Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1931, Page 13

- THREE FIRE HEADS | AND 18 POLICENEN WILL BF RETRED Inspector Harrison and Capts. Walsh and Bremer- man Leave Force. TWO SERGEANTS GIVEN i PENSIONS ON REQUEST; Order of D. C. Commissioners Will, Become Effective on June 30. i Orders for the retirement of three| Pire Department officals and 18 police | officers, including Inspector William H.| Harrison, Capts. John M. Walsh and Charles M. Bremerman, 70, were ap- proved today by the District Commis- soners effective June 30. <Al have reached or passed the 64-year-age re- ! tirement. | The retirement of the three Fire De- | partment officials is compulsory, each having passed the retirement age. They are Deputy Chief Engineer Philip W. Nicholson, 68 years old, with 48 years of service in the department; Deputy Chief Engineer James C. Keliher, 173, with 45 years' service, and John D., Leeman, assistant superintendent of{ machinery, who is 67 years old and; has served 26 years. His retirement pay will be $125 a month. while that | of Nicholson and Keliber will be $208.33 per month, effective on or after July 1. Inspector Harrison of the police force has just reached the retirement age of 64, and hgs served continuously for over 38 years. Capt. Walsh, 65 years old, has served over 37 years. He is stationed at No. 5 precinct. Capt. Bremerman, who has served for 38 years, is at No. 13. Detective Sergt. Francis M. Helan, 76 years old, with over 42 years' service, and Sergt. John McLucas, 64, with over 31 years duty on the force, are being retired on their applications. The other members of the force retiring, all pri- vates, with their years of service, are: John Shipley, 34 years; Thomas L. English, 36 years; Edward E. Dulin, years; John E. Hartman, 41 year: George W. Sollers, 34 years; Owens, 35 years; Thomas Oriani, years: John J. O'Brien, 37 years: Charles H. Murphy, 40 years: William H. Lester, 31 years; Samuel D. Gibson, 42 years; Edgar Downs, 31 years; John C. Bunn, 34 years. CATHOLIC U. RECTOR FLAYS MATERIALISM i Bpeaks at Graduation Exercises of | Immaculate Seminary and Presents Award. Criticizing modern materialistic_phi- losophy, Right Rev. James Hugh Ryan, rector of Catholic University, spoke yes- | terday at the graduation exercises of Immaculata Seminary. He presented a $100 gold piece and certificate to Miss Ann Joy Chambers, one of the graduates, who won an essay contest conducted by the American Chemical Society on the value of chem- istry in the home. ) Most Rev. Pietro Fumasoni-Blondi, apostolic delegate to the United States, was the guest of honor. He also & tended the luncheon for 30 members of the clergy and a reception for the graduates and their guests. High school diplomas were awarded to the Misses Chambers, Mary Margaret Collins, Eloise Bernadette Cross, Helen Elizabeth Dettweiler, Margaret Eliza- beth Griffin, Barbara Mary Griesbauer, Helen Teresa Hile, Katherine Tennyson Lioyd, Harriet Ann Marceron, Ann Nora O'Neil, Anna Mae Katherine Ryan, Margaret Marie Staley, Mary Elsie Steuart, Mary Ann Tucker, Ann Killeen Dart. Mary Cecelia Elizabeth Murphy and Emilia Ray Roma. Junior college certificates were pre- sented to Misses Mary Lelia Borzi, Irene Rose O'Hanlon, Margaret Jane Hughes, Anna Mae Lyneman, Annette | Patricla Summers and Pearle Louise Thompson. CHILDREN'S WREATH PLANNED FOR TOMB| Legion “Eight-and-Forty” Is Due| to Honor Unknown Soldier This Afternoon. A wreath, on behalf of the children of veterans of the World War, will be placed on the Tomb of the Unknown | Soldier at 2:30 o'clock today by Mrs. Ethel V. Murphy of Pleasantville, N. Y.. Je chapeau national of the “Eight and Forty. The “Eight and Forty” is a branch of the American Legion and Auxiliary, | which concerns itself with child wel- Aare and particularly with assistance to World War orphans. The organization is sponsoring a get- acquainted party for Wcrld War or- phans of the District at 8 o'clock to- night in the Washington Hotel Spanish foom. “Mrs. Carolyn Herman will pre- e. DIPLOMAS ARE AWARDED 28 GRADUATE NURSES ¥. D. Nichol Is Washington Sani- tarium and Hospital School Com- mencement Speaker. Diplomas were awarded last night to -28 graduates of the Washington Sani- tarium and Hospital School of Nursing * in Takoms Park at commencement ex- ercises in Columbia Hall of the Wash- ington Missionary College. The gradu- ates will become registered nurses as soon as State board examinations are leted. ”*ge commencement address was de- Jivered by F. D. Nichol of the editorial staff of the Review and Herald Pub- lshing Association