Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1931, Page 17

UV HEADS RENEW TASK OF CUTTING BUDGET ESTIVATES Must Add Revised Figures to Determine if Slashes Equal $11,900,000. CAPITAL EXPENDITURES HELD GREATLY REDUCED Increased Personnel Also May Be Banned in Effort to Keep Tax Rate at Present Level. The District Commissioners met this morning for & second study of the 1933 estimates, having concluded at a long session yesterday the hearing of de- fenses of the items submitted by the heads of the various establishments. School officials explained the details ofI their 1933 hbuht of $15172,072 at esterday’s hearing. ¥ The task mow facing the city heads | is to add up the items as revised tenta- tively in their first examination of the budget and see if the reductions total approximately $11,900,000, which must be slashed off the total if the District is to run its municipal establishment in 1933 on a $1.70 tax rate, the same rged at present. u’rchh:da %t heads submitted esti- totaling mates $57,097,384, of Wh\ch‘ $49,217,244 would be charged to the general fund arising principally from 1axing personal and real property, the balance to come from special levies such | as the gasoline tax, water rents, re. tirement payments and the like. The prospects for 1933, as outlined by District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan, 15 that the District can stand a budget of $37,827,320 from its general fund, or a budget, including trust and special funds, of $45,618,140, if both the tax rate and the Federal contribution of $9,500,000 to the District “remain un- changed. Many of the capital expenditures recommended by the department heads are known to have been eliminated, and probably all salary stepups and a large majority of all added personnel as well. ‘Whether such measures have been radical enough will not be known until the tedious process of adding up the thousands of revised items is com- pleted. ——— i R OFFICIALS INVITED ON “BOOSTER TRIP”| D. C. Heads and Governors of | M:ryland and Virginia Asked by Merchants. ‘The District Commissioners and the Governors of Maryland and Virginia have been invited by the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association to ac- company the organizal on its annual “booster trip” aboard 8. B. South- Jand June 12, 13, 14 and 15, it was announced today by Mark Lansburgh, | president of the association. The cruise, which will include stops at Annapolis, Old Point' Comfort, Nor- folk and Virginia Beach, has been con- | ducted annually for 21 years. This year it is under the chairmanship of Dr. M. G. Gibbs. . _ The list of guests invited on the trip follows: Gov. Albert ‘C. Ritchie of Maryland, 3 G. Pollard of Vlffinh‘tnor{, C. Gotwals, Commissioners; Senator Arthur Capper, chairman of the Sen- jet Committee; Representative | Leod, chairman of the And Their Eyes Were Big as Saucers The ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, MRS. HOOVER TAKES WHITE HOUSE CHILDREN TO THE CIRCUS. Front row, left to right: Patsy Butler, daughter of Lieut. and Mrs. Frederick P. Marshall Newton and Miss Grace Newton, children of Walter Joslin, son of Theodore Joslin, secretary Newton, secretary to tne President. to the President: In the rear, Mrs. Frederick F. Butler, secretary WEDNESDAY, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MAY 20, HAYNES T0 DEFEND HIMSELF ON STAND, COUNSEL INDICATES Government Presents Case, Introducing Bank and Brokerage Records. SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR IS CALLED BY ROVER Uses Blackboards to Illustrate Tes- timony Concerning First of 14 Counts. Harry V. Haynes will take the stand in his own defense against the accusa- tions growing out of his administration as the president of the Farmers & Me- chanics’ Bank, it was brought out today at the banker’s trial before Justice Peyton Gordon in Criminal Divsiion 1 of District Supreme Court. ‘That this is the present intention of the defense was made known by his counsel, H. Winship Wheatley, as the Government started actual presentation Butler; Peggy Ann Hoover, Robert Mrs. Hoover; Mrs. Herbert Hoo- ver, jr.; Mrs. Herbert Hoover, sr.; Hugh Gibson, American Ambassador to Belgium, and Herbert Hoover, jr. T was & modern circus but an old appeal which held 5-year-cld Peggy Ann Hoover enthralled yesterday while electric . fans hummed be- hind her and in front the band blared through a radio amplifying sys- | tem. { Although her small brother, Peter, 3 years old, had to stay home in the | White House because he had a cold, | Peggy Ann's big blue eyes saw enough | for two—she told him all about it later. The star performers made their spe- cial bows right in front of the green railing over which Peggy Ann hung. | swaying slightly to the lilting tune of the green-and-gold uniformed band. Clowns Perform. The clowns did all their funny stunts so close she could almcst have reached out her hand to touch them. The dancing elephant, the musical sea lions, | the monster sea elephant all added a | their acts for Peggy Ann. | And she was quite a feature of the performance herself, for everybody close enough looked at the absorbed small figure of Peggy Ann, down in the front row, almost as much as they did at the aerialists. 