Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1931, Page 17

@he Foen WASHINGTON, * WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDlTlnNg ( é tar W, A FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1931.q PAGE B—1 WHITE HOUSE VISIT OVATION IS GIVEN ~ FLAW DISCOVERED | AND FREE AID MARK ELEVEN SUSPECTS Flowers for First Lady The Court House MRS. HOOVER RECEIVES MAY DAY GIFT. GRILLED INHOLD-UP OF POSTAL STATION Police Raiders Arrest 18 Men at Pool Room, but Release Seven on Alibis. INSPECTOR WHO NIPPED D. C. PLOT TAKES CASE Two Bandits’ Loot Is Put at $600 in Haul Near Precinct House. Customer's Cash Spurned. With 11 men already under arrest,’ police today were continuing their | search for the two armed bandits who: eld up the post office station in the lt;ld Ss Jamgs‘ Hotel building, 484 | Pennsylvania avenue, yesterday and es- | caped with approximately $600 after| locking the three clerks, cne of them a | middle-aged woman, in a back room. | The 11 suspects, who were being held | for investigation at the varlous police | stations, were arrested last night when | Detective Sergts. Van Doren Hughes, | Thomas C. Bragg and H. H. Carper | raided a pool room opposite the post ffice station. J . Eighteen men were arrested in the | yaid, but seven of them subsequently | were released after questioning at po-) lice headquarters. Bernard Smith, one | of the postal clerks victimized in the Tobbery, today was unable to identify apy of the men. TInspector Aids Probe. The quiz was being conducted by Leo 1 A. De Ward, a post office inspector, who | helped to bring about the arrest of Ar- thur A. Fischer and Phillip K. Stumm. Fischer and Stumm allegedly ~were Janning to hold up the District dis- gurslng office on Decoration day, when. they belleved, approximately _$120,000 would have been available. De ‘Ward and Jack Amold, described by police as 2 “volunteer investigator,” nipped the alleged plot in the bud by posing as confederates and turning the informa- tion thus obtained over to police. The raid was made after the police received a “tip” the robbery was plan- ned by habitues of the pool room. ‘Because the post office station is less than two blocks from police headquar- ters and not much farther from the| first precinct station, the hold-up is| considered one of the most daring ex-, ecuted here for some time. Pair Enter Quietly. Only one outsider—Perry M. Teeple, 1731 '{' street, an assoclate engineer in| the municipal arc] :he post office station when the*robbers | entered. He was standing at & writing | counter in the front part of the station | filling out an application for a money One of the bandits walked up to the| counter behind which the employes—| Miss Mary D, Connor, 76 K street; Ar-; . CArlingion, Var were at Work.| . Arlington, Va.—w 3 1 The other robber closed the door and remained standing in front of i*. The bandils entered so quietly that neither Teeple nor the clerks heard them. Suddenly, the one who had ap- ched the counter ordered Smith, | | | BY JUSTICE WENDELL PHILLIPS STAFFORD. Who <Retires Soon From the Bench of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This is that theater the muse loves best. All dramas ever dreamed are acted here. The roles are done in-earnest, none in jest. Hero and dupe and villain all appear. Here falsehood skulks behind an honest mask, And witless truth lets fall a saving word, As the blind goddess tends her patient task And in the hush the shears of fate are heard. Here the slow-shod avengers keep their date; Here innocence uncoils her snow-white bloom; +From here the untrapped swindle walks elate, And stolid murder goes to meet his doom. O stage more stark than ever Shakespeare knew, ‘What peacock playhouse will contend with you? TRAFFIC MISHAPS -FLYING CAPTURES INIURE 8 PERSONS BOY HERD'S FANCY 'Bryan Untiedt Has Made Good Impression on Hoo- ver, Is Report. Six Children Struck by Autos. Dentist’s Leg Is Broken as He Is Run Down. Aviation has captured the imagination of Bryan Untiedt, 13-year-old school boy from Colorado, now a White House Eight persons were injured in traffic accidents late yesterday and last night. Six of them were children, who were run down in streets near their homes. - The most seriously injured was Stan- | guest. ley Lohmann, 3 years old, of 335 I| The bare mention of names such as street northeast, who Teceived severe | Lindbergh, Chamberlin and Ricken- hitect’s office—was in | head injuries and shock when struck | backer carry a thrill for Bryan. 1 | The | in_the world. by an automobile in the 800 block of | youngster has familiarized himself with | Fourth street northeast. He treated at Casualty Hospital. Joseph Mason, 20 years old, of 2118 Fifth street southeast, who was driv- ing the car which struck the child, was not held. Police were told the boy dashed into the path of Mason's ma- avoidable Children Are Injured. events in the lives of the men who have figured prominently in the development of aviation Pleasure was written all over Bryan" features as he made another inspectio sath, 300 P street, and Bernard | chine and that the accident was un-|today of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's | Spirit of St. Louis, on exhibit at the | National Museum, He also displayed | marked interest in other aviation relics Cuts and bruises of the head and of the Smithsoman Institution. body were suffered by John Wilkerson, |” There is no mistake in the good im 4 years old, of 1301 Ridge place south-| pression Bryan has made upon Presi: east, when an sutomobile felled him | dent Hoover during his at Thirteenth and S streets southeast.