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The Sy Stae SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1931. =* WASHINGTON, D. C, S875,000 MEDICAL PAGE B—1 FINES OPEN DRIVE — BRIDE'S OPINION Magnificent Fountain Will Grace Capital MEMORIAL TO OSCAR S. STRAUS, LATE CABINET OFFICER, WILL OCCUPY GRAND PLAZA. Likes Living in Sumatra EX-D. C. WOMAN TELLS OF MEDAN. N RATE DISPTE HELD IN SECRET iCorporation Counsel and Gen. Patrick Refuse to Discuss Brief. CONFERENCE IS PLANNED SOME TIME THIS WEEK t Controversy With Pepco Has Been Hanging Fire Since December 30, 1930. A legal opinion on what should be the next sizp in the electric rate con- troversy was delivered by Corporation Counsel William W. Bride lo the Public Utiiitles Commission yesterday. Its ,contents were kept secret. Neither Mr. "Bride nor Gen. Mason M. Patrick, ehairman of the commission, would dis- cuss thera. Gen. Patrick, however, sald he would confer with Mr. Bride on the subject this week. Hanging Fire Since December. This controversy has been hanging fire since December 31, 1230, when the _commission found as a fact that the Potomac Electric Power Co. was earn- Ing an excessive return and announced #ts intention of going to court in an effort to make more of this return mvailable to the public in the way of smte reductions. The company has re- o eo-opzute’ wlg‘ the commission this enterprise for reason, nm! others, that its earnings for the firs two months of 1931 have not been as large as k(;ho:e of e‘m corresponding two months in the previous year. Mr. Bride has rendered one opinion jon this problem before, but it, too, has yemained a secret. It was generally understood at the time the first opinion was submitted that Mr. Bride favored absolute abrogation of the tonscnt de- cree of Equity Court, which now re; ulates rates and the setting of reason- sble rates in spite of the decree, which was said to be cxtra-jurisdictional. Commission Rejects Plan. The commission, however, would have none of this, and directed him instead » to prepare a petition seeking modifica- n of the decree. This petition was and is in the files"of the com- n. It has never been taken to rt. lmleldmth. mmmmomn tried compromise .the case e cor- tion, but the corporation refused to_compromise. In some quarters the second request for an opinion was believed to indicate thst the “had changed its mind and decided that-.abrogation of nnot be stal ission has maintained a Sphinx- Yke silence on the whole problem. PRI RS SWAN ISADENTIFIE IN WCRORY HOLD-UP BMan Captured in' Baltimore Picked From Line-up by Store Employes. Alton Swan was identified yesterday #s one of the four bandits who hel up and robbed McCrory's five and ten t store, 416 Seventh street, of $1,200 t August 7. Swan was picked from a line-up of t men at the District Jail by Earl oy ory, former assistant manager ob the |¢ re, and Harvey Smith, 20-year-old essenger. Flory and Smith were rob- as they left the store to deposit money, representing the, day's, re- ipts, in the Second National Bank. Swan, who is 33, was captured in Jtimore, where he has a long crim- [nz] record, by Detective Sergt. Thomas ally and two Baltimore detectives. His zord includes a five-year sentence to Phs Maryland Penitentiary for partici- /pation in a chain store hold-up. Irving and Henry Machlinskey, also Bt Baltimore, are serving five-year terms which resulted in Swa probably will be arraigni e Court early this week. ESTATE LEFT G. W. U. IN WEST VIRGINIA ‘?I‘ibrnr)a Ho:ermt and Farm Land of Late Emma K: Care in Property Listed. ’'s arrest. n?Po- . The bulk of the estate of the late ma K. Carr, formerly of this city, cluding valuable real estate, a library wnd household property at Morgan- wn, W. Va. and nearby, has been ueathed to George ~Washington niversity under the will of the de- ased, it was learned here last night. tocks and bonds also are included in e bequest While not prepared alue of the property. it was made Jknown last night through Dr. oyd eck Marvin. president of the univer- «ity, that the property mentioned in Rhe bequest inciudes a house and lot, # 250-acre farm and woodland. faw books, books and a miscellaneous collection. to specify any The library includes volumes of old of historical value It will e moved to the university, it is stated. Some of the personal property of the will be taken from Morgan- to Eastern markets for sale as other lirected by the the 1 property a to be said. will and ind MEMORIAL BODY MEETS FORMER Washington woman, who once quailed at the sight of a mouse. has just returned from Sumatra, where lizards are house peis and snakes ave | 50 plentiful caddies have to brush them | off the greens with their clubs. “There are all kinds of snakes, from baby