Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1931, Page 17

DRIVER WHO KILLED CHILD, 7, IS HELD FOR GRAND JURY Hit-and-Run Motorist’s Con- fession Is Read at Inquest. SAW BOYS, DERBY SAYS, TURNED TO AVOID THEM Denies He Was Drunk at Time of Accident—Arrested for Speeding. Charles E. Derby, €onfessed. driver of the bit-and-run auiomobile which killed ‘William Settle, jr. 7, on Tuesdar, Was held for grand jury action today, fol- lowing an inquest into the boy's death A statement signed by Derby, who 15 83 years old and lives in the 4000 block of First street southeast, was read to the coroner’s jury by Detective William Wright of the eleventh precinct. In his confession Derby said he was driving on Naylor road near Thirtietn street southeast Tuesday afternoon, when he saw the Settle boy and William von Garrel, also 7, walking toward him in the middle of the thoroughfare. Tried to Avoid Boy. As Derby neared the youngsters, h related, they scparated. the von Garre 3 1 boy running toward the right side of| the rcad. To avoid striking the young- ster, Derby explaincd, he swerved to the left, hitting the Settle youngster and knocking him into a gully at the sid2 of the road. Derby was “too scared to think about anything,” he went on. and sped from the scene of the accident, which oc- curred near the boys' home in Silver Hill, Md. Policeman Thomas Hayes, also of the eleventh precinct, testified he stopped Derby for speeding a few minutes later [] Poet-Editor-Printer at 15 A UTHOR, cditor, printer, book- binder and copyright owner— Christine Kempton, 15-year-old graduate of the Langley Junior High School, is each and all of s these in the producton ‘of “Reeds and Ripples,” a little volume of postry. And | between times, she is a newspaper pub- | lisher. | Christine received her ciploma from Langley last night and in exchangs for the coveted certificate, she presented Chester W. Holmes, princ.pal, with an zutographed copy of her book. The little long-curled girl has been writing since she was 5 years old, though, of course, she explains, she's Leen turning out the more serious things only since she was 10. When she collected quite a mass of her poems {she naturally sought a means of pub- lishing them, so last Fall she entered the printing class at Langley Junior High School, where she undertook that subject as a “fifth major,” meaning she spent five hours a week learning the mysteries of type, ink and presses in addition to her regular quota of aca- demic subjects. Set All Type by Hand. Having learned enough to go ahead, | Christine chose nine of her poems for publization. She set by hand all the | type. She read proof on th: type. She | “made-up” the little pag: forms of her book. She printed the pages and the ,cover on the school’s electrically pow- lerod presses. She stitched the pages {into a booklet, and th:n she submitted th finiched product to the Library of Congress and had it properly copy- | righted under her own title, “Reeds and Ripples.” The book is dedicated to Chester W. Holmes, her school’s prin- cipal, and to Theodore Robb, the school's printing instructor, who taught her the printing business. “Reeds and Ripples” ncludes a poem about one of the Capital’s bridges. It is |“To the Lions on Sixteenth Street | Bridge,” and it is presented here “by ! special permission of the copyright | own2: ver move a tail or paw, You stare ahead with cold steel | Sitting silent ail day long, ! Helpless, lions, for all your size. | Don’'t you get lonesome sitting there, Maybe giving children fright? Or do you up! and dance about ‘When falls the silent shade of night? Ah, no! 'cause then you wait in vai It's never silent down your way There're autos tearing back and forth. Ar:’d street lamps shine as bright as ay. | Now, don't you long for jungle wilds? To jump about so wild and free? 1 eyes. GIRL Al;SO 1S BOOKBINDER AND COPYRIGHT OWNER, CHRISTINE KEMPTON. —Star Staff Photo. COMPANION FALS T0 SAVE SWIMMER {Radnor Heights Youth Drowns in Little River Near Key Bridge. | Va., was drowned late yesterday in Lit- tle River, {forts of a companion who had been swimming with him. | Milstead and Robert Cave, 23, also |of Radnor Heights, had plunged into |the water together and headed for a | bucy about 50 yards away. The two had traversed about half | the distance when Milstead gasped, “1 on Alabama avenue near Naylor road | gyt vet you've never known that life— can't make it!” southeast, after a chase of several blocks. “I saw Derby was too nervous and ex- cited to drive his car,” the officer said, | “so I had him taken to the -eleventh precinct police station in a patrol. I charged him with speeding and failure to exhibit a registration card.” Denies Drunkenness. ‘The