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he WASHINGTON, D. (., Foening 4 i MONDAY, MAY i1 PAGE B—1 HARRY V. HAYNES PLACED ON TRIAL; 11 MEN ON JURY Faces Charges GrowingoOut‘ of Alleged Operations * as Head of Bank. _ ACCUSATION CONTAINING 14 COUNTS PRESENTED' Rover Calls Bookkeeping in One of Daruted Transactions “Sleight-of-Hand."” - Harry V. Haynes, once president of the District Bankers® Association, today went on trial in District Supreme Court on charges growing out of alleged op- | erations while he was president and a director of the Farmers and Mechanics’ | National Bank. The early stages of the trial moved swiftly. The jury was selected .in less than half an hour, only three chailenges being exercised. Eleven men and one woman will decide Haynes' fate. TImmediateiy after the selection of the Unitel States Attorney leo A. .~ conducting the prosecution, Jaunched into his presentation of the 14 counts Haynes faces. In the four counts of the indictment, Haynes is charged with making false entries in the books of the banks. Seven counts charge willful misappropriation of funds. two charge abstraction of stock certificates and one a false entry in the report to the controller of the Rover Severe in Attack. Rover was severe in his attacks on in his opening statement, re- to the bookkeeping in one of ted transactions as “a sleight H. Winship Wheatley, who with his son, H. Winship Wheatiey, jr., is con- ducting the defense objected to the ” but the objection was overruled by Justice Peyton Gor- don, presiding. As Rover outlined the ease to the jury, Haynes' alleged opera- ran through 1927 and 1928, and charged use of the bank funds for stock ©Co. and Josephthal & Bro. Rover said the whole amount in- deal ated as Harry V. Haynes and Harry V. Haynes Syndicate, Rover sald. In his bank operations he had six accounts. One of these was a joint account with his wife and another was of his wife he wanted it nection with this case. Score of Witnesses Called. In one case. Rover told the ‘“3‘. Haynes took stock that had been ] with the bank as collateral for loans and used it to discharge $32,000 of a debt of slightly more than $38,000 to Hibbs & Co. In another instance he said that 200 shares of stock were taken and part T. 2 suit against Haynes about 18 months ago charged that he had “dissipated her entire fortune” through a series of | allegedly unauthorized financial trans- actions and put her logs at $280.000. msnuhmt«mummu ‘The® jurors were questioned as {o/ ‘whether they had any tonnection with the Farmers & Mechanics' Bank, even ?'n«"" asked if they were depositors e. The jury is as follows: Joseph Brashears, Thomas F. Costello, Russell F. DeAtley, Arthur F. Flatequal, Ed- ward W. Gray, Donald C. Grist, Rich- ard H. Gunther, Arthur E. Hack, John C. Hall. Alfred C. Hayden, Ernest D,, Kilton and Mrs. Esther L. Jones. After Mr. Rover had completed his opening statement, Mr. Wheatley an-| nounced that the defense would not of | fer a statement at present, thus paving | the way for start of testimony this| afternoon. i WOMAN LEAPS AS CAR ! 5% 25 vien s Gaimotm su | ieia Bitfrd, soovnss veacs wa. bt PLUNGES OVER BANK! Daughter Narrowly Misses 175-Foot Drop Into Park. Mrs. Edith Sutherland Elmore. pey- ehologist at Gallinger - Hospital and daughter of Assoclate Justice George | Sutherland of the United States Su- preme Court, narrowly escaped serious injury last night by leaping from her sutomobile as it started a 175-foot phinge into Rock Creek Park. Mrs. Elmore, who lives at 1911 R of Justice Sutherland| street, was attempting to park her car | in front of a friend’s apartment at the south end of Taft Bridze. The hrakes would not hold, Mrs, Elmore said, and the cer slowly drifted past the place she intended to park and headed toward the cdge of the drop. She opened the deor and leaped. to safety just before the car took the plunge. The sedan came to rest against a tree 40 fect down the incline. A wreck- ing erew hauled it back to the street several hours later and found it was damaged only slightlv, with its fenders and bumper suffering the only effects. TUBERCULAR PUPILS ARE BANNED AT BLAKE Mrs. Jean Byers Denies That Af- flicted Children Are Enrolled. Mrs. Jean Byer the Blake School Parent-Teacher As- | Washington, the prime purpose of the {in having admitted numerous letters | | president-eiect of DEFENSE ATTAC CALHOUN CHARGES Woman Plaintiff Quoted as Calling Noble a “Renowned Sculptor.” Efforts to draw admissions from Mrs. S, —Sketched by James T. Berryman. KS BOY IS BADLY HURT| NTRAFE WSHAP 'George Knott, 9, of Virginia, } Hit by Auto—12 Others Figure in Accidents Running into the street to retrieve & U. S AREA PARKING WILL BE TAKEN UP Imminent Added Congestion Around Federal Triangle Held Overlooked. 