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Che et WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D, C, MONDAY, 26, OCTOBER n Star 1931. L PAGE B—1 COAL REPORT ASKS | RATES BE REDUCED ONFREGHTT0D.C, Revision by I. C. C. Advocated | After Foreign Dealers Petition for Change. MARKET HELD LIMITED BY VARIANCE IN CHARGE i ¥ | Lehigh Valley and Central Railroad of New Jersey Would Be Af- fected by Proposal. A recommendation that the Inter- state Commerce Commission revise downward the rates on anthracite from the Lehigh and Wyoming fields served by the Lehigh Valley and the Central Raflroad of New Jersey, in Pennsylvania, fo Washington and vicinity, to bring them into line with those prevailing | from the Schuylkill fields on the Read- ing line, was made today in a report by Examiner Charles W. Berry At present there is a differentiel of | roughly $2 per ton on deliveries here over the Ba'timore & Ohio, and it is this situation for which the report recom- mends correction. The Pennsylvania has the advantage of the same rate for deliveries here from the three fields. In addition to the rales to Washing- ton and vicinity the report also recom- mends revision of those to points in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virgin| Market Here Held Limited. The petitioners were four Pennsyl- vania_ccal concerns and the Baltimore Coal Exchange. The contention is that the higher rate limits the inarket here, Under the examiner’'s repori, a joint rate would be afforded by the Reading line from the Lehigh and Wyoming re- glons. The report says, however, that | several dealers having yards on the Bal- | timore & Ohio here testificd that no | change was necessary, as the Readinz coal satisfies demands. One dealer, with ds on both the Pennsylvania and timore & Ohio, the report said, testi- fied that he is injured because he can- not receive this Reading coal and de- liver it from his yards on the Baltimore & Ohio. The Reading also protests the Joint rates. Local Complaint Pending. The examiner said in his report *that it is important to the consuming public that access be had to the great- est possible number of mines and impor- tant to the mines and the carriers | serving them that rates be adjusted : s0 as to permit competition in all| reasonably accessible markets on an equitable basis." ©oa) demlers in this arca iready have | o complaint before the commisslon al- | leging t rates from the anthracite flelds to Washington are unreasonable and asking for revision and for repara- tion. This case has been set for hear- ing for next month. HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL TO HAVE MUCH MUSIC About 500 Pieces Will Take Part; in Parade—Service Bands' | Part Undecided. While participation in Saturday's | community Halloween celebration by service bands was undecided today, as- surance was forthcoming from the spe- cial committee planning the ceremonies that there would be music aplenty for the festivities on Pennsylvania and Con- stitution avenues A total of approximately 500 pieces will be included in the various bands eill take part in the parade and . it was stated by the committee “The groups which will be in the celebration include the High School Cadet Corps Band, accompanied by the High School Cadet Corps of 300 march- ers. The High School Boys' Consoli- dated Bands, numbering 121 pieces, also will participate ‘The prize-winning Washington Boys’ Independent Band will be part of the Community Center Department unit n the procession. The Washington Elks’ Boys' Band also will play. Other mu- sic groups to be on hand include the Veterans of Foreign Wars' -Band and Drum Corps, the Fox Theater Band and the Band of the 121st Engineers of the District National Guard The final meeting of the special com- mittee in charge of the event will be held in the board room of the District | Building tonight. Willilam A. Roberts is chairman | 'REV. H. A. WOOLFALL REJECTS NEW POST} Rector of St. Mary's Declines | Deanery of Spokane Cathe- dral. Rev. Hulbert A. Woolfall, rector of St Mark's Episcopal Church, Third and A streets southeast, has declined a call to dean of the Cathedral of St ¢ Evangelist at Spokane, Was Mr. Woolfall, who has been rec- | on church for three | the members of his | ad declined the cquested to preach which he did SCHOOL HEADS APPEAR BEFORE BUDGET BUREAU Defend 1933 Estimates Today—Dr. Frank W. Ballou Is Ac- companied by Five. Headed by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, su- perintendent of schools, Washington's public school officials appeared before the Budget Bureau today to d-fen their 1933 estimates. The school m expect to be busy with the budget au- thoritles at least through tomorrow Besides Dr. Ballou, the school system is being represented by Stephen E Kramer, first assistant superintendent; | has become airwaisted