Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1931, Page 17

PRESIDENT NAMES GOUNCIL T0 STUDY PERSONNEL WORK Civil Service Chief Will Head Inquiry to Aid Welfare of U. S. Employes. ECONOMY ALSO GIVEN AS PURPOSE OF BODY Cabinet Men and Four Directors of Bureaus Chosen to Assist Thomas E. Campbell. President Hoover today issued an executive order establishing & Council of Personnel Administration, “for the purpose of bringing about a more effec- tive and economical system of employ- ment and personnel management in the Federal Government and to promote the general welfare of the employes:. ‘This counci], which will be under the chairmanship of President Thomas E. Campbell of the United States Civil Service Commission, will consist of heads of the departments, the director of the Bureau of the Budget, the chief of the Bureau of Efficiency, the chaii- man of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission and the administrator of vet- erans’ affairs. The executive order es- tabl] this council and designating its membership was sent to the of the various department and inde- pendent establishments of the Govern- ment. Cabinet Men on Committee. ‘The director of research in personmel administration in the United States Civil Service Commission shall serve as director of the council and carry out projects approved by the board. He ahall appoint a Project Committee, g of representatives of depart- ments, assist and Advisory Committees, to be submitted to the Executive Commit- him in formulating projects to ishing eouncil and outlining its purposes foi- “The following five members of the eouncil shall constitute an executive committee: Chairman, president of the Civil Service Commission; the Secre- tary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the ’fl‘!‘t ch;!w: the Behry Ml Efficiency. of jureau o . ‘This Executive Committee shall take action on plans and projects submitted by the director, subject to ratification by the council and shall present general mnnl to the director for formulation projects. Aims Outlined. “The head of each department or in- dependent establishment shall designa te the employes best qualified to carty out in his establishment a fact- v | night this week. Three intensive re- ent basis for improvements in selection, Mh;my of registers, lnnounu::nu. transfers, promotions, training ai ©0- ordination of personnel activities and administration, and shall indicate the extent to which the Government serv- ice does offer, or can be made to offer, & partial or a permanent career. “The Council of Personnel Adminis- tration shall: (1) establish a liajson system between the Civil Service Com- mission and the several departments; (2) with the assistance of advisory com- mittees composed of representatives of industry, izations d in the Federal service and co-operate with such departments and establish- ments as may desire to adopt such plans. ent O.K. Provided. “Each department representative shall | also carry out in his department such | of those projects hereafter ap ed by the council as the head of hmrt- ment shall desire to have carried out. “Members of the council are au- thorized to assign to this work such members of their staffs as they believe essential for making this order ef- IRISH YOUTH FACES IMMIGRATION INQUIRY | ! William Hamilton, Arrested at| Dance Hall, Said to Lack l Proper Papers. William _Hamilton, 20, of the 500 block of Third street, is bcing held hy' police and the Bureau of Immigration | for investigation and possible deporta- | tion to his native country, Ireland. He | was arrested on another charge in a | local dance hall last night, and the act that he is in the United States without necessary p:pers developed with questionirg. Hamilton is said to have had a pistol at the hall. but after his arrest the pistol was found to be a toy. How-| ever, his admission that he is in the; United States in violation of the Jaw | ‘was reported to the Bureau of Immi- gration. Hamilton told detectives he was! willing to return to Ircland, and said | he would work his passage on a ship, | it necessary. TRAFFIC IS REROUTED FOR BOULEVARD REPAIR| Work in Alexandria Forces Ve.! heads | with gfi‘fl- ment he h w, The Zoening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, Retires After 37 Years AUDLEY W. REYNOLDS GIVEN GOLD. Left to right: Miss Agnes Schnider, Mr. Reynolds and Clifford Lanham. UDLEY W. REYNOLDS, con-; Mr. Reynolds was born in 1861 in A e T vem. as | 07 the Government Frinting Office in Tetired today. Associates in the | 1880. He