cobras that rear their heads ancd ,hiss at golfers tramning over the fair-, way to glant constrictors that prefer! { the seclusion of the nearby jungles. Fashionable Sumatrans put_ the! snakes to good use, however. When milady wants a new pair of shoes, she | picks out a snake from a live collection | shown her by a Chiness thoemaker and | two weeks or so later the reptile has, been turned into a pair of the finest | imaginable Parisian-style shoes. Mate Develops Industry. | Such are the interesting stories of her | long sojourn in the Dutch East Indies related by Mrs. Helen Lyla Gozhwum.l wife of Everett D. Gothwaite, rubber seed ofl industrialist. She is thc daugh- | ter of Col. J. G. Pepper, Arlington County civic leader. | Mr. and Mrs. Gothwaitc have spent | the past several years in Me | Northern Sumatra, where Mr. Goth- i waite has organized and developed a | | successful new vegetable oil industry in | connection with the rubber trade. By | utilizing the oil content of rubber tre: | seeds—Ilarge nut-like “fruits” which formerly went to waste on the Tubber | plantations—Mr. Gothwaite has pro- | duced a valuable oll now being utilized in the manufacture of pain‘s, soaps and | other articles. The entire output of the new oil is shipped to America. The Gothwaites will testify that the {jungle film “Rango,” recently shown | | here, actually was produced in the wilds {of Sumatra. for Ernest Schoedzack, producer of the picture, visited the | | Gothwaite home during the filming of the scenes. Pet Monkey Filmed. Incidentally, the baby monkey which created such a hit in “Rango” was a pet which the Gothwaites loaned to the | movie company for the picture. “Her name was Orphan Annie,” Mrs. Gothwaite said yesterday. *“She was thrown out of a tree by her mother and we hel] some friends take care of her. ‘The ds are keeping her in Medan.” Mr. Schoedzack and his cameramen did not have to venture far from a fine motor highway in order to film the ex- citing wild animal sequences in “Rango,” a ture was to Mrs. Gothwaite. The pic- edan, & town of about 15,000 inhabi- | Although the jungle country surrounds Medan, Mr. and Mrs. Gothwaite have yet to see a tiger in his wild domain. The wild animals keep away from the civilized communities, they said. Baby Cobras Impudent. Lizards literally swarm over the ceil- ing of one's living room in the evening, Mrs. Gothwaite said. They are not dis: turbed by wise houscholders. for they are mortal enemies of mosquitos which are many and large in Sumatra. “It is not uncommon fo sec A baby cobra sticking his tongue out at you on the golf course near Medan.” Mrs. Goth- walte_declared. “The little fellows are harmless and have more nerve, appar- ently, than the grown-up cobras. The only way to chase the defiant little creatures away is to swing your golf club at them.” Mr. and Mrs. Gothwaite are enthusi- astic ‘over Sumatra as a place of resi- dence and plan to refurn to Medan, probably next year. “One thing that appeals particularly to & woman,” Mrs. Gothwaite stated, “is that there s no servant problem in Sumatra. We had seven native serv- ants in Medan for less than it costs to keep one good servant here. In fact, you_have to have several servants, for in Sumatra a cook won't do anything “shot” about 90 miles from tants, mostly Chinese. The cameras and | but cook, a maid has restricted duties,a other equipment were transported to 1 gardener won't work out of the garden, BUILDING OPENED AT ST. ELIZABETH'S ture and Equipment Give Institution Lead. 290 ROOMS INCLUDES CLINICS, DISPENSARIES i Structure Eirst of Five Projected. Psychological Influence a Feature. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. ‘The new $875,000 medical and surgi- cal building at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital ‘was opened yestcrday. With new principles in architecture and in facilities for treatment, it is the most_complete mental hospital in_ the world and the most up-to-date of all Washington hospitals for general serv- ice. The building has 290 rooms, with beds for 200 patients, clinics, dispen- aries, operating rooms and a training school for nurses. It is the first build- ing of a projected five-building thera- peutic center to be devoted entirely to the treatment of persons in the custody of St. Elizabeth's. . Constructed cntirely for nervous and mental patients, the new building em- bodies psychologica! as well as archi- tectural principles which may have far- reaching effects on future custodial bulldings through the country. It had to be made entirely secure agaipst escape, but at the same time the St. Elizabeth's physicians realized that the constant sight of barred windows and great Jocks and keys—constantly re- minding a patient