'sovery high above. In her hand she clutched a perforated box labeled “Live chameleons—chang- ing all colors.” You bought them as you came through the menagerie tent. She ate peanuts and the usher brought her pink lemcnade. Thrills Too Much. But some of the circus was almost too much for Peggy Ann. She simply couldn't stand the thrills. She stuffed her fingers in her ears when three clowns played with a bomb, and she kept them there, tight as ever she could, all the while an upeide-down man came toboganning down a wire, right past her nose. And when the saflor boys with their RHEENTS PERSONAL PROFIT QUESTIONED Lawyer Unable to Produce | Evidence of Remuneration in Release of Trusts. An_ effort to ascertain whether Ed- mund D. Rheem profited personally through release of trusts on properties | financed through Swartzell, Rheem flz‘ Hensey Co. was made yesterday at a| meeting of the bankrupt firm’s credi tors. The attempt was made by Attcrney | Marcus Borchardt, who sald there “was reason to believe Rheem may have re- ceived some remuneration for releasing trusts on properties and substituting thereon trusts in smaller amounts.” Unable to Produce Evidence. The lawyer, however, was unable to produce any evidence supporting his belief, and Referee Fred J. Eden in- structed Rheem he need not answer the question. Borchardt called attention to what d| he described as the “unusual business superintendent of police; Inspector W. S. Shelby, assistant superintendent, commanding Detective Bureau: Chief ! George Watson, Fire Department, and W. W. Bride, corporation counsel. SCHOOLGIRL WIFE | GETS DIVORCE DECREE i { Mrs. Margaret Currier Charges| Husband Paid Attentions to “ Other Girls. i "The schoolgir] marriage of Margaret Gates Currier, 3129 N street northwest, was officially ended yesterday when | Justice Proctor awarded the 17-year-| old wife of John Sylvester Currier a decree of limited divorce. The Curriers ‘were married in Alexandria, Va., Janu- ary 19, 1929, and separated August 20 of the same year when, it was charged by the wife, Currler deserted her after they had quarreled over his attentions to_another girl. Mrs. Currier, represented by Attorney Raymond Neudecker, alleged that when | her husband was asked why he had another girl in his automobile, his only reply was “Because I am a fool.” The decree provides no permanent alimony assessment against Currier, HOOVER'S NEW BOAT | TAKEN ON TRIAL TRIP | 55.Foot Craft Put Through Paces on Bhort Course in Po- tomac River President Hoover'’s new speed boatl. | which arrived at the Washington Nav: day from Norfolk, V: i gel for $1,304.08. ‘The ‘Wife Given Divorce. Md., May 20 . Mattingly tist Convention recently held at Bir- National mingham, Ala, " will be by _ Rev. Porter represented hjs church at tation s ot relationship between Rheem and A.| Y | Joseph Howar,” and said he would like | to know where Rheem maintained his personal bank accounts in 1930. After some argument over tne legality | the question, Referee Eden told | Borchardt he would considor a brief on | the point if he desired to submit one. | Refuses to Answer. | Attorney George E. Sullivan stated the auditor's report showed nearly $2.- 000,000 from release trusts had never been credited on the books of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey to the notcholders. He asked Rheem if this approximate figure was correct and the witness an- swered he could not tell without searching the records Rheem several times refused to an- swer questions as to the disposition of | funds from released trusts on the ground an answer might tend to in- criminate him Properties on_which he was examined included the Printcralt Building, an unimproved tract at Massachusetts | and Nebraska avenues, 1460 Irving street, Twenty-second and N streets, Thirteenth and Monroe streets, 1630 Park road and 933 L strest. ‘The hear- ing will be resumed tomorrow at 3 o'clock. | FIREMAN, 30 YEARS IN SERVICE, RETIRED Capt. Oscar Leaman, Suffering From Sinusitis, Given Pension. The District Commissioners have or- dered Capt. Oscar Leaman, No. 24 En- gine Company, Pire Department, retired on account of physical disabilities in- | curred in line of duty. Leaman was a sufferer from acute sinusitis, the result of exposure to the cold. He is 54 and has served for 30 years. He was given a pension of $125 per month. A contract for