| white House. Mr. Hoover is convinced visit at the: was | airplane history and possesses an ex-!of the lawyers, the justice stated, he| ceptional knowledge of the outstanding | felt that he had always their confi- | few | will | ed at the dinner and on behalf of the JUSTICE STAFFORD INCONSTRUCTIONAT BY DISTRICT BAR ROOSEVELT SCHOOL Gotwals Finds Steel Still Im- properly Guyed Despite Aoril 22 Mishap. ASKS STRONGER BRACES AT GORP"" JUNIOR HIGH Veteran Dean of Judiciary Honored at Farewell Banquet. RESIGNATION EXPECTED WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS Glowing Tribute Paid Long Serv- Stricter Inspection Planned—Other ice of 70-Year-01d Justice—Sil- Nine Jobs Visited by Engineer ver Gift Is Presented. Commissioner Approved. Justice Wende!! Phillips Stafford, In spite of the collapse of steel x'or!k) v, Wl =0 | at the new Roosevelt High School April | dean of the local judiciary, who is 70 |5, "0 100 nctruction at the school was | years cld today, bade farewell to 600 | found still improperly guyed when the | members of the Bar Association and|work was visited yesterday by Engineer ! their guests at the | Commissioner John C. Gotwals, making Willard Hotel last a visit to 11 of the school jobs now un-| night on the eve of | der construction. Maj. Gotwals ordered | his_retirement. | that additional guy wires be strung Justice Stafford | from the steel work mow in place and ! did not st a date that the wires already up be tightened. ! for his resignaticn, Stronger bracing of wooden forms ! but is expected to into which concrete is poured at the 10- | notify President room addition at the Gordon Junior | Hoover of his In- High School was also ordered by Maj. | tention within a Gotwals, to prevent a repetition of the. ys. He an- accident at the Stuart Junior High i nounced that he School, where the pouring of concrete cortinue to into poorly constructed frames resulted make his home in {in a collapse earlier in the week. Other- Washington after wise, the jobs visited were approved. resigning from his Maj. Gotwals, however, decided that judicial dusies. | stricter inspection would be necessary George P. Hoo- {in future, and plans to send inspectors ver, president of the association, presid- iy “CHILDREN'S CHARTER" FINDS CONDITIONS GOOD IN CAPITAL| Justice Stafford. periodic tours of the school projects. Normally the building inspectors confin their attention to private construction work and have no jurisdiction over school or other municipal projects. On account of the importance of the con- struction _job at the new Roosevelt { School, Maj. Gotwals also_decided to increase the inspection staff the On his tour, Maj. Gotwals was ac- | companied by Assistant Engineer Com- missioner H. L. Robb and Lizut. B. K. Schilling, one of Maj. Robb's subordi- nates, and a group of newspaper men. 11 school projects and the new ses' Home at Gallinger Hospital were visited and inspected. The work under { construction presents a prospective out- {lay of about $4500000. The following lis"a list of the projects visited: | The Roosevelt High School, the Gor- | don, Stuart, Charles W. Eliot, Alice Deal {and Hugh M. Brown Junior High | Schools; the Charles Young Platoon School; the A. J. Bowen, Congress Heights and Deanwood Elementary School additions and the new athletic association presented Justice Stafford with a handsome silver service. Justice | Stafford referred to the gift as “an astonishing testimonial, which would be proudly cherished” by him and by his heirs. He said the favorable opin- ion of his work which the gift indicated, gave it its greatest value. “A judge's reputation,” he sald, “de- pends on the opinion of his character and ability held by the lawyers, and this opinion is final and conclusive. Holds to High Aim. He tcld his hearers that when he took the judicial oath for the first time in his native State of Vermont 31 years ago he determined to give his life to being as good a judge as his limitations would allow and he has no regret that his life has been devoted to the ad- ministration of Jjustice, which he termed the “most important business A Hoover. Witcover, ' Catherine Dosey, N old May day custom was observed this morning when a group of Wash- ington children visited the White House with a gift of flowers for Mrs. The children (left to right) with the First Lady: David Carl Joseph Murphy and Robert Kaemmer. CHLD HEALTH DAY Young Folk Give First ~ zdy Basket of Flowers and Each Receive Gift. WELFARE AGENCIES HOLD “OPEN HOU<E” |Wilbnr Charges Parents With Care —A. P. Photo. {From Infancy to Adolescence, Washington Child Is Object of Public and Private Health Agencies. The average Washington child has | the