Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1931, Page 17

1 y LAMONT ASKS USE OF TWO LOTS FOR COMMERCE CARS Treasury Permit for Tempo- rary Occupancy of Space Sought. OUTCOME OF REQUEST | NOT YET INDICATED| Disposition of Land Which Will Eventually Comprise Plaza Has Not Been Decided. Beeretary of Commerce Lamont has | msked the Treasury Department fcr the | e of two squares of Jand in what will| be thy grand plaza, for parking the | sutomioblles of Commerce Department employes who soon will move into their | ow hutlding, o Enswer has et been received from | the ‘Treasury, it was learned today. *There was no Inkling of what the atti- tude of the Treasury would be in the matter. Space Being Cleared. “The squars in question are known as number 257 und 258 and are to be razcd shortly as part of the publc building program, All property has been ac- quired by the Government and tenants now ire moying out. They are located between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, D street and Ohio avenue and | are bisccted by Thirteen-and-a-Half | When the buildings on this land are | torn down, there will be considerable | , the disposition of which tempo- hes not as yet been decided. Eventually it is to be part of the Grand , & parkway laid out with refiect- | ing pools, shrubbery, and sunken gar- dens, to forin a heart of the great m—{ full of bulldings. Plans for this Mevelopment are being prepared Edward H. Bennett of Chicago, chair- of the Treasury Board of Archi- gectural Consultants. Parking Still Problem. ‘Meantime, the whole qk‘l‘n""“;‘ ((;L I’l;ll:! to done abuut parking of vern- > - ' nutomobiles in the tri- sng the various means which could be yesorted to, But no definite recom- smendation has come out of this report, ‘and 1t 35 understood the Treasury will submit the whole matter to Congress for to be & growing senti- ment. Mmm does not owe free space for automo- mflm day. But the persists, nevertheless; with m ! the plaza development as a ient, b least, which reu’ the situation the use of the two open in HEARING SCHEDULED Fustice Letts to Hear Petition of Creditors of Former Mortgage Head Tomorrow. on the petition of certain eeditors to force into involuntary , bankruptcy, Edmund D. Rheem, former head of the firm of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey, now serving a term of seven years at Lorton Penitentiary. is sche- | % duled for tomorrow fore Justice F. 'D. Letts in the Baniruptey Court. | Rheem, it 15 reported, has elected %o be heard by the judge instead of | /s jury on the question of whether Pe 'has Violated the bankruptcy law Yand may be adjudged bankrupt with- Yout nis consent | ¢ " Attorney E. Hilton Jackson, for the tieveditors, has summoned a number-of | bank officials to_bring records of their § dealings with Rheem. ‘Those sum- pmnoned include Frederick H. Cox, cashier of the Commercial National . Bank; William H. Baden, trust officer 4of the Washington Loan & Trust Co.; George O. Vass, cashier of Riggs Na- ! tional Bank: Charles D. Boyer, cashier | of the Federal-American National Bank | & Trust Co, and Samuel R. Baulsir, | cashier of the Security Saiing & Com-{ mercial Bank Rheem will be defended by Attor: meys Tobriner and Graham. WASHINGTON COUPLE | HAS GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Holder, Natives of Great Britain, Were | Married in Philadelphia. 1 § ©Old friends helped Mr. and Mrs { Arthur E. Holder, 110 F street south- §east, celebrate their ,golden wedding {anniversary today. + The couple has lived in Washing % gor 27 years, although they have ma! { tained “their legal residence in Siou fcity. { Mr. Holder. author of a history yailroad strikes between the years 1 fand 1914, is 8t present doing research % work in the Labor Departmeitt. He en old friend of Senator James Devis, former Secrets E He was born in South Wales | Mrs. Holder in Coventry, England { Holder went to sea as a marine eng ¢ineer when a young man, and after com {ing to this country sent for his flance in Coventry. They Were married in ¥Philadelphia on November 4, 1881. They Shave three sons, James Arthur, Jack Walter and Herbert Stanley Holder Mr. Holder was deputy commissioner ° J | orchestra. LUCREZIA BORI TO BE SOLOIST WITH SYMPHONY HERE NOV. 15 Appearance Made Possible‘f for Opening Concert by Unknown Donor. Famous Singer to Increase Interest in Capital Orchestra. Washington music circles were elated today over the announcement