Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1931, Page 17

Foening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION - The WASHINGTONy D. C., D.C.MAN KILLED IN DUCK BLIND; SHOT FROM APPROACHING BOAT 1. Miles Miller Fatally WOund-‘l TUESDAY, REPAIR SHOP HIT 'BY SCHOOL BOARD, NOVEMBER 17, 1931. Grid Team Teaches Lorton to Cheer “WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME,” 1S PLAYER'S GREETING TO COACH RHEEM. PAGE B—1 IDIRECTOR CHARGES 'ACUTE' CROWDING ADVERTISERS NAME ‘OFFICERS FOR 1932; — EROUPSINSESSION -;;Lee H. Bristol Re-Elected| Presidsnt of National Association. YEAR’S APPROPRIATIONS TO STAY AT $300,000,000 Economies Planned in Methods of Placing Copy. but Volume Ex- pected to Be Maintained. With apparently no disposition to eurtail the annual volume of adver- tising expenditures, which will amount to approximately $300,000,000 during the coming year, the Association of Na- tional Advertisers divided into group meetings today to study various prob- lems of selling and distribution. During the morning, the annual elec- tlon of officers resulted in the naming of four mew direetors to fill vacancies occurring on the board, the re-election of President Lee H. Bristol of Bristol- Myers Co., and the three vice presi- dents. -._The newly named directors are Ben- Dett Chapple, American Rolling Mills Co., Middletown, Ohio: Paul B. West, National Carbon Co., New York; Wil-| Yam B. Griffin, William Rogers Manu- ! facturing Co., Meriden, Conn., and W. | L. Schaeffer, National Tubing Co., Pittsburgh. Will Discuss Radio. The vice presidents re-elected were Stuart Peabody of the Borden Co, W. A. Grove, Edison General Electric Ap- liance Co. Inc., and P. J. Kelly, B. ._Goodrich Rubber Co. While discussions developed no ex- pressions that _advertising volume should be curtailed, it was the con- sensus of leaders that readjustments in the methods of placing advertising should be worked out so as to provide for economies and a greater return on the investment. Only members were admitted to the| group meetings toda: These discus- sions will continued until the close of the convention tomorrow. i Problems involved in radio advertis- | ing as well as the present status and possibilities of television as an ad-| vertising medium will be taken up ;I"' up meeting tonight. Edgar i Pt tadio consultant, will discuss the | possibilities of television. Received by Mrs. Hoover. At 11:30 o'c'ock the wives of the! assolaticn members wers received at | the White Housc by Mrs. Hoover. Last night they attended the annual ban- quet, which was a social affair, with no speechmaking. Entertainment was fur- nished by the Columbia Broadcasting System. During the afternoon session yester- 7 "devoted to consideration of the | majority of the warrants alieged in- : ; R o Traction of- that saction of the act Te. | ool Of o, e e eoa “question of rate reduction in advertis- ing, Thomas L. L. Ryan, president of Fed'ar & Ryan, Inc., speaking from the viewpoint of the agencies, suggested that newspapers chould take a stronger stand in their relations with adver- tisers. He declared that department stores are mcre cependent upon news- ! pers than the latter are upon the | stores. “Yet, it is generally the news- paper that backs down” when any argu- h.:nt ‘:ew qver rates or concessions, Pl w Mr. Ryan pointed out there are oo, many rate classifications and suggested that publishers, if they cannot effect & general reduction rates, at least should reduce the number of different rates. He indicated that the situation might be clarified if an average were struck and the same rate applied to both local stores and national adver- tisers. Lee H. Bristol, president of the asso- ciation, discussed the rate situation from the viewpoint of the national ad- wvertisers. The position of the associa- | tion that newspaper and magazine publishers should reduce their rates, he explained, was unchanged. He assured publishers, however, that this attitude was not advanced in any spirit of belligerency. Advertiser Wants Value. He severely criticized publishgrs who are resorting to every known method to ‘stimulate” circulation in order to raise ‘dverflln&nlu. Advertisers, he said, must distinguish between “circulation extravagances” and between normal methods Based on sound policy. | “We are willing to accept increased circulation based on an increase in population,” he said, “but are not en- tirely willing to accept other kinds of circulation.’ | ‘The advertiser, he pointed out, is anxious to get a dollar’s worth of re- turn on the dollar spent. In that way, Mr. Bristol said that advertisers are not reducing their volume of advertis- | ing tut sre readjusting it to make the | dollar go farther. Stuart D, Cowan, president of Cowan & Dengler, Inc., in a discussion of ad- vertising testing, reviewed the results of years spent in testing and selling the powers of advertising from every angle. He declared these tests showed pri- . marily that no advertising will properly sell a poor article. | FIREMAN RECOVERING Spine Not Fractured in Practice < Jump, Physicians Believe. Fireman C. A. Beck, No. 2 Truck Company, District of Columbia Fire Department, who was injured in a practice Jump into a life net from the second story of the fire house at New Hampshire avenue and M street late yesterday, was said to be recovering to- - day at Emergency Hospital. "1t was not believed the man's spine Z.was fractured, as was first feared, phy- . slelans said. - Officers and men of the company said Beck made whit appeared to be a good jump and landing. They were at a loss %o explain the injury. i e AR RADIO AMATEURS GAIN 7 Number of Experimental Stations : Is Placed at 22,739. Popularity of the radio telephone with experimenters. increased the num- ber of licensed amateur stations last year to 22,739—a gain of nearly 4,000 over the previous year, W. D. Terrell, direttor of the Com- merce Department’s radio division, in his annual report today described the amateurs as by far the largest users of transmitting radio stations in the United States. During the year 20,703 opera- tors' licenses were issued, of which 5,506 were commercial and 11,541 ur. ‘The fixed monitoring broadcasting - gtations, to catch stations vio- lating regula said the report, have shown a constantly increasing improve. fl sent i control, frequency | beth E. Mace, 405 National Bank Build- ed While Hunting on Potomac. | Death Declared Accidental After Inquest by Prince William Coroner. ‘The body of J. Miles Miller, 29, of No. 1 Sherman circle, who was acci- dentally killed yesterday afternoon while duck hunting on the Potomac River in Prince Willlam County, V: arrived here today from Occoqua: Miller, an adjuster for the Cafritz Real Estate Co., was shot in the head He died instantly. Coroner W. H Marsteller, after an inquest, issued a certificate of accidental death. Shooting of Miller was the second casualty of the hunting season, which opened yesterday. Earlier in the day Third Precinct Policeman Elmer R. Franklin, 41, of Cherrydale, Va., shot Fairfax County. A part of his foot had to be amputated. Miller, accompanied by E. L. Stro- hecker, 214 Rosemary street, Chevy Chevy Chase, had gone to the Freestone Point Gun Club Sunday to prepare for the season's cpenirg yesterday. With his two companions, he occu- pied a blind yesterday on the Potomac near Freestone Point. When the three men had shot the bag limit about 3 by Norman Clark of Cherry Hill, Va. | himself in the foot while hunting in | Chase, and Capt. George White, also of | l | | | | | i | | J. MILES MILLER. —Harris-Ewing Photo, o'clock they called Clark, the tender, to come and get them Clark came out in a rowboat. As he approached the blind he picked up | a single-barrel shotgun which he had {in the bottom of the boat. The gun somehow _discharged, the entire load | entering Miller's head | Miller is survived by his widow, Mrs. | Gertrude Volland Miller, with whom he | lived at the home of her parents at No. 1 Sherman circle. Also surviving | are his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Miller, 1727 P street, and two sisters, Mrs. V. E. Spain and Mrs. J. A, Houston, both of Washington. Funeral services will be held Thurs- day at his late home with burial in Glenwood Cemetery. JOB AGENT FINED: 16 WARRANTS 0UT Bride to Ask License Suspen- siens in Cases Resulting in Convictions. ‘While one employment agency pro- prietor pleaded guilty in Police Court today to violation of the employment agency act, warrants for the arrest of 16 others located throughout the city were forwarded for service. Issuance of the warrants followed a ators, personally conducted by Corpo- ration Counsel Willlam W. Bride and his assistant, Thomas F. Cameron, with four policemen handling the ‘“‘under- cover” work. The investigation, de- signed to protect the unemployed, has been under way for several weeks. Charges Based on Licenses. While several of the men and women are charged with two counts and one man u of “three violations, the quiring that the license to do business be p:sted in a conspicuous place in the quarters of the bureau. Other violations alleged are failure to obtain a license to operate, conducting a bureau in living quarters and failure to display license in each room used by the agency for carrying on its business. Margaret Rivera, 1226 U street, en- tered a plea of guilty before Judge Ralph Given and received a fine of $15 upon the recommendation of Assistant Corporation Counsel Cameron. She was with not having a license to operate a bureau. ‘Will Ask Suspensions. It is