in Takoma Park. Diplomas were presented by Dr. A. W. ‘Truman, medical director of the sani- tarium, and school insignia by Mrs. E. ‘T. James, director of the School of Nursisg. Miss Catherine Carlson was president of the class; Miss Clare Astwood, vice 'mldenl; Miss Margaret Duffy. secre- and Miss~ Mildred Strother, _ Philip W. Nicholson. _ TRAFFIC, INIURIES FATALTO CHLD, 8 George Blake, Struck by Auto in Front of Home, Dies at Casualty. Injuries’ suffered when run down by an automobile In front of his home last night proved fatal to George Ellsworth Blake, 8 years old, of 413 T street north- east, early today. The child died at Casualty Hospital from a fractured | skull, concussion of the brain and shock. Police of the ninth precinct station held Vincent R. Tompkins, 19 vears old, of 1240 Girard street northeast, said to have been the driver of the machine, for an inquest called by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt. exonerated when a verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest. ‘The Blake youngster was playing in front of his home about 8:30 o'clock when he jumped off the sidewalk sud. denly and darted into the path of ‘Tompkins' car. The operator tried vainly to swerve in time to avoid hit- ting the boy. Roy Elmandorf of 7091 C street northeast took the child to Casualty Hospital, where he was treated by Dr. A. L. Grosberg. In the only other serious accident re- | vorted to police last night Mrs. Nellle Rabbitt, 45 vears old, of 3312 N street received internal and head injuries when run down by a car as she was crossing M street near Twenty-eighth. Samuel Twyman, colored, 25, of 306 V street, driver of the auto, was being held at the seventh precinct statio pending the outcome of Mrs. Rabbitt's injuries. SUBPOENA IS SERVED ON MAYFLOWER HEAD' Daniel J. 0'Brien of Hotel Com-, pany Must Appear Before Jury With Specific Records. Daniel J. O'Brien, president of the Mayflower Hotel C i a subpoena last night calling upon him to appear before the grand jury Mon- day with certain records pertaining to the management of the hotel. It was stated at the Justice Depart- ment today that this would be the first step in the presentation to the jury of all material gathered in its investigation of .the American Bond & Mortgage Co., which financed the Mayflower Hotel. Tompkins later was | was served with | he Fo WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, | ‘The District Commissioners today or- dered the retirement of a police inspec- tor, two captains and two deputy fire ' chiefs in conformity with the new order of enforced retirements. The men above are slated to leave the service. Upper left, Inspector William H. Harrison: up- per right, Capt. Charles M. Bremer- | man; left center, Capt. John M. Wals center right, Deputy Fire Chief James C. Keliher; below, Deputy Fire Chief YOUTH WITH §1.400 MISSING INSEARCH |Gas Station Worker Served Term for Theft of Auto, Police Learn. Merlyn Breaw, 23.year-old gasoltne | station attendant who disappeared | | yesterday afternoon with nearly $1,400 | | entrusted to him for deposit in & nearby | bank, still was missing today despite an | intensive police search. Breaw, an emplo; Service Station, Twenty-first street and | Pennsylvania avenue, left the station about 1 o'clock to go to the nearby branch of the Federal-American Bank. According to the service manager, Cyril Clark, he had with him $1,169 in bills, $3.31 in silver and about $200 in indorsed checks. Police today were holding for investi- gation a 19-year-old youth who recom- mended Breaw, a former inmate at the National Training School, for his posi- tion, and who is said to be a close friend of the missing man. The youth was ar- rested late last night by Detective Sergts. Larry O'Dea and Michael J. Dowd. | “Itawas not known until affer Breaw | faile to reappear upon being sent by | the bank that at one time he served a entence at the Federal institution on | Bladensburg road, where he was sent for 20 months by the United States District Court at Wichita, Kans., for violating the national motor vehicle theft act. | A check-up at the bank showed the | money, representing the station’s re- | ceipts for the week end, had not been deposited. ‘The theory that he might have been | held up during his walk to the bank a block away was scouted by police and detectives investigatiny case. Police were told that a friend of Breaw's, living at the latter'’s home, in the 1200 block of Sixth street, received a telephone call about 1 o'clock yester- | day afternoon and hurriedly left the house. Lookouts for Breaw and his