lives at 208 Sixth street south- Mr. Reynolds has been employed since | the Avenue Grand Theater. im with a purse filled| The presentation today was made by T et Mae. time. of ‘i retirc- | Clifford Lanham. superintendent of tinuously in the service of the Cleveland, Ohlo. He startéd to work Trees and Parking Department, where | cast with a son, who is manager of eld the position of foreman. |trees and parkings. GIRL SCOUTS OPEN FESTIVAL TONIGHT OF AUTO ACCIDENTS Miss Jane M. Hay and Mrs. Clara Thompson Hurt as Bus Crashes Into Car. Mrs. Hoover and Other Nota- | bles to Attend Fete in Con- stitution Hall. With Mrs. Hoover and other notables ‘ in attendance, “The Festival of Na- | sponsible for injuries to five persons, two tions” will have its official opening at of whom were :eriously hurt. 8:30 o'clock tonight at Constitution Miss Jane M. Hay, 32, of 1833 New Hall. -Mr. Hoover will be received by Hampshire avenue, and Mrs, Clara a. Girl Scout guard of honor, while | Thompson, 69, of Alta Vista, Md., ‘where | seriously injured last night when a bus crashed into the rear of an automobile | in which they were riding at Thirteenth | street and Pennsylvania avenue. Taken to Hospital. ‘They were taken to Emergency Hos- pital, where Miss Hay was treated for spinal injuries and Mrs. Thompson for | & pelvis injury. The driver of the bus | was John 8. Hilbert, Boulevard Heights, | Md., and the automobile was operated b& C:ludu A. Thompson, 909 Twentieth street. Ernest Yeatman, 27, of 213 Fifth street northeast, received a minor knee injury last night when he was in a collision at Third and B streets south- tation will be wi by members of | west. The automobile driven by Yeat- the lomatic eorps, high Government ' man crashed into a machine sald to officials and other members of Capital | have been driven by Louis Kimball, col- E jored, of 92 Myrtle street northeast. ‘Among the principals in the festival | Kimball was arrested after police said are Phillip Clarke, Dwight Rorer, Helen | he left the scene of the accident. Yeat- O'Nelll, Don Bolton, Jean Peeples, Kent man was treated at Emergency Hos- Dyer, James You’,n'g‘lmugfr c-u:n. pital. Catherine Berry, elma Pierce, 24 Ellen Wager, Forney Reese, Dorothy | UGG R W . Nicholson, Al ra _Boysen, Aaron| Mrs. Peggy Hartman, 25, of Harris- Rosenthal, Clara Bolling, Katherine | burg, Pa., visiting at 1514 Isherwood Stringer, Mrs. Jennings Bailey, Jr.; | place northeast, was hurt slightly when Katherine Mitchell, Creed Cardwell, |2n automobile crashed into the rear of Marian Ryan, Lillian Emory and Mrs. | her machine at Maryland avenue and N. G. Emory. !go;tlxu;awm“ t %hcb Joim A, e, 28, T , Pa., driver Others o Take Part. | of "the automobile which ‘struck Mrs, part in the four international Hartman's machine, was arrested and Troop 8, formerly the First Lady’s troop, will be in charge of ushering. ‘The festival, a combination of drama. and pageantry, is being stagad under the sponsorship of the Washing- ton Girl Scouts, the proceeds to be used furnish equipment for Camp May ther, in the Virginia mountains. The festival will be presented each hearsals of the entire spectacle were held yesterday. Exhibition to Open. The Girl Scout exhibition in the cor- Tidors of Constitution Hall has been put in place and will be open to the public before the festival. ‘Besides Mrs. Hoover, the first presen- tnessed i Sunday traffic in Washington was re- | sa episodes alro are Robert Rothrock, Mar- jorie Mitchell, Hugh Christy, Verona Horen, Gibson Emory, John Brosnan, ‘William Heintz, Alec Porter, Richard Kreusberg, Newell Lusby, Sophia Beale, Harry Dawson, Olivia Hamilton, Louisc ‘Turner, Florence Beale, Roy Van Le- winski, Katherine FPuque, Ida Clagett, Virginia Glazebrook, John Helen Shoemaker, Mary Claggett, David Nicholson, Betty West, Spencer Taylor, Colomo, Mary Stuart Bird- ples, Eleanor Plerce, Mary Ruden, Aline ‘Willlam Phillips, Elsie Bar- ber, Dr. Meade Bolton McBryde and Mary Whelchel. ‘The executive committee of the Fes- tival of Nations has placed tickets for | all performances at the box office in | Constitution Hall, hotels and T. Arthur Smith's. Popular prices prevail, witn half-rates for children. AIR INSURANCE TOPIC Issuance of life insurance policies to aviators at premium rates to be based on the record of the individual pilot will be discussed at a meeting of the medical section of the American Life Convention, to be held in Washington May 19, 20 and 21. “The section will have before it & pre liminary report of an Aviation Com- mittee, which