policeman added, he accused Derby of being under the influence of liquor, but the charge was denied. Derby insisted he had drunk only two bottles of near beer. ‘The Von Garrel youngster was called to the witness stand but, apparently, was too frightened to testify. Despite the fact that he was permitted to sit on his mother’s knee, he could not make the Jurors hear him. Finally, Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt. who conducted the in- quest, asked Policeman Chester Smith, another eleventh precinct officer, to out- line the statement which the boy made to him a short time after the mishap. Boy Jumped Aside. The gist of the youngster's state- ment. according to Smith, was that he and the Settle boy were on their way home from school when the car ap- proached at high speed. The Von Gar- rel youth leaped from the road, but the Settle boy was unable to get out of the path of the machine, which was on the wrong side of the thoroughfare. ‘The Von Garrel boy said, according to the policeman, that his companion dis- appeared after being struck by the au- tomobile and that he was unable to find him. The Settle voungster's body was found in a clump of bushes in the gully nearly five hours after the accident, it was brought out in the testimony of other witnesses. seph Rogers, who performed an:autop- sy on the corpse, declared the boy's in- Juries consisted of a fractured skull, @ broken leg, numerous cuts, bruises and scratches and internal injuries. Borrowed Car. Trving Lumpkin, 125 ALI{nH% street southeast, owner of the chr, festified Derby borrowed it from him a short time before the mishap. The machine is new, Lumpkin, an attendant at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, declared, and there were no scratches or dents on its body when he lent it to Derby. A dent discovered in the left front fender fol- lowing Derby's arrest caused police' to question the man concerning the ac- cident, it was brought out. Derby at first denied having struck the boy, but finally confessed to Detective Wright. Asked if he had any additional statement to make, Derby said the con- fession read to the jury by Wright fully explained his part in the accident, and that he did not care to elaborate on idt. MAYFLOWER PETITION CONSIDERED BY LUHRING Judge Later to Decide Question of Dismissing Suit for Receivership. A petitiori seeking dismissal of a suit for receivership for the Mayflower Hotel was taken under advisement to- day by Justice Oscar R.:Luhring of the District Supreme Court. Closing arguments in support of the petition to dismiss were made this morning by Attorney William E. Leahy of counsel for the hotel. He contended thai the District Court of Appeals had already determined the insufficiency of the bill of complaint. . P . ‘The Court of Appeals recently dis- missed the temporary receivers a) pointed by Justice Luhring severa weeks 2go. Leahy argued that the present action could not stand because it should have been brought through the trustees and not by holders of second mortgage bonds on the property. He also chal- 1 the “good faith” of the peti- tioners on the ground they had re- peatedly refused to state how long ago they purchased their bonds. CLUB TO HEAR PACE R e e S ‘The Women's Club of the Benjamin Pranklin University will have as its flm at its June meeting tonight omer S. Pace, C. P. A. of New York. The club has invited the alumni of the school to be its guests at this meet- ing and has also invited members of the faculty who were associated . with Mr. Pace when the Washington school was & branch of Pace Institute, New, ‘The meeting will be held at the ! Hotel and will be preceded - | An Deputy Coroner Jo- | So. lions, I'll let your matter be. “Dark” Won Gold Medal. And then there’s another called “Dark.” It already has won for Chris- i tine a gold medal. Here it is: | Ob _co'se ah'm not afraid ob dark | «If ah has a light). guess ah'm not afrald ob spooks | An' creepy things at night. { Ah ain't much skeered ob de screech ow! : Or ob de whippoor-will { Or ob de seratchy noises |~ When eberything is still. Ah knows it's jest all foolish when ‘Folks say de witches ride, But_jes’ de same, when darkness come, Ah'd rather be inside. (But I ain’t afraid!) Now one of the interesting things about this Christine, who is ambitious to be & newspaper woman some day, is that the three years shc spent at the Langley Junior High School constitute her total schooling. She never went to elementary school but “but taught her- self around home.” While she Is scheduled to enter Central High School next Fall, it still is uncertain whether she will continue her educa- tion at college. Her folks aren't sure about the merits of college