Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1931, Page 17

Washington News MISTRIAL 1S SEEN N CALHOUN CASE; PLEA WITHDRAWN Bird’s Counsel Offered Mo- tion After Complaining Witness Left Stand. FALSE REPRESENTATIONS BY NOBLES ARE CLAIMED Couple Misled Mrs. Hillenbrand, Complainant Claims—Virtually Asks That She Be Exonerated. A mistrial appeared imminent today in the trial of five persons charged with a blackmail conspiracy but the case proceeded after a defense attorney | withdrew such a motion. | Charles W. Arth, counsel for James } F. Bird, made the mistrial motion after Mrs. Cornelia D. B. Calhoua complaining witness, remarked on leav- ing the stand: “They've been trying to break me down for three days and they've failed.” The statement was made in the presence of the jury. After Justice Jesse C. Adkins of Dis- trict Supreme Court had indicated he would grant the motion if all of the defense attorneys joined In the request, Mr. Arthur withdrew his demand when counsel for the other defendants made it apparent they were opposed to & mistrial. The defendants, in addition to Bird, are Mr. and Mrs. W. Clark Noble, Mrs. Anna Hillenbrand and Stephen A. Armstrong, jr. Says Mrs, Hillenbrand Was Misled. A virtual request for the exoneration of Mrs. Anna Hillenbrand, one of the five defendants, was made by Mrs. Cal- houn, who told the jury Mrs. Hillen- brand had been “misled.” Mys. Calhoun, under cross-examina- tion: by Paul Sedgewick, counsel for Mrs. Hillenbrand, testified she believed imprisonment of the latter while await- ing trial was unjustified. She added she would have arranged bond for Mrs. Hillentrand had not Department of Justice officials objected. The witness charged Mr. and Mrs. Noble were responsible for the alleged plot to extort $30,000 in exchange for promises not to involve them in a scan- dal. Mrs. Calhoun said she believed Mrs. Hillenbrand had been induced to rticipate in the conspiracy through alse representations by the Nobles. Sedgewick brought out that Mrs. Hil- lenbrand had remained in jail many months awaiting trial because she was unable to post bond, while the Nobles and other defendants, James F. Bird and Stephen A. Armstrong, jr., had ob- tained their release through arranging bail. Asked About Conference. Arth cross-examined Mrs. Calhoun | at length concerning the circumstances i, of a conference which culminated in the arrests. “Isn't it a fact” Arth demanded, leading Mr. Noble into ng he s to get $30,0002” “That probably is what he thought, but the plan was arranged by the De. partment of Justice; not by us,” Mrs. Calhoun responded. id you see the check?” Arth pur- 0. ou carried it there, didn’t you?" but it was in an envelope, and | didn't look at it. ‘Why didn’t you look at 1t?” “Why should I look at a check when knew what it was?” “Did you sign it? “No, my husband signed it.” “What benk was it drawn on?” “The Continental Trust Co. ow do you know if you didn't| look at it?” “Why, my husband told me. Must you keep on asking me such questions?, That's the fourth time I've' answered that question.” “That's all right. You answer the! questions and leave those other remarks | o o Arth then asked Mrs. Calhoun if she had not heard Noble rise and shout, “I will not ever take any blackmail or tainted money,” when he was asked by Samuel W. Hardy, a Department of Justice agent, posing as an attorney for the Calhouns. to sign an agreement re- leasing the Calhouns in exchange for $30.000. “Those are noble sentiments, but I don't remember them,” Mrs. Calhcun said. “He did say something of the sort when the marshals came in.” When Arth attempted to elicit from; Mrs. Calhoun the names of various or- ganizations for promotion of woman- hood with which she had been con- nected, Irvin Goldsteln, an assistant United Statese attorney, objected on the ground that the defense attorney was wasting time. “Wasting time!" Arth shouted. “This is a serious matter and I'm not going to be choked off here.” Denies Posting Stenographer. Justice Jesse C. Adkins ruled Mrs. Calhoun should answer. She then ex- plained she had been affiliated with the Woman's Memorial Foundation, the | Woman's Universal Alliance and the| Mothers’ Foundation, Mrs, Calhoun, under examination by K. K. Spriggs, another defense attor- ney. said she n until the day of the arrests The witness also denied she had post- ed a stenographer in an adjoining room to take down a conversation she had with Sedgewick in her home some months ago. She frankly acknowledged yesterday, however, that stenographers had been placed beneath a bed and be: hind a door to keep a record of what was said at earlier conferences in the Calhoun home between the Calhouns end