has been working since Jast October on the problem of correct rating of aviation risks. ‘Under the plan to bo discussed here the exp-rienced and careful aviation pilot will be able to buy his life in- surance protection at a lower rate than another pilot who may have the same number of hours of flying time to his credit, but who may be prone to taking chances or Wl judgment, ability or physical rating may be lo’ver_ Carroll, | charged with reckless driving. He was | released on bond of $100. | John Burgess, 20. of 5425 Connecticut avenue, was slightly injured when struck last night by an automobile near Massa- chusetts and Wisconsin avenues. The r was operated by Evans H. Clipper, 19, of 4430 Grant road. Burgess was treated at Emergency Hospital for an injury to his left leg. He is the son of 8. E. Burgess, who was killed in an ac- cident at Sixth street and Rhode Island avenue northeast several months ago. BSeven others recelved minor hurts in traffic accidents over the week end. GRIFFITH L. JOHNSON DIES OF HEART ATTACK Reporter Senate Committee Meetings Was Member of 01d Virginia Family. Griffith L. Johnson, well known at e Capitol, where he had reported the procee&n‘u of many Senate committee | meetings, died of a heart attack in | Emergency Hospital last night, after | being stricken while in a local theater. Mr. Johnson, who was nearly 60 years | old, had reported meetings of the Sen- ate Foreign Relations, Naval Affairs and | Appropriations Committees, He wi member of La Fayette Lodge of Masons. | the Shorthand rters’ Association ef | the District of Columbia, the National Shorthand Reporters’ Association and the Capital Yacht Club. Mr. Johnson ‘was & member of an old Virginia family. He numbered among his friends many prominent persons, including Senators and others of note In the National E‘lvl?l. He resided at 1614 Seventeenth reet. of th | | PRINCE, TRYING TO HIDE TITLE, PLANS LONG VISIT IN CAPITAL hicles to Use Upper Highway | Charles of Belgium’s Desire to See America as a Toul to Washington. Be & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 27.—North- bcund trafic through this city was dra. tically re-routed beginning this mori ing, because of the start of the work of tearing up the surface of the east side of Washington street, which is to be repaved as part of the Mount Vernon boulevard. Southbound traffic will continue to be allowed to use Washington street for the time being, traffic over the por- tions under construction to be one way. Local traffic will be allowed to use any portions of the street not now actually under repair, sccording to Police Capt. ‘W. W, Campbell. Northbound traffic will be sent through Patriek street to Oronoco street, west on Oronoco to West strect, thence north over Braddock rosd to Mount Vernon avenus and through Potomac over the uppe: highway into Washington. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION FOND 70 AD CLUBS BEAUTFY PORTAS PLEDGEDBY AAA Chairman of Garden Group Gets Promise to Share Landscaping Costs. ASSOCIATION WILL PAY ONE-TENTH OF EXPENSE Ernest N. Smith Confirms Accord | at Conference in Letter Giving Commendation of Work. ‘The American Automobile Associa- tion has guaranteed a substantial con- tribution to the program of the Garden Club of America and thc Federated Garden Clubs of Virginia and Mary- land for beautifying the highway ap- proaches to the National Capital in preparation for the Washington Bicen- tennial next year. The offer was conveyed in a letter | addressed by Ernest N. Smith, cxecu- | tive vice president of the A. A. A, to | Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, chairman of the | Committee of the National Capital of the Garden Club of America. ‘The promise of financial aid from the A. A. A. followed a series of con- ferences between Mr. Smith and repre- sentatives cf the Garden Club of Amer- ica and the Federated Garden Clubs of the adjacent States. Mr. Smith in- formally pledged the co-operation of the A. A. A. in these sessions, and of- | ficlally placed his organization on rec- ord, in ‘his letter, to contribute 10 per | cent of the cost. ' Garden Clubs Give Funds. ‘The Garden Club of America already | has appropriated funds to pay for digni- | fied markers to be set up at the highway entrances to the District of Columbia. | ‘The Federated Garden Clubs of Vi ginis and the Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland have pledged funds to pro- | vide suitable planting of trces and| shrubs about these markers, mot only | to beautify the markers themselves