row all day long. WOMAN KILS SELF WITH CAS INHOME Eight-Room House Is Filled | With Fumes When Police- man Breaks Door. Mrs. Myrtle Crawford Morgan, 26- | year-old beauty parlor operator, was found dead today when police broke into her home at 1368 L street south- east and discovered the eight-room dwelling flooded with illuminating ges Mrs. Morgan was last seen Friday night and apparently had been dead for two days The body, attired in pajamas, lay in bed in a second floor room of the resi- dence which Mrs. Morgan had rented only a week previously. All windows and doors were shut and the gas had filled every part of the | house from jets opened in the kitchen | stove on the ground floor and in a gas heater in the basement. ‘ Tried Twice Before. | According to Mrs. Morgan's brother- in-law, Clyde R. Henderson of 4112 Galt | place northeast, the young woman had | made two attempts at suicide within recent years. On one occasion, he told police, she | was restrained by passersby from leap- | ing from th= Eleventh Street Bridge and on another a nurse saved her life when she tried to strangle herself to death while a patient at Gallinger Hos- Pufi' Mrs, Morgan had made her nome | wit) her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson. up until a week ago. She rented the L street dwelling | in order to be nearer a downtown beauty parlor where she was employed. No Note is Found. The Hendersons had expected her to call them over the week end and when she failed to do so Mr. Henderson in- vestigated. He smelled gas and, with the assistance of Policeman E. W. Danlels of No. 4 precinct, forced a lock on the front door and entered the house. A search of Mrs. Morgan's effects dis- closed no ncte. The woman was pro- nounced dead by Dr. Rose Zoretskic who responded Wwith the Casualty Hos- pit»1 ambulance.’ Hend-rson said that Mrs. Morgan had been estrenged from her husband, Johr Morgzn. for several years past. He said the latter was cut of the District and none of the family knew where he could be reached. The Morgans had no children. Mrs Morgan. police learned, is survived by several brothers and sisters living herc Efforts will be made to get in touch with them. CHURCH PLANS RITES FOR REV. C. E. FULTZ Pastor Will Be Paid in'nnl Tribute Tomorrow by Congregation He Served 17 Years. Funeral services for Rev. Charles E Fultz, 70, for 17 years pastor of the United Brethren Memorial Church North Capitol and R streets, will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the church. Rev. S. B. Daugherty, who succeeded Mr. Fultz, will officiate Burial will be in Rayville Cemetery Baltimore County, Md Rev. Mr. Fultz died Saturddy fol- lowing an appendicitis operation He was superintendent of the Penh- lvania Conference of United Brethren | Churches and a former pastor of the First U. B. Church of Greencastle, Pa and of the Otterbein U. B. Church of Baltimore. He also was chaplain of Washington Centennial Lodge of Ma- sons. which will conduct Masonic services at the grave Tommies Inflated. JERUSALEM () —Tommy Atk Inflated auto- mobile tires were issued to 150 Britisk soldiers to be used as life preservers they came down in the sea while being flown from Alexandria to Cyprus help put down a revolt Almost Too Much Drama Floating There was drama—almost too much drama—in a written appeal for help from a “kidnaped’ man which came floating down the Potomac yesterday Nevertheless, a squad of searched the rocky Chain Bridge, just in case there really was a “secret cave” and a- within Two boys—Irving Hancock, Atlee Austin, 14, both of | street—fished 'the bottle from t while exploring and bore its n in haste to No. 7 precinct “Am kidnaped." the police read fr a penciled scrawl. “Guarded by gang in secret cave near long iron bridge just below some rapids near Washington Garnet C. Wilkinson, first assistant su- perintendent, ~in _charge of colored schools; Jare J. Crane, business man- ager: L. Haycock, assistant tendent. in charge of elementary O. Wilmarth, as- in Potomac River presumably. Get me cut of this at once or it will be too late. I know too much. Was brought here from Newport News. Va. several days ago. Please rush help. I hear them coming back now.” On the reverse side ‘u wTitten APPEAL FROM "KIDNAPEB STARTS SEARCH ALONG POTOMAC WATCH THIEF SOUGHT Man Asks Time and Grabs Time- piece, Victim Tells Police. Police were searching today for & vouth reported to have snatched s watch worth $50 from John Henry Herbert, 2100 Second street, last night in La- fayette Park. Herbert said the man grabbed the watch and ran, after stop- ping him and inquiring the time. He described the robber as about 20 years old and wearing a dark suit and black and white shoes. Ninety cartons of cigarettes, valued at $117, were stolen last night from a | truck in the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. garage, in