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NA"[]NM_ SGUPE ' Accused of Shooting Dry Aggnt RH_IG' GIVEN MEMORIAL PARKWAY PROJECT Clarefice P. Dodge: Heads Group to Be Represented in All States. HANDLING OF DATA AND FUNDS PLANNED Program Launched at Meeting of Fund Body and Other Officials. ‘The George Washington Memorial Parkway, which will be constructed on ®oth sides of the Potomac River south- ward from Great Falls to Fort Wash- ingtqn, Md,, at Mount Vernon, Va., to- day took on national stature, Clarence Phelps Dodge, prominent Colorado | newspaperman, who now makes' his home at 1645 Thirty-first street, an- nounced his acceptance of, the position of director of a national group, when the George Washington Memorial Park- way Fund, Inc, met yesterday after- noon at the Cosmos Club. Provision was made for a Nagion- Wwide organization and the setting up of State groups. The program was launched by choosing a District of Co- lumbia_chapter, headed by Commi: sioner Luther H Reichelderfer as ho orary president and Anson Phelps Stokes as president. Movies From Blimp Shown. George McClellan, chairman of the George Washington Memorial Parkway Fund, Inc., presided at the meeting which movies of the future park taken from a blimp, were shown Mr. Dodge accepted the position as director on condition that he receive no ralary. He present a program calculated to aid the we of the trustees in iurther- ing the Potomac project, with a “iew to establishing the National Association which would collect and disseminate in- formation, and later, possibly, collect ds. The trustees approved the or- ganization of the National Association, Which would be primarily a Council of State Chapters and other related or- ganizations, which are interested in the Potomac project. This will be a national headquarters for those interested in the parkway and will be a clearing house for inform: [Establishment of headqua ters will be announced later. Included among the District leaders attending the meeting was Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission; Louis C. Cramton, former member of Congress, from Michigan, who ored, with Sehator Capper, Republican, of Kansas, the Capper-Cramton act, under which the George Washington Memo- rial Parkway will be constructed, and Charles Moore, chairman of the Com- mission of Fine Arts. ‘The explanation was made that the frustees, in their fiduciary capacity, will receive money or land from the new national organization and in turn pass it on National Capital Park and Planning Commission. This lure is made necessary because gifts may be made that are nct suitable at the time for the matching of the half-share of the Federal Government will advance for the parkway the provisions of the Capper-Cramaton act. The trustees will hold such gifts until suitable land can ‘co-operat be repre- sented on a council. Under the Dis- trict chapter’s set-up Mr. Docge will :’ & member of the Executive Com- ‘The movies shown of the George ‘Washington Memorial Parkway are be- ing made by the Department of Agri- culture for the Park Committee of men:mce of public buildings and public pa POLICE PROMOTION FROM RANKS URGED Brightwood Citizens Back Zone! System for Taxis—“Lame Ducks” Scored. A resolution indorsing the premotion of men {rom the ranks to high official positions in the Police Department was adopted by the Brightwood Citizens’ Association at a meeting in Paul Junior High School last night. The eligibility of Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford to assume the office of superintendent of metropolitan police was openly ques- :."\oned in the discussion on the resolu- ion. It was asserted that the District is becorging a field for “lame duck” ap- pointments, and instances where other Tetired officers have obtained posts here were mentioned. Prediction was made by members that a ccngressional in- vestigation may be requested in con- nection with the forced retirement of several officers of the local department recently. A committee composed of William | MCcK. Clayton, Prof. L. J. Cantrell and L. F. Randolph was appointed to con- fer with the National Capital Park and Planning Commission on the desirabil- ity of a new recreational center and playground. Traffic safety measures were urged to correct present conditions at Georgia avenue and Military road and at Eighth and Peabody streets. Better lighting facilities on Kennedy street, removal | of trolley poles from the center of that | thoroughfare and the extension of Ninth street from Concord