Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1931, Page 17

ORATORY FINALIST 10 BE CHOSEN AT b TESTS TOMORROW| | Displays Part of Famous' Board of Judges to Travel About City, Hearing Boys and Girls. WINNERS’ NAMES TO BE GIVEN ONLY IN THE STAR| Contestants to Have Extempora- neous as Well as Set Subjects. The boy or girl orator who will enter the National Oratorical Contest finals as spokesman for The Evening Star and who then will travel for three mon through Europe, will be chosen tomor- row, when a highly qualified board of Judges will listen to their bids for vic-| tory. With the exception of the champions of the Maryland, Virginia and private and parochial school districts, who will speak in the auditorium of the National Museum, each of the contestants will be heard in his own auditorium. ‘The judges will journey about the city until each bid has been heard. " 45 The judging tour will begin at 8:4! am. uui\on-ow. when the judges will as- semble first in the Western High School Auditorium_to hear and weigh the ability of James Alfred Moore, ‘West- ern’s. 15-year-old spokesman, in his speech on “Henry Clay, the Great Un- jonist.” Young Moore is the son of Mr. | and Mrs. Virgil Moore of 2737 Devun-l #hire place. Will Discuss Lincol Prom Western the valcade of | dges to Central. where at 9:13 "'I e ite, 17-year-old | School -‘\’r.u:::s o'clock, where they will hear Edwin Faunce, 16, as he delivers his oration on “John Marshall and the Young Faunce lives 3 aryland, will de- tion on_“Lincoln’s Service o Country” . Miss Frank is 15 a senior of the Bethesda- She is the treet, Chevy Chase. ol after Miss Prank has ulmt:' [ been: heard, ’oordon Walker, 17-year- old Virginia State champion, will spe: on “America and the Constitution. Gordon llvumwm: er. l‘r,m Mr: dhhx Murray at Clarendon, Va, an a Mfl{ of the Washington-Lee High School of Ballston. Miss Pepper to Speak. Miss Lilllan Christine Pepper, lv-i lof them lately. | satd bottle of Burgundy and keep it until precious wine preserved by the club. | completed, District officials and news- h | cause, L WASHINGTON, D. C, “LAST MAN" OF CIVIL WAR CLUB HERE TO VISIT Capt. Charles M. Lockwood | Tells How He Ran Back From Bull Run. Bottle of Burgundy—But It’s Flat, BY W. H. SHIPPEN, JR. ¢His comrades are dead and the wine which he drinks to their memory has soured, but Capt. Charles M. Lock- wood sémehow bhas escaped the full bitterness of being the “last man” of Company B, 13t Minnesota Volunteers. ‘The vetersn has come back, cheer- ful and “whistling to keep his cour- age up,” on what may be his last visit to the battlefields where the 33 mem- bers of “The Last Man's Club” received their baptism of fire. Capt. Lockwood looked a little dreary, |sitting in a rocker on his daughter's front porch in Takoma Park, Md., this | morning. But he threw his shoulders ths {back and grinned when he saw there was & visitor. Ran Back From Manassas. “Good morning,” he sald, “another reporter, en? Well, I've seen & good bit Sit down. “No, this isn’t my first visit. I was here when I was just & boy, 70 years ago,” the captain nodded and chuckled. ‘T ran back from Bull Run.” “That was a good bit of exercise, but I've always been spry. Is that why I outlived the others? Well, say that, young man permitted “himself another “I'm saving myself. I never let work hurt me any. Capt. Lockwood answered questions about the famous “Last Man's Club,” in a half-humorous, half wistful vein. He told how 34 members of Company B t together in a tavern back in Sfll{: their organization. Held Club Together. “It was a good idea, I guess,” he “Somebody suggested we get a there was only one man left. “The idea caught on, and it must have held us together closer than other clubs, because we all attended the meet- ings. I can remember almost every part of the Civil War, and that's be- I guess, we discussed it so often.’ The captain told how the secretary called the entire roll at the last ban- quet, and he was the only one to re- spond, “I am here, sir.” It makes a fellow think,” he sald, “watching them drop out that way, one BATTLEGROUND CAPT. CHARLES M. LOCKWOOD. —Star Staff Photo at & time. T guess maybe T didn’t spoil much whisky in my lifetime on that account. I'd no idea I'd be the last one when it started. Some were as | young as I was.” Visiting Daughter Here. | Capt. Lockwood is visiting a daughter, | Mrs. George A. Duthie, and with his w, who is in the Forestry Service, he plans to tramp over many | of the battlefields where the 1st Minne- sota fought. He said he would go first to Bull Run, as the “last man” dinners have been held for 46 years on the anni- versary of this baitle. Reminiscing, Capt. Lockwood said he cast his first vote while - |army in Atlanta, Ga. lican, young man,” he said, “and the first vote I cast was for Abraham Lin- coln—that was in '64, I think. I'v | voted the Republican ticket ever since. | Finds Avenue Changed. The