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Washington News @he Foening Sfap, [ cenerst vevs | PAGE B—1 ISTRIKE OF TAXICAB 1931, Gains Two Air Records FLIES FROM NEW YORK IN AN HOUR. WASHINGTON, D. C, KEECH AGAIN HITS WEDNESDAY, PROPOSED CIRGLE MARCH 18, FHF . ROBERTS T0 DRAFT Will Depict Hoover Camp ARTIST TO MAKE WOOD GRAVURE. GAS PROBE REPORT AS RESULT OF TRIP Data on Control of Companies to Be Given to U. S. Investigators. SUBMISSION TO BRIDE DUE AT EARLIEST DATE TR | Assistant Corporation Counsel Grat-| ified With Effect of New York- Boston Inquiries. william A. Roberts, assistant corpo- | ration counsel of the District, returned today from a five-day investigation in Boston and New York into the owner- | ship of the Washington Gas Light Co.| and its subsidiaries, and immediately ! began preparation of an exhaustive re- ! port for Corporation Counsel William | W. Bride, general counsel of the Public, Utilities Commission. Neither Mr. Roberts nor Mr. Bride, would discuss the nature of the infor- mation developed by the inquiry, but both indicated that the trip to Boston and New York was productive of val- uable data. All of the informatior, it was said, will be turned over to the Bureau of Investigation of the Depart- ment of Justice which is assisting in the investigation. Indications are that it will be several weeks before the completion of the in- quiry, and until that time Mr. Bride declared he would not make public any of the information uncovered as to own- ership of the gas properties. In the meantime he plans to continue the in- vestigation by correspondence. Other Data Supplied. Mr. Bride turned over to Mr. Roberts upon his return evidence bearing on the case which he gathered while his as- sistant was in Boston and New York. Mr. Roberts will use this in prepara- tion‘ of his report. Almost _simultaneously with the re- turn_of Mr. Roberts the directors of the Washington Gas Light Co. met in special session and drew up a state- ment denying the reports that changes are impending in the administrative personnel of the company. The statement set forth that Presi- dent G. A. G. Wood, and his subordi- nate exzcutive staff, had ail been re- elected for another term of a year in FPebruary, and that no changes are in contemplation. The statement also deplored the circulation of the “false” Teports. Rumors Still Persist. Nevertheless, the rumors continued to circulate, the latest being that Mr. ‘Wood is to become a vice president of the Central Public Service Corporation, MACOWIN ACOWIN TUTTLE, noted artist, | they will be presented to the lel’sr}'l TUTTLE. —A. P. Photo. will leave Washington today for President Hoover's camp | on the Rapidan. He has been engaged to make a wood en- graving of the camp. The artist said he would take a| packet of tools small enough to carry | lovers who visited the 68-year-old in his pock:t. These tools will be used | artist's recent exhibition at the Cor- to transfer the “atmosphere” of the |coran Art Gallery. Blue Ridge Mountain lodge, which may | Tuttle considers the commission to be used as a Summer camp by other | “do” the President’s camp a milestone Presidents, to blocks of bass wood. in his prolonged efforts to revive the When the engravings ar= completed, | ancient art of wood engraving. of Congress for exhibition and per- manent keeping, Tuttle said. Three of the artist’s wood gravures have been | se'ected for the National Art Gallery. Mrs. Hoover was one of th: art WOMAN 1S INDIGTED AGAIN N BANK CASE Dora L. Davis Accused olt JOBS SHOW DRO P ASPAY ROLLS RSE Department of Labor Statis-| tics Reveal Facts for February. Embezzlement — Other Grand Jury Reports. Dora L. Davis, Laurel, Md., who was acquitted by a jury in Criminal Division 1 last month of charges of making false entries in the books of the Second Na- tional Bank, where she had been em- ‘While employment in 15 mafjor in- dustrial groups increased less than one- tenth of 1 per cent in February, as compared with the previous month, pay roll totals rose 4.7 per cent, according to figures compiled by the Bureau of ODFGATON OF CONSENT DEGREE People’s Counsel Will Try to Win Abrogation of Power Agreement. HIS SUCCESS DOUBTED BY UTILITIES OFFICIALS Commission Expects Court to Al- low Change if Principals Reach Accord. Peoples’ Counsel Richmond B. Keech today reiterated his stand in favor of absolute abrogation of the consent de- cree of Equity Court by which electric rates are now annually adjusted, and promised that 1if the Public Utilities Commission and the Potomac Electric Power Co. made any effort to have the decree continued in force in a modified form he would intervene and plead to the jurisdiction of the court. He contepds that the court has not, and never had, power to enter such | a decree. “To modity this decree,” Mr. Keech