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Washington News Che WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening St WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JUNE 8, ) 19 CEORGETONN CRADUATESOBTAN DPLOVAS TODAY University to Give Degrees; to Largest Class in Its History. CULBERTSON AND HUGHES | | GET HONORARY DOCTORS Felix Neuman Included With Those Receiving Rewards for | Distinctive Service. Bringing to a close its 132d academic | year, Georgetown University will confer degrees in course upon 486 graduates in | all departments, the largest cliss in its | history, at annual commencement ex- ercises this aftern-on at 4:15 o'clock on the Hilltop campus. Two Georgetown men who have served the university with distincticn for many years will receive from the university | the honorary degrees of doctors of law. They are Dr, Willlim S. Culbertscn, United States Wmbassador to Chile, and Prof. William J. Hughes of the law fac- ulty. A third doctor of laws degree will be conferred by Dr. W. Coleman Nevils, S. J.. president of the university, upon Felix Neumann, assistanc liorarian of the Army Medical Liorary, whe, for many vears previously had been con- nected with the Library of Congress. Ambassador _Culbertson, who helped | establish the School of Foreign Service | and served as a professor until his first appointment as Minister to Rumania, still retains a position on the executive | faculty of the school. Frof. Hughes has been a member of the law faculty for | more than 15 years. McNeir to Speak. 1 | Another prominent Gecrgetown man, George McNeir of New York, 6 regent of the university, will deliver the com- | mencement address. A former Wash- ingtonian, Mr. McNeir is celebrating to- | day the golden jubilee anniversary of his own giaduaticn from the Law Echool in 1881. 1 The annual baccalaureate sermon to | the graduating class was delivered yes- | terday morning by Rev. ‘Thomas J. Deli- hant.’S. J., of New Yok, class of 1899. Dahlgren Chapel, where the mass was | held, was crowded with alumni and friends of the graduates. Rev. John J. O'Brien, S. J., was celebrant; Rev. John ! A. Dixon, S. J, deacon, and Rev. Thomas J. Stokes, S. J., subdeacon. Academic prizes and medals were be- stowed ‘upon nearly 50 honor students Jast night at exercises. in connection with which John C. Hayes, college sen- nior, delivered the class valedictory. The awards for scholarship were | made as follows: { Schoo! of Forelgn Service awards— | The Kappa Alpha Phi prize, Capt. | Francis V. Fitzgerald, office of Quarter- | master General of the Army, for the | best paper in the seminar on “Tariffs | and Commercial Treaties.” | Medals Presented. The Father Edmund A. Walsh gold medal, founded by Delpha Phi Sx Epsi- lon, Capt. Fitzgerald, for the highest general average in international law. The _internationil relations medal. | Capt. Fitzgerald, for the highest record | in the seminar on “Foreign Relations | of the United State: The Prince Albert de Ligne Gold Medal, founded by former Ambassador de Ligne of Belgium, Robert P. Lane, Washington, for the best paper on some phase of Belgian histo: The Taraknath Das Gold Medal, Powers Luse of Angola, Ind., for the best essay in the course on the economic survey of the Far East. The Baron Serge A. Korft Memorial Plaque, Pierce H. Ryan, Eureka, Calif., for the best general record in the courses on political and diplomatic his- | tory of Europe. The Pamilla’ Allerton Clarke French | prize, Josepii Santoiana, Bridgeport, Conn, for the most progress in the study of French; Charles Wolfe, Wash- ington, honorabie mention. Casey Prizes Given. The Danlel E. Casey prizes, Clement A. Erb, Wheeling, W. Va., and Paul R. Andrews, Lawrence, Mass., evening class, for the highest average in the courses on exporting and importing. | The W. Coleman Nevils Gold Medal, John E. Brady, Washington, for the highest .ecord in the course of foreign | relations of the United States: the W. Coleman Nevils Silver Medal, Franklin C. Sewell, Los Angeles, Calif., for sec- ond highest record in the same. The Willlam F. Notz Gold Medal, Pablo M. Ynsfran, cnarge d'affaires, legation of Paraguay, for the highest record in the course on economic prin- | ciples, the medal being founded by | Delta Phi Epsilon Fraternity. | The James Brown Scott prize, Gerald V. Finnegan, for the best final exami- udtion in morning course on interna- tional law; James Brown Scott priz2, Edward Devereux, Chevy Chase, Md., Tor the best final examination in course on foreign relations of the United States, ? The Alejandro Padilla Gold Medal, founded by Dr. Thomas H. Healy to honor the former Ambassador of Spaln, won by Morris Ziperstein, Cleveland, Oalo, for doing most to promote a bet- ter understanding of Spanish culture and civilization. The