avenue to Quack- enbos street also were requested. The association went on record:as | favoring the zone system for taxicabs in preference to meter cabs. MAJ. POWER RITES HELD | Maj. E. Ormonde Power, U. 8. A, retired, who died in France October 21, was buried today in Arlington Nationai Cemetery following services in the Fort Myer Chapel at 11 o'clock. Maj. Power, who lived at the Jeffer- son, 1200 Sixteenth street, was visiting in Biarritz with his wife, Mrs. Mar- garet P. Power, when stricken. He was a member of the Order of the Caribou, Thirty-second Holland ; and the Army and Navy Club of New York, as well as the Chevy Chase, Racquet and Army and Navy Clubs here. He also was a member of New York Bar Association. Besides his widow, he is survived by a brother, Dudley P. Powers, Hohokus, N. J. MRS. BASSETT CHOSENM ‘Mrs. Charles T. Bassett, 1622 Hobart etreet, has been elected president of the women's Auxiliary of ,the District Den- MAN, SAID TO HAVE CONFESSED, custody of a Federal agent, yester: J. Frank Parran. ‘Wednesday night. was not arraigned on that charge. UBREY HARDING (wearing cap), ISTARRAIGNED. 0US APPEAL | | MARKS DEDICATION OF NOYES SCHOOL |Hénry Gilligan Stresses Need returning to the Marlboro Jail in day after being held for bond of $10,000 onliquor charges following a hearing before United States Commissioner Authorities say Harding confessed firing the shot which injured Harry D. McMunn, a prohibition officer, during a raid on a still at Cheltenham A warrant charging Harding with assault with intent to kill was issued by Justice of the Peace Thomas D. Griffith yesterday, but the man —Star Staff Photo. BEDELL EXTRADTED INEWVDYS ATTACK Gotham Suspect Also Linked to Cunningham Slaying *Which Followed. ‘William E. Bedell, 30 years old, under arrest in New York City for questioning in the whisky robbery at the El Sal- vadorean legation here on May 12 and the murder of Jack Cunningham two days later, lost his fight against extra- dition before a United States commis- sioner yesterdsy and is capected to be returned to the Capital late today or| early tomorrow mcrning. Bedell was ordered turned over to ‘Washington authorities when Detective Sergt. Larry O'Dea appeared at the re- moval hearing neld in City Hall and presented a warrant specifically charg- ing him fn connection with the legation robbery. Despite the fact that Dr. Carlos Leiva, charge d'affaires of El Salvador, positively ideffjified & picture of Bedell as the man with whom he struggled upon returning to the legation while the robbery was in progress, no charge of assault was mentioned in the war- rant. Bears Distinct Scar. Sergt. O'Dea, who returned here last night after the hearing, declared that Bedell bears a distinct scar on his left index finger. Dr. Leiva told de- tectives that he bit his assailant on the hand during the affray. " The diplomat was struck over the head with the butt of a pistol and knocked unconscious by his attacker. The robbers fled after Dr. Leiva’s ad- versary fired wildly at him, the bullet entgring the ceiling. Dr. Leiva was confined to Emergency Hospital for with injuries received in Bedell, who formerly lived in the| 400 block of Pennsylvania avenue, was | arrested several years in New York | on a minor forgery charge, but au-| thorities in that eity agreed to waive claim on the man in order that he jmight be ht here in connection | with the whisky robbery and the mur- | der of Cunningham. Cunningham was slain in an alley| at ‘the rear of his home two nights after the legation affair while return- ing from the first precinct station, where. he is said to have “tipped off” police as to the identity of the liquor thieves, Denies Presence Here ‘When apprehended Bedell professed a willingness to come here to face the legation charges without going through the formality of a temwl{uhelrlnl. He balked later, however, and legal pro- ceedings were instituted by Detective | Sergt. O'Dea, It was said by O'Dea that Bedell has denied being in Washington at the time of the legation robbery. Police claim, however, they have conclusive proof that he was in this city, whi Detectives Peter Nathan and John Wil- con of New York told O'Dea that Bedell admitted to them he was here on or around May 12. JOSEPH SCHIAVONE FUNERAL RITES HELD Banker Is Buried in Mount Olivet | Cemetery After Services at Bethesda. Joseph Schiavone, president of the International Exchange Bank, who died | ‘Wednesday night after a heart attack at home, 213 West Bradley lane, Chevy Chase, Md., was buried in