the rear of 1321 First street Entrance was gained by breaking a lock off a door. About $4 was obtained by Intruders who broke into the Peabody School Bank, at Fifth and C streets northeast CAR VICTIM DIES; CRASHES INJURE 7 Three Are Hurt When Auto Hits Pole—Policeman | Strikes Child. Seven persons were injured vesterday and last night in a series of traffic acci- aents in and around Washington, A 65-year-old woman died yesterday fol- lowing an accident early last week Three of five occupants of the auto- mobile of Lester Simmons, 26, Rosslyn. Va. were hurt when the machine crashed into a pole near Minnesota ave- nue and F street southeast last night Simmons, Earl Tilletson, 27, of 529 Tenth street southeast, the driver, and Miss Gertrude Kesterson, 17, of 1117 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, were treated at Casualty Hospital. Serious injuries were suffered by Mel- vin Eckloff, 6, of 1251 Eighth street, when he was struck by an automobile near Seventh and M streets. Clyde N. Strange, a second precinct policeman, who was driving the car, reported the child appeared from between two parked automobiles so suddenly he was unable to avoid hitting him. Sibley Hospital physicians said the boy was suffering from head and leg injuries. Internal injuries were suffered by Lester Stetson, 35, Irene Apartments. Eighth and K streets southeast, when an automobile in which he was a pas- senger crashed into a telephoné pole near Ussie, Md. He was removed to Casualty Hospital, where improvement was shown in his condition today Edward V. Roche, 57, of 1815 Otis street northeast, was cut and bruised when he was struck by an automobile while running for a street car at Massachusetts avenue and Fifth streef The machine was operated by Tennyson Craft. 28, Bolling Field. Roche was treated at Emergency Hospital. Charles Patterson, colored, 23, a er at Fort Myer, Va., was treated Casualty Hospital for bruises suf- fered in an automobile accident near Forestville, Md. Mollie Hopewell, colored, 65, of 1316 Euclid street, injured in a traffic ac- cident October 19, died yesterday was riding in an automobile driven by Vera Wembold of the Euclid street address. when it collided with a ma- chine driven by Chilton C. Dellon, 1319 Park road, at Massachusetts avenue and Fourth street. As *oman had been suffering from heart se and asthma, an inquest will be iducted to determine ofhe cause of death, STABBING IS PROBED nquest was being held today into death Saturday night of Wesley ips, colored, 25, who was stabbed 1 an argument over a woman in | nt of 1611 Sixth street. Phillips, who lived at 1251 Twenty- third street, had returned from a party with another man and two colored women, according to police, when the started. The couples were parked n automobile in front of the Sixth street house when Phillips wi ” MAN Contained in Note Found in River. Send police armed for a fight but g0 easy, they may bump me Off if they | are pressed too close.” The' ‘message apparently was dis- patched in great haste, since !he“re was 1o date on it, and the signature, “James Fendley,” was scarcely legible The Newport News directory, police learned, listed no “Fendleys,” nor coula suthorities there furnish a clue to the n'\:rlr‘:g'potsce from No. 7 precinct had beaten the bush-grown. boulder-piled shores tor several hours in vain, Vir zinia authorities were notified and the note turned over to Detective Sergt James A. Tolson at headquarters. Tolson questioned young Hancock and Austin, he said, and satisfied him- self they had acted in good faith. As for the searching party, one offi- cer on his return to the precinct said it was “lke looking for Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Fins” Ready for Navy Day Here T?morrow TRIM CRUISERS PULL INTO LOCAL YARD. The light cruisers U. S. 5. Richmond and U. S. S. Memphis, attached to Crusier Division 2 of Qhe_ Scouting Force, are now tled up at the Washington Navy Yard, preparing today for the Navy day celebration tomorrow U. 8. S. Herbert, flagship of Destroyer Division 8, Scouting Force, is also here, and the submarine R-3 will be here dur- ing the day to complete the quota for Washington's Navy day celebration. The destroyer The four vessels will hold open house tomor- GRODN NAVY YARD FOR CLEBRATION Marines, Sailors, Civilians Preparing for Crowds Tomorrow. Marines, sailors and civilians at the Washington Navy Yard are busy today getting equipment and bright work in shipshape for the big celebration there tomorrow, the tenth annual observance of Navy day. Patriotic organizations too. are putting the finishing touches on their programs to be held here. with tke Na than ever, because of Pre ver's pronouncements and disarmament situation, Navy day, 1931, promises to be a momentous occasion. ‘The light cruisers U. S. S. Richmond and