Jean Labat Gold Memorial Medal, { Andre de Porry, Alexandria, Va., award- | ed to the senior making the most prog- | ress in French. Fraternity Award. The Delta Sigma Pi Gold Scholarship Key, James Shields Douthitt, Pitts- burgh, Pa., for the highest scholarship record throughout his entire course, the ‘medal being founded by Mu Chapter. The Thomas H. Healy Gold Medal, Ben W. Ashmead, Washington, for the highest record in the seminar on inter- national law. The German Prize, founded by Dr. J. de § “atinho, awarded to Paul D. Mmer, Salt Lake City, for the best zecord In the German classes. Prizes in the School of Law were awarded as follows: The Thomas Brad- bury Chetwood Medal, founded by the class of 1928 in honor of the reverend regent of the school, awarded to Wil- jiam Gustave Schmidt, Ph. D., LL. M., Philadelphia, for excellency in graduate study; Jeremiah Herbert Walsh, A. B., J. D., Washington, honorable mention. The faculty prize of $40, Willlam Gustave Schmiat, for the best thesis in th» graduate course; Jeremiah Her- bert Walsh, honorable msntion. The George E. Hamilton prize of $40, william Peter Bowers, B. S, Rosslyn, Va., for the best paper on “Legal Ethics” in the third year and senior classtsy William Griggs Gassaway and Thomas Joseph Flavin, honorable mention. The $50 faculty prize for debating, Aloysius Philip Kane, Washington, win- ner of the final competitive debate. Debating Winners. » The $40 faculty prizes. presented to winners of each of the four preliminary debates, Aloysius Philip Kane, John I Speaks at G. U. GEORGE MCcNEIR, '8 Who will make commencement address. POLICE FIND L0OT LABOR EDITORDIES FIGHT OVER SITES - OF AUTO INJURIES; ' FOR WAR AND NAVY| . TWO OTHERS DEAD. BUILDINGS 15 DUE James P. Egan Killed While Architects Named to Begin i Crossing Baltimore Boule- Plans for Army Edifice vard at Riverdale. i in Northwest. DRIVER HELD IN DEATH OF GOMPERS’ FRIEND \MUST FIRST DETERMINE DEPARTMENT SPACE NEED, | = IFinul Decision, With Objections of‘ Wood to “Excessive Costs,” i Rests With Congress. ! iMan Loses Life as Car Turns Over | on Conduit Road—Third Run Down. James P. Egan, 63-year-old editor of | With controversy lcoming over the he American Federation of Labor's proposed site for new buildings of both ! !l‘rekly bulletin, was killed last night|the War and Navy Departments, the ! iwhen he was struck by an automobile Treasury Department today proceeded ' | while crossing the Baltimore Boulevard to select architects for the War Depart- | !in Riverdale. { ment buildings only, in order to make | He was onc of three men who lost a report to Congress in December on | { their lives in traffic accidents in and | estimates of cost. | - General News. 1931. PAGE B—1. Inaugurate New Airmail Line WASHINGTON-PITTSBURGH AIRMAIL SERVICE BEGINS WITH CEREMONIES. , doned his machine and fled. On finding | the clothing in the car police made a | AS AUTOST FLEES Major Part of Clothing Taken were James Atwell, 35, of 3331 N street., {and Raymond Roth, 68, of Cherrydale. | From Store Recovered Be- | | Twenty-five other persons were injured | i |in mishaps reported to Capital police. | fore It Is Missed. {Only three of them were badly hurt, | | however, t others suffering only | | minor cuts and bruises. Part of the $2,600 worth of women's | aphitell atolan easlyiyestiidnyifrom ithe | Tt SocUIUINE 0RO MW G URbaRe Nl Connecticut avenue shop of William S. ' the Maryland State police, was hit by, Schwartz was recovered by second pre- |a car driven by Clarence Worthy, 18, colored, 1200 block Girard street. | cinct police before the robbery was dis- (s | Charged with reckless driving, Worthy covered. Recovery of 250 dresses and 10 coa was confined in Bladensburg Jail pend- ing an inquest tonight. came after an unidentified man, fright- | ened by the sight of a police car, aban- ! Friend of Gompers. city-wide check to determine where mei‘ For the last 14 years Egan had lived coats and gowns had been stolen. onitiealliay - | A short time later it was reported by |\ 1“ NICHNE W B the third precinct that 350 dresses, 10 Lincoln avenues, Riverdale. He had; coats and 8 wraps, valued at $2.600, had |been identified with labor activities been stolen by jimmy thieves from isince early manhood and had served Schwartz's shop, at 1325 Connecticut | avenue. The recovered mticles then |th® American Federation of Labor for were iden’ified as part of the loot. |About 30 years. A friend of many la- | o Betst. J. L. Norris and vt Nathan | bor leaders, including the late Samuel st Imiay, constituting the second | Gompers e also had been closely as- { west. bounded by D strezt and Virginia | Holabird & Root of Chicago and Harvey Wiley Corbeit of New York | City were named as “associate archi- tects” for the War Department group | Controversy over the site appeared ! assured today following the announced | opposition of Chairman Wood of the House Appropriations Committee to the | site selected by the Public Buildings Commission for both the War and ! Navy groups in the area between Con- | stitution and New York avenues, Eight- eenth and Twenty-third streets. Hits “Excessive Cost.” Representative Wood strongly opposes this location on account of its “exces- | sive cost,” including several new build- | ings. He favors a location in the South- | enue on the south, Maryland avenue | and B street on the north, Second street | for Aercnautics. on the east and Seventh street on the | connection with the great airmail systems of the West. Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania, known as the “father cf the airmail”; R. B. Baker, pilot of the first mail-passen- ger plane out on the line; Mr. Brown and Willlam P. MacCracken, jr., forme. Assistant Secretary of Commerce ; the right of the creditors to carry the EADED by Postmaster General Walter F. Brown, prominent Federal and civil aviation authorities participated in the inauguration today of airmail service between Washington and Pittsburgh, giving this city its first direct | The photograph shows, left to right: Representative | Point, however, Attorney Leo Tobriner, Other passengers on the first two planes included W. J. Austin, vice president of Pittsburgh Aviation Industries; west, as more appropriate from a city | Robert McKnight, Pittsburgh Airways; Representative Guy E. Cempbell cf Pennsylvania, R. W. Robbins, managing planning point of view, and more rea-, director of Transcontinental & Western Air, and Hainer Hinshaw, Aviation Corporation. Charles Carneal flew the sec- sonable in price. The Public Buildings Commission, in | controversy over the propos=d location, | placed both the War and Navy Depart- menis in the area between New York precinct radio scout car crew, were reporting to their station yesterday morning from a police call box on Plerce street near North Capitol when a roadster bearing New York tags drove by. The driver, after one frightened look at the two officers, accelerated the speed of his car and disappeared around the corner. Before the police could get under way the man turned into Burgen court, a block and a half away, leaped from the roadster and escaped on foot.| ‘The burglars who stole the wearing apparel jimmied a side door opening on a narrow alleyway to gain entrance to the establishment, police found. THREE SLIGHTLY HURT WHEN CAR LEAVES ROAD Washington Auto Skids Into Ditch Near South River, Md. Driver Given Fine. ‘Three Washingtonians were injured, none seriously, when the automobile in which they were riding skidded off Davidsonville road near South River, Md., and went into a ditch last night. The injured, Virgil R. Boyd, 1307 8 street southeast: Alfred E. Landrus, 1808 Connecticut avenue, and Mary Carmick, 2910 I street, were treated for cuts and bruises at Emergency Hospital, Annapolis, Md., and released today. Boyd, who was driving, said he swerved the car to avold hitting a| horse. Police said he was speeding and Justice of the Peace Lewis M. Hopkins fined him $15 and costs for reckless driving. ¢ ASKS ANNULMENT Yates Charges Wife Has Husband in Asylum. Herman R. Yates, 118 B street north- east, has filed suit in District Supreme Court for annulment of his marriage to Martha A. Piel, which took place in Alexandria last July 6. Yates said he learned that when marriage was performed the wom: a husband living in an insane asylum at Mayview, Pa., and she had not been H. R. the had 1 divorced. He was represented by Attor- ney Hallock P. Long. WOMEN CONVICTED Found Guilty of Robbing War Vet- eran of Bonus. Emma Benthol and Inez Means, both colored, were found guilty toda | and Constitution avenues, but the Treas- |sociated with Willam Green and|yry Department today selected archi- | | Prank Morrison, president and secre- | tects only for the War Departmert | 'Z:fiénrewecth'rly. of the labor organi- | structures, leaving for the future the ‘ork on the Navy Department. | Atwell, & paperhanger, was killed | ‘The firs ; vly-appoint- whiti “crished tbencatn i AEHIe | e, N Ly o d architects will do, according to As- %hich overturned in the 4500 block of | Sl neibesiatanyiofitiis Treasury Hasth, | oad. ¢ the “space needs’ The accident, according to seventh | %13,0¢ 10 determine the oo o De- | f::::&? police, = S :v defective | partment, it has been esiimated, will | i apparatus. e dead man's d v, | brother, Franklin. Atwell, owner of the | Ui6,Much 1afger space than the eoars: | E tudies will b started on this depart- | | automobile, said his brother apparently | 0.5, RLits. bF " | Sinomeblle. said his brother apparently | ment, first. Other archilects probably will be selected later for