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p WASHINGTON BUTLER DECLINES 10 ACT IN PITIS RELEASE ATTEMPT Supreme Court Justice Hears Pleas of Attorneys on Home Veranda. DEFENSE COUNSEL SEEK BOND FOR JAILED CLIENT Prosecution Questions Right of Judge to Intervene in Em- bezzlement Case. Staff Correspondent of The Star. BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT, Pa., June 28. ~—The highest court in the land yester- day refused to order the release from jall of G. Bryan Pitts, former head of the F. H. Smith Co., Supreme Court Justice Pierce Butler holding, after a hearing here, that he was without juris- diction in the case. Holding court behind a card table on the broad veranda of his Summer home overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains, Justice Butler listened to the pleas of Pitts' attorneys and then announced he had no more authority in the case than the “mayor of Marlboro” (and Marlboro has no mayor). Release Is Sought. Counsel for Pitts, who was convicted | fn December of a conspiracy to em- | bezzle funds and destroy records of the | Smith _company. were sceking his re- | lease from the District jail pending ap- peal of his conviction. Following the return of the verdict by the trial jury, Pitts was committed to jail by Justice William Hitz, who | William P. Hay Files Brief Against Forming Single Department. Declares New Policy Will Re-! act Unjustly Upon Pupils in D. C. Schools. | ‘The School Board's merger of the| dspartments of biology and chemistry and physics into a department of science with the ousting of Willlam P. Hay and Dr. William A. Hedrick, heads of the departments, was characterized as “educationally unsound” and unjust to the pupils last night by Mr. Hay, in his fight for retention of his position. In response to a query Mr. Hay de- clared he placed a brief before the| Board of Education during the execu- | tive consid-ration of the proposed merger of tl two departments. Dr. Hedrick had been head of the depart- ment of physics in the schools for 44 years. ‘he proposed consolidation of the departments of physical and natural sciences lacks every evidence of the ‘fine educational outlook’ which it pro- fesses to seek.” Mr. Hay's brief asserted. Continuing, it contend:d that “while educators of today who are informed on the best and the most social educa- tional standards ere stressing the im- portance of inter-relating each subject | with the others; none is urging th | merging of one subject with the other.” | While today, schools are ‘“recognizing | and dwelling upon social values of the | | content matter,” he stated further, “no i school man of anv professional stand- | | ing_is ignoring the importance of a | thorough knowledge of the subject it- self.” Can’t Replace Laboratory. “While ‘general science’ may have a value in giving to a student sufficient information in each of the sciences to enable him to determine in which one would lie his particular interest,” the brief contended, “it cannot take the was sustained in this course by the | place of the specific laboratory sciences. Court of Appeals. The attorneys. Dozier De Vane, Wilton | J. Lambert and Leon Tobriner, argued that a justice of the Supreme Court had authority in any offense not involving capital punishment to order the release of a prisoner on bond unless the prose- cution could advance valid reasons for his incarceration. Question Court Right. Counszel for the Government—As- sistant Attorney General Nugent Dodds and Neil Burkinshaw, special assist- ant—questioned the right of Justice Butler to act and held further that the release of Pitts at this time might | interfere with the administration of | Justice. In this latter connection they in-} troduced affidavites from his co-defend- | ants at the trial—John H. Edwards, | jr. and S. Elbert Anadale, both of whom are now serving penitentiary sentences—purporting to show that some of the documentary evidence 1n-|‘ troduced at the trial in Pitts’ behalf | had been fraudulently prepared. g These documents were 145 authori- | 7ations and receipts for money claimed by the Government to have been em bazzled, but which Pitts said he ha taken properly. The affidavit of Ed wards said he rad prepared and ante. dated the papers at Pitts' direction, | and that a number of them had been executed by Emory L. Coblentz, Fred- | erick, Md., banker. | The Government counsel also charged | that Pitts had attempted to hide 2n important witness prior to the trial and that he had invested “several mil- lion dollars” in foreign bonds. In his decision, Justice Butler did not go into the merits of the appli- cation, however. He simply held that he was not affiliated with the courts!