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The Sundy Stae [ WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1931. PAGE B—1 Edith Riley Is Still Pvuzzlq Z,M] ARE GUESTS Features of Race Meet at “Burrland” TRIALS AND RACES Yot oaeee PROTEST T0 HOOVER ONARLINGTON SPAN PILLARS IMMINENT CONTEMPT ACTION FACED BY SEVERAL IN PITTS DEFENSE. of Two Schools and Require Long Consideration. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. }this level there are differgnces in in- U. S. to Cite at Least Five Connected With Trial. Names Withheld. FAKE PAPERS CLAIMED IN CONSPIRACY PROBE Government Charges Authorization Spurious—New Proceedings Due This Week. Contempt citations against several rsons connected with G. Bryan Pitts n his defense at the F. H. Smith Co. conspiracy-embezzlement trial last year willkbe sought by the Government this week. The names of the persons that Dis- trict Supreme Court Justice F. D. Letts will be asked to adjudge in contempt are being withheld, but it is under- stood petitions will be filed against at least five. Pitts and two other officers of the Smith company were tried for a con- spiracy to embezzle funds and_ destroy records of that corporation. To meet ‘the embezzlement phase of the charge { Pitts, through his attorneys, introduced {142 authorizations purporting to show ihe was entitled to receive the money he was charged with embezzling. | Authorizations Questioned. | Despite the introduction of these )idocuments, the jury found Pitts and his \two associates, John H. Edwards, ir., Jand C. Albert Anadale, guilty of the charge. A short time later the Government charged these authorizations were spuri- ous and secured the return of perjury {indictments against Pitts, Edwards, Emory L. Coblentz, Frederick, Md., ; banker;, Miss Helen Schneider, secre- . tary for Pitts, and H. O. Hart, an ac- countant. These indictments are still pending. Contempt of court proceedings, based on the act of bringing the documents dnto court, were started against Pitts, however, and he was found guilty and sentenced to serve a year and a day in the penitentiary. At that time Nugent Dodds, Assistant Attorney General, ad- wised the court he would file petitions Bgainst other persons whose names were Ebrought into the testimony at the hear- ‘ing of the charge against Pitts. (" Edwards, in his testimony, said the puthorizations were prepared at _Pitts® {home in Florida a few weeks before ghe trial opened. The documents, how- ,ever, bore dates indicating they had been prepared, in some cases, several years prior to that time. Claims Acid Used. Edwards sald he and Hart treated them with acid so they would have an ged appearance. He also said Cob- femz signed a number of the papers, using different pens and different col- ‘pred inks. The banker admitted he had signed ithe documents in this manner, but said e understood they were to be used nly for purposes of completing certain corporate records and that they were ot to figure in any way in the trial. Miss Schneider was called to the and and asked if she had purchased paper knife in Florida a few weeks fore the trial. She refused to answer he question on the ground it might nd to incriminate her. The Govern- ent contends this knife was used to rim the papers on which the authori- tions were typed. At the contempt hearing Justice Letts endeavored to ascertain whether any of the attorneys, who represented Pitts “1 the embezzlement trial, had any reason £o question the authenticity of the docu- ents. All of the lawyers, who testified, Paid they believed them to be genuine. " Burkinshaw to Assist. Pitts was represented at that time by ank G. Raichle of New York and ‘Wilton J. Lambert, Rudolph Yeatman, | eorge D. Horning, jr, and Edmund oland of Washington. Mr. Yeatmen :as not called as & witness at the con- mpt, hearing. Mr. Dodds will be assisted in the trial f the new charges by Nefl Burkinshaw, special assistant to the Attorney Gen- ral. $SUSPECT IN SHOOTING IS RELEASED ON BOND MMan Charged With Firing Twice % at D. C. Fireman Says Wife / ‘Was in Same Room. Oscar Metz, arrested after he al-| fgegedly fired two shots at a District | Wfireman whom he found in a rooming ouse with his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth ietz, was released on $1,000 bond yes- rday afternoon Metz, who lives at 644 Park road old second precinct police he traced is wife to a house in the 1300 block $of N street earlier in the day and ound her with the fireman, Henry A. rrison. He decided to follow her, he aid, when she left home in the morn- ng, after saying she was going to visit girl