the Nobles. LEGIONNAIRES SPEAK Three Veterans Address Group of Southeast Business Men. Capt. Edwin P. Van Hine, W. M Morrell and P. L. Bush, r-presentatives of the District of Columbia Department. | American Legion, spoke last night at| 2 meeting of the Soutbeast Business | Men’s Association. The men discussed the work of the Legion and told of plans being made for the District of Columbia convention, to be held dur- ing the first week in August. An invitation was extended by the business men, asking the Legion to hold the convention in the Southeast section of th- city, and officers of the group expressed confidence today that the Legion will accept the invitation. BOY’S WOUND SERIOUS ‘The condition of 3-year-old Edward Bowen, jr., who shot himself while| playing with his father's pistol yester-} day, was described as critical at Emer- gency Hospital today. The accident occurred at the parents’ home, 1027 Seventh street. The father is sald to be unemployed. aidvase Armstronu!cnnn“ M. Walker, The WASHINGTON, D. C, Foening Star ING EDITION UESDAY, MAY 12, 19: Sculptor : on Trial 'W. CLARKE NOBLE. —Sketched by James T. Berryman. DULANEY CLEARED IN SLAYING AGAIN Grand Jury Refuses to In- dict Man Charged With Slaying Wife’s Visitor. “unwritten law” when it refused to in- dict Hurtha Ira Dulaney, street car conductor, for the death of William L. Huff March 9. Dulaney shot Huff when he found the young man in his wife’s bed room at 1317 H street northeast. Similar action was taken by the Janu- ary grand jury, which made a report three days after the homicide, ignoring a chargz of murder against the hus- d. At the instance of Albert A, Huff of Hume Springs, Va., father of the slain man, United States Attorney Rover agreed to resubmit the matter to the present grand jury, which heard the testimony of witnesses last week and to- day declined to indict Dulaney. The accused has been at liberty since the action of the first grand jury. Two Indicted in Hold-up. Two_ indictments for highway rob- bery were reported against Richard Lowell Miller and Lee Bridwell Leaman, voung white men, who were surprised by officers cruising in a police car, while robbing a station at Wisconsin ave ;ue and Windom place in the ecarly hours of May 3. Miller and Leaman kad bound Clarence Muse, the mana- ger, and had taken $14.10 from him, it is charged. After their arrest, the young men were identifled by Harry T. Knight of Aurora Hills, Va,, who was in charge of a gas station and First street northeast, April when he was robbed of $43.33. Sepa rate indictments relate to tte two rob- beries. Two women and siX men were ac- cused of violation of the prohibition act by the grand jury's report. Alva Kines, 4, was riding with Willlam M. Irvin, 23, of 1405 Webster street when he was accosted by police at Twentieth street and Rhode Island avenue northeast May 5 and found to be transporting al- leged whisky. Both are charged with transporting and possession of intoxi- cants, Second Woman Named. Peggle Allen, 22, Atlantic City, is the other woman indicted. She is said to {have been operating a car in which Ralph Brady, 23, also of Atlantic City, when they were arrested for transport- ing liquor May 7. They also are charged with possession and transporting liquor Others charged with liquor law_viola tions are Frank Maida, Mike Spinell, Angelo Schisttorigglo ~and William Stone. Louis Cherry, colored, was indicted for murder in the first degree in the death of David Glover, also_colored | Following a quarrel at 733 Delaware avenue southwest, Cherry is sald to have shot Glover. The grand jurors declined to indict Anna May Reid and Marion M. Echles for violating the Harrison anti-narcotic Jaw; Richard Williams, housebreaking; grand larceny; James E. Smallwood, violating liquor law; Herbert R. Cole, bribery, and Moy Scheuck, violating Harrison law. Others indicted and the charges |against them include: Otis Darby, | mayhem; Willlam G. Davis, violating Harrison law; Carl R. Fischer, em- | bezzlement; James G. Harris, assault to kill; Willlam N. Hays (2 cases), | housebreaking and larceny; James J. Wholey, Joseph Lewis and Richard Wil- ! llams, housebreaking and larceny, and Prank C. Bowler and John P. Henkel, Joy-riding. A second grand jury today upheld the | t New York avenue | PILOT STILL HELD IN RIVER DROWNING | Two Girls and Man Released as Police Seek Irving Gregory’s Body. One man remained in custody today | while police renewed their efforts to recover the body of a youth believed to ve drowned early Sunday during a “drinking party” on a spced boat off Fort Foote, Md. A persistent search by harbor pre- cinct police has failed thus far to un- cover & trace of 22-year-old