| of the District, where the case is now pending, and that, inasmuch as thers was no case before him, he could not act. BALCHEN'S ENTRY TO U. S. CERTIFIED New Jersey E;r( t‘a R‘ule Whe(her? Flyer Was Resident While on Polar Expedition. Certificates showing the legal entry | into the United States of Mr. and Mrs. | Bernt Balchen were sent yesterday by | the commissioner of naturalization of | the Department of Labor to the district director of naturalization at Philadel- phia, paving the way for the Common Pleas Court at Hackensack. N. J. to decide whether two years Balchen spent with the Byrd Antarctic expedition con- stitute legal residence in the United S;‘Abes in the fiyer's petition for citizen- #hip. Balchen, Norwegian pilot of the plane . which carried Byrd across the South Pole, yesterday reached what he con- siders” his fifth year in the United ! States, and tomorrow will file his ap- plication for naturalization in the Hack- ensack court, The Department of Labor some time ago let it become known that it did not consider the two years spent_with Byrd as legal residence in the United States. Later it was said that the bureau would merely lay the facts before the court regarding his residence and not contest the entry in any way. Mrs. Balchen, born in Oslo, Norway, married the fyer in New Jersey in 1930. Previously she had declared her inten- tion to become a citizen in Brooklyn 28. Balchen made his declaration | ssioner Crist of the Bureau of Naturalization announced last night that instructions had been issued to the Philadelphia director to facilitate the filing of the petitions. WILLIAMSBURG REPORTS 3 PROJECTS UNDER WAY Work Progressing on Foundation for Masonic Lodge on His- toric Site. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. WILLIAMSBURG, June 27.—Only |t Colleges generally, throughout the coun: try, refuse to accept a credit in “gen- eral science’ in lieu of a credit in a definite laboratory science. Popular in- formation taken from all the sciences | cannot take the place of the definite | study and practice in laboratory tech- | nique of a specific science even though | supplement the information so | gained. Teachers who have a good | general scientific training in the place | of a thorough training in a few of the sciences cannot possibly give to their pupils an appreciation of the impor- tance of definite scientific work. “It is therefore submitted that from the standpoint of the scientist and the educator the proposed change in the organization of the science teaching and, ultimately, to the student, unjust.” Mr. Hay's brief to the bcard quoted Dr. Frark W. Ballou as having charged, specifically, that “without the direction and leadership of a capable head of de- OWN POLICE CHASE Detective Sergt. Hughes Tells Off-Duty Experience. Seizure Reported. Picking up the trail of & rum-runner is commonplace in the life of & detec- tive, but being picked up, put in tow and smoked out by & liquor-laden ma. ence recorded by Detective Sergt. Van Doran Hughes. While driving home early yesterday street and Michigan avenue. While in the character of the machine, its operators immediately opened a smoke screen and started putting distance be- tween the cars. Spurred on by the unusual proceed- ing. Hughes chased the machine, the | route taking him along Park place to Rock Creek Church road, and down he lost sight of his quarry. As Hughes was relating the tale at headquarters today, Sergt. George M. Little Pvt. George C. Deyoe of the vice squad reported the finding of a machine answering to the description of the one which Hughes encountered. A search in the tonneau of the car, rear of the 100 block of Randolph place, and was equipped with smoke screen epparatus, revealed 10 cases of alleged liquor. No arrests have been made. ANNAPOLIS G. 0. P. CANDIDATES QUIT Power Company Refuses to Let Employes Run for Pub- lic Office. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 27.