Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1931, Page 17

GALLINGER DENIES BLAME I CHILD ENTRANCE CASES Submits First Report in Probe Into Hospital’s Refusal to to Admit Patients. ZANELOTT! GIRL HELD NOT EMERGENCY CASE ead of Children's Staff Defends Institution's Handling of Three Children. Gallinger Municipal Hospital, submit- ting the first report in the investigation into the refusal of several Washington hospitals recently to admit three chil- dren, two of whom were dying, today denfed it was to blame in the cases. The report, made to the Board of Public Welfare, which is conducting the inquiry, declared that in the case of Catherine Zanelotti, 3, who recovered, | the child was not “in the best judg- ment” of the examining physician an emergency case and therefore could not be admitted under the Welfare Boerd's rules without a permit. No mention was made in the report of the case of Samuel Goddett, 9. who | was denied sdmission to Emergency and | Children’s Hospitals and who died of Jockjaw at Gallirg: The boy was ad- mitted to the municipal hospital im- medtately upon application and ever thing possible was done to save his life, according to Gallinger authorities. hospital was not concerned with the other case—Eva Mze Dixon, 5. who died of burns at Children's H-spital after being shunted from Sibley, where she received first aid, to Garfield. Second Probe Scheduled. A second investigation into the three cases will be ‘begun tomorrow morning | when superintendents of the hospitals | of the | Health Ccmmittee of the Council of | affected meet with members Sccial Agencies. The hospit-1 superin- tendents wi'l be ask>d to file complete reports on the affairs for the informa- tion of the Council of the Community Chest, which orgenizations give financial aid to the institutions. Meanwhile, Dr. Frank Leech. chair- man of the medical staff at Children's Hospital, issued a lengthy statement defending his institution’s handling of the three children. - Pointing out it has been the policy of Children's Hospital “through the years never to refuse adrhission to any person needing hospital treatment, ex- cept only contaglous or highly infec- tious diseases.” Dr. Leech declared the Dixon child was admitted immediately because of the “extreme emergency of her case.” “Not Critically TI.” The Goddett boy was sent to Gal- linger, he said, hécause he “was not a critically ill patient” and because the hospital's isolation ward then contained three cases of infantile paralysis. The Zanelotti girl, similarly, not being an emergency case, also was transferred to Gallinger, Dr. Leech said. “It is my personal opinion,” he con- cluded. “that the admission of patients to Children’s Hospital, who would come under the Board of Public Welfare or the budget of the Community Chest, should not be limited to extreme emer- gencies, and that when cases are ad- | mitted, an arrangement should be pos- sible whereby the hospital would be re- imbursed for all special treatments necessary to carry out this policy.” Under the Welfare Board's rules, indi- gent children may not be admitted to Children's Hospital, except in cases of emergency, until all beds in the chil- dren’s ward at Gallinger have been filled. Care of sick children, admitted without permit, will not be paid for by the board under the ruling. Dr. Leech’s Statement. Or. Leech’s full statement follows: ‘It has been the policy of this hos- 1 al through the years never to refuse aqmission to any patient needing hos- treatment. excepting only con- infectious discases. Lack of enough isolaticn facilities and the need of protectiop for the children already admitted to fhe house make it necessary to send these cases to other hospitals where such facilities exist, and the judgment of the physicians on the hospital staff determines the eligi- bility of patients for admission. “The Board of Public Welfare has, through Congress, provided new build- ings at Gallinger Hospital with the very best equipment and a personnel able and competent to care for these cases, #nd does not approve admission to Children’s Hospital for other than emergency cases. Co-operation Necessary. “With limited space and financial means it is necessary that the Chil- dren's Hospital co-operate wherever possible with the Board of Public Wel- fare in the care of all patients applying to the hospital for treatment. “If it were possible to provide space for emergency care for all cases of a doubtful nature and the financial means to care for the same pending & | definite diagnosis. we feel that such criticiesn would pe avoided. “As mentioned above, this was the policy up until the new Board of Public ‘Welfare and the completion of the children's ward at Gallinger Hospital, with facilities for taking care of chil- dren and also our entry into the Com- munity Chest. “In regard to the cases mentioned in the daily press—Eva Mae Dixon, who was admitted suffering from burns and had an -infectious disease, was taken care of without any question on the ground of the extreme emergency. The outcome of this case was death within three hours. “Samuel Goddett, who applied for ad- mission at 5 o'clock in the morning on Qrctober 6, was not a critically 11l pa- tient, and after careful physical ex- amination on account of the ruling of the Board of Public Welfare and the fact that in our isolation department we then had three cases of infantile paralysis, the parents felt that they would prefer to have the child trans- ferred to Gallinger Hospital, which was done. It is true that the child died 33 hours later, but the outcome of any case of tetanus is conjecture, Ssome liv- ing only a few hours and some many days. We do not feel that the