thst Lucrezia Bori, prima donna soprano of the Metropolitin Opera Co., would appear here as soloist with the National | Symphony Orchestra, Hans Kindler, conductor, when the ‘new Washington symphony gives its first Suncay after- noon concert at Constitution Hall one week from next Sunday, November 15. The announcement, made by Mrs. SRR Wilson-Greene, manager of the Na- jn metropolitan music circles here and tional Symphony, stated that Bori's fee abroad for an appearance here as soloist with Two Appearances Arranged. the orchestra had been by an Mme. Bori has not yet announced anonymous contributor who had made | the program she will give at the first T;:!;tnmmv ‘co‘nhctmnl:cd the donor’s | gunday afternoon concert, but Mi. dentity one of conditions of the | Kindler has arranged for two Bori ap- gift. 1t was understood that Mme. Borl's | pearances during the course of ¢ ee Was in excess of $1.000, but no | concert, which will open at 4 o'clock statement concerning this matter would | with, Beethoven's overture to “Lenore, be made by the manager of the| ggjowed by Mme. Bor nL“i appear- | ance as soloist. Bizet's L’Arlesienne r;:wflki:glrrheml‘xggr ?'!hthe NeW | cuite will be the third offering, and at vt it ohed with achiey. | sts conclusion. Mme. Borl will again l%nd:y afternoon at Constitution. ’;f:;lt £t itaigs W “'°,",‘,’..,§’.’c.'° r‘\";‘u;rrl'u - : | program will also = ‘r“m’,“fmy enthuslastic over the news | gy's “Chant Russe,” which was played of Borl’s appearance. | 'so successfully at the opening after- Praises Unknown Donor. |, noon concert lusbr Mvnd;_}' h:‘kfm:cm “It 15 a splendid contribution to8nd the waltz from Tchaikowsky's " r | opera, “Eugene Onegin. Washington music,” he stated, “and it | %'\ ;iy Bori, Spanish prima donna is one of the greatest regrets of my life | | soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Co., that the conditions of the contribution | SOP) oo o6 The. kel {15 not_only make it impossible for me 10 PAY MY | operatic sopranos before the American .nd respect i : public, but is a prime favorite with S hice s U Y ns G bk | Washington audiences. Those who heard for its own symphony.” the Metropolitan Opera Co.'s perform- 2 ce of Deems Taylors new opera, LUCREZIA BORI. Walter Bruce Howe, chairman of the | Executive Committee of the National Symphony Orchestra, was equally de- lighted with the news. “The selection of Mme. Bori as soloist means that we are to have an artist whose, musical standard is up to the standard already set by Conductor Kindler and the or- chestra, All musical Washington should be gratified and grateful to thjs undis- closed donor of Bori's services,” he said. The presentation of Bori as soloist, in the opinion of Mrs. Wilson-Greene, orchestra manager, is a long step toward the establishment of the national sym- phony as one of the outstanding sym- phonies of the United States, and is y certain to attract the attention to the mew orchesra Peter Ibbetson,” at the Fox Theater TRAFFIC OFFICIALS HELPLESSTOAD | CAR COMPANIES Winning Customers Lost to! | Cut-Rate Taxicabs Beyond Police Control. } IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP AUTOS OFF CAR TRACKS Van Duzer Suggests Return to Skip-Stop System, Which Solved ‘War-Time Problem. This is the fourth of a series of arti- cles discussing the problems coniros ing the sireet car companies of Was ngton. The final article will appe | tomarrow. | Sympathetic, of course, with the com- plaint of the street rallway companies | |over delays in service due to traffic- clogged streets, Washington's traffic | | authorities believe there is little they {can do under existing conditions to ald in improving operating schedule: l The traction companies claim that service must be speeded up to enable them to win back some of the customers | lost to the private automobile and the unregulated and cheap-rate taxicabs, but that traffic congestion, traffic lights | and other obstacles over which they have no control prevent the cars from making a faster headway. | All of this is admitted by traffic offi- cials. “But,” they ask, “what can we do_about it? It would be a physical impossibility, they point out, to keep automobiles off car tracks, even if they wanted to, and they have no inclination to scrap traffic .Ilghh where there is a recognized need 1Tor them. Traffic officials, however, do want to ., WEDNES | struction—from North Capitol to Sixth | here last April, will recall Bori's