Irving D. Gregory of 3121 Mount Pleasant’street, who disappeared from the boat. ‘While Deputy Shecriff Thomas H. Gar- rison ordered the release yesterday of two girls and & young man who were on the boat at the e, he said au- | thorities hoped to Fecover Gregory's | body before freeing the pilot of the boat, | Monte de La Vega of Alexandria, Va. Held on Girls' Story. The girls identified themselves as Miss Helen Schisler, 20 years old, of [ 1712 Bixteenth street, and Miss Dorothy | salmon, 20 years old, of 2000 S street. | Garrison said he was holding de La Vega because one of the girls said he |and Gregery had quarreled shortly be- fore the youth plunged nto the river, This is denied by both de La Vega and the fifth member of the party, Paul Walsh, 29 yeads old, of 4202 Cur- tis road, Chevy Chase. Both say Gregory was trying to raise the anchor |when he tumbled overboard and dis- | appeared. Held at Bladensburg. De La Vega is being held in the jail | at Bladensburg. Walsh was released from No. 6 precinct, while the two ung wcmen were released at the | House of Detention. No charges were placed against any of the party. The prisoners were released on their agreement to testify at an inquest, should Gregory's body be recovered. De Ja Vega was employed iy a com- | pany ‘which operates speed boats for {hire from Hains Point. The party of {four had engaged a speedboat and he was piloting the craft when Gregory disappeared. Police say Miss Schisler stated that Gregory and the pilot quarreled when the latter put his arms around her while ;}&.o:.'ing her how to pilot the speed PRAISES FASCIST PLAN Woman C. of C. Delegate Says It Has Aided in Depression. Bignora Olivia Rossetti Agresti of | ! Rome, only woman_delegate to the re- cent sessions of th~ International Cham- ber of Commerce, characterized the Fascist economic organization as 8 “unique example of progressive con- servation” in a radlo broadcast ad- dress over the Columbia Broadcasting S)'n_lfhm yesterday, “The ‘system.” Signora_Agrest! de- clared, “has been found of'zrg:l service {in enabling the country to weather the storm of world economic depression, with fewer unemployed and less severe distress than has been experienced in :H:cr”md far wealthier European coun- | Continuing, the wo JO.here has not becn a single strike- or ‘lock-out in Italy since the inauguration of the plan five years ago. Each guild or union of employers is offset by one :fildlhdeufi‘l:‘r‘l‘;l)llloyed, having equal rights, les are - Ton. ahe eait settled by arbitra. man delegate said OFF THIRD-F CHILD, 3, DIES AFTER HE FALLS CITIZENS' SERVICE GROUP TO EXTEND SCOPE OF APPEALS Resolution Opposing Repeal Will Be Sent to Major Political Parties. ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE CAMPAIGN INDORSED Executive Secretary Reports 1,333 Liquor Cases “Turned In"” in Three Years. The Citizens' Service Association for Law and Order, known locally for the past four years for its work in “in- forming” on liquor law violations, last night®voted to extend the scope of its appeals to the Republican and Demo- cratic partie: At its mass meeting in New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, attended by some 500 persons, it voted to send coples of a resolution, unanimously adopted, opposing the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. to the chairmen of the Naticnal Committees of the two political parties, and to the Executive Committees of both the Republicans and_Democrats. The association went on record fa- voring rigid enforcement of prohibition and adopted another resolution indors- ing the campaign of the Anti-Saloon League of the District of Columbia for temperance education among the youth of the National Capital. “Turn In" 1,333 Liquor Cases. Thomas B. Jarvis, executive secretary of the assoclation, reported a total 1,333 liquor cases “turned in” by the assoclation during the past three years, with “results” secured in more than 1,000 of these. Mr. Jarvis urged those at the meeting to give him the names of any bootleggers they knew and an- nounced that the names of two boot- leggers had been given him during the meeting. Announcement was made that the “official investigator” for the associa- tion was at the meeting, but his name was not given and Dr. E. M. Ellison, president of the association, declared this morning it was preferred to keep the identification of the investigator in the background. No reference was made at the session to Harry N. Dout- hitt, former investigator for the associa. tion, who yesterday was cited for con- tempt for failure to appear before the | grand jury to testify regarding “what he knows” about Washington police. Bishop Cannon