench of Folice Court. Favorable action was taken imm:~ jmlfifi.l] following the filing of the re- of the Ji Committ delay certain key properties regarded as | essential to the parkway along the river. | It does not increase the share to be borne by the Federal Government in | developing the park. The bill would | allow the Government to advance the full cost of lands to be acquired on re- | ceipt of adequate guaranty from re- | sponsible sources for repayment of half | the amount. Under existing law the advance can be made only when Mary- |land or Virginia pledges reimbursement of half the cost. \ONE SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR U. S. ADVOCATED fPrelident of National Education Association Addresses District Organization. The integration of public, private and parochial schools into one vast educa- | tional system was advocated by Dr. Will's A. Sutton, president of the Na- tional Education Association at the an- | nual banquet of the District Education mtnuon last night at the Mayflower | Hotel. Dr. Sutton spoke on “The New Goals of the Schools of America.”” He also urged an extensive health program for all school children and stressed the contribution of the schools to the busi~ negr of the N;vuon. Frank W. Ballou, suj tendent of schools, described the m%evrel:.nent for feeding undernourished school _chil> dren, and Mrs. Henry Gratton Doyle, member of the Board of Education, de- scribed the progress of the District public echool system in the last 10 years, | _The guests of honor were Dr. J. W. “Crnbll'ee, secretary of the National Ecducetion Ascoclation, and Mrs. Crab- |tree, Dr. Joy Elmer Morgan, editor of | the organization’s Bulletin, and Dr. | Albert Bushnell Hart, noted educator. Dr. J. Oren Towers, president of the B By S Helen” Tulley. . Mors 300 attended. : [ Al ORATORY CONTEST IN CAPITAL ARE 16,889 Pupils Will Partici- pate in Eliminations Under Star’s Auspices. COUNTY EVENTS ARE SET FOR MARCH AND APRIL Sectional Finals to Be Held Here in May—Winner to Get Trip to Europe. Contestants from 65 high schools will |compete in the elimination meets in the Evening Star area of the Natlonal Oratorical Contest, according to an an- nouncement yesterday by local contest headquarters, A total of 16,889 puplls in this national district will participate in the preparatory phases of the contest this year, as compared to 14,520 par- ticipants last year. This represents a gain of slightly better than 15 per cent. Entries for the contest closed officlally yesterday at noon. Four entries were received Iast week. ; Georgetown Preparatory School, Gar- iret Park, Maryland, reports 75 per cent of its pupils at work on contest sub- Jects. Rev. Robert 8. Loyd is the head- master of this school, and Prefect of Studles P. F. O'Gorman sponsors the contest preparations. Baden High Enters. The Baden High School, Baden, Md., W. R. C. Connick, principal, also is Iir!)o‘mlng a contestant for the com- petition. _River Springs High_ School, Oakley, Md., Lawrence C. Medlock, principal, is the third addition to the Maryland toll. The Swavely School, Manassas, Va., Ell Swavely, principal; Robert 8. Illingsworth, headmaster and contest chairman, is the fourth new entry. Thirty-six of the schools listed are in the 100 per cent class. That fs, in these institutions every student has been assigned to compose a written ora- tion on some subject related to the Constitution of the United States. Virginia in Lead. Virginia leads in this class, with 18 organizations qualified. Eight entire student bodies in the Maryland divi- sion and five in the District of Colum- bia private and parochial unit_are represented. Central, McKinley, Busi- ness, Eastern and Western High Schools, each one of which comprises on: district among the 11 embraced by the Star area, also are 100 per cent entries. Dunbar, Armstrong and Car- doza High Schools form the other three districts. The Virginia unit, which is composed of Fauquler, Fairfax, Loudoun, Arling- ton and Prince William Countles and the city of Alexandria, has 24 schools enrolled. Fourteen of these are entered from Fairfax, Pauquier and Arlington Counties, where every student in every high school is preparing a contest com- position, giving these counties a 100 per cent rating. 