understood Mr. Bride will ask the District Commissioners to suspend licenses of those convicted of charges placed against them. The warrants issued today were di- rected at the following operators of bu- reaus in various parts of the city: Frieda G. Boyce, 1406 G street; Eliza- ing; William C. Tyrea, 811 Thirteenth street; Durard N. Towe, 1333 F street, | president of Boyd's Employment Agency; Emma Willlams, 2724 Georgia avenue; Ashby M. Musselman, 1317 H street northeast; R. Clark, 1600 Thir- teenth street; John A. Dickerson, 1937 Fourteenth street; Edward H. Dick, 1415 1 street; Henry Edward Greene, 717 T street; Charles M. Barker, 903 Ninth street mortheast; Isabel E. Tavenner, 3405 Connecticut avenue; James A. David and I. J. D. Lipscomb, 1115 U street; Hilda E. Neister and Holly W. | | Shinn, the Evans Building. g LEYS TO BE RETIRED AS A VICE ADMIRAL| Medical Officer of Navy to Be Pro- moted for Service in Canal Zonme. Rear Admiral James F. Leys, medi- cal officer of the Navy, will have the distinction of being placed on the re- tired list as a vice admiral, because of his duty in conjunction with the con- | struction of the Panama Canal a quar- ter of a century ago. Rear Admiral Leys, now in charge of the medical division, navy yard, New York, will retire from active duty on January 1 next. The Navy Department | today announced that his advance to the rank of vice admiral upon retire- ment is in accord with the act of Con- gress of March 4, 1915, giving that | status to Army and Navy officers who | served with the Isthmian Canal Com- | mission in Panama for more than three | years and who were not advanced in rank by other provisions. The law pro- vides these officers should be advanced cne grade in rank upon retirement. officer of a staff corps of the Navy has held the rank of vice admir Navy Department announcement said. Rear Admiral Leys served with the Isthmian Canal Commission from Feb- ruary, 1907, to March, 1910, and was superintendent of the Colon Hospital, Cristobal, Canal Zone. He is a native of Philade'phia, where he was born De- cember 26, 1867. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1890. ARMY WARNS FLYERS Pilots Told to Avold Langley Field Target Ranges. Alrplane pilots have been warned to stay clear of bombing and gunnery ranges in the vicinity of Langley Fleld, where practice end record bombing and gunnery matches are in rro(ma The ranges include aerial gunnery on ground targets at Messick Point, bomb- ing on the Plum Tree Point Range, at drive against employmert bureau oper- | | stable.” “This will be the first time that an | SINGLE ISSUE PERL SEENBY DEMOCRAT ’Winebrenner Tells Women| | Voters Must Consider Va- riety of Problems. Voters should avoid the “single-issue | danger” in the next presidential ele I | tion, David C. Winebrenner, IIL sec- | retary of State of Maryland, told thel| | District of Columbia Women's Demo- | | cratic Education Council last night in | | the Hay-Adams House. | “'The “speaker cautioned against the | possibility of voting on one issue alone, | | without considering others of equal | | weight and importance. He conceded | | there are exceptional times when such | a policy is natural and defensible. |~ “The presidential campaign of 1916,” | Mr. Winebrenner said, “is a noteworthy | instance. The West, right or wrong, | was definitely opposed to our entering | the war. That issue was of such tran- | scen importance _that* it over- | whelmed every domestic question. Er- Wilson was anti-war. ithnu(h!, supported by Roosevelt, was | pro-war. The issue was clean cut, and | they voted on that issue and that alone. i { Only One Issue at Stake. { “The fact Wilson's position was ut-| terly misunderstood and the fact the| | West itself later became as definitely | | pro-war as the East, does not destroy the force of the example. The fact re- mains that in the 1916 campaign, so far as the West was concerned, e was only one issue at stake, and on that issue they voted. “But the 1916 campaign was one of the exceptions that proved the rule. Generally, as at present, there are any number of important political prob- | lems, international and domestic, that the voter is called upon to consider. | And my plea is that we insist that| study be given to all questions which ! confront the country and which will| confront the Democratic national ad- ministration that goes into office on | March 4, 1933." Mr. Winebrenner said the voters should consider such issues as war debts. economic problems, disarma- ment, stablilzation of prices for farm products and prohibition. Sees Fiscal Weakness. “We have learned in a most dis- {ressing fashion,” he said. “that even with the admirable Federal Reserve System, established under a Democratic administration, our national financial structure is not yet adapted to meet such a depression as we have been pass- ing_through during the Hoover panic. “Prozen_ credits precipitated ~bank failures which in many instanzes could have been avoided if we had some cen- | tral credit organization, modeled after the Federa] Reserve but capable of han- dling paper which the Federal Reserve rightly cannot handle. It is characteris- tic of the present administration that such & system was set up in the Na- tional Credit Corporation after the dam- age was done and the horse had left the Hughes, they Mr. Winebrenner was introduced by Mrs. Margaret Dawkins, program chair- man. Mrs. Clara Wright Smith, presi- dent, presided. Mrs. Lester J. Pollock, assisted by Miss Nina Jones and Miss Lyda Mae Frances of the Education Committee, reviewed laws of various States govern- ing absentee voting. Miss Mae Helm, chairman of finance, announced a benefit card party to be held December 2 at the Carlton Hotel, a portion of the proceeds to be devoted to a pure-milk fund for babies.’ | A new sticker stamp, showing a pranc- ing donkey. was placed on sale, inscribed “Democratic Victory, 1932. — SODALITY SERVICES TO BE HELD SUNDAY Sacrament and Sermon to Be Held in Celebration at Holy Consforter. The semi-annual demonstration of | the Sodality Union of Washington, in honor of the Blessed Mother, will be held in the Church of the Holy Com- forter, Fourteenth and East Capitol streets, Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. J. Maurice King, assistant pastor of St. Cyprian’s Church, will preach the sermon, and Rev. Joseph V. Buck- ley, pastor of St. Xavier's Church, will celebrate the benediction of the most blessed sacrament. Rev. Thomas F. Sweency, assistant pastor of St. An- thony's Church, will be deacon and Rev. W. H. Ahern, assistant pastor of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacra- ment, subdeacon. Rev. J. P. Begley will be master of ceremonies. A musical program hes been arranged uwngl; the direction of Miss Margaret Births Eeporled. the mouth of Black River; tow target k. Comiors and. bomb!::m the weor on the wesf side of the Langley Field, reservation. The following_bi: revorted | Tt “HeR Deseramen i tthe | Jast 3 ook M. and | AT 303 MR Wen ", CHANGE DEMANDED Slowness and Inefficiency Charged in Plea to Com- missioners. WORK ORDERS IGNORED, EDUCATION HEADS SAY Claim Needed Equipment Left Un- usable—See Hope for Improvement After Sympathetic Hearing. A petition for improved administra- tion of the District of Columbia Re- pair Shop was placed before the Com- missioners today by a delegation of Board of Education members and school officials. In their petition, the school people sought acceleration” of needed work in the school buildings. They pointed out instances of new equipment standing idle in new school buildings because the repair shop force had not made the necessary connections. One ex- ample of this delay is the Charles W. Eliot Junior High School. opened in September. Some of its! equipment is in unusable condition. | Claim Priority Tgnored. The school authorities also asserted | that their own priority listing of re- pair jobs frequently is ignored by the repair shop, so that repairs and instal- lations recognized by the school people themselves as of prime importance frequently go unattended while insig- nificant tasks are performed by the repair shop, which seeks to suits its own convenience. Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, chair- man of the Board of Commissioners, | and Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby, | it was understood, received the petition of the school authorities with sympathy, although they made no specific prom- . The school people felt, however, at the close of their session with the District heads that the present diffi- culties emanating from the present ad- ministration of the repair shop would be corrected in the near future. Appear Before Board. ‘The school authorities who appeared before the board were Mrs. Philip Sid- ney Smith, Rey. F. I. A. Bennett and George Whitwell, members of the Board of Education; Dr. Frank W. Ballou, su- perintendent of schools;: Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent; Jere J. Crane, first assistant superin tendent in charge of business affairs, and Robert Haycock, assistant super- intendent. which was 15 PERSONS SHAKEN IN ELEVATOR MISHAP District Building Lift, Condemned by Inspector, Falls to Basement. Fifteen employes at the District Building were slightly shaken yesterday when one of the antiquated elevators in service there failed to stop at the ground floor and fell with a jerk to the basement. The occupants were forced to make their way on foot to the first-floor level, the mishap occurring when only one of the six elevators was working. The