but | als0 to provide more suitable and attrac- | tive Jandscaping at the entrances to the | Federal City. The A. A. A. contribu- tion is to help pay for this Jandscaping. In his letter to Mrs. Noyes, confirm- ing tl':e ver?l understanding, Mr. Smith ; n part: the Pederated Garden Clubs of Virginia and Maryland are doing, particularly with Tespect to planning (o beautify the | knife any ticket which it was not per- | rond oaches to Washington for the Bleentennial- ‘ Commends Work of Clubs. Referring to. what has been done by | and woman who would not permit him | Formal Welcome Will Be l‘.x'.emledil garden clubs, Mr. Smith con- tinued: “May I, therefore, put in writing the offer made to you somc months ago, in which I said that the District of Columbia division of the American Automobile Association would contribute 10 per cent of the amount, providing 90 per cent was raised by the two garden clubs.” The A. A. A. exccutive expressed the today that from the standpoint only of the Bicentennial but of the future develo nt of the city, the work undertaken by the-garden clubs is of the most vital importance. “In contacting with and in routing Jarge numbers of motorists who visit ‘Washington during the Easter holidavs the cherry blossom season,” he said, “our travel councilors were greatly im- pressed by the frequency of statements volunteered by visitors contrasting the beauty of the Capital with the ugliness and down-at-the-heel appearance of many of the entrances to the city. Ask Permanence for Scheme. “Pirst impressions count for a great deal. No time can be lost in making the entrances to Washington worthy of the city itself. While the garden clubs are interested primarily in the Bicen- we earnestly hope that the Ppresent shall become a perma- nent feature of any constructive scheme for the development of the cif ‘The Committee of the National Cap- ital of the Gard-n Club of America also has been vitally interested in, and has been working in behalf of, the cam- paign to improve further the highwa entrances to the city through elimina tion of billboards. APPROVAL SOUGHT FOR ATLANTIC HOP Savings of Last 39 Years Will En- able Photographer to Back Pro- posed Flight to Copenhagen. { Authorization from the Commerce and State Departments for an attempt- ed transatiantic flight next month from Roeosevelt Ficld, N. Y., to Denmark, wa: being sought here today by Otto Hillig, apher and ameteur aviation en- of Liberty, N. Y., and his pilot, Holgar Hoirlls. e two were expected to ask the Commerce Department _aeronautics branch to approve their plane, equip- ment and plans as a preliminary to obtaining from the State Department the necessary passports. They motored here yesterday and are the guests of ge H. Lynch, 2928 Forty-fourth place. Hillig and Hoirlis plan to use = Bellanca cabin monoplane equipped with a 300-horsepower radial air-cool- engine and the most complete A gation equipment obtainable, they ‘The plane was flown here today an is at Washington-Hoover Airport. Th route they have laid out includes ai unbroken ocean jump of with Copenhagen as their g Hillig, who is 55, is financing the proposed venture out of his earnings as a photographer for the past 39 years. Hoirlis, who is 29, has held a transport pilot's license for four years. Hillig sald he is receiving flying in- atruction s0 he may be able to selieve the pilot at the controls for short pel during the trip. o i MONDAY, APRIL Loaf of Bread Weighs 100 Pounds 27, 1931. at ures and Classified | PRESENTED TO DISTRICT GROCERS™ SOCIETY. 1 I i PAGE B—1 ROYAL TRIBUTES WILL MARK VISIT OF SIAMESE KING Prajadhippk Returns After Seven Years Ruler of 11,000,000 People. ROYAL TRAIN ARRIVES TOMORROW EVENING Call on President Wednesday Will Start Three-Day Round of Official Courtesies. Returning to the Capital after an absence of seven years, in which time he has succeeded to the throne of a country of more than 11,000,000 peopic, King Prajadhipok of Siam, accompanied by his Queen, Rambal Barni, and sev- Members cof the District Grocers' Society yesterday attacked this huge loaf of bread at a dinner held at the Jewish | eral members of the royal houschold, Community Center. The loaf, which weighed 100 pounds, was baked by Greenbaum’s bakery, £07 Four-a ] nd-a-half street. —=Star Staff Photo. METHODIST BOARD ATTACKS RASKCS Temperance Group Charges Democratic Chief Has Imperiled Party. ‘The Methodist Episcopal Board of Temperance yesterday criticized Chair- man Raskob of the Democratic National Committee for having endangered “the excellent