Mount Lourdes in Bethesda, Honorary palibearers included Sena- tor Ashurst of Arizona, Peter Borras, Henry M. Camp, Louis Carl, Vincenzo di Girolamo, Dominic Del Vecchio, Vita Fabrizio, Joseph PFelcone, Dr. Sal- Sidney 8. Jaffe, Frank J. Kaufmann, ir; John W, Lyles, Jerry Malatico, Prank Naples, Hilleary Offutt, jr.; Tito Salainandra and Allessandro Trion- attl. tive pallbearers were Hugh W. Barr, | Afieunder H. Bell, jr.; Willlam J. Har- per, Hemry A. Schweinhaut, Elias ‘Weinstein and Mark Woodell. Mr. Schiavone came to the United States from Italy before the World War, entering business as publisher of an Italian newspaper in New Jersey. Dur- ing the war national exchange here, and it was in- corporated into the International Ex- tal Society. Other new officers are: Vice president, Mrs. Hugh B. Calla- | stice. George hl‘ln‘ recording secretary, Mrs. change Bank shortly after the “armi- Grange to Hold Party. Olivet Cemetery today following funeral | services at the Church of Our Lady of | vatore Floria, Joseph E. Heffron, Dr. | pi WORK NSURANEE URCED N DDRESS Prof. Gray of American U. Fears Winter Riots. Leaders Scored. “Riots and much bloodshed” this Winter as a result of the depression were predicted by Prof. John Gray of the Economics Department of the Amer- ican University Graduate School, speak- ing at a meeting of the Washington Council of Social Agencies in the Bur- lington Hotel yesterday afternoon. Declaring “persons will not quietly submit to poverty and starvation,” and that “it is right they shouldn't,” Prof. Gray expressed the fear thére will be “bread riots” and other conflicts, which police officers frequently will be called upon to suppress. Deploring the economic depression, Prof, Gray declared that with but few exceptions have leaders in this Nation made any suggestion as to how to avold a return of the present conditions once they are relieved. He urged unemploy- ment insurance, on which the principal speaker at the meeting, John Fitch, pro- fessor of industry of the New ¥ork School of Social Work, delivered an address at the meeting. Any Relief a “Dole.” Prof. Gray's remarks were in the (mnature of a discussion of the subject of Mr. Fitch's address. Choosing specifically “the Dole” as his_subject, Mr. Pitch advocated un- employment insurance and asserted that relief aid, however given, is in a | sense a dole. ‘While asserting unemployment in- surance does not mean a remedy of the unemployment situation, Mr. Fitch rcommended it as the best form for furnishing relief to the unemployed. Declaring the unemployed can de- pend on only two things for a liveli- hood —savings ‘or charity — Mr. Fitch introduced figures to show that a small percentage of the larger industries pay on an average what authorities com- sider a_living wage. Mr. Fitch gave a long list of rules for guarding unemployment insurance funds. To properly‘guard the funds, he safd, benefits must always be less than sala- | ries, “so as not to encourage a worker to take a vacation.” As a beginning, he suggested the maximum insurance benefit amount to approximately 60 per cent of the wages. For Compulsory Insurance. Advocating com] unemploy- ment insurance rather than just vol- untary, Mr. Fitch said it would be un- fair comfeflflnn if some employers car- r;fii 1& or their employes and others not. John Troxell, executive director of the Municipal Commission on Employ- ment Stabilization, Baltimore, Md., said he believed it would be inadvis- able to adopt the unemployment ipsur- ance unless it could be assured it would serve to greatly reduce relief work. Yesterday's meeting of the council Welfare Committee. Paul Benjamin, chairman of the committee, introduced the speakers, after being presented by Dr. Frederick W. Perk:ns, acting presi- dent of the council. Reports were made at the meeting as follows: By Miss Helen Story, Insur- ance Committee; Miss Clyde B. Schu- man, director of nutrician service, American Red Cross, who reported: for the Budget Committee of the council; Miss Edith Coulson, Legal Aid Commit~ tee, and Miss Edith Spray, Case Work Technique Committee. Miss Schuman told of a booklet her committee has gotten out giving budget tables and purchasing prices of food and clothing. Deaths fieporlcd. ths hi be; Y!r@ ‘The following deaths lv:h .nll, posied Dickson Hot A. Lehman, 75. 3 Randers, 72. 2530 11th st. Giive ‘Whitacre. 70. 1388 South aver s 9 d. 61, 510 9th st. s.e. Eawara € Bafsiow. 60, en route Casualty % Ttal. H¥haries N. Watts. 61, 6125 Tth st. aw. Jateoh Schisvane. 