25 Maryland Schools. Twenty-five schools from the Mary- land division, eight from the private tand parochial section, and the eight Washington high schools complete the roster of entries. Intra-school eliminations are pend- ing in many of the competing organiza- tions. County préliminaries will begin late in March and continue through the middle of April. The winner of each county contest will receive a gold medal and will be eligible to compete in the district meet. The State division winner is awarded a prize of $100 cash, and is enrolled in the Star area finals, held in Washing- ton in May. The Star winner earns a $200 cash prize, is given a Summer tour of Europe with all expenses paid, and is qualified for the National finals. There the representatives from the seven national contest zones, of which the Star area is zone number two, en- ter in competition for the championship of the United Scates, and for the honor of representing this country in the Intérnational Contest. LOUISIANA AVENUE SEEKS NEW NAME {Small Part of Route Left After Building Work Ends Must Be Labeled. ‘The District Commissioners are in the market for a new name for a por- tion of Louisiana avenue. The act recently signed by President Hoover changing the name of B street | north to Constitution avenue also took |away the name of Louisiana avenue {from the thoroughfare at present bear- ing that name. Most of the present Loulsiana avenue will be swallowed up by new Federal buildings, but a small fragment of it, from Seventh to D street, will remain open. ‘The name of Louisiana avenue will be borne by a new avenue to be cut southwest from Union Station to Penn- sylvania avenue in connection with the development of the Capital plaza. So the name of the small remaining strip must be changed. One suggestion received by the city heads is that on account of the vestig- lal and useless character of residuary street, it be named Appendix avenue. The Commissioners are not believed to favor this name, however. Another suggestion, much more warm- ly received, is “Municipal avenue.” RECEIVERS ASK RULING ON RETURN OF NOTES Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Con- trollers Says Noteholders Have _ Been Given Credit. The District Supreme Court_ yester- day was asked to advise Maj. Julius I Peyser and Henry P. Blair, receivers for Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co., bank- rupt investment house, what to do about murnlnf notes which were left with the firm for collection prior to its action in seeking bankruptey. Attornzy Mictacl M. Doyle and At- torney Mark Fricdlander tell the court jen behall of the receivers that all the | notcholders who have filed petitions for return have be:n given credit on the company's . All of the notes are purported to be secured despite the fact that trusts on the invol have been released, state. In asking the eou:m lgt advice the thelr right to fthe notes, MARCH Oscar Passes On, But His Progeny Remains Behind Patriarch of Cockroaches at District Building Answers Piper’s Call. ‘Well—the cockroaches won. Showered with deadly sodium flour- ide, beguiled by snares of insidiuos “ecstacy powder,” the tribe inhabiting the District Building press room has survived all assaults. The first reporter to show up at the press room yesterday morning was met as usual by Alcibiades and Agamennon. The reporter was astounded. By this time, all the cock- roaches should be dead. But Alciblades and Agamemnon. The reporter was Alciblades waved his whiskers mean- ingly at the reporter's frugal lunch bag. Agamemnon stroked his proboscis thoughtfully. Examining the scene of battle more carefully, the reporter finally did find a few corpses. Oscar is no more. Flora, faithful to the last, apparently expired in frightful agony beside him. Perhaps both, forgetful that they were no longer -as young as they had been, partook somewhat too rapaciously of the ecstasy powder. Perhaps the sodium flouride finally got in its deadly work. 1t must be remembered that his vener- able pair had given the world 85,000 young cockroaches, Their work was really done. But the younger generation is ndt to be disposed of 50 easily. 