—Two of the eight Republican aldermanic can- didates for the city election July 13 must withdraw from the race because of the policy of the Annapolis-Chesa- peake Bay Power Co., by whom they are employed. Charles I. Sherman, son of the sec- to have been a candidate in the sec- ond ward, while Albino Dimaggio was a candidate in the first ward. ‘The Annapolis-Chesapeake Bay Power Co.. a subsidiary of the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Rail- way Co., does not permit its employes to hold two_positions at one time, ac- cording to Henry Zerhusf, local man- ager of the company. Mr. Zerhusf states that the company pays its em- ployes a fair salary and expected full- three important buildings are under active restoration or construction at this time, ¥t is reported. The new $150,000 court house for the city and county and a large new shop building are well along in construction and an old Colonial building that had been modernized into a two-story house is now being restored as a story-and-a- half structure with typical dormer windows. Work is progressing cn the founda- tion for the new $12,000 Masonic 'mple. on the site where the first Grand Lodge of Virginia was organized, in October, 1778. Lawn Fete Planned. PRIENDLY, Md., June (Special). Baturday at Providence Methodist Bpis- a Vi ce Met! o O iry - Connoll al er ._Connolly, general manag: of the W, B. & A. mrlrocd, confirmed the report and said: “We do not coun- tenance any of our employes entering into litics. Sherman has already filed his' withdrawal with Mrs. Kath- arine Linthicum, the city clerk.” Under the law, new candidates may be filed until 10 days before the election. It is understood that Mayor Walter E. Quenstedt, head of the Republican party in the city, will personally selcct two men for the vacant nominations dur- ing the week end. Sunday School to Picnic. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., June 27 (Special).—The Sunday school of Trin- ity Protestant Episcopal Church will join the Marlboro Chapter, (;l[de'r of the Eastern Star, on a plenlé‘n ir Haven, Md, Wednesday, July S |and for the preparation of fish in our schools is educationally unsound®| chine while off duty is the new experi- | morning, Hughes was “spotted” by a | light coach near the reservoir at First | Hughes had noticed nothing suspicious | Blair Road to the District line, where | which was housed in the garage in the | retary of the Annapolis Water Co., was | IBLOOM TO “BEARD” NAVY HEADS IN DEN ON IRONSIDES’ CRUISE CALLS MERGER PLAN UNSOUND WILLIAM P. HAY. —Star Staff Photo. partment, the various subjects in our high schools are left to the initiative and vision of the individual teachers without any force to check the unde- sirable features and make available for (l’t]’; whole group the efforts of the most able.” Cited Attainments. “The head of the department admits, in fact, boasts,” Mr. Hay replied, “that he did and does believe ‘that the initi- | ative and vision of the individual teacher’ should be developed to the highest possible point. Upon initiative and vision of the individual teacher de- pend the effectiveness and efficiency of a school system—no matter how much the superintendent and the first assistant superintendent (Stephen E. Kramer) may deplore this fact and con demn the practice of recognizing it. Mr. Hay cited his educational an nrofessional attainments. His educa- tion included specialized training in the | sclences he has been supervising in the | schools. Mr. Hay also did extensive research in the preparation of zoological terms for Webster's International Dictionary terms for Webster's New International Dic- tionary. Taught Here 30 Years. His experiences include teaching biol- ogy in Washington schools for more than 30 years; eight years as instructor in various sciences at Howard Univer- sity; the organization of the first classes in biology at Central High School, and head of the department of biology and | chemistry for 23 years. Among national recognitions that have come to him as a scientist were his election as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and his frequent selection to review books fer various publishers. In Washington, he has been editor of the Proceedings of the Biological Soctety for 15 years, in which organization he also holds the presidency: and presi- dent of the Washington Blologists' Field Club for four terms. FIGHT BOYS HELD S ROBBER BAND Colored Youths Charged With Housebreakings, Petty Larcenies. A series of burglaries and petty thefts | in various sections of the city were be- | lieved solved yesterday with the arrest | of eight colored boys by officers of No. 6 | police station, who placed & total of 16 charges of ~housebreaking and 37 | charges of petty larceny against the youths. Names Are Given. ‘The boys arrested and home address- es given by them are: Joseph Edward Brown, 17, of 102 M street, charged with four housebreaking and petty larcentes. Augustus Spencer, 17, of 910 Third street, charged with eight petty lar- cenies; Chester Gordon, 17, of 413 