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he Fp WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1931. STAMP CAMPAIGN 15 STARTED FOR Backs of Letters to Carry Little Messengers Through- out United States. DEMAND FOR RIGHTS VOICED IN CARTOON First Issue Made Ready by Citi- zens' Alliance in Amounts Over Twenty-five. The Citizens’ Allidnce of Washing- ton, it was announced today, has com- pleted plans for paign of indefinite duration designed to carry a message CITIZENS OF WASHINGTONDC. t hr o u ghout the United States, in- forming the fran-| chised citizens of | the country of the, lack of representa tion for the half-| million residents of the District of Co- lumba. The alliance, an | organization of | DEMAND local residents THE RIGHT TOVOTE seeking representa- tion for the Dis- trict in Congress, as the legislature for the National Capital, has arranged to | finance the campaign by the sale of | correspondence stamps to be placed on the backs of envelopes malled from i A quantity of these stamps has been | struck off and are ready for use. The stamp bears on its face a character representing the District of Columbia, chained to a post of “disfranchise- ment” and also carries the slogan: “Cit- izens of Washington, D. C., Demand the Right to Vote.” Berryman Cartoon Copy. ‘The design of the stamp is a copy of a cartoon drawn by Clifford K.| Berryman ‘The stamps are being purchased from the Citizens' Alliance at its office in room 204, The Star Building, in any amount of 25 or more. The price of | the stamp is 1 cent each, and sell for 100 for $1 or 1,000 for $10. All funds recelved from the sale of the stamps will be placed in the campaign fund of the alliance. The operating expenses of the alliance at| present are less than $50 a week, the services of all campaign workers being voluntary. The ailiance is a non-commercial or- | ganization and every cent spent for the | “franchis: starp,” it is stated by George Adams, president of the alliance, will be | spent cn behalf of the attalnment of | politieal equity for the residemts of the District. The alliance does not plan an lnten-, sive drive for the sale of the stamps, | the matter being left in the hands of | the proponents of the movement for national representation for Washington to make use of the stamps as they may have occasion. Realization to Be Stirred. It is the hope of the alliance that by | the use of the stamps on letters being sent from Washington to various points throughout the United States, the full- | fledged citizens of the various States of the country will come to realize the | anomalous situation in the Capital of the Nation. which deptives local resi- dents of direct representation in the Congress that governs and taxes them. Representation for Washington would | be provided under an amend rent to the Constitution of the United States, giv- ing Congress the power to grant to! ‘Washington membership in the Senate and the House and also to give to local | residents representation in the electoral | college, which has been sponsored by | the Citizens’ Joint Committee for Na- 4 tional Representation. A joint resolu- tion, providing for the submission of the constitutional amendment to the States for ratifictaion was pend- | ing before the last Congress. One of | the objects of the Citizens’ Alliance is | sictive Tation with the Citizens’ Joint Committee, COL. PAYNE'S PLANE | REACHES CANAL ZONE to Assistant of War | Spend Week in Panama, Re- | Becretary turning Via Mexico City. After six days of flying, brcken by | stops for inspection of Army posts, | Col. Prederick H. Payne, Assistant Sec- retary of War, arrived at France Field, Canal Zone, yesterday in an Army tri- | motored transport piane from Bolling | Pield, according to word received this morning at the local field. an extensive cam- | { limited transfers, | by | 3527 Quebec street, a Western M Capital today, OF TRACIN LINE Clayton Tells Burleith Citi-! zens Government Could Provide 5-Cent Fare. William McK. Clayton, chairman of the Public Utilities Committee of the Pederation of Citizens’ Associations, last night ‘proposed that the Government should purchase and operate the street railways of the city. { Speaking before the Burleith Citizeas’ | Association at Gordon Junior High School, Mr. Clayton declared the Gov- ernment had made a great success of the water system in the National Cap- ital and urged -immediate acquisition of the street rallway lines here by the Government. | “The Government owes it