electrical power had been cut to a min- imum and there was not enough to bring the car, with its full load, back from the basement. ‘The elevator, which was back in serv- ice again today, is one of six in use at the building which have been con- demned by Col. John Oehmann, build- ing inspector. COMMUNISM 1S TOPIC Unannounced Speaker Will Ad-| dress Harmony Club Tonight. Every phase of Communism will be discussed tonight at 8 o'clock at & meeting of Harmony Club, local unit of the National Order of Protestant Clubs, Inc, in I O. O. F. Hall, 822 Twentieth street. The identity of the speaker ‘was not announced. The 'mony Club, organized last May, claims a membership of more than 3,000 with clubs in the District of Columbia and Virginia. Its policies, according to an announcement today, are “pure Americanism and opposition to the communistic activities and other subservient ‘isms’ which are gradually endeavoring to tear apart the American institutions and ideals. PRISON PLOT REVEALED Attempt to Release Ernest Booth, Author, Frustrated. OAKLAND, Calif., November 17 (#).— District Attorney Ear]l Warren of Ala. meda County yesterday annourced dis- covery of & plot which, he said, sought the release of Ernest Booth, nationally known author. from Folsom Prison, ‘Warren Mulvey, 38, a former convict, was declared to have obtained all legal papers in connection with the Booth case through substitution of dummies when he called at the county clerk’s office here to see the record. Warren said Mulvey attempted to change the record to leave legal loopholes which would result in the release of the con- viet, TURKEY BARS IMPORTS Purchase of Nearly 1,000 Articles Abroad Is Limited. ISTANBUL, Turkey, November 17 (#). —Almost paralyzing foreign trade in Turkey, the government issued a de- cree yesterday drastically limiting the importations of 1,000 articles. America was among the nations hard hit, and diplomatic protests are expected from many countries. No consideration was given to merchandise now in cus- toms or en route. Quotas effective yesterday limit the importation of such American articles as automobiles, motion picture films, camera films, automobile tires and radios. Comparatively small amounts of these articles will be permitted to enter the country during November and December, and new quotas will be fixed for succeeding months. . Citizens’ Group to Meet. BLADENSBURG, Md., November 17 (Special) —Officers for the ensuin year will be elected at the meeting the Greater Bladensburg District Cit ' Assoclation tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the parish hall of St. Luke's opal Church. Eptertainment and Npo e provideds :Rng features will Two views of the foot ball squad at Lorton Reformatory in action. ‘6 few cheers when the going's tough; that's the thing for foot ball players—" Supt. A. C. Tawse of Lor- ton Reformatory paused at the edge of the prison's athletic feld vesterday afternoon. “That’s the tting for foot ball play- ers,” he repeated, waving his cigar at the 60 men in uniform who were tack- ling and kicking across the white- barred expanse “——for foot ball play- ers and men!” Foot ball, the superintendent said, is no new thing at Lorton this season. The sport, as a matter of fact, is in its sixth year, although teams in the past had little or no equipment . But this year the white and colored squads, who practice and play separ- ately, received 60 complete uniforms through the enthusiastic efforts of a fellow prisoner—Edmund L. Rheem, working in co-operation with Mr. Tawse and a group of Rheem's friends outside the prison. Rheem, a college graduate, who learned foot ball under one of the great Eastern coaches, has been elected coach and manager. Outside his eight-hour prison stint, he devotes most of his time to arranging schedules with out- side teams for the white and colored squads and in drilling them on alters nating afternoons throughout the week. lad to struggle along with | “Foot ball is filling a real need here,” ‘Tawse added as he watched the prac- tice from the shadow of new stands, built to accommodate 1,200 prisoner- spectators. “It helps the players and it helps the spectators. “Take those fellows out there. Plenty of them never had a cheer before. And there are plenty of men in the stands, when the teams play on Saturdays and Sundays, who never cheered before. But you ought to hear them now, root- ing for their foot ball teams! “The game is popular here. It's rough, but it's fair. The players like it and, the spectators like it. They've found a game which can't be beaten when it's played hard gnd clean and by the rules. Come down Sunday and watch those teams play and hear the stands cheer!” “All right, fellows,” yelled Rheem to the two squads, “line up for a couple of jogs around the field—snap