50, Georgetown: Hos- P Jon . 49, 3028 8 THoward P Henderson, 45, 2900 M st. Gerirude B Milan, 44, Providence Hos- n T. Stokely. 43. 1654 Columbla d. Ke 42. Em rt L. Kew, ergency . T , 41, 2440 l"‘g\ at. vt . Wiider. 40, Walter Roed "Hos- Stuart G, Wilder, 40, 'E'-'n"r 8. Fleming. 40. en route Walter Read Hngpiial. Ciare Vogelion, 38, National Homeopathic He ta) e, & ““Raymond C. Plack, 29, 72 Rhode Island ave. ne. Hortvise Virginia Carbline gore, 17. Sibley Hospital. aunders, 8 months, ~Children's Johnson, 84, Gallinger Hospital. Minerva ‘Tinfiey, 6. Home for Aged snd e established an inter- | Infirm. BELTSVILLE, Md., November 14 (Spe- cial) —The Beltsville ny will ::l.d ths, Children's Hos- is Thomas, § mon! . B L} was held under direction of its Family | stitution of a large pl l ‘Connor, 31, en route Emer- | M€ j urge of cne school board member to ystel Peppe: th as Basis for Charaoter Training. SPEAKERS PAY TRIBUTE TO LATE EDITOR OF STAR Dr. Ballou, Selden Ely and Miss Margaret Pepper Stress Good Citizenship. ® Pleas for the founding in the pub- HE gehools of a character training det to the production of civic solidarity, enlivened by the vigorous base that training on religious prin- ciples and practices, marked the dedi- cation last night of the Crosby Stuart Noyes Scheol by educators and repre- sentative citizens of the District of Columbia. Located at Tenth and Franklin streets northeast, this first unit of a proposed 16-room-and-auditorium model schogl house, was named for the late GrdSby 8. Noyes, former editor of The Star, whose life was dedicated to the City of Washington and its future. In thelr addresses at the for- mal exerices, the various speakers dedi- cated the school to the promulgation of the civic interests which marked the career of the thus honored jour- nalist in the lives of the boys and girls who'are to constitute the future alum- nus of the school. Henry Gilligan Speaks. ‘The participating school officials— Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent; Selden Ely, supervising principal, and Miss Margaret Pepper, administrative principal—expressed the hope that the ‘Crosby Noyes School would be instru- mental in developing character that makes for good citizenship in its pu- ngI:. Henry Gilligan, member of the rd of Education who recently pro- posed that religion be made the basis of all character training in the pub- lic schools, seized upon occasion to stress again his determination to incorporate religion with the stand- ard academic courses. Contending that youth today is con- fronting more flagrant temptation than ever before, Mr. Gilligan declared that the greatest of education and the world at large is “spiritual develop- ment.” Mr. a‘;fl!.nn cited modern ad- vertising which presents tobacco smok- ing as entertaining and even bene- ficlal, motion pictures which portray sex life as their themes, and stage performances which ridicule prin- ciples which formerly were held sacred. “What this country needs in this time of depression and every . other time,” he declared with emphasis, “is more religion. I believe there ought to be & way we could see to it that our young people, confronted as they are with more intimate temptations than ever before, can be made ‘to see this need and provided with the reli- glous training they need. esp 24 \ . x ing’ for our :hugevx‘nl & upén you and me—their parents—right in our own homes.” He contended, however, that the menti of religion’ in con- nection with sthools is some- thing that is generally hushed. Will Continue Efforts. “When we don’t say anything about religion, our children believe there is nothing to religion,” he asserted. The school board member told the audience that since he had proposed religious training as the basis for the public school’s charac education program he had received letters in which’ he was condemned. Some, he said, charge that his usefulness to the Board of mucl(non u"ended it newspaper ‘reports of his efforts are true. At the close of the exercises he assured a reporter for The Star that this newpaper’s accounts of his ad- dresses in favor of religious training “are perfectly accurate.” the program he told his audience that de- spite his name, Gilligan, he is not a member of the Catholic faith and fol- in rel his affiliation - with that church. Mr. Gilligan concluded his address with a vigorows announcement of his determination to carry on his fight for the introductibn of Treligious training in the schools “as long asiever I am :1 member of this Board of