construction of the Rhode Island avenue service sewer, be- | tween Second and Third streets north | cast, was given yesterday to R. D. Schle- | Commisisoners authorized pur- | chase of & tract of land adjacent to the | ‘Toner School, Twenty-fourth and F Jacques Heldenheimer for CONVENTION IS TOPIC Rev. Samuel Judson Porter, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Sixteenth | and O streets, will address the congre- gation of his church tomorrow night at 8 o'clock on the business transacted and considered at the annual Southern Bap- Dies in River CENTRAL HIGH STUDENT DROWNED CANOEING. . JOHN J. WALSH. ‘Thrown into the water when a com- panion stood up in their canoe to reach for a cigarette, John J. Walsh, 18- year-old Central High School student of 1213 Parrgut street, was drowned in the Potomac River near Key Bridge late yesterday afternoon. Two other Central students, Thomas Russell, 16, of 1 California_street, and Philip Fries, 16, of 1626 Hobart street, who accompanied Walsh, swam to mearby boats and were hauled to safety. Walsh sank beneath the sur- face and did not reappear. Drag for Body. Members of the harbor precinct sta- tion, whose work was interrupted by darkness last night, are dragging the river in the vicinity of the Three Sis- ters Islands today in an effort to find the body. The three boys obtained permission to leave their classes at Central High during the noon recess and went im- mediately to a boat house near Key Bridge, where they rented the eanoc and left on their excursion. Police were told that the boat cap- | sized when one of the boys got up in the cance to reach for a cigarette Walsh, noted for his ability as & swim- mer, took only a few strokes and then disappeared, apparently dragged under by the current Parents Anxious. The Walsh youth's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George P. Walsh, worried because John failed to appear for work at hi: father's hardware, store, on Upshur street, after school yesterday. tried in vain to locate their son all afternoon not knowing of his fate They were notified of his death when the Russell boy called and told them of the drowning. Meanwhile police were concentrating all their efforts in locating the body Darkness finally put a halt to the dragging HONOR MAJ. JOHNSON Twelfth Street “Y” Pays Tribute to Successful Leader. Dormitory men of the Twelfth Street Branch Y. M. C. A, will gather at the “Y” tonight to pay tribute . Campbell C. Johnson on the of ht:‘ eighth anniversary as executive £ ry. Maj. Johnson took over the post when the organization was undergoing stress glld.gu.t mo':fi has been made under W. W. Rutherford, founder of the Benefit ‘Life Insurénce Co., the cipal speaker. The be mads by Nathanjel ~—Underwood Photo. balancing pyramids started rope walk- | ing high above she climbed back into ner mother’s lap and snuggled her head on her shoulder. Then she turned around and, looking back at the rest of the audience, spied in the second row behind a little girl she knew—Phoebe Lewis, aged 8, whose | father, E. 1. Lewis, is an Interstate Commerce Commissioner. | Quits Officlal Party. | Right there Peggy Ann quit the offi- { clal party cold for Phoebe. She clam- | bered up over one row of chairs and Phoebe clambered down over one row of | chairs, and together they watched the bareback riders. All went chattily till Peggy Ann's bright eyes spied a big cannon poking its nose into the actor’s entrance. Then back to her mother's arms she went, back went her fingers into her ears “It’s going to be something awful, mama!” she whispered. HECHINGER BID LOW * ONSTE CLEARNG |Local Company Likely to Get | U.S. Contract for Razing 0ld Buildings. Hechinger Engineering Corporation of this city is low bidder on the job of | tearing down all old buildings on the |site of the new Interstate Commerce Commission, bounded .by Constitution avenue, Twelfth, Thirteenth and C streets, and will probably be awarded the contract within a few days. Bids were opened yesterday after- noon at the Treasury Department, when it was found that Hechinger was | low bidder out of 12 with an offer of 181233, He is to complete the wrecking | Job in 60 days after notice to proceed With the clearing of the 1. C. C |site the entire area between the new Internal Revenue Bureau Building and the new Department of Commerce will be ready for erection of the three-part ‘ltmclure to house the Department of Labor, Government Auditorium and the Interstate Commerce Commission. One of these squares between Thir- teenth and Thirteen-and-a-Half street has been entirely cleared and work- men are now busy tearing down the square at the corner of Fourteenth and 1 | | Labor 1s to be located Plans for the three-part structure to cover the three blocks are being drawn of San Prancisco, | b:;’Aflhur