Chil- dren’s Hospital is open to criticlsm of any kind in this case. Admission Not Refused. “In regard to Catherine Zanelotti, who applied to the hospital on October 13. after examination by our admitting officer, and nothing being found of emergency character, the family was told that if the child needed further treatment it could be taken care of at Gallinger Hospital. However, admission ‘was not refused. onversation with the attending physician of this child revealed that the case had entirely recovered when he was called to see it that afternoon. “It is my personal opinion that the Ggmission of patients 1o ¢ The | [Miss Bentley, Mrs. William McNeil and { WILL DISCUSS PROBLEMS 's out this MISS BARBAIIA HERBERT. FOUR ARE INJURED AS GARTURNS OVER Miss Barbara Herbert Mostf Seriously Hurt—Driver Is Missing. Although the automobile in which they were riding turned completely over, landing back on its wheels, two | oung couples escaped with only minor | injuries last night in an accident on| the Marlboro pike near the District | line. Miss Barbara Herbert, 22, of 3149 | Mount Pleasant street, the most seri- | ously hurt, received a wrenched back | and other injuries when the machine. a | large spert tourning car, skidded off the | {road and over an embankment while rounding a curve. Three Others Bruised. Miss Helen Goodwin, 22, 1345 A| street northeast; her escort, Roy Dan- | | iel, also 22, of East Capitol street, and | an unidentified North Carolinian, who | was_driving, were bruised about the head, arms and back. i Miss Herbert said the two couples were returning from a drive down into | Southern Maryland when the accident occurred. She and Miss Goodwin and | Daniel were picked up on the road by a | passing motorist and taken home, where | Miss Herbert was treated by an Emer- gency Hospital interne. ‘What became of the driver Herbert did not know. Abandoned Car Found. 1 “The last I saw of him,” she said. “he | was getting ready to drive away. I was! so excited and nervous that I didn't| really know what was going on. The jaccident happened so suddenly. The first thing I knew the car was skidding, then we seemed to be going over and over—I thought it would never end.” large blood-stained touring car, ! answering the general description of the machine which turned over, was picked up by police today near the Pennsyl- vania Avenue Bridge. It had been stripped of its license plates and other marks of identification. ‘The car was taken to No. 4 precinct and headquarters detectives set to work at once to search for the owner. FULL FAMILY LIFE PURPOSE OF SOCIETY Social Hygiene Organization Plans| Speakers’ Committee to Con- duct Campaign. Miss | The Social Hygiene Soclety of the District, at its first Fall meeting yes- | terday, approved organization of a| Speakers’ Committee to conduct an edu- | cational campaign in the interest of a | well-rounded family lize for men, wom- | en and children of the District Paul L. Benjamin, the society’s new | executive, urged that the organization | Join with schools, clubs, social agencies | and churckes for the distribution of | information cn how best to protect families and individuals from hnrmful‘ environments or conditions. A Research Committee was appointed | under chairmanship of Dr. Ella Oppen- heimer of the Federal Children's Bureau. Those appointed to various commit- tees were Mrs. Harry Doyle and J. E. Jones, Educational: Dr. R. A. Vonder- lehr and Dr. Louise Taylor-Jones, Medi- cal Measures; Misses Fay Bentley and M. Pearl McCall, Protective Social Measures; Mrs. R. Thomas West and Mrs. Walter S. Efford, Legislative Meas- ures, and Dr. William A. White. Her- bert 8. Wood, Frank Persons, Dr. D. W. Willard, E. C. Graham, Mrs. Joseph | Sanders and Mrs. West, Budget Com- | mittee, The following were elected to the board of the society: Dr. Vonderlehr. | | Mrs. Otto L. Veerhff. | Y. W. C. A. Will Hold Retreat at Home of Mrs. Luke I. Wilson. The economic, soclal and religious problems of present-day life will be the subjects for discussion at the 1931 re- treat of the Young Women's Christian Assoclation to be heid at Tree Tops, the home of Mrs. Luke 1. Wilson, Satur- day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Willlam A. Slade, a former Y. . C. A, secretary, will preside. The speakers are to include Miss Elizabeth Eastman, Mrs. Wilson Compton, Mrs. Fred De Witt Shelton, Miss Bertha Pabst, Mrs. T. E. Brown, Mrs. Albert H. Putney and Mrs. George Winchester Stone. WOMEN TO HEAR MANN Zoo Director to Address Press Club on Recent Expedition. The Women's National Press Club | will hear Dr. William M. Mann, di- * rector of the Washington Zoo, tell of his recent expedition to British Guiana, Tuesday afternoon, at a luncheon at 1 o'clock, in the Willard Hotel, according to announcement made today. Mrs. Mann also will attend. The ex- pedition to South America resulted in the addition of a number of valuable animals to the coliection here. e ———— Hospital, who would either come under the Board of Public Welfare or the Budget of the Community Chest, should | warded to the Commissioners yesterday, — PRATT ASKS EIGHT MORE RADIO CARS Recommendation Is Added to Usual List Proposed by Police Head. $10,000 EVIDENCE FUND ASKED FOR LIQUOR BUYS Larger Force and Right to Enter Clubs Without Warrants Are Also Put Forward as Needs. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, in his annual report, for- | renewed a host of recommendations | that have been carried in the report for some years and added a new one—in- crease of the number of radio patrol cars by eight, on account of the high efficlency of those now in service. The reccmmendations are of two gen- |eral classes. One class asks enactment of legislation giving the department greater powers and aiding it in its en- forcement duties. The other class seeks | enlargement of the force. Asks $10,000 Liquor Fund. * Among the first class is a proposed smendment to the national prohibition act to make all officers of the depart- | | ment prohibition agents. To back this | up, there is a request for an annual $10.- 000 appropriation for “procuring evi- dence and in the payment of reputable agents in the enforcement of the vice, liquor and gambling laws, to be used either for the purchase of evidence °r for the payment of informers, both of which procedures are absolutely essen- tial to even the slightest measure of success in securing a reasonably effective enforcement of the laws referred to.” Further extension of power sought ara the right of entry without warrant into any club, incorporated or not, than which Maj. Pratt says he ‘“can con-| ceive of nothing more important to the ! law enforcing agency.” Then the de- partment wants to see the enactment | of the Sackett vagrancy bill, tightening the present state of the law on va- grancy, and enabling the policemen to arrest as vagrants large numbers of per- sons now mpt from such arrest: a law regulating the purchase, carrying! and possession of dangerous weapons, a | law giving the Police Department con- trol over all dances and dance halls and preventing &ny person from engaging as a dance teacher without first se- curing permission from the major and | superintendent of police, a law allowing | pawnbrokers to operate in the District and & law regulating the business of executing bail bonds. 1,600 Police Urged. As to the enlargement of the force, | the report recommends an _increase | which will allow 1500 patrolmen and 1.000 detectives, two more fast automo- | biles for use of the Detective Bureau and the new radio cars. Maj. Pratt reports a “marked im- provement in discipline” during the year ended June 30 last. During lhv‘ year 2 members of the force were dropped during their probationary year for unsatisfactory service, 21 were fined, 15 removed, 3 required to pay debts, 14 warned, 4 deprived of parl of annual leave, 4 assigned to extra duty, 1 severely reprimanded and 1 required to live within the District of Columbia. In 38 cases before the trial board the charges were dismissed and in six the trial board findings were re- versed by the Commissioners. The value of property stolen during the year was reported as $1,433,803 and of that recovered by police $323,942. The Detective Bureau members made 3.990 arrests. There were 2,009 convic- tions, 70 cases nolle prossed, 97 arrests. in which no papers were filed, 1325 cases dismissed, and 489 cases pending or otherwise disposed of. The number of automobiles stolen was 3,608 »nd the number recovered 3.202. The auto squad made a total cf 353 arrests. which resulted in 95 con- | tions, 105 cases held for grand jury, he WASHINGTON, D. C, IN ANNUAL REPORT! INQUEST ORDERED l—‘lorfolk Airway Opens With Nine Free Plane Trips Delay of License Causes Ludington Line to Omit Fare. ‘With nine passengers riding free, the Ludington Line opened its new Wash- ington-Norfolk service at 11:05 a.m. to- day, when the first plane took off at Washington-Hoover Airport. The passengers rode free. it was ex- plained, as a result of a “hitch” in ar- rangements. Opening of the service al- ready had been annrounced for today and the passengers had made reserva- tions for the flight. At almost the last minute, however, it was found there would be some delay in obtaining a license to use the Nor- folk Airport. This, it was pointed out, necessitated return of the fares paid b; those who had made reservations, bu: the company decided to begin service anyway. Two round-trips will be made daily, one plane leaving at 11:05 am. and another at 3:05 p.m. The flight to Nor- | folk will require only an hour and 20 | minutes. Among_these making the first trip were Walter Hinton, chairman of the Washington Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee, and Lawrence Wil- Mams, chairman of the Aviation Com- mittee of the Board of Trade. Officials of the Ludington Line said they hoped to obtain a license in time to begin charging the regular $10 fare tomorrow. 1 | N WOMAN' EAT Deputy Coroner Seeks Source | of Bruises on Mrs. Katie Knox’s Bogy. An inquest will be held at 11 am | tomorrow in an effort to determine the, origin ot bruises found on the body of | Mrs. Katie Knox, 60, found dead at her residence, 1006 I street, early yesterday. A police investigation led to the con- clusion the woman had suffered a heart atiack, falling heavily and thus causing | the bruises, but Dr. Joseph D. Rogers, deputy coroner, announced today an in- quest will be held. Mrs. Knox left the room which she | sccupted with her husband, James Knox, | a retired Army sergeant, shortly after 7 o'clock yesterday morning. police wers ol told by other roomers at the boarding | house, and apparently started for the | bath room. She became confused, it was believed. after going to the second floor and started to enter the room lo- cated exactly over her own quarters. As she did so, she fell and struck her head against the lower bracings of a table, they said. R. L. Peiter anr Miss Blanche Clarke, | roomers on the same floor, heard the | woman' fall and ran to the room. An | Emergency Hospital ambulance was | called and Dr. Thomas Bradley pro- | nounced the woman dead. } Mrs. Knox is said to have a sister Elsie Matthews, living in Baltimore. She was summoned by telegram yester- day. WEEKLY BUS PASS SYSTEM APPROVED Car Companies Expected to Observe Results of Eleven-Week Experiment. Adoption of the weekly pass system on the