advantage of health benefits ap- | inspections. in the proximating those set forth President “children’s charter” of and Protection. of Next Generation—Dentists Treat Pupils Free. ‘The presentation of a large basket of flowers to Mrs. Herbert Hoover at the White House by a group of small children in commemoration of May 1 as Child Health day marked a feature {of the observance of the day in the | National Capital. The occasion, cfficially designated by Congress as Child Health day, is marked locally by extensive physical examinations of children being made throughout the city, with a view to pro- moting child health. The_children taking the flowers to Mrs. Hoover were David Carl Whit- over, son of Mr. and Mrs, Wallace Whitover; Katherine Dosey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Esther Dosey; Joseph Murphy, jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Murphy, and Robert Kaemmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. A. Kaemmer. Children Receive Gifts. ‘The little boys and girls were accom- panied to the White House and intro- duced to Mrs. Hoover by Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, a leader in the Child Health day movement for many years. After the First Lady had greeted them and u}:t‘:kt;d th;m for the flowers, she posed Wi em for a group photograph on a pog.l:o of tha wmu House, g ubsequently the party was shown through the living rooms of the White House and a basket of fruit and tulips |or dental defects found during school Dr, Fowler agrees with the Council of was presented to each. The little callers carried away their gifts from . Hoover with pride and dignity. . Jn line with observance of the day, ‘'open house” was being held by various goverrmmental and private agencies in- terested in child welfare. Dentists Give Free Care. One hundred dentists, members of the District of Columbia Dental Society, who offered to give their services free, | Social Agencies that the school health | Hoover's Conference on Child Health | work should be expanded. He.has had | difficulty in securing funds necessary are engaged in examining the teeth of scores of children. Arrangements for the examinations were announced From infancy to adolescence he Is | to increase medical and dental service |Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, chairman of e Diagnasis the object of special care of doting, in- telligent parents. and of protective |in the schools. | He is inclined to the belief that the While not always having the approval dence and asked that they extend to | the new justices the same hearty sup- port and loyalty that had been dis- played to him. The Bar Associaticn had assembled not only to say farewell to Justice Staf- ford, but to welcome the new justices of the Court of Appeals and of the Dis- trict Supreme Ccurt. Levi Cooke, the toastmaster, introduced the new justices and requested them to stand so that he “lawyers might not mistake you | or a bailiff when they enter the field at Dunbar High School. | | HAMILTON ESTATE| i Will Gives Widow $50,000 and Life Income From $300,000 Securities. ‘The will of Levis C. Hamilton, who | toward pathways of health throughout | measures designed for him by public | inspection service should be extended and private health agencies. | into the private schools of Washington, Pre-natal influences are at work for | as suggested by the experts who made him before he sees the light of day. | the recent health survey. Post-natal care is assured him during| One of the dangers which Johnny those critical months before, the first & must avoid is that dread enemy of candle appears on his birthblay cake. | health—tuberculosis. Public and Clinical examinations and advice are | vate health authorities are doing available to him in the interesting | utmost to vears preceding his entrance into school. | disease. edical and dental services guide him | Milk Supply Excellent. | . One great advantage that Johnny has | in this fight against the “white plague ri- eir his class room career. safeguard him from this | Johnny Suffers Few Handicaps. In short, Johnny J. Average of Wash- ington, D. C., suffers few handicaps confronting children in many other is an excellent milk supply. Dr. Fowler has reason to be proud of Washington’s supply of dairy products. Every drop of milk sold in Washington comes from uberculin-tested cows, and 97 per cent Child Health Day and Early Commmltm. le_motor corps of the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Red Cross, under the direction of Mrs. E. C. Montgomery, is engaged in trans- porting the children to and from the offices of the various dentists. Chil- dren whose parents are willing for them to accept free dental care will be referred by their school teachers to the nearest dentist who has volonteered for the work, for treatment he finds neces- sary. | Hearing tests are being given chil- dren of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades in the practice school of the | Wilson Teachers’ College by Miss Ada M. Hill, director of the local organi- zation for the hard of hearing. | court room. Justice Hitz Speaks. the chief clerk, to “Stick ‘em