Brown, jr. | who is & member of the Treasury Boar |of Architectural Consultants, nndonr‘z | about 80 per cent complete. = Bids will | be asked for further jobs without delay. | One of the other projects- slated for |early bids is the new Public Health | | Bervice Building, to be bullt on Con- stitution avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. The ‘Treasury probably will ask for bids for demolition of buildings in this square within the next few days. Plans have virtually | been completed by De Stbour, architect, of this city. § Next in order probably will come the | new buildings for the Posi Office De- partment, Departme < R D nt of Jusuce and | s for the Post Ofice Depar | Bullding, on Pennsylvania avonie on | tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streeta, il probably include both the excava: on ‘and foundation, and will pr y be advertised soon il County to Get Nurse. FRANKLIN, W. Va., May 20 (Spe- cial) —Pendleton County will have a permanent Red Cross nurse, full time beginning early in June under action taken by the local chapter in co-opera- tion with the national organization. VISITING AUTOIS B streets, where the Department of of its case with the introduction of | bank and brokerage records. These | records, which have been identified by | witnesses in the course of the past week, were admitted as evidence late yester- day by Justice Gordon after two days had been devoted to arguments over their admissibllity, with the jury ex-| cluded from the court room. Investigator Testifies. In starting to detall the transactions alleged against Haynes, United States | Attorney Leo A. Rover, directing the | Government's case, put on the witness | atand E. J. Armbruster, a special agent of the Bureau of Investigation, Depart- | ment of Justice, who is an accounting | specialist. Laying before the jury the voluminous records from the Farmers & Mechanics' Bank, from two New York brokerage houses, New York banks and from W. B. Hibbs & Co., local brokers, Armbruster, using two blackboards to lllustrate his testimony, began going | into the first of the 14 counts of the indictment against Haynes. It was when Wheatley noticed that Armbruster was using notes to amplify the figures he presented that he called this to the attention of the court. Defense Asks Same Privilege. “I have no objection to the witness using the notes, provided that the same privilege is accorded Haynes when he takes the stand,” Wheatley said. Upon being assured that this same right would be granted Mr. Haynes, the case proceeded. ‘The first count in the indictment | taken up by Armbruster charges false |entry of $41,300 in the general ledgers | of the bank. It is described as covering | four of Haynes' notes, and it is con- | tended that it purports to represent | payment of Joans. ‘The prosecution holds that these | items, which were shown as of Novem- | ber 17, 1927, should have appeared in the clearing house report of the fol- | lowing day. They did not, it is said, | but_according to an “analysis” of the bank’s records presented by Armbruster | they ostensibly were reflected in “hold | items.” Mr. Wheatley objected to this | “analysis.” but the objection was over- ruled and he entered an exception. | Haynes is also ¢ with other allegedly false entries, with falsifying | reports to the controller, misapplication | of funds and abstraction of securities, {100 BOYS ENROLLED IN WALTON LEAGUE Sons of Fishermen Become Junmior Members of Organiza- tion. More than 100 boys, members of Scout troops and boys clubs. and sons of members of the Izaak Walton League, last night enrolled as junior members of the league, at a meeting at the Raleigh Hotel. The youths signed the Walton pledge, to aid in | the preservation of “woods, waters and | wild 1ife.” | 'Dr. M. D'Arcy Magee, president of the Washington Chapter, outlined the purposes and accomplisments of the league to the youths, and told them one of the largesi projects now before the chapter is the prevention of pollution in Rock Creek. Other speakers who told the young members about the league’s work, and its co-operation with Government con- servation_agencies were Prof. W. B. Holton, Paul Reddington, of the Bio- logical Survey: Dr. Lewis Radcliffe, of the Bureau of Pisheries; Lynn C. Drake, District Scout commissioner, and John 8. Cole, scoutmaster of Troop 49. A film. “Fishing Across Canada,” was shown through co-operation of the Bureau of Fisheries and the Candian National Raflway. Each of the boys who joined was given a ‘“Forestry Primer.” published by the American Tree Association, and a button to show membership. | GIVES CUBAN REPORT Guggenheim mfuu? to Talk With Hoover. Harry F. Guggenheim, American Am- Discuss bassador to Cuba, outlined to President | Hoover today his views of the Cuban situation. He