the Navy. { Sought Own Car, G Congress Must Give O.K. e time Atwell, according to his Publi s Com- brother, was searching for his own | e el seatching for his own | mission selecied the site west of the | = 3 White House and in the Northwest sec- :\r{gh he was on a week end fishing | tion of the city for both the War and | 3 Navy groups, Congress must give specific Abwell, & oworld War veteran, was | authorization for them, and appropriate { @ native of Williamsport, Md., but had | money for their construction. Pending spent most of his life here. He 18 |this specific authorization, a preliminary -;‘;l“ ved by his parents, Samuel and | contract is being made with the new as- ura Atwell; two brothers, Pranklin | sociate architects, according to the offi- | and Samuel & and two sisters, Mercy | cial announcement by Secretary Mel- d Mrs. Ina . Hansborough. lon, and the architects will “make | coononer J. Ramsay Nevitt issued 8 | studies and sketches as & basis for esti- | anfl : Of ';tdienul death. mates of cost and specific legislation.” | oy RO s struck by a car operated | In view of the action of the Public| L A am B. King of Livingstone | Buildings Commission it will. of course, ! Helghts while walking on Lee Highway | be necessary for the architects to study | ar Park hne, | first this section, with a view to seeing ... KH th to Georgetown Uni- | how the War Department Building | versity Hospital, where he died a short | space needs may be met in such an time " later. Since an examination | area. But, it was learned today, in :-ued_ta disclose any external injuries, ! addition to this, the architects also by Tehodgresumed his' death was caused | probably will make studies and pre- | 3 liminary sketches of other areas, such Probed by Constable. as the ?ml({\';\es; msx"h‘;"o"dl:y m&- The adcid , | resentative Wood. s would enable | . Constable R, M ianacstigated bY | the Treasury to present a more com- ! Kiogiwas miotsatan plete picture of the needs of the War | | "Roth, who was born in Marietta, Pa, | Department, and how they can be met, | had lived in Washington since child- |10 CODETess when it meets in December. | | hood. He retired from the Government | , AMODE the problems which the new- | | service about 18 years ago, when he |l appointed architects face will be| moved to Cherrydale. Only his sister, | Whether the War Department should | Miss Emily Roth, who resided with him, | 80 in one big bullding or severaf | strvives. bufldings. If several buildings are| {ord of the new trimotored planes on the inaugural run. ! The first plane to leave Washington-Hoover Airport for Pittsburgh and Cleveland carried nine passengers and | its decision following a previous long ' 300 p-unds of mail; the first from Pittsburgh to Washington carried 500 pounds of mail and a full passenger load. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and others. ‘Three 10und trios are to be made over the mountains daily. trimotored planes being used. tween Washington and Pittsburgh is two hours, as against nine by rail. BANDIT 1S ROUTED BY WOMAN' CRES Victim, Warned of Prowler, Screams for Husband When Held Up at Door. ‘ Police were searching today for an | unidentified man in blue overalls who shortly after midnight attempted to| hold up Mrs. John L. Young in front of her home at 1207 Thirty-fifth street. Mrs. Young, who had been warned that two men had been seen prowling about her house. a ed a ring at her front door and w ordered to “stick ‘em up.” Instead. she shouted for her husband and the would-be bandit fled. Woman Loses Jewelry. | Mrs. Marie Hyman of Detroit lost $480 worth of jewelry and wearing ap- parel when some one took her hat box | which she had left on the sidewalk in | front of Unfon Station Saturday, she reported to police today. Theft of $10 from the cash register | in the store of Jacoly Luria, 1229 H street, was reported by Luria. He said a colored man grabbed the money while he was making change for a small pur- chase. | Foodstuffs Stolen. | Fish, peas and tea worth $100 were stolen from 111 Sixth street late Satur- M Funeral services will be held at 7 ! o'clock tomorrow night at the Roth home, with Rev. Dr. Coakley Graves, rector of Grace Episcopal Church, offi- ciating. Burial will be in Marietta. | Another fatality was the result of an | a.cident May 30, when Charles Ober- | lander, 75, of Buffalo, passenger on a bus wifich sideswiped a culvert on the | Baltimore Boulevard, was injured about i the head and body. He died today in Emergency Hospital. His brother, Rev. F. E. Oberlander, 79, of New York, was notified. Messengers Injured. Two Western Union messengers were seriously hurt when a motor cycle on : which they were riding crashed into the | curbin~ at Calvert street and Cleveland i avenue and hurled them into the