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| STREET GAR LINES i % WITH SUNDAY MOKNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, he Foening Shae FRIDAY, MAY 22, Society and General 1931. e — ]’.\fili B—1 EFFORT TO MERGE | On Honor List D. C. GIRLS WIN C LAUDE RATING. MAY BE RENEWED Wilson Willing to Try Again | i Assured Strong Likeli- heood of Ratification. NEW AGREEMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE DRAWN UP Necessity to Alter 0ld Plan Seen Due to Change in Economic Conditions Since 1928. —Underwood Photo. Harley P. Wilson, a leading figure in| the negotiations: several years ago for & merger of Washingtcn's transportation | facilities, said today he would be willing, to make another effort to bring about| a consolidation if given some assurance | that the new plan of unification will be | handled expeditiously. Mr. Wilson referred to his previous attempt to bring about a merger as a “three-year joyride,” and declared he did not want to go through another e perience of that kind in an attempt to get a unified operation of the street car and motor bus lines. Original Contract Has Expired. A resumption of the merger negotia- tions, Mr. Wilson pointed out, would necessarily mean the framing of & new | merger agreement, as the original con- tract approved by the Washington Rail- way & Electric, Capital Traction and ‘Washington Rapid Transit Cos. expired June 1, 1929. A provision in this agree- ment stipulated that unless the plan of | merger coniemplated in the contract be carried out by that date “each party is yestored to complete liberty of action.” ‘The old us’reeme}::t. hov\;ever. probably e used in the event merger nego- f’.fil‘f&i’ are resumed, but Mr. Wilson said it would have to be altered in cer- tain respecis due to the change in eco- nomic conditions since February, 1928, when it was drawn up. i Mr. Wilson’s announced willingness to undertake to renew the merger ne- gotiations was accepted in utility quar- ters as particularly significant. An un- disputed power in Washington utilitles, he has enough influence, it was said, to bring the companies into line again, although he does not propose to do 50 unless there is a strong likelihood of ratification by Congress of the mer- ger agreement, which is necessary to consummate the unification. Convinced of Merger Need. T r. Wilson, the prineipal owner of W‘I‘lhlngtofl Rapid Transit Co., is a di- rector of the North American Co., which has a controlling interest in the Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co. and owns 215 per cent of the stock of the Capital —Harrls-Ewing Photo. | Caroline H. ‘Thompson _(above),| daughter “of former Federgl Trade Commissioner Huston Thompson, and Gertrude P. Macatee, daughter of Dr. Henry Cook Macatee, have wcn places on the honor list at Bryn Mawr Col- lege, each having maintained a “cum laude” rating in their academic work. Both are members of the 1932 clasc. Miss Enid A. Cook, a senior, was an- otber Washington girl to earn an honor rating. SUIT SEEKS TRUST PRIORITY DECISION SENATE COMMITTEE HELD UNNECESSARY Capper Confident Gotwals Is Taking Precautions Against New Collapses. BUILDING INSPECTOR TO REVIEW ALL PLANS District Engineer's Report Made After Central Labor TUnion Appeal. Declaring_he is confident that Maj. John C. Gotwals, engineer commis- | sioner, will take all necessary precau- tions for the safety of public schools in the District and will investigate thovoughly the recent collapse at two school buildin:gs during construction, | Senator Arthur Capper, chairman of | the Senate District Committee, belie: | there is no necessity for a separate in quiry by his committee. From his home in Topeka, Kans., Senator Capper made public a report | he received from Mai. Gotwals in reply | to his own recent letter requesting in- | formation regarding the collapse materials at the Stuart Junlor High School and the auditorium of the Roosevelt High School. Senator Capper’s request was prompted by an appeal from the Centra] Labor Union in Washington that the District Committee make a | thorough investigation of the contro- | versy over school construction methods. Capper Satisfied. “I think Maj. Gotwal's position on the matter is satisfactory,” Senator Capper said, in referring to the engineer commissioner’s report. lieve he is doing everything he can to obtain the facts and I have confidence that he will take whatever action or precautions is necessary. At any rate, concerned.” Since Senator Capper had written him, Maj. Gotwals replied, under date of May 16, a second accident had oc- curred at the Stuart School, involving Injuries to three persons. He assured Senator Capper that he would do every- thing in his power to prevent further | accidents, “without taking responsibility for the safety of the methods used, which must be a responsibility of the contractor.” The coroner’s jury yesterday held two | Construction | officials of the W. P. Rose Co. for the death of a colored laborer as a résult of this most recent accident