friend. Enraged when he found his wife and Drrison together, Metz, according to olic: drew a 38-caliber revolver and fired twice. Both shots went wild, Bowever. | Metz was arrested a few minutes fater by Policeman Frank J. Noble, who charged Nm with assault with a dongerous weapon. The officer said Metz told him he had “caught” his Wife and Orrison together once before. The fireman lives at 641 Park road, | Imost directly across the street from he Metz home. MAJ. GOTWALS EXPECTED | T0 RESUME DUTIES SOON Engineer Commissioner Reported | Making Progress Toward Re- ‘ covery in Virginia. Maj. John C. Gotwals, engineer com- { gnissioner of the District, Who has en ill since June, is expected to re- turn to his office in the District Build- gng within the next month, it was said esterday by District officials Wwho ave kept in close touch with him Gallinger Hospital officials are in no hurry to pronounce judgment om little Ed}"';h {‘2119 " lkely ychologists are to disagree— and disagree plenty—before a final Judgment can be reached as to whether she is a child of retarded intelligence who never will develop much beyond her present status, or a little girl with normal capabilities whose development only temporarily has been suspgaded | because of adverse environment. So far as is known, it is the first case of the kind recorded in scientific literature, and it may become a psycho- logical classic. In any event, as point- ed out in the accompanying letter from Mrs, Edith Sutherland Elmore Gallin- ger Hospital psychologist, concerning whose opinions considerable misunder- standing has arisen because of lay at-y tempts to interpret rather difficult ma- terial, it is not a matter to ke settled by any snap judgment. It was learned at the office of the superintendent of the hospital yester- day that a very distinguished American psychiatrist had beep engaged to study the little girl, whose pathetic story has aroused the sympathy of all Washing- ton during the past two weeks. It also was learned that a neurological exam- ination had not «lisclosed anything out of the ordinary Gallinger offie'als are not willing to release the results already obtained from measurements of the child’s intel- ligence. In tMe first place, they say, it is not ethical to release material con- cerning anybody’s intelligence unless the material is demanded by a court. A psychologist’s relations with a pa- tient are exactly as confidential as a physician’s, and the fact that the little girl cannot help herself does not change the ethics of the situation. Will Refer Back to Tests. All the which have been pub- lished conml the child’s mglu'.&l status, it was insisted, have been based on chance scraps of information gath- ered by persons with no professional knowledge on which to interpret them. Those who watch the little girl can come to their- own conclusions as to whether she is feeble-minded or not, but conclusions based on chance obser- vations are of no more validity in a case of mental retardation than in a case of polio-myelitis. Mrs. Elmore sald today: “Psycho- logical examinations made immediately after this child's release from seclusion are of value largely to check back on when future examinations are given, not that they will show necessarily anything like the real content®of her mind, but only what she is willing to give forth. They certainly cannot be used as a basis for interpreting the child’s intelligence in terms of future development because of this important fact—we have at this time no accurate information as to what her intelligence was prior to the alleged isolation. How she will develop hinges very largely on this point.” Her Status Still Undecided. Edith is a weird little figure with her slightly misshapen head and sunken eyes, going rapidly through a picture book, but hardly looking at any of the pictures and opening the mail addressed to her with crude, tearing movements, only to throw aside instantly the con- tents. One need not be a psychologist to tell that there is something wrong with her, at this time. And one hardly can avoid the thought that upon that little head the fierce light of publicity may be turned for a long time to come —she promises to be such a crucial figure in the age-old nature versus nurture controversy which has come down the ages from Plato and Aris- totle and rages as fiercely today as ever. Gallinger officials refuse to talk for publication until they have something to talk about—and it can be said con- fidently that up to the present they haven't anything justifying a profes- sional opinion. Doubtless she has showed some