political opportunity” of ths party in the presidential campaign of 1932, In its weekly clip-sheet. the board | said Raskob had “administered the af- { fairs of the ccmmittee in the sole in-| “We rejoice in the splendid work that | tcrest of a minority of the party, a| minority which has never hesitated to ritted to name.” “He has trled to drive from th° party,” the editorial said, “every man to express its thought, define its poli- cies and change its character. He has pre-empted the privileges of the Demo- : cratic convention. “He has endangered the places of Democratic Representatives and Sena- tors from the South and West. He has acted upon the assumption that the clectoral votes of the Southern and border States may be used for th: vicious purpose of returning a legalized liquor traffic to the United States with- out regard to the conscientious convic- tions of the vcters of those States.” The board recalled that at the time the prohibition amendment was suc- cessfully submitted to ‘the House the resolution had the support of 144 Democrats and 137 Republicans, while 64 Democrats and 62 Republicans op- posed it. “Every subsequent vote on prohibition in this body,” it continued, “has shown in similar fashion that the majority of Democrats as well as the majority of Republicans are dry. These test votes are the only reliable indication of party fecling throughout the Nation.” Asserting Raskob had introduced “the methods of a Tammany boss into National Democratic affairs,” the board contended Democratic leaders in the South and West had shown a “compre- hension” of the facts, and that these methods would be ‘“effectively chal- lenged.” “There need he no misapprehenzion,” it concluded. “The abuse and persecu- tion to which the Protestant churches have been subjected since 1928 will not deter them from their duty in 1932 PRESIDENT RECEIVES CADET COMMANDERS | Col. Pollock, Leaders of Five Regi- ments and Ballou Are Callers at White House. Col. Daniel C. Pollock, brigade com- mander, and the commanders of the five regiments of the Washington High School Cadets were formally received at the White House today by President Hoover, who posed with them for a group photograph. The high school officers were accom- panied to the White House by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools; Stephen E. Kramer, assistant superin- tendent, and Lieut, Col. Wallace M. Craigie, U. 8. A, in charge of military instruction and, training at the high schools. The cadet officers with Col. Pollock were Licut. Cols. John C. Audlum, 1st Regiment of Central; Thomas E. Tate, 2d Regiment, McKinley; Israel Shul- man, 3d Regiment, Eastern; Joseph Mattane, 4th Regiment, Western, and Maj. Harvey L. Supplee, Business High School Battalion, TESTS ARE DUE MAY 9 ON COLORED SCHOOL JOBS Examinations to Determine Eligi- bility of Applicants for Steno- graphic and Clerical Places. _Examinations to csiablish eligibility lists of prospective appointees for - Is Frustrated at N. Y. Docks. ' 1 I SN 1 | ‘ M. Charles de Rethy, an unobtrusive ‘The Belgian embassy had “not been | ~oung man, whare wish to visit Ameri- | advised” of the prince’s whereebouts or » a5 s “ourist” was frustrated when ents, although a spokesman ad- i1» was recognized as Prince Charles nderstood” the priace was of Belglum, plans to remain in Wash- | visiting in Washington. ington for seversl wesks at least be: | The prince came to Washington from fore extending his travels to other part aproad with Comte Prancoise de Buis. o I T ity thore- | S, oot Sometary OF the MRS o < » y. comte’s . main. incognito, o ) Sanatie Beatrix de Buiseret, men} has been planned for the royall £ vighor, who i3 P! ing at the Moor- |, ‘M. de Rethy” was recognized aboard ings Apart t, 1919 Q street. | the liner Pennland by several passen- Prince ament, 10t % Aistinctiy Anglo- | 8ers and failed to elude & pl rince rles, {and ships news reporter when lo: the Sram, type, 1s U1 YeArS 010 208 ery, |docksd &t New York in the middie of Elizabeth of mg""alflnm. His plans | APrik for his vis jn this country are yet| The pDrince prompily disappeared. unformulated, and friends were uncer- | however, but not before it was learned tain today as to what section he would |he planned an extended stay in Wash- next. | ingtom g visit eral clerical and stenozraphic_positions in the colored schools will be held May 9 '.rtn the c“diwl, gl.