1t may well be imagined that when the Pled Piper who called at the District Building recently strewed his ecstasy powder around they did not stay their mandibles when they discovered its entrancing taste. The effect of this powder, which so thor- oughly disposed of the White House cockroach tribe, is to cause the cocl roaches to run madly about the land- Inclpr. In theory this goes on until the | | cockroach, exhausted, lies down on his back and dies of exhaustion, passing ont in a graceful attitude, This theory may work very well with some cockroaches— perhaps with most. But the youths of the tribe of press room roaches, living as they did in an atmosphere fairly reeking with journalistic enterprise and vigor, were just warmed up after 18 hours of mad sprinting hither and yon. 1t is thus that races survive. Darwin pointed out that only the fittest linger to hand on their inherited character- istics to succeeding generations. And remember, the press room cockroaches had everything in_ thelr favor to begin with. They had been living with re- porters for years. CASSIDY'S APPEAL OPPOSED BY ROVER U. S. Attorney Says Officer Justified in Arresting “Man in Green Hat.” 1 A brief opposing the appeal of | George Cassidy, the “man in the green hat,” has been filed in the District Court of Appeals by United States At- torney Leo A. Rover and his assistants, Neil Burkinshaw and John J. Wilson. Cassidy s seeking to have set aside a conviction for transporting liquor, which followed his arrest in front of the Senate Office Building by Sergt. George M. Little of the liquor squad. Under Prison Sentence. He is under sentence of 18 months 1 in the penitentiary and a $2,000 fine. Cassidy’'s arrest created & sensation as it was charged he had been selling liquor in the Senate office bullding. His presence there ¢voked widespread criticism. After his conviction, Cassidy, by an oversight, was picked to sit on a jury in a criminal case in District Supreme Court. He was excused from service when his record was brought to light. Arrest Is Defended. The United States Attorney's office | claimed that the arresting officer knew Cassidy as a bootlegger and had prob- able cause for his arrest, “To apply the rule as to whether there had been apparent facts to lead a reasonably prudent and discreet man to believe that liquor was being trans- ported illegally is not necessal the Government counsel assert. “If the arresting officers had come to any other conclusion with regard to the particular activitics of Cassidy on the date in auestion, they would have bren un-| | necessarily obtuse. \WIFE SUES HUSBAND’S PARENTS FOR $50,000 Mrs. Clifford Sanford Declares “In- | laws” Caused Separation After Divorce Reconciliation, Mrs. Shannon Florence Sanford, 19, | through her mother, Mrs. Lucille E. Baker, 1953 Biltmore street, yesterday filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $50,000 damages from Joseph and Mary Louise Sanford, 2428 North Capitol street, parents of her husband, Clifford Sanford, 22, South Atlantic diving champion. The young wife charges that her “in-laws” alienated the affections of her husband and caused her to lose his companionship and assistance. ‘The Sanfords were married Septem- ber 7, 1928, and about a year ago the wife brought suit for a limited divorce, charging cruelty amd intimating that the parents-in-law were responsible for their marital troubles. A reconciliation the | was effected, the wife says, but they again separated because of interference of the defendants. sanford has appeared at many local swimming pools as a lifeguard and last Summer served in that capacity at Chesapeake Beach, it is stated. Attor- ney Michael J. Lane appears for the wife. e 8,500 EXTRA POLICEMEN GUARD AGAINST BANDITS By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 28.—America’s largest city met the roaring challenge of gang guns and bandits tonight with the assignment of 8,500 extra palice- men and detectives to duty from lcr.m. until early Sunday, bringing the city’ total Saturday night guard to 14,500 men. High police officials denied that a general crime roundup was behind the remarkable move, “Just a preventative order,” sald John J, Sullivan, assistant chief inspector. Most of the extra force was concen- trated in Manhattan. Of the men who worked from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m, today, ordered to back for lved | 5,000 were night plain clothes duty, i pmml& The Sundiay Shat® SUNDAY MORNING, 1, 1931 ¥ CAPITAL 0 LAUNCH HIGHWAY PROGRAM DURING THIS MONTH Widening of B Street to New Bridge to Begin on April 15. WORK ON FIRST PROJECT IS LISTED FOR MARCH 15 H Street Job to Start Plans. Score of Pavements to Be Replaced. Three street widening jobs will be undertaken by the District during the coming working season. The dates for starting the jobs were announced by Capt. Herbert C. Whitehurst, District highway engineer, yesterday. The first job will be the widening of H street between Massachusetts avenue and Seventh street, which will start March 15. Widening of B street, from Fourteenth street to Virginia avenue, in