Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1931, Page 17

Washington News : _ WASHINGTON, D., C, @he Foen L 4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION LASTOF ARKETS DOONEDTORAZIG ASBIS ARE ASKED | | i i i Wrecking Work Due to Start Soon After April 1, When Tenants Vacate. . 3 SQUARES TO COMPRISE | JUSTICE BUILDING SITE| Produce Merchants Forced Out of | 01d Stands to Other Sec- tions of City. The last part of Washington's well: known old market center in the down-}| t town area today was doomed to de-| struction when bids were asked for the demolition of all the buildings in the | area bounded by Ninth and Tenth streets and by Constitution and Pcnn-i sylvania avenues. This site is to be used for the monu- | mental new $10,000.000 Department of Justice Building, which is to rise soon on the location. The bids will be opened in the office of the supervising architect of the ‘Treasury Monday afternoon, March 23, at 3 o'clock. The contract to be let will provide far wrecking the entire area,; which includes three squarks, known as squares 380, 381 and 382. Will Be Last to Go. On this site there has been located for many years an array of market men, commission men, poultry merchants and i stores. ‘With the breaking up of this area goes the last of the old market cen- ter, which began disappearing from the Federal triangle several years ago when the old Farmers’ Market sheds were torn down to make way for the new In- ternal Revenue Building. These old farmers’ sheds were long shelters under | which the farmers from the nearby country drove to sell their produce di- rect to buyers. They used to run from ‘Tenth to Twelfth streets between B and C streets. Following the disappearance of the old Farmers' Market. the old Center Market proper, which for years had been under the direction of the De- partment of Agriculture, was vacated and is now being torn down to make way for the new Archives Building. Now the last of the market center to go wiil be the area intended for the new Department of Justice Building. Already commission merchants have moved out of their places of business in the row of stands facing Constitution avenue, between Ninth and Tenth streets, They have gone principally to two places, it was ‘Jearned today—to the new Union Market Terminal at Fifth and Florida avenue northeast and to the Southwest market site on Water street. | Merchants Must Vacate. Along Louisiana avenue, on the scuth side, however, a long row of merchants today were still selling their meats, vegetables and fruits to the public. Some of these men are going to Con- vention Hall and some to a new loca- tion near Fifth and K streets opposite Convention Hall Merket. Some are going to the Southwest site and others to the Paiterson tract and elsewhere. On the north side of Luoisiana ave- nue, and running around the corner on ‘Tenth street, is the line of chicken merchants and commission merchants. Some of them already have moved. Some plan to go to the northeast mar- ket terminal, others to the southwest site and a few to scattered locations. One of the old lahdmarks which will torn down to make way for the Department of Justice will be the old Bijou Theater, formerly known as Ford's Opera House. Work to Start in April. All occupants of the area are to be out by April 1, and the destruction work | will probably start shortly thereafter. | Following the clearing of the site, it is expected another contract will be let for the foundation, and then a third for the construction of the superstruc- ture of the Department of Justice Building. ~ Already_drilling has been started about the site to determine the nature of the subsoil for foundation purposes. Plans for the Department of Justice are being drawn by the architectural antzinger, Bor Philadelphia. © sk LITTLE SNOW IN SIGHT REMAINDER OF WINTER| Veather Bureau Says Flurries Are Likely—Fall Here Is Inter- rupted With Rain. ‘Washington probably has experienced its last snowfall this Winter, except for occasional flurries, Weather Bureau of- ficials believed today. 1t is possible there would have been | a depth of .8 of an inch of at | the rate it was falling early this morn- | ing had it not been for the melting| rain. The only purpose served by the | light rain of Saturday night and today it was said, was to keep the March | record of rainfall at about an even | balance. | With the mercury registering as low as 32 degrees tonight, it is probable | there will be another slight flurry of | snow later in the day. Tomorrow, how- | cver, was forecast as fair, with a grad- | snow as it has been of rain, the lat fall having been the heaviest since N Year The measurable water, as a Tesult of the snow and rain since last night, was to have been about| .08 of an inch. CHURCHES PLAN PAGEANT | Methodists Co-operate in Produc- ing “‘Searchers for the Light.” ‘The Methodist Episcopal churches of the Washington district are co-operat- ing in the production of a pageant en- titled “Searchers for the Light” to be staged at 8 o'clock Friday night, March 27, at Foundry M. E. Church, Sixt:enth and P streets. The entertainment will be put on under auspices of the Wom- en's Foreign Missionary Society. A cast of 125 is being rehearsed for the pageant. The program includes musical numbers by an ensemble of church soloists and a children’s chorus, Incendiary Suspects Sought. Police are searching for two men said to have ignited paper they stuffed in the windows of the Try-Me Bottling Co. garage, 1357 Wylie court northeast, rday. ’egfremcyn responding to the alarm ex- Drug Halts‘ Recovery From Ether, Morphine and Amytal Hast- ened and Death From Strychnine Solution Pre-' vented by Sodium Thiocyanate Given Rabbits. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Possibilities of neutralizing the effects of strychnine and of bringing patients out of ether, morphine or amytal anaes- thesia much more rapidly than normal are seen from & series of experiments just reported in the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Drs. Wilder D. Bancroft and J. E. Rutzler, r., of Cornell University. These effects, the two scientists re- ported, were produced in rabbits by in- jection into their blood of small quanti- ties of a chemical substance, sodium thiocyanate. This drug was used after experimental confirmation of a_theory, first reported in France nearly 75 years ago, that the effects of various anaes- thetics were produced by coagulation of protein substances in the sensory nerves. Different drugs appeared to have a specific sclective effect on dif- ferent proteins. The doctors then sought for a drug | which would have approximately the opposite bio-chemical effect, and used sodium thiocyanate, which did not ap- pear to have any harmful effects on the organism. Some of the results are reported as follows: Reflex Return Hastened. A rebbit was given ether uniil the eyelid reflex was lost, a sign of com- plete anesthesia. After the cther cone was removed the reflex returned in 270 seconds and the animal stood up of its own accord in six and a half minutes. After several hours the experiment was repeated, but the ether was given one second longer, so that the animal presumably was in a considerably deep- er anesthetic state. minute a small amount of sodium thiocyanate was injected into a vein of the ear, The lid reflex returned in 50 seconds, more than five times as quick- ly as in the control animal. The rab- bit stood up of its own accord in four and a half minutes. More striking results were obtained with the anaesthetic drug amytal, from which the patient regains consciousness much more slowly. A control rabbit rendered insensible by amytal remained in this state for 4 hours and 14 min- utes. Another was given the same amount of amytal, injected into a vein, and four minutes after it was com- pletely anaesthetized an _extremely minute amount of sodium thiocyanate was injected. The lid reflex returned in 15 minutes. Even while the injection was being made the animal raised its head and moved its legs slightly. “The gnimal never lost conscious- | convulsions. |seven minutes later the same amount But in the last | - The fifth experiment was With the Anaesthesia ness,” the investigators report. “after the first injection of sodium thiocyanate and from that time on it gradually gained in strength.” Fatal Dose Counteracted. Then a rabbit was put to sleep in 12 minutes with an injection of a morphine solution. More than four hours later the animal was in such a deep slecp that it showed practically no resistance to severe mauling. When it was lifted by the ears at this time it gave one feeble kick. The next morning it was awake, but quite weak. Then another rabbit was given prac- tically the same amount of morphine, and as soon as the sleep became very definite sodium thiocynate was in-| jected. Tt became conscious in eight | minutes and was able to sit up with- out any trouble, but was in a dull stuper. An hour later it lapsed back into unconsciousness, but was_quickly restored by a small amount of the drug In four hours it fought violently against being lifted by the ears. So far as the two investigators could determine the animal never completely lost con- | sciousness after the first injection. Then a rabbit was given an injection of a strychnine solution which preduced The animal died in eight Then another rabbit was in- minutes : with sodium _thiocynate and jected of strychnine was administered. The convuisions appeared and finally one was so severe that it knocked the rab- bit down. After this they were less violent and the animal appeared to have recovered completely in 20 min utes. Injection Prevents Shock. little-understood phenomena of ana- phylactic shock, caused by the injection { of some specific foreign substance into the body. The animal protected by an | injection of sodium thiocyanate ap- peared to suffer no ill effects, while the control rabbit had a severe shock. In the National Academy of Sciences report the investigators offer no spec- ulations as to the possible significance of the results of these experiments in | medicine, but confine themselves to | statement of the theory and what ac- tually took