up.” Thought Bandit Joking. | died April 27, was filed today for pro- | places, and, on the other hand, he en- | | bate. He leaves $50,000 in cash to his joys most of the health advantages | Bureau Holds Exhoit. of the milk is pasteurized. Clarence Paul Courtney, 36, of 2520 |gince talking with the lad that he has The council’s survey revealed the tu- Tenth street northeast, operator of the|ihe making of a real man and gives Looking up, Smith found himself gazing into the muzzle of & revolver. At the same moment Kleisath looked up from his work. “I thought the robber was one of Bmith's friends, trying to have a little fun,” Kleisath said in describing the hold-up. “I was about to return to my work when the bandit repeated h mand. Smith put his hands up, knew the robbery wasn’t any joke. The robber backed the cierks into a | room in the rear of the office and locked the door. As he reLurn;fl to the ln‘]nl part of the station his companion walked over to Teeple, who had $102 ] spread out on the counter in front of | him. Customer’s Cash Spurned. “How much have you got there?” the bandit asked, pointing his pistol at Teeple from beneath his coat. Teeple hesitated for a moment and then re- plied: “Oh, about $50 or s0, I guess.” The robber turned to look at his com- | panion, who was ransacking the cach ! drawers beneath the clerks' counter. As he did so Teeple swept his money be- tween the pages of a newspaper. Ignoring Teeple's money, the bandit | ordered him to jump over the gate lead- | ing to the back part of the office. “But I can't jump that high,” Teeple | remonstrated. “Oh, you can,” the robber re- torted. “Go fo it!" and he jammed his gun into Teeple’s back. Teeple vaulted the gate, clearing it by several inches. “I wouldn't have made it. though,” he admitted later, “if the bandit hadn't sort of hoisted me over with his re- | volver.” | { Seen Before Robbery. | Leaving Teeple standing in the rear | of the station the robber joined his | companion, who was stuffing the con- | tents of the cash drawers into his pockets, Then, after issuing a final warning to Teeple to “keep quiet,” the! bandits fled ! Teeple ran to the door and looked up and down the sireet, but the robbers had disappeared. Meanwhile, the im- prisoned clerks had forced the door of the rear room, and one of them tele- phoned police headquarters. A radio cruiser searched the neigh- | berhood, but no trace of the bandits | was found. No one had seen them after | they left the office, but it is believed | they escaped in an automobile parked nearby. They were seen in the neigh- | borhood about two hours before the | rebbery, however, and it is thought | they were “sizing up” the station and | laying their plans then. H Both robbers were * eording to their victims, police descriptions of them & el Teeple, who came to Washingtcn a few weeks ego from Montgomery, Ala., | where he had been working for the cvernment, was about to send some money to his wife when the bandits entered. He returned to the office today and | dispatched the money to Columbia, | 8. C., where his wife lives. L. BARCLEY RITES HELD WVictim of Chicago Auto Accident Buried in Arlin:'on' Funeral services for £ Barcley. 32, president of the Bolyn Corporation of Chicago, and brother of Mrs, Lillian B, Whitmore of Washington ‘and Mrs. . David L. Stone, Fort Snelling, Minn., y young,” ac-! who gave d | Hospital, car, tock the child to Providence Hos- pital for treatment. Four-year-old Neal Haywood, who lives at 1226 Thirteenth streef, was taken to Emergency Hospital for first- aid treatment after a machine driven by Jacob D. Faunce of 5717 Ninth street knocked him down near his home. The boy was released after being given medical attention for slight cuts Alighting from a taxicab in front of her home last night, Peggy Pergantis, 4 years old, of 761 Princeton place, ran into the path of an automobile driven oy Mrs, Dorothy E. Nichols of 1019 Thirteenth street and was hurt. Will X-Ray Girl. The girl was removed to Children's where surgeons declined to divulge the nature of her injuries until X-ray examinations are made today. Helen Washington, colored, 10 years old, of 1118 Fifth street, sustained a fractured arm when she was struck by an automobile near the intersection of Fifth and M streets last night. She was taken to Children's Hospital. A fractured skull was received by Theodore Johnson, colored, 11 years old, of 3 M street southeast when he was struck by a taxicab operated by Samuel Robinson, colored, of 468 L rtreet southwest. The boy was carried to Providence Hospital, where his con- dition was sald today to be serious. Man’s Leg Broken. John Prancis Collins, 66 years old, of 718 Kentucky avenue southeast, was taken to Casualty Hospital with cuts about his forehead and shoulders after being struck at Eighth street and Penn- svivania avenue southeast by a machine driven by Joseph J. Goberg. An accident at Twelfth and H streets sent Dr. Albert V. McGlone, a dentist, with offices at 802 F street, to Emer- gency Hospital with a broken left Jeg and bruises last night. He hit, police say. by a car operated by Primo S Naval, 1929 Nineteenth street. Dr. MeGlone was later removed to his home. |BRYAN UNTIEDT INVITED TO SEE BENEFIT SHOW Bryan Untiédt, Colorado blizzard hero, who has been visiting in Wash- ington as a guest of President Hoover, has been invited to the opening per- formance of “Death Takes a Holiday” Sunday night at the National Theater. The proceeds from the opening night will go to the fund for the Greater Na- tional Capital Committee of the Board of Trace. Advance seat sales indicate a large attendance at the opening and the 4,000 members of the Board of Trade are ex- pected 10 be largely represented in the audience. 