captain_ admitted Pennsylvania ater, Minn., in 1884 and formed avenue had changed much since he/ rched. a captain of Infantry, in the | “grand review” of 1865. But he said ! he could recognize it again, even if he | hadn't seen it for 70 years. | The veteran had a phial of th | He pulled it from a vest pocket and let | his visitor have a smell. | “It's getting a little flat,” he said. shaking his head. “But it tastes all right yet. vault of the First National Bank at | Stillwater. Maybe we ought to have | put_up whisky instead. | “I never did much drinking, but I | smoked up to a few months ago. Then | T swore off—thought it would be better for me."” “But I chew a little,” he winked. Have one?” LABOR RETERATES REAL BEER DENIAND Executive Council Issues Statement After Mrs. Pat- terson Voices Opinion. EDUCATION GROUP MEETS TOMORROW American Council to Be At- tended by Delegates From The _original bottle is in a | TEST OF SCHOOL ROOF 15 ORDERED Precision Instruments to Be Used by Inspector’s Of- fice at McKinley. CONTRACTOR FINDS SAG OF FRACTION OF INCH | . Critic Admits Charges Were Based on View Taken From Sidewalk. An inspection of the steel work on the { roof of McKinley High School, Second | and T streets northeast, employing ac- curate measuring devices, will be made by inspectors from the building inspec- | tor's office this week, probably tomor- | row, following the retraction by Heron Todd, local contractor of his charges that the roof was saging and in a dan- gerous condition. Measurements made yesterday by employes of Mr. Todd in a rough manner, using plumb lines, showed the maximum sag was five- | eighths of an inch. After his men announced their find- ings, Mr. Todd admitted five-eighths of an inch sag was normal for roofs such as those of the McKinley High School. 's | He added that, in buildings in which he had done the steel work, it would be | j quite possible to find such a sag, and that there was not the slightest indica- tion of distress, shearing, loosening of rivets, cracking of concrete, or any {other evidence that the roof was not safe. Inspected From Street. | _He told Maj. John C. Gotwals, District | Engineer Commissioner, that his charges | were based on an inspection of the roof, made while standing in the street be- low. After the inspection inside was paper men accompanied Mr. Todd out- | side and he pointed to the fact the long roof has “waves” in it, which he es- | timated from the street would amount to as much as four inches in places. It seemed to be agreed, however, tha |such “waves” are natural in a long | slate roof which has bzen exposed to the weather for two or more years and is not an indication of structural weak- | ness. Among those present when Mr. Todd | Harris, H. H. Marsh, chief engineer of | the municipal architect's office, who de- jaide to Assistant Engineer Commis- sioner H. L. Robb, and reporters from several Washington papers. ,up by the Commissioners to investigate and report on the question of whether | the type of steel construction used in similar structures is safe during con- | struction and after the building is com- | pleted, has not yet been called, owing the members, Labor Asks Senate Probe. Carrying out the instructions of the Central Labor Union, Frank J. Coleman, secretary, late yesterday dispatched a THURSDAY, MAY 7 ASTODDRETRACT HS RESPONSBLTY | retracted his charges were Maj. Got- | | wals, Municipal Architect Albert L.| signed the steelwork; E. K. Schilling, | The first meeting of the board. set| the Roosevelt High School and oth-r| to the absence from the city of one of The Foening Sfar ¢ | , 1931, PITTS' BONDSMAN ASKS COURT TO END |Patrick F. 0’Connor Seeks | Relief as - Surety Under. $100,000 Collateral. |KRONHEIM WILLING TO CONTINUE ALONE Keason for Plea Unknown, Since | Accused Man Is Held in Jail | on Another Charge. | Patrick F. O'Connor, one of the | sureties on a bond of $100,000 given by G. Bryan Pitts, former chairman of the board of the F. H. Smith Co., when he was first indicted, today applied to Justice Jesse C. Adkins to be relieved from further liability on the bond. Mil- ton S. Kronheim, his co-surety, ex- pressed his willingness to continue on the bond, and did not join in the re- | quest. o Justice Adkins adopted = suggestion of Special Assistant Attorney General Burkinshaw that O'Connor be relieved from further liability, and that Pitts be remanded to jail without bond. Pitts is now in jail pending appeal from a wnvlcfi::‘ on a charge of con- spiracy to embezzle. p'l‘hey surety furnished by O'Connor covered an indictment charging Pitts with embezzling over $1,000,000 of the any's funds. tog’sl‘kh!uhlw told the court in Pitts’ presence that the Government felt one surety would be insufficient in view of the magnitude of Pitts’ offense and the fact that he has already been con- victed under a conspiracy-embezzle- ment_indictment. H As the matter stands now, Pitis'bond | on the