improvement, but it may not be much more than could be ex- pected as the result of the stimulus of a fresh and more agreeable environ- ment. It is the old controversy that is affording the interest. She may show little intelligence because she has little capacity for it. On the other hand, she may rate low because the things with which intelligence deals in the past have been painful to her—and only as they become pleasant will she make the normal responses to them. ‘The point involved, in brief, is this: Is intelligence an hereditary quality, largely determined at birth and not greatly affected by experience? Or, is it a psychogenetic thing—a devem- ment through experience of the > clency of the brain? Advocates of nei- ther school will be satisfied with & snap judgment, based on a few tests extended over a few days. Intelligence Is Wide Term. It depends on the definition of in- telligence one is willing to accept and, secondarily, on the validity of the in- struments used to measure it. Intelligence in man may be defined as the functioning of the cerebral cor- tex—the thick layer of nerve cell bodies that lies over the brain like a roof over a house, It is connected by millions of micro- scopic threads to the outside surface of the body. The retina of the eye re- ceives light waves from various objects— faces of persons, letters on a printed page, Western horizons at sunset. Each light wave that falls on the retina causes a chemical action. This causes an electrochemical impulse to travel along one of the microscopic threads to a specific part of the cerebral cortex. Literally thousands or these electro- chemical impulses, all moving to the visual area of the cerebral cortex al- most simultaneously, are set up by the light waves from any object the eye falls upon. In the cortex they are all co-ordinated into a picture and the erson sees. = The mere act of seeing, since it is & function of the cortex, would probably be defined as intelligence. Countless generations in the evolution of life ve re any anima) had | | were nezessary befor tg i n]sqme‘ “intelligence” = enough species see better than others. Some see different things than others because of the difference in the mechanism of the eye, admitting different sorts of light rays at different angles and hence setting up different Sorts of impulses to the cortex. It is possible that some animals see better than man, and hence are more “intelligent” than man, so far as this particular factor of intelligence is concerned. Difference Lies in Thinking. The same sort of explanation, with slight variations, holds for the other senses. From the ears sound waves set up electrochemical lmglelln. which go to a specific area of the cortex. From the tongue go taste impulses, from the nose smell impulses, from the skin touch and temperature impulses. From these impulses the world of the indi- vidual's expericnce is created. So far as man is concerned, it is an act of in- telligence, depending on the function- ing of the cortex, to be aware of any- jguring his absence. Latest reports from Maj. Gotwals, who is convalescing in Virginia, indi- ate he is making rapid progress to- erd recovery. Before going to Vir- inja he was under treatment at alter Reed Hospital mn:nqm:glne-o(lnj. Gotwals, A. Da , senior as- er, has er. thing at all. But this is only the basis of intelll- gence so far as man and the higher mammals are concerned. ‘To have any intelligence at all it is necessary to see, hear, smell, taste and feel objects—or, if any one of these senses is absent, to substitute effectively some other f« telligence. In some of the’lower mam- mals “intelligence” may be very little more than this. But in the case of the little black baby gorilla at the Zoo, Edith Riley, Prof. Albert Einstein and the rest of us members of the anthropoidal branch of the mammal family the most es- sential differences are due to some- thing else—the ability to co-ordinate great numbers of sights, sounds, tastes and smells into an infinite number ot 'meaningful wholes, Only very small patches of the little gorily's cerebral cortex are g-oncerned wifn actually seeing, htll%lg or feeling. There are large areas between them which are not, connected directly with the out- si€e of the body and to which no very specific function can be assigned. That William Ziegler, Jr., Is Host to Throng at Estate Near Middleburg. ) FIELD, TRACK AND RING EVENTS ARE ALTERNATED Miss Ann Leith's Bandit Flag Takes Course Contest From is how he differs most essentially from a dog. Sthi larger parts of Edith Riley's brain are not concerned with specific