Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1931, Page 15

BOYS VISIT GRAVES AT SCENE OF RITES ON MEMORIAL DAY Observance Here Tomorrow Will Halt U. S. Activities anr! Close Banks. HOOVER WILL DELIVER VALLEY FORGE ADDRESS Bervices at Arlington to Homor War Dead—Parade Is Planned. Early Ceremonies Held. While war veterans were preparing o observe Memorial day tomorrow, in honor of which Government depart- ments, banks and many business houses will b2 closed, approximately 400 Boy Scouts visited Arlington National Cem- etery today to place an American flag on every grave. Official ceremonies will be held there tomorrow in the open- air amphitheater before the Tomb of th: Unknown Soldier. Memorial services were held today by the Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing Post, No. 23, American Legion, in the presence of many employes of the bureau. Tonight at 8 o'clock the ‘Washington Hebrew Congregation will conduct & special service. Hoover to Be Absent. President Hoover will deliver his Memorial day address tomorrow at Val- Jey Forge, Pa. In his absence many high officials of the Government will attend the official ceremonies _at Arlington, beginning at noon. ~The survivors of the Grand Army of the Republic will lead the Memorlal day parade, with veterans of the Spanish- American_ War and the World War swelling the ranks. The services at the Bureau of En- graving and Printing, at which Assist- ant Secretary of the Treasury, A. A. Ballantine, made an informal address, Were arranged in memory of “all who died while serving with the armed forces of the United States,” and par- ticularly the nine men of the bureau who lost their lives in service during the World War. Others who spoke there were James F. Kehoe, post commander; Maj. B. C. MacNeil, District of Columbia depart- ment commander of the American Legion: Alvin W. Hall, director of the bureau: Frank J. Hogan, attorney, and United States Attorney Leo A. Rover. The Marine Band, under Second Lead- er Arthur S. Witcomb, furnished music. The invocation and benediction were delivered by Rev. Dr. John E. Briggs, pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church. Scouts Bedeck Graves. The Boy Scouts assembled on the Ellipse at 9 o'clock this morning and were conveyed by busses to the ceme- tery, where they started placing flags on graves. They had luncheon on the grounds. Not a grave in the cemetery will be left unflagged. Dr. Abram Simon will preach the memorial sermon at the services for Believing tae reported suicide of Les- li= C. Frailcy of Embreeville, Westches- ter County, Pa., to be a ruse under cov- er of which he might escape arrest, Washington police today were searching for the man, who is wanted by Penn- sylvania authorities. Members of the harbor precinct dis- credit the theory that Frailey, whose clothing and a note to his mother were found on the bank of the Tidal Basin yesterday afterncon, ended his life by Jumping into the Potomac River. Prailey is one of three men who were reported drowned here yesterday. The body of one, Louis Balint, jr., 28, of Bridgeport, Conn., who drowned while swimming in the Washington Channel, was recovered late yesterday afternoon, while the third man returned home early today. # Suicide Note Unexplained. The latter is John Franklin, 71-year- old contractor, who lived at 603 I street, | whos> reappearance set at rest the fears | of relatives that he had ended his life. No explanation was given for his dis- appearance or a note indjcating suicide, which was found with his coat on th2 north rim of the Tidal Basin. Balint had been working on a motor boat and plunged overboard for a swim, police were told. He apparently be- POTOMAC SUICIDE BELIEVED FEIGNED TO Wanted Man's Clothes Found on Bank. Supposed Drowning Victim Reappears. Body of Third Found. ESCAPE ARRESTI came entangled in something beneath the surface. Ruby Lee Willls, 5 years old, daugh- ter of Robert R. Willls, 800 block Eighth street southwest, owner of the motor boat, who had been watching Balint, told her father, who notified police. Pvt. C. E. Adams of the harbor precinet station and Rolahd Ragan, owner of a nearby boat house, recovered the body. Members of the fire rescue squad and Dr. A. 8. Grossberg of the Casualty léul;r"ill staff tried*in vain to revive alint. Notes Left by Frailey. ‘Two notes, one sealed and bearing in- structions to send it to his mother ant the other with the name of Edward Musser, warden of the Chester County Prison, West Chester, Pa., typed.on the opposite side, were found on a pile of clothes left by Frailey. They were turned over to Patrolman J. S. Miller of the fourth precinct sta- | tion, by Raymond Mavars, 15, of 1468 | Newton street, and Christian Casper, |18, of 922 Sixth street southwest, who | | found the articles. The note to his mother, police say, bore a confession to the charges on which Frailey was wanted in Penn- sylvania. Local policeshave not yet learned the nature of the charges. LABOR OFFICIALS DENY NEGOTIATIONS Rose Concern Charged With Attempting to Use Influence With United States. Charging th® W. P. Rose & Co., North Carolina building contractors, with at- tempting to Influence the Government in its award of a contract for the con- struction of the $200.000 tuberculosis building at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, of- ficlals of the Washington Bullding Trades Council today flatly denied that any negotiations were under way with the Rose concern toward settlement of labor problems. Charles E. Young. executive secretary of the council, made the statement to- day that W. P. Rose, head of the build- ing firm which is low bidder for the hospital job, has made no proposal to local