New | York avenue, six charges of petty lar- ceny; Wilbur C. Rollins, 17, of 1106 Third street. five cases of petty larceny: Howard Milburn, 19, of 1121 Third street, four oases of petty larceny; Rufus Carter, 17, of 200 block K street, four cases of housebreaking and two of petty larceny; Alexander Tuckson, 17, of 46 Fenton place northeast, five cases of petty larceny, and Charles Mc- Keever Willlams, 17, of 428 H street, four cases of housebreaking and four of petty larceny. Two Make Arrests. The officers making the arrests were W. C. Grooms and W. R. Laflin. Among the complainants against the boys in the housebreaking.charges are Leon Tappas, 43 H street northeast; Mario Mencarni, 904 First street; Louis Albert, 741 First street, and Frank D. Stomback, 1321 Fairmont street. ATTACKER GETS TERM Special Dispatch to The Star. GAINESVILLE, Va., June 27— “Smoky Joe,” colored, who said that he comes from Georgia, was taken into custody yesterday by Constable M. A. | Lynch, near here, following his attack on Mary McPherson with a shotgun after breaking into her home. Brought before Justice R. A. Kearney, the prisoner was sentenced to serve six months in jail and to pay a fine of $50. He was taken to Manassas and lodged in the county jall to await removal to one of the prison road camps. | | three NEW POLICE PLANS DIVIDE VICE SQUAD INTO FOUR UNITS Inspector Bean to Head Half of 22 Force, Operating From Central Quarters. 1ST AND 3D DISTRICTS GET FOUR MEN EACH Second District Assigned Three. Games and Speakeasies to Be Attacked. The police vice squad formed 10 | months ago to combat the steady growth | of gambling houses and speakeasies in the Capital will be “scattered to the | four winds,” so to speak, when the re- organization plans of the Metropolitan Police Department become effective on Wednesday. The present force of 22 detectives, constituting one of the most important units in the department, will be divided into four groups and assigned to police | headquarters and the three inspectors' districts under the new layout devised by Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby and | Maj. Henry G. Pratt. | " Half of the vice squad's strength, in- | cluding two sergeants and nine piain- clothesmen, will remain at central quarters under the leadership of In- spector T. R. Bean, while squads of four detectives will be sent to the first and third districts and a squad of three | to the second district. Central Ralding Squad. The 11 men remaining under In-| | spector Bean will be known as the cen- | | tral raiding squad and will be Sergts. Nelson O. Holmes and George M. Little | and Pvts. Frank O. Brass, Herbert G. Wanamaker, John K. Baker, John A. Auffenberg, Thomas M. McVerry, George | €. McCarron, George C. Deyoe, Rudolph Schleichert and Robert T. Joiner., The first district’s vice squad is to be composed of Pvts. Harry C. Bauer, W. A. Schotter, C. D. Schamp and C. E. Thornton. Pvts. B. F. Day, C. 8. Dwyer and W. C. Wrenn will work out of the second district's headquarters, while | Pvts. R. A. Williams, C. P. Flynn. E. C. | OMeara and C. H. Warder will be as- signed to the third district. Police officials have not yet announc- ed who will head the vice squads in the three districts, but it is expected that one of the uniformed sergeants who will be assigned to the districts will take command of each group. Under the set-up planned by In- spector Bean his detail will be split into two sections, with Sergt. Holmes | in command of one and Sergt. Little at the head of the other. Under Sergt. | SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE Holmes will be Auffenberg, Brass, Wanamaker, Baker and McVerry, who will operate with a free hand over the | entire city, just as the present force, | raiding gaming houses and speakeasies. | Sergt. Little's Command. Sergt. Little will command the road squad, which is to patrol all of the roads leading into Washington, in search of rum-running automobiles. Deyoe, Schleichert, Joiner and Sergt. | Little will work on that group. McCarron, a member of the colorful | vice squad which operated here until a year ago under Sergt. Oscar J. Letter- | man, now a lieutenant assigned to the | night inspectors’ force, will continue | under Inspector Bean in a clerical | capacity. H The present squad was organized by Maj. Pratt on September 15, 1930. Under Inspector Bean it has conducted hundreds of raids on underworld dlves.i making thousands of arrests and seizing ! an inestimable amount of gambling | equipment, whiskies and beer. D. C. PROCLAMATION ISSUED FOR FOURTH