Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1931, Page 16

DITY SPOKESMAN BEFORE GONGRESS . PLANNED BY KING Representative to Be Named by Commission Would Explain Bills. UTAH SENATOR FRAMES OTHER DISTRICT LAWS Proposals Expected to Include Greater General Powers for Commission. A spokesman for the District Com- missioners on the floor of the House and Senate to explain local measures was proposed yesterday afternoon by Senator King, Democrat, of Uiah, as one feature of a program of District legislation he is preparing for introduc- tion in the next Congress. The Senator discussed his program with Corporaticn Counsel Bride yester- day and announuced that he would Nave another conference either today or early next week with the Board of Commissioners on the several matters he has in mind. Discussing his proposal for a District Building spokesman on the floor of Con- gress, the Utah Senator said he realized some District residents would feel that if the city is to have a.representative ‘who would be entitled to spcak from the floor he shouid be elected in the regular way instead of being appointed. He said there would be others who ‘would regard it as an unwise step be- cause “it would be letting the nose of the camel in under the tent.” He added, however, that he thought the Commis- sioners should be empowered by Con- gress to designate one of their own number or some one else to be accorded the privileges of the foor. Other Changes Are Planned. ‘The Senator also announced that he is preparing bills along th: following lines for the next session: To increase the ge.eral powers of the Commission- ers, to regulate the foreclosure of | mortgages and establish a procedure for | the release of deeds of trust and a re- | vision of the corporation laws of the District. The Utah Senator, who is ranking Democrat on the District Committee, said he has not made up his mind what lation he may propose affecting trict taxation, but that he is con- sidering the advisability of an income tax and an inheritance tax as means of raising a portion of the District revenues. The Senator amplified his taxation views by saying that h> is considering an income tax as a means of lowsring real estate taxes. He said it is his be- lief that there are residents in Wash- incomés who ( | ‘Would Not Alter Education Plan. ‘The Senator has not worked out the Getails of a new bill increasing the gen- eral powers of the Commissioners, but indicat>d that he would not include in it any to change the power of appointing the Board of Education. t board is selected by the justices of the District Supreme Court. ‘When the question of broadening the | power of the . ioners was taken | up ;:g::e u'; tég:l! ym&m it included a cl ap ve power over the School Board, which led to more discussion than any other feature of the plan. Senator King said’ what he has in mind now is t> broaden the authority of the city heads in such matters as making and changing of He asked the ration counsel to prepare estions for him on this and | the other bills he is drafting. Assistant Corporation Counsels Verncn West and , ?v. A. Roberts attended yesterday's con- ference. HAS HEART ATTACK AS POLICE RAID HOME Woman Revives Faint. Husband Faces Charge of Liquo.r Possession. From ‘The sight of a police raiding party swooping down upon her home proved | more than Mrs. Charles A. Travers, 39, of 467 H street southwest could stand! yesterday afterncon. The woman fainted as imembers of | the vice squad rushed into the honsei and arrested her husband on a liquor charge and had to be treated for a| heart attack. A physician summoned from Casualty | ospitgl pronounced the woman's con- | dition mot serious after administering emergency treatment. Mrs. Travers had been suffering from heart trouble for some time, police were told. ‘Travers, who is 50 years old, was charged with illegal possession of 208 bottles of alleged beer and several bot- tles of alleged liquor. FIVE GET COMMISSIONS IN D. C. NATIONAL GnUllRD1 War Department Also Issues Com- | | mission to Three in Officers’ Recerve Corps. Commissions have been issued by Secretary of War Huriey to five Wash- ington residents, each being made a second lieutenant in the Naticnal Guard of the District of Columbia ‘Those commissioned were James Frank Angier, 239 Maple ave- nue, Takoma Pars; Willam Cason Bowen, 2018 H street nerthwest; David ! Waller Milne, 2118 Pennsylvania ave- | nue northwest; Holton Clarke Rogers, | 2100 F street northwest, and George Lioyd Wallace, 719 Nineteenth street nopthwest. | fficers of the District of Columbia | National Guard are the oniy National| Guard officers who hold Federal com- missions s such, al lothers receiving their