Praised. ‘Mr. Jarvis was introduced by Dr. Ellison, the association’s president, who praised_the executive secretary as * man who gets results without” making a lot of noise.” In the course of his address Dr. Ellison praised Bishop James Cannon, jr., for his fight against the wets, and declared: “It is my belief that histories of the next generation will record him as one of the greatest Christian statesman of the twentieth century.” Dr. Ellison and other speakers joined in denying the Citizens’ Service As. sociation is a “snoopers organization, and criticized those who so term it as “ignorant or malicious or both.” Urging the members qf the associar tion to “make Washington safe morally for the young people and the old ones | too,” Rev. Dr. William S. Abernethy, astor of vary Baptist Church, the association’s first president, declared he had been informed there are 3,000 speakeasies in this city and that a per- son can get a drink anywhere. Blames Church Members. This condition, Dr. Abernethy de- clared, exists because church people al- Jow it. Four-fifths of the church mem- bers, he added, “don't care whether this town is cleaned up or not.” He also criticized the indifference on the part of many preachers toward the issue. Rev. Harvey Baker Smith, pastor of Columbia Heights Christian Church, criticized the motion pictures and radio, declaring they are being exploited for private gain, and declared bootleggers and gunmen are shown in pictures with- out protest from citizens. To combat this influence, Dr. Smith urged the prohibition forces to use the radio in making appeals for their cause and to offset the work of their oppo- nents or those who are indifferent to prohibition enforcement. The press and editors were criticized Rev. Dr. A. A. Stockdale for their ilure to recognize news values.” He suggested that foundations be estab- lished with a view to endowing insti- tutions to train cartoonists “to reduce to the ridiculous” arguments for the wets. $6,000,000,000 to Business. Willlam Knowles Cooper, former sec- retary of the Young Men's Christian Association, declared that $6.000,000,000 is diverted into various business chan- nels as a direct result of prohibition. He developed the thought that drinking of today is more general among the wealthier classes. Asserting “the, large mafjority of business men belleve that prohibition means good business. Cooper declared those so believing not constitute a “vociferous majority. Other speakers included Miss Ethel Bagley, representing women's temper- ance groups, who declared “misinfor- mation is being sprad against prohibi- tion” and urged educational campaigns for enforcement. Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, who made a plea for confidence in modern youth; Page McK. Etchison, a secretary of the Y. W. C. A, who declared liquor is not being sold to youth in the Capital, and Rev. Dr. Carl C. Rasmussen, pastor of Luther Place Memorial Church, who asserted the elghteenth amendment will never be repeated because there is noth- ing to put in its place. Dr. Rasmussen presented arguments to show _that modification of the amendment would LOOR FIRE ESCAPE Woman Watches as Junior R. Wall Climbs Railing, Then Takes Fatal Plunge to Court. Junior R. Wall set out on inexper! enced legs to look for adventure last night and found death. The 3-ysar- old child tumbled into the court at 1205 Thirtieth street from a third-floor fire_escape A His parents, Mr. and Mrs. George M. Wall, had left him in the care of a grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Miller. It was belleved that the front door of the apartment was mistakenly left open, Woman Sees Fatal Fall. ‘The child slipped out unchserved and toddled down the corridor to the fire leml landing. In an apartment be- o 1 cll:!bln( the railing. ’ at 1211 Thirtieth street, Mrs. Lil- ian Boswell was horrified to see Junior avert her gaze when he plunged down- | ward. Mrs. Boswell rmpmm't,hedsueet | and notified Junior’s brother and sister, John, 12 years old, and Else, 10 years | old. Mother Is Overcome. l At the same time oth bers { Junfor’s family heard tehremc;';mou:l{ and ran into the court. They placed him in the automobile of Carl Saul, resident in the same buflding, and drove fl‘\e llnjured child to Georgetown Hos- pital everal hours later Junior died of & fractured skull, legs and arms, as well | as internal tnjuries. Junior's mother was overcome by the tragedy. She was placed under a phy- he had only a moment in which to siclan’s cangs unsatisfacory. be'rh": association will hold its annual meeting for the election of officers in the University Club Thursday after- noon at 12:30 o'clock. MCKINLEY BEAM Building Inspector School Roof Nearly Level. Building Inspector John W. Oeh- mann wd‘ny reported & maximum vari- ation in the level of steel beams sup- porting the roof of the McKinley High Bohool of one-half of one inch. 