to the Cap- ’llll of the Nation, which is the work- shop of the Nation,” said Mr. Clayton, “to see that we have just as fine a| transportation line as miodern builders can build them.” Could Give Five-Cent Fare. “The United States Government,” de- clared the speaker, “could operate trans- portation lines here with first class equipment, at & 5-cent faré, with un- make good money, and build & surplus on top.” Mr. Clayton said Washington Railway & Electric Co., officials, at a recent | hearing on the preposed abandonment of the Foxhall Village bus line, told only “half the story.” He asserted the of- ficials were “looking through the small end of the telescope to se= a $12,000 deficit so they could cut that line off.” He declared the traction concern, with the Potomac Electric Power Co., as {8 matter of fact was earning about 8 per cent on a valuation of $68,000,000. Hits Outside Control. Mr. Clayton deplored the movement which outside financial interests were gaining control of the public | utilities here. The speaker said, however. that “we have a good, well organized, efficient electric light company,” and that if the Washington Gas Light Co. spends the money it promises “we will have a %004 efficient gas company.” J. 8. Gorrell, president of the Bur- leith Citizens’ Association, announced that the court heering on protests against assessment benefits for widen- ing Reservoir road was set for April 24 and that A. H. Moran, a member of the association, was going to repre- sent many individuals before the court Lecture on National Parks. An fllustrated lecture on “National | Parks” was delivered by Miss Elizabeth The big plane was flown by Lieut, | M- Haney, passenger representative of Prederick V. H. Kimble, Army Air Corpe, aide to Assistant Secretary | Payne, and Lieut. Louis M. Merrick, operations officer at Bolling Pield, and carried as a passenger Mrs. Payne, and as members of the crew, Master Sergt. ‘Leo Hukill and Staff Sergt. Charles P. Marstin of Bolling Pleld. Secretary Payne will spend about a week in the Canal Zone and then will start back by air, probably stopping At Mexico City cn the way back. As an extra passenger on the return trip will be Maj. William R. Gruber, Pield Artillery, sistant executive in Col Payne's office, who met the party in | Panama yesterday afternoon. GUILD PLANS PLAY Galsworthy's Comedy, “Windows," to Be Presented at School. John Galsworthy's comedy “Win- dows” will be presented by the Com- munity Drama Gujild on the nights of ril 23 and 24 in the McKinley High hool auditorium. The cast has been rehearsing nightly for some time, under | the direction of Mrs. Ruth Harsha Mc- Kenzle, assisted by Helen Webb Zeller. | Tickets have been placed on sale at headquarters of the American Automo- bile Association and at the Drama Guild office, in the Franklin Administration Building. FORMER HUSBAND SUED Charles E. Dngley Failed in Con- | tributions for Children, Charge. ‘Marjorie M. Odds. Hampton, Va.. has filed suit in the District Supreme Court | 0 er $3,674.06 from her former | the Baltimore & Ohio Raflroad. Mr. Gorrell named the Committee on | the Washington Bicentennial as _fol- |lows: Charles E. Embry, Harry E. Rad- | cliffe and Mr. Gorrell. A letter was received from the Citi- |zens' Alliance asking that a speaker {from the alliance be heard by the as- | sociation at a future meeting and ca!l- |ing attention to seals, concerning the campaign for ‘otes for the District. President Gorrell said he would invite a speaker to appear before the asso- ciation. MAN HURT IN CRASH | | A Charles L. Milholland Sustains | Bruises When Three Cars Collide. One man was hurt slightly in a triple | eollision today in which one au‘ mobile | overturned at Sixteenth and M /streets Charles L. Milholland, 34 years old. of 1720 Twenty-first street, driver of one of the automobiles, was taken to| Emergency Hospital and treated for minor bruises. The drivers of the other automobiles were Fred Christiansen, 27 years old. cof 1919 Nineteenth sfreet and Theodore { Barnsley, 22 years old, of Rockville, Md. It was Milholland’s automobile which overturned. | MRS. ASHFOE!D HONORED |Elected President of Women's Christian Association. Mrs. Philip Ashfosd was elected | president. of the Women's Christian As- soclation at a recent meeting at the assoclation home, 1719 Thirteenth street. Other officers elected are Mrs. J. C. husband, Charles E. Langley, local bulider. Through Attorney Alvin L. , she tells the court that Lang- agreed Lo pay. $150 ‘month