training yet. Meanwhile, Christine is preparing to return for the Summer to her publish- ing business. She is owner, publisher, editor and writing staff of the Lanham News, a little newspaper she has issued for the past three Summers. It is a mimeographed affair carrying Chris- tine's own pen-and-ink drawings by way of illustrations. James Kempton of Lanham, Md. SOKE SCREN O ESCAPES N CHASE Two Men Who Sped Through Northwest Are Cought by Police. Police today were seeking two men who sped through the northwest section of the city last night in an automobile equipped with a smokescreen device and eluded a, policeman who pursued them on his motor cycle. The officer, H. M. Smith of the Traffic Bureau saw the pair conversing with a bootleg suspect, who stood beside their car near Twelfth and W streets. When Smith approached the ma- chine, the man at the steering wheel stepped on the accelerator. The auto- mobile outdistanced the policeman after a chase of only a few blocks. A dozen two-quart con! rs of whis- ky were found in & car ed in front of 2228 Twelfth street last night by Po- licemen S. Ostenso and J. T. McCary of the eighth precinct. The machine, which, according to the' officers, is listed in the name of a resident of the 1100 block of R street, was turned over to Internal Revenue agents, who also took possession of the liquor. ‘The owner of the automobile will be questioned by the agents, the police- men said. Judge to Talk to Citizens. Judge James A. Cobb of Municipal Court and Garnet C. Wilkinson, first assistant superintendent of schools, will be the principal speakers at a meéting of the Pleasant Plains Citizens’ Associa- tion tomorrow night at the First Bap- tist Church, Sherman avenus and La- mont street. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | Clutches His Throat. Cave grasped Milstead and attempted to drag him to safety, he told police, | but the exhausted boy clutched his throat so_tightly he could not swim. | “Cave finaily broke loose, he said, | and his companion sank. Swimming ashore, Cave ran about & quarter of a mile to a telephone and summoned the fire rescue squad and harbor precinct_police. recovered Milstead's body about 45 min- utes later. Pronounced Dead, Efforts to revive the youth proved futile and he was taken to George- town University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Milstead, according to his mother, Mrs. Roy E. Milstead, was a good swim. mer. The youth, who was employed on an estate near his home, had worked during the morning, his mother said, but took the afternoon off to go swim- ming. Besides his parents, he is survived by four brothers, Lonnie, 20; Ralph, 15; Edwin, 13, and Jackie, 3, and a sis- ter, Elva, 10. He will be buried in Herndon, Va., at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Mem- bers of his family said funeral services probably would be held in the Dranes- ville Brethren Church. CAROLINA EDITORS CONVENE IN CAPITAL Bring Last Session of National Convention to Willard Hotel. Seventy South Carolina newspaper men were entertained at luncheon to- day at the Willard by the Greater N tional Capital Committee. The lunch- eon also was attended by former resi- dents of that State who now live in ‘Washington. Ward H. Marsh presided and introduced A. C. Case, chairman of the Greater National Capital Commit- tee, and George W. Offutt, president of the Washington Board .of Trade, who were the speakers. For the purpose of visiting places of interest in Washing- ton, the South Carolina newspaper men brought the last session of their annual convention to Washington. It was held at the Willard today. -Among the resi- dents of South Carolina who attended the luncheon were B. H. Peace and Judson Chapman cof Greenville, State Senator Fred D. West, president of the ; South Carolina Press Association; State Senator Henry Sims of Orangeburg; E. B. McSweeny, publister of a string of South Carolina dailies; F. C. Withers of Columbia, S. C.; P. M. Dees of Wins- boro, Edward H. DeCamp of Gaffney and Harold C. Booker, secretary of the South Carolina Press Association. The visitors went by boat to Mount Vernon this afternoon. COL. MAISH RELIEVED OF DUTY IN SCHOOLS Retired Officer, in Tl Health, Asks to Be Replaced as Military Professor. Col. Alexander W. Maish, U. 8. A., retired, who has served as professor of military science and tactics at high schools here for several years, has been relieved from fu service in that capacity, effective June 30. Col. Maish, who has been in ill health, was relfeved from duty at his own request. It is understood the va- cancy thus created will not be filled until’ after the Summer vacation. ' Reginald Murphy, 12, was “hooked” cut of a fishing trip