connection with developing B street as an approach to the Arlington Memorial Bridge, will start April 15. The third job 1s on First street, from B street to Union Station Plaza. This will be un- dertaken on July At the same time Capt. Whitehurst made public the list of dates at which the various jobs of refacing asphalt pavements will be undertaken, They are as follows: Street Resurfacing Jobs. First street northeast, New York to Florida avenues, April 15; O street, Ninth to Tenth streets, April 20; N street, Sixth to Seventh streets, April 23; Seventh street, Louisiana avenue to G street (east side), April 27; Sec- ond street, H to I streets, May 1; New York avenue, Fourteenth streets (south side), street, Indlana setts avenue, M; Fifth street, New York avenue to M street, May 18; L street, Sixth to Eleventh streets, May 21; Rhode Island avenue northeast, Fourth to Fourteenth streets (south side), June 4. Beventh street, Louislana avenue to G street (west side), June 22; P street, Twenty-sccond street to Virginla ave- nue, June 29; I street, Eighteenth to Twentieth streets, June 30; G street, Seventeenth to Twenty-second streets (north side), July 7; Q street, Wis- consin avenue to Thirty-fifth street, July 14: F street, Twenty-second street to Virginia avenue (south side), July 20; e Island avenue northeast, Fourth to Twelfth streets (north side), July 21; G street, Seventeenth to Twenty-Second streets (south side), August, 3, Other Jobs Listed. ‘The following asphalt streets will be treated by the heater method: S:venth street northeast, Maryland avenue to K street, June 1; Tenth street north- east, East Capitol strcet to Maryland avenue, June 15; Ninth street south- east, G street to Viriginia avenue, June 24; Beventh street, G street to Mt. Vernon plac (west _side), June 29; Pennsylvania avenue, Sixth to Fifteenth streets (north side), July 2; Seventh street, G street to Massachusetts ave- nue (east side), July 27; Eighteenth street, Florida avenue to lumbia road, July 31. The paving of the south side of Pennsylvania avenue between Sixth and Fourteenth strects, has been postponed pending development of the Federal triangle area, ROADHOUSE MANAGER DYING, FIVE SOUGHT Description of Two Women and Three Men Attackers Is Furnished to Police. Local and Maryland police last night were searching for two women and three men who escaped in an automo- bile after attacking and seriously in- Juring a colored road house proprietor at Woodyard, Md., yesterday. ‘The proprietor, Hildreth Jackson, 35 years, old, lles at the point of death in Casualty Hospital. According to police, the two women and three men entered Jackson’s place of business and, after ordering food and drinks, started an argument with the proprietor. One of the men, police say, obtained a shotgun from a corner in the road house and shot twice at Jackson. One shot lodged in the ceiling and the other also went wide of its mark. John Wilson, former Maryland con- stable of Croome, Md., who was in the roadhouse at the time, said he wrested the gun from the man's hands and at- tempted to place him under arrest. The man, Wilson said, asked for his cre- dentials, and since he had none, Wilson said, he released his captive. He then walked to his automobile and left. Police were furnished with detailed descriptions of the five persons and the license number of their cai FLORIDA BOYS AND GIRLS DECORATED WITH MEDAL Floral Flag and Laurel Wreaths Are Placed at Tomb of Unknown Soldier. ‘Thirty-six boys and girls from Florida, here as the guests of Represcntative Ruth Bryan Owen to get a close up view of the Government functioning, yesterday afternoon were decorated with the Old Glory Medal of the United States Flag Association, presented by Col. James A. Moss, president of the organization, and also w:re given life cl’trtlflflks of membership in the asso- clation. ‘The ceremony was held in the amphitheater at Arlin Col. Moss gave a patriotism, and afterward, the visitors placed floral flag and two laurel wreaths the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in tribute to the dead which he bolizes. Later they placed & wreath at the i of lfam Jennings Bryan, Fither of Mrs. Owen, SEVEN TO BE INITIATED Delta Tau Delta of G. W. U. to Hold Ceremony Tonight. Seven new members will be initiat:d into the Delta Tau Delta, national scholastic fraternity, at ceremonics of the George Washington University chapter in the fraternity house, 1524 K street, this afternoon. The ceremonies will be followed