for (he malntenance of two children, and also to share In cost of their. education, Hemphill, recording secretary; Mrs. Ed ward Yonker, corresponding secretary Mrs, Harry C. Jame, treasurer, and Mrs. ] but the actual value was not disclosed. | prganization in the Mayflower, Miss Granger, registrar. Mrs. Lueda Poin- dexter wal retained as luwll\lendflll oo, : the organizal Washington’s Own Princess MISS BROWN TO REPRESENT CAPITAL AT WINCHESTER FETE. 1SS ROSALIE VALK BROWN, daughter of Maj. and Mrs. R. D. Brown, | High School senior, whose rare beau has been chosen to represent the Capital in the court of Queen Shen andoah VIII at the Apple Blossom Festival at Winchester, Va., between | May 5 and 8. There being no apple blossoms out in the vicinity of the | the photographer framed Miss Brown of Japanese cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin. grandmother were born in Winchester, Va. in s charming set- Miss Brown’s mother and —Star Staff Photo. URGES .5 CONTROL VIRGINA GARDENS PILGRIMAGE IS SET Historic Homes Will Be Open to Public From April 29 to May 2, Inclusive. Neadly §00 hisorie homes and gar- dens a_will be opened to the public (pri’'29 to May 2, inclusive. through the co-operation of the Rich- mond Chapter of the Wakefield Memo- rial Association and the Virginia or- ganization of the Colonial Dames of merica. The object of this garden pilgrimage unds for the restoration of ce of George will be charged places which to the general The garden pllgrimage, as described by the Wakefield Memorial Association, is actually an extended visit to the cradle of American history with the at- mosphere of Colonial days admirably preserved in the old brick mansions fitted with antique furnishings and the old gardens hedged with box bushes. The restoration of the Wakefield estate is progressing rapidly under the auspices of the Memorial Association, of which Mrs. Harry Lee Rust of Wash- ington is president. Already the walls of the sion are complete, the roof is in place and the dormer windows are in. The old kitchen, where the heat- ing and lighting plant will be located, also is nearly finished. Places and Dates Open. The following historical places will be open to the public during the pilgrimage: Alexandria and vicinity, open April 29 and 30 and May 1—Wellington, Rip- pon Lodge, Gunston Hall, Gadsby Tav- ern, Carlyle House, Christ Church, Pohick Church. Fredericksburg and _vicinity, open April 29 and 30 and May 1—Federal Hill. Kenmore, Monroe'’s Law Office. Mary Washington House, Hickory Hili (5 miles from Ashland). Richmond and vicinity, open April 29 and 30 and May 1 and 2—Governor’s Mansion, Virginia House, the Oaks, Windemere, Poe’s Shrine ‘and Garden, St. John's Church, John Marshali House, Valentine House and Garden, Confederate Museum, Battle Abbey. James River Plantation Belt, open April 29 and 30—Brandon, Upper Brandon. Westover, River Edge, Clare mont Manor, Shirley (open April 30 only). Jamestown-Williamsburg, open April 30 and May 1—George Wythe House, St. George Tucker House, Archibald Blair House, Bracken House, Peyton Randolph House, Waller House, Barlow House, Coke House, Mercer House, Me- Clandish House, College of William and Mary, Bruton Church, Powder Horn. Vicinity of Gloucester, open April 30 and May 1 and 2—Goshen, Green Plains, Long Bridge. Ordinary Ware Church, Abingdon Church, Chelsea (Pamunkey Trail near West Point). Vicinity of Smithfield, open April 30 and May 1 and 2—Shoal Bay, Fort Boy- kin, Yorktown, open April 29 and 30 and May 1 and.2—Sheild House, York Hall, Moore House, Custom House, Monument. Tidewater Trail (route 17 from Tap- pahannock), open May 1 and 2—Gay Mont, ~ Kinloch Plantation, Vauter Church, Yeocorico Church, Wakefield, Stratford. The above places may be reached ‘either by Tappahannock or Fredericksburg_routes. % Vicinity of Danville, open May 1 and 2—Berry Hill, Prestwould, Dan’s Hill, Oak Hill, Oakridge, Axton, Memorial Mansion. "RHAPSODY': IS TONIGHT Premiere of Play at Belasco As- sured by Management. Positive assurance that Lew Leslie's “Rhapsody in Black,” would open to- night at the Belasco Theater was given today by the management. The premier was canceled last night because a specialist said a throat irri- tation Induced by strenuous rehearsing made it inadvisable for Ethel Waters. star of the attraction to go on. Marked improvement was shown today in the condition of Miss Waters. Mrs. Iselin Left “Over $20,000.” NEW YORK, April 15 (/).