at the Stuart School, Precautions Being Taken. PROBE OF SCHOOLS “T be- | GRAND JURY PROBE RESUMED IN SMITH CASE AFTER ARREST H. 0. Hart Charged With Per- jury—Indictments Asked for Pitts and Others. FALSE PAPERS USED AT TRIAL, IS ALLEGED Emory L. Coblentz, Banker of Frederick, Md., Called to Tes- tify in Investigation. Following the arrest last night of H. O. Hart, the Government today re- | jury of evidence upon which it is seek- |ing perjury indictments growing out of testimony given at the recent F. H. Smith Co. conspiracy-embezzlement trial. | " The indictments are asked against G. Bryan Pitts, the company, and several of his asso- | ciates. | Hart, an ex sisted Pitts in the preparation of his defense at the trial, was arrested on | a United States commissioner’s warrant | charging him with perjury, inducing | another to commit perjury, and with { bringing into the District 70 “spurious |and false documents” for use at the | trial as evidence. Pitts and two other | officers were convicted. Arrested at Hotel. He was takgn into custody In his rooms in the Shoreham Hotel by | Deputy United States Marshals John | J. Clarkson and Arthur Blatcher. Mil- ton Kronheim posted $15,000 bond to secure his release at a hearing last night before United States Commis- sioner Needham C. Turnige. ‘The hearing was delayed when At- torney George Horning, who had been | called by Hart, was unable to appear. | we will let the matter stand for a while, The accountant, without an attorney. so far as the District Committee is| was allowed to plead not guilty, with the understanding he might withdraw the plea at any time. ‘The warrant was signed by Assistant | Attorney General Nugent Dodds and Neil Burkinshaw, special assistant. Maryland Banker Called. Emory L. Coblentz, prominent banker of Frederick, Md., was called before he grand jury today. At the trial, Coblentz identified his signature on a number of authoriza- tions for withdrawal of funds from subsidiary corporations of the Smith company. These authorizations pur- of money which the Government claimed was in fact embezzled. sumed its presentation to the grand | former president of | | pert accountant who as- Chapel Dedicated PROTESTED LOSSES NOTABLES WITNESS WALTER REED CEREMONIES. | PLAGED INRECORD | AT HAYNES TRIAL Defense Objections Fail to Keep Totals Out of Testimony. RIGGS BANK AUDITOR QUESTIONED ON STAND Robert Earl Haycock Tells of| Money Lost in Notes of Haynes and Mrs. Chambers. * Over defense objections, the Govern- ! ment today introduced evidence into the | trial of Harry V. Haynes, former pres- | 1dent of the Farmers and Mechanics' | National Bank, to show that his notes | _aggrrgannz $50,300 were marked off | | as loss after the institution was taken | | over as a branch of the Riggs National ' Bank and that only $90,241.25 was! TRADE DELEGATION PROTESTS LOW BID FORU..HOSPTAL Capital Men Oppose Giving Contract to W. P. Rose Company. WAGE STANDARDS CITED BEFORE FEDERAL BOARD Builders Blamed for Accidents on Other Contracts in Washington, Board Studies Contentions. Vigorous opposition to awarding of a contract for construction of the tuber- culosis building at St. Elizabeth's Hos- pital to the W. P. Rose Co. North { Carolina builders, was made by a dele- gation from organized labor and build- ing trades bodies at the Department of ‘the Interior_today. Headed by John B, Colpoys of the Central Labor Union the group ap- peared before the board appointed by Secretary Wilbur to consider bids for realized by the Riggs Bank on securities taken over in the account of Mrs, | “Cmuction of the bullding. Colpoys .as spokesman objected to tion yesterday of the new Memorial Chapel at Walter Reed Hospital | owe the Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank | $140,663.50. These figures were brought out durigg questioning of Robert Earl Haycock, | auditor at the Riggs Bank, by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover. NOTABLES ATTEND. WOMAN ATTACKED |- under the sponsorship of the Gray Ladies of that institution. The " photograph shows, left to right: Mrs. Margaret H. Lower, vice chairman of the Gray Ladies; Mrs. Hoover, Secretary of War Hurley and Mr: —A. P. Phot MRS. HOOVER, Secretary Hurley and Mrs. Hurley attended the dedica- | Louise T. Chambers, who was sald to Hurley. Defense Counsel H. Winship Wheat- ley noted exceptions when his objec- tions to this evidence were overruled | by Justice Peyton Gordon, who is try- ported to warrant the payment to Pitts | Traction Co. He also is & ber of the Board of Directors of the Washing- ton Railway & Electric Co. as well as the Potomac Electric Power Co., which y owns. Mr. Wilson said he is more firmly convinced than ever of the need of a merger to solve Washington’s transpor- tation problems and would like to see it brovght to a realization. He thinks Congress chould create a special agency or delegate to some agency already in existence the authority to pass finally on a plan of merger. Supreme Court of District Asked to Settle Hay- Adams Question. A