commissions from the Governors of the respective States or Territories Byrnes F. Bentle§, 5420 Connecticut | avenue, has been commissioned a sec- ond lieutenant in the Quartermaster Reserve Corps. Staley M. Clarke, Land- over, Md., has received a commission as major in the Adjutant General’s De- | and Thomas Sihto, Fort | Meade, Md., a commission as fecond; lieutenant in the Quartsrmaster Cor Moth the latter commissions are thie Army Reserve Corps. STRUCK BY BOTTLE or | Youth Injured While Leaning Out| of Third-Story Window. ‘William E. Bowdwin, 19 years old, of Morristowp, N. J. ruffered a slgh® laceration”of the sci bout 5 o'clock this morn'ng, police reported, when hit by -a bottle from a floor above while Jooking out of a third-story window of | sionary | Gary, | Marinell, ING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SAT More Oratory Finalis}s THREE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS NAMED TO REPRESENT THEIR ¥ RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS. PAGEANT FEATURES BAPTIST SESSION Cast of 50 Present “The Crossroads”’—Missionary Addresses Gathering. Addresses on missionary work at an afternoon session and banquet, followed by an evening session featured by an elaborate pageant, marked the semi- annual meeting of the Columbia Asso- ciation of Baptist Churches, held in Calvary Baptist Church yesterday. ‘The semi-annual meeting is held for instruction and inspiration in religious work. The official business of the asso- ciation is transacted at its annual meet- ing in November of each year. The: pageant, “The Crossroads,” by Elsle Hand Kiinger and directed by Miss Lena G. Parks, included in_the cast some 50 young people of the Bap- tist churches of the city. It was de- signed to ‘represent the different de grees of consecration between Chris- tians and non-Christians. Those taking part were attired in white costumes, and a pleasing effect was attained in illustrating points in the pageant by the lighting of candles on the stage. Missionary Speaks. An address was delivered at the eve- ning session by Rev. Dr. Joseph Taylor, head of West China Union University and missionary to China, who praised the forward steps of the present gov- ernment in China and advancement toward education in that nation. He stressedl the importance of general edu- cation for successful missionary or church work, declaring: “You have to have educated citizens for safe condi- tions, and education is also necessary to insure a prosperous church.” Addresses of an inspirational nature were delivered at the banquet, which zegan at 5:45 in the afternoon, by Miss Luella Adams of the Christian Center, Pittsburgh; Rev. Dr, 8. P. Watson, mis- rom Brazil, and Theodore Sorg, resident of the New Jersey Baptist tate Convention. Rev. Dr. Taylor, Miss Adams, Mr. Sorg and Rev. Dr. C. E. Cha from Rangoon, Burm: were' speakers at the afternoon session. Miss Adams, in the course of her touched upon the care of | g, children, especially pertaining to prop- erly guiding their social and intellectual development, while Rev. Dr. Watson told of political situations in Brazil and missionary work there. The latter work, he said, is unhampered by political par- | | The tickets directed offenders to de-| tles. Mr. Sorg spoke on the obligations of laymen of the church to make church work successful. Rev. Chaney told of evangelistic work in Burma. ‘ Reports $25,000 Raised. George B. Bryan, treasurcr of the assoclation, reported a sum of $25,000 raised by the association for missionary work here and for the Northern and Southern Conventions of Baptist Churches within less than six months of the present fiscal ycar of the associa- tion. This is a larger sum thap was raised last year over the same period, he said. Mr. Bryan reported that the new Baptist Children’s Home, Jocated about two miles north of Bethesda, Md., will be dedicated in June. The home, located on a 128-acre tract of land, is being built at a total cost of approxi- mately $190,000, including a building for girls, one for boys and the land. It will accommodate, when completed, about 40 boys and 40 girls, he said. For the purposs of raising an addi- tional $25,000 to help pay for the home, collections and pledges for contribu- tions are to be taken in the Baptist churches here Sunday, May 10, he said. | Dr, Samuel Judson Porter, pastor of the Pirst Baptist -Church, moderator, presided ef the session in the afternoon and John® Rutherton presided at the banquet. The banquet was served by the women of Calva® Baptist Church. Others who took part in the program were Rev: Dr. H. C. Cockrane, Rev. Mr. N. M. Simonds, Rev. Mr. D. W. Moore and Rev. Dr. William 8. Abernethy, the latter paster