said, “would be to ‘freeze’ the high re- turn now available to the company. In the public interest I would feel bound to oppose to the utmost any such procedure.” Commission Takes Stand. Modification of the consent decree was one of the methods outlined by the commission in its letter yesterday to {the power corporation asking that the company co-operate with the commis- sion in effecting a reduction of electric rates. The company's rate of return under the present consent decree is approximately 10 per cent per year, which the commission regards as ex- cessive, The commission, in its letter, had minimized the possible effect of any ob- Jection Mr. Keech might interject. “The argument that the procedure outlined above (modification of the decree) is not feasible,” the letter sala, “because the people’s counsel has announced his opposition thereto is manifestly un- sound. Doubt Effective Resistance, “The decree in question was handed down after an agreement between the litigants and if they jointly ask for | modifications of it it seems certain that the court would hardly be influenced by the intervention of any other party who attempted to interpose an objection or who chose to attack the validity of the decree which the court had entered or the court’s jurisdiction.” The corporation’s board of directors will meet March 25 to consider the com- mission’s letter. { the ON CONSTITUTIN AVENUE S 55U Park and Planning Heads to Decide on Project This Week. NEW FEDERAL LAWS WILL BE CONSIDERED Commission Also to Direct Atten- tion to Maryland Agree- ment Move. The proposed circle at Constitution avenue and Twenty-third street, near the Lincoln ‘Memorial, will be dis- cussed by the National Capital Park and Planning Gommission at its three- day meeting tomorrow, Friday and Sat- urday. The commission’s staff has made a thorough study of the projec , and final decision is expected to be made. Legislation and the action of Con- gres; at its recent session will come up for consideration and members will be acvised that appropriations in which commission is _interested _were passed, as_was the traffic act, based upon a report a:d recommendations of the commission. Park Bill Discussion. Failure of the amendment to the Canrer-Cramton park purchase act, un- der which it was proposed to have $3.000,000 become immediately avail- | | | | {mac FEiver without waiting first for | commitments -.om Maryland and Vir- ! ginia, will be brought to the commis- sion’s attention and future action dis- c.ssed. The alley dwelling bill, which also failed, and was designed to elimi- nate gradually Washington's popula- ticn from alley habitation, and which resulted from a study by & commission ezipert, John Ihlder, will be considered. able for buying lands along the Poto- | Miss Ruth Nichols and Comdr. A. tion, Anacostia. 1SS RUTH NICHOLS, Rye, DRIVERS DELAYED “We don't propose to let the alley| N. Y., aviatrix, celebrated St. Douglas, commandant, Naval Air Sta- —A. P. Photo. PENDING PARLEY President of Union Acts on Request of Labor Depart- ment Agent. NEW DATE TO BE SET IF CONCILIATION FAILS Representatives of Both Factions to Confer With Federal Operatives. ‘The order for a walk-out tonight of union drivers for the Diamond Taxicab Co. today was rescinded by officials of Taxicab Drivers' and Chauffeurs’ Union No. 169 pending the outcome of an effort at arbitration by operatives of the Department of Labor, Leroy H. Siehl, president of the local, sald this action was taken solely on the request of Charles Bendhern, com- missioner of conciliation for the de- partment, who was in conference today With representatives of the union and of the associated of iiass Ay wners of Diamond Will Set New Date. Mr. Siehl said another da be stel“!or the walk. o ment reached tomorrow, when rep- resentatives of both factions are eg- pected to meet at the Department of Labor to discuss their differences. The dispute arose, Siehl said, when the assoclated cab owners refused to accept a contract offered on behalf of the union and declaring a closed shop. The owners, it was said, not only re- {Cfltdn ex!s!?t:\ new contract but repudiated g contract, providing partially closed shop. " B Denies Discrimination. The owners claimed this contract ex- -out if no agree- flew & Lockheed Vega cabin monoplane, powered with & 420-horsepower engine. pired January 31 Mr. Davis under ‘the old contract cab’ ouhere o bill die,” Capt. E. N. Chisholm, jr., the commission’s engineer, said today. “Probably the proposed amendment to the Capper-Cramton act will also be brought up at the December session of Congress.” Maryland Proposal. The c:.imission will direct its atten- tion to legislation now pending in the Maryland Legislature which would au- theorize the Maryland-National Capital M Patrick’s day by annexing two aviation records—the world al- titude record for women,and an unofficial speed Tecord between 'Washington and New York. Miss Nichols flew between New York and Washington yesterday afternoon at a 200-mile-an-hour clip, landing at the Anacostia Naval Air Station at 3:28 o'clock, 64 minutes and 50 seconds after taking' off from the Newark airport. Her arrival time was certified by officers Miss Nichols’ altitude record was cer- | *he association often paid the union tified yesterday by the National Aero- |dues of the drivers they hired and then nautic’ Association, after a check-up by |found it impossible to persuade the the Bureau of Standards on the baro- |drivers to be initiated into the local. graph she carried on her flight over | He explained there was no discrimi- Jersey City on March 6. The official | nation against union men, but the as- reord credits her with an altitude of |sociation had been forced to hire non- 28,743 feet, exceeding by 1,326 feet the |union help because the local could not previous women'’s record, held for more | supply drivers in sufficient numbers, than a year by Miss Elinor Smith. No question has been raised yet as On her arrival here yesterday, Miss |to the per cent of receipts received by Park and Planning Commission to enter | gt the Anacostia station, who checked into con jitments to acquire park land in Sligo, Rock Creek and the Eastern Branch ' Valleys, and possibly Cabin John, and also in the proposed George Washington memorial parkway. The commission’s executive officer, Lieut. Col. U, S. Grant, 3d, will bring to its attention the recent action of th: © Slic Buildings Commission in ruling that the new War and Navy Departme t buildings should be located in the general area bounded by Twenty- it against Naval Observatory time. The aviatrix clipped 10 seconds from the flying time of Capt. Frank M. Hawks betwéen the two cities, the previous rec- ord. Miss Nichols had a gquartering wind astern during the flight, which gave her only slight assistance. On the return flight to New York she left Anacostia at 4:10 pm. and landed at Newark 80 minutes later. She Nichols expressed disappointment over the results of the Bureau of Standard’s check, as she had hoped the records would show she had passed the 30,000~ foot mark. She may lose her newly gained rec- ord to Miss Frankie G. Renner, who, on March 13, flew over Akrcn, Ohio, when it is believed she passed the 30,000-foot mark. Miss Renner’s barographs are being calibrated at the Bureau of Standards. the drivers. POLICE ARREST MAN INSIDE STORE HERE Radio Alarm Sends Officers to U Street Before Intruder Leaves M’CRORY ROBBERY and detailed to manage all of the gas ;ployed as teller of savings accounts, and gggr Statistics of the Department of third street, New York avenue, Nine- T Building. operating plants controlled by the of embezzlement of bank funds, was re- The Washington and Suburban Companies. | indicted today by the grand jury. Aside from the Washington and George- | charges in the ncw indictment, while town Companies, these include the |similar in nature, represent alleged However, increased employment was noted in 4 of the 15 groups. The in- creases were: Manufacturing, 1.4 per Alexandria Gas Co. and the Wash- ington Suburban Co., formerly known as_the Hyattsville Co. This set-up would take placs, it was reported, should A. L. Pierce, Chicago public utilities magnate, become presi- dent of the Washingten Gas Light Co. —a position he now holds in the Wash- ington Suburban Co. Mr, Pierce heads the Central Public Servige Corporation, cent; anthracite mining, 0.4 per cent; quarrying and non-metallic mining, 3.4 per cent, and hotels, 1.9 per cent. Each of the 11 remaining groups showed decreases, as follows: Bitumi- nous coal mining, 2.6 per cent: metal- liferous mining, 4.4 per cent; crude petroleum producing, 2.2 per cent; tele- phone and telegraph, 1.4 per cent; power, light and water, 1.4 per cent; electric railroads, 0.3 per cent: whole- peculations on later dates than those of which she had been acquitted. The new indictment is in eight counts, the first four charging embezzlement and the other four alleging false en- tries. The charge is made that when a deposit was given in on a certain date the teller would appropriate the money to her own use and on a later date she would put through a deposit & gigantic public utility concern. which | Slip to cover the amount said to have recently took over management of the |been taken by her on the previous date. | sale trade, ‘Washington Gas Light Co. and its sub- sidiaries controlled by the Washington and suburban companies. Richmond B. Keech, people’s counsel before the Utilities Commission, who is co-operating with Mr. Bride in the gas company ownership inquiry, conferred with Mr. Roberts this morning and ad- vised him of information that had come into his office bearing on the activities | of the owners of the Washington Gas | Co. The principal data, given Mr. Keech by an engineer. formerly in the employ of the gas company, alleged that steps had been taken by the owners of the Washington gas properties to get con- trol of a number of gas-operating plants within a radius of 150 miles of Wash- ington. CHILDREN WILL PRESENT RIDING DRILL AT CIRCUS Supper and Theater Party at Fort Myer Planned,for Partici- pants in Event. A riding drill by children of Wash- ington and vicinity is to be one of the feature acts at the Society Circus to| be held at Fort Myer, Va. on March | 27 and 28. Among the performers are many children whose parents are pfomi- | nent in Washington society. A partial list includes Susanne Boone, daughter of Capt. Joel T. Bone, phy- sician to the White House: Rosemary and Gene Merrill, daughters of Keith Merrill of the State Department; Jac- queline Goodhue, daughter of Comdr. | W. E. Goodhue, and niece of Mrs. Cal- vin Coolidgs; Curtis and Anne George, | whose grandfather is Vice President Curtis; Sylvia Szechenyi, daughter of the Hungarian Ambassador, Count| Szechenyl; Peggy Schall, daughter of Senator Schall, and Newbold Noyes, jr. Many of the children whgq partici. pated in last year's ride have now grad- | uated to the senior events. Between the afternoon and evening performances the children will be en- tertained at supper in the mess of [ Headquarters Troop, 3d Cavairy, and after the meal at the Post Theater at a 2-hbur program of moving pictures, MAJ. W. F. HANCOCK RITES TO BE TOMORROW Retired Army Officer Will Buried With Military Honors in Arlington Cemetery. The funeral of Maj. William P. Hancock, U. S. A, retired, who died in Walter Reed Hospital Monday, will be conducted in the W. W. Chambers funeral home, 1400 Chapin street, to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Inter- ment, with full military honors, will be in_Arlington Cemetery Ma). Hancock retired from the Army more than 15 years ago after 30 years | service. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1860 and was an honor grad- uate at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1888, He saw active service in the Philippine g}.nd.s and in the Spanish-American ar. |to sell. Dates of Alleged Acts. The four alleged embezzlements are for $900, April 30, 1928; $323.75, Oc- tober 15, 1928; $184, May 16, 1929, and | $189.50, May 31, 1929. The other four | counts treat of the alleged false entries | the first, May 11, 1928; the second, Oc- | tober 23, 1928; the third, May 22, 1929, and the fourth, June 8, 1929. | Larceny from the United States is charged in an indictment against Mal- colm Young, former employe of the Library of Congress and former high school teacher, who is accused of tak- ing 325 books belonging to_the library. The books were recovered February 24, in the basement of West Clifton Ter- race, when the janitor of the building had received orders from the fire mar- shal to clean up the basement. The books were identified as belonging to the library by Martin A. Roberts, super- intendent of the reading room, who said that Young had been employed there until November 15, 1929. | Violation of the copyright laws are | alleged in two indictments reported against alleged wholesale distributors of song sheets, ccntaining words form- ing part of musical compositions which have been copyrighted and which the copyright _owners alone have the right The accused are said to have sold the sheets in large numbers to persons_retailing them on street cor- ners. Those named in the indictments are Abe Schrott and Joe Ansbatino alias Joe Dagostino, 937 H street. Sale Charges Specified. The Schrott indictment charges that January 19 he sold to Daniel W. Briscoe certain song sheets containing portions | of “Three Little Werds,” copyrighted | August 21, 1930, by Harms, Inc. of | Betty Co-ed.” copyrighted August 1, | 1930, by Carl PFischer, Inc., and of | “Baby'’s Birthday Party,” copyrighted | October 20, 1930, by Famous Music Cor poration. Exclusive rights to vend these songs, it is stated, are in the named corporations. The Dagastino indictment charges a sale of a number of sheets December | 29, 1930, to Gordon W. Riel containing the words of the same copyrighted ngs. Robert Shine and Rita Van Buskirk were indicted for violation of the na- tional motor vehicle act. They are under arrest in New York City and a copy of the indictment will be for- warded to secure their return here. They are accused of renting a car in Baltimore January 9 and having an agent of the ccmpany bring them to Washington. When the agent is said have left the car for a time the accused are alleged to have driven it away from Washington. They were apprehended in New York March 4. A total of 21 indictments were re- turned and the grand jurors declined to | indict in nine cases. The cases dropped | by the grand jurors included Arthur | Ferguson (two cases). Roland Turk Davis (two cases) and Samuel J. Smith (two cases), violations of national pro- hibition law; Floyd Stanfield, assault: Sterling A. Reed, Preston Henry and George Buck, robbery. Others indicted and the charges against them include: Peter J. Dunican, grand larceny; Samuel Glasser, Ches ter Greshal and Pred St:wart, violating | national prohibition act; Otis Freeman, assault, dangerous weapon: Boyd Ben- nett, assault, dangerous Weapon and assault with intent to kill; Albert N. Wildman and John W. Brown, false Coming to this city more than 20 years ago, Maj. Hancock made his home at 707 Bi radley Boulevard, Chevy Chase, Md. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Olive Hancock. pretenses; Albcrt N. Wildman and Earle Smith, embezzlement; Charles H. Vossell and John H. Hensley, forgery; Lynwood Booker and Wilbur Morris | groups, ie, 1.4 per cent; retail trade, 32 per ¢ent; canning and preserving, 13 per cent; laundries, 0.6 per cent, and dyeing and cleaning, 1.7 per cent. Employment in manufacturing in- dustries increased 14 per cent, while pay roll totals gained 7.5 per cent. A marked upward trend was shown in regularly manufacturing employment and payrolls, following the usual losses in January, caused by inventory-taking and repairs. The increases are said to compare favorably with thcse in_ the | years prior to 1930. In February, 1930, for instance, the galn in employment was only 0.1 per cent and the increase in_payrolls only 3.5 per cent. Employment gains were shown last month in 8 of the 12 manufacturing and payroll increases were shown in 10 groups. The textile group gained 4.1 per cent in employment; leather, 3.5 per cent; stone, clay and glass, 2.3 per cent, and tobacco, 10.2 per cent. Payroll gains included 23.5 per cent in the vehicles group, 13.5 per cent in leather, 11.6 per cent in textiles, 10.5 per cent in stone, clay and glass and more than 6 per cent each in the iron, steel and other metals groups. DAUGHTER BEQUEATHED BULK OF HARPER ESTATE Will, Filed Makes Provision for Probate, Also for Fence Around Church Property. ‘The will of Mrs. Ida Husted Harper, who died March 14, has been filed for probate. She leaves her personal and housechold effects to her daughter, Mrs. Winifred Harper Cooley, declares that certain securities standing in her name are held as trustee for the daugh- ter. Her remaining estate, the value of which is not disclosed, is left to the American Security & Trust Co. in trust to pay the net income for life to the daughter, who is also to be permitted to withdraw an additional $1,500 annu- ally from the corpus of the estate. At the death of the daughter the trustee is to pay over to the rector of the Unitarian Church at Sixteenth and Harvard streets a sum sufficient to pay for the erection of a stone coping and iron fence around the church property. Any balance is to be given to the Amer- ican Unitarian Asociation of Boston for the maintenance of the Unitarian head- quarters at Chautauqua, N. Y. WILL TALK ON CHINA Impressions obtained on a trip to €hina will be discussed by Lady Doro- thea Hosle in an illustrated lecture Fri- day night at 8:15 o'clock under the aus- pices of the World Fellowship, Commit- tee of the Young Women's Christian Association. Funds derived from the lecture would go toward the support of Miss Stella Orr, a “Y" secretary in Montevidey, Uruguay. Chinese religious, political and social conditicns were portrayed by Lady Hosie in the books, “Portrait of a Chinese Lady” and “Two Gentlemen of China.” She has been active in advancing the Chincse educaticnal system. She was born in South China, although reared in Englan ceiving stolen property; William W. Ball, alias Billy Ball; Frank Levine, SUSPECT GRILLED Long Search Ends as Police Arrest Alton Swan, 33, at Bal- timore Home. Steadfastly protesting his innocence, Alton Swan, 33 years old, arrested-at his home in Baltimore last night, was brought to the Capital this afternoon to be questioned in connection with the daring daylight hold-up at the McCrory 5 and 10 cent store, 416 Seventh street, last August 7, in which a quartet of bandits escaped with $1,200. Swan arrived at Unlon custody of Detective Sergt. Thomas Nally and was immediately whirled away in a fast squad car to the De- tective Bureau, where he was grilled. Two employes who were taking the day’s receipts of the store to the Second | National Bank when the hold-up oc- curred were to view Swan later in the day in an effort to identify him. The epprebension of Swan last night culminated seven months of in- tensive search by Detective Sergts. Nally and Louis M. Wilson, who were assigned to the case. Two men already have been convicted of participation in the robbery, while a fourth is still being sought. Nally went to Baltimore last Friday and Saturday in quest of Swan, snd succeeded in locating his home, with the aid of Baltimore police, but was unsuc- cessful in his hunt for the man. How- ever, Swan appeared at his residence a short time after Nally and two Balti- more detectives went on watch for him last night and was arrested without a struggle. The Maryland man refused to admit | any_connection with the hold-up, and at first declared his unwillingness to waive extradition. Shortly before his scheduled arraignment in Baltimore Po- lice Court on a fupitive from justice charge, however, he reconsidered and announced he would accompany Nally here without the formality of a court hearing. Earl Flory, 34 years old, assistant manager of ‘the 5-and-10-cent store, and Harvey W. Smith, 20-year-old mes- senger, who were the victims in the hold-up, will view Swan this afternoon. The armed trio of robbers fled in a car driven by an accomplice. Detectives declared the prisoner would be questioned in connection with other Washington hold-ups. F. A. PITTIGLIO RITES Stone Contractor to Be Buried in St. Station in Mary’s Cemetery. The funeral of Prank A. Pittiglio, 43 years old, stone contractor, who died in George Washington University Hospital Monday after a brief illness, will be conducted in Sacred Heart Catholic Church tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, following brief services at his residence, 1333 Randolph street. Interment will bg in St. Mary’s Cemetery. 'A native of Ttaly, Mr. Pittiglio had been a resident of this city more than 20 years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Raffacle Pittiglio; four children, Roger, Clayton, Frances and Joseph Pittiglio. He also leaves his parents and a brother, who reside in Italy. i Very Rev. Willlam H. Nes, dean of | Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, is the speaker this week at noon day Lenten services in the Church of the Epiphany, Episcopal. He delivered his first sermon there yesterday and is to speak at services there again tomorrow and Priday. The services begin at 12:05 o’'clock. At afternoon services in the church alias Frank Goldman, d Nicholas Dockett (two cases), housebreaking and larceny, Mamie E. Thomas, re- Passero, alias “Montana,” narcotic ack tomorrow at 4:45 o'clock Rev. J. Manly + will be the guest preacher. teenth street and Constitution avenue. Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of plan- ning for the commission, has prepared some suggested recommendations with reference to th> new War-Navy group, to L2 passed upon by the commission. Plans for Monument. A number of suggested studies, based on the latest information, for the de- velopment of he Washington Monu- men Grounds will be laid before the cc. mission by its consulting architect, W. T. Partridee. Drillers are now at work irivestigating the subsoil in the vicinity of the Monument, but it is believed that the final report on this work will not be available for the com- mission’s March meeting. Frederick Law Olmsted of Brookline, Mass, a member of the commission, has prepared plans for the beautifica- tion of t > Jepartment of Agriculture grounc” in the Mall. Commission sur- vey.rs this afternoon were driving stakes around the new Department of Agriculture Building to designate points at which tre . and shrubs should be planted. Mr. Olmsted, who is a land- scape architect, will lay his program before the commission at its forthcom- ing meeting. Tour Washington. T. sday afterncbn the commission will make a tour of the city and ex- amine the various recreation centers, including those which are proposed un- der its »rogram. A nu~ - of suggested changes in the plans of the Maryland-National Capital Park arl Planning Commission fcr th: extension of Anacostia Park along the Northwest Branch have been embodied in a report which the com- mission’s staff has prepared for the three-day meeting. Under recen legislation the com- mission is directed to choose a site for tl. memoi’ 1 to be erected in honor of th- late Stephen T. Mather, former di- rector ¢. the National Park Service, Interior Depariment, and a member of t'.e ccmmission. A number of sites have been sug- gested, and the commission will make its chcice. Another memorial o be considered will be that in honor of Frederick Law Olmsted, father of the present member of the commission. MRS. REBEC(;A MEINERS DIES AT HOME HERE Widow of John H. Meiners Was Active in Eastern Star—Funeral Services Tomorrow. Mrs. Rebecca Meiners, widow of John H. Meiners anc active participant in Eastern Star activities here, died at her home, 3646 New Hampshire avenue, Monday night after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at Con- cordia Lutheran Church, of which she was a member, at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Meiners was past matron of Ruth Chapter, No. 1, Order of Eastern Star, and had served for a number of years as president of the Auxiliary Home Board of that organization. She is sur- vived by two sons, Harry Herman and Earl Marion Meiners; two brothers, Henry and Charles Schmertz, and a sister. Mrs. Elizabeth Kaufman. CIVIL SERVIC.E JOBS OPEN Senior Marketing Specialist and Other Experts Sought. An examination for a senior market- ing specialist to be attached to the Grain Futures Administration will be conducted soon by the Civil Service Commission, officials announced today. The position will pay from $4,600 {0 $5,400 annually. ther vacancies for which tests will be held include that of assistant chem- ist, Bureau of Mines, $2,600 a vear; head of home economics, senior “high school, $2,900, and expert in social serv- Harrison [oobb. rector of Trinity Church, Takoma, | ice administration, Children’s Bureau, 'chest. He ran screaming to a shed $3,200 to $3,800. PUBLIGATION IS T RULING ON POLIGE BYD. . POLIEMEN Association Declares “Blue- coat” Gives Business Men Unfair Impression. The Bluecoat, a local was taken to task by the Policemen’s Association’ Jast night in a resolution, which declared that “this association has been embarrassed by the unfairness of ‘the Blueccat’ in allowing merchants and business men of this city to be- lieve that the members of our asso- ciation would bestow special favors upon our business men and merchants in con- sideration of their subscriptions and | advertisements.” Published for Gain. Pointing out that policemen “do mnot accept any benefits from the publica- I'tion of this magazine,” the resolution went on to say that the “magazine is published exclusively for the personal and private gain of its owners.” “The magazine,” the association’s| declaration continued, “is published not at regular intervals as its subscribers have been led to believe, but at the pleasure of its owners, dependifig upon the amount of revenue they have col- lected at the particular time of publi- cation.” ‘The resolution charged that subscrip- tions and advertisement have been so- licited “under the erroneous idea that special consideration would be given subscribers and advertisers by the Police Department.” Condemns False Impressions. Copies of the statement were sent to the Better Business Bureau, the Board of Trade, the Merchants & Manufac- turers’ Association, the Chamber of Commerce and to the daily newspapers. The resolution closed by condemning any attempt to diminish the friendship and understanding between the Police | Department and local business men by “creating false or erroneous impres- magazine, | TRIAL IS DELAYED Youth Reluctantly Testifies That Patroiman J. H. Del- linger Attacked Him. | | | After hearing lengthy arguments on legal points involved, the Police Trial | | Board today took under advisement & | charge of assault on a prisoner filed | against Joseph H. Dellinger, an eleventh | precinct policeman. | Oscar Raba, jr, 19 years old, of Boulevard Heights, Md., reluctantly tes- tified as & prosecution witness at the insistence of the board. He previously | had said he wished to avoid pressing | the charges. He said the policeman at- |tacked him near Nineteenth and Q streets southeast, January 14, after he was arrested on charges of speeding. E. Russel Kelly, attorney for the de- fendant, declared Dellinger had been convicted on an assault charge by a Police Court jury, but the judgment was held in abeyance. ‘The lawyer argued this, in effect, nullified the conviction. He insisted Dellinger’s long record should be taken into consideration and the man d& served being restored to duty. Dellinger testified he is the father of three children, served 18 months in France during the World War and was personally cited by Gen. Pershing for bravery in action. Robert E. Lynch, an assistant cor- poration counsel, told the board he would study the legal points and make a recommendation. The cases of Cecil E. Showalter, pay roll clerk, and Olin D. Rogers, assistant property clerk, were postponed a week. They were charged with intoxication. A continuance of similar length also was granted Thomas D. Atkinson, a first precinct policeman, charged with con- duct unbecoming an officer. Mexico Explores Gold Strike. MEXICO CITY, March 18 (#).