organized laber which is accept- able, and that so far as the Washing- ton Building Trades Council is con- cerned the Rose company is not regard- ed as a “responsible” bidder for work in the District. “Reports in newspapers that negoti- ations are under way between Rose and local labor* officials towa! reconcilia- tion are absolutely untrue,” Mr. Young | said. “As a matter of fact, Rose did ask | for a conference with us, but made no | GRANTS “PADLOCK™ FOR RAIDED PLACE | Justice Bailey Issues Tem- porary Injunction Against Ninth Street Property. A temporary “padlock” injunction has | been granted by Justice Jennings Bailey against the four-story premises at 815 Ninth street, raided Tuesday by the | liquor squad following a visit of four | headquarters detectives “looking for a | couple of fellows.” | The injunction was secured by United | States Attorney Leo A. Rover and his | assistant, Harold W. Orcutt. and named Sam Brown and Samuel Green as tenants of the place, which purported | to be a hosiery shop. The prosecution | alleges the place was operated as a | saloon and gambling establishment. The | building is said to be owned by the | National Savings & Trust Co. | The prosecutor in asking the pad- | lock, charged that when the place was | raided Tuesday 115 bottles of beer and 360 bottles of ale were seized along with a small quantity of whisky. They con- tend the place is a nuisance within the meaning of the prohibition law. Affidavits in support of the petition | vere made by Sergt. George M. Little, The WASHINGTON, D. C, HAYNES MAINTAINS DENIAL OF FALSE ENTRIES CHARGES Faces Severe Cross-Exami- nation With Reiteration of Seeking to Aid Woman. HOLDS MANIPULATIONS WERE TO PROTECT BANK Defense Counsel Notes Exception When Rover Is Uphéld, in De- manding ‘Yes’ and ‘No' Replies. In the face of a severe cross-examina- tion by United States Attorney Rover, | Harry V. Haynes, former president of the Farmers & Mechanics' Natlonal Bank, today continued to maintain as his defense of the accusations against him that bookkeeping errors, for which he was not responsible, formed the basis of charges of falsifying the records of the bank and of falsifying a report to the controllers, and that his manipula- tions of ths bank’s funds in the stock market were to protect the bank and salvage the finances of Mrs. Louise T. Chambers. As Haynes continued to detail the transactions by which Mrs. Chamnbers’ indebtedness to the bank increased and iways defended his operations as ‘proper under the circumstances,” Rover asked him: “Mr. Haynes, is there anything you could have done for Mrs. Chambers that would not have been wrong?” questioning if he would have increased his overdrafts to as much as $150,000 to bolster her finances. “Limit to Everything.” “There is a limit to everything, Haynes sald, adding, however, that Mrs. | Chambers’ affairs were in very bad shape. On one occasion, when there was a | “cash item” for $6,369.39 in the bank | 25 a resuit as what was described as some of Mrs. Chamber's stock tr actions, Rover questioned why she had not paid it without letting it run, and Haynes said she was unwilling to do 50 | th On_another occasion, is accused of misapply- | Jhe sald this money went | to cover a “short sale” of stocks by | Mrs. Chambers and that this was not | immediat=ly taken up, although her finances would have permitted him to discharge the obligations. Rover asked why Haynes did not force payment, and the answer was that it just meant that Mrs. Chambers would have applied | for another loan. “Did she have some kind of a spell over you that you had to loan her Rover questioned. “No, I could have sold her collateral d put her out of the bank,” Haynes swered. money every time she came after e | nd let the directors know about it?” Rover said. think the world would have FRIDAY, NING EDITION MAY 29, PRUNING FINISHED | ON BUDGET; TAX CHANGE UNLIKELY Park Maintenance, Extra Personnel and Much Pro- jected Building Affected. $11,900,000 SLASHING DETAILS HELD SECRET Commissioners to Transmit $57,- 000,000 Requests to Burean in September. | ‘The Commissioners have completed the task of pruning approximately $11,800,000 from the departmental esti- | mates submitted to them for the 1933 fiscal year and unless the present calcu- lations go unexpectedly awry the Dis- trict will be able to pull through that year on its present tax basis of $1.70 per $100 valuation on real and personal property. This is assuming that Con- gress enacts the budget as it now stands. The department heads had submitted to the Commissioners requests totaling $57,000,000. Park Items Slashed. It is understood that the heaviest slashes were made in items for park | maintcnance, for extra personnel in all 1931. Loening %im’ : PR -Writer Gives Views on Spain HOLDS FUTURE DEPENDS UPON BY GRETCHEN SMITH. HE success of the new-born Span- ish Republic depends mainly upon the future unity of the Spanish provinces, in the opin- fon of Mfs. Ruth Sawyer Durand, author and historian, who has arrived at the Dodge Hotel after a seven-month residence in Spain. Mrs. Durand traveled through every province of the country after her ar- rival in Spain last October in her search for Spanish folklore, which she plans to write into children’s stories. While in Barcelona Mrs. Durand wit- nessed a dramatic demonstration against the Spanish royalty at the time King Alfonso fled the country. Speaking the language of the country fluently, the authoress was able to see and under- stand phases of the revolution incom- prehensible to other foreigners in Spain. “It s a strange thing,” remarked Mrs. Durand. “Those who formerly stood on the streets enjoying the pomp and the ceremony of royal parades and who cheered