of Calvary Baptist Church. Among. those taking part and aiding in the pageamt presented last night were Lena G. Parks. Margaret Stough, Cercline Reese, Rachel Price, Lillian Smith, Nan Yeatman, Virginia Pear- con, Helen Lancaster, Catherine Bent- |1ey, Alice Rullman, Alice Speiden, Eva Ashcraft, Nellie Fike, Ruth Gary, Theo Ruth Memory, Anna Owens, Wilma Sargent, Da Alice Lancaster, Clyde Gainous, Pearl Gainous, Frankie Jo Mann, Maxine Elizabeth Owens, Charlotte Speiden, Dene Strange, Thelma Hicks, Lila Hicks. Irene Schurtz, Anna Mae Carder, Winifred Ing, Flora Mordhurst, Lassie Jane McNatt, Alba Geraci, Marie Widmer, Alice Spates, Ima Siegrist, Anne Thain, Gladys Pitt. Anna Spates, Lucille Fellows, Virginia Cureton, Dr. H. W. O. Millirgton, Dr. §. J. Porter, Leonard Baber, M. M. Scott, Rochester Sims and the First B. Y. P. U. COLORED MAN PERMITTED TO PLEAD MANSLAUGHTER Assistant V. 8. Attorneys Accept Guilty Plea of James Sawyer in Stdbbing Case. James Sawyer, colored, who was in- dicted for murder in the first degree in connection with the death of Jacob Coleman, was permitted yesterday to plead guilty to manslaughter. He was remanded for sentence. He was repre- sented by Attorney F. J. Donahue who told the court the accused had stabbed Coleman March 22 at 330 Missouri ave- rue A~ ictant United States Attorneys Walter M. Shea and John J. Sirica ac- ceptad the plea. Eoyd Benn-tt. colored, who recently pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the death of Stanley Jones, colozed, vas rentenced yesterday to serve thres year: the Hamilton Hotel at Fourteenth and K streets. The hotel guest was removed to Emergency Hospital for first aid treat- ment end then discharged. Police said the bottle either was dropped or thrown from s fourth-floor window. in the penitentiary. Attorney hue explained that the dead, man was the aggressor and led to the shooting March 7, near 4224 Benning road. - sistant United States Attorney John J. Sirica conducted the prosecution. the | llas White, Marian | Ruth Little, | Gordon Walker (upper left) of Washington-Lee High School, Ballston, Va., who will represent the Virginia district in The Evening Star finals of the National Oratorical Contest, and Miss Ruth Critchfield (upper right) of Eastern High School, who will be that institution’s contestant in The Star event. Richard Glenn Belcher (lower) cf Fairhaven High School, Fairhaven, Mass., has been announced as-the New Bedford, Mass., oratorical champion. He will be the Eastern Massachusetts orator in the New England zone finals at Springfield on May 15. NO-PARKING DRIVE NETS 70 VICTIMS | Police Continue Arrests as Motorists Stay Away From Court. Approximately 70 more recelcitrant automobile drivers fell yvictims today |to the police campaign of enforcement of the new traffic rcgulatlon prohibit- ing parking betw-en 8 en8 9:30 o'clock am. in the downtown congz-ted zone. Traffic officers ticketed about 65 cars and policemen attached to the first precinct reported the other violations. posit $3 collateral. Meanwhile, a special subcommittes to | investigate th> drastic new changes in | traffic regulations, particularly with respect to parking, was appointed by the Police and Fire Protection Public | Satety Committee of the Washington | Chamber of Commerce. The sub- | committee was instructed to report its committee. Inspector E. W. Brown, in charge of | the Traffic Bureau, announced today | | the enforcement campaign would con- | | tinue relentlessly until all motorists |learn to obey the new regulation. All | available officers attached to the bureau, | patrolmen as well as motor cyele men, | will continue to patrol the forbidden | parking zone every morning, he said, until compliance with the new regula- | tion 1s general. | Says Conditions Better. | Inspector Brown made another tour of the congested area during the period of the parking ban this morning and said he observed conditions were far better than at any time since the park- ’d prohibition went into effect Wednes- still a source of trouble to police. Every morning since the parking ban | | became effective, Inspector Brown said, machines from various States have been found in the vicinity of hotels in viola. |t'on of the regulation. Courtesy card: will continue to be left in such aut mobiles, calling attention to the viola- tlon, but if the visiting motorists repeat the violation; Inspector Brown caid, they will be arrested £ A warning was issued by Judge John P. McMahon in Traffic Court today that it will be far from profitable for mo- torists posting collateral for violating the new parking laws to appear for tgial unless they have a very good excuso. Forfeits Total of $5. Paul Meier, 30, 