bril- | be helpful and co-operative, but ceclare liant performance as Mary, Duchess of | that all they can do for the car com- | Towers, in the same cast with Edward Johnson and Lawrence Tibbett. The year before, at the same theater, Bori captivated Washington audiences with her performance of “La Boheme,” in the role of Mimi, with Tibbett as Mar- | cello and Gigli as Rodolpho. ‘The presentation of the National Symphony Orchestra in its first Sun- day afternoon concert—the first of eight such concerts to be given during the current musical season—on Novem- ber 15, will be preceded by the first children’s concert, to be given at Cen- tral High School on Thursday after- noon, November 12, at 4 o'clock. CHANBER OUTLINES TRACAB REFORNS Utilities Commission Asked to Change Rate Rule and Inspect Cabs. The Public Utilities Commission was called upon by the beard of directors of the Washington Chamber of Com- merce last night to consider five sug- gestions made by its Traffic and Trans- portation Committee which it believes may serve to improve the taxicab sit- uation here. Points advocated include a change in | §y the method of measuring service so the charge per customer may be more nearly proportionate to the service ren- dered; the basing of servicé rates on cost of ration figures to be secured by investigators of the Public Utilities Commission: provision for periodic -in | spection of taxicabs as to their mechan ical condition; the providing of cer tificates of convenience and necessity and the protection of the trade marks and color schemes of taxicab com- panies so as to prevent infringement by competitive concerns. ‘The board of dirctors of the cham- ber reiterated a stand previously taken advocating compulsory indemnity in- surance for taxicabs in the District The board elected 12 members to its Executive Committee. They include Harry King, G. A. G. Wood, Thomas P. Littlepage, W. C. Balderston, Martin A. Leese, W. C. Miller, George E Keneipp, Malcolm G. Gitbs, Edward G Bliss, Edmund F. Jewell, A. Lee Thomp son and C. W. Fuller. Additional offi cers elected by the board includs M: Dorse ir. ecretary; Mr. Balderston, general coun- , and Mrs. Marie C. Rogers, assist- | Six bureau directors, to be in charge of the various phases of chamber a tivity, also were named. They Thomas P. Littlepage, Civic and Federal Affairs Bureau; Edmund F. Jewell Community Advertising and Publicity: G. A. G. Wood, Industrial Divisicn r Coolican, Traffic and Transpor- | tation Bureau: Martin A. Leese, | Promotion, and Harry T. Peters, Mem- bership. A decision to stage a special indus- i | Os ,of the lowa Bureau of Labor for six! 17 he was appointed by | President Wilson as the labor repre- sentative on the Federal Board of Vo- cational Ed.cation. He was chief of the legislative division of the People’s | Legislative Servee in Washngton from | 1921 to 1923, after having represented the American Federation of Labor here | from 1806 to 1917. At one time he was | president of the lowa State Pederation ©f Labor, ‘ 1 District Assessor Named. By 3 Siall Correspondent of The Star, RO, Md., Novem- PLASTERERS, AGENT HERE N DISPUTE E-l)fficial of International Union to Help Iron Out Pay Difficulties. ‘While 90 workmen, with a total daily earning capacity in excess of $1,000, remained idle because of union action growing out of a $6 overtime pay dis- pute, James Myles, an officer of the | International Association of Plasterers | | tempt to iron out the difficulties |tween the contractor and his em- ployes. ‘The men, employed on five jobs under contract by A. W. Lee, plasterer, were ordered to quit work Monday morning by Harry Jhw, business agent of the local union. because Lee refused to pay overtime to two plasterers Furr had ordered to complete unsatisfactory work after regular hours. Lee maintains he did not authorize the work and did not find anything | unsatisfactory about the job Wwhich Furr ordered repeated. The workers in the employ of Lee, | who were ordered off five jobs Mon- day by Pur, include 60 plasterers and 30 hodcarrie: They had been work- ing on an apartment house job at Thirteenth and Taylor streets, where the overtime work is said to have taken place; the Brown Junior High School job; a warehouse for the Hecht Co. on 3 street: the Metropolitan Memorial | Methodist Episcopal Church and on a | private residence. | trial exposition under the sponsorship | of the trade hody next year was made | board following a report made L. Stern, managing director | of the 193 exposition, which concluded | Saturday. Stern was named to manage aflair next year. he board also heard reports from its special corimittee investigating the beg- | ging situation, Wallace Hatch, chair- | man. and from the committee on the District National Guard, Gen. Anton | Stephan, chairman | | | i Residents of Washington for 27 years, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Holder, 110 P, Wyvill of Mariboro | P street southeast. today were being congratulated by was assessor for Mellwood | their fiftieth an@ Mariboro distiicts by Georges County Commissioners yes- endiay. thelr Mr. Hoider is wedding anniverssry. Mr. and M ihe Pringe] Gity. Jows. They Mave becn smibscribers to The B e, Came here from Tesidence iere. Eve Star since taking Up & Labor Lepartment official. ~Lansburgh's Studio Photo. panies at this time is to offer some advice. Suggests Skip-Stop System. The principal suggestion of Willlam A. Var" Duzer, trafiic director, is that the street railway companies return to the so-called skip-stop stem during the period of the war, when the companies were trying to scrape enough equipment together to provide accom- modations for all who wanted to ride. ‘With this suggestion Mr. Van Duzer is in absolute accord with experts at the Public Utilities Commission. ! Delving into statistics, Mr. Van Duzer estimates that every stop means a loss of at least 30 seconcs. Suppose 30 stops have been added to & car line since the war, he pointed out. The running time for the trip then has been increased at least 15 minutes. Mr. Van Duzer also offers several other suj ions which he believes will rmit the street cars to make better eadway. These include staggering the hours for opening and closing the, Gov- ernment departments (another war- time emergency relief plan) and open- ing the public schools at 9:30 instead of 9 o'clock in the morning. He does not hold up these plans as & panacea for all traffic ills, but he does believe they will provide a more uni- form use of the streets and decrease rather markedly the morning and after- noon rush-hour jams, when traffic is at its extreme peak. These plans, he thinks, would inure to the benefit of the car lines as well as the driver of the private automobile. School Opening Plan. Inspector E. W. Brown, assistant su- perintendent of police, who has charge of the Traffic Bureau, also favors adop- tion of the 9:30 school opening plan, primarily because it would keep school children off the street until the morn- ing rush-hour traffic had passed. As a safety measure for children, he be- lieves the plan is superior to any thus far advanced. Now, he points out, with the schools opening at 9 o'clock, the children are on their way to school at the same time the Government employes ] are en route to work, and are therefore | subjected to the severe hazards of the rush-hour traffic filled streets. .Mr. Van Duzer, however, believes there is another important factor which should be considered in delaying the opening of the schools to 9:30 o'clock— the unfairness to the street-car rider who cannot get a seat in the morning on account of children riding to school on a 3-cent fare. After 9 o'clock, the time the children would be leaving for school if the opening is set at 9:30 o'clock, he pointed out, the street cars are virtually empty, and the children could get seats and the adult riders would have more seats available when they start for work. Traffic Study Under Way. Aside from these suggestions, Mr. Van Duzer declared his office is not in a position to take any action at this time which might aid the car companies to improve operating schedules. A traffic study is now under way, he explained, which may result in the elimination of some of the traffic lights, but he is unable to tell at this stage of the sur- vey whether these lights are ones located along car lines It is Mr. Van Duzer's plan to remove | lights at intersections where the traffic count shows that less than 1,000 ve- hicles or 250 pedestrians pass an hour. Naturally, Mr. Van Duzer and In- spector Brown blame some of the con- gestion on the streets and delays to the operating schedules of the street- cars to the multitude of taxicabs, but regu- lations now in preparation at the Public Utilities Commission are expected to bring about an improvement in this condition. Inspector Brown pointed out a recent count on Seventh streef between Pennsylvania avenue and K street showed that 30 per cemt of the vehicular traffic constituted cruising taxicabs in search of fares. | AUTO DRIVER SUED | { Three Hurt in Crash Ask Total of $75,000 for Injuries. Harry G. Kopel, Kopels Point, Md., was_sued today in District Supreme Court for damages totaling $75,000 by three occupants of an automobile which was_in collision with the defendant’s truck near T. B. Md. July 14. Each of the plaintiffs asks $25,000 damages. Miss Jessie E. Morgan, 1212 M street: Alfred C. Towslee. 1125 Twelfth street, and Julian P. Dell. 1900 F street, were the plaintiffs. They said they were seriously injured as the result of the | number of different agencies of the DAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1931. CONSTITUTION AVE. FUNDS T0 BE ASKED OF NEW CONGRESS Next Section for Development | Probably From North Capi- tol to Sixth Street. EXTENSION PROGRESS STEADILY GAINING Ceremonial Thoroughfare Now in Use From Sixth Street to ‘Western Terminus. ‘The next part of Constitution avenue to be developed probably will be that section requiring the most new con- ctreet, cutting througn considerable ter- ritory now occupied by buildings. This developed today as it was learned that Congress will be asked in the next appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1933 for funds to ‘go ahead with this part of the great ceremonial avenue which is being cut through the section of Washington most improved by the huge FeZeral bullding program. When work can be started on . this section depends on the action of Con- gress, as funds are not yet available. Items are to be requested of Congress | by the District of Columbia to be mld:f available immediately. It thus depends upon the date of enactment of the Dis- trict appropriation bill and whether Congress will make the funds available “immediately” as to when the work can get under wa Unless funds are thus ade availabl t once, the work could not get under until July 1, the be- ginning of the next fiscal year. Through Two Blocks. ‘The next part to be completed will cut through at least two blocks now occupied by buildings between Third and Sixth streets on either side of the intersection of Constitution avenue and Pennsylvania avenue. ‘Already the property between Fourth and Sixth streets on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue has been pur- chased by the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission as part the project. Where Constitution avenue passes be- tween Third street and Pennsylvania avenue is part of the new Municipal Center project, and some old buildings now are being torn down there in con- nection with the development of the Municipal Center. Some other preliminary progress looking toward extension of Constitu- tion avenue also is going forward, such as between Second and Third streets, where property has been purchased by the Arlington Bridge ~Commission. ‘There the Standard Oll Co. is now com- pleting its new building. Between First and Second streets property to be used in developing the Avenue belongs to the Government already, and north of First street between Pirst street and Arthur place property is acquired by the architect of the Capitol for the entry of the new Louisiana avenue from Union Station into Pennsylvania ave- nue. Purchase Being Completed. Meantime the Treasury Department ; is completing the purchase of the rest of what is known as reservations A and B, along Pennsylvania avenue on the south side between Third and_Sixth streets. Part of Reservation B was bought by funds from the Arlington Bris Commission. All of this area soon is to be razed of its buildings and leveled off, to be turned over to Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, in his dual capacity as executive officer of the Bridge Com- mission_and director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital. Part of these reservations will be turned into Con- stitution avenue and part will be turned into parkway of the Mall. Thus the progress of Constitution avenue goes forward in the hands of a Government, with prospects that at least another section, that between North Capitol street and Sixth street, will be started as soon as funds are available. The next sections to be de- veloped probably will be from Sixth to Tenth street, or from Tenth to Four- teenth street, depending upon the | progress of the public building pro- gram in the triangle area facing the l{lll'between Sixth street and Fifteenth street. Constitution avenue is now usable from Sixth street west to its end, in- cluding the places where contractors are building the traffic connections to the new memorial bridge. First Big Public Event. ‘Throngs which crowded Constitution avenue for the first great public cele- bration there on Halloween constituted the first great public event of the ave- nue, which is designed to be the Capi- tal's great ceremonial avenue of the future. This section of the new avenue between Fourteenth street and Virginia avenue was recently widened to its full width and newly paved. While property for Constitution ave- nue and its adjacent lands is being pur- chased by different agencies, the cost of the actual physical development of the street itself devolves 60 per cent upon the District of Columbia and 40 per cent on the Federal Government through the Bridge Commission. The paving work is cone by the District of Columbia Highway Department. RETIRED U. S. PRINTER KILLED IN COLLISION M. Warren Dies When Auto in Which He Was Riding Strikes Truck. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT HARMONY. Md., November 4—S. M. Warren, 76-year-old retired Government Printing Office employe of 1712 Irving street, Washington. was instantly killed yesterday when an auto- mobile in which he was riding collided with a heavy oil truck here. Frank Pinch of North Carolina, driver of the car in which Warren was riding, was helc for the action of the Calvert County grand jury, following collision. Attorneys William E. Leahy and Ed- mund M. Toland appeared for the three plaintiffs. . S — CAPITAL MAN KILLED ‘Washington police received word to- day that Alfred Lynn,_ colored, who formerly resided here, had been shot and killed in New York. Details of his death were m‘:! received. He died in Bellevue He ~ ki Police not his relati residing in the 2100 block of Ward pace. N an inquest conducted by Justice of Peace John E. Donald of N:Jfl«h Beach. ;.I;he grand convenes at Prince Prederick Mondsjy‘frynnch was released on bond. Accore to police. Finch became confused by stop signs here, and stopped at the wrong place. He was crossing a through boulevard when the crash occurred. Both Pinch and N. O. Condon of Owings Station, Md. driver of the truck, escaped without serious injury. Mr. Warren had been retired for a number of years, and maintained a home at North Beach as well as in Washington. He and Pinch were friends of long Building a Bed for a Giant | FOUNDATION OF I C. C. BUILDING BEING LAID, A pile driver started work today laying the foundations for the new giant of the Federal triangle, the new Interstate Commerce Commission Building, which will rise at the cormer of Constitution avenue and Twelfth street. driver is shown driving the second pile in the foundation. The pile —Star Stdff Photo. DEATHIS MOURNED BY TWO WOMEN Veterans’ Body Claimed by Wife After Waitress Dis- covers Tragedy. ‘The death of Joseph W. Trumbley, 32-year-old World War veteran, who ended his life by inhaling gas in his bachelor apartment, at 1465 Columbia road, late yesterday, was mourned to- day by two women. One was his wife, Mrs. Gertrude ‘Trumbley, he had been separated since last February, wl the other was Miss Nellie T. Howard, 24, whom he had known for the past two months. Miss Howard, a waitress in an up- town restaurant, discovered that Trum- bley had killed himself. She stopped at his apartment on her way to work, to take him a necktie which he had asked her to buy for him. He had told her he would have “a surprise” for her. Finds Body on Bed. “When I unlocked the door and started to push it open” Miss Howard said, “I noticed something seemed to be sort of holding it back. I found, when I got inside, that several pillows were piled against it. “I thought that was strange, but it didn’t occur to me that anything was wrong. Joe was lying on the bed, ap- parently asleep, and the radio was turned on louder than I'd ever heard it before. “I called, ‘Joe! Joe!’ but got no an- swer. Then I shook him, but he didn't move. For the first time, I noticed the odor of gas, and I real was wrong. -I screamed.” Women Turn Off Jets. Miss Howard's cries were heard by Mrs. Edpa Rosenberg, occupant of an- other apartment, who assisted her in turning off the gas and opening the windows. The fumes were flowing from two jets on a stove in the kitchenette. Members of the fire rescue squad, summoned by the women, worked over Trumbley for about an hour a futile effort to revive him. He was pronounced dead by Dr. C. W. Culver, 1425 Columbia road. On the bureau, facing the bed, was a photograph of Mrs. Trumbley. Near- by was a note addressed to her and bearing !l;f lullow‘!‘r‘lg \:)gue message : “Sorry, 1 have notl say.” Mrrr.): ‘Trumbley, Who‘ lives at 1812 K street, was notified by tenth precinct police. She went directly to her hus. band’s apartment and claimed his body The widow, an employe of the War De rtment, said she planned to hav her tional Cemetery, probably Friday. On Friendly Terms, She Says. The Trumbleys were married in Feb- ruary, 1924. Since their separation, Mrs. Trumbley said, they had been on friendly terms, although she had not heard from her husband lately. Miss Howard, who lives at 919 Sixth street northeast, came here from Nash- ville, Tenn., in July, and met Trumbley about a month later. “He talked con- stantly of his wife and their separa tion,” she said, “and I beileve th what caused him to kill himself. I know it worried him, because we were good triends and he told me how he felt. Trumbley, a native of Elgin, Kans., enlisted in the Marine Corps at Parris| Island, 8. June 3, 1918. He was seri- ously wounded November 11, 1918— Armistice day—after having gone through the St. Mihiel and the Meuse- Argonne offensives without injury. He was discharged May 21, 1919, be- cause of physical defects. but re-enlisted November 2, 1920. On March 10, 1923, however, he was again discharged for the same reason. Trumbley his wife said, spent con- siderable time in Government hospitals, his wounds having seriously affected his health. CHOIR TO GIVE CONCERT ‘Westminster Group to Sing at Con- stitution Hall Tonight. ‘The Westminster Choir, conducted Dr. John Finley Williamson, will ve a concert at Constitution Hal tonight at 8:15 o'clock. ‘This afternoon Dr. ‘Wflll?n(l;:n t:okt at the Pirst Congregational Church on “Music the Churech of Today.” was to be pre- over by Dr. W. L. Darby, execu- of the Washington Fed- hes. Brief addresses were delivered at the afternooq n by Earl Evans, conductor of A il of Hagerstown, H uthorities of this cf a general discussio i lized something | WAKEFIELD MANOR PAGE B—1 CHARACTER TESTS BLOCK 48 PCT. OF POLICE APPLICANTS Strict Scruting of Pasts Keeps Undesirables Out of Trusted Places. EXTENSION OF SYSTEM URGED ON GOVERNMENT All Federal Employes Except Clerks Should Be Subjected to Plan, Commission Believes. Forty-eight per cent of the appli- cants for places on the metropolitan mrk police forces here were re~ 3 as the result of character investi~ gations, in the fiscal year ending July 1, last, today at the it was di Civil Service r pe , which prior to July 1, 1930 were ducted officials '.nenuelvu.wn . " - ‘The average for the two local branches was about cent above the average for all the law-observance cles of the Government, whers mlmnon «figure is placed at about 40 per cent. 1,212 Applicants Listed. 1l there were 1,212 licants lice work, only 185 -o‘:pw'h:m were placed on the eligible list, Int and ical tests lopped e e e ‘represen| r of those who g In for Agriculture and the * COMPLETION NEAR| 225 ‘Washington Birthplace Res- } toration to Be Ready in Time | for Celebration Feb. 11. Restoration of George Washington's | birthplace at Wakefleld Manor, Va., will be completed in about three months, in time for the celebration on February 11, 1932, marking the bicentenary of his birth, according to the old-style calen- dar, This was made known today P, Caemmerer, secretary of the terday by the Manor to observe progress. Location of a rest house, as an ac- commodation for visitors, similar to the terminal house at Mount Vernon, was decided upon. This new structure will be erected to the north of the ancestral Hhom- in the section known as Duck of Washington, who designed house similar to the one built by Augus. !.Te w-s::nm‘ the umhe.