embezzlement indictment has been released and he has been denled bond pending appeal of his conviction on the conspiracy-embezzlement indict- ment. He is still under bond on the perjur nd mail fraud indictments agains! him. Attorney Leon Tobriner, who made his first appearance as counsel for Pitts | in company with Attorney Robert I. Miller, opposed the proposition, assert- ing Kronheim would still be liable on the bond, but as he did not represent the bondsman, Justice Adkins declared | he would await an application by Kron- heim before passing on that question. Plans No Release. Justice Adkins said he was not pre- | pared to predict what he or any other judge might do in the event that Pitts' | conviction was set aside, but he inti- mated that he would not release the | prisoner on any bcad. “I hope,” said Justice Adkins, “that T shall not be on the bench at that| time.” “I hope so0, t00, Tobriner, “We seem to agree on that, anyway,” ald the justice smilingly. No one seemed willing to tell what vas behind the -?pmmon of O’Connor, s Pitts is in jail without bond, follow- | ing his conviction, and there seems littie i { | v1 gl " retorted Attorney i | New Justice Sworn In ETE General News H % BER L ] FORMER REPRESENTATIVE LETTS TAKES OATH. V™7 '’ F Justice of the District Suprem: ing the administration of the oath Justi sembled lawyers and court attaches. Wendell Phillips Stafford, whom Justice o ministered by Chief Justice Alfr the judicial oath phrase by phrase after Chief Justice Wheat. 1 DICKINSON LETTS, former Representative from Towa, newly appointed e Court, was inducted into office this morning at a meeting of the court in general term. The oath was ad- ed A. Wheat. The new justice repeated Follow- ice Letts held a reception to friends, as- Attending the induction were Justice Letts succeeds; Mrs. Letts, their daugh- ter, Dorothy; Representative C. W. Ramseyer of Iowa, and Mrs. Ramseyer and Richard N. Elliott, assistant controller general. —Star Staff Photo. BUSINESS STUDIED | BY CONTRACTORS sion Taken Up at National | Conference Here. | Causes and cures of the business de- pression will be studied by several hun- | dred general contractors from all sec- | tions of the country at meetings here | his week. | The president’s cabinet of the Asso- | ciated General Contractors of America | went into session today while the Spring gathering of the organization’s executive | | board will be held tomorrow and Satur- | day in the Washington Hotel. 'l"he” visitors were headed by A. P. Greens- B0ARD TOKEEP OUT OF BUILDING ROW |Causes and Cure of Depres- Education Group Is Silent on Crashes at Two New School Projects. The Board of Education has no in- tention of injecting itself into the pub- lic controversy over construction de- fects of publc school bufldings. Dr. H. B. Learned, president of the board, and Dr. Frank W. Ballou, super- intendent of schools, made clear their policy non-interference following yesterday's regular board meeting, at which no mention was made of charges growing out of recent crashes at two PAGE B—1 HEART PAIN CURE BY USE OF SURGERY 1S EXPLAINED HERE Dr. Marry H. Kerr Tells Medi- cal Society 50 Such Opera- tions Have Been Performed, NEW LIMB SAL_\;_A‘GING PRACTICE IS OUTLINED Ascheim-Zondec Test for Womenm Declared Perfect—Dr. Christie Is Elected President. Rellef from the extreme pain of angina pectoris and salvaging of limbs apparently doomed to amputation be- cause of gangrene by a newly developed branch of surgery were described be- fore the Medical Society of the District of Columbia yesterday by Dr. Harry H. Kerr, Washington physician, who has 2:1’;)‘:;"‘“’ approximately 50 such oper- Dr. Kerr spoke of surgery of the au- tonomic nervous system which was at- tempted first during the World War and gradually has attained an excel- lence of technique which has made pos- sible its application to a ariety of merm Practically incurable condi- The autonomic nervous system, which exists apart from the central nervous system and centers in two chains of nerve ganglions on each side of the spinal column, supplies nerve fibers o the smooth muscles of the body, the glands, the blood vessels and the heart. Although a fundamental part of the body mechanism, parts of it can be | disconnected without serious inconven- | ience to the patient. Neuralgia of the Heart. A striking use of surgery of thi sort, as described by Dr. Kerr, was in the treatment of angina pectoris, the so- called “neuraigia of the heart” which is described as one of the most - nizing of all human ailments, which :8] fatally and for which little relief other- Wise can be given. Dr. Kerr did mot claim a cure for this fairly common dis- ease, but sald that the pain can be greatly relieved and life considerably prolonged by severing a certain part of the sympaihetic system. Fifty per cent of his cases, he said, appeared to be complete successes and in no case was there complete failure. Some of the most notable results were those where sympathetic nervous system surgery was applied to conditions caused by contraction of the blood vessels in the limbs, which is governed by the sympathetic system. By at the proper points the vessels become | permanently dilated. The result is that the limbs become numb, cold and blue, the patient is unable to use them, and eventually gangrene may set in. Per- manent dilation of the vessels at the right time will restore a proper blood supply and prevent the which RO toa e 2 g s are found in arterio-sclerosis, common in old people where ecalcium ;C:r'm os th:hlnlil,er walls of the venting the flow of enough blood, in frost bite, and in a variety of more obscure diseases. . 