Educa- lon.” Mr. Gilligan paid tribute to Dr. Bal- lou when he said the 'B:oph of Wash- ington “should thank Lord we have a man like Ballou to run our schools.” The progress shown by the school sys- tem during the nearly 12 years of Dr. Ballou's superintendency, he said, was evidence of the success with which it is being administered. Portrait Presented. The dedication of the school was marked by the presentation to the in- hotographic por- trait of Mr. Noyes, the gift of his family. Newbold Noyes, grandson, asso- ciate editor of The Star, made th actual presentation. He told the as- semblage of parents and munity leaders that the members of fam- ily “who are trying to carry forward the ideals of my grandfather are proud that he was honored by this school.” Of all the clvic interests of Crosby S. Noyes, none, he deciared, was closer to his heart than “the weak, struggl m}:‘c hlfihml system” which e. “None would be prouder than my grandfather that this fine school built today to bear witness progress of that early, struggling school e s . it to Miss In turning over the poflnlu’. > 'r, Mr. Noyes e lope that it would serve as an inspiration to e children of the school, “as his life the ceremonies. Dr. Ballou Speaks. This is providing 1 cost of accommodations for 3,361 junior school rupfll at a cost of $3,77 In ition to tary $2,450,000 and this , the new Roosevelt High |E. Ballou said, School, now under at " total cost of $1,250,000, will provide ac- commodations for 1,500 senior high ull’;rm students. R 15 belng | Journ: tothe | 'S [E portrait of Crosby Stuart Noyes, former editor of The Star, for whom the new school at Tenth and Franklin streets northeast was named, is shown here as it was being presented to Miss Margaret Pepper, administrative principal of the school, by Newbold Noyes, grandson of Crosby Noyes. the new school. PITTS AND ‘0THERS CONTEMPT RULING SET FOR MONDAY Sentence Likely to Follow Im- mediately if Prisoner Is Found Guilty. VALUE OF EVIDENCE HINGES ON FINDINGS Authenticity of 142 Documents In- troduced in Trial Will Be Decided by Court. A decision in the contempt of court proceedings against G. Bryan Pitts, former head of the F. H. Smith Co., and “others” will be announced Mon- day morning by Justice F. D. Letts. The court’s decision will in effect be a ruling on the authenticity of 142 au- thorizations andseceipts, introduced in evidence by Pitts at his trial last year on conspiracy-embezzlement charges in an attempt to show he was entitled to money the Government charged he em- bezzled. The case started Monday and was closed yesterday, when Pitts, on advice The portrait will hang permanently in —Star Staff Photo. DIVISION EXPECTED ON J0B INSURANCE Senate Committee May Split in Its Report on"Hearings. G. 0. P. Oppose Wagner. By the Associated Press. A sharp conflict is in prospect over the report of the special Senate Unem- ployment Insurance Committee. Division of feeling within the com- mittee is expected to result in a ma- jority and minority report to the Senate when it convenes December 7. This difference of opinion has been apparent throughout the hearings which were concluded yesterday. Wagner and Glenn at Odds. On one side is Senator Wagner, New York Democrat and sponsor of the in- quiry, who believes in compulsory leg- islation of some form. On_ the other are Senators Hebert, Rhode Island, and Glenn, Illinois, both Republicans, who are opposed to Government participa- tion. Senator Wagner has not announced what legislation he will propose on the basis of the hearings. A conflict was made inevitable, how- ever, when Glenn said he definitely op- posed any Government participation or contribution to such an insurance sys- tem. Will Oppose Tax Credits. “If it started,” he said, “we would be in the same situation as Great .Brfl.- ain and other European countries.” Glenn said he would be opposed to mtgefllom before the committee for crediting in tax payments the amounts set aside by any corporation for unem- loyment._reserves. Pl e Tilinels Senator suggested the question merited further study and said s commission might be set up fo de- velop a conérete plan by which the Fed- eral Government might encourage pri- vate development of unemployment in- | surance. - the best in teaching personnel. He paild warm tribute to the teachers of the Ndyes School. In closing he ex- pressed his happiness “that this school bears the mame of a man known throughout the District of Columbia for his active interest in civic affairs.” Mrs. J. G. Kingsbury, chairman of the