U. S. S. Memphis arrived during the week end, as did the destroyer U. 8. S. Herbert, which has been sub- ident Hoo- been assigned temporarily to the Naval Research Laboratory at Bellevue, D. C.. will be at the Navy Yard during the day, officiais sald this morning. The public will be given an insight into the workings of the Washington POLICE WHO PROBE * ROBBERY OF BANK Three Suspects in Hold-ups Tell Officers “You Can’t Do Anything to Us.” ATTEMPT TO QUESTION TRIO PROVES FUTILE Arsenal Is Found in Room at Hotel and One Man Is Identified as Stolen Check Passer. Openly defiant, three gangsters, who were arrested Saturday with an ar- senal of guns, ammunition and burglars’ tools, are balking the ef- forts of detectives to question them in connection with the bank robbery at | Hiawatha, Kans, and several local | hold-ups, it was declared by police to- | day. “You guys are just a bunch of cop- pers. You can't do anything to us,” | they mockingly declared when detective® lined them up before nearly a score of the trio with recent robberies in this city. The men, who were arrested by De- tective Sergts. Joseph Waldron and Thomas Sweeney near Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue late Saturday, were booked as Willlam Martin Tierney, 31 years old; Albert Joseph Curley, 34, and Percy Michael Fitagerald, 38, all of | st. Louts. Suspects Mock Police. tectives say, while Fitzgerald has been identified as a member of the notorfous | St. Louis gang known as “Egan’s Rats.” During the futile attempt to question them the three men mentioned the re- | cent third-degree probe by Department | and laughingly told detectives that “‘we | are not going to tell you anything, and | you can’t do anything about it. We know the situation in Washington, and ‘ you guys are afraid to use the strong- arm stuff any longer.” Capt. Edward J. Kelly, assistant chief | stituted for the U. 8. S. Hamilton. The | of detectives, handed one of the men a | submarine U. S. S. R-3, which has | pair of glasses and told him to put them on, hoping to afford one of the hold-up victims robbed recently by a gunman wearing glasses an o{lportumty to see the man with spectacles on. | koo you mean mez" the man asked el hold-up victims in an effort to connect | All three men have police records, de- | I don't have to put them | Navy Yard tomorrow, as well as being | on. She | invited guests to the Naval Observatory. Various technical processes will be simplified for the man4n the street and the officiels anticipate a better knowl- edge of the Navy and its functions b the layman. Tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. exercises will be held af the J-hn Baul Jones Mohu- ment at the foot of Seventeenth street and the Tidal Basin, under the auspices of the National Sojourners and the | Military Order of the World War | Comdr. F. C. Sherman will preside Capt. S. K. Evans, the Navy chief of | chaplains, will open the program with | an invocation, while the United States Marine Band will contribute music. A brief address on the life of John | Paul Jones will be delivered by Comdr. J. T. Alexander, U. 8. N. Maj. Gen Amos A. Fries of the Military Order of the World War, will speak on the Navy tcday. Wreaths will be placed on the monument by a number of organiza- tions, befe the half-hour program At the Williard Hotel tomorrow eve- ning, the second annual Navy day ball will be held under the auspices cf the 6th Marine Reserve Brigade. Rear Admiral F. C. Billard, commandant of the Coast Guard, and many high-rank- ing Navy and Marine Corps officers will participate in this event. Senator Simeon . Pess of Ohio, honorary colonel of the 6th Brigade, and mem- ber of its advisory board, will be in the receiving line, while Mrs. Helen Ray Hagner will chaperon a group of debu- tantes at the ball. Naval signal flags will decorate the willard ball room and the opening dance numbers will be played by the entire 6th Marine Brigade Band, al- though a commercial organization will furnish cther music. ZIONISTS PLAN GROUP | TO FOSTER INTEREST Organization to Keep in Close Touch With Activities Among Jews. the Hopewell | Creation of an organization to keep in close touch with Zionist activities throughout the country was planned vesterday at the midyear meeting of the Administrative Committee of the Sea- board Zionists Region at the Jewish Community Center, Sixteenth and Q streets Harry T. Kellman, honorary presi- dent of the region, presided. He ex- plained a reorganization is planned which will result in a series of activi- ties to reach out to every community in the region and instill greater inter- est in Zionism. The meeting of the Administrative Committee was held jointly with the Hadassah Seaboard Regional Unit, headed by Mrs. Israel Shapiro of Balti- more; the Junior Hadassah, headed by Miss Sylvia Coplan. Norfolk, Va.; the American Prlestine Campaign Commite- tec. headed by H. L. Caplan, Baltimore. and the Jewish Naticnal Fund Regional Committes, headed by Israel stein, Baltimore. Representatives from 26 cities in Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, 'besides the District of Co- lumbia, attended the meeting. Deaths Reported. Joseph M. Dufour. 