road- ! way. The driver, John Chronacoss, 19, of by a jury in Criminal Division 2 of Yob- | Brookmont, Md., received a serious head bing “Darrell Ghassaway, colored, of $250, his veterans' loan money. Mariz Smith, colored, indicted jointly with the other two women, was exon- erated by order of the court. Assistant United States Attorney Julian Richards conducted the prosecution. The two women were committed to await sen- tence. _—————————— Paul Sheridan, Olyphant, Michael Franklin Kresky, ‘Wis. Faculty prizes for class standing, Wil: liam Griggs Gassaway, $75 award, ave: rage of 92.1 per cent on senior morning class; Joseph Bradburn Campbell. Bing- nam, Me., $40 award, second highest in senior morning class, average of 92 per cent; Richard Rollo Trexler, Chicago, $75 award, average of 92 per cent, senior afternoon class; Hen; Leo Shenier, West New York, N. $40 award, sec- ond highest in senior afternoon class, avrage of 91.2 per cent. Awards in the College of Arts and Sciences were made as follows: n Gold Medal, John C. Hayes, Chicago, for the senfor having the highest average during the yar in psychology, natural theology and ethics. George E. Hamil ton Philodemic Medal, William G. Mc Evitt, New York City, for the best ex: tempore debat. Merrick Debating Medal, William A. Sullivan, Yonk-rs, N. Y. for winning the annual debate of the Philodemic Soclety. Pa., Marinette, Medical Awards. Awards in the School of Medicine were as follows: Kober prize, Norb:rt S.. Greene, Cleveland, Ohio, highest average in hygiene and for general ex- c:llence in medical studies. Baker Medal, Dominic Calabrese, Lodi, N. J., for the highest average in anatomy in freshman and sophmore years. ‘The Surgeon General of the Army Medal, volume on “Surgical Anatomy, George M. Simmonds, E}zzmokln‘ for the highest general average in th advancsd medical courze of the R. O. O'Connor, Washington; Joseph T. C. and | ! injury, a broken leg and cuts about the right eye, while William C. Pollock, 24, of 1426 Ninth street, suffered a frac- | tured skull and cuts on the head. | “Both were taken to Emergency Hos- | | pital, where their condition was re- | ported undetermined today. |~ Mrs. Bell Nolls, 55, of 115 B street outheast, is in a serious condition at Providence Hospital, suffering from in- juries received when an automobile truck her at Fifth street and North arolina avenue southeast. The car, police say, was operated by ames J. Beckley of the 600 block of K street northeast. {SOUTHERN RAILROADS T0 DISCUSS RATE RISE| Traffic Representatives to Meet at Mayflower Hotel Tomorrow. The rail rate qusstion will be aired | here tomorrow, when the traffic repre- sentatives of the principal lines in the South will gather at the Mayflower Hot2! in one of their periodic confer- ences. The meeting here comes as a! hm-erunner of another in New York Thursday, which Easiern and Western ines will hold, and to which th~> South- ern_lines also are to be invited to send their representatives. Thursday’s conference was decided jupon in New York last Friday, when the Eastern and Western groups got to- i gether for further discussion of the ! freight rate increase movement recenily Initiated by the Eastern Iines. At that time it was decided to bring the South- ern lines in, that all groups might be represented. At tomorrow's meeting Rcbert N. Collver, chairman of the Tra.lc Exccu- tives’ Assoclation of the Eastern terri- tory, will exp'ain to the Southern lines what progress has been made by other roads in moving toward solution of their rate ol found desirable, the question would be how to segregate activities of the de- partment and yet co-crdinate the 1 bulldings to conform to street arrange- ments, which now cut up the area into nut_only several square blocks, but smaller triangular spaces. The matter of park space which should be left in such a treatment of the great depart- ments of defense is also said to be a commanding questicn. In the Federal triangle being developed to the east of the White House between Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall, it was polnved! there are two great open out today, areas provided, the grand plaza and the great circle, to give adequate open iand park space, and to provide sppro- priate settings for the magnificent and { mcnumental structures being erected there for departments of the executive branch of the Government. Future of Avenue. What to do with Virginia avenue in the area set aside for the Departments of Defense will be another puzzling question. Will this avenue in the future be a principal artery of traffic, to help carry off the load of Government per- sonnel being concentrated there, or will Virginia avenue become of so much less importance that it could be bloked off, entirely eliminated, and turned into either building