the King most lustily when he passed were the bitterest in their denunciations against the royal family and the monarchy after the King left the country.” Alfonso Admired as Man. UNITY. MRS. RUTH SAWYER DURAND. Mrs. Durand says she spoke to men g, in_every station of life and in every| cofscious. They do not say they are part of Spain regarding their views on ' Spaniards, but Catalinians and Basques. political subjects generally and the | However, the President of Catalunya is| Spanish monarchy in particular. | extremely loyal to Spain and the re- “Alfonso as & man is very much ad- | public, and his decree issued in Barce- mired by the majority of Spanish men.” | lona at the time of the King's downfall she said. “But as a King they feel|was one of the finest I have ever read. he has failed Spain utterly. When con- | He called upon the people of his prov- ditions have arisen in the counll’Y‘mce to keep order and unity for the which appeared too difficult for the|sake of Spain. That was the pre- King to meet, they say, he has ap- | dominating idea throughout all o pointed dictators. Then when the dic- | Spain—a preservation of order and tators who have been told to do things |unity. On every one’s lips was the their way proceeded to do so the King | slogan, Bloodless revolution.’ An ap- stepped in, declaring, ‘No, that must|peal was made to all to prevent in not be done. I am the King and do| Spain a repetition of the French Revo- not_wish it done that way. | Iition. * There was no bitterness ex- | “The King,” continued Mrs. Durand. | pressed against the King after he left. “has been to.his people like a parent The attitude of the people appeared Basque, are so intensely individual | departments, and for much of the projected building work, including new work on the Muncipal Center. The school estimates are understood to have escaped with relatively light pruning and the estimates for the Police and Fire Departments are said to have gone through practically intact. These departments asked for only enough for necessitles, with few new items. Estimates of the Board of Public Wel- fare, which carried numerous requests for new personnel and new building | projects, are believed to have suffered considerably, 5o that only a small in- crease in the appropriations will be recommended. Commissioners Silent. The Commissioners are bound to silence on their actions, which will be | transmitted to the Budget Bureau in | September. The first public intimation of what may be expected comes when the Budget Bureau transmits its re- port of what it recommends to Con-| gress on the day after Congress as- sembles next December. The Com- missioners were anxious to complete their preliminary work on the budget before Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer left for his vacation. He went yesterday | and will return about July 10. itk U. S. CLERK GIVEN PICNIC Friends Honor George H. Wood, Who Is Soon to Retire. George H. Wood. clerk in the mail | { who tells his children they may develop fons, thelr personal incl! nd when they do so objects d says ‘No, you must not do it your way, but my way.’"” Queen Extremely Unpopular. Queen Victoria, Mrs. Durand contin- ued, has been extremely unpopular with her subjects. “She has always been a British no- blewoman.” she said, “and has tried to She became very unpopular years ago when she tried to introduce a British Christmas, with trees, Santa Claus and other British traditions, to Spain, which for generations has had its own customs.” Attending the Russian Opera in Ma- drid last December, Mrs. Durand wit- nessed a bitter demonstration against the Queen when she entered the royal box. said Mrs. Durand. Future Depends Upon Union. “I think.” she continued, “that the future of Spain depends entirely upon | the unicn of Spain. Unfortunately, the greatest menace for the republic comes not from Royalists or Com- munists, but from the fact that at least two of the provinces, Catalunya “Every one hissed the Queen and her | |son, Don Jaime, openly and loudly,” | to be, “forget the past and look to the | future.” “Viva el republique” was heard on all sides. But no cries of “Down with the King.” Lays Destruction to Reds. The_destruction of church property, Mrs. Durand believes, can be attributed | almost entirely to followers of Com- | munism, who she declares are not [to be found in great numbers out- {impose British customs upon the Span- |side of Madrid and Barcelona. | ish people. “After the King's departure” she | said, “Communists were parading on the streets, waving the red flag and | singing the ‘Internationale,’ but it was not a half hour before police were | taking steps to stop them. The song that was heard every where was the | ‘Marseillaise.” “The Spanish people do not believe |that Spein will ever have a return to | the ‘monarchy,” she concluded. “They point to the two, black onyx coffins in the Escorial, tHe last two for which space remains in the crypt—one for Al- fonso and one for Victoria. Then they point to the fact that none of the King's sons is healthy—that is, the three oldest: the fourth is a little boy, danger. These are all prophetic signs to the fatalistic Spanish people that | Alfonso and his Queen are to be the | Jast of ruling royalty in Spain.” BOARD OF TRADE CADETS OF DUNBAR who has not yet arrived at the age of | PAGE B—1 'IGIRL 10, FATALLY INJURED BY AUTO WHILE AT PLAY Fireman Says She Ran in Front of His Car to Retrieve Ball. DRIVER IS SUMMONED TO APPEAR AT INQUEST Second Inquiry Held Today in Death of Colored Man in Truck Crash. Helen Nicholson, 10, of 1112 Spring road was fatally injured yesterday when she ran into the path of an auto- mobile at New Hampshire avenue and Princeton