functions, connected directly with the sense organs. And in Prof. Einstein’s case, it may be assumed, the difference is still more pronounced in the same direction. These are the great co-ordi- nation areas, where takes place the put- ting togethrr of sensory impulses which constitute $hinking. Up to this point the different schools of psychology would go along together. Right here they are inclined to part company—and the little Riley girl's case may be a classic in textbooks for years to come. What determines how well this cortex—especially its co-ordination part—functions? Psychologists Differ. Fortunately for most of us—however irritating it may be for the psycholo- gists—the top of the brain is protected by a thick opaque skull through which one cannot look with a microscope. Everything has to be deduced by slow, patient effort. About the only way one can determine how well the cortex functions is to observe the results, not the processes, of its functioning. So various tests have been devised to measure specific sorts of functioning— euch as discrimination, reasoning and memory. These are what have been applied to the little girl. Now one school of psychologists would say that the way her cortex functions is dependent essentially on the kind of cortex she was born with. It depends on the number and quality of the nerve cells in the cortex how well she sees and hears and co-ordinates seeing and 41 Competitors. BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, JR. Btaff Correspondent of The Star MIDDLEBURG, Va., November 21.— A day of horse sport such as the Eng- lish baras and Scotch reviewers might have found it herd to describe adequate- ly was held here today on the estate of William Ziegler, jr., millionaire turfman. Approximately 2,000 persons were guests at the Burrland hunter trials, horse show and race meet which formed a three-ring circus of equine sport thrill- ing to every horse lover in the crowd. In addition to the display of horse talent, which Mr. Ziegler, with the as- sistance of virtually every stable owner in this section of the country, supplied for the entertainment of the visitors, there was a sumptuous barbecue and buffet Juncheon. From farm houses and Colonial man- sions in the district, spectators came to- | day by gig, horseback, afoot and, some- what averse to the spirit of the occasion, automobile. The origins of the visitors were as varlegated as the colors of the sports costumes they wore. But as the green hills of Burrland served as a background for every shade of cloth and scarf, so the common love of good horses was the impulse which brought the crowd to the scene. “Bandit Flag” Wins. ‘The day opened at 11 o'clock with a hunter trial, in which little Miss Ann Leith’s Bandit Flag won over 41 com- petitors. Miss Leith, still in her early teens, rode her chestnut hunter over hearing. If one is born with short fingers one never will be much of a violin player. It doesn't make much difference to what sort of environment the person is subjected. If one is born with a short cortex one never will be a very acute seer or facile co-ordinator, regardless of education and exercise. And if one is born with a big, nerve- packed cortex, not even years in the darkness of a closet would make it much (Continued on Page 2, Column 1,) D. C. GETS INQUIRY ON SITE OF SCHOOL Commissioners Will Answer Education Board Letter on Status This Week. ‘This week the District Commission- ers will wrestle again with the prob- lem of purchasing a site for a new high school in the Reno section of the city. Yesterday they received from the Board of Education a letter inquir- ing what the present status of the purchase is. The answer to the ques- tion involves a history of a long wran- gle over the purchase of two school sites in the Reno section, and thus far no visible action has been taken look- ing toward acquisition of the high school site, although on recommenda- tion of the Commissioners the appro- priation for its purchase was made “immediately available” when the Dis- trict’s supply bill was passed last Feb- ruary. A site designated for an_elementary school, at Thirty-ninth and Fessenden streets, s now under condemnation, al- though there is a possibility that this site may be used for the high school instead. This site is not favored by the school authorities for high school purposes, on the ground that it is too small and too expensive. Another site on Chesapeake street, further to the south, has been recommended. Action Fails to Materialize, ‘The action of the Board of Education followed a recent report that the Com- missioners