250 Colleges. year-old entrant from the Notre Dame Academy and champlon of the private- likelihood of his getting away. felder of St. Louis, president, who Dre- | school buildings. The meeting. instead, letter to Senator Capper of Kansas. and-parochial-school district, will be | the third orator to be judged in the; National Museum Auditorium. She will| speak on “The Citizen; His Rights and Privileges Under the Constitution.” She 1s the daughter of Mrs. Lilllan V. Pep- per of 920 Michigan avenue. From the museum the judges will go to the Cardozo High School Auditorium ‘where at 10:50 o'clock Coleman Sterling, 18- -old jon of that school, will speak on Constitution as a Paren! Coleman is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Sterl of, 27 Ninth street northeast. (| From Cardozo, the officials will go to Dunbar High School to Judge Jessle V. ! Holléman at 11:10 o'clock in her oration ! on “The Citizen: His Privileges and | Duties Under the Constitution.” She is | the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. 8. Holloman of 403 P street. The judges next will reach the Arm- ‘The American Federation of Labor, through its executive council, again has expressed the cpinion that the eco- nomic situation would be improved materially if the Volstead Act were amended to permit 2.75 per cent beer. The opinion was in reply to a re quest . Rushmore Patterson, | 2501 Massachuseits avenue, represent- ing the Citizens' Protective League, | that the federation ald in uniting law- abiding elements against bootlegging | and in promoting temperance through | education. Mrs, Patterson appeared yesterday before the council in executive session as it opened a quarter]y meeting at fed- eration headquarters. William Green, president of the federation, said in a statement, later that she had been given “most courteous attention” but was advised the organization had gone on | | ‘The annual meeting of the American Council on Education will open tomor- Tow morning at the National Academy | of Sclences Building, with delegates present from 250 universities and | colleges. Dr. Charles H. Judd, head of the Department of Education of the Uni- versity of Chicago, will preside, and Dr. Samuel P. Capen, chancellor of the University of Buffalo, will report for & committee on problems and plans in education. The report for President Hoover's National Advisory Committee | on Education will be presented by Dr. Charles R. Mann, director of the council. | In the afternoon there will be a dis- cussion conference on “Whose Money and How Much for American Educa- chairman of the Senate District Com- mittee, urging his committee to investigate the municipal architect's office. The inquiry should be made, the communication declared, to get |at the root of the controversy over the responsibility for the recent crashes | at the Stuart Junior High School and the Roosevelt High School. ‘The text of the letter follows: “My Dear Senator: “The Washington Central Labor Unlon is very much concerned with the recent collapse of the construction work being done at the Stuart Junior High School and the auditorium of the Roosevelt Junior High School in this clty and requests inat the Senate Com- mittee of the District of Columbia, of which you are chairman, make a thor- ough investigation of the municipal chitect’s office of the District of Co- WOMEN HELD SUPERIOR AS AIR PASSENGERS Women make better air passengers | than men, Miss Mildred Johnson, in- | ternational representative of the Air! | Travel Bureau and organizer of the | hostess system for Eastern Air Trans- port, told the Soroptimist Club at its weekly luncheon yesterday in the Lafa- yette Hotel. | Miss Johnson advocated that more women and children fly as an incentive to men. She traced the progress made toward safety in flying and stressed th= | value of air transportation as a time saver. She cited statistics showing the | vast increase in passenger service dur- | { president in charge of Washington op- sided yesterday at the first meeting of the Construction Committee of the | White House Conference on Home Build- ing and Home Ownership. | The board meeting will be attended by Robert D. Kohn, president of the American Institute of Architects and| representatives of other organized con-| struction interests, included the Nation- | al Association of Builders' Exchanges, American Engineering Couricil, Ameri- can Institute of Quantity Surveyors, National Crushed Stone Association nd the Associated Equipment Distrib- utors. ‘Washingtonians attending the meet- ings will include W. G. Distler, vice | erations of the George A. Fuller Co.; | Walter Avery and Frank L. Wagner, both members of the association’s Leg- islative Committee, and Edward J.