place with the laboratory animals, But they state that “sodium thiocy- nate ‘should alleviate and perhaps counteract any disturbances due to coagulation of the nerve proteins.” PUSH REALTY QULZ, BROOKHART URGES Confidence Will Be Restored When Proposed Laws Are Passed, He Says. Announcing that at the next sessibn of Congress he will urge a continuation | of the Senate investigation into real estate and security financing transac- tions in Washington, Senator Brookhart, Republican, of lowa, issued a statement last night in ‘whigh he expressed the belief that when the inquiry is com- pleted and the proposed new laws passed “confidence will be restored and Wash- | ington can continue its remarkable de- velopment.” In his statement Senator Brookhart suggested an investigation of the af- fairs of the Commonwealth FPinance Corporation a number of years ago. The Senator indicated he hought the in- | uiry should be made to ascertain what business relations of the F. H. Smith | Co. may have been with the Common- wealth Finance Corporation. ‘Wants Others Convicted. After pointing out that G. Bryan Pitts, former head of the F. H. Smith Co., has been sentenced to serve 14 years in penitentiary, Senator Brook- hart in his statement added: “There are others besides Pitts who should bz made to pay for their crimes against soci-ty and for helping to wreck public confidence in the real estate business in Washington. At the next session of Congress 1 should aggressively demand that others guilty of gross crimes b> punished. I shall press for my restlution to continue a senatorial investigation of commercial crime in the City of Washington. “The bankruptcy of the Common- wealth Finance Co, should be thorough- ly investigated for the purpos: of find- ing out who are the guilty wreckers of this corporation in order to lay the en- tire matter b:fore the Department of Justice and grand jury. If this is care- fully investigated we shall find if it was by the hand of G. Bryan Pitts and of officials and attorneys for both the Commonwealth Finance _Corporation and the F. H. Smith Co., that its ruin was accomplished.” Thousands Hold Stock. Senator Brookhart said there are 17,000 stockholders in the Common- wealth Finance Corporation scattered throughout the United States. Senator Brookhart added that “the investigation should determine why .| prosecution of Pitts and other officials | wWas being held up. of both corporations wa: 1924 when the Senate mittee brought ouf in Washington’s T I 2 $10,000 DAMAGES ASKED topped in strict Com- so much rottenness real estate |Death of Passenger of Car Line Burglars Enter Combined Post Of- Laid to Accident. Sarah Burns, 300 Florida avenue, ad- ministratrix cf the estate of Susie Price, today filed a suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $10,000 dam- ages from the Washington Railway & Electric Co. Susie Price was a pas- lently to the side and floor of the car and sustained injuries from which she died July 18. The accident occurred on Fourteenth street between G and H streets. Attorneys C. Chester Caywood and Daniel Partridge, 3d, appear for the administratrix. BANDIT STRIKES WOMAN 75 Cents and 15 Car Tokens Too Little for Robber. Nettled by gaining only 75 cents and 15 car tokens when he held up Mary Atkinson, colored, of 2007 Georgia ave- nue, last night, a colored bandit struck his victim with his fist and fled, police reported. The woman, who is employed as a maid by Swager Sherley, former mem- ber of Congress, 2600 Upton street, re- ported she was on her way to work when confronted by the colored man Hngbhed the blaze. Damage was and a white companion in the 28 block of Upton street. situa- | senger on a car of the company May 12 | last and. it is claimed, was thrown vio- | PARKED AUTOIST SHOOTS AT OFFICER {W. E. Smith, Treasury Em- | ploye, Is Held by.Fairfax Police. | Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va, March, 16—W. E | smith, 23 years old, of Alabama, a | draftsman in the United States Treas- | ury Department, Washington, is in the | Fairfax County Jail today, charged with | shooting at an officer with intent to killafter Carl McIntosh of the Fairfax County traffic police had a narrow | escape from death as a result of an| | encounter on the Chain Bridge road | early yesterday. Fairfax County police have been in- | structed to break up petting parties znd vigorously enforce the anti-parking law on public highways within their juris- | diction. Officer Was in Uniform. McIntosh, who with the other police officers of Fairfax County, wears a dis- tinctive uniform of light biue with black | cartridge belt and leggins, police in- | signia- being prominently displayed on his coat and the visor of his cap, ap- | proached a parked automobile and was met by the crack of a pistol shot. Calling out that he 'was an officer, he continued to advance, but powder | from a second shot scorched his face. Dodging behind the machine he looked through the rear window and received a third shot through the collar of his coat. Drawing his own pistol, he then threatened to shcot unless the