88, 5809 32¢ st Caleb C._North. 86, 2726 Connecticut ave. Joseph F. Keeher.' 84, Walter Reed Hos: ital Goodman Kline, 7 8 10th st Harriet R. Camero; Nellle I. Gibson. Edward C_Meredy William Pollard John Gerling. 4 ugust C. Lovel 633 T s Elizabsth's Hospital 38, United States Navai 7. Siblev Hospital ott, 21 days, Gallinger Hos- "Bailey Lemon. 70. Gallinger Hospital Amanda Scott 324 Bryant st George B. Scott, 50, Tuberculosis Hos- L} Cornelius Wesley, 48, 1144 New Jersey ave. en. 40." 11 Jeflerson ct. s.e. 40, Freedmen's Hospital. Freedmen's Hospital: pita) i hy, 20. Emergency i ig, Gallinger Hospital 14 months, Freedmen's Hospital | FEE6Y Botts, 8 months, 1117 46th Bl. nee. y | d |2 re the National Anthem closes | silber- | ul i I don't have to do anything for you.” i Arsenal Found in Hotel. | A search of the men's room in a 1St dlsclosed three pIStOIS, & saweds off shot gun, ammunition for the weapons and a kit of tools of the type used by professional safecrackers. A high-powered roadster of the same make and answering the description of the car used by the robbers in the Kansas bank job, was found in a garage on New York avenue, where the men had left it a short time before their appre- hension. In the loot taken from the bank was $4,290 in blank American Express Co. travelers' checks. Tierney was iden fied as the man who cashed a travelers’ check for $50 at a local hotel, accord- ing to Patrick J. Lynch, an express company detective, who is tracing the | stolen checks: Fingerprints and photographs of the men are being mailed to police through- out the country in an effort to deter- { mine if they ‘are wanted. The trio | probably will be charged with vagrancy | here if they are not wanted in other { cities, detectives said. INDUSTRIAL SHOW T0 OPEN TONIGHT | Secretary Doak to 3peak at Expo- sition of Products and Inventions. Featuring diversified displays from {all fields of manufacturing and pro- | cessing in the Capital, the Seventh An- | nual Industrial Exposition of the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce will be opened officially at 8:45 o'clock to- night in the Washington Auditorium by Secretary of Labor Doak. Mr. Doak's speech will be broadcast over Station WMAL. Cabinet officers and other distin- guished persons are expected to present. The doors of the auditorium | will be opened at 8 o'clock. An invita- tion was extended to the officers and members of more than 140 local labor | unfons to attend the opening cere- | monies and hear Mr. Doak's talk, which | is expected to have a significant bear- 1 ing on labor and industry in Washing- I ton. Stone cut from quarries operated at Cabin John will be the first evidence of Washington industry seen by visitors to the exhibition. The main entrance to the auditorium has been arranged in the form of a huge gateway of ma- sonry. A large area of floor diately inside this gateway allocated to the industrial museum. Many Washington merchants have co- operated with the Chamber of Com- |merce in arranging this exhibit. Close to the entrance will b2 the sec- tion devoted to exhibition of the crea- | tions of Washington inventors. past and present. Included in this group will be inventions by C. Francis Jenkins, who developed television; Emile Ber- liner, flat disc phonograph inventor; Gen. G. O. Squier, developer of tele- graphic instruments, and Chichester Bell and Samuel Taintor, creators of various phonographic devices. The annual industrial show was or- ganized in 1924 by a committee of the Washington Chamber of Commerce. Last year it was estimated more than 100,000 visited the exposition. PLAN NON-STOP TRIPS Eastern Air Transport Heads to Open Service to New York. Non-stop air passenger service be- tween Washington and New. York four days a week will be inaugurated tomor- row by Eastern Air Transport. The service is designed for business men and public officials flying for business rea- sons. The trips will be flown in addi- tion to regular schedules on Tuesday: Wednesdays, Thursdays and Friday: leaving Newark at 9 a.m. and Washing. ton at 3:55 pm. The trip will require 110 minutes and will be made in 18- passenger twin-motored transport planes. owntown hotel made shortly after their | be | A. A. A. OFFICIALS LAY today by a conference of the Ad manager of the American man of the National Touring Board, Touring Board. d ing Board. The group consists of, left to right mobile Association; W. G. Bryant, chair- GANGSIERS M[]BKT Discuss Bifzepte"m}ial Traffie PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR. LANS for handling the heavy traffic expected to converge next year on | roads leading to the Bicentennial Celebration here were formulated visory Committee of the National Tour- Charles P. Clark, general Elmer Jenkins, manager of the A. A. A. FOUR POLICE FAGE RETIREMENT BOARD | Case of Fifth, Not Present, Also Is Considered—Three Are Opposed. The Retiring and Relief Board of the District today considered the cases of five policemen recommended by the Board of Surgeons for retirement account of physical disabili Four | of the men appeared in person, but the the world | Of Justice agents and the grand jury | fifth, Pvt. Horace R. Crawford, was ab- | sent. He is confined to his bed in Wal- |ter Reed Hospital, suffering from the | after effects of a bullet wound received in & gun duel with bootleggers more‘ than 12 years ago. Those who appeared were Sergt. and Pvts. David A. Hayes, harbor pre- cinct; Frank M. Bierkoph of No. 1 and Norris W. Jones of the tenth precinct. Sergt. Purr did not oppose his retire- | ment, saying that he left it in the hands of the board, but the three privates who appeared objected stren- | | all produced witnesses from among fel- low officers to testify that they were in good physical shape. Pvt. Hayes chal- lenged the finding that he had a biood pressure of 200 and Dr. F. Y. Willlam- son retired with him to an adjoining Toom and made a second test. This showed a pressure of 225. Blerkoph testified that he frequently has to handle very tough prisoners when the wagon out from No. 1 and said that in eight years of working on the patrol system no prisoner has ever escaped from him. Jones is considerably overweight, but said that this did not interfere with his duties as a station clerk at the tenth precinct The board will report its findings to the Commissioners late today or to- | morrow. | TWO ATTEMPTS TO END LIFE WITH FIRE FAIL Roomer and Rescue Squad Save Woman From Suicide—Treat- ed for Burns. Mrs. Lillie Ballard, 32, of 1015 Eighth terday, police. The first attempt, other occupants of the house reported, was made in the morning. Charles Ray, a roomer, traced the odor of smoke to*Mrs. Bal- lard’s second-floor apartment, however, and extinguished the flames before they had done any damage. A few hours later, Mrs. Ara Powell, another occupant of the dwelling, dis- according to second precinct the blankets and sheets ablaze. She summoned the fire rescue squad and the firemen, after extinguishing the flames, took Mrs. Ballard to Emergency Hospital, where she was treated for a burned side. She later was transferred to Gallinger Hospital, to be held for mental observation. CHEMISTS TO MEET HERE |Institute of Engineers Chooses The 1932 convention of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers will be | held in Washington in December, 1922, it was announced today by the Greater | National Capital Committee of the Washington Board of Trade, which tendered an invitation to the group to meet here during the George Washing- ton Bicentennial year. The institute, whose headquarters are in Philadelphia, was presented with a | prospectus by the trade body at its re- cent convention in Swampscott, Mass The convention of the group usually is attended by approximately 400 delegates. BY STUDENT On the airways weather report unt‘ out from the Weather Bureau station at Washington-Hoover Airport today by teletype to all stations along the coastal and Cleveland airways appeared ihe | sentence: “Wind observation will have to be made by eye, as the weather vane | was destroyed by a plane.” Behind the sentence is the tale of a | horrible embarrassment suffered by a | student pilot of the D. C. Air Legion, | who misjudged his altitude and clipped | the weather vane while practicing land- ings in preparation for taking his Com- merce Department pilot's examination. | Officials of the Weather Bureau and | the field asked that the student’s name | be kept secret, as he already has suf- fered more humiliation because of the | incident than falls to the lot of the | average student pilot. Minor E. Furr of the seventh DYECIncLI CHILD'S ACID DEATH DUE TONEGLIGENCE Hospital and Nurse Blamed by Coroner’s Jury in Use of Wrong Bottle. A coroner's jury decided this after noon that the death Friday of 9-year: old Thomas Jefferson, colored, 2215 Twelfth street, was the result of negli- gence both by Freedmen's Hospital au- thorities and a nurse, who, in giving the child a rubdown, mistook carbolic | acid for alcohol. The jury did not recommend, how- ever, that any one be held for grand jury action. 1'1:11 the ve'rdli’;t. Itt 1'!