refused to discuss the conference afterward, however. Mr. Guggenheim has been in Was ington two days conferring with State Department officials. He will leave for Cuba tomorrow by airplane. T FINES SELF §5 THOUGH HE HASN’T BROKEN LAW Marylander Says He Thoug and Wants to | _‘The Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks was $5 richer today, due to a fine imposed upon himself by prob- ably the world’s most honest and sensi- tive man. ‘The check arrived at the District Bullding yesterday, accompanied by » letter from J. W. Kirk of Denton, M who explained that while driving through one of Washington's parks he “turned off into a dirt part which had some gravel on it." He wrote that while this may seem to R A regref a broken “this ordinance” and sends the as “a penalty 1 i Sin v W & Bamm htlessly Drove Off Highway Be Punished. | better judgment and a clearer head.” ‘There may be some law against driv- ing on gravel-studded dirt in parks, as there is against practically everything |else. But the Commissioners decided not to look up the matter. Such a quest might baffle the corporation counsel’s office and put the Commis- sioners in the position of looking gift horses in_the mouth. So Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, presi- dent of the board, ine the check Commissioners Col. Grant might find the @"m Foening Staf 1931. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. Accusiomed to strange vehicles and unusual travelers, Washington's tourist camp woke up and rubbed its eyes re- cently at a remarkable equipage which rolled into camp. Many have been the traveling homes | on wheels which have passed through | the Capital, but hardly has the city extended a greeting to a more original combination than that of Rev. Arthur ‘Tibbetts, which arrived from New York & few days ago. Dr. Tibbetts a quarter of a century 1 ago would have been called a “circuit rider.” Mounted on an old gray mare, perhaps, he would have been seen trav- eling through mountains and valleys, preaching the Gospel to lonely souls in out-of-the-way places who only upon such rare occasions came in contact with Christian doctrines. House on Five-Ton Truck. Travellng to the same places, Dr. | Tibbetts now arrives in modern fashion, j carrying his home and his pulpit with | him. Upon the chassis of a great five-ton { ruck last Winter Dr. Tibbetts bullt him- { self a bungalow. Inside are to be found | bed room, kitchen and bath, and at the | Tear an attractive little veranda, from | which the minister can preach the | Gospel during his travels. | “For 20 years Dr. and Mrs. Tibbett | have been traveling the highways o Eastern States, where thc minister ha CAPITAL WILL SEE AIR COMBAT FLEET |69 Ships Destined for Ma- neuvers at Dayton, Ohio, to Pass Over Washington. Washington will catch a glimpse of part of the 672 Army airplanes which Friday will participate in the great- | est cross-country movement undertaken by military aviation of any nation in | peace time. Sixty-nine ships are ex- pected to arrve at Bolling Field during the momning and depart éarly in the afternoon for their concentration points for combat demonstrations in the New | York and New England areas. Meanwhile. Assistant Secretary In- galls, in charge of naval aeronautics, returned to his office here today from viewing the concentration at Dayton, | Ohio, from which point the ships will arrive here Friday. and said the Jessons learned would be of material benefit in perfection of national de- fense. He termed the concentration of the Army Air Corps as “an extraordinary achievement in the progurement of air- | craft, training of personnel and organi- zation of various ground forces.” Twelfth Squadron First In. The first group scheduled to arrive ! aere will be the 12th Observation Squad- ron, Fort Sam Houston, Tex.; the 88th Observation Squadron, from Fort Sill, Okla., and the 22nd Observation Squad- | ron, from Maxwell Field, Alabama. They are expected to arrive at the field at 9:45 o'clock. The second group, composed of ob- | servation craft manned by cadets from Kelly Field, Tex., is expected in at| 11:45 o'clock. The two separate units will hop off again at 2:45 o'clock in the afternoon. | Commenting further on his observa- | tlons in Ohlo, Mr. Ingalls said today, that “to see these aircraft take off in | groups numbering from five to 18, ren- | dezvous en masse at some designated point, then sweep in perfect formation over the objective, and, gradually cir- | cling downward, land again in large for- mations, gives one confidence that the | development of our Army Air Corps | is in safe and able hands. The extra- | ordinary co-operation which has been | displayed and the many safety measures | that have been taken were the two out-~ | standing features. “It is absolutely essential that the War Department acquire knowledge and | cxperience in the handling of large | numbers of aircraft, for the rapid de- velopment and expansion of aviation means that in the unfortunate event of another war airplanes will be in-| volved mot in tens and twenties, but literally in thousands.” | Head for Chicago. | By the Associated Press. FAIRFIELD AIR DEPOT, DAYTON, Ohlo, May 20.