schools committee of the Dahlgren Citizens' Association, declared that if the Noyes School is completed in the same style of beauty and completeness as its initial unit, “this will be a happy and a satisfled community.” Representing the department of the Engineer Commissioner of the District, Albert L. Harris, municipal architect | who designed the school, presented the keys of the building to Miss Pepper, its administrative principal. In ac- cepting the keys, Miss Pepper sald they would bé a “symbol of open doors to the best in education. “We dedicate ourselves,” Miss Pep- per replied; “to the highest ideals of education, life and citizenship, and it is our desire that the boys and girls | who come to us here know how to give service and how to be a worker for good citizenship as Crosby Noyes did.” “Education and Journalism.” Mr. Ely, supervising principal of the fitth division, in which the Noyes School is located, cited the tremendous growth of the publishing business as a direct result of the universal diffu- sion of education. He said that if he were writing another thesis for his | master’s degree, he would choose “Edu- cation and Journalism” for his sub- ject. In that thesis, he explained, he would contend not only that the diffu- slon of education was responsible for the increase in the number of news- papers and journals, but he would con- tend that journalists owed a great debt to educators, because, he said, with a smile to the editors at the dedicatory, “we have ‘made’ your business.” Mr. Ely added that he knew Crosby Noyes slightly and that his father knew the editor more intimately, and he: concluded by saying he was glad “to defi‘:?u this school to a great alist.” In his brief talk Robert L. Hay- | cock, assistant superintendent of schools, contrasted the new school bulldings of the Noyes, Horace Mann and Lafayette type with the earliest frame schools built here. The first pub- lic school of the Brookland-Woodridge section, he saidjwas built in 1865 on the | site of the present Langdon School. It was followed by a larger frame school on the same site in 1897, and was aug- mented by the first unit of the Brook- land School in 1901. Following Mr. Haycock’s talk, the | Dahigren Citizens’ Association pre- sented a bouquet of roses to Miss Pe) per. The dedicatory was opened with the invocation by Rev. Samuel H. Korn- man, pastor of St. Stephen’s Lutheran glz:\&r:n Wwho also pronounced the bene- At the conclusion of the dedication Mr. Weber introduced the officers of the community organizations interested in the new school. These included Mrs. A. U. Smith, president of the Brool land-Noyes School Parent-Teacher sociation; Dr. George R. Eliis and Mar- vin McLean of the Brookland Citizens’ Association; E. G. Sievers, president of the Rhode Island Oftizens’ Association; - J. Brannan of the Michigan Park Citizens’ Assoclation, and Wilbur S. et K obetos 3 e ut ; ot BB rroughs Cit! Lucy Lynch was accom- By s v Ky POLICEMAN DISCOVERS MISSING MAN’S BODY ‘The body of John B. Fitzgerald, 69, was found in Eastern Branch, near Benning Pridge, yesterday shortly after he had been reported missing from his home, 217 Twelfth street southwest. Policeman W. E. McCarten, ninth precinct, discovered the body. Fitzgerald, a carpenter, had left home Wednesday to do some work at the Potomac Garden green houses, near Benning road northeast. McCarten crossing that portion’ of the branch known as Kingmans Lake. Part of the board, he found, had rotted, causing it to split in the middle. The police- man, with a long pole, found the body in about 8 feet of water. LEAN GASE SET - BY COURT MONDAY Arguments to Be Heard on Both Injunction Suit and Trustee Action. | Opposition of counsel for Edward Beale McLean, Washington Post pub- lisher, to the application of his wife, tion to prevent him seeking a divorce from her at Riga, Latvia, will be heard Monday " afternoon by Chief ' Justice Wheat of the District Supreme Court. ‘When the application was presented yesterday morning by Attorney Frank J. Hogan for Mrs. McLean, the chief justice took the matter under advise- ment. Later counsel on both sides con- ferred with him in his chambérs and action on the injunction was deferred | until Monday afterncon. At the same time arguments will be heard on the sait of Mrs. McLean on behalf of her thice children, in which she seeks to oust her husband from the co-trusteeship wiih the American Se- | curity & Trust Co. of the estate of John R. McLean, father of the publisher, which includes ihe Washington