a b’tmt at the Bedfellow KING COBRA RODE PULL- MAN WITH CURATOR Passengers on a Washington-bound Pullman Priday night might not have slept so soundly had they known that one of their traveling companions was & 14-foot king cobra, the most poison- ous snake known. ‘The cobra was en route from New York to the new snake house at the National Zoological Park here, and his occupancy of a Pullman berth was due to tl t that Dr. Raymond L. Dit- h | mare, curator of reptiles at the New York Zoological Garden, who had him in charge, did not want to become sep- arated from the reptile, ‘The trip was described last night by Dr. Ditmars in an address before the Blological Soclety of Washington at the National Museu Incidentally—and importantly — the snake was securely fastened in a canvas bag, which then was housed in a suit case, before the journey was started. A startling, nerve-tingling close-up of the great king cobra, the deadliest of all snakes, breathing deflance to all creation from his cage in the new reptile house at the Washington Zoo- logical Garden. —Underwood Photo. ROBBER GET 110 FROMLAUNORY A Leo F. Dornisch Found Un-jtes conscious in Alley After Attack by Trio. Leo Francis Dornisch, 25 years old, of 926 Abraham street, told police last night how he was waylaid and rendered unconscious by footpads who set upon him in an alley behind 1451 Park road and robhed him of $110 while he was making delieveries for the Weashington Laundry Co. Dornisch was found in the alley by occupants of a nearby apartment. They telephoned No. 10 precinct and the driver was taken to Garfield Hospital in the patrol wagon. There he was treated for two severe scalp lacerations. Dornisch told police that he saw an automobile follow him into the alley, where he stopped tn make a delivery, but pald no particular attention to the machine until it drew up behind him. The drive: sald he went to the back of his truck to remove a laundry bundle, and hit from behind without any warning just as he started to carry the bundle into the back door of an apart- ment. ) The manager of the apartment fur- nished police descriptions of three white men who entered through a back door and departed in apparent haste shortly after Dornisch was attacked. ‘The injured man’s condition was not regarded as serious, and he was dis- missed after treatm A HOTEL STOPS GIVING MEALS FOR JOBLESS Emergency Conditions Past, Man- agement Declares in Ending :'Junteen." Because emergency conditions have passed, according to hotel officials, the | to Mayflower Hotel yesterday terminated its practice, carried on since December 26, of feeding hungry and unemployed men. The hotel, which has been serv- ing a hot meal at noon daily, issued a statement yesterday that it had reached an agreement with the Salvation Army that conditions have become bet Each day 125 men were given cards which entitled them to food at the “can- teen,” located in a garage in the rear of 1709 L street. It was estimated that more than 8,000 meals have been served during this period, under the direction of Daniel J. O'Brien, president and managing director of the hotel. TWO WIVES FILE SUITS FOR ABSOLUTE DIVORCE Mrs. Esther Showalter and Mrs. Ruth Koppialky Charge Mates With Misconduct. Mrs. Esther O'Toole Showalter, 918 G street southeast, has filed suit in_the District Supreme Court for an abso- lute divorce from Francis M. Showalter, 503 B street southeast. They were mar- ried March 1,1927, and the wife charges misconduct and names & co-respondent. i?.ilh represented by Attorney Charles orris. [ Absolute divorce is also asked in a suit by Mrs. Ruth T. Koppialky, 2601 Cal- vert street, against Willlam, H. Kop- plalky, described only as a resident of Maryland. They were married Decem- ber 15, 1919, and have one child. Mis- conduct is alleged. Attorney Jean M. Boardman appears for the wife. Entertains. PAGE B-—1 SWORTZELL CASE CONTINUED AFTER SHARP EXCHANGES Prosecution Rests in Hearing Before Police Trial Board. Defense Witness Il ATTEMPT AT EXTORTION CHARGED TO DEFENDANT, Clash Occurs on Affidavit Signed by Woman Alleged to Have Been Intended Victim. Sharp exchanges between opposing counsel marked the hearing of Ardie C. Swortzell before the police trial board yesterday on charges of conduct prejue f.f"‘;' to the good order of the depart- ent. After the prosecution had rested its case the defense was ted a con- tinuance of three weeks. It will go forward then if John C. Elgin, one of the principal defense witnesses, has re- covered sufficiently