2500 block of Seven- teenth street, thought perhaps the judge might be easy on the first person to | appear before him for breaking the reg- ulation prohibiting parking downtown between 8 and 9:30 o'clock, &nd ap- peared to get back some if not all of his $3 collateral. The judge disap- pointed him by assessing an extra $2. Meer pleaded that he was loading a plece of furniture into his machine when Policeman H. F. Skinner “tagged” him yesterday. The judge. however, failled to be impresssd by the excuse. Meler was the only one of a hu or more who received tickets yasterday to apear in court, ALASKA FREE OF ICE, SPEAKER ASSURES 500 ‘54 H. Sargent Tells of Territory at Auditorium, Where 100 Are Turned Away. | The conception of Alaska as an ice- 1 bound region not only is wreng, but on the contrary the country hes a pleas~nt Summer climate, R. H. Eargent of th> United States Gelcgical Survey, to'd an | aud‘ence of 500 persor ths Interfor Department. Morc ithan 100 persons wers unchle to gain admis- | sion to_the crowded auditorium. Mr. Sargent said only about 4 per cent of Alaska is Icndlocked the round. He told of the lcading indusf |of the country, fishing, and of the de velopments along other lines. ‘The Government is attempting to \'»:ua up interest in Alaska by special urs | findings at a later meeting of the full | | Conditions around hotels, where | visiting motorists park all night, are| last n'ght at | GIRL AND'BOY WIN WAY'TO ZONE FINAL FOR ORATORY ]IT[E} Gordon Walker, Washington- Lee Student, to Represent Virginia District. EASTERN CONTEST WON BY RUTH CRITCHFIELD Two Victors Will Take Part in Meet to Be Held Here Next Month. Two high school orators advanced to the zone finals of The Evening Star's area in the National Oratorical Contest last night, when Gordon Walker of ‘Washington-Lee High School, Ballston, Va., won first honors in the Virginia district finals and Ruth Critchfleld, a 16-year-old junior in Eastern High School, captured the school champion- ship at that institution. Both contestants will participate in The Star finals in Washington, May 8, when the 11 division winners in the local territory compete for the honor of uling the zone in the national Six winners in early county elimina- met in the Virginia district finals to determine which orator would pro- gress to the area contest, Six Speakers Compete. ‘The various counties and their speak- ers were: Arlington County, the winner, Gordon Walker; Prince William Count; Ray Swank, who took second placy Fairfax County, J. Francis Jones, third place; Loudoun County, Woodrow Wil- son DeFord; City of Alexandria, J. Hay- wood Davis, and Fauquier County, George H. Davis, jr. Walker, who is 17 years old and presi- dent of the junior class, spoke on “America and the Constitution.” The chairman of the meeting was Howard W. Smith, Representative in Congress from the eighth Virginia district, and Judges were Col. Wade H. Cooper, presi- dent of the Commercial National Bank; Byron Price, head of the Associated Press Washington Bureau, and Justice Jesse C. Adkins of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. A musical program was supplied by the Washington-Lee High School Or- chestra and the School Girls’ Glee Club. Following announcement of the judges’ decision Walker was presented with a $100 cash prize, which The Star gives to_each division winner in its zone. By previous agreement the prize at Eastern High School was divided among the six contestants, Miss Critchfieid receiving $50 as winner, while Cloise Crane, Hoburg Lee, Anna Miller, Don- ald Moore and Leonard Minkoff, the other five speakers, each getting $1! Miss Critchfield, who spoke on “The Political Parties in the Functioning of the Cbnstitution,” is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Critchfield of 1606 A street northeast. Her father is a clerk in the War Department. Prominent at School. During her high school career the young winner has been vice president of the Hiking Club, president of the Science Club, a member of the Consti- tutipn Club, of Phi Pi Epsilon and of the Easterner stafl. She also has been | on _the girls’ basket ball team. ! The Eastern orator is the third of her ! family to participate in the ora‘orical contest at that school. Her sister was alternate in the finals last year, and her brother Charles took part in the school finals the year before. The Washington competition was | held in conjunction with the meeting | of the Eastern High School Home and | School association. Judges were Prof. | Paul E. Lutz cf Wilkon Teachers’ Col- | lege, Arthur G. Bishop, former presi- dent of the Home and School Associa- tion, and Prof. Reed West of George ‘Washington University. Fred