—The will of Mrs. Sara Gracle King Bronson Iselin, who ruled the “400” in the '80s, was yesterday. A petition stated the estate was “over $20.000,” Two grandsons, besides other be- quests, recelve 80 pearls from their grandmother’s ascklace. TREBLED NURSING SERVICE 1S URGED INDISTRIGT SURVEY Council of Social Agencies Would Increase Personnel From 89 to 249. CO-ORDINATED GROUPS ALSO ARE PROPOSED Appointment of Director of Nurses in Health Department Is Asked. ‘The need of three times the number of public health nurses now employed in Washington was seen in the latest report of the health and hospital survey being completed under the auspices of the Council of Social Agencies. ‘The increase of the personnel from 89 to 249, according to the survey, should be accompanied by a gradual reorgan- ization to bring all of the nurses under two co-ordinated agencles, the Health Department and the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society. It was further recommended that a the present staffs concerned with com- municipable, venerel and tubercular dis- eases, Bureau Is Suggested. Another suggestion was that the au- thorities consider the establishment of a Bureau of Public Health Nursing with a of specialized nursing stafl: The current report, last of two tre: ing with public nursing, is one of a ries under preparation by the Ameri- can Public Health Association in con- | junction with the Committee on Inter- pretation of the Council of Social Agencles. The next section will deal with soclal hygiene. Proposals Outlined. Other major recommendations con- tained in today’s report were: 3 ‘Transfer of the. Public Health Nursing Service of the Tuberculosis Association to the Health Depart- ment. Continuance of the present nurs- ing service of the Child Welfare So- clety only so long as it is needed for demonstration and teaching pur- poses, and then the transfer of this service to the Child Hygiene Serv- ice of the Health Department. Appointment at the present time of & school nurse supervisor. Development of the Instructive Visiting Nurse Soclety by the follow- ing means: Increase of pay service, development of aservices to pre- natal, tubercular. mental and car- diac cases; addition of a nutrition program, a cleser relationship to the soclety’s Medical Advisory Commit- tee, s closer relationship to the Health Department, the transfer for the present of the home visiting of the " Columbia Hospital pre-natal clinfe to the Visiting Nurse Society and the encouragement of nursing schools to provide pupils with two months of fleld work in visif nursing and child hyglene nursing. Service Exchange Urged. Another general recommendation was that eloser relations between the pub- lic health nursing services be gradu- |ally developed through the use of a social service exchange, e employment of co-ordinated systems of reporting cases and through a more general instruction for nurses, to elim- inate, as far as possible, the necessity for two or more nurses visiting one family at a time. social service work by an increased use of the public health nursing service, LOW BID OPPOSED | ON PIPE FITTINGS | Commissioners Told Firm Offers to Supply D. C. Foreign Product. trict Commissioners against the award of a contract for 223 tons of pipe fit- that the low bidder proposes to fulfill the contract with pipe of French manu- Xl(‘lllv. whereas other bidders propose to supply American-made pipe. The low bidder is Herbert Kennedy. a New York jobber, who bid $66.80 per ton. Next comes the Lynchburg ton and next the Rudisill Foundry Co. of Anniston, Ala., with a bid of $68.60 per ton. The protest comes from the Rudisill Co., which claims that if its discount for cash offer is taken into effect their price is $67.23 per ton. which would put them next to the low bidder and only 43 cents a ton above the price bid by the low bidder. The Rudisill concern claims the con- tract should be let to & contractor offering American-made goods because of the effect on employment conditions here. Assistant Engineer Commissioner Hugh P. Oram said it would be prac- | e impossible to make payment in 10 days in order to secure the cash dis- count offered by the Rudisill Co. and with this discount out of the picture the Lynchburg Foundry Co. would be the lowest bidder offering American- made goods. The question remains onen, however, he said, and will prob- ably be settled by the Commissioners at their regular board meeting next Friday. director of nurses be appointed to the | Health Department, to bring together | director