intended to wait until Con- gress convenes hefore going ahead with acquisition of the high school site. On October 11, Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer had said that the Commissioners and the Board of Education would “come to a rather prompt agreement,” and that the high school site would be given definite action the next week. The ac- tion, however, has not materialized. Meanwhile, the Board of Education has expressed the view that if action is not taken promptly, Western High School will have to be run on a part- time basis before the new high school can be completed. In some quarters the delay in the purchase of the high school site has been laid to a “gentleman’s agreement” between Engineer Commissioner John C. Gotwals and Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, whose home at 3802 Grammercy place is in the immediate vicinity of both sites. The agreement was reported to be that the elementary school site at Thirty-ninth and Fessen- den sltreets would be used for the high school. ‘Will Answer This Week. Senator Nye, however, has said that his only interest is that an elementary school shall not be placed on the Thirty-ninth and Fessenden streets site. It is reported that Assistant Engi- neer Commisisoner Holland L. Robb has recommended a site for the high school to the Commissioners, but no action is known to have been taken on the recommendation. Dr. Reichelderfer yesterday said that the letter of the Board of Education would receive consideration by the Commissioners this week. EX-LEGION H.EAD BOOMED O’Neil Urged as Democratic Vice President Nominee. TOPEKA, November 21 (#).—The Topeka State Journal said today it had learned Kansas Democrats have pre- pared to launch a boom for Ralph T. O'Neil, former national commander of the American Legion, for the Demo- cratic nomination for Vice President. Supporters behind the move, State Journal sald, were und 3 be Democrats friendly to Newton D. ituf what is missing. their sensory Baker as a candidate for President. the course in fast time to turn in a clean performance. Johnnie Bamber, owned by Newell Ward, jr., was second, and Arthur White’s Which Way took third honors. Immediately after the trials there was & horse show class for hunters, to be shown over eight jumps not exceed- ing 4 feet, prizes of a $75 purse or plate to the first, second and third, E. L. Wolfe's Chatter Play was judged best in this difficult class, which re- quired the jumpers twice to clear two Alken type hurdles and two easier ones. Boy Priend, owned by Miss Rosemary Ward, took second, and Miss Julia Whiting’s In the Way was awarded the yellow ribbon. In the suckling and weanling class and the yearling division, both for horses raised by Loudoun and Fauquier County farmers, some excellent future prospects were led before the judges. George Slater's entry won the former class, with E. L Redmon and Mert Legge placing their colts in the ribbons in the order named. Mr. Redmon balanced his colt budget with a blue in the yearling class, his fine bay Prize coming to the fore there. The George Slater entry was runner-up and Aunt Polly, owned by Miss Julia Whiting, third. The first race cut in at this point to attract the interest of the crowd. Scheduled to go three-quarters of a mile on the flat track, flve runners faced the barrier. They were packed around the first turn, but Rienzie, with the owner-rider James Hamilton up, went on top as the fleld spread in the back stretch. The race offered a purse of $100 or plate to the first three in. The ladies’ race, second on the track card, saw five go to the post. Miss Fannie Whitfield took her fast Miss ‘Widworthy to the front at the first turn, with Mrs. John Hay Whitney close be- hind on Coq Gris. Mrs. Whitney rated off the pace down the back route, but made her move at the far turn to come in on the rail and go ahead. Miss Whitfleld was never able to head her afterward. Malden 3-year-olds and upward, giv- ing weight for age, went into the third contest, which was over 11 miles of track and brush hurdles. The race was the best of the day. Five again got off evenly and stayed together until L. Camplon’s Lippin Lad went well out at the first jump of the back stretch. H. R. Duffy’s King's Own held a close second with the others back off the pace. They came around the first time with Lippin Lad gain- ing a good length over every hurdle by virtue of superior jumping, but King's Own making up the distance on’the flat. As they went down the far way the last time the two named and W. A. Phillips’ Noon Joy were neck and neck, and it looked like