today. Reginald, who lives in the 400 block of N street southwest, and two other Edwin_Wise, 14, and Kenneth Turnburke, 15, whose homes are in the through Po- YOUTH SETS OUT TO CATCH FISH, . BUT INSTEAD. CATCHES HIMSELF Hook Becomes Imbedded in Arm and ‘Eflotts at Relief Only Drive It Deeper. , truding from his hlfx‘ pocket, .and it became in arm. Ht at- tompted to pull the hook out, but suc- only in forcing it further into the skin. D K. Loveless, plow pitman at the north end of Highway Bridge, saw ’s plight and summoned a taken he Fo WA Ray Milstead, 17, of Radnor Helghts, | about & quarter of a mile| | east of Key Bridge, despite rescue ef- | bo With Cave's | assistance, the firemen and policemen | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION VAN DUZER PLANS [ TRAFFIC STUDY T0 ' PRECEDE CHANGES New Director to Open Survey in Business Section and Arterial Highways. OTHER PROBLEMS HELD TO BE WHOLLY LOCAL Plan Also to Be Devised to Approve Titles to 180,000 Cars in District. Washington's traffic situation will undergo a thorough engineering study before any fundamental readjustments are made in existing regulations or con- trol systems, it was disclosed today by William A. Van Duzer, who, July 1, becomes director of the newly created department of motor vehicles and traffic. The downtown business section will be studied first under Mr. Van Duzer's program, and next, attention will be concentrated on th2 arterial highways which feed the greatest volume of traf- fic into the congested area. g | "Mr. Van Duzer’s observations since he 1has been in Washington have led him to the conclusi fic problems are in the downtown sec- tion and on the arterial highways. These two problems, therefore, are the first to be solved. Secks Speed and Safety. Outside the congested area a from the arterial highways, Mr. Van Duzer believes traffic is fairly well s2if- controlled, and cxcept for some indi- vidual problem, peculiar to the neigh- rhood, will demand little attention. ‘These problems, however, will not be overlooked in general traffic conditions. Throughout the downtown area every phase of traffic regulation and control is to be studied with a view to expe- diting vehicular movement and at the same time providing an added degree of safety for pedestrians. One thing Mr. Van Duzer intends to insist on. he explained, is that pedestrians cross intersections with trafic and not against it. Mr. Van Duzer said it would be his policy to install traffic control signals only at such intersections where an engineering study shows the actual need, tempered, of course, with local conditions. In some sections, he point- ed out, the location of a school, might justify the placing of a signal, that otherwise might not be necessary for traffic control alone. ‘Would Reduce Delays. Aside from making the streets and highways safer for pedestrians and motorists alike, Mr.®Van Duzer proposes to work out a plan to avoid unnecessary delays in the movement of traffic. De- lays are costly, particularly to the mer- chants, he said, and result in a large economic loss. The cost of operating a delivery truck, he declared, averages about $1 an hour. Thus, if the.truck is delayed 15 min- utes out of every hcur in traffic, he cx- plained, it loses two hours’ time in each eight hours, adding $2 to the expense of operation each day. Such loss of efficiency, Mr. Van Duzer sald, is expensive. In fact, he declared, the manager of cne larger delivery firm in Washington told him his trucks were only about 25 per cent efficient because of delays encountered in traffic. ‘Whatever the cause of these delays, Mr. Van Duzer proposes to find out and apply a remedy. If it be traffic lights, and the engineering study shows that they are nct necessary at certain loca- tions, he intends to have them removed and placed at roints where the survey reveals lights are needed. If stop signs are contributing to these dclays and their need found to be unwarranted, these too, are to be taken away. In other words, traffic is to be han- dled as scientifically and efficiently as possible, but with safety remaining as the dominant controlling factor in its regulation. Traffic regulation and control, how- ever, is only one phase of the problem confronting Mr. Van Duzer, though it be the most important. In less than six months he must work out and in- troduce a plan for titling more than 180,000 motor vehicles in accordance with the new certificate of title law. Mr. Van Duzer is now engaged in making a survey of the trafic problem in Potomac Park for the National Cap- ital Park and Planning Commission, but he expects to have this completed and be ready to take over his important work of directing the traffic destinies