-! held the hos- pital was negligent in labeling improp- erly the bottles of carbolic lc“\{i and al- cohol. The nurse, Mabel Gray, was negligent, according to the coroner jury, in that she failed to recognize the dllf;rence between the alcohol and the acid. The Gray woman, a senior student the institution, was present at the inquest, but did not testify on the | advice of her attorney. It was brought out by witnesses that ’:! SHELBY'S PETITION ASKS DESTRUCTION OF PROBE REPORT Holds Record Criticizing Him in McPherson Case Was Not Judicial Matter. SAYS COURT SERVED ONLY AS MESSENGER Retiring' Police Official Declares Grand Jury Exceeded Rights in Assailing Him and Kelly. William S. Shelby, assistant superin- | tendent of police, asked the District | Supreme Court today to expunge from its records a special Teport of the grand | jury made December 30, 1929 The report charged Shelby and Ca Edward J. Kelly. now assistant chief of detectives, with handling the ecir- cumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Virginia McPherson in a “most inefficient and unbusinesslike manner and with misleading the grand jury regardng certain facts, and with in- dicating to certain witnesses what they were to testify and what they were to forget.” Through Attorney Henry I. Quinn, the court is told that the grand jury ex- ceeded its legal functions in making the report, which did not involve any ju- dicial proceeding, and only asked the court to act as a messenger to trans- mit to the District Commissioners the report and its recommendations., He claims there was no truth in the charges as was shown by his subse- | quent exoneration by a special trial | board. | Would Perpetuate “Libel.” The keeping of the report on file | Shelby claims, would perpetuate scan dalous and libelous charges, while the ! verdict exonerating him is filed in an- other tr 1. Shelby's petition read: “That on the 30th day of September, | 1929, the July grand jury. having found an indictment against Robert A. Mc- Pherson, adopted certain resolutions which are set forth in its report filed in this court on that date. “That in sald report, signed by the foreman of the said grand jury, one Merritt O. Chance, it was charged that the investigation into the conditions urrounding the death of Virginia Mc- Pherson was handled in a ‘most inef- ficlent and unbusinesslike manner' by those in charge of the Detective Bureau, and that the petitioner and Lieut. Ed- ward Kelly did attempt, while under oath, to mislead the grand jury regard- the two bottles containing alcohol and | iDg certain facts, and had indicated to uously to being retired at this time, and | street, attempted to end her life by set- | ting fire to her bed clothes twice yes- | covered Mrs. Ballard lying in bed with | Capital for 32 Convention. | carbolic acid were similar in appear- ance,, although differently marked on the labels. The evidence showed there was no distinctive poison designation on elther. The Gray woman, a senior nurse student. had told hospital authorities she did not discover her mistake until her hands became burned after she had bathed half the boy's body. She could offer no explanation for confusing the carbolic acid with rubbing alcohol. The boy was admitted to the hospital October 8 for treatment of a nervous allment. Last PFriday the nurse was ordered to give him an alcohol bath. Dr. Willlam A. Warfleld, chief surgeon at the hospital, said his investigation disclosed the nurse took an empty rub- bing alcohol bottle from the children’s ward, went into anothe: ward-nd filled the bottle from a container plainly marked “phenol,” the medical designa- | tion of carbolic acid. Dr. Warfield said the nurse apparently disregarded the strict training rule a the hospital that labels on bottles should be read three times before using. Even the distinctive odor of carbolic acid passed unnoticed while she was pouring the fluid and while she was rubbing the chfld, Dr. Warfield said. ‘The child died an hour later, despite efforts by Dr. Frank Triggs and Dr. Lawrence Jackson, staff physicians, to save his life. An immediate report was made to Coroner Joseph D. Rogers. The nurse was suspended, and Dr. ‘Warfleld said she would be dismissed following the coroner’s inquest. SANDLOT GRID STAR IS INJURED IN GAME One youth was seriously injured and four others were suffering from minor hurts today following a series of acci- dents in sandlot foot ball games yes- terday afternoon. James H. Myers, 19-year-old gridiron | star, who lives at 1414 Irving street, is | being treated by physicians at Gallinger Municipal Hospital for concussion of the brain received when he was kicked on the head during a contest in Brook- land. The boy did not think he was badly hurt at the time, but became faint while driving home after the game and stopped his car at First street and Michigan avenue. Park Policeman C. E. Rabbit carried Myers to Soldiers’ Home Hospital for first aid, after he found the youth slumped over -the wheel of his machine, and later removed him to Gallinger. Others injured included