101st Birthday Anniversary promise of making his mark. President Hoover was first attracted | by the boy when he read of his cour- age during the school bus tragedy in Colorado several weeks ago, and it was because of this interest that | he nvited the youth. to come to the | White House for a visit. The Presi- | dent likes the boy for his manlines: and for his modesty. The President ‘was represented today as describing the boy as not only being & good talker, but as having a logical mind and the ca- pacity for thinking clearly. It has been obvious that Mr. Hoover has been studying him very closely and no doubt going over in his own mind just what the young man will do with himself in the future. As a result of frequent talks, the President has concluded that the boy is mechanically inclined: that he is intensely interested in anything relating to machinery. It was evident at the navy yard yesterday, when Bryan showed a genuine interest in the gun factory and the various machines in operation there for the| making of gun: With the little Hoover grandchildren, | Bryan made an early visit to the dog kennels at the White House and with his own hands fed the various dogs in this illustrious group. Before starting out on his sightseeing expediticn today, he was introduced to the thrills o pingpong playing by Mrs. Stark Mc Mullin, a house guest at the White House, who has served in the capacity of his guide during his travels about the city | " "The boy was on hand at the reunion of the Hoover family. With the re- turn this morning of Allan Hoover, the younger of the Hoover boys, from Harvard, where he is studying business | administration, the President's imme- | diate family was united for the first time in many months. Herbert Hoover, jr. the elder of the Hoover boys, who had been in Asheville, N. C., for his health since_ last October, returned to the White House with his wife last | Tuesday. Mrs. Hoover gave considerable time to the youthful visitor. She was an linterested spectator while Bryan and the others played ping-pong, and during fthe morning walked ~with him for awhile, with the grandchildren accom- | panying them, ttrough the rear grounds of the White House. It is still undetermined just how long the boy will remain a gucst at the White House. It was explained today that he.will not depart before tomorrow afternoon. It was thought possible that he may be taken by some members of the Hoover family to the President’s fishing camp on the Rapidan over the end. In spite of the numerous thrills and adventures, Bryan keeps the thought of his mother back in Colorado uppermost in his mind, and each night before retiring writes to her of his ex- periences of the day. 'FLOWERS BANKED IN ROOM HONOR MOTHER JONES’ MEMORY | of Labor Leader Who Died Last Fall Would Have Been Today. In the modest home of Walter E. Burgess. & carpenter living on Riggs were held at Arlington Wednesday, with burial in Abbey Mausoleum. Mr. Barcley, who was born in North Carolina, was killed in an automobile sceident in Chicago early this week. Mrs. Stone of Fort Sneiling is the wife of Col. David L. Stone, formerly of Alexandria, Va. His mother, Mrs, J. Barcley of Chicago, also survives, road a few miles bevond the District line, & small upstairs room is banked with flowers today as a tribute to the m-mory of Mother Jones, centenarian labor leader, who died there November 30. Today would have been her 101st birthday anniversary. Since Mother Jones' dul; the room | remained closed until vesterday, when | flowers began pouring in from Mother | Jones' “boys,” as she called all laboring men. When the flowers have faded they will be removed and the room Wil b2 closed ogain for another year. Mrs. Burgess, who cared for Mother Jones during her Jong iliness, said the room never again will be occupied. blizzard | These other honcr guests were As- socinte Justices William Hitz and D. | Laurence Groner of the Court of Ap- peals and Associate Justices Jesse C Adkins, Joseph W. Cox, Oscar R. Luhring and James M. Proctor cf the | District Supreme Court. | Justice Hitz spoke on behalf of the ppeliate Court and told of the dif- | ference between a trial court and an | appellate tribunal. He spoke with au- ! thority because he fs the first member {cf the lower bench to be elevated to the Court of Appeals. He said in the the justice sought the in the upper court they seck “error.” He predicted that it would not be long before he attained | the appellate viewpoint. Justice Adkins spoke for those whom he called the “junior four” members of the District