'This measurement, made by accurate level- ing instruments, corresponds closely with the five-eighths of an inch dif- ferential discovered by Herron Todd, local contr: roof was sagging Col. Oehmann the roof and that it was adding that tions of one inch are quite similar bulldings without their safety in any way. S SAFE Pronounces and unsafe. . reported no sag in = Feflectly safe, actor, who charged that the as much as frequently found in impalring GOVERNMENT RENT BILL FOR DISTRICT EXCEEDS MILLION Annual Figure $1,231,321.93, Buildings Commission Reveals. [TEMPOHARY STRUCTURES DECLARED FIRE TRAPS | Health, Economy and Beauty Are Arguments for Program Extension. [ ] Justifying the Government's great public building program in Washing- ton from an economic point of view, Mrs. Rhodes to Retire MISS BAKER TO GET M new posi the Public Buildings Commission in its annual report, just submitted to Presi- dent Hoover, shows that the rent bill for the Government in this city dur- ing the year totaled $1,231,321.93. The pay-roll loss in six Government activi- ties where personnel was dismissed from temporary buildings on account of “Summer heat” ran up to more than a quarter of a miliion dollars, the re-' port sald. l The commission characterized the!l fire hazard as a “very real danger” to old temporary wartime buildings. Loss to the Government in the destruction by fire of temporary building No. 4 was computed by the commission, includnig replacement cost, at $144,679.17. The cost_of moving to other quarters was $6,635.09, while the cost of preparing new quarters was palced at $75.846 19. The Government activities affected in- i cluded the Federal Trade Commission, the Children's Bureau and the Women's | Bureau. ! The commission also pointed to two of the new buildings here, with an es- timate that the total yearly rental value | of the new Internal Revenue Building | would be $1,391,314.65, while the great | Department of Commerce Building, to be occupied this Fall, had a total yearly i rental value of $2,291,665.50. Savings Would Be Large. Computing various factors, such as| amortization of the cost, interest on in- vestment, taxes lost on land, income tax lost and other things, the commis- slon figures that the savings to the Gov- ernment-each year on the Internal Revenue Building would be $346,386. or in 40 years a total of $13,855442. Simi- | lar savings on the Department of Com. merce, it is figured, would be $543,632 a year, or a total savings in 40 years of 21,748.318 . Tracing the history of the public bulldings program in Washington and giving & mass of data on each project in turn, the commission in a summary of the situation declared: “Briefly characterized, the program involves a basic step forward in the Government’s administrative eccnomy. Around this imperative fact expert thought and study have evolved a de- sign which combine the most up-to-date facilities and devices to provide for the utilitarian needs of efficient administra- tion, and reasonable possibilities for future expansion, with general artistic | treatment of such merit as to give as- surance that the new group of building now under way will be one of the great- est and most impressive compositions of the kind ever undertaken. “The advantage of such a unified de- 'Sl{n is not alone to be found in the ! architectural effects obtainable, but its | utilitarian value is indicated by the fact | that despite two great plazas, ample through streets, and equate interior courts, more floor space is saild to be obtainable than would have been pos- sible in individual buildings separately designed to fit the original street system and the old private property lines. Healthy Conditions and Beauty. “The completed building conception of the present and future is to obtain healthy working conditions and orderly growth and beauty as an integral part of the entire scheme. Collectively, the buildings should express the dominant emotions of the whole Nation. That environment which satisfies man’s in- herent love of beauty engenders civic spirit and national pride, and becomes ‘a necessary means of lending dignity to democracy.’” Discussing the economic justification for the building program, the commis- sion pointed out that Government per- sonnel in many buildings “are suffering from unbearable heat in Summer, drafts, and poor ventilation, and from lack of natural light as well as from congestion and other insanitary condi- tions. This fact in itself presents an