Walter Hanneman, 15, of 3612 Seventeenth street northeast, who suffered a broken collar-bone in the same game, and was taken to Sibley Hospital: Cleveland Alli- son, 11, of the 2000 block Bennett, place northeast; Ralph Meyers, 22, of the 800 | block L street northeast, and Robert Mars, 28, of the 2000 block Park road, who were given first aid at Emergency Hospital for minor hurts. | AIRPORT’S WIND VANE BROKEN - PILOT’S LANDING Young Flyer’s Face Gets Red When He Clips Weather Indicator Practicing for Federal Tests. ‘The student was coming in for a practice landing this morning, with a very slight breeze and was drogpl.n‘ in as low ‘as possible over the Washington- Alexandria road to take full advantage of the field runway, when he was astounded to feel the impact of & blow on his wing. He made his landing quite nicely, but found the leading edge of the wing broken and a rip in the fabric of the wing. Looking back, he saw he had knocked the wind vane off the Weather Bureau. ‘Though he did not know it, he also had put the anemometer out of commission The damage will be repaired and the outfit restored to usefulness by this afternoon, the Weather Bureau an- nounced. ‘The student is to take his examina- later in the week. | certain witnesses as to what they should { testify and as to what they should for- | get. | Yas Not Fart of Froseedingh | _“That the said report was not a pre- sentment or indictment, and was not filed by said grand jury for the purpose of involving any judicial action in this court, and was no part of any judicial pre g in. The only action asked of this court by the grand jury messenger in transmitting to the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia the sald report and its recommendation. “Petitioner further says that the charges contained in the report of the July grand jury were absolutely false and without foundation in fact, as was conclusively shown in the hearing be- fore the special trial board appointed {to try petitioner and Lieut. Kelly on charges contained in the report. “That the said Trial Board completely | exonerated petitioner and Lieut. Kelly. | Petitioner further says that the said | grand jury was without right to file such a’ repprt, where no indictment of the petitioner was contemplated or sought, and this court should have re- fused to accept it, or permitted it to be filed as a record of the court. To per- mit such a report to Temain among the records of the court would perpetuaté therein scandalous and libelous charges contained in the report while the ver- dict exonerating petitioner of the charges is filed in another tribunal.” Shelby asks an order striking the re- port from the files of the court and or- dering its physical destruction, and the eragure of all minute entries therein, including its entry in the minutes of the grand jury. GAS FUMES FATAL TO MAN IN BATHTUB Others Are Treated for Asphyxiation by Fire Rescue Squad. Two | William Huff, 24 years old, of 1331 D | street norihes | asphyxiated by gas fumes while taking a bath Saturday night, died of carbon | monoxide poisoning at Casualty Hos- pital yesterday afternoon. Huff was overcome by gas escaping from a heater and was found lying un- conscious on the floor of the bath room when Rosetta Brown, 27, a roomer at the same address, detected the odoer and went to the bath Toom to investi- gate. The Brown woman suffered slunfly‘lflam the effects of the gas when she entered the room, but re- sponded to treatment. Members of the fire rescue squad, who took Huff to the hospital when they re- sponded to an alarm turned in by other roomers, worked in relays with the in- halator over Huff until he died. A blood transfusion made in an effort to save his life also failed. Two other men were treated by fire rescue squad workers for gas poisoning yesterday. They are William J. Me- Auliffe, 54 years old, of 132 C street | northeast and Herman Brumet, 54, of 311 Thirteenth street southwest, a watchman at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. McAuliffe was found in the kitchen of his rooming house by Grant Burn- side, a fellow lodger, with the doors and windows of the room closed and gas flowing from four open jets. He was taken to Emergency Hospital. Brumet was found by his aunt, Dora Lippin- cott, who called police. ' The condition of both men was reported to be unde- termined today. = piil SENATOR KING TO SPEAK Senator King of Utah will address members of the commerce #nd eco- nomics professicnal friternity of George Washington University, at & smoker at 8 o'clock tonight. in the Hay-Adams House. Senalor King_will discuss the silver question as it affects the world's economic structure. Newly elected officers of the frater- nity are G. Douglas Taylor, president: George Y. Jarvis, vice president; Car- roll Hughes, secretary, and David M. Kennegly, treasurer, -