n that the major traf-| s efforts to improve | SHAPIRD,ON STAND, SAYS. HE AMASSED 5 000 00IN7YEARS Started Building Houses Year After He Graduated at Age of 19. l BORROWED $1,000 TO BUY OFFICE, HE DECLARES Prepares to Answer Charge of Selling Property With “Hid- den Trusts.” Jacob B. Shapiro, 30-year-old real estate and building operator, today tcok | | | his trial in District Supreme Court for | fraudulent use of the mails. i The charges grew out of an alleged | scheme by the defendant to induce| purchasers of real estate to buy prop- | erty incumbered by a “hidden trust.” | The defendant started his recital | after the defense introduced evidence from a clerical assistant in Shapiro’s {cfice, and from several character| witnesses to show the defendant was honest, in his real estate transactions. | Shapiro was expected to be the last| defense witness. i He said at the outset that he first | engaged in business here in 1919, after graduating from George Washington University at the age of 19. One year {later he started building houses, com- lplcllnx 22, and started 15 more. These | ‘houses, he said, sold very rapidly. In answer to quesions by Alvin L. Newmyer, Shapiro said he was penni- |less when he started in business. bor- rowing $1,000 from a bank to buy a| real estate office. He recited how he built houses during the next four years. ! having a banner year in 1925. In 1926 | he built 200 homes on Irving, Hobart | and Madison streets and Marietta place. ‘Twenty-four of these homes are in- volved in this case. }e said ground | frusts were placed on this property to aid in financing the project, and that { he released this trust in groups as the | | property was sold. { Amassed $2,000,000. Shapiro sald that by 1527 his net for- tune had grown to &pproximatel $2,000,000, of which a large amount was in' cash and the remainder in real! During the early part of 1927, | | | {estate. however, he said the ral estate market here collapsed, causing heavy financial losses on his part. He also is expected to deny he in- structed Edwin Shelton, former settl: ment clerk in his_office, and a Gover! ment witness, to” tell suspicious home purchasers t no ground trust, cxisted on their property, and also to deny any fraudulent intent by sending property deefis through the mails showing the existence of only two trusts when, ac- cording to Government testimony, the | homes also were encumbered by hidden | trusts. Version Long Awaited. i The defendant’s testimony has long | been awaite ‘The operations of his office first gained the limelight when a subcommittee of the Senate District Committee conducted an investigation last July and decided to turn the evi dence over to the United States at- torney. Shapiro subsequently was indicted on a charge of fraudulent intent. He ob- tained a directed verdict after the case had been tried for several days in the District Supreme Court last December because of a faultily constructed indict- ment. He was reindicted later on the mail fraud charge. Throughout all of these proceedings, Shapiro, now only 30 years old, has remained silent. The first defense witness, Mrs. Mary! L. Taylor of 484 Maryland avenue! southwest, head bookkeeper and tke | successor to Shelton as scttlement clerk of the company, resumed the stand at the outset of proceedings. She came laden with a bundle of office files to resume her testimony of yesterday— that she kept track of all trusts. out- standing on Shapiro’s properties. Mrs. Taylor was first called by the Govern- ment to testify as to the routine work she did in the defendant's office. ‘The defense produced the letter writ- ten for Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Ca: ter, purchaser of a home from the dt fendant at 420 Marietta place, and which Carter, in turn, submitted to the United States attorney unsigned. The letter purported to absolve the de- fendant from any fraudulant intent in selling Carter a home which had a 80- led hidden trust on it. The let- ter was introduced in evidence several days ago by the Government. 1 I | | i of the District July 1, when the new| department of motor vehicles and traf- | fic officially comes into existence. Admits Writing Letter. The witness admitted writing the ening e SHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1931. Dry Ice “Burns” Children LEFT BY TRUCK, EATEN BY BOYS AND GIRLS. the witness stand in his own behalf at| | Left to right, Jaunita Logue, 931 M street; Ernest Jewett, 941 M street, and CE wagons clattering along M street yesterday afternoon were hailed with delight by the children romp- Dorothy Bandy, 933 M street. ing in the meager shade of the 900 block. Each newcomer paid tribute to the raiders, who rallled round when the wagon halted, snatching and gulping down the chips which fell from the iceman’s pick. “360:" Dozen Gather. The cry was enough to summon a dozen yeungsters, especially the very young. Among them were Dorothy Bandy, 4 years old, 933 M street; Ernest How- ard Jewett, 3 years old, 941 M street, |and Juanita Logue, 3 years old, 931 M | street. A new kind of truck—an ice cream truck, Dorothy's mother said—drove up and halted for a moment before the | Bandy residence. Before leaving, Mrs. Bandy said, the driver scooped a shovelful of some white —Star Staff Photo. and glittering substance from his truck onto the curb. “Ieel” Dorothy, Ernest, Juanita and several small companions gathered around, crying “ice!” Ernest scoo) up a mouthful, so did Dorothy, Juanita and the others. excited parents to the street. The children were dancing about, hands | over their mouths znd calling for help between breaths. An ambulance was summoned from Emergency Hospital and the physician treated Dorothy, Ernest and Juanita | for painful “burns” about the mouth. 70 Degrees Below. What the children had swallowed, Mrs. Bandy said, was solidified carbon dioxide used for packing ice cream— | dry ice. It freezes at 70 degrees below zero. None was seriously affected, although several mouths wers still sore today. Ice trucks, however, passed urimo- lested in the 900 block of M street. ROPER ADVOCATES LT, CANPACN Urges Prevention of Liquor Repeal Issue in 1932. Daniel C. Roper, member of the Dis- trict Board of Education, former In- ternal Revenue OCommissioner and prominent local attorney, today urged that the Woman's Christian Temperance Union exert its influence to prevent re- peal of the prohibition law from be- coming a campaign issue in 1932. Speaking before the quarterly con- vention of the union of the District of Columbia, Mr. Roper commended the crganization for its program of educa- tion to bring about temperance, and said “I want you to join me in working and hoping that no mention of repe (of the eighteenth amendment) will be mentioned in the platform of either political party. “Don’t let this question become a foot ball of politics,” the attorney pleaded. Outlines Progress. The speaker outlined the progress of prohibition, since its adoption, and op- timistically maintained that the trend is for the better, though episodes occur from time to time to make it appear unsuccessful. “Don't mistake an episode for the trend,” he encouraged. Mr. Roper urged that all possible ed- ucational facilities be recruited by the organization in maintaiaing and im- proving national prohibition. “What we needed to get T.r:hlbltlnn, is also needed to keep it,” £ald, urging the educational program. Re-education of the older people who ASK 500 FUND * FOR CHLD RELEF Welfare Groups Seek Sum for Families Not Eligible for Mothers’ Aid. ers the inclusion of a $50,000 item in next year’s budget for care of children in homes impoverished by unemployment and other emergen- cles were adopted by the boards of the Associated Charitles and Citizens’ Relief Association, if last night, § ‘This appropriation is sought for fam- ilies not otherwise eligible for mothers’ aid because of the temporary character of the situation, or where funds are lacking for such aid. The managers of the two relief organizations have felt compelled to take this action in view of the fact that expenditures for relief are exceeding the allowances for that purpose by the Community Chest. t was announced Charities it was reported that relief expenditures showed an increase of 42 per cent during the first five months of this year, amounting to $90,956, as against $63,935 from January to May, inclusive, in "1930. Similarly, the fam- ilies under care increased 21 per cent, or from 1,916 to 2,330, while those re- celving direct financial aid increased from 1,079:to 1,553, or 43 per cent. It was pointed out that the unem- ployment situation accounted in large part for the increased work of the society. - As late as last month unem- Ployment. ‘was reported as a major prob- lem in 243 families out of 1,022 under In 151 families there was only part time work. It is significant also, the board reported, that of the 2330 families cared for in the five-month care. The stuff was cold, delightfully so.