{: School. o e general clerical tion, 1, carries a salary scale b&o:,een m':‘mmt- mum $1,260 to the maximum $1,560 a year, while the ammmc position, grade 2, ranges from $1,: to $1,740. today cn the Virginla side of the Ar-| Applications for the positions must be lington Memorial Bridge project, mak- | made on or before Saturday if the can- ing preparations to shift the tracks of | didates desire prior notice of their eligi- the Roaslyn, Va., branch of the Penn-|bjlity. Those who wish to take the ex- sylvania Railroad into a tunnel, to|amination without having their eligi- ;-vofll: & grade crossing with bridge bmt'u’ mcmgza may ‘mmm .:‘n.&lg m‘-\w . unf e beginning of ‘With the beunnlbn'ml .:;:ln': ‘work | itself. f preparations were m: start | The written and practical examina: construction of the concrete tunnel |tion will be given at 9 a.m. at the Car- which will te the rallroad |dozo High School. “The ex- ‘The contractcrs for the - | amination will be made in GRADING WORK STARTED Tracks at Rosslyn to Be Shifted to Avoid Crossing. ‘Two construction firms began work D. C. JAIL CHAUFFEUR ‘ INJURED IN COLLISION | David Weathers, Colored, Taken to| Hospital After Accident at 17th and C Streets Southeast. David Weathers, 25, colored, a pris- oner at the District Jail, was critically | injured today when the automobile of J.” L. Gelbman, 1105 avenue southeast, crashed into a jall car at Seventeenth and C streets southeast. ‘Weathers was taken to Gallinger Hos- pital, where an examination showed him | to have a probable fracture of the skull, severe lacerations on the skull and face. His condition 1s considered serious. The | man was thrown from his car, his head | striking the sidewalk. Gelbman, a District employe, who | said he was on his way to work at the | time of the accident, was unhurt. Po- lice said there probably would be no charges file ‘Weathers, " detailed as . chauffeur, was sentenced January 31 to serve nine | months in jail for a prohibition vio- — BAR GROUP TO-HONOR | NEW D. C. JUSTICES | to Them and Farewell Given to Justice Stafford. The new justices of the Court of | Appeals and of the District Supreme Court will be formally welcomed by the Bar Association- at & dinner at th Willard Hotel #t 7 o'clock Thursday evening. A reception will precede thc dinner, which also will mark the for- mal farewell of the association to Jus- tice Wendell Phillips Stafford. Justice Stafford will reach. the age |of 70 years May 1, and will be eligible | to retire after 27 years’ service in ihe District Supreme Court. Other. honor guests will be Associate Justices Willlam Hitz and A. Lawrence | Groner of the District Court of A | peals, and Associate Justices Jesse C. | Adkins, Oscar R. Luhring, Joseph W. | Cox and James. Proctor of the Dis- | trict Supreme Court. Among the guests expected to aitend are the other justices of the Dis- | trict Courts; Attorney General William D. Mitchell; Solicitor General Thomas 5 er; y Gen- eral Charles P. Sisson; Robert L. Pen. nington, president of the Virginia State Bar Association; James W. jpman, Jr., president of the Maryland State Bar Association; former Chief Justice | Walter I. McCoy and former Associ: nie Justice Adolph A. Hoehling. Geor; | P. Hoover, president of the association. will preside, and Attorney Levi Cooke will act as toastmaster. | George E. Hamilton is president of the | zeneral committee and Frederick Stohl- | ‘n;lln is secrctary. The subcommittee reception tions; Richard E. Wellford, tickets; Joseph A. Burkart, speakers; Richmond B. Keech, dinner arrangements; Henry I. Quinn, music and entertainment and Austin F. Canfield, seating ar- rangements. MALCOLM YOUNG PLEADS GUILTY TO TAKING BOOKS Former D. C. High School Teacher Is Remanded to Jail to Await Sentence. Malcolm Young, former employe of the Library of Congress and former teacher of history in a local high school, pleaded guilty today before District Su- preme Court Justice Peyton Gordon to ing 339 .books from the Congressional Library June 14, 1928. He was indicted March 18, following the discovery of the books in the basement of an apartment house where Young had once resided. He was recently located in North Caro- | lina and returned here for trial. ‘The court referred the case to Proba- | tion Officer Steele for investigation and | report. Young was remanded to jail to | | await sentence. | BERLIN U. TO HONOR ! DR. WOOD OF HOPKINS | lPh. D. Will Be Conferred Here To- ! day on Internationally Xnown Physics Professor. Dr. Robert Williams Wood, professor of experimental physics at Johns Hop- kins University and internationally known as an authority in that science, will receive the honorary degree of doctor of from the Uniyer- Dr. faculty