G. Robin- | ette, -current president of the associa- | tion, presided, and the presentation of awards was made by Dr. Charles Hart, | the high schcol principal. A musical program was supplied by the Eastern Orchestra. t t | | SECRETARIES’ SCHOOL HONORS DR. R. T. ELY Educator and Economist Guest of | Honor at Dinner on 77th Birth- day Anniversary. Dr. Richard T. Ely. well known edu- cator and economist. was guest of honor yesterday at a dinner given on his seventy-seventh birthday by the Wash- | ington' School for Secretaries, of which he is president. The dinner, held at the Hay-Adams House. was attended by faculty members and officer: Frederick C. Lloyd. vice president of the school, acted as toastmaster and in- troduced Mrs. Adria C. Beaver, director of studies, who gave a short resume of the school's progress. Miss Edith F. Burnside, secretary of the organization, presented a silver loving cup given by the faculty and staff, as a token of appreciation to Dr. Ely. Hugh V. Keiser, treasurer, delivered to Mr. Ely the quarterly dividend check, recently de- clared. Other spakers included Miss Olive McClintic, placement manager, and W. Rodes Lewis of M. 8. Ginn & Co. A lighted birthday cake, with 77 candles was cut by Dr. Ely. Dr. Ely received his carly education in the public schools at Ripley, N. Y., rceiving his ba~helor of arte degree |from Columbia University. He later | studied in Germany and was awarded | the degree of doctor of philosophy from | the University of Heidelborg. For a number of vears he was professor of political economy at the University of | Wisconsin and he also has been con- | nected with Johns Hopkins and North- western Universities. He ‘s the author of many books and articles on «co- ! nomics and political science, Dr. Ely | has been president of the School for | S-cretaries two vears. He is director of the Institute for Economic Research. | WIN WALTZ CONTEST Miss Fuller and Mr. Ochmah Take Honors at Sorojity Dance. An Eastern High School senior and a Georgetown University student won the waltz contest held by Beta Alpha | Chi Sorority last night in connection | with a dance given at the Columbia | Country Club. | " 'The ‘winning couple was Miss Mar-' | jorie Fuller, an attractive blonde, and | Andrew Oehman. Miss Fuller was pre- | sented with a corsage of flowers, while Mr. Oehman received a handsome shaving set. STORE FORCES TO DINE The fifth annual banquet of the Dis- trict Grosery £toves, Inc., a cha'n of |loral indep-ndent grocery merchants, | will b beld at the Jewish Communi + | Center tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock. A. Kaufman is chairman of arrange- ments and has prepared a program which will include Al Kamon's orches- tra and entertainment by Edith Reed. Lewis E. Splegier, lccal attorney, will be guest speaker. | home ! to Washington about 2] URDAY, APRIL 25, 1931. Lighting for Monument Tested FLOODLIGHTS ILLUMINATE SHAFT FOR FLYERS. In their experiments to make the Washington Monument ‘safe for night-flying aviators, night turned floodlights cn one side of the shaft. 1, the pool reflecting the illuminated Monument. Buildings and Public Parks last photograph from the Lincoln Mem: WOMAN AND MA OVERCOME BY GAS Mrs. T. J. Howerton and Em- ploye Found in Cellar of Chevy Chase Home. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CHEVY CHASE, Md., Aptil 25— Thomas J. Howerton, 50 Virgilia street, and her Etta Gullash, 23 years old, were over- come by carbon monoxide gas in the basement-of their home here last night Both were revived by administration of oxygen. The poisonous gas Is thought to have been generated by a defective hot-water heater. Mrs. Howerton is the wife of Dr. Howerton, Washington osteopath. The accident was discovered about p.m. yesterday by a neighbor, who ra the front door bellgand received no an- swer. Becoming alarmed, she went to the rear of the ‘ hous and looked through a cellar window and saw the two women lving on the floor. [ Dr. R. L. Thompson, who lives nearby, | was summoned and carried the womel out of doors Chase Volunteer Fire Departments and the District rescue squad were called. After administration of oxygen for a short time both women recovered. Mrs. Howerton remained 2t her home, the shock necessitated hospital tre: ment for her maid, who was taken to Emergency Hospital, in Washington, by the District rescue squad. WOMAN ASPHYXIATED. Two Gas Burners Open When Chevy Chase man Finds Wife. Special Dispatch to The CHEVY CHASE, Md,, April 25.