—Weather bound for a day, 568 planes of the 1st Divisional Army Air Corps moved on Chicago to- day for a two-day demonstration. The | first group, made up of transports, took | wing from the air depot here shortly before 11 a.m., Eastern standard time. The bombers hopped off at 11:15. Associated Press dispatch from | An L the first aviator to arrive | his %Mm. H. F. Willard of Scott e over in land- | Pleld, 1L, his plan mmm. clier. He was not | | the President on financial PAGE B—1 Rev. Arthur Tibbetts and his family beside his self-built bungalow and mission. Left to right: Miss Edith Tibbetts, Mrs. Tibbetts and Dr. Tibbetts. { preached, baptized and performed wed- ding ceremonies, while Mrs. Tibbetts has attended to the housekeeping. With ihem has been their only child, Edith, low grown to young womanhood, who has assisted her parents in their work. Twins Along Now. ‘This year two more persons have been added to the caravan of the traveling Tibbetts. Five months ago twin daugh- ters were born to Mrs. Tibbetts, and now in the front bed room of the bun- galow on wheels is to be seen a crib in which 5-month-old Ada gurgles and coos with her sister May. “The bables aren’t a bit of trouble,” Mrs. Tibbetts says. In addition to the twins the Tibbetts are carrying with | them & pet bulldog and a canary bird, whose cage swings above the small ve- randas at the rear. A box of blossom- ing pancies completes this picture of home comfort. | Here for Few Days. In addition to cooking the meals, | household duties Mrs. Tibbetts plays a | small camp organ at her husband's services, while Edith accompanies her cn a violin. Three radlos are included in the mis- sion equipment, and are used frequently by the minister in his Gospel services. | After a visit of a few days in Wash- “Traveling Tibbetts" e for Pennsylvania, where Dr. Tib- | ts has been invited to preach during ne. POST OFFICE NEXT UNDER HOOVER AX Chiefs to Meet With Presi- dent at Third Week End Rapidan Conference. Faced with a $140,000,000 deficit in the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30, and the prospect of an even larger deficit the following year, President Hoover has requested the executive heads of that depart- ment to confer with him this week end at his Rapidan Camp to see what economies can be effected. ‘This huge defieit in the postal serv- ice 1is $40,000,000 greater than the deficit last year. The contributing factors, according to surveys made, are | & $50,000,000 drop in postal revenues and the mounting costs of ocean and alr mail services. ‘This will be the third of the Presi- | dent’s series of economy conferences at his mountain retreat. Similar con- ferences are to follow. Orders have been given to executives of the Treas- ury, Agriculture and Navy Depart- ments to survey their respective de- partments, apd prepare to confer with matters soon. Deficit $700,000,000. Alarmed over the rapidly growing Treasury deficit, which is now esti- mated at mcre than $700,000,000, and the prospect of a continued falling off | in revenues. Mr. Hoover has determined to resort to the strictest economy. Since his decision the President is said to have figured that he can slash ex- penses next year by $150,000,000. At least that is his hope, and he is said to have set his economy gcal at that figure. Following his economy talk with War Department heads two weeks ago, it is now believed that a saving of about $20,- 000,000 can be effected in the military establishment next year. His talk with the heads of the Interior Department last week end has raised his hopes of bringing about & saving in that depart- ment next year of $4.000,000, and the prospects of a $17,000,000 saving at the end of the next three years. At the Post Office economy confer- ence at the camp, Walter F. Brown, Postmaster General; Arch Coleman, First Assistant; W. Irving Glover, Second As- sistant; F. A. Tilton, Third Assistant; John W. Philip, Fourth Assistant, and two or three other executives of the service will be present. The President and his guests will leave early Saturday morning for the camp. He will prob- nk‘:‘l%t return to Washington ‘Sunday night. SCOUTS TO PLANT TREE Plant, Grown From Mount Vernon Walnut, to Honor Washington. ‘The planting of & George wuh!n*um Memorial tree, grown from a walnut from Mount Vermon, will be & part of the program of the hike of ap- proximately 1,000 Scouts, “gcout dads and Scout