has be F. Henning, member of the of the German university, who en. in research at the Bureau of Standards for several months, will confer the degree in the | and Frau Friederich W. von Prittwitz und Gaffron and other embassy officials. ntatives of the Johns Hopkins faculty also will witness the | ceremony there, which included music an indictment charging him with steal- br: philoso) sity of Berlin inp:;yurclul at the Ger- | I man embassy here at 5:30 o'clock today. | ¥ presence of the German Ambassador | M WOODMEN'S CAMP VISITS MT. VERNON West Virginia Jurisdiction of; W. 0. W., Meeting Here, Has 1,000 Delegates. | ‘Tours of the National Capital, fol- lowed by a visit to the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier, featured today's pro- gram of the Head Camp Corvention of the Jurisdiction of West Virginia, Woodmen of the World, mee! The jurisdiction includes Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia and the Dis- trict of Columbia. A wreath was placed on the Tomb by Soverelgn Comdr. W. A. Prazier, the| national president, as a feature of a by the Fort Myer Band and invocation by Rev. T. G. Brown. Visit Mount Vernon. ‘This afternoon the and their families left for Alexandria and Mount Vernon by boat and bus. Degrees are to be conferred at a ses- sion in the Raleigh Hotel tonight at 7:30 o'¢lock and a joint session of the Wood- men and the Women's Circle of the or- ganization will' be held in the Raleigh Hotel tomorrow morning at 9:15 o'clock, with Sovereign Thomas Eckloff presid- ing. Will Call on Hoover. An address cf welcome will be de- livered by Harry King, president of the Washinglon Chamber of Commerce, with response by Mr, Frazer. Capt. W. G. Stott of this city, head consul of the West Virginia jurisdic- tion, will speak at the session tomor- ing. delegates will be received by President Hoover at the White House tomorrow at noon, and at 1:30 o'clock the Woodmen and the Women's Circle «f the order will convene in separate business sessions. The c! session with election and installation of officers will be held Wednesday morning. COLD WAVE TO END IN FROST TONIGHT | Slowly Rising Mercury and Fair Weather Predicted by Capital Weather Bureau. | _— | ‘The chill reminder of Winter \'hlchl struck the Capital yestercay Jds due for an expiring gasp tonight, when light frost and a 38-degrec thermometer reading are in prospect. Tomorrow will be fair, with slowly rising tem- perature, and the Weather Bureau sees no more cold weather in immediate Cllma&ln( infall of .13 inch & rainfall of .. es yes- terday before the sun finally put in an appearance, the city experienced a windstorm which reached its peak| velocity of 46 miles an hour at 4 p.m. ‘The windstorm left in its wake broken glass, uprooted trees and some dam- ed automobiles which were unlucky enough to be in the vicinity when the trecs or branches fell. Police had their troubles clearing up obstructions, while firemen were called out to lash down a scaffolding which the wind blew loose on the repair job| on the old Ford Theater. | A tree that dropped across the old Georgetown road was responsible for bringing out the Bethesda Fire Depart- ment to clear up the highway. Park police l’mfl;d.;hlt no trees in Potomac Yesterday's downpour and high winds resulted in no damage at local flying fields, though the storm forced cancel: lation of some flights. Flying oper: tions virtually were suspended at the Army and Navy fields, while air trans. port_lines operating out of Washing. ‘on-Hoover had some interrup- tien of schedules during the height of the storm. here. | 1 will arrive here tomorrow night at 6 'clock from New York for a three-day visit, during which time he will reccive all the honors his rank demands. Coming to the United States for treatment for failing sight, King Prajadhipok has been traveling incog- nito as Prince , his_title be- fore accession to the crown. But from the time of his arrival until departure, Friday morning at 10 o'clock, the visitor will emerge from the seclusion of the minor role to te as & na- tion's ruler. . The King will be formally met upon arrival by Vice President Curtis, Sec- retary of State Stimson, ranking officers of the Navy, the Army and the Marine Corps, other governmental respresenta- avu nl:;l ml;mmvm“ th:‘!hmmm Jega- on. Mar gua) passage of the visitors from their train to the President’s reception room at the station, and upon emerging, their | presence will be recognized by the na- tional anthem of Siam, played by the Army Band. Under motor cyele escort, the