Supreme Court and de- clared they would miss Justice Stafford | more even than the bar because of cally contact with him and because of | the aid he had given in solving their troubles. Stafford's resignation will be a distinct lass to the community, Justice Adkins declared, and he expressed the hope that the retiring jurist may live | many years in continued usefulness to this community. Tribute for Stafford. Stafford had seen the condition of the District’s penal institutions, Justice | Adkins said, shortly after being ap- | pointed to this court and immediately | set about to ameliorate them. As a | result of his effort, the speaker said, we have the Lorton Reformatory, which will be & lasting memorial of him. Justice Adkins suggested the adop- | tion of a domestic relations bureau in the District to aid the court in dispos- ing of the numerous divorce matters crowding its docket. He suggested that a person with a “flair for conciliation” should be placed at its head and he | should try to bring the angry parties together and to re-establish the home in_ the interests of the children. He | thanked the bar for the suggestion to adopt the “Cleveland system” of ex- pediting business and ~invited other suggestions. George E. Hamilton was chairman of the Dinner. Committee, with Joseph A. Burkart as vice chairman and the fol- Jowing members: Walter M. Bastian, { Alexander H. Bell, sr.; John N. Bradley, Austin F. Canfield, Michael M. Doyl Abner H. Ferguson, Richmond B. Keech, | Milton W. King, Norman B. Landreau, Michael F. Mangan, Blaine Mallen, Hugh H. Obear, Frederick Stohlman, James A. Toomey, Lucian H. Vandoren and Richard E. Wellford. BALL BAT KILLS CHILD 3-Year-0ld Victim of Accident on Lot Near Wards Court. Arsula Thompson, colored, 3 years, old, of 1212 Wards Court was killed al- | most_instantly late yesterday when a ball bat slipped from the grasp of Herbert Green. colored, 21, of the same address, and struck her in the head. Green and scveral companions were playing an impromptu game of base ball on a vacant lot, near his home when the accident occurred. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt issued a certificate of accidental eath. | | 1 { Reports Theft From Locker. Miss Virginia R. Tucker, clerk in the office of Stephen E. Kramer, assistant superintendent of schools, today told police that $50 in cash and a valuable cigarette case was stolen from her locker in the Franklin Administration Build- ing, Thirteenth and K streets, yesterday. Miss Tucker sald she suspects a young white man seen loitering in the corridors of the school yesterday. lYurk City, and three sisters, Mrs. Helen | Bland of Washington, widow, Katharine W. Hamilton, and gives to the Empire Trust Co. of St. Joseph, Mo., $300.000 in non-taxable securities to be held in trust for the wife, the income to be paid to her during her life. The Empire Trust Co. is also to hold | 600 shares of Blue Valley Creamery Co stock in trust for a niece, Bessie Hamil ton, Colorado Springs, Colo.; another 600 | cheres for the benefit of another niece, Virginia Powers, San Diego, Calif.,, and 400 shares of the same stock and | $25,000 in bomds for benefit of a| nephew, George M. Evank, Pasadena, | Calif., and a trust fund of $60,000 in | bonds for another nephew, Glen . Hamilton, Los Angeles. At the end of 7 years the funds are to be surrendered | to_the beneficiaries. Levis A. Evans, Salt Lake City, Utah, is given 600 shares of Blue Valley Creamery stock and $50,000 in bond while Alexander Hamilton of St. Joseph, Mo.. gets 1,000 shares of the creamery stock. Legacies of $5,000 each are provided for the Noyes Home for Little Wan- derers at St. Joseph and the Boy Scout unit of that city. On the death of Mrs. Hamilton the trust fund of $300,000 is to be distrib- uted $25,000 each to Bessie Hamilton Virginia H. Powers and George M Evans, $40.000 each to Levis A. Evans and Glen S. Hamilton, 810,000 each to Herbert Bonnie and William Bonnie, Louisville, Ky., and Katherine B. Lan- genberg 'and Dorothy Caperton, St. Louis, Mo. One-half of the remainder goes to Alexander Hamilton, St. Joseph, and the other to Levis A. Hamilton, Chicago. The remaining estate is devised to the nephews—Levis A. Hamilton, Jonathan F. Hamilton and Alexander Hamilton. The Empire Trust Co., Levis A. Hamil- ton of Chicago and Alexander Hamilton of St. Joseph are named as executors. R. T. BLAND FUNERAL SET FOR TOMORROW Funeral services for Raymond T. Bland, 23, youngest son of John D. and Julia F. Bland, a native of Wash- ington, who died in New York City on Wednesday, April 29, will be held at the residence of his parents, 1437 Eu- clid street, tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, and at St. Paul's Catholic Church, Fifteenth and V streets, im- mediately following. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Raymond attended Central High and Devitt Prey Schools, and for the past two and a half years had been em- ployed by the brokerage firm of Halle & Stieglitz of New York. He is survived by his parents, three brothers, Edward A. and Frank R. of Washington and Jobn D., jr. of New L. De Pue, Julia Mae and Kathlyn V. Requlem high mass will be sung by Rev. Thomas Hurley of Massena, N. Y., a friend of the family. RITES FOR CHILD Funera] services were held today for John Griffen, jr, two, whose childish interest in his mother's gas range caused his asphyxiation Wednesday night. b John, whose father disappeared last December 11 and has not been heard from since, was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, following services in the chapel of a funeral parlor at 1400 Chapin street. ‘The funeral was planned by friends of the boy's mother, Mrs, Anna May Griffen, 20, of 221 E street. ‘The child was overcome when he crept into the kitchen of his mother's fiat and turned on the jets of the rang called for in America’s “bill of rights” for childhood. This is the, consensus of health au- thorities parficularly concerned with welfare of children in the National Capital. While there is room for im- provement along certain lines of health activity in the District of Columbia, as pointed out in the recent survey under auspices of the Council of Social Agen: cies, Health Officer William C. Fowler believes that the child-health situation here is “well in hand.” Little Johnny Average has a better chance of surviving the first few years than he did a decade ago. Infant mor tality in Washington has decreased from 91.3 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1923 to 64.4 in 1928 and 68.6 in 1929, according to the survey of the Council of Social Agencies. Death Rate Greatly Reduced. In 1901 to 1905 an average of 1,600 children out of a total annual average of 5,400 births died before reaching the age of five years: In 1928, of the 8,994 children born in the District of Colum- bia, approximately 800 failed to survive the fourth year. Thcse figures are an eloquent expression of the value of health educfi;ion and health adminis- tration in a busy city. Johnny was born under the best of maternity conditions, which got him off to a good start in the struggle foi health. > in an up-to-date hospital, with compe- tent physicians and nurses in atten: dance. Seventy-two percent of live births in Washingten during 1929 oc- curred in hospitals, and only 1.4 per cent were attended by midwives, sta- tistics show. Johnny's mother may not have at. tended one of the three pre-natal clin ics conducted by the Health Depart. ment, but undoubtedly she felt this was not necessary in view of her ability to secure advice from her family physi- cian. There is need for at least one more pre-natal clinic, however, in the opinion of the American Public Health Association, which surveyed conditions here for the Council of Social Agencies. Hygiene Service Is Free. It Johnny did not attend any of the 11 child hygiene stations maintained by the Health Department, it was not the fault of Dr. Fowler. The stations are well located about the city and offer free facilities to all mothers of both races who care to receive it. “At these stations children under € years of age are examined, weighed, measured and recorded, and their mothers are given instruction as to proper feeding, clothing and the like,” Dr. Fowler explained today. “There are 15 nurses who follow up each case at_the home.” These clinics administered to 3.174 infants in 1929. These bables made a total of 29,453 visits to the hygiene stations. More than 400 other babies paid 5460 visits to another clinic maintained at Children’s Hospital by the Child Welfare Society. Health Jealously Guarded. When Johnny is ready for school, he is given a special pre-school exam- ination, and after he enrolls his health is guarded jealously by a corps of mu- nicipal physicians, dentists and nurses. ‘The school inspection work is in charge of Dr. Joseph A. Murphy. He has under him 14 medical inspectors, who visit the schools and keep close tab on the health of Washington's 17,000 puplls. There are four dental More than likely he was born | | berculosis_problem as “perhaps one of the most important and complex of the | health problems of the city.” An av- erage of 1,193 ,cases of tuberculosis are | reported each vear, with an average of | 582 deaths per annum. = Authorities would like to reduce these figures. The only hospital facilities for tuber- cular children are at Children's Hos- pital. Only adults are admitted to the municipally-controlled Tuberculosis Hos. | pital. There are two “health schools” and a health camp for affected children. Diphtheria Treatment Necessary. Diphtheria immunization is conduct- ed among children of pre-school age, | but there. appears to be ‘need for | Jarge expansion of this work. Dr. | Fowler believes the Schick test should be given to a greater number of young children, but the educational services |of parent-teacher’ organizations are | essential to popularize the immuniza- | nolx)l service. 4 ore recently the Health Department | has ‘added another service o sohoot children. Audiometer tests for dis- closing hearing deficiencies among the pupils are to be given regularly before long. Special advance tests have shown the advisability of establishing a per- ;l::nent audiometer examination ser- e. Which is just another indication of he varied steps which officials and non-officials are taking to throw around Johnny Average and his brothers and sisters and playmates a protective bar- rier against the ever- of Ul ket o Aseaten g paoter have joined in a campaign to accor | to the " chilaren ‘o the Capital of the Nation the full rights of childhood gunrnn.lee them under President Hoover’s “children’s charter.” The standards prescribed in that charter are high, but Washington is | reaching for them with a determina- | tion that should place her close to the | goal before many years have passed. FIRST LADY TO WATCH CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL | Neighborhood House Spring Fete to Be Performed Today Be- fore Mrs. Hoover. Mrs. Herbert Hoover was to be the guest of Neighborhood House, 470 N | street scuthwest, this afternoon at 4:30 | o'clock, to witness the twenty-ninth |annual Spring festival which opened | there yesterday, A grand ensemble of the various groups of children at Neighborhood House is being arranged in Mrs. Hocver's honor. The groups are to per- form in the many playlets and sketches being presented. A feature of the pro- gram to be witnessed by the Fist Lady will be a playlet represeniing Chinese | Mother Goose rhymes. The scene will be given a natural setting of wisteria, which is in full bloom in the garden of Neighborhood House. The climax of the festival will take place on N street in front of the house at 5 o'clock tomcrrew afternoon when ! “the Queen of the May” will be crowned. The “queen” is selected each The Government and the community | The agencies holding “open house” today include the Od.n.e o‘(’m!duudm. Department of the Interior, which is distributing information and publica- tions on the health of the school child; Bureau of Home Economics, Depart- ment of Agriculture, which is distribut- ing Government literature from its of- fice in the Earle Building; Public Health ! Service and Children’s Bureau, all of which are closed at 4:30; the Washing- ton Dairy Council of 1700 I street, which is distributing weight cards and guides for balanced meals, and the Washington Child Research Center, 3209 Highland place, which is receiving Visitors interested in child care up un- il T:'A n'glbck. e Bureau of Home Economics also will exhibit clothes which have been approved as proper for children and will cook a dinner to illustrate the mdp:lb}lltymi)dl a family meal to the needs of children, particularly the 2- yeat-old child. - ia * Wilbur Speaks on Radio, Announcement was made today that the Public Library has compiled a list of practical books on various phases of child health, together with their library reference numbers, the list to be sent to the various Parent-Teacher Asso- ciations in the city. The books may be obtained at the library at any time. It was suggested that the list be pub- gfhed in the Parept-Teachers’ Maga- ine. In a radio speech this mo: Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, placed the responsibility for the future of American children directly | at_the door of their parents. | _ Speaking as chairman of the White House Conference on Child Health Pro- tection, Dr. Wilbur said: “Children are, “we find, what their parents are, their churches, their schools. And communities, homes and schools are nothing more than the sum total of what the parents are. No amount of fixing up by clinl?& clubs or organizations, say the experts, can patch this up if the parents @il in their job.” = CHURCH SEEKS $500 T0 SAVE BUILDING McKinley Memorial Site Scheduled for Public Sale Tomorrow. A hurried campaign to gather $500 of the $6,500 hldeh'kdn“ ess. 3‘::3 Kinley Memorial Church before tomor- row in order to save the building from public auction was entered into today by officers and members of the church, headed by the pastor, Rev. S. Geriah e ‘m'm 1 e original campaign to raise $6,500 ‘was being started, according to. Y.h:‘u.h tor, when notice of a trustees’ sale of the property was published in local or Saiking 3300 was”secn n. vace was seen in huvy’ ig l;llhzel llucflmh b ‘ade H. is is trustee urer of the church, and M.‘M'".h”afl‘. Wade H. Cooper, president of the Com~ mercial National Bank, is aiding church in its drive for funds. chu; inspectors who carry portable chairsfyear from one of the many groups of from school to school and make periodic inspections of children’s teeth. Dental deficlencies may be corrected at six dental clinics manned by a dozen dental operators, A staff of 12 school nurses is as- signed to follow-up work. The nurses visit the homes, if mecessary, and en- . deavor to insure correction of medical o be enlivened by six Maypole dances and muslo by the United States Marine and. Playlets also will be presented at 8 o'clock tonight and the festival will be brought to a close with a repetition of ;‘!;e;: there tomorrow night at the same . girls of the house. The occasion will | ing of the men will accept m;vurd the fund, it wnpnldwthhnmm‘hnf The campaign Has been indorsed Canon’ Raymond L. Wolven, > James E. Freeman, Bishop Wil Bfl?: McDowell, Senator Simeon D. Bishop James Cannon, jr.; Dr. W, L. Shington Federation” o Churchag ‘ederation N oieun of Churches