friend were sent to several nearby cities. Detectives learned last night that Breaw was admitted to the National Training School on March 29, 1925, and was released at the expiration of his sentence on November 4, 1926. He gave a Denver, Colo., address and was sent back to his parents in that city upon his discharge, officials at the in- stitution said. (DAVID SAPOZNICK DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS Head of District Messenger Service ! Buccumbs at Emergency Hospiteal. David Sapoznick, 46, of 1424 Ninth | street, head of the District Messenger ( Service, died at Emergency Hospital {elrly today, after a brief fllness. Hi lived in this city for 27 ysars. He wa: a native of Russia, and came to this | country when a boy. His three sons, who survive him, were assoclated with him in the business The are Louls, Jacob and Hyman. Hi is also survived by his widow, Mrs. Rose Sapoznick. Funeral services will be held tomo: row afternoon ®at 1:30 o'clock at Bernard = Danzansky's chapel, 3501 | Fourteenth street. Burial will be in District of Columbia Lodge Cemetery. | Rabbl George Silverstone will be in charge of burial ceremonies. of the Minute | “BOSS, I'M FEELING FINE,” SAYS PRINCIPAL OF SUICIDE RUMOR | another New York brokerage concern. ! | the bank Police Answer Excited Woman’s Call, but Find Colored Man at Work. From a reliable source today police learned that James Wood, colored, did not commit suicide. An._excited woman assured headquar- ers this morning that James had, Anyhow, if he hasn't,” she stammered into the - telephone, “he's about to. Hurry! Hurry!” K alrol yourself please,” goothed the operator, who explained the police were willing to hurry, but first they must know where to. é - “To 8112 . Copnscticut swvenue,” sche bed the woman. “He's the janitor, | there—he just telephoned me he was, | doing away with himself.” | The alarm accordingly was flashed to | fourteenth precinct. ‘Y'wo radio scout cars and the reserves were rushed to' the scene. i The police found James calmly, mending & bit of broken furniture in the basement. > 5. M!"ru?lgpm that fl’ll." sald Tm fecling fine.” - ening Stae WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TRIAL OF HAYNES NEARING FINISH AS ROVER RESTS Jury to Decide Fate of Banker After Closing Argu- ments Tomorrow. INCOME TAX RETURN DISCREPANCY ADMITTED Chambers’ Losses Are Deducted in 1927 and 1928, Says De- fendant. The trial of Harry V. Haynes, for- mer president of the Farmers & Mechanics' National Bank, had reached its elosing stage today. ! No sessicn wad held, as juries are being selected in Criminal Division 1 of District Supreme Court, where for more than three weeks the case has| been in progress before Justice Gordon. Closing arguments are due to be made tomorrow, and late tomorrow aft- | erncon or early Thursday the fate of the banker should be put up to the Ju%ol 11 men and 1 woman. e prosecution rested late yester-| day after three days had been spent| by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover | in cross-examining Haynes. | Tax Return Brought Ouf. [ The end of this interrogation, which had been marked by sharp tilts, was climaxed when Rover produced Haynes' income tax returns for 1927 and 1928 | and showed that in these he had| charged off half the losses in stock! transactions which he had previousl, testified were for the benefit of Mrs. Louise T. Chambers. Haynes' defense has been that the: manipulation of the funcs of the| Farmers & Mechanics’, with which he is charged, were to restore Mrs. Cham- ; | bers' finances and protect the bank, where she was a customer. Rover brought in the income tax rec- | ords without warning. Half of Losses Charged Off. | He first drew the admission from the witness that Mrs. Chambers’ losses should not be reflected on his own re- turns, but Haynes qualified that by the statement “that in making up the re- turn for 1928 I think I did take half of scmething,” adding that he believed | [ there was the thought in his mind at that time that so long as he was carry- ing those accounts for Mrs. Chambers | he could adapt half of the losses to | charge-offs. you believe you did? You know you | did!" Rover shouted. | Showing Haynes tax return for ! 