to testify. He has been in a hospital suffering from pneumonia. Extortion Testimony Given. ‘The prosecution’s case was around testimony of Capt. Edward J. Kelly, Lieut. John H. Fowler and In- spector T. R. Bean to the effect that Swortzell had participated in an al- leged extortion plot nearly a year ago. The defendant was charged with at- tempting to get $30 in protection money from Rose Marie Foster, former opera- tor of an alleged disorderly house in the 1900 block of First street. Crandall Mackey, attorney for Swort~ zell, objected to introduction of an affidavit signed by the Foster woman. He contended she was in the city and should have been brought before the board, and also argued the afidavit was inadmissible on the grounds that his client had been given no opportunity to cross-examine the woman. Address Is Asked. Robert E. Lynch, ranking assistant corporation counsel, challenged Mackey to furnish the address of the woman in order that she might be compelled to appear as a witness: Mr. Lynch said he would take personal responsibility for having Miss Foster brought in :l;%\;ld Mr. Mackey supply the necessary 'ess. The prosecutor contended the Court of Appeals would hold invalid all de- cisions of the board if efforts were not made to obtain the ice of neces- sary witnesses. He added he would take the matter up with Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, in order to obtain prompt service on Miss Foster, providing, of course, that Mr. Mackey learned the woman's address. Search for Woman Fails. The defense attorney insisted the woman had been résiding on N street as recently as 10 days ago. Lieut. J E. ), ht_inspector, tified he had spent days in an unsuccessful effort to locate the woman. He explained he had numercus apartment houses where she had been known to reside in the past. In announcing he would take Mr. Mackey’s motion for exclusion of the T Bl sy il sup= . Stoll, ¢ 3 rurt of the trial board in efforts to locate Miss Foster. DETECTIVES INJURED IN TRAFFIC MISHAP Street Car Crashes Into Rear of Auto—Other Accidents Claim Victims. Two eighth precinct detectives weré slightly jured yesterday afternoon when a W. R. & E. Co. street car crashed into the rear end of an auto- mobile in which they were riding in the 600 block of W street. Detective M. J. Mahaney, 33 yeard old, of 721 Quebec street, suffered pos= sible fractures of two ribs, while Detec- tive J. E. Kenney, 29 years old, of 3347 Eighteenth street, sustained minor body bruises. They were treated at Freed« men's Hospital, Motorman Eustace Huitt of 915 E street southeast, who was operating the street car, was not d. Severe injuries of the head were re- celved by Willlam A. Berkley, 64 years old, of 1858 Ingleside Terrace, when an automobile operate by urice - mer of Passaic, N. J, struck him at Sll:ltfemh and wton streets last night. Berkley was knocked unconsclous, but was revived by physicians at Gar- .| field Memorial Hospital a few moments after being taken to that institution by passing motorists. Eugene Oliver Gasney, colored, 9 years old, of 2277 H street, was taken Freedman's Hospital with severe lacerations of the face and several broken ribs yesterday, after being struck near his home by an automobile oper< ated by Hugh E. Phillips, 48 years old, of 3808 Jenifer street. The boy's con- dition was reported to be undetermined. Two Pedestrians Hurt. Two_pedestrians were seriously ine jured .last night when run down by sn automobile on Sligo avenue in_Silver Spring, Md. The injured, Edward Stewart, 28, of 270 Sligo avenue, and Joseph Sbedico, 24, a student at the National Dyeing and Cleaning Institute at Silver Spring, who lived with the Stewart family, were taken to Walter Reed Hospital by a m leged to have run them down. ‘The motorist left without making known his identity after learning that Stewart had possible internal injurfes, a severe shock and tions about the fact and body and Sbedico was suffering from a fractured left leg and body bruises. Policeman Joseph Nolte of the Silver Spring substation invesigated the case nn?' t‘mmmmn a lookout for the mo- tor! SEEKS ENDURANCE MARK Capt. Boyd, Transatlantic Flyery ‘Will Try to Better Record. BEACH, Fla, February .—Capt. J. Errol Boyd, trans- atlan fiyer, and the veteran ocean- going monoplane Co'umbia, wili try for a non-refueling endurance record here :ml.l’l\?‘“ six weeks,” Capt. Boyd sald onight. The present record is 67 hours and 15 minutes. John D. McCormick will be The colu:::u twice flew the Af