place. She died at Garfield Hoppital a short time later. Thomas L. Phillips, 31, of 5305 Fifth street, a fireman attached to No. 7 Engine Company, was the driver of the automobile which struck the child. He was summoned to appear at an inquest at_the District Morgue today Phillips told police he was proceeding north on New Hampshire avenue at a moderate rate of speed when the girl suddenly darted in front of his ma- chine to retrieve a ball. He said he turned sharply to avoid striking her, but she was hit by the right side of his machine. He took the child to the hospital, where physicians found she had received serious head and internal injuries. A second inquest will be held today into the death of Archie Chavis, col- ored, 54, of 216 Morgan street, who died yesterday from injuries received Monday in autcmobile accident at ‘Twentieth and § streets. He was an occupant of a truck which collided 'U. 5. AGENT DEFENDS OLD ANGLING CUSTOM Fishermen Proof Against Critics, Talbott Denmead Declares, in Radio Address. Talbott Denmead. law enforcement officer of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, in his radio address vesterday ! for Rod and Stream of The Washing- | ton Star, told his listeners that anglers {do not need to apologize to golfers. or any one, in fact, for their devotion to fishing. It is an ancient and_honorable sport, he declared. adding that what- ever we have to do in this life will be done better if we mix a little fresh air and exercise. Mr, Denmead said there would be no { incentive to go fishing and so help the { human race to endure if there were no e Washington Hebrew Congregation | proposal that was acceptable. It is Who led the raid; Detective Sergt. Law- |, o "apout it," Haynes said. | section, enlisted personnel division, Bu- | fish. There must be unpolluted waters tonight. His subject will be “Fragrant Memories and Militant Peace.” Mem- bers of the Samuel Gompers Masonic Lodge will attend in a body. Exercises at Amphitheater. Promptly at 12:45 tomorrow after- foon the exercises will start in the Amphitheater at Arlington, under the auspices of the allled veterans’ organ- izations of the District. Radio broadcasts will carry the prin- cipal addresses of the day. These will be given by Representative Royal C. Johnson of South Dakota, an officer of the World War, and Brig. Gen. James A Drain, national commander of the ‘American Leglon in 1924-25." Lincoln’s Gettysburg address will be read by Dr. B. C. McNeil, departmental commander ©of the Legion, and Gen. Logan's order establishing Memorial day will be read by Comdr. Turner of the Disabled ‘American Veterans of the District of Columbia. The program will include wocal solos and music by the United [States Marine Band. The program will be broadcast by the National Broad- fcasting Co. from 1 to 2 o’clock. “The Star Spangled Banner” will fing out with added distinction at the excrcises this year. For the first time on such an occasion it will have the ganction of Congress as the legally rec- ognized national anthem of America, and it was a Washington soprano who helped carry the song to victory. Mrs. ¥Elsie Jorss-Rellley, who sang it before the Hcuse Judiciary Committee when the fate of the old song was at stake, will sing it again with added fervor at tomorrow's exercises at Arlington. Placing of Wreaths. Wreaths will b2 placed on the Tomb | of the Unknown Soldier at 15-minute intervals beginning at noon, by Veteranst of Foreign Wars, the American Legion | and the Disabled American Veterans. | A procession of members of th> Grand Army of the Republic, Women's Relief Corps, Daughters of Veterans, Ladies of the G. A. R. and all othe auxiliaries will start from Arlington Matsion at 11:30 o'clock to place wreaths on the Tomb of the Unknown Union Soldiers ©f the Civil War. The American Women's Legion will | conduct services at 2 o'clock at the Argonne- Cross in Aylington Cemetery. Dr. H. H. W. Sterrett will make the address. president of the organization, is in charge of arrangements. In Bflsflehem Chapel of Washington Cathedral tomorrow morning Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washing- ton, will preach at a service in com- memoration of President Woodrow Wil- son and Admiral George Dewey, both of whom are buried in the chapel. The Columbia Broadcasting Co. will broad- cast the services. 4 A delegation from th> Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp, United Spanish War Veterans at 9 o'clock will place a wreath on the tomb of the naval hero. At 9.45 o'clock a committee from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, under chairmanship of Mrs. Charles Hamlin, will lay a wreath on the tomb of the wag, President. A military alde {rom the WHite House, representing the President, also will place a wreath on| the Wilson tomb. The special service which will be broadcast will begin at 10 o'clock. There will be music by the cathedral choir. Admiral Coontz to Speak. At the Georgetown University School of Law, Rear Admiral R. F. Coontz, retired, former chief of naval operattons and junior vice commander in.chief, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be the principal speaker at memorial exercises for the 29 law students who gave their lives in service during the World War. Dean George E. Hamilton of the law school will speak and a committee of seniors will place a wreath before the memorial_tablet in the library. Rev. Thomas B. Chetwood, S. J., regent of the school, will make an address and deliver the invocation. About 1.000 Boy Scouts and their $athers will conduct a memorial serv- jce at Camp Roosevelt tomorrow, fol- Mrs. E.. S. Bettelheim, jr.