—Mrs. Virginia M. Scatcs, 26 years old, 408 Taylor . street, was asphyxiated by il- luminating gas in the kitchen of her this morning. The" attending physician told police he would issue a certificate cf suicide, No note was left, and Mrs. Scatcs’ husband, Kenneth D. Sce an em- ploye at the Burcau of Engraving and Printing, said she had no reason to tske her life. He vigorously denied that his wifs committed suicidé The case was estigated by Mont- gomery County Policeman Windsor Poole.” According to his report, Scet found his wife in the gas-filled Kitche at about 6 o'clock this morning. Two burners were on, and the youn woman is said to have been lying acros three chairs in front of the stove Wit a piflow under her head. All the deor: and windows of the room were close Scates said thore was a pot of cofie on the stove. He thinks she was over come before she was able to Light the n gas. The husband called the Chevy Chase and Bethesda Volunteer Fire r ments. The firemen gave her aruficial respiration without success. Dr. Thomas K. Conrad, Chevy Chase,.told Poole he would issue a certificate of The couple moved to their Che home Monday from Washington, torney Stedman Pre. r body released to a District of Colum) undertaker. RICHMOND RITES PLANNED FOR CIVIL WAR VETERAN William Boyce Haynes, 93, Who Served in Confederate Army, Was Active in Emory M. E. Church. 93, a Civil William Boyce Haynes, night at his War veteran, died last home, 902 Longfellow street. Funeral services will be held tomorrow after- noon at the Union Station Methodist Episcopal Church South, Richmond, Va. Born in Virginia, Mr. Haynes spent most of his life in that State, en ye After sorving throughout the Civil Was with the Confederate A he turned to his old home in Ch: City County ‘before going to Richmond to live in 1870. He was a member of Roan Lodge, 130, 1. 0. O. F. of Richmond. Since coming to. Washington he has besn activel: identified with the Emory Methodi: Episcopal Church South, 6104 Ceorgi: avenue. The Bethesda and Chevy | |$1,880 JEWEL ROBBER RANSACKS CAPITAL HOME Unlatched Door Provides Easy En- trance—Cab Driver Loses $14 After Giving Bandits Ride. An unfastened basement door al- lowed a burglar to enter the home of Claude W. Owen, 4801 Colorado avenue carly last night, and depart with jewel- ry valued at $1,880. The burgiar was in the house between 6:30 and 8:30 o'clock, during the absence of the oc- | A bed room on the second cupants. {floor was ransacked. Two bendits, one of robbed Leo James Hucks 1217 Evarts street, last n: e ploy him to drive them about the i told he was 3 7 the men at Connec and Calvert strest at about 11:40 to drive them to the Wesley Heizghts neighborhood. There, he said, one of them drew | pistol and forced him to give them $1 | They made him drive back to T fourth and R streets, aligi.ted and fled. DR. KOBER'S RITES SET FOR HONDAY \ ‘ |Burial of Leader in Capital | Fight Against Disease’ Is Arranged. them armed, a where | | | Plans were being made today for the funeral of Dr. George M. Kober, for more than 50 ycars a leader in crusades e losis, who 1819 Q y at his home services will be hel in the Washi Building, 1718 M has not yet been definitely decided who will officiate. Burial will be in Glen- wood Cem-tery. p.m. s ctive and honorary pall- bearers will be compicted before the end of the day. Dr. Kober, who established the Kober Foundation, whos> annual awards have done much to promote medical research, died of a h-art nhw ‘For many years @ was pre the District Tuberculosis Association, as wel mber of the District Board He was one of the most figures in the National ation and was iden- international health movements Besides the ni h Kober, a 2 sister , who aiso made e with him; two other niece e Gibbs and Mrs. Art he; rs. L. Bryant; y Kober, and Herbst and Burkhart Kober. HADASSAH MAPS PROGRAM Entortainment planned for the April meeting of the Washington Chapte: Hadassah, to be held Tuesday afte noon at 2:15 o'clock at the Jew Community Center, will include reading of current events by Herman Hollander, “A Tirp Around the Jewish Warld”: a d-monstration of a Hebrew kindergarten class, by Ben Zion Emanucl; solo danc by Muricl Friedman, and folk by Mrs. A. Schefferman, accomp 2t the piano by Mrs. Maurice Bidg: A social hour and refreshments will Tollow. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TCDAY. Dance, Joseph H. Milans Lodge, No. ?‘l, O. E. S, 920 Bladensburg road ortheast, 8:30 p.m. Banquet, Lions Club, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. | Dance, Georgetown University Fresh- man Class, Mayflower Hotel, 4 to 7 p.m. | S Dance, Columbus University S Prom, Mayflower Hotel, 10 p.m. Meeting, League for the Larger 1326 I street, 8:15 p.m. o “"Coun gh- | Fair Dance, Fidelity Council No. 4. Daugh- | Fairm: ters of America, Masonic Hall. Four- toenth and U streets southeast, 8:30 p.m. Dance, Coart Guard Hrcedguar Hamilton Hotel, 9 p.m. sident of, whom he | Mrs. | "~ | Washington the Office of Public A Star photographer made this —Star Staff Photo. 