of nurses in charge, and the | creation of a district to experiment on | the best methods of correlating the work | througi the | | It was suggested that hospitals would be greatly assisted with their medical | A notice has been filed with the Dis- | tings to the low bidder on the ground | Foundry Co., with & bid of $68.10 per | 12-MONTH TRAFFIC GOUNT IN' GAPITAL AREA OPENS IN JuLY }Survey to Cover All Sections Within 20-Mile Radius of Washington. {ONLY 2 JURISDICTIONS HAVE NOT YET JOINED Study Will Form Basis for Road | Building and Community De- | velopment of Future. | The traffic survey in the metropoli- tan disirict of Washington, to ascertain | the origin and destination of traffic | within a 20-mile radius of Washington, | 1s to start on July 1 and continue for | a year. This decision was reached late | yesterday at a meeting of the Regional Highway Committee, sponsored by the | National Capital Park and Planning | Commission, which agreed to meet | again on May 8 to discuss further plans. Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of planning of the commission, explained | that all interested agencies save two indicated their agreement to contribute to the survey, which is to cost about $40,000. E. W. James, chief of the di vision of highway transport of the Bu- reau of Public Roads, Department of | Agriculture, presented a draft of a pro- posed agreement which is to be acted upon by the various interested agencies. A report will be made to the commis- sion at its Friday meeting and it is ex- pected that it will then ratify the program. Fairfax and Alexandria Out. Fairfax County, Va., and Alexandria, Va., are understood to be the two groups that! have not as yet agreed to con- tribute to the traffic count, but it is anticipated they will lend financial sup- port and report at the May 8 meeting, which will be held in the afterncon. James H. Cissel of Silver Spring, Md. representing the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, presided at yesterday’s meeting. Data gathered in ‘the traffic count will give the esngineers and civic planners infor mation on road bullding for the future and are expected to facilitate the con- struction of highways along the most direct lines of major trafic. Each Will Contribute. The various groups that are to take part in the traffic count, each con- tributing a proportionate share of the $40,000 ccst, will study the draft of the agreement presented by Mr. James and ' will report to their parent organizations which each is to obtain for the money. Organizations interested in the traffic | count are: The District Government, | the National Capital Park and Planning | Commission, the Bureau of Public Roads, the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the Maryland State Roads Commission, Prince Georges County, Md.; Mont- gomery County, Md.; the Virginia State Highway Commission, Arlington County, Fairfax County, Va., and Alex- andria, Va. + e year, and it is expected that a rotating crew will take periodic counts in the 20-mile radius of Washington at different intervals to register the stream of traffic. WARDMAN RECEIVERS NAMED BY COURT Harry A. L. Barker and Gardner L. Boothe, Latter of Alexandria, Appointed With Counsel. Justice Jennings Bailey of the Dis- trict Supreme Court today appointed Harry A. L. Barker of this city and Gardner L. Boothe of Alexandria as ancillary fvers of the Wardman Mortgage scount_Corporation, and designated Harry F. Kennedy and Nor- | man Pisher as attorneys for the receivers. Barker and Boothe were named as receivers by the Corporation Comrt of Alexandria March 20, and recently Robert B. Smythe. & stockholder of the company, asked the local court to ap- point them to take over the affairs of the corporation in the District. ‘The order of Justice Bailey directs the ancillary receivers to Institute eny action at law or in equity that may be Jegally advised by counsel to protect or reduce to their possession all assets of every kind and character within the District that may belong to or be owing to the Wardman Mortgage & Discount Corporation. No_opposition was made by counsel for the corporation to the designation | of the Alexandria receivers to act in & similar capacity in the District. {AVIATORS FINED $290 FOR VIOLATION OF RULES Commerce Department Announces 313 Infractions, With 84 Pilots Suspended. ‘The aeronautics branch of the Com- merce Department announced today that 65 aviators were fined a total of $200 during the first three months of