Post. Mrs. McLean charges that her husband has failed to give proper attention to the newspaper and to the management with other women and is now with Rose Douras van Cleve, formerly Rose Davies of Calif>rnia, in Riga, where he has employed counsel to bring a divorce action against his wife. She also charges him _with . transporting Miss | Davies from Catifornia to his home at Friendship, on Wisconsin avenue, and from there to Virginia and New York before Miss Davies took passage for | Europe a few months ago. | Associated with Mr. Hogan for the | wife are Attorneys Nelson T. Hartson, | Albert W. Fox ang A. A. Hoehling. Mr. | McLean will be represented by Attor- |neys Wilton J. Lambert, George B. | Fraser andfJulius I. Peyser. TRACY E. PRUITT DIES Tracy E. Pruitt. 54, lifelong resident of the District, died suddenly yester- | day at his home, 1016 Eighteenth stzeet, following a heart attack. He had been engaged as a locksmith and sheet metal worker here for more than 25 years, maintaining a shop at the Eighteenth Street address. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Talta- vull parlors, 436 Seventh street south- | west, followed by burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. | Lillian B. Pruitt, and three sons, Ed- | win, Raymond and Roland Pruitt. | learned FPitzgerald’ had been in the | habit of walking along a narrow plank Evalyn Walsh McLean, for an injunc- | of the estate an< has spent his time | ST CROWD SETS MARK AT MU SHOW as Officials Prepare for Sunday. There is a record-breaking attend- ance today at the thirtieth annual “Mum” show of the Department of Agriculture. School children have been storming the exhibition house today. ‘The veteran attendants at the show say that they have never seen as many school children attracted by the chrysanthzmums before. Three of the new seedlings produced by the expert gardeners of the depart- ment specializing in new varieties of chrysanthemums were named today by Government officials. The “Hillibge” has incurved broad sulphur yellow petals. It is of the Japanese type. Another .Japanese bloom was named Johanna. It has incurved purplish lilac petals. A pompon with very unusual petal formation was named the Rena Massie. It is of pale yellow with semi- quilled petals. Girl Students Attend. Girls from more than a dozen semi- naries and academies were at the show today by the bus loads. Gunston Hall furnished the larsest attendance of any one school, and claims that it has had 100 per cent aftendance at all the “mum” shows for the last 12 years. Langley Junior High School also had a v;ry large number of pupils at the show. Orphans and destitute children from Central Union Mission also attended this morning. The total attendance has rum up to more than 25,000, and another record- ‘The Washington Florist - Club made its annual official inspection of the show yesterday and voted it “botani- cally, in number and’ variety of plants, in quality of blooms, in wide range of coloring and in general excellence—the best ‘show the Ilepartment of Agricul- ture has ever given.” Exhibits to Be Freshened. All night tonight a force of garden- ers, under the direction of J. Wise enhouses, will work fyeshening uj the exhibition for the Sunday crowd. Most of the favorite varieties have held up well. Approximately 500 new plants will be put into the show to replace those that have wilted. Many of the plants are in better flower now than when the show opened a week ago. The show closes tomorrow night at 9 o'clock after which the flowers will be cut and distributed to the hospitals. The show will be open tonight until § o'clock and will be open again tomor- row morning at 9 o'clock. Ample park- ing space is reserved in the department grounds for show visitors. gt o e Births Reported. ‘The following births have been l’lRfl!d to the Health Department in the last lours: leva E. Wi . girl. E. and Hazel E. irl. nd May M. Saunders, girl. nd Mary E. Willlams. girl. Alvin F. and Irene V. Hendrickson, boy. 0, K, 4pd ene, 8, Sendriekan Jos and_Margaret Rafferty. James E. and Edna Tucker. bo: William O. and Helen M. Hillmi Frank S. and Agnes B. Little, bo: Harry and Katie Bran: Richard P.and ghrle y abeth O. Benjamin any Helen Foster, John and Daley B. Dorsey, girl, i Edyard "W, and " Delores ' Vass, boy and Jemes and Audry wills. boy. David and Emily Fox_ boy. |_oWilbur and Virginia Jackson, girl. PASSENGER For the first time in history a me- chanical aviator, a thing of gyroscopes, electric motors, switches, wires, pulleys and