11, SOVIET POLIY 10 BE CONTIUED international Law Society Hears Hackworth Outline Attitude on Russia. That the United States will continue of non-recognition of Soviet indicated last night by a State Department official in a formal E ment, the first on this policy since 1923, The pronouncement was made in an address to the American Society of In- ternational Law by Green H. Hack- worth, solicitor of the State Department and iis outstanding expert on interna- tional law. Previously. the last official word on this subject had been given by Charles Evans Hughes in 1923 ‘while the present Chief Justice was Secretary of State. | Quotes Hughes' Stand. Discussing the general subject of the policy of the United States in recogniz- ing new governments during the past 25 years, Hackworth quoted verbatium from the Hughes statements regarding the Soviet Union, in which the then Secretary of State asserted “the Ameri- can Government is not proposing to barter away its principles.” On the question of Soviet recognition, t] id “we have consistently ze the present regime | in Russia bocause, among other things, of its failure to assume "responsibility for ational cobligations.” ty of International Law con- sday night at the Willard h some 250 delegates and thir es in attendance. The visitors heard committee reports at the final business sessis this morning, after which they the election of cfficers and the annual dinner at 7:30 o'clock to- night, ionor guests at the dinner will in- clude Secretary of State Stimson, Chief Justice Hughes, Senor Don Manuel C. Telez, Mexican Ambassador, and Repre- sentative Temple, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Soviet to Task. last night, Mr. Hack- | | Government that the present re | deficient in its obser | mental conditions of international in- | tercourse in three respects, namely: |~ “Its failure to accord to the persons | and property of forcigners within its jurisdiction that degree of respect and Protection required by international law; “Its failure to respect the interna- al obligations of preceding govern- has ime in Ru ance of the funda- | ments; “Its’ failure to respect the right of other nations to develop thelr insti- utions and to conduct the internal out interference or control by other - Latin Policy Unchanged. | In referring to recognition of Latin American governments, Mr. Hockworth said there been no change since {the Rooseve’t policy of 1907. Another spoaker on last night's pro- gram was Charles E. Martin, prcfesso of political 1ce at the University ol His toplc was the legal ition of war and neutrality during the last 25 years. TWO LIQUOR RAIDS NET MAN, MASH AND STILLS Alleged Rum Are Seized by Tenth Precinct Eight Gallons of Police. | | 1 i Police of the Tenth Precinct, in two ralds yesterday, confiscated two stills, 8 gallons of alleged liquor and 14 bar- rels of mash. In on2 of the raids one man was arrested and charged with illegal possession of whisk ives R. L. Jones and R. F. Mc- , sued two men into a house on /ing street near Georg'a avenue yes- d aftr the men had Th> men escaped he police dis- 1, 2 gallons .of s of mash. e 1100 block, el a 65-gale William Powell, on a charge of Raiding a home in t street, police and_arrested colored, “ald illegal ssion of 3 The @blice confiscated still and 6 callong'of alleged whisky an@jdestroyed 11 bagfels of mash. o~ M. E. PROPERTY NEAR CAPITOL 10 BE BOUGHTBY U.5. Government Adheres to Ex- pansion Plan, Say Architect Lynn and Col. Grant. {AREA AROUND GROUNDS ALL TO BE FEDERAL Methodist Official's Statement on Apartment Project Raises Question. ‘The Government still is adhering to the plan of taking over eventually all of the privately-owned prcperty sur- reunding the Capitol Grounds, includ- ing the Methodist Building adjacent to which the Methodist Board of Temper- ance Prohibition and Public Morals is planning to erect an apartment build-, ing between First and Second streets, running from Maryland avenue to B street nortkeast. This statement was made today by David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, who testified recently before the House Appropriations Committee that the Gcv- srnment plans eventually to acquire this property now owned by the Methodists and all the rest of the property in the triangle between First street, Maryland avenue and B streets northeast, and by Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3rd, the execu- tive officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. These two are the officials who should speak with most authority