driver surrendeted. Smith climbed out of the car, holding hisPhands high and drop- ping his pistol on the road. McIntosh escorted Smith and his girl companion to the county jail. The girl was released after investigation. In the | | back of the machine were found 18 targets. Smith, who has been in Wash- |ington for only a few months, is said | |to have boasted to the officers of his marksmanship with a pistol and the | bull's-eyes of the targets seemed to | bear witness to his skill. Held for Grand Jury. | He was taken before Justice of Peace A. C. Ritchie at Fairfax yesterday and | pleaded guilty, waiving a preliminary | hearing. _Judge Ritchie held him for | the grand jury which convened today. Smith states he did not realize McIn- | tosh was a policeman and thought he | “Sheriff E. P. Kerby stated Smith 15 | a1s0 liable to a charge of carrying con- cealed weapons |POST OFFICE ROBBERS OBTAIN 1,900 PENNIES fice and Express Station at Springfield, Va. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALREXANDRIA, Va, March 16— Robbers who broke into the combined | Southern Railway station and United States Post Office at Springfield, Va., near this city, would do well to visit a penny arcade. The robbers obtained a sack containing 1,900 pennies. Report of the affair was made to local police yesterday. Entrance to the building was obtained by forcing the door with an iron obtained from a railroad track. 27 GIVEN DIPLOMAS Graduation Exercises Held by School of Costume Art. ‘Twenty-seven students of the White School of Costume Art, 800 H street, were graduated at commencement ex- ercises in the Hamilton Hotel today. Certificates of graduation were pre- sented by Mrs. Margaret M. Bachtell, instructor in charge. The graduates were dressed in gowns made by them- selves, Four of the graduates received hon- orable mention. They are Mattie Alex- ander, Lulu Bohrer, Sara Pearson and lnor ROCK CREEK SHIFT FOR AUTO ROADWAY PLANNED AT BRIDGE Engineers Developing Park Boulevard Project Under Q'Street Span. SAME PROPOSAL MADE FOR M STREET PASSAGE Wider Highway Needed for Motor- ists—May Eliminate Expensive Construction Jobs. ‘The bed of Rock Creek will be moved over to the westward in order to make room for the development of a motor road in the valley near the Q Street Bridge, and engineers are considering a like plan near the M Street Bridge, with & consequent saving of the cost of two new bridges. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, said today that a wall is being constructed on the east side in the shadow of the Q Street Bridge out in the stream, so that the road may be wide enough at that point for cars passing under the bridge. The action of the water, rush- ing down the valley, is expected to wash away the west bank of the creek, but this will do no harm, Col. Grant ex- plained. Double-Deck Bridge. . Col. Grant’s office is working in con- junction with the District engineers on the program for the new bridge at P street, which has a bearing on the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway proj- ect. The possibility of constructing a double-deck bridge at that point, to care for street car and motor traffic spanning the valley, is being considered. Originally the Office of Public Build- ings and Public Parks considered con- structing a bridge across Rock Creek in the vicinity of P street and carrying the motor highway down the west bank of the waterway, under the M Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Bridges, cross- ing over to the east bank at K street over a new bridge to be bujlt there, so that the valley project might link up with the Arlington Memorial Bridge de- velopment, Msy Eliminate Bridges. Under consideration now is the pos- sibility of eliminating these two creek bridges and having the pArkway road- way travel all the way down {rom Q street, entirely on the cast bank of the creek. To do this. it would be neces- sary to move Rock Creek over at M Street Bridge and possibly also at Penn- sylvania avenue. The engineers may shift the bed of the creek at M rstrcet by building a wall_such as is now being constructed at Q street, but they are anxious to see how the road will stand up at the Q street point. Col. Grant explained that at Q street the road is comparatively straight in the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway. but at M street there is a turn in the creek, which increases the difficulty there. U. S. FLEET REDUCED 97 SHIPS IN 1930 Survey Shows 486,747 Merchant Tonnage Cut by Scrapping and Transfer. A reduction of 97 vessels in the Gov- ernment fleet of ocean vessels of 1,000 tons or more gross marked the progress made during 1930 in the Shipping Board’s long campaign to get the Gov- ernment out of the shipping business. A survey made public yesterday by the board said that the combined gross tonnage of the 97 ships by which the fleet was reduced was 486,747 tons. The reduction was achieved by sale to American owners, by scrapping and by transfer to foreign registry of ships whose new owners undertake to use them in non-American trade only. The