that he is in custody —is extremely depressing and a note- worthy psychological handicap against a sick man's recovery. Steel Grid for Windows. Working on this problem, members f the hospital staff devised a taype of steel grid for the windows which, while New Principles in Architec- ment bui at Fourteenth street and Constitution a ! now being solicited. Interstate Commerce Commission on th north will be the District Building. Department. HE Fine Arts Commission and the board of architectural consultants of the Treasury Department have just approved this design of Jchn Russell Pope, prominent New York architect, for a memorial fountain to the mem- ory of the late Oscar S. Straus. The site, donated by the Federal Government for the memorial, is at the head of the Grand Plaza, a vast interior court, 600 feet wide by 900 feet long, which is to be formed by new Govern- | Of s ings. The building in the background of the design is the new home of the Department of Commerce, | anticipated further arrests will be made. venue, e south, while on ths east will be the T0BANISH VENDORS FROM SIDEWALKS Six “Unemployed” Men Found Guilty of Obstructing Downtown Streets. SENTENCES SUSPENDEND ON PROMISES TO QuIT Further Arrests May Be ihde. Police Court Judge Calls Business a “Nuisance.” “Unemployed” fruit and flower ven- ders may be barred from Washington streets as a result of the conviction yes- terday of six in a Police Court test case on charges of obstructing sidewalks. Conviction of th2se men. it was stated by the corporation counsel's office, will affect sellers on the city's principal streets. It is proposed to rid the streets Funds for this purpose are The Oscar S. Straus memorial will be one of the principal features of the Grand Plaza and will be surrounded by the new Department of Commerce on the west, the new Department of Labor, the Government auditorium and the blocking the sidewalks in front of new Post Office Department. On the Mr. Pope is a member of the board of architectural consultants of the Treasury COAL PRIGE FIXN INVESTIGATED HERE Kids Find Truck And Paint Are Too { Bi | | They | g a Temptationi Put the Two To-! Justice Department May En-lgelh" aiditesultdsHi gh- ter Inquiry to Discover if | within & few miles cf the jungle loca- | tion by automobile. | and so on. It's rather exasperating first, until you get used to the syste LIGHTING SCHEME D.C. HEADS ORDER FOR PLAZA GIVEN PAYMENTBY CHECK it s absolutely escape proof, has a de- cided aesthetic effect such that a per- son might live behind it for years with- out ever realizing that he was shut in. Windows and grid lock automatically. The grid can be let down to a horizon- tal position, where it forms a platform capable of holding 1500 pounds, where attendants can stand to wash the win- ws. Hitherto it has been practically im- possible to wash thoroughly the out- sides of the windows of custodial insti- tutions, with the resulting dirty and dreary appearance of asylums and jails ly Collegiate Vehicle. System Exists. Patrick O'Brien, 3241 N street, a paintzr, last Thursday parked his som Possibility that the Department of what drab but serviceable truck in a| Justice might be called in to investi- | vacant lot in the 3700 block of Gar-| gate alleged price-fixing in the coal in- | field street, two blowouts dictating this | dustry in Washington loomed yesterday | course. # as George M. Roberts, superintendent| Yesterday O'Brien returned to the of weights and measures, announced|lot, but found his modest truck had that he would center his investigation | become & gaily-colored collegiate model. on this phase of the present situation.| Investigation developed that several Mr. Roberts has in_hand an investi- | gallons of paint left by O'Brien in the i per- real estate at Mor- offered 1 has quickly seized or sale | o aavertise throug Specially Designed Posts to‘ Be Used—Work of Paving | Streets Starts Soon. | A specially designed lamp post will be used in the scheme of lighting for the| new portion of the Capitol Grounds, from the Capitol to Union Station, it was announced yesterday by David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, discus- sing the progress of the program for beautifying that area. William E. Parsons of Bennett, Par- sons & Frost, consulting architects for .the enlargement of the Capitol Grounds, is at work now on a design for the light- ing standards to be used, Mr. Lynn sald. A group of municipal officials, includ- {ing* W. B. Hadley, electrical engineer, nd Traffic Director W. H. Harland | e in conference yesterday with offi- eials at theCapitol regardingsplans for placing of the lights. M sald he hopes eventually to place new lights through the older por- of the Capitql Groynds. , work’ of ering the plaza area with top soil is going forward and early this Summer the relocation of street, car tracks between the Capitol and the tation willsbegi The District also will start during the Summer paving streets in that area, including a portion of the new Louisiana’ avenue, running diagonally from the fountain in front of the Station to Pennsylvania avenue. Mr. Lynn has just received from the consulting architects a drawing. show- ing the plan worked out for the pool to be placed in what was North Capitol street between D and C streets, to re- flect the Capitol dome. It also shows the fountainh and ornamental retaining wall to be built along C street between. The street car tracks on C street will be lowered into a depression between New Jersey and Delaware- avenues to leave a clear view across the plaza. ‘Trakks will be Temoved entirely from laware avenue between B street and Union Station and from B street be. tween Delaware avenue and Pirst east. The C street tracks will be extended to Pirst street northeast and new tracks lald on First street between B street and the Station. * VERMONTERS TO MEET State, Assgciatign Will Hold An- nual SBugar Party Saturday. The Vermont State Association will hold its annual sugar party at the All Souls’ Unitarian Church, Sixtcenth and Harvard streets, Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Stereopticon views of colorful spots in Vermont will be shown. Dancing will conclfide the entertainment. - Use of Cash for Salaries Abandoned as Result of Pay Roll Plot. The District Commissioners yesterday ordered Disbursing Officer James R. Lusby to make all salary pn{sments to annual employes -of the District by check instead of by cash. ‘The order is to be effective as soon as practicable. It is a direct outgrowth of the recently discovered plot to rob the District’s pay roll on Memorial day. Although this will remove a substan- tial portion of the cash moving through the disbursing officer'’s hands, there still must be enough cash to pay per diem workers. However, they will be pald every two weeks, in future, instead of every week. This is intended to re. pe which there are substanti money on hand to tempt hok sums of ps. GROUP PLANS TO INSPECT D. C. ALLEY DWELLINGS Personal 8tudy of Conditions to Be Made Tuesday by Members of Chest Speakers’ Bureau. A personal inspection of conditions in Washington alley dwellings will and others associated with the work of the Speakers Bureau of the Wash- ington Community Chest. Arrangements for the trip call for an inspection tour of not more than| | two hours, it is announced by B. Ger- trude Taft, secretary of the bureau. ‘The party is to leave Fifteenth and K streets at 4:45 o'clock. The pu of the trip is to study the reasons for the proposed plan for eliminating the alley dwellings and pro- viding better living quarters for their occupants, A GUN WOUNDS MILK MAN Walking into a Thirteenth street lunchroom to deliver an order of milk, Robert Craig, colored, 24 years old, an | employe of the Chevy Chase Dairy, was shot in the left leg yesterday afternoon | when a revolver being examined by the | proprietor exploded accidentally. Craig was removed to the George | Washington University Hospital and | given treatment for the wound. He was later taken to his home at 925 | Twenty-sixth street. |~ Detectives of the first precinct re- leased Aris Bacas, 34 | prietor ‘of the lunchroom, which is lo- cated at 720 Thirteenth street, after | questioning. Bacas lives at 2826 P ! street southeast. The public of the District of Columbia upon the opportunity hout the country Wi the purchise of the Relw “franchise seals” to be used PUBLIC IS TAKING TO FRANCHISE STAMPS TO BARE PLIGHT OF D. C. Seals Advertising Representation Cause Find Ready Sales Among Local Citizens. the District of Colum a_post labeled “Dis- franchisement The seal also bears | slogan: “Citizens of | D. ., demand the right to vote.” | The fact that such a large number {of the seals already have been pur- | chased indicates to the Citizens’ Al- ter represent | bia, chnnedm f Washington, | after they have been in service a few ears. With the new grid the windows have about the appearance of upper floor windows of office buildings or apartment houses. With a little strengthening, it was pointed out. this grid would be prac- tical for jails as well as hospitals and not only would vastly improve the ap- pearance and sanitation of the build- ings, but would remove almost entirely the idea of “being behind bars.” Sev. eral mental hospitals contemplating new buildings have sent staff members to copy this window grid. Hardly Like Hospital. Throughout the building the aesthetic is emphasized, so that one hardly Tealizes that it is a hospital. The walls and furniture are of neutral colors, most of the furnishings being of co- lonial yellow. There are none of ‘the white tile floors and white walls which have become associated wiin surgery and which, the St. El h' physicians believe, have a d:pre fect on patients. All fictur off the floors, so that there is no nook or cranny anywhere—as underneath radiators—where dust can collect. It is perhaps the most sanitary bullding in the country. Even the operating room is planned | for its psychological effsct. 