| was one devoted strictly to routine school affairs. Up to Commissioners. “There is nothing for the Board Education to do about the situati Dr. Ballou said after the meeting. “It is entirely up to the District Commis- sioners.” Dr. Learned was of the same opinion. So- far as the reported de- fects in the roof of the McKinley High School were concerned—invstigation Which supported elaims that the build. ing was not unsafe—Dr. Learned said the school officials would not have per- mitted pupils to remain in the building if they thought their safety was en- dangered. Request was made of the District Commissioners at the meeting to im- prove the grounds of 15 schools and also for similar improvements at seven other schools after additions to them New Woman's Tesi Explained. It now is possible to ose - nancy with certainty lna.lsa-‘ mrn‘l | month by means of the Ascheim-Zon )del: test, which has given absolutely | perfect results in 100 cases just tested in the laboratory of the Naval Hospi- tal, Dr. Joseph J. Mundell told the physicians. ed, is matically by the presence of excretions of the natient of some obscure, but i anterior lobe of the pituitary gland in the inner brain. = % Describes Cardiospasms Cure. ‘What were described as some of the most rapid and dramatic cures known to the science of medicine of an ex- Harding, managing director. Jumbia in order that the facts pertain-|ing the past five years, during which | ing to the construction of these school the number of passengers flown an- houses be determined. nually has increased 31 times. tremely unpleasant and dangerous con- dition were described by Dr. J. Russell |are completed. All these desired im- record for 2.75 per cent beer. | tion.” | provements are listed in the 1932 bud- strong High School, where DeAtley B Green said the council would discuss | What share of the cost of educa- Ridgley, 17-vear-old champlon of that administrative problems, the unem- | tion should be paid by the student and schoo), ‘will ‘speak at 11:25 o'clock on *“The Fate of Our Natlon Depends Upon the Average Citizen.” DeAtley lives with his guardians, Dr. and Mrs. W. C. | Johnson, at 1918 Seventeenth street. Due At McKinley High. ployment situation and legislation fa- vored by the organization, The sessions will continue the rest of the week. The federation’s position relative to the return of beer was criticized today in = statement by the Anti-Saloon At 11:45 o'clock, the judges will reach McKinley High School to hear Row- | land Falconer Kirks, 16, on “Lincoln, | the Savior of the Constitution.” Young Kirks is the son of A. H. Kirks of 12 Randolph place. t The final speaker tomorrow will be Miss Ruth _Critchfield, 16-year-old champion of Eastern High School. She will speak at 12:05 o'clock on “The| Political Parties in the Functioning of | the Constitution.” She s the daughter | of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Critchfield of | 1608 A street northeast. Besides their prepared orations, which sare to be delivered in six minutes, each speaker will make a four-minute ex- temporaneous address. Forty minutes before the judges reach the scene each oration, an official of con! headquarters will have presented e: contestant with a new topic. Then under the monlwrnllg of an official of his own school, each centestant will of test ach be permitted to assemble his thoughts | for ths new speech, without, however, using reference books or counsel from + any one. Results in The Star. “The judges in The Star finals tomor- row will be Frank J. Loesch, Chicago attorney, member of the Wickersham and president of the Chica- go Crime Commission; Albert W. At- wood, editorial writer for the Saturday Evening Post, author and member of Phi Beta Kappa; Wade H. Ells, at- torney and president of the Washington Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; French Strother, administrative assistant of President Hoover, author and former editor of World's Work, and George F. Bowerman, librarian of the Public Library, author, lecturer and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Richard Ham of the American Auto- mobile Association will be official time- keeper. ner will bz made at Eastern High School, the last building visited. pion will be announced only in tomor- row afternoon’s edition of The Star. ROB MAC}iINE SHOP Burglars Make Off With Truck and Tools of John E. Hurley. Smashing the