sites, or public park? ‘Would some of the other strects in the area lend themselves to elimination in the interest of more building space? These are some of the perplexing ques- tions which must be solved. ‘The War Department itself will, of course, furnisit basic information on the amount of space it will need in its new home, and the architects will get a fund of facts from this angle before they begin to study the size of the buliding, its division into several struc- { tures, or the conformation. With_virtually all the other big fea- tures of the Government's public build- ing program here past the preliminary stages end passing into actual construc- tion, interest in the National Capital centered today more than ever on what will be done with the great Depart- ments of War and Navy. The state- ment of Representative Wood in direct opposition to the selected site aroused much _interest among all circles con- cerned with the future of the two big departments. ‘The promise of Repre- sentative Wood that he will take up the whole question with the President upon his arrival here fronr Indiana the latter part of this month stirred much speculation as to the eventual outcome. Meantime, the Trcasury Department pushed forward with its responsibilities of preparing a report for Congress. 3 Dead in Plane Crash. PARIS, June 8 () —Three men were drowned yesterday, when a mail plane between ~ France and Indo-China crashed in a storm 150 miles south of Akyab in the Sandowy River, the Alr Orient Co., announced day night by thres colored men, officials of the Oriental Paper & Bag Co. T ported. The men entered through a rear window. Ripping a pay telephone from the wall of the new Brown Junior High School, Twenty-sixth street and Okla- homa avenue northeast, intruders pried the cash box loose and stole the con- tents, Prank McCully, watchman, told police. The battered telephone was | found a short distance from the school. In another school robbery, base balls. bats and a basket ball were taken from Jefferson Junior High School. DOCTOR IS AfiRESTED IN WOMAN’S DEATH! Mrs. Harry Light Said to Have De- clared Dr. C. W. Hart Operat- ed on Her. Dr. Charles William Hart, 56, 2156 | F street, was arrested today by De- | tective Charles E. Mansfield, member of the homicide squad. in connection with investigation of the death of Mrs, | Mary Ethel Light, 22, wife of Harry | Light, 2520 Tenth street northeast. Mrs. Light became {1l several days ago. shortly after the return of her husband from a business trip, and the husband summoned their family phy- sician. Her condition was so critical that the physician had her taken to Sibley Hospital, where she died yes- terday. Examination of the body showed death had been brought on by an op- eration which, according to informa- tion given the police, the sick woman said had been performed by Dr. Hart. ‘The physician's arrest was ordered by Dr. A. Magruder MacDonald, deputy coroner. ‘The inquest will be held at | the morgue tomorrow morning. SPURN POLICE RESCUE Boys Say They Only Want Boat| Towed to Shore. Harbor police found their offers of rescue spurned yesterday afternoon when they went to the aid of Willlam Crenshaw, 17, and Norman Bull, 16, both of the 3700 block Northampton street, after the two amateur mariners had come to grief while sailing in the Potomac. The police patrol boat crew, sum- moned by a motorist who had observed the lads clinging to Crenshaw’s over- turned 12-foot craft, was told by the drenched sailors that they did not want| to be saved, but only wanted their boat towed ashore. - Pvts. J. W. Nealon, Melvin Cox and ‘Theodore Crow, who manned the rescue | craft, nevertheless pulled the youths| out and deposited them, with thelr boat, at the Potomac Yacht Club. “Miss Columbia” POLICE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER WINS TITLE. | attend to Elaborate ceremonies were held in Pittsburgh, including a luncheon, with addresses by the Postmaster General, | 'MORE LAND URGED " FOR THREE SCHOOLS ‘The flying time be- —Star Staff Phcto, TOLERANGE URGED FOR ALL RELIGONS Diffenbach, in G. W. U. Ser- mon, Says Churches Should Relieve Suffering. ‘While it is the business of religion to the suffering of mankind, Christianity is not the only religion, Rev. Dr. Albert Charles Diffenbach of | Cambridge, Mass., declared in the bac- | calaureate sermon to the George Wash- ington University graduating class yes- terday in the New York Avenue Pres- | byterian Church. 