| A moment later their shrieks \m:ugmY Joint resolutions asking the Board | %c‘hl&!k ‘Welfare to urge on the Dis-! MILLION WORDS USED T0 BOOST WASHINGTON Ward H. Marsh, executive director of the Greater National Capital Com- mittee of the Washington of Trade, told members of the Washing. ton Rotary Club yesterday that more than a million words of publicity have been obtained and disseminated by the organization since its founding. Robert J. Cottrell, executive secre- tary of the Board of Trade, introduced speaker. “The Greater National Capital Com- mittee has built up a local staff of four gnembers, which is engaged in ef- forts to increase the number of tour- ists coming here,” Marsh said. “Special attention is being given to conventions, some already having been obtained, which will be announced later. Stress being placed on getting tourists from nearby as well as distant points and ‘a series of events for the benefi of Summer tourists is being devised.” Mr. Marsh asked all Washin, business men to remember at all times to “speak well of Wash! Summer weather here,” he said, “has been much underrated. It is not warmer here than in most other cities. ‘We should keep this point in mind to promote th: - Summer °tourist trade.” March emphasized that tourist trade benefits all business lines. S AR KT e MRS. ROSE GRAF BURIED Native of Laurel, Md., Had Spent Most of. Life. Here. Funeral services were held oday for Mrs. Rose A. Graf, 64, who died Tues- day at her home, 4107 street. Burial was in Congressional & Mrs. Graf, active in Washington club the | fined $10 neltcrr part of her life, havi come rom Laurel, Md., where i the his Board tion ‘The c;uend heated fused pol t gton 'The gainst the itne card certificate tle knowledge ‘Taylor letter, which was typed by her on plain stationery, but she said she did so.at the instigation of Carter, so as to ei able Carter to satisfy the B. F. Saul Co. mortgagee of ground, or hidden trust, that Shapiro had no objections to Carter repurchasing home, which the Saul Co. had bought in because of default in payment of the so-called ground trust. arter testified Shapiro promised him a &lee reduct if he signed the letter, and when he refused and kept the let: ter, the defendant belittled him, he said, “for being so foolish.” letter was drafted in an amateurish manner, and on cross-examination the witness ad. mitted she had been a typist for sev- eral years, but the letter was only a rough draft which she submitted to her have been once won over, he said, is as | period. 977 or 42 per cent sought aid essential toward its success as was, and |-from the society for the first time. is, the education of the young. He | TPigures furnished by the Russell Sage said, “The longer I live, the more I am | Foundation were cited showing how tion that is needed, but more practice of what is already known,” adding, “It's not more laws that we need, but more spirit and determination behind the 5) Charles pl: Grandfield, assistant corre- sponding secretary of the Union, following ‘& morning spent in committee reports and other business. Luncheon at Church. A luncheon was held at St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church, 4700 employer for his approval. She said she did not recall, in answering a question by Mr. Fihelly, an con- versation between Carter and Maurice Shapiro, brother of the defendant, be- cause Carter ref to sign, nor did she remember any conversation taking place between Carter and the defendant. ‘The witness identified a Christmas card received by Shapiro from Mrs. Daisy B. Kelley, bearing the usual Yuletide on Mrs. home, 1708 Hobart street, to her. te, that a d trust of $2,500, of which she no the at the property, had been defendant on December (i ‘hon, , James by in_Police Co = Wilson ‘was arrested while boafding & street car at Pifteenth and H streets northeast by Policeman B. H. Landrum, ninth precinct, ater he had been fol- Wilson, colored, 32, was “film John P. McMahon | thel Thirteenth streei, where the sessions are being. held, between the morning and afternoon sessions today. An address Mrs. Harvey W. ‘Wiley on “Right About Pro- hibition” and musical selections were afternoon Mrs. N. M. Pollock, lent, e on the World W. C. T. U. Conven held early this month at Toronto, om.l;r'llo, Canada, at the morning session. Delegates from 27 individual unions in the District are attending the s (ALIEN REGISTRATION IN MEXICO REQUIRED 8. Ambassador Clark Informs Secretary of State of New o. zens of visif in Mexico wun( are ‘ncll: nmuflfihlnlwnf months after The Ambassador said all persons de- siring to enter Mexico from the United States, either as tourists or on should a to a Mexican consul in States for the in all cities and necessary | ton convinced that it is not more !nforma- | much larger pg.g proportion of expendi- ture lvate charity for family relief in Washington was than in many other cities. In April private charity contributed 71 per cent of the amount spent for the care of families in their own homes, while the average in other cities was about 25 cent. Public t | relief furnished from hp? funds account- ed for 29 per cent in Washington, com- pared witl of 90 to 100 per cent in many other cities. In planning for the work of the Fall and Winter, the boards cf the Asso- clated Charities and the Citizens’ Relief the situation can be adequately met by private and pnhuz‘: forces in a e o’ et o° i Wi Teason, an of m,O? from District funds is being CIVIC FEDERATION AND P.