| purely an effort to influence the award of the contract for the St. Elizabeth’s job, and we feel that it is an injustice to us.” Labor Stand Maintained. Mr. Young stated in behalf of the council that, in view of the vigorous | objection raised last week, when a dele- | gation of local building contractors and tradesmen appeared at the Department, | of the Interior to oppose the award of | the contract to Rose, “organized labor | could under no circumstances recede | from jts stand it has taken in opposi- | tion to Rose.” The North Carolina contractor, Young pointed out, has under way in | the District several other jobs, which | | he is conducting on an “open shop” | j basis. Even if he agreed t> wse union labor in the event he were awarded the | hospital work, it would not be satis-| factory to the organization to continue non-union men at lower-than-standard | wages on other jobs, Young declared. | In & ccmmunication to W. B. Acker, | chief clerk of the Interior Department. | who is a member of the special board appointed by Secretary Wilbur to con- | sider bids of the tuberculosis hospital, Young today requested the department to ignore published reports about “negotiaticns with local labor.” “We met with Rose at his request, as a matter of courtesy,” Young de- clared, “but no definite negotiations were entered into by our organization.” Time Given for Substitute. Engineer Commissioner John C. Got- wals said today that the Rose company had been given until next Monday to find a substitute for Raymond N. Rouse as superintendent of the construction ! of the Stuart Junior High School ad- dition under the Rose contract with the | District. Rouse and a foreman, O. L. Bordeaux, were ordered laid off all Dis- | | trict work because of two accidents on | | the Stuart job under their control. one | lof which resulted fatally to a colored | workman. Ma. Gotwals said that it was a choice between shutting down the job or giving | the company & ‘reasonable time” to get a mew man, and he chose the lat- ter course, Bordeaux has already re- signed. The new men must be satis- factory to the municipal architect's office before they may be employed. { TRAPPED IN éLEVATOR WOMAN GAINS FREEDOM Pushes Emergency Button as Fire Rescue Squad Is About to Batter Down Door. | Trapped in an automatic elevator at ! her apartment last night, Mrs. George | Dunn of 2017 S street, walked to free- dom by pushing an cmergency button after fire rescue squad workers tried in vain to force the door open with crow- bars. Mrs. Dunn walked into the elevator, 1 pushed the fourth-floor button. ‘The | elevator did not move, and when she tricd to get out .the door refused 1o open. The woman then pushed the alarm button for the apartment en- gineer and he, in turn, called for the fire rescue squad. Firemen tried in vain to pry open the door and were about to batter it in when Mrs. Dunn_ discovered another button. She pressed the button, the door rolled back and she walked to freedom. R e R O lowing their hike from Chesapeake Beach. The planting of a memorial tree to George Washington, a 3-year- old walnut seedling from Mount Ver- non, will be a feature of the ceremony. The annual one-day exeursion to the camp is the key event in the yearly calendar of the District of Columbia Boy Scout Council. Tomorrow being a general holiday in the District, thousands of persons will visit the nearby beaches and resorts over the week | nue, Barry place, Euclid and Ninth | streets. lat rence A. O'Dea, one of the four head- quarters men who were “invited” into the place, and Edward C. Ford, colored employe. Ford's affidavit stated that he had worked four weeks at the place had served whisky at 50 cents a drink, beer at 50 cents & bottle and ale at 75 cents a bottle. He said he had been!| instructed that on a signal of slamming a door the intoxicants were to be de- stroyed. When the police entered he had broken two quarts of whisky, he stated. This afidavit may result in the case against Ford being dropped in Police Court and a possession charge made only against Green. ad been arrested with Samuel Green, who is described as the “doorman” at the time of the raid. PLAY SITE CLEARING BY OUSTER IS DENIED Capt. Chisholm Spikes Reports U. S. Is to Force Removals I From Georgia Avenue. Reports that the Government plans to force householders in the vicinity of the Banneker Recreation Center on Georgia avenue to vacate weye denied today by Capt. E. N. Chisholm, jr., en- gineer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The commission is purchasing land for the development of a recreation cen- ter for colored persons at Georgia ave- Chisholm’s statement followed re- ports that agents representing them- selves to be acting by Government au- thority had told householders in the vicinity they would be forced to vacal and that the Government planned to dump dirt in their yards as a means of compelling their departure. > Chisholm said the Government's only interest is to purchase land for the recreation center at a “fair and reason- able price.” FRIDAY, 13TH, MARRIAGE HAS MANY ADVERSITIES A. P. Hall Takes Poison After Wife Is §lleged to Have Twice Attempted to Die. Four months ago, “Friday, the Thir- teenth,” the marital life of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Preston Hall began. A weck later, the wife, Mrs. Verna Mae Hall, 19 years old, took poison in what police and her husband say was an ettempt to end her life. At that time Mrs. Hall told her husband she had made four previous suicidal at- tempts. In March she disappeared for six days. When che returned to ler husband at their home, 1401 Buchafian street, she slashed her wrist in another effort to end her life, her husband told police. Last night, the husband swallowed poison while his mate