privately owned section of the American merchant marine increased last year by 27 vessels and 241,150 gross tons, or 35 per cent tonnage. More than' three-fourths of the ocean- going merchant marine of the United States is now in private hands. More than three-fifths of the Govern- ment fleet is lying idle, while more than four-fifths of the privately owned ships are in active servige. IS VALUED AT $564,519 Will Directs Distribution Among Number of Relatives After Reath of Widow. James B. Lambie, prominent mer- chant, who died February 2, left an estate valued at $564,519.25, according to the petition of the Union Trust Co., his executor, for the probate of his will. He owned real estate in the Dis- trict assessed at $188,648, property in Florida valued at $40,980 and land in New York State estimated at $6,740. His personal estate is estimated at $328,151.25. By the terms of the will his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Lambie, is to have the household effects, $5,000 in cash and a life annuyity of $6,000. She will also have the use for life of the Florida residence and the New York home. After her death, the Union Trust Co. is directed to make distribution of the estate among a number of relatives. WOMAN HELD IN. CUTTING Victim, Arm Almost Severed, May Not Survive. Arrested after she is said to have almost severed a man's arm with a razor, Sadie V. Carter, colored, 35, was held under $10,000 bond in Police Court today pending change in the victim's condition at Emergency Hospital. * Police said that Thomas E. Cook, col- ored, 1300 Twenty-eighth street, whom they found in a pool of blood in a boarding house on Thirtieth street near K on Saturday, was not expected to live. When the policemen entered the room, they found the Carter woman hiding a razor in the stove, they said. Gas Overcomes Driver. Emerson Parker, colored, 16 years old, 2231 Thirteenth street, was overcome by carbon monoxide gas last night while putting his car in a garage in the rear of his home. The youth, not seriously affected, was given treatment at home by members of a fire rescue squad. MONDAY, ny Staf. MARCH 16, 1931. * PAGE B-—1 | S i First District Winner in Oratory Contest ' Edwin Faunce, 15-year-old junior of Business High School (left), has been selected as the first District winner in the 11 divisions of The Evening Star area of the National Oratory Contest. (right) were sclected for second and third places, respectively. Fiorello Oddone (center) and Louis Jenkins —=Star Staff Photo. COLLISION BRINGS POLICESLSPENSION {McDaniel of Fifth Precinct Alleged to Have Been Drunk and Reckless. 7 5 | Charged with driving while drunk, | reckless, driving and carrying a con- | cealed weapon, following his arrest at Hyattsville yesterday, Hiram Calvin | | McDaniel, 3¢ years old, a policeman at- tached to tne fifth precinct, Washing- ton, was suspended from the force after Lieut. Richard H. Mansfleld of the fifth | precinct and Acting Night Inspector | Osca®J. Letterman made an investiga- | tion of the case. | McDaniel was arrested by Chief of | | Police R. E. Brown of Brentwood after | the Washington policeman is said to have crashed through an iron railing | along Rhode Island avenue at Hyatts- ville, driven along the Washington Rail- | way & Electric Co.’s tracks and swerved | back to the avenue. He was taken before Justice of Peace Herbert J. Moffat and required to post $1,250 bond for his appearance in Police Court_at Hyattsville Wednesday. McDaniel has been on the Washing- ton police force since 1919. Recently he was transferred from the seventh pre- cinct in Georgetown to the fifth. He is | | a native of Idaho, and prior to joining | the force served in the Marine Corps. GUILTY PLEA ENTERED IN CARD GAME KILLING Ernest Carroll to Be Sentenced Later in Death of Albert A. Galbreath. Ernest Carroll, colored, pleaded guilty today to murder in the second degree when called for trial before Justice Luhring in Criminal Division 3 to an- swer an indictment for murder in the first-degree in connection with the death of Albert A. Galbreath, a white man. He was remanded for sentence. The tragedy occurred February 16 at Carrcll's store, 110 L strest, following | a disagreement over a card game. Car- Toll reported to the police that he had been robbed and strewed a number of $1 bills about the body of his victim and in his hands. Later he confessed to police that he had shot Galbreath | after a quarrel, [ George E. McNeil appeared for the | prisoner, while Assistant United States | Attorney James F. Hughes represented | the Government. | WIFE OF COL. SLAKER, U. S. A. RETIRED, EXPIRES Native of St. Louis, 74, Had Re- sided Here 17 Years and Traveled in Many Countries. Mrs. Ada Russell Sprigg Slaker, 74 years old, wife of Col. Adam Slaker, | United States Army, retired, died of heart disease, at her residence, 917 Eighteenth street, yesterday. Mrs. Slaker was a native of St. Louis, Mo. She had resided in this city with her husband for the past 17 years. Col. and Mrs. Slaker had been married for more than 51 years, and she had trav- eled in many countries with him. She was a_member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and H streets, A private funeral will be conducted at Gawler chapel, 175¢ Pennsylvania avenue, tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. TAKOMA PARK FOUNDER MEMORIALIZED AT GRAVE Tribute Paid Late Benjamin F. Gilbert by Citizens’ Associa- tion of Town. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. TAKOMA PARK, Md., March 16— “Tribute was paid to the memory of the founder of this town yesterday when a wreath was Fllced on the grave of Ben- gmln F. Gillbert in Cedar Hill Ceme- Ty. The, ceremony was brief but impres- sive, the exercises being held under the auspices of the Takoma Park Citizens’ Association, with Dr. William A. Hooker, a former president of the association, heading the pilgrimage. “Assembly” was sounded by buglers of Troop No. 33 of Takoma Park of the Boy Scouts of America, after which Scouts Waldo Schmitt and FPrederick Johnston placed the wreath on the grave of the late civic leader and citizen who laid out and planned this suburb nearly half a century ago. As the delegation stood in_silent prayer “Taps” was sounded by Buglers Charles Hooker and Philip Turner of Boy Scout Troop No. 33. The trip was made by automobiles, which started from Takoma Park at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. ‘The annual pilgrimage to the grave of Mr. Gilbert was started two years ago by the Takoma Park Citizens’ Asso- ciation and the wreath is placed on his grave each year on the anniversary of his birth. | be Peggy Ann Hoover To Be With Father For Sixth Birthday By the Associated Press. Peggy Ann Hoover, grand- daughter of the President, will celebrate her sixth birthday to- morrow with her father, Herbert Hoover, jr., in Asheville, N. C, who has not seen her for six months. Plans were made at the White House today for Peggy Ann and her brother, Herbert Hoover, 3d, to go to Asheville tonight. ‘The father of the two children has been convalescing from an illness in Asheville since last October. Joan Hoover, who is only a little over 6 months old, will remain at the White House where the Hoover children have been since before Christmas. JEWS OF CAPITAL PLAN FUNDS DRVE Money to Be Sought for Palestine Homeland and Suffering in Europe. Punds for alleviation of suffering among their brethren in Eastern Europe and the upbuilding of a homeland in Palestine will be sought of Washington Jewry in a week’s campaign opening | April 19, Headquarters for the drive will be lo- cated in the Jewish Community Center, Sixteenth and Q streets. The goal has been set at $60,000. Isidore Hershfield of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and Harold H. Levi have been chosen as co-chairmen. Louis E. Spiegler will executive director, Rudolph B. Behrend, treasurer, and'J. D. Kaufman, publicity chairman, A committee of 100 of the most prom- inent Jewish citizens of the Capital is being formed to hold key positions in the drive, which will be conducted along the lines of Community Chest campaigns. Of the funds raised, $30,000 is to be devoted to relief work in Europe and | the remainder to the Zionist movement. | | Campaign leaders feel that better re- | sults can be achieved with less effort by a concerted campaign similar to one held several years ago. All of the Jewish organizati-ns of the city will be asked to provide workers for an intensive week’s canvass. Similar campaigns are being held or are about to be held by Jewish com- munities throughout the country. GINGELL STILL CRITICAL, CLAGETT RITES HELD Man Burned by Kerosene Blast Remains in Dangerous Condi- tion—Friend Buried. Burned PFriday night *when a can of kerosene being used to kindle a fire exploded, J. Stanley Gingell of Rock- ville, Md., remained in a critical condi- tion in Emergency Hospital today and little hope was held out for his life. The explosion which caused Gingell's injuries fatally burned Lawrence G. Clagett, a teacher at the National Train- ing School for Boys. The accident occurred at the Poolesville, Md., home of Clagett’s mother, Mrs, Mary Clagett of Salisbury, Md. Funeral services far Clagett were held this morning at 9:30 o’clock at the home in Poolesville of his uncle, Dr. E. W. White. Rev. Guy H. Crook, rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Poolesville, officiated, and burial was at Petersville, Frederick County. Many persons from various parts of the county and elsewhere attended. As many Montgomery County police- men as could be spared from duty attended the funeral. Clagett formerly was a member of the force. N DE MOLAY CHARTERS TO BE GIVEN ABROAD The .Grand Council of the Order of De Molay voted today at its annual session in the Mayflower Hotel to grant charters to chapters in foreign coun- tries. Plans were laid to make the movement for boys between 16 and 21 years of age worldwide in scope. This afternoon the members of the council were greeted at the White House by President Hoover. Almost 100 local members of the order attended the meeting here, which was presided over by Johm H. Glazier of New York City, grand