leaders, to be held"gaturday, May 30. . The group, representing troop®inithe District. and nearby Maryland a ir- ginia, will go by, train to Chesapgake Beach, and hike ffrom there ovel BLACKMAIL TRIAL OF NOBLE AND FOUR IS RESTED BY U. 3. Government Completes Case After Calling Dozen or More Witnesses. DEFENSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST CALHOUN DENIED Attorneys Fail to Support Charge of Attempt to Alter | | | Dix street northeast. Evidence. After more than a week of present- ing testimony, the Government rested its case today in the District Supreme Court trial of five persons charged with a blackmall conspiracy against Capt. and Mrs. Clarence C. Calhoun. More than a dozen witnesses had been summoned by the prosecution in an effort to prove the defendants at- tempted to extort $30.000 in exchange for promises not to release for publica- tion articles reflecting on the char- acter of the Calhouns in_ connection with their activities on behalf of the ‘Woman’'s Universal Alliance. Documents Admitted. ‘The defendants in the case are Mr. and Mrs. W. Clark Noble, Mrs. Anna Hillenbrand, James ird and Stephen A. Armstrong, jr. Before closing his case, Irvin Gold- stein, an assistant United States af torney, had numerous documents ad. mitted as evidence. Included were sev- eral “alleged agreements between the defendants and the Calhouns, which formed the basis of the charges. Charles W. Arth, chief of defense counsel, indicated a minimum of three days would be required to present the defense case. Tell of Conference. Among the final witnesses for the Government were Miss Mary Stone, a public stenographer, and John A. Clarkson and Clarence Swann, deputy United States marshals. Each told of a conference last August which re- sulted in the arrests. Before leaving the witness stand yes- terday, after three days of testimony, Samuel W. Hardy, a Department of Justice agent, denied he had attempted to influence the testimony of Mrs. Emma J. Krouse, who preceded him as a Gov- ernment witness. Hardy also disclaimed edge of a report that a stenograpl working for the Calhouns rather than obey instructions to change notes she {had taken of conferences between the caring for the twins and doing other : Calhouns and the defendants prior to their arrest. 'KILLING OF LABORER FOUND ACCIDENTAL Victim Stepped Under Falling Stone, Jury Informed by Wit- ness at Inquest. A verdict of accidental death was re- turned this afternoon follos an in- quest into the death of Joe h colored rer, who was this morning while at work at Mount Alto Hospital. Salters, who lived at 1416 Thirty- sixth street, was struck on the head by a large piece of granite thrown from the third floor of the hospital. With a crew of other laborers, he had been working on one of the older buildings at the hospital, which is being remodeled. ‘Three men, one of them & foreman, had been held by police pending the inquest. ‘The rock, & part of the corner stone of the old building, was said to haye been thrown by Orlando Rawles, 5208 Rawles and Jacob Fox, 2713 O street, also colored, were the two laborers held. Ole Smith, the foreman, said Salters jumped under the falling stone when one of the men on the scaffold above shouted “Look out below!” Had he not: moved he would not have been strus Smith said. TWO JAILED IN RUM = PLOT FREE ON BAIL Lerner and Kushner Raleased ta Await Appeal From Sen~ «Q tences Here. Milton J. Lerner and Harry Kushner were at liberty today on bail of $5,000 each to await the decision of the Dis- trict Court of Appeals on their 1 from_the sentence imposed on last Priday by Justice R. . The sentence followed refusal of a new trial for the men on & charge of conspiracy to violate the national pro- hibition law. cided to abandon the appeal noted for him. GAS BLAST VICTIM’S FUNERAL TOMORROW Rites for Peter Schroen Will Be Held at Chambers Home With Burial at Fort Lincoln. Funeral services for Peter Schroen, Government Printing Office employe, who died yesterday at Emergency Hos- pital, Annapolis, of burns received when a gas plant in his cottage at Herald Harbor exploded, will be held at the W. W. Chambers funeral home, 1400 Chapin !‘i‘;fl, Ié 1?‘:130 ?'clnck tomor- Tow morning. urial will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. e | Rabbit. Mr. Schroen is survived by his widow, seven sisters and three brothers. ‘The explosion was heard by = bors.whodputauv.thnmmln mm m&mmwmm- hospital. Mrs. Schroen was in Washington when the accident oc- MARIONETTES PERFORM Under auspices of the Women's Guild of American University, Theodore Tiller will present two marionette shows, at 4 and 8 p.m,, Friday at the gymnasium on the campus, Massachusetts and Ne- braska avenues. ‘The o'clock show will be “Peter whilp the evening performance will be “From the Depths of FUlamS