lock from a front door, burglars entered the machine shop of John E. Hurley, at 1219 Ohio avenue, .and made off with a truck, acetylene outfit and a number of tools last night. John E. Hurley, manager of the shop, discovered the T his_establishment eatly today and re- ported the theft to th= frst precinct ‘iztlon. He pleced a valuation of $750 = e equipmen! R | § No announcement of the win- | The cham- League, which declared the stand “un- sound in three respects.” “Legalization of beer,” the statement said, “would instantly result in a sharp decrease in the purchase of other com- modities, thereby throwing from 3 to 10 times more cut of employment than the number to whom employment might be given by beer. “"Beer would not promote temperance. he old days, while Hinky Dink's places in Chicago were selling & quart of beer for & “‘f::‘h"h‘ consumption of wl was as as ever.” They statement also sald beer would not increase the demand for grain and thus aid the farmer. In t \LAPORTE ELECTED HEAD OF ELKS HERE Other Officers Chosen at Meeting Which Also Discussed | New Home. Devid J. Laporte was elected exalted { ruler of the Washington Lodge of Elks last night, succeeding John J. Morlarty, who recently resigned from the office {to do regional work for the Veterans' | Bureau in Massachusetts, Other officers named were Leonard Gawler, esteemed leading knight; Jossph J. Hagerty, esteemed Joyal knight, and Dr. John T. Ready, esteemed lectur- | ing knight. Vote on the proposal to grant an | option on the EIKs' property to Detroit | { automobile intetesis was postponed.un- til the next meeting. Plans are now | being discussed for a new Elks' home, it was announced. George McGowap was named chair- man of the committee to plan the an- nual outmg for 1,100 Washington or i annual distribution of Christmas bas- kets, The Christmas Committee in- cludes Gus Brahler, Willlam S. Shelby, J. E. Thompson, D. R. Nihion, Joseph Le-rym% el inted A n_comm! was appoin to greet the Elks' good-will motor fleet, which leaves New York next week to include Arthur A. Riemer, Harvey Beit {and Joseph Leary. 1t bullt, Elk officials say, the 1,556 lodges of Elks in the United 'Sl:!rk It is planned to make the new hom: phans from 13 institutions, and a com- | mitte> was named to superintend the | the new | Vi obbery. upon openins | home will equal any of the homes of |Israel Congregation, Fourteenth and | den e conform to the nzvammenul | how monies shall be raised by taxation | for school support will be discussed by Vice President Smith of the Uni- versity of Michigan, Vice President Brakeley of the University of Penn- sylvania, President Doermann of the University of Toledo and others. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes will speak on the | contribution of boards and founda- | tions. On Saturday morning Commissioner Cooper of the United States office of education will outline his plans for the educational finance inquiry for which funds were provided by the last Con- gress. Dean Johnston of the University of Minnesota and Dr. Ben D. Wood |of Columbia University will report on |the newly organized co-operative test service of the American council, which is engaged in the preparation of & new type of examination for high | schools and colleges. Dr. Beardsley | Ruml, dean of the division of social | sciences at the University of Chicago, | will discuss the new plans of the Uni- | versity of Chicago. Articles of incor- | poration for the council will be sub- | mitted for approval at the meeting by | Walter Bruce Howe of Washington, the council's legal adviser. COACH AND STUDEfi-T | CLEARED OF LARCENY District Attorney Finds Evidence in Removal of Apartment Fur- nishings Insufficient. Arthur J. Bergman, athletic coach Tesiding in Chevy Chase, Md, an Thomas F. Murphy, a student, were cleared in Police Court today of | charges of petit larceny, when the Dis- | trict attorney’s office did not believe | there was sufficient evidence to take the case into court. The pair were accused of taking sev- eral floor mats and a small table from the lobby of an apartment building at 3614 Connecticut avenue. Fourteenth precinct police arrested them after re- celving complaints, and later allowed :.h:hm to be released under $25 collateral Assistant District Attorney Michael F. Keogh sald that he refused court papers in the case after discussing the aflair with the police, who did not be: lieve the pair had committed the lar ceny, although stating that the fur- nshllnu were removed from the apart- rnt. | Virginia Rabbi Coming Here. | Rabbl E. J. Raffaeli of Petersburg, will occupy the pulpit at the B'Nai | Emerson streets, tomorrow night at 8 o'clock, Cantcr 'A. Libsohn will chant | hymns in addition te eonducting the Expresses Confidence in Capper. “The recent controversy as regards these crashes has left in the minds of the people of Washingion, D. C., the impression that there is something wrong