-T. A. ON PICNIC Representative Sol Bloom and Dr. C. H. Marvin Speak at Outing. Members of the Federation of Citi- zens’ and the District Con- S et Mmm'l:m;.:ldmw - Cloyd Heck Marvin, of Georgs ‘Washington Uni were the prin- fi‘lmmflu-h‘mw PAGE B—-1 WAY WADE CLEAR FOR PERSONAL QUIZ AT RHEEM HEARNG Counsel for Vice President of Bankrupt Firm to With- draw Objections. N AGREEMENT-IS REACHED AFTER APPEAL TO COURT Idueltionl Heretofore Have Been Limited to Affairs of Corporation. The way was cleared today for an inquiry into the personal finances of Edmund D, Rheem, vice president of the bankrupt Swartzell, Rheem & Hen- sey Co. i 1t is expected that counsel for cred- itors of the bankrupt corporation, who have been consistently balked in their attempts to inquire into Rheem’s per- sonal affairs, will press this line of in- quiry when the hearings are resumed at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow. Appealed to Court. Questions at previous creditors’ ex- aminations have been confined to the affairs of the corporation. Leon To- briner, attorney for Rheem, objected strenuously to all questions relating to his client’s personal affairs, and he was sustained in this position by Referee Fred J. Eden. Eden ruled that such questions were not proper under the law governing such examinations. Attorneys Marcus Borchardt and George E. Sullivan, representing some of the creditors, refused to abide by this ruling and brought the matter be- fore the District Supreme Court. To Withdraw Objections. The matter was still pending there today when Attorney Tobriner stated would withdraw his objections. Referee Eden said that in the absence of objections, he would permit the ques- tions to be asked and answered. Counsel for creditors also will be permitted to introduce bank records covering Rheem's personal accounts. POLICE AND RADIO AID HUNT FOR 4 CHILDREN Mother Says Father Induced Son to Take Three Small Girls Away From Her. Police and a national radio system to- day were assisting a mother of eight children in a search for her three youngest daughters and an 11-year-old Son, who were abducted yesterday, the Eotger charges, by her estranged hus- nd. Mrs. Frank West. 1117 Seventh street northeast, told police her husband, a news vendor, persuaded his son Ken- neth, 11, to entice the three girls from their home yesterday while she was oc- cupied with household duties. Kenneth, Mrs. West said, slij up- stairs and packed his own cl and that of his sisters in a bundle before leading the girls quietly from the house. Mrs. West said she had retained an attorney to sue her husband for a lim- ited divorce, alimony and custody of the children. but that the suit would mot be filed for several days. She told police her husband left her two weeks ago and that the neighbors {saw him in the vicinity shortly before | the children disappeared, about noon | yesterday. Mrs. West is the mother of i four older children by a previous mar- i At the meeting of the Associated | riage. | Her request to broadcast descriptions of the children was granted by a na- tional radio agency. Another broadcast will be made tonight, Mrs. West said. CONTRACT AWARDED FOR MARKET SHEDS Bids on Several Highway Construc- tion Jobs Also Opened by Chief Clerk. | i { The District Commissionsrs yesterd:y awarded to the Industrial Engineering & Construction Co. a contract for the building of theds for the use of farmers at Eastern and Western Markets. The winning concern put in the low bid of $8,947. J Bids on several highway construction jobs_were opened yesterday by Roland M. Brennan, chi:f clerk of the Engi- neer Department. The bid of the Union Paving Co. of Philadelphia for con- structing concrefe alleys in various parts of the city for $51,477.50, was the lowest of eight received. E. B. Donaldson’s $42,836,25 bid for construction of sidewalks was th2 low- est in a similar number of bids, and Layne Atlantic Co., of Norfolk, Va., put in the low bid of $13,290 for drilling & well and installing pumping and distri- bution machinery at the District Train- ing School at Laurel, Md. John R. Wald Co., of Huntington, Pa., offered a low bid of $19,925.50 for ma- chinery in the hesicry and underwear plant at the District Reformatory. RO NEW MONUMENT GARDEN PLANS ARE STUDIED Park Commifsion Views Models of Northwest Triangle at Opening of Three-Day Session. Dyl et o et