5,428 PARKI&GV éPACES REQUIRED, SHAW SAYS ! 2t | Trade and Civie Groups to Discuss Problem at Meeting Called for Wednesday. | area, a problem which will be aggra- | vated by the projected concentration in | Federal building program, will be dis- {cussed at & special meeting of trade and civic organization representatives Wednesday afternoon. The will be held at 2 o'clock in the bo: | rooms of the Merchants and Manufs | turers’ Association, in The Star Build- | ing. Leaders declare that the problem ap- parently has been overlooked in the { planning of the Federal development | south of Pennsylvania avenue. | Eaward D. Shaw, secretary of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Asso- ciation, has been directed by the board of governors of the organization to call | the meeting to discuss the problem with |a view to suggesting a solution. A dozen or more trade and civic bodies, including the Washington Board of Trade, Washington Chamber of Com- merce and Federation of Citizens’ Asso- ciations, will be represented. ‘Would Need 5428 Spaces. Discussing the situation today, Mr. { Shaw pointed to the survey of the parking and garage problem of the cen- | tral business district, made last year J under the direction of Prof. Miller Mc- Clintock, traffic expert of Hafvard Uni- versity. ~This showed more than 33 per cent of the Government employes travel to work by automobile. “That survey,” Mr. Shaw said, “was Government buildings throughout the central district. Under the triangle plan, it is estimated, more than 23.000 Government. employes will be housed in that area alone. On the basis of 23.6 per cent of them using automobies. the McClintock report shows, there will be {# daily requirement for 5428 all-day Cornelfa D. B. Calloun, which would rubber ball. George Knott, 9 vears old. | parking places.” crush the Government's case, were made today by defense attorneys af the trial of five on blackmail “con- spiracy charges in Disttict Supreme Mrs. Calhoun, complaining witness, had testified on direct examination that ‘W. Clark Noble, one of the defendants, never actually had been employed as a sculptor by the Woman's Universal Al- llance, which she headed. Richard L. Merr! of defense counsel, today had Mrs. Cdlhoun under cross-examination, identify letters, booklets and other documents she had written, in which Noble was referred to as “a world re nowned sculptor,” who had drafted design for a memorial to motherhood to have been ‘erected here by the or- ganization. ‘Threats Alleged. The defendants, besides Noble, are his wife, Mrs. Emilie Noble; James F. Bird, Mrs. Anna M. Hillenbrand and Stephen A.. Armstrong, jr. They were indicted on charges of conspiring to extort blackmail from Mrs. Calhoun and her husband, Capt. Clarence C. Calhoun. The defendants were alleged |to have threatened they would involye | the Calhouns in a scandal unless they paid sums. ranging from $30,000 to $300,000. Justice Jesse C. Adkins. Merrick and Irvin Goldstein, an assistant United tates attorney, frequently criticized Mrs. Calhoun for going beyond the scope of the questicns and for launch- ing into voluntary statements. Mrs. Calhoun saild she had loaned Noble money on several occasions. She declared she pawned a family heirloom, a ruby ring, for $500 several years ago and loaned the proceeds to Noble. She | added she Had arranged with a New | Jersey bank to lend him a similar amount and had been required to pay he loan because of his failure to do so. ‘ Senators Are Named. i The names of Senator Watson of In- | diana, Senator Shortridge of California, | Cenator Davis of Pennsylvania and | they were among the original supporg | ers of the alliance. She asserted they | were friends of the movement to con- | struct a memorial to motherhood in | organization. { Counsel for the defendants succeeded | and documents which they contended | supported their argument that Noble | had been retained by the alliance in the capacity of official sculptor of the They indicated they would | seek to prove Noble had made no effort to extort blackmail, but had been at- tempting to_ collect a legitimate debt for services he had performed. | Mrs. Calhoun denied she hed told| Noble her hutband “is a Southern gen- | tleman and will shoot you." DRIVER IS SUED Lawrence Ferrel, 8. through his next | friend. Youral P. Ferrel, 310 E street, ihu