busses of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. was approved today by the | Public Utilities Commission for an ex- perimental period of 11 weeks, begin- ning Sunday. The bus company several days ago re- 74 cases dismissed and 17 nolle pressed. i Thers are 62 cases pending. | The Bureau of Criminal Identifica- tion fingerprinted 1974 _prisoners, photographed the scenes of 161 crimes | and 99 accidents, made 1.418 1denl|flta-i tions from fingerprints and forwarded | 1,036 photographs and fingerprints to | other Jjurisdictions. Five hundred forty-two lunacy writs | were flled and 455 patients were ad- judged insane and transferred to St.! Eliazbeth’s Hospital. | Driver Permits Drop. The year showed a decrease in the number of applicants for permits to operate motor vehicles. There were 55,161 such applications in 1930 and 53701 in 1931. Last year 13874 of | the applicants were turned down. Applications for hacking licenses numbered 4,611, of which 143 were re- fused. The Board -of Surgeons reporufl| 8,332 visits to the clinic by members of the force, in addition to 6,236 visits | made by members of the beard to the ! homes of sick jolicemen. The school of instruction gave police training t» 112 rookies and 12 older members of the force. Twenty-six mem- bers of the force qualified as pistol ex- perts, 42 as sharpshooters, 48 as marks- men and 10 failed to qualify. ‘The Crusaders, anti-prohibition or- ganization, in a statement issued today took exception to the recommendation of Maj. Pratt that all police be permit- ted to act as enforcerient agents and | that $10,000 be appropriated to buy liquor evidence and pay informers. “The prohibition law is probably bet- ter enforced in Washington than in any large city,” said a statement issued by the Crusaders, “and a large number of officers devote their time principally to prohibition enforcement. The employ- ment of the rest of the force in liquor anoomlng ] take them away from legitimate police work, such as catching real criminals. We understand that there are still one or two unsolved mur- ders on the books.” e s, CAFETERIA PLANS MADE Commerce Building Lunch Room Will Feed 4,000 Employes Daily. Preparations are nearly complete for installing new equipment in the cafe- teria in the new Department of Com- merce Building at Fourteenth street and Constitution avenue and arrange- ments have been made for feeding 4,000 persons there. F. W. Hoover, general manager of the Welfare and Recreational Association of Public Buildings and Grounds, Inc., today made this announcement, adding that this is believed to be the largest number to be served as a single group not be limited to extreme emergencics and that when cases are admitted an arrangement should be possible whereby the hospital would be reimbursed for all special treatments necessary to carry Redieys e in Washington at one time. It will cost the association about $25,000 to equip the structure and the organiza- ticn has been making purchases of sundry equipment for the past several quested authority to institute the pass system as_one means of stimulating business. The car companirs, howev have given no indication of followirg the lead, although they expect to ob- serve the results of the experiment on the busses. Two kinds of passes will be used. One | will cost $1.25 a week. Tt will entitle | the holder to transportation on any of | the company's busses anywhere in the | District at any time of day. The other will cost 75 cents. It will be knawn as the theater-shopper pass. The holder will be entitled to use it all day Sun- day and on Saturdays after 9 p.m. For | the rest of the week it will be good for rides only between 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. C. U. ALUMNI PLANé PROGRAM OF PUBLICITY! Plans for the establishment of a new publication as part of a program to stimulate interest in Catholic Univer- sity alumni aflairs were outlined last night to members of the Washington Chapter of the Catholic University Alumni Association by Joseph M. Mur- phy, director of university publicity. The meeting was held in the Univer- sity Club. | In making known plans for an| alumni magazine, Mr. Murphy dis- closed the wishes of Mgr. James H. Ryan, rector of the university, for a stronger alumni organization. The local chapter is making arrange- ments for the annual “home-coming™ of the national alumni of Catholic University on November 26. A foot ball game between the university eleven and Loyola has been arranged for the occasion, Other social events will mark the day. Arthur J. Bergman, head coach of the institution, addressed the chapter on the subject of foot ball prospects for the university. Forrest Cotton, line coach, and George Vlk, assistant coach, also attended. Walter J. Cos- tello, president of the chapter, was toastmaster. FUGITIVES RETURNED Two Captured at Baltimore Are Taken Back to Lorton. Two escaped prisoners, captured in Baltimore last night, were returned to- day t‘l} the District Reformatory in Lor- ton, Va. The men, Edward Marsh and John Trwin, both serving five-year terms for housebreaking, were apprehended by Sergt. Allen Crone and Patrolman Michael Hopkins of the Baltimore police force. A .45-caliber pistol was found in the room where they were located, but Marsh and Irwin offered no re- sistance. Marsh and Irwin were the last of HURSDAY, | clarec. Ision to repair WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bening St {BILLBOARD ‘DEAL BLIGHTTOCPTAL PROTEST CAARGE American Civic Association ‘Astonished’ at Sign Com- mittee Stand. CALLED BACKWARD STEP IN REMEDYING SITUATION Compromise Taking Benefit of Doubt on Locations From Pub- lic Vigorously Opposed. Aroused over the