1927, Rover asked “whether you find ! yourself charging vourself with $3.953 ! profit taken from that trading account | at Hibbs & Co.." local brokers. “Then, pointing to entries which he said covered losses at Hibbs of $2,419.23 and at Josephthal's, a New York | brokerage house, of $3,726.46, the prose- cutor said: “You said on the stand to- day that you closed that account at Josephthal's in 1925.” “Or 1926, the witness amplified. Exempt From Tax. Rover said that the result of th credits was that Haynes did not have to pay a tax in 1927. “Can you explain that?” asked. “It is a very difficult matter,” the banker replied, adding that he hadn't had a chance to study the returns. In the 1928 return Rover said that| Haynes took credit fcr half of the losses in transactions totaling $15.000 | at Hibbs and $21,000 at Dyer-Hudson, | Rover As Rover continued his questioning, | Haynes admitted that hg¢ had been| ‘Wrong. Rover insisted that Haynes ha taken the losses ‘so you wouldn't have | to pay income ta: The witness said “that’s what tha is generally done for.” “What was in your mind?” Rover pressed. 2 “Well,” Haynes said. ‘I can_only reiterate what I said before. that I was 80 involved with those things that I suppose I thought that it was no great stretch of ‘the imagination to assume that I had tHe' tesponsibility there to take half of the losses.” “Improper; Not Serious.” He added that “it was probably very improper, but there was ‘nothing in my mind that made it appear very serious. After bringing in these records, Rover rested, not taking up the two counts of the indictment which charge abstrac- ticn of securities. Haynes has sald that these securities were used to cover somg other of Mrs. Chambers’ opera- tions. H. Winship Wheatley, counsel for the defense, asked to be allowed to have the tax returns to study them while the trial is held up, and this privilege was granted without argument. Discrepancies between the accounts of Mrs, Chambers and Haynes, brought up earlier in the afternoon, were ascribed to bookkeeping errors by the defendant. In one instance, where an undated daraft for 933,000 on Hibbs was described by Rover as & “worthless subterfuge” in records to cover a $33,000 overdraft, the witness said he had signed the draft without realizing the purport f it. hi “I signed that just like you sign lots of other papers brought to you by subordinates,” he sald. The overdraft was eventually pald. | was to stoj | cises, have reflected great credit upon ! sent to AR PLANES Q0T FELD HEREON HOP TO HONE HANGAR All but Four of 300 Airships Held Here Since Friday Take Off in Mud. HOOVER LAUDS GROUP ON CORPS MANEUVER Two Pilots, I11 With Colds, Are Due to Leave Today—Pursuit Craft Collide on Wet Runway. Demobilization of the 1Ist Air Di- vision got under way today with the bulk of the Army maneuver planes sta- tioned at Bolling Field since Friday tak- ing off before 9:30 o'clock. By 11 o'clock, all of 300 planes had oft the field except two pursuit planes whose pilots were i1l in Walter Reed Hospital, two pursuit’ships which need | new fabric patches on wing and tail 1 l |surfaces and one transport which was | bogged down in a mud hole. ' The two sick pilots, suffering from bad colds, were expected to get away | this afternoon, one for Selfridge Fleld, | | Mich.. the other for Mather Field, Calif. [ in the eye by the unidentified gunman. | The two planes to which fabric is being applied were expected to ciear this afternoon for Kelly Field, Tex. The transport, hauled out of its bog by a tractor, left before noon for Selfridge Field, Michigan. Planes Collide in Mud. J The 1st Pursult Group, Selfridge Field, was the first to élear the local Army airdrome. the pilots of its three squadrons taking off in elements of | three planes each, assembling in squad- | Tons over the city and then heading off to the northwest. The big transports of the group, carrying mechanics and supplies, followed soon afterward. The flying cadets from Kelly Field, piloting the P-1 pursuit planes of the 101st Provisional Pursuit Group, start- ed taking off by elements, but were flagged down to single take-offs after | two of the planes, tricky to handle on | the muddy surface of the field, collided lightly while taxiing, tearing the fab- ric on the wing of one and on the tail of the other. The Kelly Field trans- ports then cleared. The 20th Pursuit Group, composed of squadrons frcm Mather Field and Rock- well Field, San Diego, Calif.. got away | from a field then heavily churned by ! the preceding squadrons. i Early this afternoon the 7th Bom- | bardment Group, composed of light and heavy squadrcns from Rockwell Field, at Bolling Field for refuel- ing en route West. The 11th Squadror of the group was to pick up two pa: sengers at Bolling Field. Col. Francisco Aguilar, Mexican military attache. and Col. Cascillo Breton, chief of the Mexi- can Aeronautcal School, who will be | taken as far as Gincinnati. The 15th <ervation