this year for violations of air com- merce regulations. _ There were a total of 313 violations, but 56 of the aviators were reprimanded instead of being fined, 84 were suspend- ed, 25 licenses were revoked and 7 licenses were denied. Seventy-six cases were investigated and dismissed. ‘The fiine collected during the period compared with $750 collected during the previous quarter. e survey will be conducted for an | AMPLIFIER WORKS .AS WOMAN ASKS ALOUD ABOUT ‘DARN THING’ Speaker, Annoyed by. Difficulty With Voice Aid, Finds Out About Trouble Amid Laughter of Audience. Miss Maude K. Wetmore of Newport, R. I. & member of the National Execu- tive Committee of the Women's Organi- zation for National Prohibition Reform, has no use for loud speakers. Addressing last night's session of the One moment it was too low and the e phoally, priroksd, - she: mid, in an ally, Vi L, e said, aside, "Oh!"What's the matter With the thing?” darn And that happenéd to be one of the occasions when the lcud speaker sent her words booming out over her au- dience. ‘Wetmore was continjally in trouble, a8 | There were shouts and laughter she attempted to ulmz {er voice to the | the speaker moved out of amplifier, zome. fm— PAGE B—1 | Rear Admiral Henry V. Butler as he took over command of the Washington Navy Yard. The upper view shows him shaking hands with Comdr. A. H. Douglas, commandant of the Anacostia Naval Air Station. In the lower view, Admiral Butler (left) is receiving the congratulations of the retiring commandant, Capt. Claude C. Bloch, who is to assume command of the U. S. S. Wyoming. Bl PART OF SHALL TAKES COMMAND LOANS PAY DOCTORS {13-Gun Salute Greets New Benjamin Talks on Cost of Commandant of Washing- | Medical Care to Managers ton Navy Yard. of Visiting Nurses. Forty-eight per cent of small bor- rowers use their loans to pay for medi- Washington Navy Yard. | cal care, Paul Benjamin, of the staff of The ceremonies were marked by |the Cost of Medical care, declared yes- ng‘:d::dhr‘ngel;tfi-l T"l:.l::{ug"&:::‘trrdny in a talk before the Board of and details of splcand-span Marines Managers of the Instructive Visiting and sailors. There was a flourish of | Nurse Society. ::D:vdlgh“h g:e.&e’w ffl{"'""‘fi? lpwp:ll‘:;} ‘The speaker, formerly field secretary C. Calhoun, until recently navigator Of the National Tuberculosis Associa- aboard the U. S. 8. Vestal. As the exercises began the naval off cers and civilian officials were intr As a 13-gun salute reverberated in the distance, Rear Admiral Henry V. But- ler today assumed command of fare Society at Louisville, Ky. re- | viewed the situation relating to the eco- duced to Admiral Butler by his e- | 3 s He said that decessor, Capt. Claude C. Bloch. The |Bomics of medical care. out-going commandant, who had been |out of an annual bill for sickness in | at the Navy Yard more than a year, |this country of from $2,500,000,000 to thanked those present for their co-opera- | $3,000,000,000 only about 19 or 20 per | tlon and expressed a hope they might |cent was charged against actual doc- be_associated again in the future. | tors’ bills. He said the balance went for with the playing of a march by. the | charges, X-rays and other expenses of yard's band, after the retiring chief- |a similar nature. Procedure in Acquiring South of Great Falls Awaits | Commission’s 0. K. The board of appraisal, which will deal with the purchase of land for park purposes in the George Washington Memorial Parkway, south of Great Falls, in Virginia, held its organization meeting today, under the chairmanship of Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr., engineer of the Natlonal Capital Park and Plan- | ning Commission. | A suggested plan of procedure was outlined, but this was not made public, as Capt. Chisolm explained that it { would be submitted to the commission for_suggestions and adoption. | capt. Chisolm explained to his Vir- ginia colleagues the plan of action set forth by the commission, and received from them proposals on procedure. Earl W. Saum_of Burgndy Farm, Va., nominee of Fairfax County, Va., and Keith A. Brumback, nominee of the Arlington County, Va., Board of | Supervisors, are serving on’ the board of appraisai with Capt. Chisolm. Theo- dore P. Artaud, appraisal engineer of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, was elected secretary of the board of appraisal. tain’s pennant had bzen lowered and | Men Lose Eight Days Yearl: 108 S sBatiat ek new eomumincant || L S0g L e i Admiral Butler came to his