with the cqnstruction of our school houses and the municipal architect’s office, and that it may be langerous for their children to at- tend such schools. “Every one in Washington, D. C has confidence in you ard your ¢o mittee. Therefore the Washington Central Labor Union is earnestly re- questing that you start an investi- gation of the collapse of this con- struction work as soon as possible in order that this condition be remedied before a more serious crash of one of our public school buildings takes place. “Thanking you in advance for your favorable consideration of this request and assuring you of our co-operation in this investigation, I am, respectfully yours, ‘FRANK J. COLEMAN. TLabor “Secretary, Washington Central Union.” BISHOP IS CONSECRATED | |Rt. Rev. 3. A. O'Sullivan Is En- | throned at Charlottetown, P. E. L. HAMILTON, Ontario, Mav 7 (#.— | Right Rev. J. A. O'Sulivan, president for seven years of St. Augustine’s Seminary, Toronto, today was consecrated Bishop of Charlottetown, P. E. 1. Fifteen bish- ops and seven archbishops were present at the consecration, which was con- ducted by the Rev. Andrew Cassulo, d | apostolic delegate to Canada. EYE SPECIALIST SPEAKS Dr. William Holland Wilmer, inter- nationally famous eye specialist, head ‘of the Wilmer Institute of Johns Hop- kins University, Baltimore, and cor- responding member of the International Medical Club of Washington, spoke this | slons were guests of honor. The lunch- | eon was held at the Carlton Hotel. The International Medical Club, a body composed of members of the medi- cal profession in active practice and from the Army and Navy Medical Corps, was instituted to receive and entertain medical men of foreign coun- tries visiting in Washington, and is af- fillated with similar societies in New York and San Prancisco. It lists as corresponding members internationally known leaders of the medical profes- sion in every country. | WILL VISIT MONTICELLO Tickets for the pilgrimage to Monti- cello, home of Thomas Jefferson, on | May’ 12, sponsored by the Assoclation | for” the' Preservation of Virginia An- | tiquities, are now on sale and may be procured from members of the Ticket Committee. Members of the committee are: Mrs. S. M. Meek, chalrman; Mrs. Virgil Jackson, Mrs. John FPranklin Little, Mrs. Nelson P. Webster and Miss E. Bertha Chinn, treasurer. Mrs. Meek can be reached at Adams 8137 and Miss Chinn at Tabard Inn, 1739 N street. MAJOR-DOMO AT CO Irving Hoover, familiarly known as “Ike,” has started upon his forty-first year as chief usher at the White House, which position, because of its im) , carries the unofficial title of “major-domo.” has personal charge of all func- He tions and émployes at the White House. 1t falls to his lot to break in each in- coming President to the ways of presi- life. He has been managing affairs at the White House since Benjamin Har- | rison was President. otheys @ CORMRALUAL TEs” he WHITE HOUSE MPLETES 40-YEAR SERVICE, | Ike Hoover, Hired by President Hatrison, Has Seen Many Presidents Come and Go. Hoover yesterday was President Hoover ‘himself. A native of Washington, he started his career as a telephone tor when mhnnu ‘were just bem:n( to be Later he became an electrician. became | Presi- electric lights and bells installed in the White House and it was “Ike” who was sent 10 do the job. When he finished the President, who had some doubts about | the lights and bells working correctly, | asked “Tke,” then 21, to remain. Hi | duties grew with the years, until finally e “major domo,” T neon -ab - luncheon of ‘the chib, at| | which heads of foreign diplomatic mis- | |COMMITTEE TO REVISE | CITY’S TRAFFIC RULES i S Commissioners Seek Nominations for Board to Draw Up Regula- tions Under New Law. In order to prepare a draft of new traffic rules to become effective under the new traffic act of July 1, the Dis- trict Commissioners are organizing = committee to draw up the regulations, nd letters have been sent to various agencles interested asking for nomina- tions of members of the committee. It is planned to have members of the committee representing the Public Util- ities Commission, the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, the Police jand Highway Departments as well as i the prospective department of vehicles | and traffic. Virtually the same subject already has been considered at length by an un- official organization called the Traffic | Advisory Council, which met last Fall ! and Summer, but the present committee consists entirely of District and Federal | | Government officials directly interested in the movement of traffic. DR. WLEAN, DENTIST, EXPIRES OF INJURIES |- day Night Crossing Pennsyl- vania Avenue. Dr. John A. McLean, 70-year-ol | dentist of 1524 E street, southeast, died | at Casualty Hospital early today of in | juries received when he was struck by | an automobile Friday night while cross- ing Penazlznnn avenue southeast near