1SS MARGARET DAVIS, 17- vear-old daughter of Capt. O. T. Davis, commander of sec- ond precinct police, won the title of “Miss Columbia” in a contest held in Washingt:n Audi- torium Saturday night under the aus- pices of the American Legion. —Star Staff Photo. GRAY SOLDIERS PAY TRIBUTE TO FALLEN Confederate Dead Honored by Veterans at Graves in Arlington. The dead of the Confederacy vester- day at the annual memorial exercises held in that section consecrated to the sol- diers of the South in Arlington National Cemetery. There were not as many this year of the troops of Lee who formed the marching line, headed by the Marine Band, that wended its way at 2:30 p.m. from the west gate of Arlington to the Confederate monument. glon and Rev. John E. Briggs, pastor of Fifth Baptist Church, gave the invo- cation. Gen. W. L. Wilkinson, who commands Camp No. 171, United Confederate Vet- erans, spoke a few words of felicitation to his comrades and introduced A. O. Stanley, former Senator from Ken- tucky, the speaker of the day. | Senator Stanley bespoke continued remembrance by the American people of those who have borne arms for them. Rev. H. R. Deal, assistant pastor of Mount _Vernon Place Methodist Episco- pal Church, gave the benediction. Then “Taps” was sounded. Afterward the graves were covered with flowers. ‘The exercises were under the direc- tion of the United Confederate Veterans, assis y the Sons, Daughters and Children of the Confederacy, the Con- federate Southern Memorial Association, the Junior Memorial Society, the United Spanish War Veterans and the Amer- ican Legion. POLICEMAN SUSPENDED ON DRINKING CHARGE Delmar Milstead Alleged to Have Been Intoxicated Scout Car. Delmar Milstead, member of No. 11 police precinct, was suspended from duty yesterday on a charge of intoxi- cation. It is alleged he became under the influence of liquor while on duty in received their tribute of flowers | There colors | were presented by the American Le-|,nq creeds in the world. “Ever since the biblical days of the pilgrims’ search for the promised land,” Dr. Diffenbach said, “all worth their | selt have sought change for the better- ment of mankind. Now we realize this better land is not a matter of geography, but a state of mind. “And so we are no longer pilgrims, but today the world belongs to us and we propose to mold it to our hearts’ de- sires. The world owes us a living and we propose to collect it—not for ma- terialistic aim, but to enable each one "o( us to lead a well rounded life. Sees Russian Religion. “Today we are saying there shall be no longer any discrimination under the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God. Russla, not realizing how pro- foundly religious she is, has sought this through incorporating as article one of her faith that the man who does a de- cent job is entitled to his livelihood, and through the integration of religion and the state, stabilizing the economic well-being of her people.” Asserting that he was “not coming to | the support of any false principles prac- ticed in Russia,” Dr. Diffenbach de- clared that “at the same time nothing essentlally of grosser iniquity is being done in Russia than in many of the capitalistic nations. Nothing is more terrible than millions of starving people in a land of plenty.” He reiterated a recent statement of the head of the Harvard School | EFFORT T0 PROBE RHEEM PERSONAL FUNDS PREVENTED Court Takes Appeal From Referee’s Decision in Case Under Advisement. BORCHARDT IS ASKED TO DELAY HIS ARGUMENT Sullivan Seeks to Go Into Funds Borrowed by Rheem From Com- pany He Managed. Another effort by Swartzell, Rheem | & Hensey Co. creditors to investigate | the personal finances of Edmund D. ! Rheems, vice president of the bank- | rupt mortgage house, was blocked to- day by legal technicalities. | After an spplication to conduct such an examination was denied by Fred | J. Eden, referee in bankruptcy, two | attorneys for creditors took the peint | to_ District Supreme Court for a final ruling, appearing before Justice Jen- | nings Bailey today. Attorney Marcus Borchardt, who is seeking authority for a broad inquiry into Rheem's personal finances, was asked to postpone his argument until a more c:mplete summary of the evi- dence at the hearings could be filed in the court by the referee. { The other attorney, George E. Sulli- | van. was seeking to inquire into the dis- | position of funds borrowed by Rheem |from the eompany. while he was iis | executive head, and disbursed under four 'separate accounts. After preliminary argument on this appearing for the bankiupt. questioned | point to the District Supreme Court. {He contended this action should have | been taken by the trustees in bank- ruptcy. Justice Bailey asked the at- | torne; to submit memoranda on this i point, and postponed a ruling until he 1has hai time to consider them. Delegation Asks Maj. Gotwals to Provide Room for | Recreation. Acquisition of additional land in the vicinity of the McKinley High School, Langley Junior High School and the Emery School and the improvement of land already acquired in the block where the schools are