adequate and pressing economic reason,” said the report, “for supplying those who transact the Nation's business with good and adequate bulldings as rapidly as appropriations can be made available. If no other reason were assigned to justify the public buildings program, |the increased efficlency and money | saved by having interrelated Govern- ment units under one roof would be sufficient. Temporary Buildings Expensive, “The amount expended during the past year for rent,” the commission pointed out, “was $1,231,321.93. Indirect cost to the Government through con- tinued occupancy of temporary and old buildings, and consequent decrease of efficiency of personnel, must also be considered as a reason in dollars and cents for continued efforts to develop the building program. The cost of up- keep of temporary buildings in 1930 was $55,817.94. Other years it has been greater. xpensive reconstruction of the Mall group will be necessary inside & couple of years, if these buildings have to be continued in use.” “Although the emphasis of a public building program,” the commission said, “appears to center on erecting buildings to meet the economic needs of depart- ment and independent establishments, nevertheless there are other factors which also justify the building program. The impression of well ordered and properly designed Government buildings | jexecutive secretary of the Bicentennial PLAYGROUNDS POST. RS. SUSIE ROOT RHODES (left), director of playgrounds, who will Totire after 15 years' service at the end of this month, and (right) Miss Sibyl Baker, director of the Community Center Department, who today was appointed to Mrs. Rhodes’ cn carries a salary of $4,600 a year. post, effective June 15. Miss Baker's Mrs. Rhodes. before her appointment to the playgrounds-position, was for {10 vears a member of the Board of Education. , director of physical education in the sch-ols of Salt Lake City, Utah. Before that she had been Miss Baker formerly was dramatic coach at Central High School. EORGETOWN BODY 10 AD 159 FEE Association Votes Co-opera- tion—Will Contribute to Flower Show. b Addresses by George J. Adams, jr. Gardens Committee, and representatives of the Georgetown Garden Club fea- tured the meeting of the Progressive Citizens' ~ Association of Georgetown | last night. In response to a plea by Mr. Adams, the association adopted a resolution to co-operate and assist in making the George Washington Bicentennial Cele- | bration a success. The association also | accepted the invitation of the George- | town Garden Club to contribute to the | flower show to be given by the latter | organization in the Georgetown Pres- byterian Church, P street near Thirty- first, next Tuesday and Wednesday. = | In a communication prompted by the association’s inquiry as to the feasibility of the erection of a community theater for Georgetown's participation in the Bicentennial, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, counseled the association that, while the plan was good in intent, no funds are available for the under- taking of such a profeet. Col. Grant suggested, however, that the association | seek to rent the Washington Auditorium or the Rialto Theater in lieu of the butlding project. The association also indorsed and agreed to use the stamps of the Citi zens’ Alliance of Washington on all official letters. The action came in an- swer to a communication from Miss Clara Wright Smith. executive secretary | of the Citizens' Alliance. The stamp: advocate a voice at the polls for the voteless populace of the District of | Columbia. In another resolution the association voted to co-operate with the Community Center Council in secking a larger ap- propriation in the next budget for the functioning of the Community Center Department of Public Schools. The meeting, held in the Hyde School, 3217 O street. was presided over by Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan. S S Caterpillars Cross Highway. LYNCHBURG, Va., May 12 (Special). —Automobilists driving between here | and Altavista Sunday \('crf atiracted by | a movement of thousands &nd ‘thousands of caterpillars across the Lynchburg. Danville highway between Castle Craig | and Altavista. MOVIE OF CAPITAL 10 BE DISCUSSED Motion Picture and News- paper Men to Confer With Subcommittee. Plans for the $60,000 talking film of | the National Capital, sponsored by the Washington Chamber of Commerce, will be discussed tomorrow at a Juncheon meeting of motion picture experts, dra- matic critics Washington newspapers and the sub- committee of the chamber in charge of the film project. ‘The meeting, at noon in the Willard Hotel, will be attended by Jacob Wilk of New York, head of the scenario de- partment of Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., which has agreed to produce and dis- tribute the film as its contribution to the George Washington Bicentennial celebration. Mr. Wilk will outline tech- nical and mechanical phases of the oroposed production, ‘The meeting is being called to formu- late rules to govern a ‘“scenario con- test” to be sponsored by the chamber, for which a prize of $500 recently was underwritten by the board of directors. The film, it is understood, will not be | more than two reels long, and prob- ably will follow more or less the style of a travelogue. Efforts will be made to obtain a prominent radio anhouncer or broadcast entertainer to announce the movie. The managing editors, city editors, theatrical editors and dramatic critics of the five leading Washington news- papers have been invited to attend the luncheon. From their ranks will be selected a special board of judges who will decide the winning scenario in the contest. Thomas P. Littlepage, vice president of the chamber, is chairman of the subcommittee on the film. Members of t. committee include A. Julian Brylawski, Washington Warner Bros. official, and Sidney Lust, theater op- erator. It was largely through the ef- forts of these men, who journeyed to New York to confer with Samuel Mor- s, vice president of Warner Bros. that the motion picture compa agreed to produce the talking film. Bank Ordered Closed. SCRANTON, Pa., May 12 (#.—The Carbondale Miners & Mechanics' Bank. at Carbcndale, near here, was ordered closed toda: ¥ on the bank for several day: Plan Air Tour of World FAMILY AND CUB insures popular respect for the Govern- ment. A great Government can and should set an example of good taste and intelligent planning to private de- velopers and architects.” PANSY BEDS LIGHTED Many Autoists View Display in Potomac Park. Last night, for the first time, the large pansy beds, containing some 30,000 plants, located near the inlet bridge in Potomac Park, were illumi- nated by the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. Experiments dis- closed that two more lights will have to be added to the four now in commis- slon, and this will be done immediately. Large numbers of autolsts witnessed the display by night. Electricity for the {llumination is supplied by the park lighting system and will mean that the flowers will be visible from dusk to VISIT 48 STATES. “This fiying family posed with its 6-month-old lion cub, Governor, following a visit to Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Commesce for Aeronautics. Left to right: Mrs. Blanche Hutchinson, Janet Lee, 6 years old; Governor, Blanche Katherine, 8 years old, and George R. Hutchinson. OOKING for new flelds to con- quer, George R. Hutchinson and his family, who have just com- pleted an aerial tour of the 48 States, will take off {rom Boll- ing Field as soon as the weather clears for New York, there to prepare for a trip through every country in the world. Hutchinson, a native of Baltimore now residing in New York, landed in Washington yesterday with his wife, two daughters and a lion cub after a 21.000- mile trip that took him to every State capital in the United States. He brought with him a document —Star Staff Photo. which President Hoover signed in Jan- uary when the tour started and which now bears the signatures of all the 48 Sovcrnm‘s. En’l'llled “The Spirit of '31,” is a prosperity message to the people, hailing 1931 as the year of opportunity. After a month's rest in New York, Hutchinson and his flying family plan to ship their plane to England, whence they will embark upon a trip through the 71 countries of ths world. They will carry with them a message similar to that signed by Mr. Hoover and the Governors for the signatures of the heads of forelgn nations, and representatives of | Thoze had been a run; BROKER TESTIFIES TOSTOCK DEALS OF HAYNES SYNDCATE {Ledger Account and Sales Notice Covering 100 Shares ‘ Listed as Evidence. - 1 the stock market of Harry V. Haynes was introduced today in the trial of the j former president of the Farmers & Me- | chanics’National Bank, who is accused of misapplying funds of the institution Harold May, a member of the firm of Dyer-Hudson, New York brokers, iden- tified several Tecords in this connection One of these was the copy of the ledger account of the H. V. Haynes Syndicate, one of the designations Haynes is sald to have used in the oper- ations charged against him. Another was a letter to Haynes acknowledging & $5,000 check for this account. Anoth- er' was a sales notice sent to Haynes covering 100 shares of stock. Another entry in the account showed that a check was pald to the H. V. Haynes Syndicate on September 11, 1928, clos- ing this account. . Three Checks Identified. It was brought out by H. Winship Wheatley, chief of defense counsel, that this account was transacted through the Atlantic City office of Dyer-HudSon. Representatives of two New York banks also were called. C. V. A. Walsh, assistant secretary to the Irving Trust Co. of New York, identified three checks issued by that company when it was known as the American Ex- change Irving Trust Co. These were for $5,125, $4,200 and $320.85. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, conduct- ing the prosecution, said the checks were not yet being offered in evidence. Another witness was Harry V. Gay- nor, who is manager of the transit de- partment of the Manhattan Trust Co. of New York, who identified in his rec: ords an item cleared through the Fed- eral Reserve Bank at Fechmond. The nature of this item was not made known immediately. $33,000 Check Shown. After the Dyer-Hudson witness, the Government introduced Lawrence S. Hoffman, billing clerk of Josephthal & Bro., the other New York brokerage house with which Haynes 1s said to have dealt. Hoffman presented a copy of what was described as Haynes' ledger account with Josephthal. He 2lso identi- fied several other items. among these a check for $33,000 from Haynes. Includ- ed also in this exhibit vers messages exchanged between Josephthal and W. B. Hibbs & Co. of Washington, through whom Haynes js said to have deait here. Hoffman was still on the stand as the noon recess was taken. Cecil G. James, head of the transfer department of the Chemical Bank & Trust Co. of New York. identified three Houston oil stock certificates, said to have belonged to Haynes. The purpose of this move was not brought out at that time. Richmond Banker Testifies. After a morning devoted to selection of the jury and presentation of the Government’s case by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, who is assisted in the prosecution by John J. Wilson, the taking of testimony was started yesterday afternoon. The first witness was R. W. Mercer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Rich. mond, which cleared Farmers & Me- chanics’' checks, the bank having been a member of the Federal Reserve Sys- tem. H. W. Burnside, who was assistant | cashier under Haynes, then was called to explain “cash items” in banking, Rover's opening statement having been that the use of “cash items” had been resorted to by Haynes in his alleged falsifications, which, Rover sa! en- tailed a loss of $100,000. Burnside said such items were paper left with the bank as evidence of a cash disbursement. SCHOOL IN FORMER DWELLING TO GO Superintendent Assures Citizens of Stanton Park Change Will Be Made. BANK REPRESENTATIVES IDENTIFY THREE CHECKS Clerk for New York Firm Also Identifies Records and $33,000 Draft. ‘Testimony to show the operations in Assurance that the former dwelling house, used at present for the atypical class of the Stanton Park School, soon would be abandoned has been given Stanton Park citizens by Supt. of Schools Frank W. Ballou. A. H. Gregory, chairman of the Edu- cational Committee of the Stanton Park Citizens’ Association, last night reported to the association that present plans call for elimination of the house as a school building. The association fre- quently has protested against conditions under which the classes are conducted. Dr. Ballou today announced the lease on the building, which is in the 800 block of East Capitol street, expires this Summer and will not be renewed. Chil- dren now attending this school will be sent to other sections of the neighbor- hood. A resolution was addressed to the Federation of Citizens ’ Associations, asking for a petition to Congress to relieve the board of regents of the Mount Vernon Association and to open Mount Vernon to the public free of charge. The Stanton group feels that, | while ‘the Mount Vernon Association has done fine work, it is time Congress took charge. ‘The meeting went on record as com- mending Maj. Gotwals for his prompt action in the examination of all school structures. It was announced that work was ready to begin on the Northeast Public Library, to be built at Maryland avenue and Seventh street. GARDEN PLACE OPEN Applications for the position of as- sistant gardener, to fill vacancies in the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks here, will be accepted until May 26, the Civil Service Commission has announced. ‘The entrance salary is $1,260 a year. The duties .nclude cultivation of gar- den crops, care of trecs, shrubber: lawns, flower beds and work in green- houses. Applicants must have at least one year of experience. .