filed suit to recover $10,000 dam- ages from Flizabeth McSherry, 2844 Wisconsin avenue, for injuries suffered | by the boy when the defendant’s uto- mobile struck him last January 20. | He charges that the defendant dis- obeyed signals from a schoolboy patrol | and caused the plaintiff to suffer a broken Jeg. The accident occurred at | New Jersey avenue and G street, where | the patrol was stationed. Attorney | Charles Walker appears for the plaintiff. | sociation, today denied rcports pub- lished on some newspapers that tuber- wular children ere enrolled at the school. ‘While the scnool maintains a “fresh air” ciass for underweight youngsters. Mrs. Byers ?' every child suspected of havine 4=%rcalosis is sent to the Tiistrice Health School, Thirteenth and Allison streets. Mrs. Byers told The Star her asso- ciation’s only “complaint™ was that the playground needed resurfacing. that tbe floors of the school, ofl soaked from needed A more stringent law to deal with the | smoke nuisance in Washington was | urged today by Senator King,. Demo- crat, of Utah, who sajd he wds sur- prised to Jearn the existing law does not apply to private dwellings. A let- ter to the Senator from Health Officer Fowler also pointed out that as now | written the law does not apply to loco- motives, steam rollers or steam shovels. lanlQ:r King bad teken . up with Commissioner Reichelderfer complaints that had come to him the smoke rfm and the Commissioner referred the matter to the Health De- partment, the | | elected at the meet | ment. KING DRAFTING BILL TO GIVE COMMISSIONERS SMOKE CONTROL Private Homes, Locomotives, Steam Rollers Exempt ! From Existing Law. | contemplated | of Herndon. Va.. was struck and in- jured seriously last night by an auto- | mobile operated by Frazier Rollin, 20 |years old, of 1208 Virginia avenue | southeast. The youngster, the only serious cas- ualty reported to police in a series of | Sunday traffic accidents which took a | toll of 13 victims, is at Emergency Hos- pital with a fractured left arm and head injuries. | George was playing in front of a tHriend’s home at 902 B street south- | west, when the mishap occurred. | Trio Hurt at Play. ‘Three other children were injured | while at play near their homes yester- day afternoon. They are Kathleen Pat- ten, 3 years old, of 1508 Trinidad ave- nue northeast; Margaret Johnson, 3 | years old, of 1122 H street northeast, |and Delores Graham, colored, 5 years old, of 1322 Corcoran street. Three young girls and a boy escaped | with slight cuts and bruises when the driver of a machine in which they were | riding on the Potomac Park Speedway | swerved into a tree near the Fourteenth street exit to avold striking another car. | The injured—Kitty Davis, old, of 520 Eighth street mortheast: Mary Inglehart, 13 years old, of 821 I street northeast; Alice Weaserboard, 17 years old, of 609 I street northeast, and Harold Long, 19 years old, of 109 Massachusetts avenue—were given first- and treatment at Emergency Hospital for cuts and bruises. Crashed to Avoid Collision. Amos T. Brown of the 700 block of | Twentieth street northeast wes driving the car which struck the tree, Park Po- lice Jearned. Brown’s auto erashed into the tree when he pulled sharp torene side of the road to prevent a collision with another machine. cperated by Davis K. Witerd, 1900 block of F street. Others hurt in accidents yesterday were 8 6 | Baigio Garlantaino, .34 .vears old, 91 M street; Madeline White, colored, years old, 1635 Covingten street; Ruth of 918 O street. and Matilda Hinton, | colorer, 32 years .old. ,of. 633 Rhode Island avenue northeast. Design and Construction of Péwer | Substations Ts Meeting Topic. | James H. Ferry, electrical engineer of the Potomec Electric Power co'.'.‘ will | discuss technical features of design and | construction of power substations at the May meeting of the Washington section of American Institute of Elec- | Engineers tomorrow the Cosmos Club, Sntbi Officers for the coming year will be ing, which will be | presided .over by G. L. Weller, equip- | and building engineer ‘ofx the Chesapeake. and Polomac Telephone Co. | o | Laboratory Being Moved. Workmen were busy today {ransfér- ing_chemicals and testing. apparatus from the Asphalt Testing Laboratory on the fifth floor of the District Build- ing to the new building, now nearing completion. Yhich will house the re- cently, organized Test Bureau of the Hi’gx‘ Y Department g e new - laboratory adjoins the Bryant street pu, Kl P ystrect Pumping station at Pirst Urges Parking Relief. The survey showed also, Mr. Shaw | sald, that the total number of parking places in the entire area bounded by Sixth and Nineteenth streets, B and 1. streets, was 10,415. It is noted also that | the survey was made before the 100 | per cent paralisl parking regulation went into effect. Using the survey as a basis of comparison, however, he said, the requirement of Government em- ployes in the triangle area would be more than half of the available park- ing spaces in this entire area. “Thirteenth and Eleventh streets are | provision is being made to care for the | large number of automobiles which will | be thrown into this section under th- | program,” Mr. Shaw said. “It is high | time that something should be done toward relieving this_situation before | the building program has gone too far.” \WIVES OF JOBLESS PLAN HOOVER PLEA Six Women, With Five Children, Slated to Call at White House to Urge Special Session. A delegation of wives and children of unemploved men planned to go to the White House today io urge President Hoover to call & special session of Con- gress as & means of alleviating unem- ployment. Six women and five children, repre- senting unemployed miners and textile workers of West Virginia, Virginia and New England, were included in the group. They were brought. to Washing- ton yesterday by the People’s Lobby, of which Prof. John Dewey of Columbia University is president. Originally it was planned to have 22 | mothers and children in the party, but fear that their husbands would be “black-listed” by employers prevented | others from coming, according to Louis F. Budenz of New York, & member of the National Execuiive Committee of the Council for Progressive Labor Ac- tion, This organization is co-operating in the movement to acquaint the Presi- dent. with the “facts” concerning un- employment. Whether ~ President Hoover _would grant the andience was problematical. Marsh said the White House was non- committal last week when he first broached the subject. Following the White House visit, the People’s Lobby plans to take the deiega- tion to the American Red Cross to ask Chairman John Barton Payne to re- scind the organization’s order prohibit- ing relief to families of strike-breakers. MRS. JOSEPHINE SEELYE DIES AT DAUGHTER'S HOME Mrs, Josephine Seelve died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Pcwell, 1859 Mintwood place, late Sat- urday. She had been living with her daughter here for about a year, com- ing 1o this eity from Allegan. Mich. W, W. Powell, son-in-law, of Mrs. Seelye and & ploneer in the Progre sive movement, died at'the same hcme |last week. He bad been well known as a publicist and editor. He was a friend and associatz of the late Sen- ator Robert M. La Follette of Wiscon- sin. Funeral services for Mrs. Seelye were held at 2:30 this afterncon at the | Ryan funeral home, 317 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Burial was in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Besides Mrs. Powell, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Blanche Mur- phy, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Pear] Mel- len, Allegan, Mich., and a son, A, V. Seelye, also of Allegan. In a letter 1o .the Utah Senator the health officer pointed out that the de. mlrunemk hl._\r hnnl s work. e Senator i e would consider the ldvhlblni’lgll‘ofd i’!:- creasing the number. Replying to the letter today, he suggested that the local authorities prepare amendments to the law. He said this suggestion for a re- vision of the smoke law furnishes an fllustration of the type of municipal problem which now requires action by Congress, but which he believes could be handled by the Commissioners if their general powers were increased a by & bil}-he is drafting, ¥ two inspectors for | $27,904,799 WORK LET Réported to President’'s Job-Aid Committee Last Week. Contract awards for public and semi- public_construction amounting to $27,- 904,799 were reported last week.to the President’s Emergency Committee for nt. ‘nmyme res represented & drop from those of the preceding week when con- iraet awards reportagd mounted to $87,- 042,515, G Y, I IN SPECIAL PARLEY { Automobile parking in the downtown | of thousands of Government employes ! the Triangle development of the | meeting | d based on the distributed location of the, being closed as through streets and no | 4 | also_spoke this morning. Moore, who sat with him on the stage. HTS EXPLOTATION OF MOTHER' DAY servance, Addresses Ma- | rines at Quantico. While hundreds visited Arlington Na- | | tional Cemetery yesterday afternoon to pay tribute