looked on. He is in Casualty Hospital ‘in a serious condition. Both Mr. and Mrs, Hall re- ‘l:l:ed to explain why the poison was en. The last time Mrs. Hall attempted suicide her husband came to George Washington University Hospital and offered blood to save her life. His blood was unsuitable, so a friend, Rich- ard Waterman of 1316 Thirty-sixth street, supplied the blood. Fathers to Be Honored. BALLSTON, Va., May 29 (Special). s sed S o L Ve ral 8 0. \ Scouts, Roosevelt, 3 Denies Attempt to Hide Balance. Rover trled to force an admission by Haynes that where a misappropri- ation of $5,000 is charged as the re- sult of & payment to the Dyer-Hudson Co., New York brokers, in one cf Mrs. Chambers' reputed transactions, the bookkeeping entry had been falsified to balance the account to hide it from the directors. Haynes denled this. ‘Taking up three items where false entry is chlr,ed. Haynes insisted tl bookkeeping of his subordinates was at fault. One of these, the $6,369.39 item, constitutes the basis for a misappro- priation charge. It was shown op the bank’s record as “cash,” when it should have appeared as a ‘“cash item.” and when Haynes said that he could not understand this he was reminded that Joseph Riley, former bank employe, tes- tifying earlier in the trial, had sald that he was instructed to show this as cash by C. Howell Young, who was also employed at the bank and who is Haynes' son-in-law. Haynes still’ in- sisted that he had nothing to do with it, and said it was erroneous, no matter by whom ordered. Young denied knowl- edge of the order. The acrimony which marked the start of cross-examination was continued to- day, Rover objecting time after time as the witness refused to give “yes” or “no” answer, to questions, but went into details. Haynes continued to in- sist that they could not be answered directly. His counsel, H. Winship Wheatley, appealed to Justice Gordon, who is conducting the trial at District Supreme Court, for the right to go into details, saying that this had been ex- tended to the prosecution. Exception Is Noted. Justice Gordon replied, however, that he thought the witness could confine himself more to the questions, adding “every explanation he gives is that he did it for Mrs. Chambers.” Eventually Wheatley noted an excep- tion when Haynes was checked. Dyring the course of the morning, as Haynes was accused of hiding his op- erations from the directors of the bank and of seeking to conceal the condition of the bank from the controller, he insisted had he ‘“explained” to the di- rectors and bank examiners, that the explanation would have been accepted. He admittted, however, that the di- rectors were not informed about the transactions with Mrs. Chambers, but explained this by saying that as ex- ecutive officer of the bank he had & right to carry on these operations with- out advice. Rover asked Haynes how he expected to pay off more than $50,000 in notes on his salary of $12,000 a year, and Haynes said he had not e: ted to pay $30,000 of the money, as that was Mrs. Chambers’ obligation. So far as the $12,000 was concerned, he insisted that his family was “living nicely” within that sum. Errors by subordinates, for which he was unable to_account, were blamed yesterday by Haynes for inaccurate bank records on which charges of false entry are alleged against him. In the first count of the indictment cbugn( that $41,300 ‘of his notes falsely showing as having been paid, when in fact they were unpaid, Haynes reau of Navigation. Navy Department, | soon to retire, was given a picnic lunch- eon celebration at Hains Point, in East Potomac Park. yesterday afternoon by his fellow workers. Mr. Wood joined the Navy Depart- ment in 1899 and {s now 74 years of age, having had two extensions of service. His assoclates presented him with a; watch and chain. Mr. Wood is sched- uled to go on leave today and will be retired from the Governmens service on July 1. He is a native of Gardner, Mass. He lives at 508 Tenth street. at the time, adding that his subordi- Inlkl hadn't “reminded” him. “When they didn't remind me, things didn’t get done,” he said. Admits Carelessness. “That was not | it> Rover queried. “Careless,” Hayes conceded. “Wouldn't you cajl it atrocious?” Rover continued. LEAVES ON CRUISE Three-Day Pleasure Trip Into Chesapeake Bay Is Planned. With all the excitement of last-min- ute hustle common to an embarkment, 165 members and guests of the Wash- ington Board of Trade boarded the S.S. Southland at its dock here this after- noon and soon were outward bound for a three-day pleasure cruise of the Po- good banking, ‘"'me-c and Chesapeake, with the itin- | Capt. Mark Chapman, took first place erary calling for a moonlight trip a short distance out to sea. “No, I don't like that word,” the witness responded. Haynes said that the note for $25,000 represented funds used to aid Mrs. Louise T. Chambers and that he had expected to be relmbursed by her, but ;:1:1 not. None of the notes were ever Rover also brought out that Haynes had allowed Mrs. Chambers to borroy“w approximately $140,000 from the bank, when the legal limit was $60,000, by using the name of her son, Fred, with herself as ‘“agent” to negotiate the notes. Haynes admitted that this was "ln sul;lterrugg tlufiund by me to please her,” but said he had felt tha the credit was good. ; The prosecutor asserted that Haynes knew this was against the law, but the banker sald he was not conscious of the fact that a law was being violated. Knew the Law. “You knew that there was a law, or controller's rule, or something, not to let ll lonnflexce‘edlm per cent of the surplus and capital of the bank,” emphasized. b That was conceded by the witness. Rover was attempting to make Haynes answer directly whether he !,l;?