anybody’s victory. '‘The latter pressed the pace and together with King's Own pulled out in front down the home stretch, King’s Own eking out a win under f}?f‘:;y Clark’s whip. Lippin Lad was rd. Leith’s Fluttering appeared again in the fourth race, the same distance for all ages, and J. Furr took him ahead the first round, but Jack Skinner's Blockhead caught up and wore the tired horse down. J. McGee had Block- head going away at the finish, Eight Mules Race. ‘The fifth was a three-quarters-of-a- mile race for eight mules, which fin- ished their riders with exhaustion from applying the whip, long before the last post was passed. A rider holding a broken and frayed whip in his hand came in first on a bay mule. He was too weary to give his name, A jumper class, horses to go over 414 feet,” performance only to count, was run’ off on the horseshoe ring during the last two races. Miss Julia Whit- ing’s stable took its third ribbon of the day, and the first blue one, when her Tip made the best round of the course. Randolph Duffy’s Great Chief won the red and Ralph Farnum, owned by W. C. Stevenson, had the third award. Among the spectators and exhibitors at the meet today were Col. and Mrs, D. C. Sands, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Laribee, Gen. and Mrs. Willlam Mitch- ell, Miss Katrina McCormick, Miss Joy Hansel, Miss Julia Whiting, Mr. an rs. J. H. Whitney, William Streett, Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Vickers, Jack Skinner, E. L. Redmon, Roger Bayley and many others from Virginia and ‘Washington. Visitors in the Middleburg sector this week end include: Lieut. and Mrs, McDonald Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bradley Eaton of Long Island, and Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Guy V. Henry, all guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler. Gen. and Mrs. Mitchell had as their guests Maj. and Mrs. A. D. Surles of Fort Myer and the Misses Jones and Davies of ‘Washington. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Frost entertained Francis Poe Brawley of the | Greenville, 8. C., and Miss Constance Regan of kong Island was a the house of Capt. and un'"'n“ o vfltfleld‘ i D.’ man, are shown above. Upper left: Miss Bettina Belmont, daughter of Mrs. Arthur White, taking one of the jumps on Cedarbrook. SOM!: of the outstanding events and personalities of the Burrland race meet yesterday, as snapped by the camera- Her horse furnished much encitement when it balked at a jump, then turned and went over a fence, completing the race without throwing the rider. i ‘Upper right: Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney watching_ their horses Center: Mrs. Whitney leading Miss Fanny Whitfield to the finish post Lower leff perform. t in the ladies’ flat race. Miss Ann Leith with Bandif Flag, on which she won the hunter trial. Lower right: Mr. and Mrs. William Ziegler, jr, on whose estate the meet was held. —Star Staff Photos. ECONOMY SPARES NAVAL HOSPITAL Plans for New Structure Go Forward Despite Other Cuts. Plans for the new Naval Hospital here will go forward, it was learned yesterday, despite President Hoover's naval economy program. The Allied chitects, Inc., a group of local archi- tAercts, now is proceeding with the draw- ing of completed plans, although this will take several months longer. Horace W. Peaslee, secretary, said yesterday the organization is trying to develop the plan which draws the best elements contained in the plans sub- mitted recently by 17 members, in the preliminary competition. There are 33 members in_the organization and its president is Frank Upham. Thorough study of the Washington Naval Hospital plans might take nearly a year, Mr. Peaslee sald, explaining the hospital occupies a peculiar situa- tion, located as it is near the costly Lincoln Memorial and the pretentious Arlington Memorial Bridge project. A building fronting on the Lincoln Me- morial will have to be architecturally in keeping with the monument if it is to have the sanction of the Fine Arts Commission, Mr. Peaslee asserted. Just when the construction of the new Naval Hospital will be started de- pends upon the rapidity with which Congress appropriates funds for this project. —_— DOG BITE FATAL TO FOUR By the Associated Press. - The death yesterday of Naval Ma- chinist's Mate Harold Basel Leonard of Des Moines brought to four the rabies fatalities resulting from attacks by & pet dog smuggled aboard the U. S. S. Edwards in Philippine waters last month. vy Department was informed or’x;.h:ox{:d‘s Geath at the Naval Hos- pital at Canacao, Philippine