- :‘y , regards both external a) and interior finish and ww will likewise do the work on the rest house, which will conform architectural- ly to the other buildings in the group. Pleased With Progress. The commission was pleased with the progress of the work, Mr. Caemmerer said, explaining that the inspection tour was made in conjunction with repre- sentatives of the National Park Servic of sthe ;rlu:rlor Department, pec: reatment is bel iven the historical burial ground ;;‘l')‘l! Wash- ington family at Bridges Creek, located about three-quarters of a mile from Popes Creek, where the homestead was situated. The father of George Wash- ington and his family are buried in the graveyard which was I per- mitted to be overrun by brambles, Restoration of Wakefield Manor and the surrounding grounds, including the Colonial garden, was initiated by the tV{I;'.lkeflzln National Memorial Associa- Upon its visit yesterday to the his- toric landmark, th Arts Commis- sion found that ef.h:‘m ed entirely of brick made from clay taken from the Wllzflnlh.;: land and burned on the place. The commission found that the original vault of the ‘Washingtons has | been uncovered and reconstructed and that the remains, which were impossible of identification, found in the vault and adjoining graves, were carefully put in | & large casket and placed within the rebuilt vault. Over the vault, a monu- ment has been erected, for John Wash- ington, the immigrant. Four table- stones have been erected for the descendents of John Washington, known to have been buried there. A brick wall has been built around the grave yard, trees and shrubbery have been planted by the National Park tser‘\"‘.lf:e and a tree-bordered walk leads o Ceremony to Be Feb. 11. On February 11, 1932, the restored Wakefleld Manor will be turned over to the National Park Service, in accord- ance with law, to be maintained and administered the Federal Govern- ment. The es of thousands of contributors to the restoration, includ- ing the Staies of Connecticut, Illinois, In:l‘:;-mn;\& Vi d:ll. will be commem- or: n Book of Wakefleld. The Wakefield National Memorial Association will continue to co-operate with the National Park Service and will build the rest house from its funds. | Charles Maore, chairman of the Pine Arts Commission, who is a vice presi- | dent of the Wakefield National Me- | morial tion, has juct a sketch entitied “Wakefield, the > place of George Was| " showing | the Wi family nd their history, revolving | establishment of the home i field Manor. around the at Wake- | POLICE BID GLASSFORD ; New Chief Will Be Invited to Join | Association. | _Brige Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, who | will #issume his new duties as major | andfsuperintendent of the rtment, 16, will invited to join the Policemen’s As- ! sociation when he takes the oath of (| Lieut. L. E | Bureau wi ¢ with an Glassford is sworn in. e suslties were in ea casual were - hibition enforcement. 3 Of those seeking places as deputy prohibition administrators, 53 per cent were rejected; senjor prohibition inves- tigator, 47 per cent; prohibition agent, per :ent, storel -gauger, 31 Instituted in 1927, % Mm 5,000 investigations were made. ese character insti- tuted when the mumq:i m"nmu- t under Clvil Service in 1927. ok hile | Arts Commission, following a visit yes- commission to Wakefleld MRS. PAULINE LOCKETT'S WILL UPHELD BY COURT Mrs. Pauline A. Kaiser, St. Louis, Decides to Abandon Attack on Hearing’' Unfavorable Verdict. Mrs, Pauline A, Kaiser, 8t, Louis, Mo, today abandoned her attack on the will of her mother, Mrs. Pauline who died January 12 last. A in Circuit Division 2 today returned a ver- the will, which names 000, and stock and at $432,814.91. The trust company is to one-third of the income to Mrs. ° her ehildren. At the death dmmnuukwmwmehfl- Iren. Attorney H. Prescott Gatley appeared for the trust company, while Mrs, Kaiser was represented by Attorney Charles H. Baker. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. , Kenneth Nash Post, Hamil~ ton Hotel, 8 pm. Meeting, Soclety of Engineers, Cosmon Club, 8:15 p.m. Meeting, West Virginia Society, 2400 Sixteenth street, 8 p.m. Card party, benefit Providence Day Nursery, 408 Third street southeast, en’s Relief 921 avenue mmw% pm. Art lecture, Rev, Hulbert A. Woolfall, parish hall, St. Mark's - Epistopal ghunn. Third and A streets southeast, p.m. Business meeting, Women's 736 Jackson Dllu::. 8 y.ll.. g Penfuylnnh Meeting, Columbia %Elvhhn , Columi Chapter, Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, 10 a.m. Luncheon, Y Men’s Club, Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, 12:15 p.m. Buffet luncheon, rean Play- ers of Stratford, Willard , tomor- row, 1 p.m, Annual roll call meeting, Washington Alumnae Chapter, Sigma 5:&' Soror- ity, Y. W. C. A, Sev and K streets, tomorrow, 8 p.m. Dinner, Ladies’ Aid, Grace Reformed Church, Fifteenth and O streets, to- morrow, 4:30 p.m. *