regarding the Govern- ment’s plans for acquisition of land and public improvements in the Capitol irea. Apartment Plan Announced. ‘The question was brought up by the statemewt made yesterday by an official of » Wiethodist Board of Temperance, ibition and Public Morals in an- nouncing plans for, the new apartment house, who said that the board had approached Government officials who, it was thought, logically would be in- terested in such a proposal, to inquire if the Government desired to take over the Methodist holdings for its own ex- pansion program, but a negative answer was received and- the board told to go ahead with any plans it might have. Both Col. Grant and Mr. Lynn toda: called atatention that the report of 190: by the McMillan Commission recom- mended the acquisition at some future date by the Government of all the area surrounding the Capitol, including this particular triangle, and that this pro- gram has been in the minds of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and has not been aban- doned. As there was no immediate need for this area, it has not yet been bought, especially as it would be used ly for park pu to give the Capi group of buildings, including the new Supreme Court. B , & better setting. The National Capital Park and Commission in the past recom- mended that all such areas surrounding- the Capitol should be bought—eventually. Taft and Hughes Views. The late Chief Justice and former President Taft was anxious to have the site occupied by the Methodist Building included in the Supreme Court site, ex- tending from East Capitol to B strect between First and Second streets north- east. But as this would close Maryland avenue for one square. between the in- tersection of B street at Second street to the Capitol grounds, it was opposed at_that time. In the last Congress Senator Keye: of New Hampshire, who is & member of both the Commission on ‘n.lll’g; ment of the Capitol Grounds and of Commission, the ac- Supreme Court Building introduced a bill auf quisition of the éntire area north from the site of the Supreme Court, between First and Second streets to D street. ‘This would include the proposed site for the new General Accounting Office, east of the Senate Office Building. This measure was not urged for action be- cause there were a number of proposi- tions. of more pressing importance. Senator Keyes has served notice that he will renew his efforts for acquisition of this entire area in the incoming Con- gress. PRESIDENT APPROVES BETTER HOMES WEEK Hoover Statement Commends Plan to Encourage Beautification and Ownership. y 1 President Hoover, in a statement to- day commending to the American peo- ple the observance of Better Homes week, beginning tomorrow, asserted everything done to encourage home ownership and to make home life more pleasant is a distinct contribution to the highest spiritual values of life. ‘The President’s statement follows: “I cordially commend to all ths peo- ple the observance of Better Homes week, beginning April 26. The better homes movement has for several years played a highly important part in en- couraging a more beautiful home arch- itecture, improved decoration of hcuse interiors, more practical kitchen ar- rangement, better planning of gardens and in every way an enhancement of the comfort and effectiveness of home life. “Everything that can be done to en- courage home ownershinp and to make home life pleasanter is a distinct con- tribution not cnly to social well-being but to the spiritual values of life. The better homes movement has done dis- tinguished service in this flield. and de- serves the warmest support of all our people.” JUDGE BARS HUSBAND FROM DIVORCE SUIT Limited Decree in Virginia Void, Court Rules, in Awarding Separation to Wife. Holding that the decree of limited divorce which Harry H. Frazier, Treas- ury Department employe, obtaiped in the Circuit’ Court of Arlin unty,, Va., on February 21, 1930, is void, Jus- tice Bailey in Equity Court yesterday signed a permanent injunction restrain- ing Frazier from taking any furinsr steps to enlarge the decree, At the same time he awarded Mrs. Rose M. Frazier & decree of limited divarce from her husband on the ground of de- sertion. The bill of complaint filed by Mrs. Frazier for permanent -alimony was granted by the court, the amount of the alimony being reserved for future consideration. The decree signed yes- terday forbids Frazier, or any one rep- :ve:;m&gn ‘:‘.“' chgin taking steps to- ing a’ divorce ther a g rs. Frazger filed suit for limited di- vorce early in 1929, and about one year later the husband countered with a ° suit in the Virginia court. Attorneys and 8. Raymond Neudecker McComas R on of Mrs.