master councilor, — To Address Property Owners. SILVER SPRING, Md., March 16 (Special) —Dr. F. L. Mulford, horti- culturist of the Department of Agri culture, will address the members of the Woodside Park P"le)efl)' Owners’ Association at its monthly meeting to- morrow night in Grace parish hall on the subject of “Garden Arrangement and Care.” Members of the various clvic organizations in the community have been invited to attend the meeting. MRS, RCHARDSON ISSTRUCK BYAUTO Assistant Attorney General’s Mother, 87, in Serious Con- dition at Hospital. | | | | | | Mrs. Electa Richardson, 87 years old, | mother of Seth W. Richardson, Assist- |ant Attorney General of the United |s; States, is in a serlous condition at Emergency Hospital today from injuries sustained when she was knocked down by an automobile near her home, 5430 Connecticut avenue, last night. Henry W. Heine, 38 years old, a building contractor of 2816 Twenty- eighth street, driver of the machine which struck the woman, was booked at the fourteenth precinct and relzased on $1,000 cash bond. X Autoist Describes Accidezt. Physicians at Emergency Hospital |sald Mrs. Richardson was suffering | from a compound leg fracture, a serious pelvis injury, scalp cuts and severe shocks. An X-ray to determine possible internal injuries will be made today. Heine, who took Mrs. Richardson to the hospital, told police he was pro- ceeding_south on Connecticut_avenue when the accident occurred. He said Mrs. Richardson, who was on her way | to chureh, suddenly stepped from be- hind two parked automobiles directly into the path of his machine. Heine said he swerved his automobile in an effort to avoid striking Mrs. Richard- son, but was unable to do so. A second woman, Mrs. Pauline For- | noroff, 32 years old, of 1100 Twenty- fifth street, was seriously injured when she was struck by an automobile while crossing the street ‘near her home yes- | terday. Driver Held by Police. Mrs. Forneroff was treated at Garfield Hospital for a fractured left leg and several fractured ribs. Police later arrested the driver of the automobile at his home in Virginia Highlands. He gave his name as Guy H. Shawen. He is being_held pending outcome of the woman's injuries. Robert P. Seaford, 38 years old, a real estate man of 2008 Cortland place, was_charged with leaving the scene of a collision last night after police charge he crashed into a parked machine in front of 6607 Fifth street. The damaged car is owned by Mrs. | Jennie_Wilson,” 2900 Connecticut. ave- nue. Damage was estimated at $100. Seaford was released on bond of $500. TWO HURT IN CRASH. Wife and Son of Quantico Officer Injured as Car Overturns, By a Staff Gorrespondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16.—Mrs. George Hall, wife of Capt. Hall of the Marine base at Quantico, Va., and their son sustained serious injuries when the automobile driven by Mrs. Hall left the Richmond highway near Woodbridge, [Va., about 20 miles below this city, and overturned late Saturday. Mrs. Hall suffered broken ribs and her son received a broken leg. After first- aid treatment at the Fort Humphreys' base hospital, they were transferred to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. S‘tdatetcmcer Clark investigated the ac- cident. 'TRAINING SCHOOL GROUP ORGANIZED | Methodists Arrange for Standard Sessions at Gaithersburg Church. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md.,, March 16.—Rev. Denny L. Fringer of Grace M. Church South, Gaithersburg; Rev. A. Spielman of Epworth M. Church, Gaithersburg; Rev. Peter C. Helmin- toller of the M. E. Church South at Po- tomac and others met at Gaithersburg Saturday evening and made prelim- inary arrangements for the annual Standard Training School to be held at Gaithersburg, under the joint auspices of various Methodist churches of the county. It was decided to hold the sessions at Grace Church April 23, 24, 26, 27 and 30 and May 1, and Rev. Helmintoller was made chairman of the General Committee in charge. Dr. J. C. Millian of Baltimore, director of religious egu- cation of the Baltimore Conference of the M. E. Church, will be dean, and the other instructors will _include Miss E. E. ORATORY CONTEST AT SCHOOL S WON BY EDWIN FAUNCE Business High Junior First District Winner in 11 Star Area Groups. SENIOR BOYS DEFEAT GIRLS FOR 2D AND 3D All Three Victors Plan to Study Law—“John Marshall and Con- stitution” Topic Wins. Selection of the first District winner in the 11 divisions embraced by the Evening Star area of the National Ora= torical Contest was announced today, following the intra-school finals at Business High Schocl. Edwin Sands Faunce, a 15-year-old junior, was vic- torfous over the stronz competition of four schoolmates, being awarded first prize for his oration on “John Marshall and the Constitution.” Faunce will represent his school in the Star area finals in May. The $100 cash prize offered to each District winner was divided, according to the terms of a prior agreement, into units of $60, $25 and $15, for the first, scond and third prize winners, re- spectively. ~Fiorello Oddone, a_senior, 18 years of age, and Louis Jenkins, 17- year-old senior, won the alternate and third place honors. Oddone spoke on “The Origins of the Constitution,” while Jenkins chose as his subject, “The Constitution With Reference to the Everyday Lives of the Citizens Governed by It.” All three winners intend to become lawyers. Victor Plans for G. U. Edwin Faunce resides with his - dian, William H. Sanford, an ice dell.