Sixth s The driver of the car, Edward J. Wheeler, 624 A street southeast, was released by police immediately after the accident without charges. An in- |quest was to be held today at the uoxTue. Police said that Dr. McLean IWDE:: out in front of Wheeler's car « the street between inte: 3 He ined a fractured skull and in- ternal injuries. Dr. McLean came to Washington from Ohio a half century ago. He has no surviving relatives in this ecity, friends reported that a brother resides | in Alliance,~ Ohio. Funeral arrange- | ments Lave not been g i3 | dations of the Committ 70-Year-0ld Struck by Auto Fri-|said th L. | get. The schools on which immediate im- provements are urged are the Oyster, Langdon, Paul Junior High, Van Buren, H. D. Cooke, Military Road, Webb, Gage, Mott, Wormléy, Hine J. Bowen, Emery and other . seven the Powell Junior High, Macfariang, Bow s 'wood, Anthony en, Heights, Carberry and Woodridge. Approves Lot Purchase. ‘The board approved uthe Tecommen- Bull and Grounds and Equipment for d:&if chase of a number of lots on R street, ;fi y’rwmut.s:: '.lhe v;clnny of Mc- 001 an - o Langley and lor e memorial service to Charles F. Carusl, late board precident. on May 13 at Central High School. The service will begin at 8:30 o'clock. Justice Frederick L. Siddons of the District Supreme Court will make the principal address. There will be spe- clal music by a chorus of about 60 volces, and Col. J. Miller Kenyon of the District Bar Association will present, the resolutions. Rev. Dr. John C. ade of arrange- | Palmer will deliver the invocation and Dr. Ballou will make the e introductory NIGHT TENNIS READY Night playing of tennis on the courts at Seventeenth street and Constitution avenue will be started at 7:30 this eve- ning, if the weather is favorable. In making this announcement today, F. W. Hoover, general manager of Welfare and Recreational Assoc! e of Public Buildings and Grounds, Inc., at from now until further notice the courts will be open each night from 7:30 to 10:30 o'clock. Night play on the miniature golf course will be started at the same time as night tennis. The miniature golf course, adjacent to the tennis courts south of the Tidal Basin, will be opened for play tomorrow nd during daylight hours each day, Mr. Hoover explained. DAMAGE SUIT FILED ‘Thomas Schooley, Forest Glen, Md., through his _mother, rs. _Freda Schooley, has t a5 Trom the Warsingion MoterGo. m Mof ., Inc, and Wilson G. sald to 16, 1929, he was knocked down by an au- tomobile of the defendant company, be- ing operated by , shortly after he had alighted from a bus on the Brookville pike between Silver Spring and Olney. He is represented by At- tornevs Arthur G, Lambert gnd George Verbrycke, jr. These are cures of “car- diospasms” or contractions of the lower end of the esophagus through which food must pass to enter the stomach. It is not infrequently mistaken for can- cer of the sicmach. No medicines do any good. The patient, receiving very little nourishment from food, rapidly declines in weight and general health. But, Dr. Verbrycke said, the condi- tion can be cured, in most cases per- manently, in & few minutes by dilating the constricted crgan with a new in- strument the use of which in experi- enced hands is almost without danger. It is lowered into the esophagus and then opened by water pressure. He de- scribed one patient who gained 11 pounds in a little over two days after this operation had been performed and food was able to get to the stomach again. Effects of unrelieved prostratic ob- struction were described, with moving pictures, by Dr. W. Calhoun Stirling. Some remarkable exhibits are being displayed at the annual meeting of the medical society, notable of which are a series of fixed tissues illustrating v pathological conditions of the brain, prepared by Dr. Walter Freeman, Dr. | Karl Langenstrass, Dr. S. Ross Taggart, | Dr. Lester Neuman and Dr. C. G. Aron- | stein at the Blackburn laboratory at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. At the annual business meeting of the society held last night the following offcers were elected: President, Dr. Arthur C. Christie; vice president, Dr. :James A. Gannon: second vice presi- dent, Dr, Mary O'Malley; secretary- treasurer, Dr. Coursen B. Conklin; delegate to the American Medical Asso- ciation, Dr. Henry C. Macatee; alter- nate, Dr. Frank Leech; members of the Executive Committee, Drs. Willlam H. Hough, Edward Y. Davidson and Wallace M. Yater; member of Program Committee, Dr. C. R. L. Halley. ‘This afternoon there will be a hospl- tal conference, with discussion of the hospital _situation by heads of the variouns hospitals. The annual public meeting will be held to- night, when Dr, C. Rufus Rorem of the Committee on the Costs of Medical Care will present the findings of that body to date, | Births Reported. s and Rosa R. Ceraml. d_O. and_Mar; ind Do 7l mi. boy. Ridgeway. ir., bev. \y Dovell. boy.