‘l’x;:l: ‘lt t‘hu “good banking” or " for the president of a "h’l‘l\'e hlblt;‘.lshou\:;rdrllufl' e »!D aynes that the question could not be answered by a ye.!q or no; and as Rover insisted, and the witness continued to defend his position, both men were raising their voices and try- ing to talk at the same time. hflnnl;ydll&llynesusl:ld. “That record shows not, e care of m; - m{':’ as '{:‘“du I should.” i ver tried to account for sol the overdrafts in Wune, 1928, t.;lefl'?e’ fact that Haynes was away at a bank- ers’_convention. The banker said there was no call for money at these gatherings. as the expenses wers cared for and that the only extra convention activities were “golf and so forth.” Extravagance Charged. “It's the ‘so forth’ I'm talking about,” Rover shot hack. “There was a liberal abundance of ‘so forth’ around and no occasion to spend money for it,” Ha; said. sald he could not nce & Teason why this entry had its inception in a teller’s records “unless I speculate on it, and I won’t do that.” Cupidity Hinted. Nor was he able to say why notes for $25,000 and $800 had not been properly recorded. ‘Rover suggested that perhaps Haynes was trying to conceal his financial con- dition from the of the banle. “I was not afraid of the board of directors not t my , loans,” Haynes said, adding-that they did give their approval to these loans when they were included with others aggregating ynes “I'm not talking about liquor,” Rover snapped, “how abou 2 “Mr. ' Rover,” thing I have never done cards for money.” Rover, commenting on the fact that Haynes had said his income was the $12,000 he received from the bank, de- clared the banker was trying to live beyond his means. Haynes emphatically denied this. Rover wanted to know if Haynes had any idea as to his individual stock transactions with W. B. Hibbs & Co. The witness said he could not even guess. Rover asked if he would be “sur- rised” to know that they ran around ,300. %lflw‘hfi out that when this lat- ter transaction took place, the first group of notes was overdue. Haynes sald he gasn't aware of it 1:100.000. Haynes said. might have been $5,000,000,” - ‘This is the first outing of the trade body in the form of an extended cruise of the bay and it marks an even more radical departure in the events of the Board of Trade, for the guests of the members are their wives, this being the first time in the history of the board that its members have invited the wives to participate in a major function of the organization. Headed for Norfolk. Heading the lists of guests are Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, District Commis- sioner, and Mrs. Crosby. George W. Offutt, president of the trade board, and Mrs. Offutt are official host and hostess. The trip was arranged by a_ special committee including Col. John T. Bard- roff, Robert J. Cottrell and Fred A. Smith. The steamer will take the party to Norfolk, where they will view a dress parade staged by sailors aboard the U. S. S. Arizona and make an inspec- tion of the ship. The party also will visit other historic spots in Tidewater Virginia and will inspect restoration work in progress at Williamsburg. The party will return to Washington early Monday morning. Guest List Is Large. The list of guests includes the fol- lowing: Mr. and Mrs. Milton F. Schwab, Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Allen, Miss Helen Bell, Mrs. Robert A. Warren, Miss Ruth Plitt, Miss Zelda La Porte, George Mil- ler, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Carr, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Smith, Prank Johnson, Joseph P. Burke, Miss Ella Corcoran, Mrs. Mary Reed, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hawley Smith, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Iager, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Munter. Maj. and Mrs. Russell B. King, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Johnson, Miss Norah W. Offutt, Miss Mary G. Offutt, Miss Grace Hess, Miss Jessie Moseley, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Smith, Mr. and Mrs, William J. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice May, Mr. and Mrs, Paul May, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Brawner, Miss Sally Brawner, Mr. and Mrs. Mar- tin Wiegand, E. S. Pardoe, James Moran. o Mr. and Mrs. Tom McNamara, John Saul, Mrs. James T. Gibbs, to piay | Trenis, Mr. and Mrs. Mr, Mrs. Ross H. Snyder, J. Driscoll, Dr. and Mrs. Roy Mr. and Mrs. Floyd F. Gaines, Smith, C. L. Stiefel, Miss Al Stiefel, Miss Marion E. Warfield, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fenton, Mr. and Mrs. George Ford, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Conway, Odell 8. A. r. and Mrs. W. W. Wheeler, Mr. and | C. W. Offutt, Mr. and Mrs. M Mrs. George enry W. Offutt, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. *WIN COMPETTION Capture Three Places in Drill for Colored Schools for Sixth Year. | For the sixth straight year, Dunbar High School cadets have won all three places in the annual company competi- i“" drills of the ninth brigade, com- | posed of cadets of the colored high | schools. | Company E, commanded by Cadet | late yesterday, winning the silk victory flag for the company and the diamond- i studded teachers’ medal for its captain. | Company H, commanded by Cadet Capt. Edward Lucas, won second place, and Company F, under Cadet Capt. Bernard Washington, third place to make it a clsan sweep for Dunbar. Maj. Gen. George Van Horn Moseley, deputy chief of staff, United States Army, reviewed the brigade and made the presentation of awards at the close of the exercises. With Gen. Mosely in the reviewing stand was the