Commissioners Mark Approaching : | | Declaration of Independence Anniversary. ‘The following Fourth of July procla- | mation was issued yesterday by the| District Commissioners: | “To the residents and the merchants of Washington: “Saturday, July the Fourth, marks the 155th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of the United States. “In gratitude to our forefathers, who by their signal act bequeathed to us a sovereign Nation in which we may en- joy the blessings of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and as a tribute to the hosts who have served this Nation in the intervening years, the people of Washington are asked to display the flag of the United States of America at their homes and at their houses_of business on the Fourth of July Flags on metal staffs authorized by section 18 of article 23 of the police regulations may be placed in position on the afternoon of Friday, July 3d, and remain until noon of Monday, July 6th. “Thus through these days the resi- dents of the National Capital will renew allegiance to the flag and to the Re- public for which it stands, and the glory of our flag will compete the beauty of our city. “LUTHER H. REICHELDERFER, “HERBERT B. CROSBY, “JOHN C. GOTWALS, “Commissioners of the District of Columbia.” |Armed With Data, Bicen Representative Sol Bloom of New York, associate director of the George ‘Washington Bicentennial Commission, will go to the Navy Department to- morrow to urge Secretary Adams to approve the proposal of the commission for a cruise by Old Ironsides under her attire. Bloom's visit is by way of keeping his promise to “beard” Navy officials in their own “den” ‘on the whisker ques- tion, raised by Assistant Secretary Jahncke in commenting on what he considered the impracticability of emu- lating the appearance of the Cons tution’s crew. Jahncke discreetly with- drew the whisker objection, however, after bloom had pointed out that salors of 1912 didn't wear 'em. Jahncke yesterday also Jahncke in Showdown on Sailing of Constitution. own sails and with a crew in anclent | by tennial Director Will Face remarks he had made the futility of recruiting a crew le of sailing the old frigate. He to his original objection to the plan, however, on the ground that the ship could not maintain her sched- ule or port arrivals unless she is towed t: ug. f course,” Jahncke stated, “there are today American seamen who can handle the fine old frigate under sail. In the Navy itself we have officers who sailed our square-rigged training ships. A crew made up from our own enlisted personnel could take the ship wherever ships can be sailed.” Bloom is understood to be prepared to meet every objection which might be raised lllhl':ltl the commission's sug- He armed with data he Sundiny Star _ WASHINGTON, D. OUSTED TEACHER OF BIOLOGY 28, GENERAL NEWS 1931, * Boys Enforce Own Reformatory Rules HONOR SYSTEM CUTS DOWN ESCAPES AT NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL. Upper: Setting-up exercises given inmates at the Naticnal Training School for Boys, on Bladensburg road. Middle: A class room scene at the Lower: Three members of the school's track team, which furnishes sturdy opposition in meets with schools, yub].c; iand private, of the District and vicinity. Inset: Col. Claude D. Jones, sup put into practice new theories of dealing with delinquent bo: HEY are keeping the lads busy at the National Training School for Boys these days with thoughts of base ball, track and learning a trade, and they've cut down the escapes from 30 & month to one. Prior to last July 7, when Col. Claude D. Jones became supcrintendent of the | reformatory., which occupies a 320-acre tract on Bladensburg road northeast, near the District line, boys who became {100 unruly sometimes were placed in ackles. After an investigation by the board of trustees, the shackles were discarded. Runaways were beaten with a length of rubber hose. This also was ordered discontinued. : Thea Col. Jones resigned his posi- tion as head of the Boys' Industrial School, Golden, Colo., and came to Washington. As a result of the new methods introduced by him, most of the boys not only do not wish to flee the shi institution, but when one of their num- | ber does. they actually set out to re- capture him. Recently three of the youngsters de- | cided to run away. They had not gone very far when their absence was dis- covered by the boys they left behind who lost no time in organizing search- ing_parties. Under the direction of officials, the | posses hunted through the surrounding woods and located two