to the mother of the Un-| known Soldier, the Marines at Quantico, Va., were acting as hosts to the woman whose efforts back in 1914 made possible | the observance of Mothier's day through- out, the country Headed by Mrs. Virgil McClure, presi- dent of the American War Mothers, was the first to place a wreath on the tomb {in Arlington in commemoration of the | ‘“unknown mother” of the World War !and tributes were paid by Mrs. Ruth |Bryan Owen, Representative from Florida: Representative Sol Bloom. of | New York and others at impressive services. “Millions in Flowers.” | It was at the Marine base, however, that Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia, Mother's day founder, took part in a | | Hello, Bal Orator Receives Fruits of Victory ENTRANT IN NATIONAL CONTEST HONORED AT ASSEMBI The photograph shows. left to right: Mr. Kuhn, Mrs. Moore, Jimmy, Dr. Newton and Mr. Leigh. Three Little Words Cost Friendly Man Exactly $15 Each . Lonesome? He Asks; Girl Screams, Police Rush to Rescue. ‘Three little words which Walter L. Beavans, 32 years old, addressed to Miss Margaret Stone, 19 years old, as they were standing on the corner ‘at Thirteenth and E _street, Saturday, were valued ‘at $15 each today when Judge John P. McMahon ordered a $45 fine for disorderly conduct. “Hello, baby! Lonesome?” Beavans was quoted as asking Miss Stone. “Help! Police!” screamed the girl. Policeman F. J. Adams, first precinet, raced to the scene and with the help of Miss Stone's pointing finger arrested Beavans half a block away. At the | precinct the man was asked for $25 collateral. “I won't give you guys a cent” he answered. “No, sir; you won't get a cent of my money.” “That's all right, sir; that's all right,” consoled the desk sergeant. “We have a little room right back here all ready for you.” Beavans a few minutes later from his cell let loose a terrific scream. Police, | simple program, and after the meeting | after investigating, placed a charge of | | deplored Mother’s day exploitation | intoxication = against him. On _ this { throughout. the country. | charge today Judge McMahon took his | “They say & million dollars worth of flowers are sold for this day” Miss | Jarvis said. “I never thought it would | mean that. | “But evem stranger than commer-| cialization by tradesmen is that the| public has allowed professional welfare | workers to exploit its sentiment for motherhood in & manner in which I never dreamed. I am dismayed. I de- plore particularly that committees of | prominent men and women have com- | mercialized this day in the name of needy mothers.” ) About 400 Marines and their families | participated in the service. Chaplain | W. R. Hall invited Miss Jarvis to join | them as they assembled and sang. She | greeted the sea soldiers with a smile and a word of gratification because they were remembering their mothers. Th chaplain’s wife sang: “Home, Sweet Home” and & male quartet led the sing- ing. The chaplain preached on the | theme that there should be mutual ef- | fort by son and mother to be worthy of each other. “This was the kind of observance T thought of,” Miss Jarvis said later. “I| wanted a time set aside when every- | body could praise his mother as long as he pleased and not fear others would think him a bore. I wanted tp focus attention at once on the unrecognized service that mothers do. 1 wanted chil- dren to write home. I wanted them to wear a flower or recognize the symbol worn by some one who had one—not to buy one from a profiteer.” ! Meanwhile, at Arlington and in va- |rious churches throughout the city | homage cf the kind that the founder of Mother's day had in mind when she | petitioned Congress was being paid. Maj. Gen. Jobn L. De Witt, quarter- master general of the Army, told the Gold Star Mothers at Arlington about | the pilgrimage to the graves of sons in France now being made for the sec- jond time by American mothers, Greet- lings were" extended at the services through Mrs. McClure. The soldier who sounded “Taps’ 'at_the burial of the Unknown Soldier, Staff Sergt. Frank Witchey, 3d, United States Cavalry, sounded them yesterday for the “Un- known Mother.” Music was presented by the Marine Band and solos by Robert E. Clark, trombonist, and Miss Frances B. Cole. Prayers were delivered by Capt. Sidney Keys Evans. chief of Navy chaplains, and Col. Julian E. Yates, chief of Army chaplains. Mothers Dedicate Trees. Following the Arlington services the | War Mothers dedicated trees in West { Potomac Park in recognition of the work of four past national presidents. Mrs. McClure and Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, retired, made addresses. Those honored by trees were Mrs. Alice M. French of Indianapolis, Ind., the founder of the organization; Mrs. Margaret McClure of Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Mabel C. Digney-of White Plains, N. Y. and Mrs. Mary E. Spencer of Milwaukee Services in commemoration of Moth- er's day were held for residents of the Y. M. C. A. The young men paid trib- ute to their mothers at a breakfast. ii;;l‘: ;l;;srel’uonl. ‘The_justices of the District Court of Appeals announced today there would be a session ‘of that tribunal in June Herelofore, since organization of the court in.1893, it has been'the custom to discontinue hearings in June, the justices taking & vacation of four months. 3 |Earl Bell Loses Life in Tidal personal bond. “It seems a bit severe,” said Judge McMahon after the sentence, “but you should not have accosted her. There's too much of this going on.” STUDENT DROWNS IN CANOE MISHAP Basin—Leroy Green Saved by Boatman. A canoeing trip on the Tidal Basin ended tragically yesterday afternoon for Earl Bell, 3200 Walnut street, northeast, a 15-year-old McKinley High School | student. The boy was drowned when | his frail craft overturned. A companion, Leroy Green, 15, of 3746 Thirty-third street northeast, was saved by A. H. Sparr, operator of a Tidal Basin motor gondola, who wit- nessed the mishap. Green also is a student at Tech. Bell, unable to swim, sank beneath the surface as would-be rescuers sought to pass him the flat end of an oar. He never reappeared. The body was re- covered by Park Policemen W. K. Snider and M. H. Leach of the United S;&}O‘E’l Park Police about 9 o'clock last night. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt said upon completing his investigation that he is as yet undecided whether to order an inquest. * The twd youths, accompanied by Jo- seph Barnes, 17, of 2620 Rhode Island avenue, and Robert Steuart, 15, of 1518 Hamline street northeast, rented two canoes at' the Tidal Basin boat house about 3 o'clock yesterday. ‘Whipped by a steady wind, the river presented a choppy surface, and Bell and Green had gone but a.short dis- tance when their craft slipped into the trough of a wave and capsized. Botl boys sank beneath the surface, but Green teappeared and struck out for an aproaching gondola. Barnes and Steuart, who were paddling in their canoe nearby, headed for the scene to assist Bell, but he never reappeared, they sald. “T don’t know how it all happened,” Green said after he was taken to Emer- gency Hospital and given first aid for shock and exposure. “The canoe sud- denly turned over and Earl went down. I managed, somehow, fo stay above the water until they came along and pulled me out.” Onlookers strolling around the sea wall told police the youths were at- | tempting to turn their canoe about when it overturned. Police. of “the harbor precinct and members of the fire rescue squad man- ned five boats and began a methodical body after about five hours. removed to -the' Morgue pending the outcome of Dr. Nevitt's investigation. .Bell is° mirviyed 'by 'his parents, an i —Star Staff Photo. IMMY" MOORE, Western High School student. who won The Star finals Priday in the National Oratorical Contest, received this newspaper's check for $200 and its fcrmal commission to enter the national finals May 23 from Oliver Owen Kuhn, managing editor of The Star, in a student assembly at his school this morning. Jimmy added to his popularity at Western by making his speech of acceptance an oratorical bouquet for the teachers who trained him and for the Western st udents—Forbes Burgess, Edward Kent and John Court— whom he defeated earlier in the contest and who since have helped him. Jimmy, in turn, was commended by Miss Blanche Le wis, one of his teachers, for his hard work. | Miss Lewis said, had read every available biography of Henry Clay, the man he discussed in his speeches, and, finding one he liked best, virtually memorized it. H Edmund Gullion, alumnus of Western and last year's victor in The Star finals, national and international finals, Randolph Leigh, director general of the contest, was infroduced to the enthusiastic audience by Dr. Elmer S. Newton, principal, who presided. The interested spectators included Jimmy's mother, Mrs. Virgil The orator, WASHINGTON GIRLS * GET FELLONSHPS International Education In-'] stitute Gives European Study to Three. Pellowships for study abroad have been awarded to three young Washing- ton women, it was announced yemr-‘ day. by the Institute of