located was urged upon | Maj. John C. Gotwals. Engineer Com- missioner of the District, by a repre- sentative delegation. ‘Tre delegation was headed by Edward R. Willlams, chairman of the joint school committee, representing ~ the three schools; officers of the parent- | teachers' associations of the schools and Julia H. Lawless of the North Capi- tol Citizens' Association. The Langley Junior High School has more than 1.240 pupls, the largest en- rollment among white junior high hools in the city. With the closing of the Columbia Junior High School this month, Maj. Gotwals was told, the Board of Education plans to transfer additional pupils to Langley so its fn= roliment will be about 1.400. It is im=- verative that these pupils have suitable grounds on which to play and get physical ezercise, the delegation ex- plained. DR. WHITE, IN TORONTO, IS MERELY INDISPOSED Head of St. Elizabeth's Hospital Phones Secretary, Spiking Re- port of Illness. Dr. William A. White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, who had been reported seriously ill in Toronto, Canada, has been only indisposed, and will be back in Washington this week, it was said at the hospital today. Dr. White, accompanied by Mrs. White, has been in the Canadian city attending _the convention of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. White was not in the best of health at the time he left here, but attended all the sessions of the asso- clation and then decided to take & short rest prior to his return journey. ‘W. A. Barber, his secretary, was in | communicaticn ,with Dr. White last { night and"was informed of his cond- tion. — | of Business Administrati g | e e of Tusimanen hat vuricss |MAN DIES FROM HURTS sume social responsibility instead of the | |N MYSTERY ACCIDENT mad competitive race for profits, as the | n_a scout car. Mi'stead has been on the force since ! | 1919, ) corner stone of business, they are doomed.” Pleads for Vision. Dr. Diffenbach pleaded for a broader vision with respect to the other nations “The Christian religion is not to be regarded as the only religion,” he said. “Religion is to be found over the face of the world, and even in America we are coming to understand that we can learn from people of the uttermost parts of the earth. And if we do not learn, then will come the deluge. No religion is a complete religion until it integrates the means of livelihood into its credo.” George Washington University's class night exercises will be held tomorrow night and commencement exercises will ;h‘i g:d in Constitution Hall Wednesday g SHAPIRO FRAUD TRIAL POSTPONED TWO DAYS Justice Adkins Approves Delay Until Wednesday, Requested’ by Defense Counsel. ‘The trial of Jacob Shapiro, president of the Joseph Shapiro Cp., charged with using the malls to defraud, was post- poned until Wednesday by Justice Jesse C. Adkins in District Supreme Court. today. The delay was asked by counsel for the defendant. Shapiro is charged with using the malls in connection with sales of real estate encumbered with “hidden trusis.” He was tried some months ago on an- other indictment charging false pre- tenses in connection with a similar transaction, but was acquitted by direc- tion of the court on a faulty indictment. Aseistant United States Attorney John W. Fihelly will conduct the prosecution. | i LR | Henry H. Combs, 46, Found Lying | Unconscious Last Year, Fell or Was Hit by Auto. Henry Hargett Combs. 46 years old, | of 1119 Twelfth street, died at Gallinger | Hospital last night of injuries received December 17 either in a hit-and-run automobile accident or in a fall at Ver- mont avenue and N street. An inquest was to be held at the Dis- trict Morgue this afternoon in an effort to determine the manner in which he. was injured. Its verdict was that the injuries were received in an ‘“acci- dential fall.” A taxi driver, Claude Evans, 420 Second street, found Combs lying un- consclous near the curbing. Combs was taken to Emergency Hospital, where he remained until February 11. His con- dition took a sudden turn for the worse after leaving the hospital and Combs was forced to return on February 28. His ! -ansfer to Gallinger Hospital fol- lowed shortly afterward. CORNELL GRADUATES Nine Washington Students in Line for Degrees. Nine students from Was| , in- cluding six young women, are on the provisional list of candidates for degrees from Cornell University June 15. ‘These are Henry H. Rousseau, bache- lor of arts; Smith Simpson, bachelor of arts; Richard B. Essex, civil engi- neer; Emily K. Blake, bachelor of science in home economics; Josephine A. Beals, bachelor of sarts; Jane K. Marshall, bachelor of science in home economics: Mildred O'Brien, bachelor of arts; Marian R. Weed, bachelor of arts, #nd Effie O. Wade, bachelor of science in home economics.