of the fugitives. Easy to Recapture, Recapturing runaways usually is a comparatively simple matter, for they cannot get very far without money. Fortunately most of the inmates of the reformatory are content to remain until they have paid their debt to the Government, and a few of them are reluctant to leave even then. ‘While they are prisoners in the sense that they are confined to the reforma- tory as punishment for crimes of one kind or another, they enjoy many of the privileges of the average boarding school student. In the eyes of Col. Jones, that's what they are—students! To hear him refer to them as “my boys” is to understand why so few of them run away, despite the fact that leaving the institution is as simple a matter as taking a walk around the block. There are no walls at the National Training School, and the instructors are anything but guards. Col. Jones has inaugurated a “recrea- tion program,” under which the young- sters are permitted to do the things every boy of their age loves to do. Each of the eight dormitories—or “cottages,” as Col. Jones calls them— has its own teams, and what might be called the “varsity” aggregations repre- sent the reformatory against other in- stitutions. At present the boys go in for base ball, basket ball, foot ball, boxing, wrestling and varfous “track” sports, and it won't be very long before they will be taking up tennis and golf. Deprived of Pleasures. Infractions of the rules of the school result in deprivation of recreation privi- leges, which include weekly movie shows and similar forms of entertain- ment. Nearly every State in the Union is upreunyud at the institution. About 40 per cent of the youngsters are there for violation of the Dyer act—that is, stealing automobiles and driving them out of the State in which the theft oc- curred; about 30 per cent for violation of the liquor laws, and the remainder for miscellaneous offenses, mostly of & comparatively minor naturs. About 20 per cent of the boys are colored. Their |ages range from 11 to 23, striking an average of about 17. The youngsters rise at 6 am. and their day ends at 8 p.m., when they re- tire to their dormitories, sleeping under the eye of a watchman. Some of them attend school, where they may go through the tenth grade, while others work in the various shops. Recently, the carpenter screcns tq protest sevefal e vl school. erinten with remarkable | dent cf the school, who has, since he recentls took charge of the school, | results. —Star Staff Photos. | o | ings from insects. in addition to doing considerable repair work for the other structures. The boys' footwear is made in the shoe shop and their clothing in the tallor shop. Then, too, there is a | laundry, an engineering department, a | paint shop, & blacksmith shop, a bak- ery, & manual training shop and a bar- ber’ shop. i Those who are interested in agri- culture_sre given an opportunity to l2arn the sclentific side of it by work- ing on the school's farm, about 120 acres of which are under cultivation A new building for additional shops is | %o be built soon. For those who are musically inclined, | there is a band. It consists of 37 mem- bers, but its full strength is 40. Three boys now are being trained for the vacancies. Because of their “recreation pro- gram,” the youngsters resent it when | cne of their number escapes. |~ The most recent runaways occurred when McCarthy's class was hiking | through a patch of woods near the school. The boys knew that unless the fugitives were recaptured. there would be no more hikes, and that made them angry. They saw no reason why they should pay for the other youngsters’ liberty. 5 “We aim to give the boys coming to us such well-balanced programs of ac- | tivities, under competent supervision | and direction, as will enable them to go | | back into society not only as self-sup-| porting, law-abiding individuals, | with a spirit of social service worthy of | a good American citizen,” says Col. | ATED| | TWO ARE PROSTR FROM CAPITAL HEA ! Man, 70, Collapses in Restaurant. | Youth Is Stricken in Store. Two heat prostrations were reported | here yesterday and last night as the | mercury went to 88 degrees. Humidity stood at 68. ‘The first weather victim was Clar-| ence H. Burke, 70 years old, of 4312 New | Hampshire avenue. He collapsed while | in a restaurant at 1001 D street, was treated by the fire rescue squad and de- | clined to go to a hospital. Millard F. Worm, 24, of 919 Tenth street, fell in a store near Twelfth and H streets northeast. He suffered a cut chin when he struck the floor. He was removed to Casualty Hospital and re- vived. | Weather Bureau officials forecast fair | and warmer weather today. KEYSER GIRL ELECTED . CHURCH LEAGUE HEAD Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., June 27.