—The Department of Industry has dispatched a commission of geologists to investi- gate claims of a rich gold strike on the slopes of Tambor Hill, in the San Ig- sions.” nacio district of Sinaloa. D. A. Stansbury, father of the 13-year- old boy who shot and seriously wounded Jackie Bennett, 8 years old, last Feb- ruary 23, will give a dance Monday to rllsrey money to help pay the hospital expenses of the injured youngster. The dance will be held in Woodmen Hall, Forestville, Md. Jackie still is confined to Providence Hospital, where he is said to be recov- ering, after undergoing an emergency operation and receiving two blood trans- fusions. He was shot while playing in a woods near his home at 1723 Twenty-fifth street southeast. Stansbury’s son, Har- old, und Eugene Hardy, who lives on Minnesota avenue near Twenty-fifth sureet, were playing “Indians” when the shooting occurred. Jackie, who had been playing with Yettie and Virginia Skillman, 10 and 4 years old, respectively, was shot in the the rear of the Skillman home, ne: FATHERiOF BOY WHO SHOT CHUM PLANS DANCE TO PAY DOCTOR BILL D. A. Stansbury to Raise Funds for Jackie Bennett, Ac- cidentally Wounded While at Play. door to his own, 1‘Whel'e he collapsed. ! Mrs. Ruby Skillmad, mother of his play- mate, picked him up, while another neighbor, Lemuel D. Jones, 1702 ‘Twenty-eighth street, prepared to take him to the hospital. Harold was arrested that night, after: Detectives Willlam Wright and J. P. Boxwell questioned Eugene. Harold was taken to the receiving home, but later was released in the custody of his pa. rents. Eugcne was not held. His father is assisting in arranging .the benefit dance, however. Jackie’s widowed mother, Mrs. Marga- ret Bennett, lives at the Home Apart- ments, Seventh and K strects, He had boarded at the Twenty-fifth street ad- dress, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Streitz, for more than a year. Mrs. Bennett: been at her son’s he was shot. A radio alarm broadcast to a police scout car resulted in the arrest of Dud- ley Lyles, 35 years old, 1119 Lamont street, in the dry goods store of 8. Ginsberg, at 1780 U street, early today. He is being held at the eight precinct on a technical charge of investigation, An unidentified passerby, who had looked into’ the store and saw some- one moving about, telephoned head- quarters and the message was relayed by Station WPDW to the eighth pre- cinet scout car, ‘manned by Policemen Frank J. Knoble and C. C. Willlams, Knoble and Williams went into the store through the rear door, while Pa- trolman T. R. Haage on the “beat,” stood guard outside. Lyles surrendered without resistance and was taken to No. 8 station, where he refused to di- ;:x'l:e his identity until several hours 3 Flashights, pliers, keys and other paraphernalia were found on Lyles’ per- son, police said. Nearly $3 in change, which Lyles dropped when the two officers entered, was found strewn on the floor. The prisoner told police he was a plumber by occupation but had been out of work for nearly two months. MISS STRAYER HEADS WOMEN’S PRESS CLUB Publicity Writers Named to Fill 3 Important Offices in Organ- ization. ‘The Women's National Press Club last night elected Martha Strayer of the ‘Washington Daily News president of the club. There were 43.members present, Miss Strayer receiving 28 votes. ‘Three of the most important offices of the ¢lub were filled by publicity writers. Miss Katherine Lewis of the Red.Cross publicity bureau was named first vice president: Miss Bess Davis Schreiner, publicity writer, treasurer, and Miss Is- abel Story, publicity, National Park Service, Interior Department, corre- sponding secretary. “The other officers etected last eve- ning were Miss Mary Hornaday of the Christian Science Monitor, recording secretary; Mrs. Mae Craig, Portland, Me., Press-Herald, and the following 1.embers of the board of governors: Miss Ruth Eleanor Jones, society editor, ‘Washington Herald: Miss Bess Furman and Mrs. Margaret Keating. WOMEN CLUB MEMBERS INSPECT INSTITUTIONS Children’s Village and Home fo} Children Visited .Prior to Luncheon Yesterday. ‘The Committee on Institutions of the ‘Women's City Club yesterday made an inspection trip to the Children’s Village and the Washington Home for Chil- dren. Mrs. Francis D. Merchant was chairman of the subcommittee in charge of the visit, which followed & luncheon at the club houss. Guests of honor at the luncheon were Mrs. Douglas P. Birnie, first directress of the board of Hillcrest; Mrs. Fernando Cuniberti, first vice president, . . Eckels, corresponding secretary of the Women’s Board of Hillcrest. ‘Those who made the inspection were %{ers_ vgl.llum Hlee }(!}grnln:, president; an Grace Hays Riley, Ju O'Toole, Mrs. E. M. H. Lewis, mm H. Finley, Miss Virginia S. Benjamin, Mrs. Lawton Miller, Mrs. Edward A. Quintard, Mrs. S. M. Parker, Mrs. Lulah T. Andrews, Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt, Mrs. George Perkins, Mrs. S. : Sarah Cushing, Miss F. M. Crossthwaite, Mrs. Grattan Kerans, Mrs. Gertrude C. Notes, Miss was acci- moved the E catch. Florence W. Layton, Miss Birdilia Bair, Mrs, E. E. Harper, Mrs. L. W. Holbrook, Mrs. Lawrence H. Cake, Mrs. Viola M. H. Baker and Mrs. John H. Harwood.