“.el; ?.:;29394 stxn:‘sufic ne;!ftlwest, Faunce ‘en active ublic speaki in the high school, h‘;vi.nx mm“éfim Business High as its speaker at the imon Bolivar centennial celebration. He is a member of the undergraduate Constitution Club, an organizal which sponsors the study of the Con- stitution of the United States among students and also fosters the activities of the school and the National Oratori- cal Contest. At present he is entered in the foot ball managerial competition. Following his graduation in June, 1932, Faunce intends to study law at George- town University. Both Fiorello Oddone and Louls Jenkins have bean prominently identi- fied with the athletic and Cadet Corps activities of treir school. Oddone ,who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gennaro Oddone of 1217 Thirtieth street north- west, has been a member of the foot ball, base ball and basket ball squads, a first sergeant in the Cadet Corps, presi- | dent of the Chevrons Club and a mem- ber of the Constitution Club. Two Girls Speak. Jenkins is a school cheer leader, has played foot ball and base ball, holds a commission as & first lieutenant in the Cadets, is the treasurer of the Math Club, a member of the Constitution Club and the Sabre Club and was for- merly circulation manager of the Bal- ance Sheet, the Business h School publication. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Jenkins of 505 Locust street, Park Lane, Va. His father is a route supervisor for the Havenner Bakery. After his graduation this June, Jenkins intends to study law at the Y. M. C. A. night school. Conway, speaking on “The Consti- tution and Whit It Affords the Constitution and What It Affords the Modern Youth” and “Virginia and the Constitution” were the other contest- ants. The competition was attended by the entire student body of the school, assembled in the school audi- torium. ~Speeches were strictly lim- ited to the 6-minute period provided for in_ the contest rules. Miss Pauline Scott, 8 member of the Contest Committee, presided over the meeting. Assisting as judges were Mrs. ‘William Corbin, president of the Wom- en’s City Club; Mrs. Joshua Evans, a member of the board of trustees of George Washington University and wife of Joshua Evans, president of the Dis- trict National Bank, and James C. ‘Wilkes, attorney and alumnus of Busi- ness High School. CORONER’S JURY HOLDS AUTO DEATH ACCIDENTAL Miss Ethel F. Blair Exonerated in Killing of Colored Woman on Connecticut Avenue. A verdict of accidental death was re~- ported by a coroner’s jury at an inquest at the Morgue today in the case of Annie Thompson, 60, colored,” of the 800 block of Twenty-third street, who was killed Saturday afternoonsin a traffic accident at Connecticut avenue and R street. The verdict exonerated Miss Ethel Frances Blair, 26-year-old Government employe of 2301 Cathedral avenue, driver of the machine which killed the woman. ‘Two small colored children who were crossing Connecticut avenue when the _u:clg‘ent happened were slightly in- jurey PEDESTRIAN RUN DOWN ON DEFENSE HIGHWAY Auto Mechanic Sustains Severe Cuts on Head in Accident Near Lanham. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. LANHAM, Md., March 16.—Struck by an automobile while walking along the Defense Highway near Blythe's garage, Charles C. Welch, 28-year-old automo- bile mechanic, was severely cut on the head last night. He was taken to Casualty Hospital, Washington, by Gilbert Edgar of Gambrillo, Md., alleged driver of the car which struck him. After having his wcunds closed by several stitches, Welch returned to his home. FEdgar reported the accident to police at Bladensburg. Marian Armstrong of Baltimore, ele- mentary specialist of the same confer- ence; Miss Etta Mal Russell of Wash- ington, superintendent of primary work of the Washington District of the M. E. Church South, and another to rep- resent the M. E. Church South. The two Gaithersburg churches—the church at Potomac and the Washington Grove M, Chi re, so far, co- operating, and_ it u tha other county €hurches of th nation will_probably join. The is intended. arlncipl'fly to instruct Bun- day school teachers, prospective tedgh- ers and other workers in Sunday scheol” teaching and administration methods. X nomi- hool Her t | among the 1 *DIES ON BIRTHDAY Bpecial Dispatch to the St the adopted daughter, Mrs. Clarence Fowler, Her death occurred on the anniversary of her eighty-first birthday. hi years m for many leading agriculturists of county. Funeral services will be conducted at the home of Mrs. Fowler today by Rev. Dr. E. A. Sexsmith, pastor of Christ Methodist Protestant Church. Burial >4 be in Chester Cemetery.