alleged favoring of lccal billboard interests in a compro- mise which the District Sign Commit- tee was endeavoring to negotiate in secrecy until exposed yesterday,” the American Civic Association protested { today that such an agreement, if even- | tually approved by the Commissioners, would “impose_a veritable billbpard | blight on the Federal City at a time | when every effort is being made to im- prove the appearance of Washington for the Bicentennial celebration.” The American Civic _Association, which stanchly supported District offi cials in obtaining legislation from Con- gress (o curb the billboard industry in the District, became acquainted with the present situation when its execu- tive sscretary, Miss Harlean James, re- ed from the annual meeting of the | The | association in Detroit last week. association was appointed,” she said, to learn that the Sign Committee was willing to give the bilboard concerns the benefit of the doubt respecting “doubtful” sign loca- tions, in return for certain favors, when “we had understood the public was to be given the benefit of the doubt.” To compromise with the industry in this| way. she believed, was a “backward ! D" in the efforts to remedy condi- ions in the ci | Rehabilitation Plan Hit. The proposal to allow the billboard companies to rehabilitate their boards ! also was vigorously opposed as con- trary to previous policy. This would | 1t in perpetual locations for large s of boards. Miss James de- including those boards whose titles are clouded. “For more than 25 years the Ameri- can Civic Association has opposed bill- board excesses.” the statement of the association said. “As the blight of bill- | boards has become aggravated, the as- | sociation has followed the undoubted trend of public opinion and has advo- | cated the removal of billboards from num ) | the rural landscape and from all resi- | ceived various incidental services. dence neighborhoods. The associa has approved the action of the super- | visors of Montgomery and Prince | Georges Counties in_banning billboards | from residential and commercial areas under the zoning law, as recommended by the National Capital Park and plan- | Commission. “From the time. over 10 years ago, when the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia began to clean up Washington by refusing new permits for billboards and by refusing permis- existing boards the | American Civic Association has given | its hearty approval of the action of the | successive Commissioners and has broad- | cast the encouraging news throughout | the country. “At the traveling annual meeting of the association, held October 5-8 in the Detroit region, Mrs. W. L. Lawton, who, | with her husband, made the survey of | highway approaches to Washington and | who has been making more recent roed- side surveys in California, Illinois and parts of Michigan, reported progress on the fight against billboards in many States. Encouraged by Decrease. “There was also a session devoted to billboard legislation. under the able leadership of Albert S. Bard, New York attorney. Here the working of the New Jersey law was outlined. The encour- aging decrease in the number of bill- ioards since last January has justified the passage of legislation, and the im- provement in the appearance of the roadsides cnabled the public-spirited citizens to resist succossfully the a tempt of the billboard interests to re- | duce the 3-cents-a-square-foot annual | tax_on billboards. i “The American Civic Association, | with other public interest groups, tries | always to keep in mind the general welfare, and in_ taking its stand it is actuated solely by a desire to improve the ‘amenities’ of American life and to raise the spiritual and esthetic stand- ard of living. No one who participated, in the Detroit sessions and who has been following the trend of recent pub- licatlons on the subject of billboard control can doubt that the American public is thoroughly aroused. “When, therefore, we returned to Washington to find the official list of billboard locations to be submitted to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia under an act of Congress assed at the last session apparently ncludes many locations which ~are doubtful—that is, no sufficient evidence exists to prove that the billboards oc- cupy & location originally authorized by the Commissioners—we were as- tonished and disappointed. We had | understood that in these doubtful cases the public was to be given the benefit of the doubt. “It appears, however, that there is a plan afoot by which, if the billboard | companies remove the absolutely un- authorized billboards and also within the next three years remove the com- paratively small number of billboards | now existing in residential neighbor- hoods and the insignificant number in Shipstead act locations, they, and not the public, ere to be given the benefit of the doubt. “When it is considered that one com- pany alone out of more than 400 large boards has scme 275 doubtful locations, with only some 70 authorized boards end some 60 absolutely unauthorized. the agreement does not seem to be in the interests of the public. Civie Action Recalled. “When it appears that the proposed arrangement by which the long-settled policy of the Commissioners of the Dis- ( trict of Columbia that no new locations and no repairs will be considered may be changed so that all boards may be repaired or rebuilt if at the present time they are not more than 50 per cent depreclated, it will be seen that the proposals to come before-the District Commissioners are distinctly in favor of the billboard interests and not in ac- cord with public interest or public cpinion, if we may judge by