new post | Industrial cities had brought out the e T S i e e s Sttt it vy " | the average female wage earner 12 days. Capt. Bloch will go to Philadelphia | Concerning medical cost in relation to to become commander of the fraining Income, Mr. Benjamin said that approx- squadron. His flagship will be the U, |imately 79 per cent of all persons living S.'S. Wyoming, He will be made a rear | in the United States have an income of admiral as 500n as & vacancy occurs, | 1ess than $2,000. He told of a study rpithaey iy made by the Family Society of Toledo on the amount~necessary for subsist- PARKWAY APPRAISAL ence for one famijly for one year. This | estimate put the' lowest figure for a BOARD ORGANIZES ! family of five from $1,500 to $1,600 per | annum. | _The speaker stated that the com- Land | mittee with which he was working was primarily a research committee and was collecting a large body of facts on the basis of which future recom- mendations might be made to help solve the present difficulties encoun- tered by the average family in meeting | medical costs. . Mrs. G. Howland Chase, second vice | president, presided in the absence of the president, Mrs. Whitman Cross. Treasurer's Report Made. The treacurer’s report was made by George Hewiit Myers, chairman of the Finance Committee. Miss Virginia Hunt, vice chairman jof the Supply Committee, made an appeal for m:re volunteer service in order that the committee might be able to finish sterile dressings necessary to | carry the organization through' its | Summer work. < Mrs. John M. Sternhagen, chairman of the Publicity Committee, gave a progress report. A special committee was appointed to draw up a resolution expressing the regret of the soclety at the death of | Dr. John A. Foote, former president }of the District of 'Columbia Medical Soclety and as such an ex-officio mem- ber of the Medical Advisory Committee. Measles Epidemic Reported. ‘The director reported that Miss Pearle Griffith, the Georgetown super- visor, who is the orthopedic consultant | of the organization, was attending the International Convention for Cripple Children in Cleveland this week. The work for the month showed an epidemic of measles, followed by the usual complications of otitis medias and pneumonias. A total of 5,180 patients were carried by the organization in March, and 14,- 480 field visits made by the staff. An announcement was made of an- rual program being sponsored by the Maternity Center Association of New WOMEN TO SEE HOOVER | Dames of Loyal Legion to Call at ‘White House Friday. Before opening their annual conven- tion Priday at the Willard Hotel, mem- bers of the National Soclety of Dames of the Loyal Legion will call on Presi- dent Hoover at noon tomorrow. At 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon the visitors will attend the unveiling of a memorial tablet to Gen. Miles in the Washington Cathedral. The annual dinner will be held Friday night. ATTORNEY TO SPEAK Samuel Herrick, Washington attorney.| Those present were Mrs. G. Howland will speak at the commemoration of the | Chase, Mrs. Monigomery Blair, Mrs. Battle of Lexington by the District of | Leonard Block, Miss Elizabeth Bryan, Columbia Daughters of the American|Mrs. Dwight Clark, Mrs. Charles B. Revolution, Saturday, April 18. Crawford, Mrs. John W. Davidge, Mrs. ‘The program is to be broadcast over | Franklin Ellis,*Miss.Janet B. Houtz, Station WMAL at 4:40 in the after- nt, Kauffmann, noon, with Miss Helen Marman, State rgh, Mrs. Huls regent, making the introduction. Cone, e H. Myers, Mrs. The annual panquet will be held at'!O’Connol Charles W. Pimper, the Willard tel that night, Mrs, Mrs. Ord Preston and the directo George Minor will preside, Gertr H. Bowling. constructive effort to _improve care throughout the United States which is glven to mothers at time of yhildbirth to be held in Washington on May 10 on prenatal care. n J. and |tion and director of the Family w:l-k | The colorful ceremonies were closed | patent medicines, dental and nurflns; 19 ACECHARGES OF TAKING PART AU CONSPRACY Three Women in Group Ac- cused of Distributing Liquor on Large Scale Here. TRIAL GETS UNDER WAY BEFORE JUSTICE LUHRING Alleged to Have Distilled Alcohol From Perfumes to Make Gin and Whisky Mixtures. The trial of 16 men and 3 women on liquor conspiracy charges began in District Supreme Court today before Justice Oscar R. Luhring. After a jury of 10 men and 2 women had been sworn in to try the case, Jus- tice Luhring ordered an adjournment for