it up!” “Okay, Eddie!” youngster, limping a little as he fell in behind the squads. “Get a move cn there, Jack!” snapped Rheem, “you need a work-out for that charley horse.” “What’s the hurry—what's the hur- 1y’ retorted the youngster, sprinting toward the head of the line, “I've got 689 gfiyn yet!” 5 ,"” laughed Rheem, as he watched answered a_grinning | | the squads circle the field, “he's got [plenty of time, but I'll bet that kid’s | the first one in!" Sure enough, he was. “That's the spirit,” said Tawse. “And do those boys play fcot ball? Some of them never saw a foot ball before, some played the game in high school, but they work together and they don't hold back on a tackle. “Last Sunday they beat a Washing- ton athletic club, a scrappy, experienced outfit, 12 to 0. Next Sunday our col- ored team goes up against one of the strongest aggregations in Washington. “Both teams are dated up until the last of Decembér. We have a game Thanksgiving, and on December 20 the white team plays the District amateur | champions.” The white team lost its first two games this season, but, starting with | Sunday's win, expects to make a clean | sweep of the remaining contests. | _“Don’'t get the impression,” said “that this is a playhouse down . ‘Those fellows out there work as hard in the shops as they play on the fleld. “And it's a funny thing, the men who run the hardest with that ball are the vclry men we know won't run out on us “Just come down and see them in a real game some time!” PAINT FIRM SEEKS PAY L0SS OF L. $8,000 Dropped Through Wage Ruling, Contractor Maintains. Criticizing operation of the Bacon- Davis law, which requires contractors | on Government work to pay the “pre- | vailing wage,” the Alliance Construction Co. of New York has filed claim with | the Government for $8.000, representing the amount of additional wages the company says it was forced to pay on account of & decision by the Secretary of Labor. The Alliance Co, which was using non-union labor on a painting job at the new Internal Revenue Bureau Building, was reported to the Secretary of Labor by the local painters’ union, which charged the company .was vio- lating the Bacon-Davis act. ‘The company, through its field super- intendent in charge here, Herman Mor- ris, protested, and contended he was paying more than what he considered the prevailing wage in open-shop paint jobs here in the District of Columbia. Ordered to Meet Scale. Secretary of Labor Doak, however, upheld tneyumon's contention that $11, the wage paid union painters, was the prevailing scale here. Mr. Doak notified the Secretary of the Treasury, in charge of the public building work, and the paint company was ordered to pay the revailing wage. 5 Moms,‘tn protesting the decision, claimed the Government had accepted his bid, tied him up in a contract, and then forced him to pay a higher wage cost than the cost on which he had tased his bid. He said he considered this unfair. He agreed, however, under protest, as of August 31, to pay the pre- vailing scale of $11. He claimed he had been paying from $8 to $12 a day to his men, which he said was higher than the n shop scale here. P hter the paint job was finished last week the Alllance Co. figured that the manner in which the Bacon-Davis law was administered, forcing higher wages, had cost $8,000 more than it otherwise would under the old wage scale. A claim for $8,000 then was filed with the Treasury Department. Case May Go to Court, The company has been informed, however, such a claim must be filed with the General Accounting Office, of which the head is Controller General McCarl. It could 'not be ascertained today whether the $8,000 claim had ac- tually reached McCarl, but it is known to be on its way. The decision of McCarl in this case is awaited with keen interest, as it in- volves a question vital to administration of the Bacon-Davis law. The Alliance Co. has indjeated readi- ness to fight the principle of their con- tention to the highest tribunal. Religious Lectures Start. HAYMARKET, Va, November 17 (Special) —Canon F. E. Howitt of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, began last night the first of a series of lectures, which will be given each night this week in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, The lectures have to do with the out- standing characters in the Book of Genesis and the series will end with the 8 oclock service Sunday night. Rev. W. F. Carpenter is rector of the church, sponsoring. the preaching mission. Mr. ‘system to Heads Auxiliary INSTALLED AS PRESIDENT OF LEGION BRANCH. * MRS. JOSEPH H. MIMS, New president of the District of Colum- bla Department of the American Legion Auxiliary. The installation of Mrs. Mims and other officers, elected Satur- day, was held in the Willard Hotel