party then will go to the Larz Anderson home, 2118 Massachusetts avenue, where it will be domiciled while ere. White House Call Wednesday, Because of the lateness of the hour, the visit of the King at the White House, which ordinarily would take place at once, will be deferred until 10:30 o'clock, Wednesday morning. This call will be immediately returned by President Hoover, thus paving the way for the other amenities arranged. part in Ice y, as 1§ the Minister of that country the United States, Maj. Gen. Prin Amoradat 2. ‘The King of Siam will be the fourth foreign ruler to visit the Capital, he having been preceded 'by Albert of Belgium, King Gustave of Sweden and Queen Marie of Rumania. Queen Is Considered Beauty. ‘The Siamese ruler is widely traveled. was educated at Etoh College and has served in bcth British and Armies in his 37 years. He came to the throne in 1926. ‘The Queen, in her twenties, is con- sidered one of the most beautiful wom- en in the East. Their visit in Wi will be in the nature of a family reunion, as the Queen’ rents, the Prince and Princess Svasti are members of their party, while a brother of the Queen, Prince Nondlyaval Svasti, is a student <here at the Georgetown School of For- eign Service. Before suffering the eye affiiction, the King was an ardent tennis en- thusiast. Now he plays golf. His principal hobby, however, it is under- docsme” enjoy ‘the” scteem: but hag e enjoy a moving picture machine been his constant on_the present trip to this country, for film- ing scenes which interested him, SHOOTING IS CHARGED IN FIGHT OVER LAND Two Cases Already Pending and New One Is Set at ‘Winchester. Special Dispatch to The Sta: WINCHESTER, Vi April 27—A court decree awarding title to a small strip of land in Fredcrick County to Mrs. Emma Clinger by reason of ad- verse possession has failed to D fights among the litigants and their {riends, and as a result three cases of assault and battery are scheduled for trial in county court Wednesday. ‘The latest warrant was issued last night on_complaint of Paul Wise and ‘Willlam White, who charged that Nel- son Ritter, a neighbor, shot at them with a rifle “with intent to maim, dis- figure and kill them.” The cases of John W. Clinger, husband of Mrs. Emma Clinger, against Harvey Cornwell, alleg- ing assault, and of Mrs.. Pansy Plank Dove Clinger and his wife, also alleging assault, are to be tried the same day. All of the cases are said to be the outcome of an injunction of January 3, 1930, whereby Mrs. Anna Belle Price, on one side, and Emma, Alice and John Clinger were enjoined from going on the tract of land then in dispute until after the court had op- portunity to decide its ownership. Sev- eral days ago the court decreed the land belonged to Mrs. Emma Cli; by SORORITY INSTALLS National Officials Take Posts in Phi Delta Gamma Here. National officers of Phi Delta Gamma, a graduate profe 1 sorority, were | installed Saturday at the first annual | convention at the Dodge Hotel. { officers were: Miss Leona Fehler, president; Miss Hazel Thrush, vice esident; Miss Hazel secretary; Miss Marie corresponding sccretary; Miss Clyde Roberts, treasurer; Miss Margaret Klein, historian; Miss Grace Johnson, chap- r, dinner, at which Miss retiring president, presided. Honor guests included Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr., fus E. Clark, Mrs. Vannic G. Barrows, Mrs. Charles E. Tansill and Mrs, H. E. Woolever. Delicatessen bbed. | the same | ing ing and tunmel work are J, H, Cole- | building u) conclusion of the cti- man & Son of Clarendon, VA, and |ecal tes'u. p::ne the oral txllll?lrl.“m ‘v‘d:." & Blankenship of Shaws- will b* administered at a time and plaee Va to be announced later. at Johns Hopkins the versity of Berlin in 1892 through 1804. He has taught'at various institutions of his night. higher learning, ncluding the Univers wore ove; sity of Wiscosisin and Johns Hopkins. printed inger reason of adverse possession. Feeling in the neighborhood, where the parties live on the Front Royal road, has been tense before and since the litigation to decide ownership of the land and on numerous occasions fist fights and stone throwing have resulted. Alleged violation of the court’s origi- nal injunction is also to be considered in hearing the cases, it was indicated. LEESBURG SCOUTS TAKE COUNTY FIRST-AID PRIZE Ashburn Troop Second and Purcell- ville Is Third—State Executive Conducts Contest. Special Dispatch the The Star. LEESBURG, V: April 27.—The Leesburg, Boy Scout Troop, No. 155, of which Horace Lefferts is it