cables, has been licensed by the Department of Commerce to fly passen- gers and airmail. The rcbot has *been licensed as co- pilot of NC-727K, a big 18-passenger mail and passenger plane of Eastern Air Transport, and will go into service on the coastal run through the National Capital. As a result of the decision of the Department of Commerce that Auto- matic Pilot NC-727K is a capable co- pilot, his robot brothers are expected to take their places as rapidly as they can be made in a Brooklyn plant in other planes of the line. It is considered likely that mechani- cal pilots will find a real place in future long range operations, and that the he- Yoes of some future endurance record or world flight may be listed as “John Doe, pilot and navigator, and MP 3723, mechanical co-pilot.” The notification of approval given to the transport line by S. L. Willitts, supervising _inspector for the Depart- ment of Commerce at Garden City, Long Island, was dramatically brief. “This will be your authority,” In- spector Willitts wrote after long and thorough tests, “to operate NC-727K. as a licensed llrghna with a mechanical pllot installed.’ s The approval applies only to the sin- B Bt o e B ROBOT PILOT LICENSED TO FLY AND MAIL PLANE Al |Mechanism to Help Aviators Keep Ships on Course and Bl Level Permitted by U. S. robots will have to pass thetr fests |C3 N einey ompnst iy Sperry ie new co-pilof a gyro- scopic control, which operates all the flight controls of the plane, ing in- stantaneous corrections for all effects of | Ul air currents and shifting of weights in the plane, and keeps' the craft flying in & perfectly level position on a true course, No puff of wind, however vagrant, can remain unnoticed by the automatic pilot, and if a passenger so much as gmn steps across the aisle the metal man discovers it instantly and operates the controls to compensate for the minute nd, shifting of the center of gravity of the | portl B plane. ‘The metal co-pilot s the descendant of a line of experimental robots who have flown Army bombings planes for several years h:xlld “Ila related, by ip pilot, to sailors as “Metal Mike,” has been in use for many years. ‘The device was perfe Sperry, ir. following of his famous father Burns, superintendent in charge of the |- ected A. in flrgloouknl o of counsel, declined to present a de- fense. His attorney Dozier De Vane, pointed out that ts is already under indictment in connection with the use of these documents and contended he could not reply to the Government at time without disclosing his defense to that criminal charge. Charges Are Preferred. Nugent Dodds, Assistant Attorney General, and Neil Burkinshaw, a spe- cial assistant, asked the court to hold in contempt Pitts and any other per- r to have been con~ Children Raise 25,000 Total| . recent failure of his in_nearby lhrL Z He said his bank, the Central Trust Co., did not have any bad Smith paper at this time, but that amounts were lying in subsidiaries of the bank. Early Sentence Expected. If Justice Letts finds there was & contempt of the court, hexyrnhbly will sentence Pitts Monday. he believes other persons were involved, the pro- cedure will be for him to cite them and set a date of trial, when the Govern- ment will re-present its evidence in an effort to convict them. Assistant United States Attorns lam A. Gallagher has aided prosecution. - [ THE WEATHER | District of Columbia—Cloudy, probe ably occasional light showers tonight and tomorrow, mild temperature, lowest tonight about 50 degrees, gentle variable wmg; becoming moderate southeast or south. Maryland—Cloudy, probably occa- sional light showers tonight and tomor- row, slightly warmer tonight, in the interior; gentle variable winds becom- O inia- Mostly cloudy, propabl loudy, probably oc- tonight and tomorrgw south po?lzm ey Wil- in the Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. . 11:19am. 8 a.m. 11:41 p.m. 5:56 p.m. _-The Sun and Moon. un, tomorrow Moong today... 11:! ‘Tomorrow. 6:36a.m. 12:13 a.m. 12:13p.m. 6:53 p.m. Sets. 4:56 p.m. 4:55 pm. ‘Automobile lampe 16 be lighted Sae: ul one- half hour lflel:ml\.mut. Rainfall. Monthly rainfall in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month, 1931. Average, 1.56 3.55 < 3 SESSBSSERSSEREESEELENELRELY | e e ] oo ELU R0 B EEFERR PR EEREEEL B B PR PR i 4 2 2 T T e o ScsEeassRERTEyane SRENSTEARRINLLRLSe FOREIGN. (7 a.m., Greenwich time. today.) gineering. The metal man will not el any of the crew of the plane, relieve them of the strain of ris, in gyroscopje en- | yienns Bres