last night. —Harris-Ewing Photo. PERSHING 1S HONORED BY ADVERTISING GROUP Members Recently Commissioned as Reserve Officers Fete General. Gen. John J, Pershing was honor guest today at a luncheon given by members of the selective service ad- vertising group, composed of promi- nent business and advertising men re- cently commissioned in the Army Re- serve Corps as the nucleus of an organ- ization for dissemination of selective service information in the event of a national emergency. With Gen. Pershing, at the luncheon in the Wardman Park Hotel, were a number of other officers. These in- cluded Gen. A. H. Moses, assistant chief of staff; Col. W. S. Fulton of the general staff, Maj. J. E. Cox, Maj. G. W. Sterns and J. C. O'Laughlin, pub- lisher of the Army-Navy Journal. Later today the members of the se- lective service group will call upon Gen. Douglas MacArthur, chief of staff of the Army. The group is headed by Lieut. Col. Willlam H. Rankin of New York, presi- dent of the advertising agency which bears his name. More than a score of prominent advertising men, publishers and business men comprise the person- nel of the organization. TALK BANK NEEDS Banking legislation to be proposed in the next Congress was discussed today by President Hoover and Sen- ator Walcott of Connecticut, a mem- ber of the Senate Banking and Cur- rency Committee. Walcott said his subcommittee would meet next week to draw up a report on hearings held last Spring. The Connecticut Republican declined, however, to say what particular meas- ures had been talked over with the President. Hoover recently advocated a | ARNER TESTAMENT -FILED FOR PROBATE Original Will Is Modified fiy Codici'—Daughters Bene- fit Mostly. ‘The will of John B. Larner, president of the Washington Loan & Trust Co., dated August 12, 1909, and modified by codicil of November 27, 1929, was filed today for probate. The value of the estate is not disclosed. Under the original will, his household effects and office equipment, together with the contents of the Summer home at Anaafield, Pa., are left to the widow, Mrs. Anna Parker Larner, who is also to have the proceeds of certain insur- ance policies. The remaining estate is devised to the Washington Loan & Trust Co., intact, to pay the net income to Mrs. Larner during her life and after her death to hold for the benefit of the children until each reaches the age of 35 years, when each is to receive a pro- portionate share of the estate. By the codicil Mr. Larner provided that each of his daughters, Ruth L. Oliphant, Margaret L. Wotherspoon, Isabella L. Stott, Anna S. Larner and Lucy B. Larner is to have 10 shares of the stock of the Washington Loan & Trust Co. The New York Avenue Pres- byterian Church is given $1,000 and the Presbyterian Home of the District of Columbia $500. George Washington University is left $800 to found a schol- arship medal to be awarded in the law department. A bequest of $500 is made to his secretary at the trust com- pany, no name being mentioned. Each of the domestics in his employ is to receive $100. Mrs. Larner and the Washing !grx; & Trust Co. are named as exec- utors. WOMEN IN VARIED WORK Occupations Range From Detec- tives to Store Owners in Capital. Occupations of Washington women range from detectives to disinfectant store owners, according to Alice Jef- feris of 120 Maryland avenue north- east, who is ng a business women's directory for publication. Mrs. Jefferis today revealed other calling to be found include doctors, lawyers, sewing machine mechanics, transfer storage service operators, an- tique dealers, architects, brokers, chiro- practors, dairy owners, beauty parlor operators, delicatessen store owners and stenographers. p) directory will contain the names, telephone numbers, addresses and oc-l cupations of some 3,000 business wom- en. It will be distributed in office buildings, hotels and homes in Jan- uary. A new issue is planned every six months. GUILD WILL MEET Sibley Hospital Group Will Hear Report on “Hospital Night.” The November meeting of the Wom- en's Guild of Sibley Memorial Hospital will be held Thursday morning at 10:45 o'clock in Rust Hall, adjoining the hos- pital. Reports on “Hospital night” will be heard at thl&flme. Mrs. Harry W. Burgan, wife of the minister of Hamlne Methodist Episco- pal Church, will conduct the devo- tional exercises, and Mrs. E. B. Neifert, of 12 home loan discount banks soloist of Brightwood Park Church, will sing. E 3 AT ST. ELIZABETH'S Dr. White Says Hospital Is Treating One-Third Too Many Patients. FAVORS COURT TRIALS FOR INSANE PERSONS Report Also Urges District Police to Have Demented Prisoners Treated. St. Elizabeth’s Hospital is “acutely overcrowded,” Dr. William A. White, gt‘;ec‘mr Oll the :rtl.st'l!ot,ug:)n, declared in nnual rej e Secr the Interior. P s During the past year, he pointed out, 5,354 patients were treated at the hos- pital, of whom 4,721 were retained there for varying periods. The hospital is carrying practically one-third more patients than it has facilities for, Dr. White said, and the past two years have seen an increase of approximately 200 patients per year. Urges Legislative Action. Dr. White explained pending legisla- tion to change the methods o!