the action of the large number of citizens’ organi- zations and civic bodies last Winter and Spring. Who can tell when a board is more than 50 per cent depreciated? Certainly the District Commissioners will be taking several backward steps if the large number of doubtful billboard: are to be given the benefit of the dou® in favor cf the biilboard companies i/ return fer action whicn in part the five men who escaped a week ago by sa captured. wing the bars of a window to be re-* are bound to take if airected by th Commissioners and in part for action which they will surely be forced to take OCTOBER 15, l “astonished and dis- | 1931. * Society and General TRUCK CARAVAN ARRIVES HERE 15 Heavy Vehicles, FOR JUSTICE BUILDING WORK 5 Cars and 40 Men, Women and Children Make Up Party Coming From Milwaukee. A caravan of 15 trucks, § automo- biles, about 40 men and some women and children pulled into Washington yesterday afternoon from Milwaukee to start work today on the $12,000,000 De- partment of Justice Bullding, between Pennsylvania and Constitution avenues, Ninth and Tenth streets. It was one of the most unusual caval- cades ever to file into the Capital, bring- ing with it not only a complete set of equipment for the fleet of trucks, but the wives and children of some of the men. A power shovel, which has just fin- ished its job on the adjacent excava- tion for the Archives Bullding on the site of old Center Market, moved onto the Justice site today and was ready to begin “cutting” this afternoon into the brick, concrete and earth, where, from inow on, the sound of construction wiil n;ntcetu until the new building is com- plete. The expedition from Milwaukee was headed by Edward Radtke, subcon- tractor, who will do the excavating. He | has shipped two other power shovels |from the West. Meantime, one shovel | already is on the job and the work can go forward. The general contractor for | the first part of the work is 8. M. Siesel Co. of Pittsburgh, winner of the con tract for both excavating and construc- tion of foundations at the sum of $949,000. Meantime the excavation job on the adjacent Archives Building site is nearly finished. The ‘“heavy cutting” was finished today and tpere remains little to be done. This t contract was for excavation only, and there will be another let later for construction of the foundations. Bids will be asked soon for this work. ‘The Archives excavation contractor, Jarboe & Houghton of Mechanicsville, Md., finished far ahead of schedule, of earth in about 34 days. About 40 per cent of the excavated earth from Ilhe Archives site was hauled to the ‘Washington-Hoover Airport, which now is rapidly being extended into what | formerly was swamp. ST SPENT FORRELIEF OF POOF |Associated Charities Expen- ditures $42,830.61 Greater Than Last Year. The Associated Charities expended $142,867.46 for the rellef of poor fam- illes curing the nine months ended September 30, as compared with $100,- 036.85 during the same period of the previous year, according to a repsrt rendered at the meeting of the hoard of managers yesterday afternoon at the | Social Service Home. Of the total amount so expended by visitors of the | Associated Charities, _$137,429 from the Community Chest Unemployment was _attributed es largely responsible for the increass of over 40 per cent in relief expenditures this year. 923 Families Under Care. came | In September the Associated Chari- | ties had 923 families under its care as against 723 families a year ago. In addition to these, 216 other families re- Re- lief expenditures for the month were $13.408 as compared with $7.916 a year ago. A larger proportion of families now seeking relief represent more urg- ent emergency cases. with fewer re- sources than ever before. the report in- dicated. Unemployment was reported as affecting 261 familles in September and under-employment affecting 150 families. John Joy Edson. chairman of the Summer Outings Committee, reported & total of 1.129 children and 124 adults as having been guests at poth Camp Good Will and Camp Pleasant. The total number of outing days was 15,219, the usual period being 13 days for each member. Owing to lack of accommo- dations, 844 applicants had to ve re- fused. Remember Oldest Employe. ‘The board of managers requested its president, Coleman Jennings, to convey to Samuel Middleton, the oldest em- ploye of the society’s staff, best wishes for speedy recovery from his present illness. A $200 legacy from the estate of the late Willlam A. H. Church was announced. Mrs. William Stuart Nel- son, recently elected a member of the board, resigned because of removal from ‘Washington. Members of the board present besides Mr. Jennings were Dwight Clark, Mr. Edson, Franklin H. Ellis, Charles C. Glover, jr.; Arthur Hellen, Mrs. Archi- bald Hopkins, C. C. Morgan, Mrs. Fred- erick McReynolds, Mrs. E. K. Morris, Miss Helen Nicolay, Dr. Perkins, Herbert A. Poole, Mrs. John L. Proctor, Miss Florence Spofford. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro, George S. Wilson and the secretary, Walter 8. Ufford. JAILS MAN FOUND IN CAR Detective Suspects Attempt to Take Radio or Auto Parts. A colored man who picked a detec- tive's car in which ‘to “spend the night,’ today was jailed awaiting investigation of the incident. Police said a saw found in the car led them to believe he intended to remove the radio or some other accessory. Detective Howard E. Ogle said he discovered the man in his car on re- turning to it after stopping at a deli- catessen in the 1600 block of Sixteenth street, en route to his home last nicht. The man _identified himself as Harry Edward Goss, 19, of 1513 Kingman place, and said he believed the owner of the car had parked it for the night, and that he planned to sleep in it. o NAMED BALL CHAIRMAN Lieut. Knowlton Heads Group Planning Navy Day Event. Lieut. Comdr. Don S. Knowlton was named today chairman of the General Supervisory Committee planning the Navy day ball to be sponsored by the Sixth Marine Brigade, in the Wiilard Hotel, October 27. Maj. Earl C. Lane, Maj. Harvey L. Miller and Maj. Vincent Stack will serve on the committee with him, it was announced by Lieut. Col. J. J. Staley, commanding the brigade. Each of the members of this commit- tee will serve as chairmen of four groups handling, respectively, decora- tions, reception, publicity and finances. Comdr. within the next few years in any case as residence neighborhoods build up and property is developed on rmd lo- cat = mu v’l‘lb‘lll’c" ‘buil il;n"u nn‘g grounds. er, Tmit repa of billboards under conu?:kmx which can never be measured by the public and which will in effect result in per- Emul locations for great numbers of illboards ncver properly authorized as well as for those itted by the Com- missioners more than 10 years ago, they will be imposing a veritable billboard blight on the Federal City at a time when a:‘:ry effort is neln:r mmw uht;:‘tg JEOYE e appent fua n or the Bicentennial celebration and in a period when millions of public money are being expended on public buildings “nd nds. 2 American Civic Assoclation be- ieves the Commissioners of the District f Columbia, when the full plan is laid efore them, will see exactly the sig- iificance of these proposed polici that they will decide the b ter in the public interest.” - rd mat- Frederick W.| fes and PRIZES OFFERED 10 YOUNG CRITICS lHans Kindler to Give Medals for Best Discussions of Orchestra. Gold, silver and bronze medals have been offered by Hans Kindler, conductor of Washington's newly organized Na- tional Symphcny Orchestra. to pupils of the public, schools of the District for the three best criticisms written during the season on the concerts to be given for children and young pecple. ‘The rules for the cont requiring only that the essav express the views and opinions of the writers on what the orchestra’s juve- nile concerts mean to school children, | what compositions they lize best, what | changes in program they would suggest and anything concerning the series which, seems to call for critical dis- cussic The essays mav be submitted at any time to Mr. Kindler at. the office of the orchestra in Droop's, 1200 G sireet. The | medals v:ill be awarded at the clos> of | the season. The first of the children's concerts will be given November 12 at Central High Schocl. There will b= eight con- certs in all for voung people. four of which will be on Thursday afternoons at 4 oeclock and four on Saturday mornings at 11 ’u':lock. Schedule of Concerts. ‘The afternoon econcerts will be given on November 12, Decembver 10, January 114 and February 18, while the Saturday jmorning concerts will be on December 19, February 6 and 27, and March 5. All will take place at Central High School, with Mr. Kindler conducting. Mrs. Royal T. McKenna, chairman of the Women's Committee on_Schools, has arranged through Dr. E. N. C. Barnes, head of the music department | of the public schools, to have music | teachers throughout the public school system give a music appreciation course to precede each concert. The Women's Committee of the or- | chestra also has worked through the | Boy and Girl Scouts to stir up interest in the approaching series of concerts. 'GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY " HONORS M. CITROEN French Automobile Manufacturer Gets Life Membership in Group. A certificate of life membership in | the National Geographic Society was presented to Andre Citroen, French automobile manufacturer, when he visited the soclety’s headquarters here | yesterday. The honor was accorded M. | Citroen in recognition of his co-opera- | | tion with the society in the Citroen- Haardt transasiatic expedition and his sponsorship of several other scientific enterprises. ‘The Ambassador of France and Mme. Claudel, who were hosts to M. and Mme. Citroen at a luncheon at the French embassy vesterday, accompanied their guests to the society's building, on Sixteenth street, and with them viewed a private showing of motion pictures of the Citroen-Haardt expedition. The Swiss Minister and Mrs. Peter, Dr. John Oliver La Gorce, vice president of the | National Geographic organization; Dr. | Gilbert Grosvenor, president, and other | officers also witnessed the presentation | ceremony and the pictures. \OFFER TO TESTIFY DENIED BY SCHENCK | Former Policeman, in Cell, Asks | for Probe Chief, | However. Frederick A. Schenck, former Wash~ ington policeman, and central figure in the Staples case, sent word from his cell in the District Jail today that through a misunderstanding reports that he would testify before the special com- mittee of lawyers investigating the grand jury's charges it the Police Department were entirely erroneous. Shenck declared he intended to re- main steadfast in his refusal not to testify unless witnesses are present, but that he did desire to talk with Henry P. Blair, chairman of the investigating committee. The prisoner attributed the reports that he had changed “his mind and would willingly testify in a secret hear- ing, to a request he made to officials of the jail that he would like to con- fer with Mr. Blair. The committee is winding up its in- vestigation, and indications are that it will not waste any more time calling on Schenck unless he is willing to tes- tify at a private hearing. Several weeks ago the committee called on him at the jail, but he re- fused to talk unless newspaper men or | other