1t is fin- ished in rose-gray tile, substituting a cheerful, homelike appearance for the customary depressing _austerity into which a patfent usually js i | T> has a ‘gallery for students | entered from a door entir operating 100m. suite, be | pri v . O eren By o g | DFinging In of infection by visitor: New ideas and inventions in surgi and therapeutic apparatus have been installed. Notable among these is a combination X-ray-flouroscone, the ii vention of Dr. Watson W. Eldridge, se: jor medical officer of St. Elizabeth's, who is in charge of the hospital. The flouroscope is the instrument with which the physician watches the work- ings of the internal organs, notably the stomach, & low-power X-ray behind the patient throwing continuous shadow { pictures on a fluorescent screen on the other side. Picture for Leisure Study. ‘With this instrument the doctor tries to determine what is wrong, but when he notes this he must have an X-ray picture taken requiring a much stronger current, which can be studied at leisure. This has meant in the past removing the patient to an X-ray room. By that time, Dr. Eldridge pointed out, it may be impossible to catch again what the observer has seen with his eyes. This is especially true in the process of peris- talsis, where an abnormality may be observable at only one stage of the stomach movements. ‘The new device is a combination, utomatic fluoroscope and X-ray camera. The control cabinet is set for two currents, one for each device. The X-ray camera is set on a movable track and makes contacts as it moves so that the weaker current is switched off and the . stronger current is switched on practically as soon. as the physician moves it. Thus securing an X-ray pic- ture ‘as sometime seen on the fluores- cent screen is only a matter of.a few seconds. The hospital has one of the most powerful X-ray machines in the coun- try for deep therapy. This operates at 300,000 volts, where the rays have ex- tremely great penetrating power for the treatment of internal conditions. The X-tay o'guipment for securing pictures is of Iatest model, ha no movable parts and operating entirely without sound so that the (filflem, often in a highly nervous condition, is tirely unaware when it is being used. t is operated at 1,000 milllamperes, that & complete picture of a t can be taken in a twentieth of a second and of such an organ as the hand in about one-fiftleth of a second. l semi- en- | capes, but has fireproof, inclosed stair- on the backs of lettzrs mailed out of this city, it was announced last nigbt. Many of these seals already have been purchased D AND ‘I'ofleallu n :'d.er 11 ylnby residents since THE RIGHT TOVOTE the recent prepara- tion of a quantity of the stamps, it is reported by George J. Adams, president of the Citizens' All K fance of Washington, '% Seals carry & this b ’enrge ‘Washington Association to Hold Business Session. A special meeting of the George SwWashington Memorial Association will ®e held at 4 o'clock tomorrow in the xorth room of the Mayflower Hotel. e meeting is for the transaction of t business looking toward wmnutlm of the greatly needed jum, * 7 All members are cordially invited to mttend and also visiting members of nw of the American Revo- are members of this or- ni: ' zation. plcture of & charac- | llance that the residents of the District ‘Machine for Nervous Ones. are deeply concerned over their denial| «rnis is of special value, it is pointed | of civic rights enjoyed by other Amer-| out, for the treatment of nervous and ican citizens, Mr. Adams declares. insane patients who often cannot be | The Citizens’ Alliance had three pur- | induced to remain quiet long enough | poses n view when it instituted the sale | for re to be taken with ordinary | of the franchisement seals. These were | X-ray apparatus. With this machine it |to send the message concerning the | makes no difference whether the patient voteless status of Washingtonians across | moves or not. the entire Nation, and at the same time| The latest ideas are embodied in the raising sufficient funds to pay the cost | physical therapy, dental and dia-thermy of the campaign and also to enable | clinics. One of the most efficient ar- the organization to conduct