lunch. The members of the alleged liquor ring are sald to have distributed gin {and whisky throughout Washington, doing & busirfess which allegedly netted them a profit of $300,000 a year. They are accused specifically of operating distilling plants in Riverdale and Hyatts- ville, Md., and disposing of their product in Washington through distribution points located in the 3400 block of Four- tenth street, the 1400 block of Spring road and the 1400 block of Newton street. Perfume Distilling Charged. ‘They are alleged to have distilled al- cohol from a variety of perfumes, dis- posing of the extract for beverage pur- poses. The defendants are: Alfred Mendel~ son, Ida Mendelson, Roy Beasley, Harry Kushner, Corbin Shields, Jerry Chart- eres, Elizabeth Charteres, Milton J. Lerner, Roy Ohern, Thomas McNichals, Jack Baum, Frank E. Baker, Eugene L. Sanders, Earl Harbin, James P. Clarke and Nettie M. Clarke. One of the defendants who was in- dicted as “Jack Gordon,” appeared fore Justice Luhring yesterday and filed a plea in abatement, contending his name was John Fentress and alleging that he had never been known as Gordon. The plea was granted and Pentress was held for action of the grand jury under $3,000 bond. Two Others Not Found. ring, Maurice Glasser and Nathan Cos- man. have not been apprehended. “Philadelphia Jake” Skulsky was taken into custody in Philadelphia, but has | :«n yet been turned over to authorities ere. The case is being prosecuted by As- sistant United States Attorneys James R. Kirkland and John J. Wilson. The defendants are represented by Attor- neys Thomas M. Wampler, T. Morris Wampler, James A. O'Shea, Harry E. Whelan, William E. O'Connell, George 8. Naphen, E. Russel Kelly, Myron E. Ehrlich and Charles E. Ford. INVALID IS RESCUED IN SOUTHWEST FIRE 72-Year-Old Man One of Nine Driven From Their Smoke- Filled Homes. i | ~Nine persons, including a 72-year-old | invalid, were driven from smoke-filled | homes early today, when fire, believed to have been caused by defective wiring, broke out in a row of three small frame | houses at 314, 316 and 318 Fourteenth street southwest. ‘The blaze was detected quickly and tinguished within a few moments after the arrival of the apparatus. Damage was estimated at only $150. A retired fireman, Frank Frere, who lives at 300 Fourteenth street south- west, ran from his home and helped firemen remove James Bradley, who was lying paralyzed in his bed room, at 314 Fourteenth street, when the fire started. Mrs. Bradley, their ywng son, James Herbert, and two other children were led through the smoke-filled to the street by Lieut. I. W. Lusky of No. 16 Engine Company. Angelo Tor~ reano, his wife and their 4-year-old child were forced out of their home, [at 318, by smoke also. | Physicians at Emergency Hospital, | where Bradley was taken for examina- tion, announced the man apparently had suffered no harmful effects as & | result of his experience. |STRAY CATS IN MARKET AREA TO BE_CARED FOR Humane Society and Animal Res- cue League Agepts Finding Homes for Many. Agents of the Humane Society and the Animal Rescue League have been authorized to care for the cats aban- doned when the Louisiana avenue mar- ket area was vacated recently. ‘This decision was reached after a sur- vey showed that a large number of stray cats were made homeless with the closing of the market. Many of the homeless cats already have been given homes by the two organizations. Two trips a day "are made by th agents to the old market site. By gent coaxing the animals are collected and brought to the homes of the two ore ganizations. ‘The work is being done under the su- pervision of Miss Virginia Sargent of the Humane Society, assisted by her Band of Mercy girls. BOULDER DAM BOOMS Post Office Opened in Town Being Built by Government. BOULDER CITY, Nev., April 15 (). —Nevada now has a new post office. Rising from the desert, few places York City capitalizing Mother’s day in | have been born with such a widely. known identity as this new Government town of Boulder City. J. L. Finney, postmaster, began stamping letters while hammers were ringing in the construc- tion of the community that, for the next six vears or so, will be the home town of the builders of the Hoover Dam and the Boulder Canyon project. Icelandic Parliament Dissolved. COPENHAGEN, April 15 (®.— ‘Thorallsson, premier of Ice- informed the Icelandic Alt King Christtan had dis- rliament and summéned on June 12 land, yesterday th solved t! ‘Two other alleged members of the