Squadron, | which arrived here Sunday, also left this morning. Field headquarters of the division, established at Bolling Field last Friday, were closed before noon today. Hoover Lauds Air Corps. President Hoover was greatly im- pressed with the maneuvers, and today ent the following message of congratu- lation to Col. Patrick J. Hurley, Secre- of War | T wish to congratulate you and the Air Corps on the remarkable success achieved in the maneuvers just ter- minated. “To have mobilized, from all parts of the country, a force of 672 airplanes, and maneuvered it from the Middle West to, and along. the Eastern Sea board from Maine to Virginia, without anv serious mishav, is very convincing | evidence of the efficiency of the Army’s | air forces. “I am especially gratified to know that all three components of the Army of the United States—Regular Army, | National Guard and Organized Reserve —participated so creditably in this in- uction. “You and your subordinates in the War Department, by the successful or- ganization and execution of these exer- | our military establishment. Y BOY S;idT IN FINGER BY UNIDENTIFIED YOUTH Fired upon by an”unidentified white | youth while roller-skating near his | home today, Willlam Thomas, colored, 12, of 1506 § street, was wounded in the left hand. He was given treatment by a neighboring physician and then edmen’s Hospital. ‘Thoma$ told third precinct police he was skating in the 1600 block of S street when a white boy about 16, brandishing a pistol, rode up on a bicycle and ordered him to halt. After Thomas stopped, he said, the other boy fired at him point-blank, the slug. passing through the little finger of his left hand. His dssailant, who was saild to ‘be wearing an orange ;wsnv:r, long trousers and a gray cap, ed. Thomas was discharged from the hos- pital after receiving medical attention. Legless Veteran Remains in Cell Character Witnesses Testify. The defense brought in a group of character witnesses yesterday afternoon, and read a list of others who, it was said, would come in to testify if their nce was required. Their testimony was dispensed with, it being conceded that they would attest to the character of Haynes “prior to the time he resigned ‘from the bank,” which was, in general, the phraseology of the question put to each of the character witnesses. I . The witnesses who took the stand ‘were Joshua Evans, jr.: Frank Stetson and John B. Cochran, bankers; Joseph H. Cranford and J. K. Berry, business men. The last two served on the board of the Farmers & Mechanics’ Bank with Haynes. PSP Liner Reported Grounded. SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 (#).—The Marine !:xchsnf today reported the Dollar liner President Jefferson aground at the mouth of thc Whan, River, Shanghal. Advices sald she ship's cargo was being discharged and that she | probably would be rcfioated at the next high tide. The ship was bound from Yokohama to Shanghai. Chile Newspaper Director Resigns. SANTIAGO, Chile, June 2 (A .— Cerlos Silva Vildosola, for a %’f: of & century a leading Chilean iR B et T newspaper El H o During Own Trial Crippled Prisoner Spares Attaches Duty of Carry- ing Him to Court. A trial was held in Police Court to- day with the defendant, a legless war veteran, remaining in a cell and re- celving sentence without being brought into the court rcom. ‘To avoid the inconvenience of having Jesse McMillan, 35, of the 100 block of Pennsylvania avenue, brought up two flight of stairs from the cell to his court, Judge Robert E. Mattingly tehed to_ask the veteran he wanted to plead to a charge of intox- ication. McMillan sent back word he would plead gulltz. Policeman E. A. Horsley then told the judge about the arrest of the man after finding him unconscious near his home Saturday. Judge Mat- tingly pronounced sentence of $25 fine or 30 days in jail, but later suspended sentence. Horsley said that when he found Mc- Millan a small wagon, which the cri) uses to make his way about the city, had overturned on top of him. The officer summoned the nct pa- trol wagon and took to Gal- linger he was treated ‘where BOY DELINQUENCY JUNE 2, 1931 EFFECT OF SHOOTING IN DEATH OF UNION OFFICIAL STUDIED Coroner’s Jury to Be Told of Shock Suffered by A. M. Huddell. Physicians Believe Bullet Ar- rested by Note Book Caused Concussion. A coroner’s jury was sworn in today over the body of Arthur Mcintire Hud- dell, 62-year-old president of the In- ternational Union of Operating Engi- neers, preparatory to an inquest to be conducted Thursday. Fired on May 20 while in a restaur- ant at Tenth and K streets, Huddell died yesterday in Sibley Memorial Hos- pital. An autopsy performed last might by Dr. Joseph D. Rogers, deputy coroner, revealed the patient had died of cere- bral henorrhage and pneumonia. Seck Cause of Death. Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, District cor- oner, declared several attending physi- clans and Dr. Rogers would be heard at the inquest in an effort to decide whether the attempt on Huddell's life was the underlying cause of his death. Huddell collapsed in his office May 26 and was removed to the hospital. His condition originally was attributed to the nervous strain incid:nt to the attack in the case, when one of his luncheon companions, Frank Langdon, editor of a union publication, was shot ARTHUR McINTIRE HUDDELL. shot wound at Emergency Hospital.! Police still seek the attacker. Probed Embeszlement. At the time of the shooting Huddell ! and Possehl were investigating alleged | embezzlement of $36,000 fion the | union’s benefit fund. The matter was| brought to the attention of the District grand jury last week. Dr. M. T. Rosser, who attended Hud- dell, said yesterday that the patient | One of the seven bullets fired at the;seemed to be recovering until the pneu- | union officials struck Mr. Huddell,’ but ' monia set in last Saturday. was arrested by a notebook in his| pocket. The force knocked him to the/ funeral home, 924 New York avenue.| floor. Physicians said the shock might | from where it will be taken tonight to have caused a slight concussion leading | Chelsea, Mass., for furleral services to_the hemorrhage.. 2 Burial will be in Salem, Mass., his for- | Landon is recovering from the gun-!mer home. JURY CLEARS TWO Mr. Huddell's body is at the Nevius! | ing’ in any terminal of this kind CURE DISEUSSE Club Convention Hears Prof. Zorbaugh Outline Plan to Help Youths. A careful and comprehensive study of the causes and cures for delinquency among boys was recommended today to the Boys' Club Federation of Amer- ica, meeting here for its twenty-fifth annual convention, by Harvey M. Zorbaugh, professor of sociology at New York University. Prof. Zorbaugh stressed three issues dealing with the care of boys which he believed should be acted on in order to correct delinquency: “First, the study of individual bovs who do not seem to fit in with the general plan applicable to the great mass of boys, with a purpose of finding the cause and cure of Jelinquency. Records Suggested. “Secondly, the keeping of records of the activities in the club ¢f each indi- vidual boy and especiaily the keeping of records of the delinquent individuals. “Third, a closer co-operation and study of other social groups, such as Boy Scouts, in an effort to co-ordinate for the greater benefit of the Boys' Y Clubs.” The study of individual cases would be made by ‘“persons especially equipped by training in psychology and behavior- ism to analyze the individual problems and recommend solution,” under the plan advocated by Prof. Zorbaugh. Work Neglected. (n the past.” he continued. “no ef- fort has been made to study the prob- lems of inditidual boys who do not fit in the general plan of activities a: sumed by the mass. These problem boys divide roughly into two groups— |those who do not show interest im pai ticipating in the sport or effort of the Boys' Club and are side-line spectators, and those who take part in an antaj onistic manner, interfering with peace and_harmony. “Procedure in the past has been to expel these youngsters and have no more concern about them. However, it has been called to the attention of the federation that this action is pegative and that the boys who really need the assistance are the very ones who are being neglected. “Hence, it is proposed that the direc- tor or ascistant director or some one of each Boys' Club devote a year to the study of behaviorism and kindred sciences, so as to be equipped psycho- logically to investigate each delinquent and recommend & course of action for improvement. Rudolph E. Lent, business manager of thg Jersey City, N. J., Journal, pre- sided today at the Fifth Annual Me- chanical Conference of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association at the Government Printing Office. Mr. Lent came to this city by plane yester- day with Frank C. T, superin- tendent of the stereotype department of his paper. Mr. Palmer is a member of the as- soclation's Joint Committee on News- paper Printing and of the American Association of Advertising _Agencies. Mr. Lent, while here, is visiting with his sister, Sylvia Lent, Washington vio- linist, of 1528 Corcoran street. #were held by a coroner's jury following - IN'SCHOOL CRASH Report Absolving Rouse and Bordeaux Contains 21 Indictments. i | The Dstrict grand jury today ex- | onerated Ray N. Rouse and Orbia L.