— Miss Elsie Harman, Keyser, W. Vi was elected president of the Young People’s League of Winchester Presby- tery at the annual one-day meeting held here yesterday. She succeeds Mrs. Eugene Witherspoon, Winchester, Va. -Other officers named were: Vice president, Frank Harris, Winchester, Va., secretary; Miss Winifred Love, Moorefield, W. Va.; treasurer, Miss Lillian Flagg, Shepherdstown, W. Va. All officers were installed immediately following election by Dr. J. A. Mc- Murray, pastor in this county. Shepherdstown was selected for the 1932 2 ‘The Keyser, W. Va., soclety won the | | | but | Co. PRESIDENT DELAYS NAMING OF JUDGE \International Affairs Pre- vents Consideration of Siddons’ Successor. President Hoover is not expected to name a successor to the late Justice Frederick L. Siddons of the District Supreme Court for several weeks be- cause of the pressure of international affairs, it was learned yesterday. Several names have been suggested to the President, and he has referred them to Attorney General Mitchell, who personally will investigate the candi- dates to determine their qualifications and to make recommendations. Assistant Attorney General Nugent Dodds, who figured prominently in the recent prosecution of three F. H. Smith officers, has been suggested for this appointment. Mr. Dodds is not candidate, but friends who have advanced his name feel confident he would accept the place if it were offered to him. He is a native of Michigan, and be- fore his_appointment as Assistant At- torney General, was one of the special assistants assigned to criminal prosecu- tions for the Department of Justice. In addition to his work in the Smith Co. case, which resulted in the convic- tion of three officers charged with a conspiracy to embezzle $5,000,000 of the company’s funds, he has taken an ac- tive part in the investigation of the bankruptcy of Swartzell Rheem & Hensey Co., mortgage banking house. Among some of the other attorneys supported locally, whose names have been suggested are H. Winship Wheat- ley, United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, John Lewis Smith, former pres- ident of the bar association; George E. Gertman and W. W. Bride, corporation counsel. PRISONERS TAKE FLOOR IN CROWDED STATION Second Precinct Officers Often Com- pelled to Many of Scores Arrested. Transfer The second precinct police station had so many prisoners last night that the officers in charge hardlv knew what to do with them. The regular arrest book contained 49 names, and 26 men arrested on liquor charges also were booked. ‘With a total of 75 prisoners to take care of the police were forced to place as many as four and five in each cell, with the result that a number of them had to sleep on the floor. The situation was not unusual, how- ever, according to the officers in charge, who declared they often have to trans- fer prisoners to other precincts. Next Wednesday the station will be- come the headquarters of the new first inspection district. Student Pilot Killed. OTTAWA, Ontario, June 27 (#).—J. H, Marshall, 22-year-old student pilot of the Ottawa Flying Club, was killed to- day when the aeroplane he was flying crashed from & height of 3,000 feet. He league banner for efficiency for the had obtained his plloty license only by o NEW YEAR 70 BRING §45,672,838 INTO DISTRICT COFFERS Opening of Fiscal Period Wednesday Will Aid Many Projects. MORE THAN 13 MILLION WILL GO TO SCHOOLS Falling Tax Receipts Are Blamed for Increasing Losses Shown in Surplus Reserve. On the threshold of a new fiscal year, District officials yesterday made plans to dip into the replenished coffers that it brings and spend some of the $45,672,838 Congress appropriated for the operation and maintenance of the municipsl Government through an- other 12-month period. ‘The 1932 fiscal year begins Wednes- day, making available large sums for new public improvements, and the com- pletion of projects started within the last rvear. = Improved streets, reco structed bridges, new schools and con- | structica of the first unit' of the M | nicipal Center are among the outstand- ing projects provided in the appropria- tion act. The largest single slice of the ap- propriation. more than £13.000,000, will g0 to the public schools. The Highnay Department will receive neirly $4.000.