Islands. His next of kin was given as his fa- ther, Abraham G. Leonard of Des Moines. Eight other men bitten or scratched the dog on October 16 are still under treatment at the Cana- cao Hospital. Prisoner’s Offer To Go Free Fails To Sway Judge A novel plea to avert a jail sentence was_ brought forward yesterday by Defendant Godfrey Rosewag, 61, who had appeared in Police Court many times be- fore for being drunk. Rosew: readily admitted he was as the arresting po- liceman told the judge. “Judge, those people at the jail are tired of seeing me 50 much,” sald Rosewag, “so I think it would be a good idea if you would take my personal bond this time.” “Thirty days,” the Jjudge. NORTH DAKOTA U. GRID TEAM TO BE ENTERTAINED Will Be Guests at Dinner-Dance Thursday, Given by State Club and Society. Members of the University of North Dakota foot ball team, which meets the George Washington eleven here Thanksgiving day, will be guests of honor at a dinner-dance Thursday eve- ning given jointly by the University of North Dakota Club and the North Dakota State Society. In addition to local members of the soclety and club, a number of North Dakotans from New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore have made reservations for the game and are expected to at- tend the dinner-dance that night. A section of seats in Griffith Stadium has been reserved for North Dakotans in Washington. Arry are in angements for the charge of a joint committee composed of Charles D. Hamel, dent of the University of North Dakota Club; Alan E. Gray, president of the North Dakota State Society; Senator Gerald P. Nye, Judge E. T. Burke, Mrs. Julian D. Simpson, Miss Lydia Rabe, Vernon g;ag;sr. Prancis Brooke and David orb, replied State Worth More as Forest. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (#).—The State of Indiana was worth more the way the Indians had it than it is today, says Richard Lieber, State director of conservation. He t.heuxdnpumm the tax duplical is $5,350,000,000; s 18,500, ‘wood acres of hard- timber, now exhausted, would be wmx; mfl{zoo,mm made. BUS REGULATION TEST UPT0 COURT Power of Utilities Body Issue Tomorrow Involving Blue Ridge Co. ‘The first legal test of the authority ©of the Public Utilities Commission to regulate motor bus routes in the Dis- trict, reposed in it by the new traffic act which went into effect July 1, will be made tomorrow in Police Court in a ‘t:sse involving the Blue Ridge Transit o. ‘The commission, through its assist- ant general counsel, William A. Rob- erts, has charged the bus company, an interstate carrier, with deviating from | the prescribed route, in alleged viola- tion of existing regulations. Instead of turning north from Pennsylvania ave- nue at Thirteenth street. as ordered by | the commission, the corpany’s busses, | it is alleged, run to Fourteenth street {and turn north, passing the terminals |of_two other interstate bus lines. ‘The outcome of the case, it was said, will be awaited with interest by all interstate bus operators, especially those who are not satisfied with the routes prescribed by the commission. On the court decision will depend the effectiveness of the commission's order of several months ago forbidding inter- state busses to enter the downtown congested zone after March 15, next year. BOY HURT IN CRASH Suffers Internal Injuries Bruises in Auto Collision. Harry Gordon, 10 years old, of Fuller street, Chevy Chase, Md., Wll“: riously injured E:Itfl‘dl afternoon when an autcmoblle in w{m:h he was riding was in collision with at Tenth and S streers. He is con- wtmklnurml and fined at Garfleld Hospital m;}x:u ¢ and bnnfladela o(mtbe back. e boy was riding in & coupe driven by Mrs. Elizabeth Sears, 37 yeln" old, of 209 East Ui Chevy Chase, Md., when explains: Property on | machine Aviation Leaders to Seek President’s Aid Against Fine Arts Group. CONGRES; LEGISLATION SUGGESTED BY BINGHAM Commission’s Insistence on Granite Columns Ignores Recommendation of Commerce Department. The Pine Arts Commission's insist- ence on the erection of two giant granite columns on Columbia Island as a part of the Arlington Memorial Bridge project may lead to demands for legislation to ban the construction of any hazards to air navigation in the vicinity of an active airport, it was indicated yesterday as plans-for pro- tests to the White House and Congress were being formulated. ‘While aviation leaders discussed plans to appeal for aid in blocking con- struction of the columns, Senator Bing- ham of Connecticut, president of the National Aeronautic Association, sug- gested legislation establishing a zoning