International Education. ‘The _girls honored .are Miss Mary Au- gusta Kennedy of 2405 First street, Miss Jeanette G. Byington of 1310 Twentieth street and Miss Adah L. Lee of 1705 De Sales street. Miss Kennedy is a daughter of Mr. |and Mrs. Will P. Kennedy. Mr. Ken- | nedy has been a political writer of The | Star many years. She will graduate | from Trinity College in June with an | A. B. degree. Miss Kennedy formerly | attended St. Martin's Parochial School |and Notre Dame Academy at. North Capitol and K streets. Having the privilege of choosing any college in Germany, she probably will study at both the University of Berlin and the University of Munich, Chooses Florence for Study. Miss Byington. will to the Univer- sity of Florence, Italy. She will be graduated next month from Wellesley College. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer M. Ryington. Mr. Byington is State Department chief of the divi- sion of foreign personnel. A graduate of the University of Chi- cago, Miss Lee is a member of the economics staff of Brookings Institu tion. She will study at the University of Vienna. The fellowships have been arranged by foreign governments and unjversities in reeognition of opportunities offered foreign students in American colleges. Others Honored. Others receiving the honors and the places where they will study: Sfoyl Mandell, Oakland, Calif., Vienna; Benjamin Franklin Swalin, Minneapolils, Vienna: Rudolph C. Bed- nar, Cleveland, Prague: Erwin James Fanta, Cleveland, Prague; Georgianne A. Horock, Mitchell, S. D. Prague; Gene Mari Vana, Omaha, Nebr.. Prague: Theodore J. Vavrina, Grand _Forks, N. D., Prague; Elise Clara Gas- perik, Chicago, Budapest; Dr. Clare R. Rittershofer, Cincinnati, Budapest: Ed- ward Grieve Shadbolt, Grinnell, Iowa, Budapest: Marie Paula Skodak. Lorain, Ohio, Budapest; Jannette la Tourette Hegner, Baltimore, Rome; George Cooper _Reeves, Bloomington, Ind., Naples, Italy; Irving J. Nichols, Colby, Wis.,, Santiago, Chile. ‘The following will study in Germany: = Harold W. Arnold, Springfield, Ohio. Wilbert E. Benson, Stillwater, Minn.: Agnes L. Berger, La Porte, Ind.; Frank O. Copley, Palo Alto, Calll Karl C. Dod, La Grange, Ill.; Paul F. Douglass, Cincinnati; Ruth Fenster, Chicago; Rosemary Ferguson, Indianapolis; Gus- tav Ernst Giesecke, Marble Falls, Tex.; Gerd Aage Gillhoff, Milwaukee; Mar- jorie Glicksman, Madison, Wis.; Carter Holt Gregory, San Marino, Calif; Ken- neth M. Grubb, Chicago; Martha Kath- arine Hack, San Prancisco; Sara Strat- ton Holmes, Catonsville, Md.; John B. Holt, Chicago; Ellis E. Jensen, Janes- ville, Wis.; Marie M. Mayer, Kansas City, Mo.; Theodore F. Meltzer, St. Paul; John F. Miller, Columbus; Phil- lips P. Moulton, Lakewood, Ohio: Louis ‘W. Norris, Westerville, Ohlo; Margaret J. Novak, Chicago; Leonard L. O'Bryan, Lawrence, Kans.; John H. Pierson, Den- ver; John G. Pleasants, Los Angeles; Karl H. A. Rest, Marshalltown, Iowa; Mary E. Rothrock, Bloomington, Ind.: Howard H. Rowley, Chicago; Lillian M. Scheuber, Milwaukee; Carl Denver; Erna A. W. Schroeder, Wausau, Seehafer, Wilmette, IiI. ton L. Wormley, Landover, Md. g MRS. MEACHAM DIES Mrs. Mary Ellen Meacham, widow of Charles E. Meacham, died yesterday at her homie, 1441 Spring road, following a long illness. She was 71 years old and a life-long resident of Washington. * Funeral services will be held tomor- row morning at 8:30 o'clock at the residence. Burial will be in Congres- sional Cemetery, following mass at 1., BUDGET SUNS [ ESTIMATED FOR "33 GET FIRST HEARING Total Amount Asked Delayed Pending Revised Report by Maj. Donovan. $60.,000,000 BELIEVED REQUESTED FOR ITEMS Commissioners Due to Pare Cost Figures by About $12,000,000 Before Study by Bureau, Hearings on the estimates of depart- ment heads on the amount of money necessary to carry various District ae- tivities for the 1933 fiscal year were started before the Commissioners this morning. For the first time’since the budget act went into effect, the hearings were begun without any public statement as to the total of the amounts asked for by the various department heads. De- lay in announcing the total is due to errors in the compilation by the budget officer, Maj. Daniel J. Donovati Executive Fstimates Heard. ‘The executive establishment was the first department heard. and this was followed by the Health Department and related activities. Among those who E’mntzd their estimates were Daniel Garges, secretary of the Board of Commissioners; E. P. Brooke, superin: tendent of the District Building; Wil- liam W. Bride, corporation counsel; Dr. Willlam C. Fowler, health officer, and Dri;"ia mb::ljity eglev::!. cc}r‘medr eved that the department heads’ estimates will add up mn&ut $60.000,000, of which sum about $12.