witnesses were present. Schenck _was brought to Washington from the Federal penitentiay at Leav- enworth, at the request of the Com- | tion him. having moved more than 70,000 yards private and parochial | “|children and the missioners, so he would be available when the committee was ready to ques- PAGE DEWEY'S SON FILES PROTEST 10 WILL OF STEPMOTHER |Seeks to Halt Probate of Second Testament—First Caveat Pends. B—1 ACTION ON THIRD PAPER POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL F. H. Bugher Is Principal Bene- ficiary Under Two Beque: Contestant Charges Fraud. George Goodwin Dewey of Chicago, only son of the late Admiral George Dewey, today filed in the District Su- preme Court a caveat protesting the admission to probate of the will made on April 22, 1925, by his stepmother, Mrs. Mildred McLean Dewey, who dled February 21, last. Previously he had filed a similar attack against the latest will of Mrs. Dewey, dated May 2, 1925. The hearing on the earlier caveat had been scheduled for yesterday in the District Supreme Court, but be- cause of the professional engagements of Attorneys Samuel Untermyer of New York and David R. Clark of Chicago Justice Jesse C. Adkins postponed the trial of the contest until next April 4. Mr. Untermyer is of counsel for the executors, the National Savings & Trust {Co. and Alvin Untermyer. and expects gaged before the special session of the Illinois Leglslature. Mrs. Dewey left three wills. In the first, dated October 25, 1923, George G Dewey was named as residuary legatec The second, dated April 22, 1925, merely revoked the previous will and directed distribution of the $375,000 estate ac- cording to the statute of descent and distribution. Under that will the entire estate would be divided equally between Edward Beale McLean, publisher of the Washington Pcst, a nephew of Mrs. | Dewey. "and Frederick H. Bugher, a | grandnephesw. i The third will on which the contest will be heard next April was dated only 110 days later—May 2, 1925. That will | gives a life estate to Mrs. Bugher and one-third of the remainder to Frederick H. Bugher. The balance would go one- half to McLean and the other half to Bugher. Neither of the last two wills mention eny portion of the admiral's | estate. which was valued at $150.000, | nor the valuable trophies given to him. The contestant is represented by At- torneys Charles S. Baker and George R. Jackson of Washington and David R. Clark of Chicago. He charges that Mrs. Dewey was not of sound mind and in- capable of executing a will, and that the { will in question was obtained fraud | and coercion practiced on her by some unknown party. ISOROPTIMISTS’ WALK IS ALLOTTED SPACE Pink Dogwood Trees to Be Planted This Fall—Adopt Job Aid Pledge. | i { At the meeting of the Soroptimi -t | Club of Washington yesterday a letter | was read from Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public bufldings and | public parks, allotting space in the Dis- | trict for a Soroptimist walk. | This walk, of pink dogwood trees, will be planted Fall. It is the ambition of the club that the planting of this living memorial to the Sorop- timist organization will be carried out by every Soroptimist club in the coun- try. The trees may be of any species particularly adapted to the place where the Soroptimist Club exists. The local Soroptimists accepted the pledge to aid the unemployment situa- tion previously adopted by the Rotary. Kiwanis, Lions and other clubs of the District. Announcement was made of five ! scholarships given the club. Three of these were given by Marjorie Webster of the Marjorie Webster School. one in the School of Physical Education, one in the School of Speech and the other in the School for Secretaries. Two scholarships were given by Mrs. Caro- line Stevens of the Temple Bustess School. ,Resolutions on the rocent death ef Mrs. Sarah Cooke, charter member of the Soroptimist Club, were adopted. SOUTHEAST RESIDENTS WILL DISPLAY COSTUMES Children and Adults Will Compete for Ride in Float in Hal- loween Parade. Opening of the Winter season at the Southeast Community Center will be marked by & costume party tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock in the Buchanan Auditorium, Thirteenth street between D and E streets southeast. Judges will name 25 best-costumed 10 best costumed adults. "fney will be entitled to ride in the organization’s float, to be entered in a city-wide Halloween celebration and carnival. The judges will include J. L. Riter, Enok Olson and Hugh R. Titlow. ‘The event will be open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Mrs. H. J. Cournyn, assistant com- munity secretary, will be chairman of the Arrangements Committee. Others will include J. W. Truesheim, Mrs. Mary A. Bessemer and Mrs. Martha Reese. M. W. Davis, secretary, Mrs. an- nounced the center will be kept open every Thursday night this Winter, be- ginning November 5, with activities to include drama for adults, games and dancing. = HEALTH TALK GIVEN Hecht Employes Hear Third of Series on Disease Prevention. A message of health preservation and disease prevention was delivered to em- ployes of The Hecht Co. Department Store this morning by Dr. Joseph A. Mur[ghy of the District Health Depart- ment. ‘The eighth floor dining hall and rest hall was crowded with employes at 8:45 o'clock for the lecture, which was the third in the series of health talks be- ing given under the auspices of the ‘Washington Tuberculosis Association. Willlam A. Loman, personal director of the store, introduced the speaker. Dr. Viola Russell Anderson, executive of the Tuberculosis Association, also was present. Following the lecture free coples of healt! terature were distributed.