area around all active airports. Hoover o Get Protest. A protest against the columns will be carried to President Hoover imme- diately, as local aviation leaders have branded the proposed columns as menaces to the lives of the thousands of passengers who fly monthly from Washington-Hoover Airport. A special committee composed of Lawrence E. Williams, chairman of the Aviation Committee of the Washing- ton Board of Trade: William P. Mac- Cracken, jr. former Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce for Aeronautics: Charles M. Saxelby, Washington Board of Trade, and Robert J. Cottrell, exec- utice secretary of the Board of Trade, will make the protest. ‘The committee will be called together shortly, Mr. Williams said. and the pro- test will be made without delay. Legal action to block construction of the columns has been suggested and will be wmldereg g;" officials of ?.L.ll'r‘l'_l n_Airport e recommenda me Fine Arts Commission is adopted, it is understood. ‘The action of the Fine Arts Commis- sion Priday, officials said, ignores a recommendation of the Commerce De- partment aeronautics branch that no type of construction be put up in the vicinity of the airport which would endangsr lives and property. columns, in the opinion of Federal aeronautics officials, would constitute a decided hazard to operaticms. Commerce Department officials had indicated, following a special study of the project, that action might be taken to close the fleld to air transport opera- tions rather than to run the risk of & crash which might result in a heavy toll of life. Submit Alternative Plans. President “Hoover already has inter- ested himself in the Columbia Island situation to the extent of requesting that the Arlington Memorial Bridge Committee reconsider its plans for erection of the columns. The bridge commission did so and submitted al- ternative plans to the Fine Arts Com- mission. The result was Friday's rec~ ommendation that the original plans, calling for construction of the columns, P e Arlington Bridge Commissio ridge Commission previously had agreed to follow other recommendations of the local Aviation Committee against erection of hazards to air navigation in the immediate vicinity of the airport boundary. Erec- tion of the proposed Navy and Marine Memorial, the foundation of which has been completed, has been delayed until lights are installed along the Mount Vernon Boulevard and on Boundary 3"‘.’1“3 ‘Bridge to serve as a warning pilots. Mr. Williams has just received from ‘Thomas B. MacDonald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads, in chasge of the Mount Vernon Boulevard program, a letter pledging co-operation in keep- ing down aviation hazards. The bureau Mr. MacDonald said, has taken up with manufacturers the question of con- structing lighting globes for the high- way lights which will incorporate red warning lights visible to pilots flying over Columbia Island and promised that “if it is possible to accomplish the de- sired effect we will endeavor to have this installation made along these lines.” BEGGAR SLASHES MAN WHO GIVES HIM FOOD Police Seek Assailant Robbing and Stabbing D. C. Resident After Getting Sandwich. Police early today were seeking a man reported to have slashed William Logan with a knife and robbed him of $50 in a hall on the first floor of his home at 929 I street shortly after 11 o'clock last nlg:m Logan told tective Sergt. lomas Nally he and his wife were alne in their apartment on the second floor when the man rang their door bell and asked for a sandwich. After giving the stranger a sandwich, Logan said, he accompanied him down- stairs to let him out. At the foot of the stairs, he said, the man jammed a gun into his ribs and ordered him to hand over his money. When the money was produced, Logan said, the man drew a knife and slashed him. Police began a check-up of the vari- ous hospitals after Logan told them his assailant had leaped through a glass panel in the door of fi§ house. A hat, a plece of cloth, apparently torn from a man’s coat, and a broken milk bottle were found inside the door. Logan was treated at Emergency Hospital. WISV TO BROADCAST COLUMBIA FEATURE Station WJSV at Mount Vernon Hills, Va, will link up with the Columbia Broadcasting System Tuesday to broad- cast the network feature called “Kal- tenborn Edits the News.” ‘The unusual arrangement will con- tinue for 13 weeks under an agree- ment between WJSV, the Columbia stem and Station WMAL, the Colum- outlet in Wi . It was made with the consent of M. A. Leese, owner who holds the exclusive Columbia contract in Washington.