( ng.lnla sion to the hospital, including provisions for voluntary commitment, with pro- vision for discharge on three days' no- tice, provision that insane persons taken into custody by the police shall not be subjected to trial as criminals but held at the hospital and treated unless they or their relatives demand trial, and provision for trial by court rather g‘a.zli Jjury, of insane persons demanding The pending legislation, Dr. White sald, also provides for the automatic restoration of civil right of patients disc] d from the hospital as cured. Favors Court Trials. “Every effort,” Dr. White added, “;R‘xfiumof btehmlde m' s].ccure the modlg- n e present laws governing ad- Mut . w{ B%hlllnbep':':dlnd tll’l;:::‘e]:- ment of the proj or similar legislation. With the exception of seven States in the Union, jury trial for pur- poses of commitment has been aban- doned. If experience has demonstrated that the jury trial is wrong in so many States, it would seem the same condition should apply to the District of Columbia |lnd the residents should benefit by the experience that shows the need of this desirable change.” ‘The proposed legislation, Dr. White said, for the most part would make writs of habeas corpus on behalf of patients unnecessary and would make simpler the release of patients to those competent to care for them. ‘The farm and shop output of the hospital, the report says, increased in value $67,000 over the last year. The hospital now has the largest class of nurses in its history. WAR VETERAN ENDS LIFE AT HOSPITAL Failure toObtain Leave to Visit Wife Blamed for William Roe’s Act. Roe, 61-year-old war veteran, committed suicide last night by leap 20 fet from a second-story window a Soldlers’ Home Hospital to the concrete paving below. . Homesickness is believed to have prompted his act. Police were told that Roe, who had been confined to the hospital two weeks for mental observation, pleaded with an attendant last night to be allowed to re- turn to his home in Baltimere. A short time later Charles Webster, a fellow patient, saw Roe run to the window, climb to the ledge and jump. His body was found by George Clark, a telephone operator at the institution, Hospital attendants told ice Ros had pleaded to be allowed visit his wife in Baltimore, and finally was given a leave of absence last week. It is thought he became homesick again yes- terday and decided to commit suicide when his request for leave was not im- mediately acted upon. A certificate of suicide was issued toe day by Coroner Rogers. CHILD WELFARE NEEDS OF D. C. WILL BE TOLD Miss Katharine F. Lenroot to Ad- dress University Women and Members of Committee Invited. “Child Welfare Needs of the Dis- trict” will be @iscussed in an address by Miss Katharine F. Lenroot, acting chief of the Children's Bureau, Depart- ment of Labor, at a dinner of the American Association of University Women tomorrow. Members of a special committee on child welfare for the District, appointed by the Commissioners at the request of the last Congress, will be honor guests. They are Dr. W. C. Fowler, District health officer, chairman; Judge Kath- ryn Sellers of Juvenile Court; Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, member Board of Education; Dr. F. W. Ballou, super- intendent of schools; Mrs. F. C. Wil- son, Board of Public Welfare, and T. oafichhh of the corporation counsel's e. The committee, which has been studying District needs for some time, will report to the Commissioners short= ly after Congress opens. CANADA OFFERS BONDS $150,000,000 National Service Loan to Go on Sale Nov. 23. OTTAWA, November 17 (#)—Can- ada's $150,000,000 national service loan will be offered to the public Monday, November 23, it was announced yes- terday. E. N. Rhodes, acting minister of finance, in fixing the te, said the loan would w've two maturities, one series falling uus in 1936 and the other November 15, 1941. ‘The bonds will be issued in standard denominations, although in the five- year issue there also will be $100 cer- tificates. The acting minister did not an- nounce the price gt which the bonds will be offered. A D. of R. Plans Clrd—Plrty. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., November 17 (Special).—A card party will be given Priday night in Odd Fellow's hall under the auspices of the Daughters of Rebekah No. 50. Proceeds will go to the