research|rangements is that of the kitchen. A lmfi:u;;-:cnul uztho‘a wol mgrovtng Muu muu;u feature hsr:ni:"ui.e“rg* ting pol posif of ashington - room garbage, vings dents, from the tables are kopt 8t & tempera® gation, directed by the District Com- missioners, into the change made April 1 by coal dealers from selling coal by the long ton of 2,240 pounds to sale by 2,000-pound units. - In the course of his investigation, however, Mr. Roberts said {he had uncovered information leading | him to believe that price-fixing is go- ing on among the coal wholesalers. | "It he should succeed in_establishing | nis point, the information will probably be turned over to Federal authorities for action under the Clayton, Sherman anti-trust and Federal Trade Commis- sion acts, as the District would have no power to take any action in that respect. To Investigate System. “As early as possible,” Mr. Roberts said in a written statement, “it is my intention to explore the ramifications of the admitted system of price-fixing to retailers being operated by at least one of the large wholesale coal dealers }in the city. I intend. also, if possible, to ascertain whether there is a general {system of price-fixing in existence ere.” | The price fixing of the individual | dealer referred to was inferred from a printed leaflet which Mr. Roberts at- tached as an exhibit to one of his earlier Teports, in which the wholesgler !informed his retall clientele that they { would not be able to buy coal from him | unless they maintained certain retail prices for the various grades of his products. As the law is understood at the Dis- | trict Building, however, this of itself would not be sufficlent to constitute a | “restraint of trade” urd-r the acts men- { ticned, unless there was also a showing lof some act done in furtherance of | | maintaining the prices at the levels set. or of th> meeting of the minds of a| number of wholesalers in an agreement | to maintain prices by retailers. | Bride to Give Ruling. As to the question of the 2,000-pound unit, substituted by the coal men for the former system of selling by 2,240- pound tons, the Commissioners yester- day directed Corporation Counsel Wil- liam W. Bride to render a written opin- fon whether or not this is legal under the weights and measures act (March 3, 1921). The act states that coal “shall” be sold in the District by ton, each ton to contain 2,240 pounds. In his first re- port on the change, advertised in the ‘Washington press April 1, Mr. Roberts stated that the coal men had several | times petitioned the District Commis- sioners to ask Congress to change this | law o as to make it legal for them to sell the coal by “shert tons” of 2,000 pounds, and that the Commissioners had in each case declined. Aside from either of these problems, Mr. Roberts challenged the statement in the advertisement as to thé reduc- tion in the price of coal, pointing out that as to certain customers the price of coal per 1,000 pounds has shown an increase this Spring over the prices prevailing in the Spring of 1930. ture of approximately 40 degrees. There are three reasons for this, Dr. Elridge Flies will not touch chilled ge. By keeping it chilled con- iderably below the limit where it will attract flies, it can be carried for a long distance from the building before it ! begins to warm up sufficiently to draw these insects. Secondly it completely removes the garbage odor from the building. In the third place, he says, it makes the garbage more table and sanitary for the pigs, which are part of the ital establishment. The building has no outside fire es- sa. ways leading to the outside—one at each end of each corridor. This ar- rangement is such that in case of a fire or c in the building it would be absolutely impossible to have a jam or patients in a pocket. Whichever way they turned they would be shoved eventually through a door which would afford protection from the fire and lead to safety. Notable among the improvement em- bodied in the building are the dressing rooms and shower baths for nurses and attendants, supplied on each floor. The building is entirely for the medical and surgical work required by the hospital population, its work calcu- lated to differ very little from that of the general hospital. The it dis- charge rate at St. “mg"lulelnlm 25 per cent. muu‘eu:gmdfim pe; be materially increased facilities, tonneau of the truck had proved too much of a temptation for a group of en- terprising youngsters living in the vicin- ity. They had applied the paint—a quantity of lead mixture, ochre color- ing and shellac—in bold if not artistic strokes on the body of the truck. Even | the engine and spark plugs had taken on a gaudy hue. A 50-foot coil of rope left in the car formed an impro- vised swing on branches of a convenient oak. Mothers of the children, approached by a seventh precinct police investi- gnor. m the guilt of their harges to_ reinstate the chwm!mwmm DMK REORGANIES JOBLESS SERVEE 'John R. Alpine of New York| Made Supervising | Director. ‘The Federal Employment Service was reorganized yesterday by Secretary of | Labor Doak in an effort to decrease| the number of jobless. Under the new plans, effective im- | | mediately, a director will be in charge | of each State and the District of | Columbla to co-operate with State agencies and to act as co-ordinators between employers and employes. Alpine Made Director. Secretary Doak appointed John R. Alpine of New York, a former eri- can Federation of Labor officlal, as supervising director of the reorganized service and named directors for all but nine States. A series of conferences to map out plans for improving the service will open here tomorrow. They will be at- tended by the State directors and other officials. The farm division will be expanded under the direction of George E. Tucker of Kansas City. Tucker recently conferred with Secretary Doak concern- mldpllns for caring for farm labor needs. | Seven Special Divisions. J. A, Shaw of Rhode Island will have charge of expanding the veterans place- ment_service. Seven special divisions of the service will be under a co-ordinating superin- tendent. The divisions are building trades, mining and quarrying, trans- portation, office and mercantile employ- 'nt, marine seamen and longshore- men, manufacturing and metal trades and clothing and needle trades. — GEN. CHEATHAM TO AID IN NEW WAR MEMORIAL Noted Landscape Architect Also May Help in Tree Planting Program. Former Q. M. Gen. Frank Cheatham, now retired, been ing of trees and District of Columbia : War Memorial which is_to be built soon in Potomac Park. Gen. Cheatham, it'is understood, also hopes to associate with him a land- Grill, $50 Ambassa- dor Hotel, $500; Occidental Hotel, $500. William 8. Hahn & Co., $300; Washing- ton-Virginia-Maryland Coach Co., $300; Postal Telegraph ern Union Tel Gibbs, $250 Raleigh Haberdasher, Inc.. $20 Co., $200; Karl Corby, $175; Crane, Par- ris & Co., $100; M Johnston & 1, West | $ GREATER CAPITAL of stationary venders, at least, and it is The arrests, which resuited in the six President Hcover is honorary president, William Loeb is president, David Hinshaw is secretary and Archibald|convictions, were brought about as a Rooscvelt is treasurer of the association, which has planned and will erect the memorial. iresult of complaints from local mer- | chanits that the venders were taking | business from them and that they were | stores. i __In imposing sentence. Judge Isaac R. | Hitt characterized the sidewalk venders {as "4 nuisance” and said there is no !doubt in his mind that their practice of | placing their baskets on the walks is in | violation of laws designed to prevent obstruction of the pavements. The six men, Roy Brooks and Rhoney Brooks, colored; Gerald Mar €0, WORK UNDER WY, 5.2 Invitations Have. Already Been Extended to Bring Conventions Here. ‘The Greater National Capital Com- mittee, organized as a department of the Board of Trade, is speedily putting its machinery into operation to boost ‘Washington. The committee has as its objectives to bring more conventions and tourists here; provide for the comfort and con- venience of visitors, and to carry to the people of the country generall word of the many facilities Washin ton offers as a city of permanent homes and its advantages as an educational center. Thus far, the committee has been in touch with a number of groups ask- ing for their next conventidons, and has placed material outlining the many at- tractions here with important publi- rations over the country. Aid Blind Reception. It has also co-operated with those n ar- over floor of The Star Building. ‘Those with whom the plans for the new venture have been discussed are enthusiastic over its possibilities and have pledged their co-operaticn, a cording to Ward H. Marsh, execul manager. The financial backing has been as- sured. At a luncheon Friday, presided over by Robert V. Fleming, chairman of the committee, it was reported that $47,500 had been pledged. In all, the committee seeks $50,000 to begin the first year's work and a total of $100,000 for the present campaign. Benefit Is Planned. In the interest of the fund for the committee a benefit perfcrmance of “Death Takes a Holiday” will be given at the National Theater on the night of May 3. S. E. Cochran, manager of the National, who is chairman of the Theater Committee, has plans for this event well in hand, it was said. It was brought out at the luncheon also that some of the subcommittees representing varicus lines of business have formed permanent crganizations, s0 that not only will they be effective in raising the amounts assigned in the present campaign, but can continue to co-operate with the committee. Mr. Fleming that all subcommit- tees follow plan—an idea that was received. List of Pledges. . ‘The list of pledges includes: District of Columbia Bankers’ Asso- clation, $10,000; Hotel Association of the District of Columbia, $5,000; Woodward & Lothrop, $2,000; The Evening Star Newspaper Co., $2,000; Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., $2,000; Potomac Electric Power Co., $2,000; Washington Gas Light Co., $1,500; Palais Royal, $1,000; Was! n’Post, $1,000; Wash- ington Times and Herald, $1,000; Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co., $1,000; Capital Traction Co., $1,000; Willard Hotel, $900; Raleigh Hotel, $900; Wash- ington Hotel, $800; National Electrical Supply Co., '$750; Lansburgh & Bro., $750; S. Kann & Sons Co., $750; Hecht Cov, $780; Peoples Drug " Stores, ln:..’ 0. Frank R. Jelleff, Inc., $500; Olmsted Garfinckel’s, $50f West- $200; aks & ridget Co. ackubin, Goodrich & Co., $100; Y. E. Booker & Co., $100; Alex Brown & Sons, $100; George A. Fuller Co., Co., $100; James ve! $100; Charles H. Tompkins ; Drs. Baird Co., $100. Other Subscriptions. ‘ Eastman, Dillon & Co., $50; James M. Co., $50; T. Galliher Co. ., $50; Garrett, $50; United Clay $50; West Bros. Brick Transfer Co., tion, who was formerly a member of | C¢ the Fine Arts ' 3 A start has been made already on the site for the memorial,-between the the “Tial Bastn, on the axls of e on of Nine- teenth stree! " t. Workmen of the James Baird Co. cleared ls. 1 and | fe contractors, already have ‘Wright, P."h wkhwbn!mflg National the bauling of more material bour G I m only means of earning a livelihood. Sev- eral said that they had familles depes’:d- ent upon them. This was the second time “unem- ployed” street sellers have been | brought into court, the other case fail- | ing before another judge. The vendor can do business now only if he kes>ps imoving, and even then, Judge Hitt's i ruling provides, he may be arrested when police believe him to bz obstruct~ ing the “free use of the sidewalk.” Corporation Counsels Stanley De Neale and E. W. Thomas pressnted their case with the additional “evidence” of many photographs and charts specially prepared. The unemployed vendors were not represented by legal counsel. |CHARGE OF MURDER FILED AGAINST PAIR Garry Owens and Nephew, Charles, Held in Shooting of James H. Lane. Murder charges were lodged yester- day against Garry Owens, 26, and his nephew, Charles Owens, 20, in_connec~ tion with the fatal shooting of James H. Lane, 42-year-old car conductor- e cl ‘were D) - conference between District Attorney Leo Rover and Sergts. Thomas Sweeney and Carlton Telley of the homicide squad. The younger Owens, who lives in Oakley, Md.. has confessed participat- ing in the attempted hold-up in which Lane was shot. He named his uncle as the “trigger man,” but the latter has steadfastly denied this, disclaiming any knowledge of the shootin The robbery attempt was made March 18 at Nichols avenue and Trenton place southeast. The two Owens, according to the nephew’s confession, boarded Lane’s one-man car and ordered him to surrender his fare receipts. Lane, father of four children, was shot in the ensuing .scuffle Garry Owens’ wife, Maude, 25, who | was arrested with him, has been re- leased from the Hcuse of Detention. {DETECTIVE IS INJURED BY FALLING ON GLASS William C. Wyenn Slips on Broken Bottle—Colored Man Arrested on Liquor Charges. les while taking part in' a raid by the vice squad at 3231 Prospect avenue. ‘Wrenn, & member of Inspector T. R. Bean’s vice squad since its organiza- tion last July, was removed to the hos- pital by Sergt. N. O. Holmes. He was taken to his home, 2626 Tenth street northeast, after being given first aid treatment. Charles Martin, colored, 49, and his wife, Amanda, 45, were arrested on a charge of illegal n. Police re- finding four one-half gallon jars of alleged whisky. The couple later obtained release on $500 bond each. ey WILL DISCUSS JOBLESS Monday Evening Club to Hear Ex- perts on Subject. “Security Against ~Unemployment" will be the subject of a discussion at tomorrow's meeting of the Monday Evening Club in the cabinet room of (h%l ‘?;lflh!:gf Hotel. o ur Magnusson, director the Washington branch of the Inter- national ¢l by Dr. Isador of Economics at and Dr. John A. ‘University. West Co., $30; Bonbright & Co., $25; James A. Drew : Hajoca Corporation, $20; ;luuh-gle- .l‘lonn' ":n, $20; -;«;e nxg::. Bros.,, Inc. g-‘: Frank L. Wagne) $3001 B 8. Seott Clothes Transit Co., $150, -