- 000, while the Police and Fire Depa ments will share $6.000,000, the form taking $3,488,900 and the latter £2- 583,920 Surplus Reserve Depleted The District will go into the n fiscal vear with its surplus reserve bad | depleted, due to the large appropriations iin 1930 and 1931, coupled with falling tax receipts this year owing to the economie situation. The last statistics compiled by Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer, submitted ! to the Commissioners at a conference | with newspaper men when the 1933 | budget was under consideration, showed | the “surplus fund at the close of the | current fiscal year Tuesday would ap- | proximat= $3,612,595, or nearly $6,000,- 000 under the surplus reserve at the | end of the 1930 fiscal year. { In _ather words, the District will | have in reserve about $800,000 in excess of the cash working capital fund which | the law requires to be kept at $3,000.- 1000. The 1932 appropriation, however, | will impair this fund to the extent of | approximat, $1.700.000. so at the close | of the 1932 fiséal ye:r, the balence will i have been reduced to $1.332,084, or $1.- ) 688.000 under the required working | capital fund | Large Slice for Buildings. | $45.672.838 appropriation for the com- { ing fiscal year will be devoted to capi- | tal expenses—new buildings. new street work and the like, and the balance will go to operating expenses. This is about $2.500,000 less than was spent for the same purpose in the current fiscal year. The principal and most costly proj- ect provided in the new appropriation act is the Courts Building for the Municipzl center area. For beginning construction of this building, $1,500.- 000 has been allowsd. The total cost, however. will amount to $6,000,000. The highway department has plan- ned more than 50 important surfacing, resurfacing and grading projects with the funds it is to receive. It also will get $250,000 to complete the new Con- necticut Avenue Bridge over Klingle Valley, funds for the preparation of plans for new bridges to replace the P Street and Calvert Street Bridges over Rock Creek and the Benning | Bridge over the Anacostia River. Of the public school building proj- ects, an item of $400.000 for continu- ing construction of the new Roosevelt High School, is the largest. Tax Rate Unchanged. | ‘The other large items are for completing _construction | Brown Junior High School, | for beginning construction of {high school in the Brookland-Wood- | ridge section. and $200.000 for begin- { ning construction of a new building for the Jefferson Junior High School. Other building projects to be under- taken with the new appropriations in- clude & new fire house in the vicinity of Thirteenth and K streets, to house Engine Company No. 16, now located on D street, near Twelfth street, and Truck Company No. 3, at Fourteenth street and Ohio avenue. These two companles, located in the Federal tri- angle, are to be forced out of their present quarters by the Government building program. The tax rate for 1932 was officially fixed at $1.70 per $100 assessed valua- tion of property by the District Com- missioners yesterday. Although formal action was not taken until yesterday, the question had been decided for some months, and the 1932 appropria- tion act, passed at the last session of Congress, was built around that as- sumption. The rate is the same as that in effect for the current year. It will be effective on tax bills levied next Sep- tember and in March, 1932, on real and personal property. | | | i $300.000 | ALEXANDRIA-MONROE TRAINS ARE CANCELED Southern Railway Authorized to Suspend Portion of Pas- serger Service. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. June 27.—The Southern Raflway Co. was authorized today by the State Corporation Com- mission to discontinue operation of two local passenger trains between Alexan- dria and Monroe, effective tomorrow. The trains are known as Nos. 9 and 10, No. 9 being & southbound local, and No. 10, a northbound local. The com-. pany was directed to make certain changes in schedules of other trains to take care of service between those two points, heretofore rendered by the two trains being taken off. —_— FIRE DAMAGES HOME | By a Btaft Correspondent of The Star CHEVY CHASE, Md., June 27.—Fire of undetermined origin caused approxi- mately $300 damage in the home of Russell N. McAlister, 6411 Georgia - street, this morning. The family was absent at the time. Neighbors sum- moned the Chevy Chase Fire Depart- ment which extinguished the blaze. The fi. . was confined to the living room of the home. Pt i Approximately $12.500.000 of vh»/