- 000,000 will be taken off by the Com- missioners before the city heads sub- mit their budget to the Federal Bud- get Bureau. The total decided upon by the Budget Bureau will not be known until it makes its recommendations pub- lic the day after Congress convenes. Education Leads in Cost. Maj. Donovan today released a chart showing the proportions of District ex- penditures during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1930, among the various de- partments. Education, including schools, special education and libraries accounted for 32.8 per cent, by far the largest single item; following in the order named were protection of life and property, in- cluding the Police and Fire Depart- ments and certain miscellaneous activ- ities, 16.1 per cent: highways, including bridges, street lighting and street trees, 12.8 per cent: public welfare, 121 per cent: recreation, 6.6 per cent: general government, 6.3 per cent: public service enterprises, including water, supplies and markets, 3.2 per cent, and miscel- laneous expenses, 0.4 per cent. The total expenditures during the year in question. including expenditures from the gasoline tax, but excluding expenditures of water revenues and from trust funds, amounted to $41.- 952205, by far the largest of the re- corded years. The statement takes in u;’y;.n h:;: 0 1926 for com A and shows following total expendi- tures: 1926, $31,001.122; 1927, $34,125.- 037; 1928, $35,663,04 1929, $36,519,278. GOVERNMENT HOLIDAY COURSE SPECULATED Memorial Day and July 4, Falling on Saturday, Clerks Wonder About Time Off. Because both Memorial day and July 4 fall on Saturday this year Govern- ment workers have started a lively speculation as to whether they will get the two Saturday half holidays in- velved on some other day. Some suggestions have been made that Government chiefs should grant & half holiday on the Friday afternoons preceding Memorial day and the Fourth of July. No decision has been reached by officials in charge of the matter, but & wide difference of opinion was found today to exist among these of- ficials, From one source it was predicted the matter might be taken up by the cabinet with President Hoover. It the President saw fit, it was argued, he could dismiss “all who could be spared” on Friday afterncon, which would mean another half holiday for virtually all. Govern- ment workers. If this happened the Government would dismiss on Priday at 1 o'clock, giving long week ends over both Memorial day and the Fourth af July. On the other hand. there were officlals who saw “absolutely no justification™ merely a coincidence holidays fell on Saturdays, they pointed out, and there would be no excuse for giving another half day off duty to the Government workers. MAN FOUND DEAD IN ROOM Patrick H. O'Farrell Cuccumbed of Natural Causes, Nevitt Finds. Patrick Henry O'Farrell, 57 years old, was found unconscious in his room at 2602 University place yesterday morn- ing about 1 o'clock by Russell Meyer another roomer, and was pronouncs dead by a physician, who was hur- riedly summoned. The deceased was the only son of the late Capt. Patrick O'Farreli, U.8. A., who died a number of years ago. An investigation, conducted by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt, resulted in the is- suance of a certificate of death from natural causes. CIVITANS TO CELEBRATE ? Dinner Is Planned to Fete Tenth Anniversary of Club. A dinner celebrating the tenth anni versary ol the Civitan Club of Wash- ington, will be held at Congressional Country Club tomorrow night at 6:30 o'clock, preceded by golf starting at 1 p.m. Michael MacWhite, Minister from the Irish Free State. will be the guest of honor and principal speaker on the informal program. PROPERTY OWNERS MEET Friendship Heights property owners will meet tonight at Dellinger's Store, Wisconsin and Willard avenues, to elect a Citizens’ Committee of seven to rep- Sacred Heart Church. survived by a Mrs, Meacham s daughter, Miss Clara Meacham, and three sisters, Mrs. E." 8.' Smith, Mrs. elder brother, David R. Bell. and a sister, Miss Bortha M. Bell, all of the|of this city. Mr. b ST R Pred Price and Mrs. C. H. Grace. all Meacham died in resent. them for the next two years. There are 11 _candidates: Emory H. Bogley, J. A. P. Farnham, Frank Germon, Mrs. Wilfred Hearn, Dr. W. Kline, Hutsel Metoger, Henty W Offutt, A. G hmond, Mrs. Nellie Ross, &, G.