Minister from Haiti. Dr. Luther Reichelderfer and Maj. Gen. Herbert Crosby, District Commissioners, and Dr. Frank W. Bal- lou, superintendent, and Garnet C. ‘Wilkinson, first assistant superintend- ent of schools, also reviewed the cadets. Judges of the drills, in which 13 com- panies entered by Dunbar, Armstrong and Cardozo High Schools competed, were Capt. Clinton J. Peterson, 369th Infantry, New York; First Lieut. ‘Thomas Chatmon of the 1st Separate Company, Maryland National Guard, and Second Lieut. Sylvester T. Black- well, 372d Infantry. Begun by Company F of Dunbar at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, the drill continued "throughout the day until 5 | o'clock when, after the last company had quit the field in Griffith Stadium, a “silent” drill was staged by 67 non- commissioned officers of the three schools. In thie exhibition. the two platoons of cadets presented the manual of arms and a close order drill without command or signal. Then they gave an exhibition of setting-up exercises to the accompaniment of the high school cadet band. Sixteen thousand persons witnessed the final ceremonies of the drill. RABBI LOEE TO MARRY Rabbi Julius Tukachinsky Loeb, 61, pastor of Ohev Shalom Synagogue here, and Mrs. Rose Mazin, 43. of Brooklyn, N. Y., obtained a license to wed yester- day in New York City, the ceremony to be performed in a few days. Mrs. Mazin, a widow, and Rabbi Loeb, who is marrying for the second time, are both natives of Russia. The couple did not announce the time or place of their approaching marriage. Shipe, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Akers, Mrs. J. G. Gessford, Richard L. Lamb, . |Mr. and Mrs. George E. Corbett, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Case. Miss E. L. Corbett, Miss K. C. Cor- bett, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam P. Rich- ards, Mr. and Mrs. Claude W. Owen, Miss Helen Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Robbins, E. W. Robbins, jr.; Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Dove, C. T. Day, H. E. Becke, Charles Victor, F. K. Feupel, Miss L. O. Webster, Grant Leet, George Wilson, Robert Clements, Roger Haw- thorne, J. T. Bardroff, Mr. and Mrs. R. H Bangs, Dr. and Mrs. Wheeler. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Morris. Mr. and Mrs. W. Porter Cox, Miss Dorothy Cox, Miss Anna B. Fenton, C. W. Morris, Migs Aubre Barkwell, Mrs. F. J. Reese, Norment, jr.; C. R. Houser, Lane Robert J. Cottrell, H. H. Carter, Helwig and Mr. and Mrs. C. H. R. razi Oldham, Jun and fish to be caught. This. he said. is where the United States Bureau of Fisheries and the various State fish and game departments come in, with their law enforcement and fish hatcheries. “It will interest you to know that only three States now permit the unrestrict- ed sale of black bass,” he said. “Four permit the sale of bass taken from cer- tain waters. Ten States permit the sale of bass brought into the State, while prohibiting the sale of bass caught within their borders. This number in- cludes Pennsylvania. However, we un- derstand their Legislature has just passed a law and sent it to Gov. Pin- chot for his signature, prohibiting the sale of all black bass. This will close this State to the markets of the States in the South without such a law and will have a far-reaching effect. Two States permit sale during the spawning season. One State allows Indians to sell bass and another prohibits the sale of black bass under 25 inches except from certain waters. Nine States have no closed season on black bass. Fifteen States have a 10-inch limit, one a 12- inch limit; 10 States have no size lim- its and others have limits of 8, 7 and 6 inches.” BANKER ACCUSED IN FAIRFAX SUIT Row With B. A. Bowles Causes Wife's Breakdown, B. F. May Tells Court. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE, Va., May 29.—Actions of B. Aggie Bowles, vice president of the Potomac Savings Bank, Georgetown, during visits to the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. Frank May last February, and which May alleges caused his wife to become partially paralyzed. were described to a Fairfax county Circuit Court jury today by May. May, who has brought suit for dam- ages against Bowles, testified the banker visited his home first on the night of February 21 to upbraid his wife for stories Bowles charged she spread about him and a woman. As a result’of this visit, and another on the nignt of February 25, Mrs. May became exceedingly nervous and ex- cited, suffered loss of sleep, which ultimately caused a physical break- down, which resulted in her legs be- coming partly paralyzed, May told the court. He said Bowles “paid no atten- tion to my warnings that she was in a delicate condition” when he called first. Bowles, according to May, strode into the May home about 7:30 o'clock on the evening of February 21, rushed hur- riedly infe the living room. and began shouting at Mrs. May. The banker said she had been “spreading stories™ about him that were criminally libelous and sufficient to warrant her being “put in Jall, and that is where I intend see- ing you.” Bowles was quoted by May. ‘The witness said that when he and his wife attempted to deny the charges, Bowies held up his hand and refused to let them talk. AVENUE PLAN STUDIED ‘The Arlington Memorial Bridge Com- mission y prepared to lay the groundwork for the crossing of two of the city's great thoroughfares, Consti- tution and Pennsylvania avenues. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3rd, the commission’s executive officer, called for bids for de Pennsylvania avenue and continue on up to the Capitol. Col. Grant directed that bids for the ng of the two structures be opened ’