new angle developed today in the |litigation involving the Hay-Adams Congress Action Required. | House at Sixteenth and H streets when The joint congressional resolution | John U. Gardiner, Woodward Building, suthorizing a unification. Mr. WIson |, poiengider under the $650,000 trust A that the agreement e, D e emavortstion — com. | Placed on the property to finance the panies shall be ratified hy Congress. | erection of the building, today filed suit His experience with the original merger |in the District Supreme Court for the | plan, he said, convinced him "’a‘-‘ 2u- | determination by the court of the ques. ¥ ~lof $650.000 secured on the 99-year sideration and pass upon ft Without|j.acehold interest held by Wardman, delay. . | Bones and Hobbs or a subsequent trust The originsl merger agreement Was|.f $600,000 made by the Washington approved by the Public Utilitles Com-|1oan & Trust Co. on_ the remainder musiono:fter wflc"%bmr::: ',‘;‘3: h"(l t of Mrs. Alice Hay Wadsworth up in Congress. Mr. n in the real estate. Same thing would happen if Congress is | Through Atiorney Edward 5. Du- called up on to pass on ancther merger vall, the plaintifl claims the leasehold agreement. Moreover, he saf und | interest during consideration of the former mer- | the fee and extinguished after the | -4 ly a few members of Con-| Washingt:n Loan & Trust Co. made | r plan, onl - hingtcn . ! ::mpwho showed any interest in Wash- | the $600,000 loan to Mrs. Wadsworth ington's transportation problems and|on her remainder in the real estate the proposed transit consolidation. subject to the 99-year lease, Mrs. | Wadsworth _conveyed all her interest to L. Gardiner Moore and Henry J. Robb, who, the bill claims, were 22 GRADUATES OF ARMY SCHOOL GET DIPLOMAS Maj. Gen. R. I Carmichael, chief of the Army finance department, today | presented diplomas to 22 graduates of the 1930-31 course of the Army Finance Schocl, located in the temporary build- ing at Constitution avenue and Twen- tieth street o The graduates include representatives | from the several grades of euh}':l‘d ‘il:u is assessed of record as worth $950,- )’1";‘,“? ‘gw;:mm?{“m'égddfxf’“,r;;'.‘”(f:“m;]:;’100(1 while the ground is assessed at | s X 9,402 functions and dutles relating to the |ORIY $489.402, 0 o o e Wash- | disbursement and accounting of funds |, Named as COERERRS B B0 Gaion and the auditing of properly accounts | ington Loan & Trust Co. the Lo Hdrry Wardman, Thomas' P, | mes D. Hobbs, L. Gardner Henry J. Robb, Luther A. Swart- stee, and Edmund D. Rheem, man, & Hobbs and that the convevance was really to Wardman, | Bines & Hobbs, who held the lease- | hold. This conveyance, it is claimed, | d the leasehold with the fee and extinguished the lease, thereby plac- ing the $650,000 as a first lien on the real estate in advance of the $600,000 trust later made by the Washington Loan & Trust Co. The court is advised that the build- | for the training and huk]dn:" up augmented forces which would be re- in_ handling military finances | Moot Driving Charge—Two Other Maj. Gdtwals reported further steps | taken to pass upon the practicability of | erecting steel like that which collapsed at_the Roosevelt School, without ha- zard, and with the further duty of pas- sing upon the “absolute soundness” of the type of construction used when the POLICE HOLD FOUR AFTER LONG CHASE » : r’ Ward- | ¢! mere agents and trustees fo was the lack of spreading concrete s | building was erected. “In connection with this collapse,” he wrote, “the insinuation was made that we are not following th> District code in school building construction. This ems a challenge that could only b: met by requiring all school building plans to go through the Building In- spector's Office, with the same rigid method of inspection.” The first inspection of this kind, he added, was to be the Roosevelt School. Maj. Gotwals’ Letter, Gotwals' letter in full, Maf. reads your letter of May 12, ln-I quiring as to the construction accidents |at the Stuart Junior High School and | Pennsylvania avenue the auditorium of the Roosevelt High School, The Teport on these accidents 1s as follows: “In_the case of the Stuart Junior High School, a concrete slab was being poured for a floor of this school, the construction was being placed by the conventional method of chuting the was merged in the transfer of concrete into the floor forms. The con- | crete was permitted to come up faster in the chute than the men available ort the slab could spread it out. For this Teason, almost wholly, the forms for the slab gave way, onto the floor below. forms, they sufficlent str class work In examining the were found to be of in- th for thoroughly first- The major cause, however, it arrived. The concrete was entirely dropping the concrete | Colored Occupants of Captured Car to Be Questioned About Shots Fired at Officer. Four men, ell colored, are being held | by police of the first precinct, after a chase last night in which shots were rohcemln. former University of Mary and halfback, stopped the flight of one {of them with a flying tackle. The quartet first became embroiled a traffic signal at Fourteenth street and ‘Told to stop by Immc Officer W. R. Greenfield, they jattempted to back up and hit two | pedestrians on the cross walk behind them. Ordered to stop again, Mack | Caldwell, driver of the car, went ahead | down Fourteenth street. Officer Gives Chase. The officer got on the running board of a car driven by L. M. Morningstar, 537 Ninth street northeast, and gave | chase. At Fourteenth street and Ohio avenue the roadster occupied. by the four grazed another car, but continued on its way. Detective Sergt. Hugh D. Robey started after the car as it went by the | intersection of Fourteenth street and Ohio avenue, and was shot at from the fired at police, and J. H. Compton, park | with police when they failed to stop at, HMPEL DEDCATON Mrs. Hoover and Hurleys Head List at Walter Reed Ceremonies. A little gray stone chapel, a memorial to the men who gave their lives to service in the World War and always to be used by the men in service, was dedicated late yesterday at the Army Medical Center, Walter Reed General | | Hospital. The services were attended by many notables, including Mrs. Hoover and the Secretary of War and | Mrs. Hurley. The chapel, constructed at a cost of $150,000, is under the sponsorship of the Gray Ladies of the Red Cross Volunteer Service at Walter Reed. Its erection was made possible by dona- tions, ranging from 25 cents to large sums, from all parts of the country. Among the donations was $1,000 given by the nurses at the hospital and | earned by them during their spare time. | A Bible, valued at $250, was the con- | tribution made by the wounded vet- erans at the institution. Hymn Opens Services. The services were opened with the humn, “Onward Christian Soldie | played by the Army Band and mem of the Gray Ladies filing out of the | chapel and grouping in a semi-circle { around its front steps. In front of the church Mrs. Hoover and others were seated, while in the background were nurses, officials of the hospital staff and the general public. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, bishop | of Washington, after a scripture read- | ing by Rabbi Solomon H. Metz, and a | prayer by Bishop William F. McDowell |of "the Methodist Episcopal Church, | | spoke of the chapel as a non-sectarian | meeting place and added that it should |be & symbol of the nedd of mankind { for greater unification in & common objective of raising the standards of civilization, Keys Presented to Hurley. Mrs. Henry R. Rea, chairman of the | Gray Ladies, in presenting the keys to the chapel to Secretary Hurley, said. | “It is the earnest wish of all who have | had to do with the building that it should be a holy sanctuary and a haven | ing the case in Criminal Division No. { 1 of District Supreme Court. | Wheatley has insisted when the | Powhatan Victim’s Screams Rout Intruder After Blows ‘ With “Iron Pipe.” Miss Caroline Arnold, 30, an em- ploye of the Foster Information Bu- reau, today was suffering from five gashes in her head received last night' when an unknown man attacked her with what appeared to be an iron pipe in her room at the Powhatan Hotel.| Her condition was said to be serious. The assault occurred a few minutes after Miss Arncld’s roommate, Miss Eve | Lumdstedt, also an employe of the in- formation bureau, had | left to visit; question of these mnotes figured pre- viously in the trial that they had the sanction of the Board of Directors of | the Farmers & Mechanics Bank. The acecunt of Mrs. Chambers, who now has a civil suit pending against Haynes, was declared by Wheatley to be a col- lateral matter, which had no place in the trial at this time. Tells of Bank Merger. Haycock outlined arrangements by | which the Riggs Bank acquired the TFarmers & Mechanics’ Bank in Sep- | tember, 1928, right after Haynes re- signed from the presidency. It was brought out that negotiations had been in progress for a month and, according to the witness, the transac- | tion was effected by giving stockholders | in the Farmers & Mechanics' Bank | three shares of Riggs Bank for each shares of the Farmers & Me- chanies’. Describes Records. In going into the question of Haynes’ | floor room when there was a knock on | When the bank was taken over. In an- friends. notes, Haycock described them as hav- Miss Arnold was alone in the sixth- | ing been listed as “anticipated loss” I the door. “Who's there?” she called. “A messenge! was the reply. swer to a question, he sald the notes had never been paid, and when Justice “I|Gordon interjected a question as to consideration of the Rose Co.’s low bid for the job and chargsd the North Carolina concern with being “destroy- ers of tha set standards of organized labor and worse than murderers.” Colpoys told the board the Adams Construction Co. bid, third lowest, could be made lower than the Rose bid by eliminating alternates pertaining to a roadway and the jnstallation of winde shades. ™ Protesting Telegram Read. Delegates said the Department of Commerce and the War Department in two recent awards eliminated alter- nates in order that a contract would 0 to some concern other than the se Co A telegram protesting award of the contract to the Rose Cc., which was sent by the Maryland State and Dis- trict of Columbia Federation of Labor to Dr. W. A. White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital; Secretary Wil- bur and Gen. Frank Hines of the Vet- erans’ Bureau, was read by Colpoys. The telegram stated in part: “At this time, when the President of the United States is endeavoring to protect wage scales that will permit workers of the country to live in decency and comfort, the W. P. Rose Co. which employs mechanics and laborers at wages which vary from 40 to 60 per cent lower thar the lowest wage scale there is, is low bidder for the Tuberculosis Building at St. Elizabetn's Hospital.” Refers to Accidents. Colpoys referred to two recent acci- dents on Rose company jobs in Wash- ington, one of which was fatal. He sald: “If an employer is so careless in the protection of lives of his employes, he certainly cannot be regarded ss & responsible builder.” It is understood that the four lowest have a package for you.” Forces Way Into Room. Opening the door, Miss Arnold saw a young man about 5 feet 4 inches tall ! and weighing about 130 pounds, garbed in a light coat and & brown hat. He had no package. | “Where's the parcel?” she asked, then started to close the door. i “Just a minute” the stranger re-/ torted, placing his foot in the door- way. With a quick movement he threw open the door and stepped into the room, Before Miss Arnold could move, the man drew an object about 7 inches | long from his pocket and struck her| on the head. “It looked like an iron pipe.” she said later, The intruder hit Miss Arnold twice | in rapid succession, at the same time hissing: “Don’t yell! Don't yell!" Believing her assailant might become | alarmed and flee if she pretended to faint, Miss Arnold dropped to the floor. | Instead of running, however, the | stranger continued beating her over the | head. | It was not until Miss Arnold screamed | that the man fled from the room. He | is believed to have run down the five | flights of stairs and walked out through the lobby. Miss Arnold, who came here from | | of peace and comfort to- the lving, Detroit about a week ago, was treated | fruly” Tepresenting & memorial to the |by Dr. John M. Baber, 1819 G street, | men who gave their lives to service to Who took 18 stitches in her wounds. be used by men and women in the | She refused to go to a hospital, but | on these sums while they were said whether they had been renewed, he said no. The prosecution today also completed analyzing the two counts of abstraction of securities charged against Haynes, E. J. Armbruster, an 2ccounting spe- cialist of the Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, testifying as to these items. These counts reflected back to an- other account in the indictment alleg- ing misapplication of $29,050. Accord- ing to the prosecution, $29,050 of the bank's funds was taken for the pur- chase of 200 shares of Houston oil stock to replace stock previously taken from the collateral account of Mrs. Chambers. Tells of Overdraft. In turn, it was said, these 200 shares of stock were sold and part of the pro- ceeds together with other funds used | to cover an overdraft of $33,000, which | Haynes had at the Farmers' and Me- chanics' Bank and on which another | misapplication count is based. The prosecution also contends that the original $29,050 later was marked off as a loss also. ‘These misapplication items and three others for $2,909, $28,000 and $33,600, were taken up by the prosecution yes- terday afternoon. The latter three figured in stock transactions also, it was sald, but it was brought out they hatl been paid off by prefit out of stock transactions. It also was shown by Mr. Wheatley that interest was paid | car as he pulled abreast. removed, the ms rebuilt and the floor slab repoured. This caused a loss of $300 or $400 to the contractor. “In addition 1o this accident, an ed yesterday on this brought about by the 1 scaffold on which 2 coping stone was being moved. This accident resulte men. The fir of these two accidents I do believe minor construction accident. O pectors should be alert to prevent them, if at all possible. The second involving injury to persons, is of a that does occur, and I will do « it to prevent responsibility for methods used, whi sibility of the without taking full safety of the 5L be a respon- m actor “Steel Loosely Bolted.” “In_ the c Roosevelt High School, steel was ¢ erected for the auditorium. The 1 this case, was nct skeleton steel, but simply steel members later 10 be embedded in the masonry, and the erection of which al- ways requires careful guying and brac- ing until the masonry is erected. This steel was loosely bolted together, and at the close of the day’s work on April 22, & storm arose, causing the men o se of th bel, Accidents Reported. street, nce, Eckington Community Center. Mekiniey High School, Second and T streets northeast, 8:30 p.m. FUTURE. Luncheon, Kappa Phi Delta Sorority, Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, 1:30 ‘pam. ¢ tr 1920 it has graduated 711 students. | . . 2ty Included in the cl which ua\Two WOMEN leURED 4 | stationed at Fort Washineton, Md., #nd | Pyt. Alfred J. Foltz, stationed in’ this | IN AUTO COLLISION| Maj. O. W. Gralund, who has (‘um—! manded the Finance School since 1927 ] i on Reckless | Arthur, Zalif., and will be relieved {rom | Colored Man Seized his duties here by Maj. Carl Halla, | Army War College CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Two Alexandria, Va., womep were in- Card party, Ways and Means Com- | Jured and colored man wds arrested mittee, Arlington Chapter, No. 39, 2146, 00 & reckless driving chotgs o8 2 O 3 { teenth stree ¢ approaeh to the Card Party, benefit East Gate Chap- ) S . Sate Temple, Rhode | The women—Helen Meyers, 50, ter O E B, B O e rtueast | Beatrice Meyers, 28 —-were riding’ in a 757 E { of Aurora Hills, Va. They were treated Meeting, American War Mothers, | for slight injuries at Emergency Hos- | Beasley, 33. colored, driver of the a Meeting. Kappa Phi Delta Sorority, | tomobile with which their car was i | Hannah McCarthy, 67, of 707 D street Spring play and musicale Maret | souiheast broke her left arm last night School, 2118 Kalorama road, 8 pm | operuted by Agnes McCarthy of the | ess, collided with enother car outheast, 8 pn. same address, co 3 e r stop. The driver of the Dance, Franklin Apprentice Club, | fl,fi‘"{,l ‘fl:fh:m:] p,n" Hligiid i Merding Hall, United States Govern reatment. Jolly FuiSs Ois, 9 Do Another victim of an accident— o John's College Auditorium, | teenth street—is in an undetermined !.u.:{;,“ o condition at Freedmen's Hospital. She by a car driven by Rudolph Carpenter, colored, of 2432 F street. Frank Meyers, an automobile driven by Owen L. Lentz, 3221 Mount Pleasant street. He was Since the school was established in | Wusie. ¢ graduated today is Sergt. David Ross, ity I has been assigned to duty at Fort Mac- finance department, a student at the TODAY. on a reckless driving charge as a re- Georgia avenue, 8:30 p.m. 5 Highway Isiand and Mills svenues northeast, CONGiten by Mrs. Bess M. Smith, 38, Hamilton Hotel, 8 p.m. | pital and later discharged. James M Hamiltcn Hotel, 7:30 pm. | collision, was held. when the car in which she was riding, Card Party, 530 Seventh {in traffic when its operator failed to Columbia Typographical Union No. 101, ©00 o 0 Emergency Hospital after ard party, benefit St. La Salle Aux- | Eloise Munsen, colored, 40, of 1726 Fif- was knocked down on Fourteenth street 17, a bicyelist, was in a collision with dri ital for cuts. | temporarily | rather a severe blow, with wind yelocity na | tributing one was the lack of sufficient leave the steel erected that day, prob- ably with their thought of leaving it The storm developed into in excess of 40 miles per hour reported. During this storm, a portion of the eel erected collapsed “I belleve that the this collapse was the major storm, cause of a con- | guying and bracing of the steel, This | led to the following action on my part: First, the placing on this job of a very much higher grade inspector than our usual one, using a man thoroughly expcrienced in very heavy bullding construction, and. second, an insistence that the contractor and’ subcontractor for the steel take every precaution in carefully arranging their program of i construction and in using bracing to |8vold every possibility of loss of life or material. In addition, a board was eppointed 10 piss upon the practi- | cability of erecting steel of the nature jof that which collapsed, without. haz- | ard, and with the further duty of pass- ing' upon the absolute soundness of the type of construction used when the buyllding is completed. The report of this board has not yet been received, but all of the above precautions are into effect. “Code Disregard Charged.” “In connection with this collapse, the H::'u&%onm‘unwr‘ that we are not o e ict code in school construction. This ction. challenge that 3 could Umymmmb; | in the injury of three | hing in my power | Others Are Arrested. At the Department of Agriculture | grounds Caldwell jumped out of the car | and started to run, pursued by Morn- ingstar, Compton and Greenfield, and was caught by Compton’s flying tackle. { The others were arrested in the car, |, The occupants gave their names as | Zeb Howle, 938 Q street southwest; Hor- {ace O. Bryant, Alexandria, Va. and | Robert Curley, Charlottesville, N. C, 1 'HIBERNIANS TO HONOR “NUNS OF BATTLEFIELD" Memorial Services Will Be Held at Monu- ment to Their Memory. Sunday Afternoon Memorial services for “Nuns of the Battlefield,” who nursed the wounded of both armies during the Civil War, will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at_the monument to their memory, at Rhode Island avenue and M street. . The services will be conducted under the auspices of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Anclent Order of Hibernians, of which Miss Elizabeth Lynn is president. Addresses will be delivered by Pat- rick J. Haltigan and Rossa F. Down- ing, and Miss Theresa E. Collins and selections. Joseph A Daly, district president of the Hibernians, will serve as master of ceremonies, and a delegation from the American Legion will be in attendance. Floral tributes will be placed on the monument. requiring all school building plans to go through the building inspector’s of- fice as in the case of private bufldings, and to have all District of Columbia buildings inspected by personnel of the building inspector’s office in the same manner &s is the case in private con- struction through the District. This is straining the personnel of our build- ing inspector's office a little, due to the additional duty imposed, but consider it a public duty to put it into effect. “The first building that the buflding inspector’s office is to go over and re- check completely is the Roosevelt High School, which I want to clear of any suspicion, and will do everything in my power to accomplish that end. I do belleve that our school bu should be beyond any suspicion, and I know F have your co-operation in and enlist your aid if you feel that any additional action or precaution is nec- essary.” Bernard Fitzgerald will offer rnunlcull service.” Prior to the dedication, the Gray Ladies met in the Red Cross house at the hospital and presented Miss Mar- |garet H. Lower with a silver bowl for | work in behalf of the organization dur- ing the construction of the chapel. | Miss Lower is field director of the Red | Cross at the hospital. 'G. H. CALVERT, JR., NAMED MARYLAND SOCIETY HEAD | Other Officers and Five Trustees | Elected—Business Meeting and Dance Held. George H. Calvert, jr, was elected president of the Maryland State Society for the ensuing year, at a meeting of the organization last night. Other officers elected were: John Ritchie, jr, first vice president; John M. Boteler, second vice president; Miss Mary W. Merrick, third vice president; Miss Bessie Warren, recording secre- tary; Miss Emma Loker, corresponding secretary; Clement W. Sheriff, treas- urer, and J. Willlam Roberts, historian. Pive trustees also were elected. They are Miss Frederica Hill, Charles N. Shaw, Ernest Downin, Bascom Broun and Mrs. Lucy Cooper Shaw. A business meeting preceded the elec~ tion, which was followed with a dance. | remained in her room, where Miss |to have been carried in the bank's | Lumdstedt, who had been summoned | by employes of the hotel, administered |to her needs. | Motive Not Known. | Miss Lumdstedt, who was transferred to Washington from St. Augustine, Fla., |said neither she nor her roommate icnukld think of any motive for the at- tack, | E. C. Owen, manager of the hostelry, ;said a man who occupled & room on the same floor has been missing since the assault. | A bellboy told police he saw a stranger | on the floor above Miss Arnold’s room | a few minutes before the assault. He| said he assumed the man was a guest, | however, and thought nothing of it at | the time. A man of the same general appear- | ance as the assailant was seen leaving | | the Eighteenth street door of the hotel | a few moments after the attack. He | was observed by a taxicab driver, who | later accompanied police on a fruitless | tour of the neighborhood. i CONDITION IMPROVED The condition of Howard L. Davis, 143, who was serfously injured when |struck by a falling timber yesterday |at the Benning Power Plant, was said |today to be somewhat improved. The man has serious head injuries. Davis, who lives at 513 Oneida place, is at Casualty Hospital. Seaman Clyde Alexander of Kansas City and the U. 8. Navy lost his course early yesterday while navigating the turbulent shoals of bricks and mortar known to mariners as Washington. Seaman Alexander had been assisting beer schooners or something across the bar when he concluded to set his course for the Navy Yard after midnight. All went well until the fog descended —the said it was an alcoholic fog—and Alexander hove to on lower this | Potomac avenue southeast. was wet night and Alexander, an observation and hol It after eounsel with himself, took SAILOR TRIES TO GO “TOPSIDES” ON D. C. FIRE ESCAPE LADDER Navy Seaman Taken in Tow by Police After Missing Home Port in “Alcoholic” Fog. tack when he should have ported his helm or vice vers: | which record as “cash items.” Claim Loan Helped. Among the funds that went toward payment of the $33,000 overdraft was a $5100 loan from Raymond J. Wise, who was a directer in the Farmers & Mechanics Bank, according to testi- mony. Mr. Wise, who was a witness this morning, said he had made this loan | unsecured on September 11, 1928, which was the day before Haynes resigned. “Did you know that Haynes was hav- ing trouble with the bank?” he was asked by Mr. Wheatley. “No,” the witness answered. Mr. Wise said he was repaid the fol- lowing month. Another loan of $6,000, | entered into the transaction, | came from W. W. Spaid of the Hibbs company, it was brought out. In insisting on bringing Mrs. Cham- bers' account into the testimony today, Mr. Rover said that he intended it to show that had the 200 shares of Hous- ton oil not been taken from other se- curities she had at the bank that the value of these would have cut down the deficit which her account ultimately showed. Prosecution Unfinished. Other witnesses this morning were James C. Elgin, from Hibbs & Co., one of the brokerage firms with which Haynes dealt, who wis recalled to the stand to answer only a question as to the market value of the Houston oll stock. Another witness was John J. Wilson, assistant United States attorney, who is aiding Rover in the prosecution, and who was called concerning the contents of the minutes of the meetings of the Farmers & Mechanics’ Bank in 1927 and 1928. ‘The Government had planned to rest today, but adjournment time came with | some witnesses unheard, making it like- bidders for the hcspital job, for which an appropriation of $200,000 was made, also includes the Virginia Construction Co. of Newport N:ws, Va., and the | Coleman Construction Co. of Rosslyn, | Va. Delegates insisted that only the Adams and Coleman companies could be regarded as likely to produce the best grade of work and employ local union labor, Dr. White, who was absent in New York, was represented by M. Sanger, assistant to the superintendent of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Other members of the Government's board present in- cluded W. B. Acker, chief clerk of the Intericr Department, and Col. Louis H. Tripp, chief of the construction division of the Veterans’ Bureau. Sanger Speaks for Board. Mr. Sanger in behalf of the board ex- pressed sympathy with labor views of | the protesting delegation, and said its | expressions would be considered in awarding the contract. He said the contract specified that the builder to which it be awarded must abide by pre- vailing wage scales in employment of labo! T, The lowest Washington bidder, Mr. Sanger said, was the George E. Wyne Co., which was tenth lowest on the list. Included in the protesting delegation were Charles E. Young, executive secre- tary of the Washington Building Trade Council; Edward J. Murphy, president of the Buy in Washington Council; Charles J. Columbus, representing the Building Employers’ Association; Samuel Terry, representing electrical contrac- tors; John E. Faulconer, representing sheet metal contractors; P. Scales, rep= resenting stone cutters; H. Buye, rep- resenting painters; Thomas Lane, rep- resenting bricklayers, and James Dewey, representing the Department of Labor. No representative of the Rose company was present. POLICE SCOUT CAR CRUSHES FIREMAN W. C. Jenkins Seriously Injured ‘When Machine Is Accidentally Set in Motion. William Grover Jenkins, 44, of 516 Tenth street southeast, a fireman at No. 1 Truck House, was crushedsagainst the wooden door of the truck house and seriously injured last night, when & police scout car, driven by John Francis Reynolds of the sixth precinet, ‘was accidentally set in motion. Jenkins was taken to Emergency Hospital last night in a rescue squad ambulance, where he was said to be suffering from a crushed chest. A spécial report made by Reynolds said he had stopped the car in front of the fire house, and had started to get out when it “suddenly started.” « He caid he may have accidently put the car in gear as he left the motor idling preparatory to turning the car over to Policeman George L. Ieath. Jenkins was just closing the door when the car struck him. He had jus® as- sisted in extinguishing a fire in front ly that the Government will not con- clude presentation of its side of the case before noon Monday. BETRAYED BY DOUGHNUTS of the truck house. The door was shattered and a large fire truck driven back 10 feet by the force of the crash. WILL HEAR DEDICATION The seaman found a fire escape la Caught eating doughnuts on & park Cornell Graduates to Be Guests of der, which looked strangely like & ship's | bench in the Smithsonian Institution N. B. C. Official. ladder, despite the fact it was sus-|grounds at 6 o'clock this morning, Will # S pended from the Juvenile Receiving Hands, colored, 19 years of age, of the| A party of Cornell Un! Home at 810 Potomac avenue southeast. | 800 biock of M street, was taken by [uates, members of the Not knowing that Alexander had | United States Park Police to No. 1 po- |of Washington, will be merely missed pott in the storm, offi-| lice precinct and charged with petit|row of Frank Russell, clals at the recelving home sent for| larceny. ! police in great haste. , with three boxeS ide him. Upon quél he admitted takin) Que Grill of Joe Mar- of of the nell War Memorial at Ithaca, N. Y. ‘The memorial, erected from tributed by 6.251 individuals, ties class be. dedi~ ed by President Hoover E ti Q the fog cleared this morning | them from Alexander was given clearance for the 411 Eleventh home pors. . shall, 3 e