| | Bordeaux, both of Goldsboro, N. C., | of ‘responsibility in the fall of a scaf- | | fold at the Stuart Junior High School | May 15, which resulted in the death of Nathaniel Mozon, a colored laborer working on the building. { Rouse was construction foreman for |the W. P. Rose Co, which has the contract to build an’ addition to the | | school, and Bordeaux was boss car- penter and assistant foreman. They | the death of Mozon two days after the accident. | . ‘The grand jurors also declined to in- dict Joseph Baylor, charged with house- breaking: Cordia McKnight, forgery | Alfred Goodspeed, grand larceny; Har- |old M. Stewart, national prohibition | law; Joseph Avereilo, assault to rob, | and William Foster. rcbbery. ‘Twenty-one indictments were returned by the grand jury. Among these were: James H. Tiller, James A. Gentle and Gorman W. Ewell, charged with rob- bery; William T. Manley, carnal knowl- e; Gus Brown, bigamy; Willlam O. Gill and Lucy E. Bishop, assault with dangerous weapon: Charles R. Bell and Howard E. Harper, grand larceny and Joy riding; ‘Eugene E. Wyte, Odell Heath, Alfred Goodspeed, Jack Silver- stein and James Krovath, grand lar- ceny; Robert J. Montgomery and James Myers, housebreaking; J. M. Hause, em- bezzlement; William G. Davis, violating Harrison anti-narcotic law; James Myers, Leroy Hill, William G. Wallace, Charles Weldon, James Johnscn, Leroy | D. Kelth and Howard T. Johnson, | housebreaking and larceny. and Roy | Moore and Robert Farmer, grand | larceny. e WHITE HOUSE DUTIES " BEGUN BY HASTINGS | Strothers’ Su?u:o?wnl Direct | " Welfare Work in Addition to | Research Activities. George A. Hastings of New York to- | day assumed duties at the White House as_research clerk. « Hastings, who has been connected with social welfare work in New York for many years, succeeds French Strother, who resigned. In addition to doing research work for President Hoover, Hastings will have general supervision of welfare work being conducted by Mr. Hoovar, through the White House Child Wel- fare Conference. Derby to Be Televiewed. LONDON, June 2 (#).—The London Herald says that an attempt will be made to broadcast by television the finish of the Derby at Downs tomorrow. Baird televisor apparatus has been set up and is being tested in some preliminary races today. ARMY BUYS SOVIET MATCHES DESPITE RUSSIAN GOODS BAN Present Law Provides for Accepting Lowest Bids on Supplies, but Change Is Due July 1. T States Army Although the United States does not Soviet Russia, , the United lies its soldiers with Soviet-made n;-:ghu. it was disclosed Mat in boxes bearing a “Made- in-Russia” label have been purchased 8 . Russian matches less than Ameri- can matches, and, under the law, the Government must award its match con- tracts to the lowest bidder. ‘The Soviet matches are in boxes marked with a trademark of black, yel- low and red, and registered at the patent office under the name of the “A. T. Corporation, N. Y. C,” pre- sumably the Amtorg ra- tion, Russian trade agency in New York City. The low bid, rer, was sub- ng by the Northam Co., of New or! ‘The ulm:nnnuhuhn asked fon 2 T 1 a Federal statute, the award of the contract must. be made to the lowest bidder, ‘the quality of the W unimpaired. Under a ?ew w, which will become effective July 1, the Secretary of War and A provision in the War Department appropriation bill for the next fiscal year provides that “in the expenditure of appropriations in this act, the Sec- retary of War shall, unless in his dis- cretion the interests of the Government will not permit, purchase or contract Siatas, only axicles of the gTOwLh, Proc ly of the , pro- duction or manufacture of the United ‘withsta: that such m m ©cost_more, such exces- EXPERT HOLDS BUS TERMINAL WOULD HURT TRAFFIC HERE Head of Chester Valley Line Also Says “Chiseling” Will Result. INTERSTATE CARRIERS DISAGREE ON PROJECT Witness Cites Conditions in Other Cities as Argument Against Plan Here. Disagreement among interstate bus carriers over the advisability of estab- lishing one or more union bus terminals in Washington developed at today's hearing before the Public Utilities Com- mission, when Eric Biddle, president and general manager of the Chester Valley Line, warned that such a project would increase traffic evils. “ I know of no way to secure an ab- so'utely disinterested form of manage- ment for a terminal in this age -of rackets,” said Mr. Biddle, who was { qualified as an expert witness on ter- minal financing and construction. There is bound to be favoritism shown, and a certain amount of ‘chisel- It would only serve to bring new evils to traffic conditions.” Cites Other Cities. As a “horrible example.,” of mis- management and chaotic conditions at bus terminals in a number of cities, Mr. Biddle referred particularly to the terminal in Newark, N. J. g£ven in the days of unparalleled prosperity. when all it was necessary to do was to pro- duce the plans to obtain a miliioa dol- lar check. he declared, it took approxi- mately two and a half years in New York to work out completely all the details involved in the first interstate bus terminal. “After four years in New York, they are still loading bus passengers from the streets,” he added. Two groups of bus operators at yes- terday's hearings, announced plans to f!(lbllsh large bus terminals in Wash- n. While Mr. Biddle's views as to the advisability of rushing in to finance such terminals was opposed to testi- mony offered yesterday, he agreed with other bus operators that the rtongested area offered the only convenient site for a terminal. Before the commission enforces regu- lations under the recently enacted law whereby off-street loading would be restricted, Biddle urged a postpone- ment until a reasonable time. Two Terminals Planned. Yesterday afternoon’s session de- veloped that two groups of interstate bus operatcrs are planning to build ;llnlon termirals in the downtown sec- jon. B. L. May, president of the A, B. & ‘W. Rapid Transit Co., testified that a gToup he represented proposed to build a terminal “in the heart of the bus- iness dist to serve three local and suburban lines and one long-distance carrier. The depot would nct be com- pleted before July 1, 1932. Maurice Judd, counsel for the Wash- ington Bus Terminal Co. who had tried to gain more explicit information from May, announced later that he would make a proposal to the ccmmis- sion in behalf of his client to con- struct a union bus terminal that would be adequate to serve all the bus lines which now have scattered stations m the city. The depot planned by May's Interest, it was ®-ought out, would not be cpen to all the bus lines operating in the District. The Washington Rapid Transit Co. snd the Washington, Marl- boro & Annapolis Co. are interested in the venture with his line, May said. Capt. R. B. Lamb of the Traffic Bu- reau, testified that traffic congestion in the first zone would be relieved by the removal of bus terminals, and re- peated questioning failed to budge him from this opinicn, IRINITY GRADUATES RECORD CLASS OF 99 Diplomas Are Given to 13 Girls From Capital in Exercises at Commencement. ‘The largest class in the history of Trinity College—99 members, including 13 Washington girls—received diplomas today from Archbishop Curley in the closikn‘ exercises of Commencement week. ‘The honor graduates were Miss Mary Eileen Hogan. West Orange. N. J., and Miss Alba I. Zizzamia, Hartford, Conn., both of whom received the A. B. de- gree magna cum laude. In the academic procession the grad- uating class was led by its officers, Miss Mercedes Liddell, Avalon, Pa., frul- dent; Miss Katherine Burke, Chicago, Ill, vice president: Miss Helen Stripe, Ridgewood. N. J.. secretary; Miss Mary A. Cuineen, Danbury, Conn., treasurer, and_Miss Margaret Bevans, Flushing, N. Y, class representative on student government. Features of the commencement pro- gram were the class essay by Miss Zizzamia, the class poem by Miss Mary Margaret Walsh, Montclair, N. J.; the class song by Miss Helena Maxwell, ‘Waltham, Mass.; a plano recital by Miss Hogan; a vocal solo by Miss Ger- trude A. Borzi of Washington and the student government address by Miss Theodosia Grey, Larchmont, N. Y. The 13 Washington girls who re- Regina A. Bartenbach, Borzi, Kathleen A. Brady, Helen B. Carroll, Helen B. Eagan, Mary . Ganey, Lucile K. Hartnett. Mary Au- gusta Kennedy, Elizabeth M. O'Byrne, Kathleen . O’Connor, Margaret O'Don- oghue and Dorothy M. Rhodes. KIWANIS CLUB IS HOST Takes 27 Pupils of Weightman School for Cripples to Zoo. ‘Twenty-seven of the Weight- man School for Children are ests of the Kiwanis Club today at the ~ club’ Orgopedlm d w:ub’ club’s Ic and are Committee. The pupils. were taken, to the park by bus under the direction of Charles W. Pimper chairman of the Kiwanis committee, and Mrs. Beulah Drake, principal of the school. The Kiwanis Club has been a lead- ing organization in urging the ectab- 1'1‘;'hmenc. of the Weightman School. The club has contributed time and welfare of the pupla: