Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1931, Page 17

- Washington News " WILLEAVE SPACE FOR U. . OFFCES Shift of Other Departments When Buildings Are Left Vacant Is Discussed. COMMISSION DELAYS DECISION FOR STUDY Four Structures Now Occupied Will Become Available and Cut Rent Costs. How to make the best use of the large amount of Government office space that will become available in wvarious buildings when the Department of Commerce moves into its handsome new home in the triangle within a few months was debated by the Public Buildings Commission today, but de- cisions were postponed pending a de- tailed study of the problem. ‘The War rtment, the Veterans’ Administration, the Tariff Commission, the Department of Labor, the General The Foening Star SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1931 . s Justice O’Donogliue Now! D. C. NATIVE INDUCTED INTO Accounting Office and possibly other agencies are in need of additional of- fice space. ‘Will Leave Buildings Vacant. ‘!hb!yn‘mefluroffl\zvub\u bureaus of, the Commerce Department in the triangle will leave vacant a large ‘northeast ing at Ninetéenth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue, which houses the main offices of the Commerce Department. The commission also will have available a considerable amount of space in the Hurley-Wright Building. ‘The problem before the commission is to determine how the space to be made be allotted to the best May Cut U. 8. Rent Sums, It was also indicated that these moves will m,*b)le t‘l;: Gorverflngemxw beala cutting down its expenditures for ren space. The meeting today was the first ‘Commissic the Buildings lon held since Spring, and was presided over by_Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman. Lieut, Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, executive officer, the various housing needs of it SPINE IS INJURED IN FOOT BALL GAME| Goorge Dyer, Potomac Halfback, in Critical Condition at George- town U. Hospital. .fltDyu’, 21, of 5104 Sherrier ’m"“ 1 nn-ptmm“ . dislocated vertebra suffered in & foot ball between Poto- mac A. O. and the Navy Yard A. O. Potomac Pield. on er, ying for the Poto- Mmdfivglbl‘ went down before the rush of several opposing linemen and failed to rise. Removed to the hospital by Arthur Knott, 5101 Sherrier place, the youth was found to be paralyzed. Physicians sald a vertebra of the upper spine was dislocated and the up- per part of the youth’s body paralyzed. Dyer is conscious. SCHOOL HEAD CALL FUND DRIVE MEETING Dr. ¥. W. Ballou and Supervisors %o Plan Employes’ Three-Day Pay Donations. The plan under which public school officers, teachers, clerks and all other employes in the system will contribute three days’ pay to the unemployment fund will be formulated at a meeting of administrative and supervisory officers with Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintend- ent, at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Dr. Ballou has issued a call for the meeting, and notified officers the ses- sion would be held at the Franklin Ad- ministration building, Thirteenth and K ts, The meeting will be concluded stree in time for the elementary school prin- | cipals to attend the meeting of their own association at 3:45 o'clock. CHORAL SOCIETY SINGS SONG OF THANKSGIVING Ceremontes of Holiday Season at American U. Are Begun in Hurst Hall on Campus. ‘Thanksgiving cereronies opened at American University yesterday when | the Choral Society, a mixed chorus of | 32 voices, presented at Hurst Hall, on the campus, Maunder’s cantata, “Song of Thanksgiving,” before an appre- ciative audience. “The singers were under direction of Harlan Randall, who also directs both the men’s and women's glee clubs at the college. Mrs. James Shera Mont~ JUSTICE DANIEL ANIEL W. O’'DONOGHUE, na- tive Washingtonian, was in- ducted into office today as as- sociate justice of the District Supreme Court. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Alfred A. Whn;,hbeelm an aud- new justice repeated the judicial oath to do equal justice to the poor and the m', phrase by phrase, after the chief ce. Justice O'Donoghue held a tion in the court room following thm:e%fl.el ceremony, recelving first the greetings of the chief justice and the seven asso- clate justices present, and then the congratulations his relatives and friends. Floral fusion and the table before the long bench, Among the relatives pres- ent were Mrs. Q'Donoghue and their | tulations were in pro- | prof OFFICE AT COURT CEREMONY. ‘W. O'DONOGHUE. three children; Mrs. Florence O’Donog- hue, a sister-in-law; Miss Mary O'Donoghue, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stohl- man and Mrs. Frederick Stohlman. When the justices had filed to their places on the bench the chief justice announced he had the commission of the new justice. “We pause in our daily routine,” he said, “to perform the ve pleasant duty of inducting into the office of an asso- clate justice of this court, Daniel W. O'Donoghue, to take over the place made vacant by the lamented death of our brother, Frederick L. Siddons.” He then asked the new justice to stand and take the oath. Justice O'Donoghue has been a prac- ticing attorney for many years and a lessor of law at Georgetown Univer- sity. He 18 the seventh Washingtonian to be appointed to the court in its history. NURSE AND ESCORT | KILLED WHEN AUTO " RUNS INTO TRUCK D. C.; Henry Jenkins, Madison Court House, Va., Victims. BODIES FOUND CRUSHED BY JAMMED ENGINE Young Woman, Graduate From Norfolk Hospital, Had Vis- ited Relatives for Day. Miss Katherine Palmer, 27, of 1673 Mpyrtle street, & trained nurse, and Henry Jenkins, 26, Madison Court House, Va., were instantly killed last night when the automobile in which they were riding crashed into the rear of & truck parked on the roadway about |halfway between Gordonsville and Orange, Va. Jenkins is belleved to have been blinded by the headlights of an ap- proaching car. Miss Palmer, a graduate of St. Vin- cent’s Hospital, at Norfolk, had been engaged in private nursing practice in this city about four years. Jenkins was a member of the firm of Jenkins & Estes, Madison Court House. The impact of the crash was so great the motor of their car was driven back into the automobile, crushing the cou- ple. A pole extending a yard or more from the rear of the truck struck Jen- kins and apparently broke his neck. The bodies were taken to Harlow's fu- neral home in Orange. Miss Palmer had spent the day in Barboursville at the home of her uncle, Dr. E. N. Lillard, and was en route to Washington at the time of the accident. She had been employed as a private nurse at the Myrtle street address, the home of Benjamin Ourisman, about 20 months, Dr. Lillard said today. She came to this city from Miami, Fla. Her parents are both dead. Jenkins is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Jenkins of Orange; two brothers, Willie and Weldon Jenkins, also of Orange, and a sister, Mrs. T. R. McConchie of Charlottesville, Va. PEDESTRIAN BAN SIGN HELD UNAUTHORIZED Bride Says Police Lack Power to Close Block on E Street in T. 8. Area to Traffic. Queries began coming in to the Dis- trict Building today as to the authority of the Police Department to forbid pedestrian traffic on E street between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. A large sign at each end of the block proclaims: “Closed to Pedestrian Traf- MRS. LEWIS TELLS OF BRITISH ‘BlG 4' Former Wife of Author An- alyzes Shaw, Weils, Ben- nett and Galsworthy. Grace Hegger Lewis, the former Mrs. Sinclair Lewis, delivered a cryptic dis- course on the charms and foibles of “Those British Authors” before a large au ;tbthe v'za;en‘l National Dem- ocratic Club yesterday. The big four, the four horsemen, the invincible quartet of modern English literature, John Galsworthy, George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells and the late Arnold Bennett, rated the first call in Mrs. Lewis' series of sprightly reminis- cences. Wells was encompassed in & quick sketch of & conversation between Sin- clair Lewis, Philips Guedella, Mark Sullivan_and the British novelist, in which, the lecturer reported, the four men deftly altered the course of future twentieth century civilization by a mere hour of talk. Describes Arnold Bennett. The author of “Half a Loaf” de- scribed her first encounter with a stam- mering Arnold Bennett, who ‘:npened his mouth like an unhappy fish” when about to speak. He was the one really famous contemporary English writer, she said, who loved society, with a A “gentle, shy John Galsworthy” was the next literary light held up for the delectation and examination of the au- dience. ‘This voluminous writer has been properly removed from the class of the great to the class of the popular, | Mrs. Lewis said, by Rebecca West's re- cent keen essay on him, in which she points out ll?ll writing is more “lifelike than like life. The presence of George Bernard Shaw can turn a tea party into a lec- ture, Mrs. Lewis told her audience. When she first saw him he was “pink cheeked, pink eared, like a freshly scrubbed by,” but willing to roar amusing replies to any or all questions. “Say Anthing, Do Anything.” When the late Frank Harris, who | commetg’d; ldbl'gfir:g}g ;:.?. ‘1'3"5. Just before eat 'y men- tioned in conversation, Shaw said of him, “Amusl&' ielllilfll]my};fl." “Say anything, anything. yl'Li‘l’n fi)me into & drawing room gomery, wife of the chaplain of the House of Representatives, was at the iano. P loists of the afternoon were Caro- 1yn Schbenthsl, Evelyn Randall, so- Pranos; Barret, Puchs and Leon Br; tenors, and Edward L. McAdams, tone. UNEMPLOYED IN PLAY Church Committee to Present ‘“The Greatgr Love.” A dramatic production, “The Greater Love” an episode from the life of Joseph, the biblical character, will be presented “by the unemployed for the ‘unem] " under the auspices of the Employment Committee of the Feder- ation of Churches at Masonic Temple mber 18. ull of the 50 members of the cast are unemployed men who will be the chief benefactors of the per- formance. Rehearsals are under way by the players of the chief seen full of le, look about him carefully, then cm the most meek and inof- fensive woman in the room and plunge his teeth lnttf 'fhl cxllf of her leg—I mean figuratively, of course.” Of the British authors who lecture in the United States, Hugh Walpole is the most popular and G. K. Chesterton and Lord Dusany the worst offenders, Mrs.. Lewis said. hesterton sits on the lecture plat- form and “whispers so politely he can- not be heard back of the third row,” but nevertheless seems to be invites back again to collect more of his enter- taining but inaccurate data about America. Lord Dusany, accustomed to the dank cold of his native Ireland, is overcome by steam-heated American houses, she said, and is to suffocated to speak plainly Church Group to Give Play. CHEL' Ma, 23 (Special) —A , “An Old-Fashioned Holghis 2. 5. Ohsreh piavers suditorium at the House of Refor- mation here tonight et 8 o'clock. o A v Secretary Dies ROY H. RANKIN. BROOKHART’S AIDE DIES OF LONG ILLNESS ‘Boy H. Rankin, Secretary to Sena- tor, Dies at Emergency Hos- pital—Funeral Tomorrow. Roy H. Rankin, 50, secretary to Sen- | ator Brookhart of Towa, died yesterday | at Emergency Hospital after a long ill- ness. He was prominent in Iowa poli- tics and had been connected with the Towa congressional delegation here for about 20 years, Private funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the funeral parlors of Joseph Gawler’s Sons, 1754 Pennsylvania avenue, Burfal will be in Glenwood Cerretery. Mr. Rankin, a native of Fort Mad- |ison, Iowa, came here about 20 years ago as secretary to former Represent- ative C. A. Kennedy. Later he served as secretary to Senator Kenyon, and became secretary to Senator Brookhart in 1922 when Senator Kenyon was ap- pointed to & Federal judgeship. In 1926 when Senator Brookhart was de- feated, Mr. Rankin was appointed sec- retary to Representative Willam F. Kopp. He rejoined Senator Brookhart when the latter was re-elected in 1927. Surviving Mr. Rankin are his widow, Mrs. Margaret Ruth Rankin; two step- daughters, Miss Olivia Nixon and Mrs. Madeline Winn; a daughter, Miss Alice Rankin, and two brothers, George A. Rankin, Bakersfleld, Calif., and Charles A. Rankin, Sunflower, Miss. He was & member of Masonic and Elks lodges in Fort Madison, WOMEN VOTERS TO MEET ‘The board of directors of the National League of Women Voters will convene here from November 30 to December 5, to work out the organization’s 1932 pro- ll’al‘?‘,‘i:'::& ln;muncadlhodlysm ns of several hun com- mittees will be e: camine fic—Police Department.” Pedestrians ignore the sign quite openly, and apparently no effort is made to enforce its provisions. There is no sidewalk on either side of the street. Corporation Counsel William W. Bride said the Police Department had no authority over the at any because it lies wholly between two Government reservations and, therefore, comes under the jurisdiction of the director of public buildings and public parks. Nevertheless the signs remain, firmly anchored to the ground. ELKS’ BALL.WE[_)NESDAY Annual Event of Lodge to Be Held at Willard. ‘Washington Lodge, No. 15, B. P. O. E., will hold its twelfth annual ball at the Willard Hotel Wednesday night. The Welcoming Zommittee will include Dan- fel Rir!;fl;ll‘&d“mland Jmer of the ordre'; Leon: wler, Joseph P. Hagerty, Dr. John T. Ready, Willlam S. Shelby, Nathan Weill, Charles Montgomery, Lemuel Robey, Thomas King, Victor ‘Wooldridge, Dr. Thufinar; O'Donu% s Langmead, . George Strong, John Dillon Fitzgerald, John E. Lynch, James E. Collifiower, Patrick J. Callan, Judge Robert E. Mattingly and | Edwin 8. Puller. TREASURY TO OPEN BIDS Ofters for Dgstruction of Two Houses Are Received. | _Bids will be opened at the Treasury | Department December 2 for destruction of two old houses at 57 and 59 G street, adjacent to the Government Printirg Office. In the space to be cleared there will be erected a structure for storage of material used by the Government Print- ing Office. The property was recently purchased by the Government. - ‘Washington | TWO LOSE LIVES 1S BOAT CAPSIZES | INPOTOMAC RIVER :Man, Unable to Swim, Goes to Rescue of Struggling Com- panion and Is Drowned. GIRLS,CLINGING TO CRAFT, RESCUED BY YACHTSMAN Outboard Motor Boat Upsets When Balky Motor Starts at Full Speed. Before it had scarcely started, a Sun- day afternoon pleasure cruise on the Potomac River ended in tragedy yester- day when a small outboard motor boat capsized, throwing its four occupants into the water and drowning two of | them. | James Frank Meegan, 31, of 5205 | Colorado avenue, and Anthony Miller, | 28, of 2503 Fourteenth street, sank to ! | their deaths as their two companions, | Broadus Taylor Langyher, 26, of 1920 Fourth street northeast, and Adelaide Eunice Moler, 20, of 1330 Massachu- setts avenue, looked on from the up- turned bottom of the boat. The four had gone to a dock near Washington Airport, where a boat be- longing to relatives of Langyher was tied up. Loses Control of Craft. Miller, after working for some time over a balky motor, finally got the craft underway. But instead of starting off normally, the boat shot ahead at full speed down Little River. Roaring into the Potomac, the craft swerved sharply and overturned. Miller, Langyher and Miss Moler came up al- most instantly beside the capsized boat. Each grabbed hold of the craft. Meegan, who was thrown several feet away, could not swim and Miller, no- ticing his friend struggling, went to his ald, although he, too, could not swim. Just as Miller reached Meegan's side, the pair sank beneath the surface an drowned. Rescued by Yachtsman. Langyher and Miss Moler, the two re- maining on the motor boat, were picked up shortly afterward by John P. White of 1252 Oates street northeast, a pass- ing yachtsman, who was attracted to the scene by Policeman Fred J. Bol- duc, on duty on the Highway Bridge. ‘White, realizing he could do nothing alone toward saving the two men, took Miss Moler and Langyher to shore, where they were rushed to Emergency Hospital and treated for shock and im- mersion. Members of the harbor precinct re- covered the bodies of Miller and Mee- gan about 10:30 o'clock last night after dragging the mouth of Little River all evening. GIRL AND 2 MEN HELD IN SLASHING CASE Man Stabbed in Row Over Dice Game in Apartment, Police Probers Say. Two men and & girl were being held by second precinct police today for in- vestigation in the stabbing of Norman Trevathan, 30, of 1345 L street. Treva- than was knifed yesterday in a meles which, police said, followed a crap game in the woman's apartment, at 1260 Tenth street. He suffered a minor throat wound and was treated at Emer- | gency Hospital. The trio in custody are Miss Gay Lawson, 22, in whose apartment the stabbing occurred; Willam H. Benton, 31, of 1345 L street, and Jess Robbins, 34, of 937 K street. {WOMAN’S AUXILIARY TO HEAR TALK ON CHINA Gideon A. Lyon to Address Section of American Institute of Mining. Gideon A. Lyon, assoclate editor of The Evening Star, will speak on “Japan, China and the Manchurian Question” tomorrow night at -8:20 o'clock in the Interior Department au- ditorium, under the auspices of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. The lecture will be lustrated. Mrs. Oliver Bowles, chairman of the suxiliary, will preside and Mrs. Mar- garet M. Dickinson will sing to the piano accompaniment of Mrs. C. W. Jackson. Mrs. Herbert Hoover is honorary president of the national auxiliary and a member of the District section, which is sponsoring Mr. Lyon's lecture. The auxiliary is-both a social and charitable organization. {1,000 Invitations Sent Out for Meet to Be Held|a DISTRICT BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE STAKED IN LEAGUE TOURNEY December 10, 11 and 12 at Shoreham. ‘The first annual tournament for the bridge championship of the District will be held at the Shoreham Hotel Decem- ber 10, 11 and 12, under under auspices of the newly-organized Washington Bridge League, it was announced today. ‘More than 1,000 invitations have been sent out by the committee in charge. Others not invited, but who conform to the rules o{hthe tournament, will be eligible to play upon making applica- tion. Membership in the league is not necessary. ‘There will be an afternoon session at 2 o'clock and an evening session at 8:30 o'clock each day. The tourna- ment will begin with the first round for the contract Jnlr championship and will be continued on the following aft- ernoon, all entries competing. There- after & qualifying section will be ar- ranged on the basis of cumulative match_point score to compete in the finals Saturday. The pair making the higest percent- age in match points during the entire three sessions, cumulative averags, will be adjudged the champions. A cham- plonship cup will be awarded the high- est pair. re also will be individual ‘“fl:‘d prizes for the runners-up. first and second rounds of the con day night for the championship. Deci- sion will be based on the score of Saturday only. The championship team will be awarded custody for one year of the B. mfi?{"" League. Individual members of the winning team will receive cups for their permanent possession. At both sessions Saturday there will be consolation games, open only to con- testants eliminated in the championship events. There will be special prizes for the winners of the consolation games. Open games of auction as well as contract bridge will be arranged for each session for those who do not de- sire to participate in the championship events. Top score pins will be awarded winners in each section. ‘The Tournament Committee consists of A. P. Stockvis, chairman; W. R. Lewis, Miss Mazie Bule, Mrs. Frank B. Guest, Frank B. Lord and Van A. Clarke. ‘The Committee of Hostesses includes Mrs. Charles Keene, cl ; Mrs, tract team matches will occur on |Lord, Thursday and Friday evenings. The four teams having won the greatest percent of matches in these sessions will w'ife'ip.u in a round robin Satur- - R. E. Needham will officiate as tour- nament manager and Russell Baldwin will be scorer. * l Pupils’ Thanksgiving Offering | BUSINESS HIGH STUDENTS UPILS of Business High School today joined in giving aid to the poor of Washington for Thanks- giving. Through the efforts of Miss Jett, leader of the senior class, which graduates in June, about 30 baskets of edibles, including fruit and vegetables, shown above, were given by the pupils at elaborate Thanksgiving exercises in the school auditorium. Due to the size of the auditorium, half of the pupils attended today and the other half will attend a similar program tomorrow morning. ‘The assembly was called to order by Allan Davis, principal of Business High School, and a salute to the flag was DONATE FOOD FOR POOR. —Star Staff Photo. given by the assemblage. President Hoover’s Thanksgiving day proclamation was read by Thomas Callahan. The remainder of the program included the reading of original poems, “The Home ‘With .an Open Door,” by Constance Conway, and “My Mother,” by Shirley Rowe, each of the poems having a spe- cial bearing on Thanksgiving; the sing- ing of “America the Beautiful,” and “America” by the assemblage and a harvest dance by Miss Hartung, God- dess of Harvest. Pupils from each section marched forward and placed the baskets on the | platform. The food is to be collected | by the Salvation Army and distributed for Thanksgiving. AUTOIST ROBBED BY FAKE OFFICER Victim Bound After Girl Com- panion Flees Bandit Pos- ing as Policeman. Duped by a colored bandit who posed as a special policeman, Roswald Bur- chard, 2115 P street, reported to police today he had been robbed of $10. A girl companion, Miss Agnes Griffin, 1414 Girard street, escaped after the man had threatened her with a gun and at- tempted to prevent her leaving the car. Burchard told police he was seated in his car with Miss Griffin near Fifteenth and Girard streets at about 12:30 a.m. this morning when the colored man came up, displayed a badge labeled “special” and informed the couple that they were violating a parking law. The man ordered them to drive to No. 10 precinct station, Asthey proceeded he suddenly drew s gun and demanded money. Miss Griffin lnemgl:dd to jump from the car, but he grabl her, and she was dragged almost a block, but managed to get free and ran into an apartment house in the 3500 block of Eleventh street. She telephoned to po- lice, who took her home and hegan a search for Burchard and the robber. Meanwhile the bandit told Burchard to drive on. Near Rock Creek Park he ordered Burchard to stop. The robber produced a bottle of chloroform, but did not use it. He bound Burchard’s wrists and after taking $10 from Bur- chard’s wallet he put him back in the car sgain and drove him to an alley near Fifteenth and Girard, where he disappeared. Burchard loosed his bonds and notified police. Authorities were furnished with a detailed description of the man. — e —— CAPITAL RAISES FUNDS FOR YOUNG PORTO RICANS Christmas Ship With Funds for Children’s Food to Sail From New York Dec. 17. Raising funds to help feed the hungry children of Porto Rico, the Washington Committee for Porto Rico Child Feed- ing is doing all in its power to collect a suitable cargo on a Christmas ship, - | $he Borinquen, flagship of the Porto| Crull, Rico line, which has been given by the company for this service. The Christmas ship is to sail out of New York Harbor on December 17. Robert V. Fleming, president of Riggs Iaconal Bank, is treasurer of the local committee, which includes also these others: E. Barnard, Miss Mabel T. Boardman, E. F. Colladay, Felix Cor- dova Davila, Leonard W. De Gast, Right Rev. James E. Preeman, the Rev. Bishop Willlam F. McDowell, Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, Dr. L. S. we, ge W. White and Harry ‘Woolever. ‘The committee points out that every lollar sent to Porto Rico is used to buy food and milk. The administrative ex- penses of the feeding stations, as well as equipment costs are paid by the insular de{mn.ment of education. Ten dollars will give a child a daily meal through the school year, the commit- tee explains. “STOLEN FUR RACKET” REVEALED BY BUREAU Better Business Group Says Truck Drivers Are Victimizing ‘Washingtonians. ‘The Better Business Bureau today issued a warning against the so-called “stolen fur racket,” which has been ;e;ehwod in Washington during the past An inferior grade of fur merchandise is being sold from trucks which bear out-of-town license plates, the bureau declares, the inference being given that the goods are stolen or smuggled and that a rare opportunity to pick up & value at bargain price is presented. The drivers of the tm’;:lnwol which Bi declares, pays a high price for a fur which is not genuine. ‘The “stolen goods” infetence is given to promote sales, the bureau states. - QUARTER DESIGNS NARROWED T0 FIVE |Final Selection of Model for | | New Coin Not to Be Made Until January. Selection of a design for the new quar- | ter dollar to be issued next year, bearing | the portrait of George Washington, has | reached the stage where five designs have been chosen by Secretary of the Mellon and the Fine Arts Commission for further study. ‘These five models have been returned to the sculptors submitting them, for “restudy,” and it is cxpected they will be returned to the Treasury Department early in January. Preparation of the die will take about a month. The Treasury would like to have the new quarter dollar ready for the birth- day of George Washington on February 22, for celebration of the bicen but this is not definitely promised as yet. Ninety-nine persons submitted mod- els for the new quarter dollar, and it was out of these models that Secretary Mellon and the Fine Arts Commission selected five for further study. The winner will be awarded $1,500. Detalls of the five favored designs and their sculptors are not revealed, | but it is known that the coin must bear on one side. the portrait of George Washington. Other emblems and de- vices which must be on the coin include "r"e _\:vord‘s’ ;"elnd God We Trust,” “Lib- erty,” “Un States of America,” “Quarter Dollar” and an eagle. s o WILL ADVERTISE POLICE Club to Spread Fame of Force Here Throughout Nation. National fame will be sought for the ‘Washington ice Department e R A ns to exp! achie the unifos 1c will bevmwmh o Wednesday at a meeting in the Ra- leigh Hotel of a special committee ap- pointed by Howard W. Berry, club president. The committee was named at the suggestion of Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, new police head, who re- cently was a guest at a club luncheon, The committee will include Ernest S. Johnston, Washington Post, chair- man; Allen V. De Ford and William T. Pierson of Radio Station WMAL; Fox Theater; Norman C. Kal Advertising Agency; C. Melvin Sharpe, Washington Railway & Electric Co, and John E. Shoemaker, General Outdoor Advertising Co. ‘Woman Takes Poison. ed last night. Hoopiat tt Taiar pemores o oany ANt T T to the = nicipal institution. - Naturopath’s Wife Nagged Him Thin, He Charges in Suit Lost Weight and Feared Loss of Mind Through Constant Scolding. Charging his wife him so auchhhéiglt 30 W‘tmd‘ h:h weight, Ar- ur pson, naturoj , 3500 Thir- teenth street, filed in S o Sitmpson were demiea by the maturonscn; impson were e naf Who told "t court he often whs Sept awake, until 4 o'clock in morning, listening to his wife's com- plaints. Answering the allegation that he ex- hibited “unusual temperament,” Simp- he does not doubt PAGE B—1 WAIVING OF TRIAL ATPLACE GF CRIME UPHELD BY COURT D. C. Appeals Bench Renders Decision in Hagner Mail Fraud Case. PAIR FAILED TO PLEAD LACK OF JURISDICTION Submission to Indictment Here Is Held Waiver of Privilege Given in Constitution. The District Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Justice D. Lawrence Groner, held today that a person charged with a felony may waive his constitutional right to be tried in the place where the crime was committed if he pleads to an indictment against him in another Jurisdiction. ‘The opinion followed by analogy the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Patton case in which it was_held that a right of trial by jury might be waived. Justice Groner went a step farther, however, holding that if an accused can waive a jury trial, he can also waive his constitutional right to be tried in the place where the crime was committed. The decision establishes a precedent in the District. Ruling in Hagner Case. ‘The ruling was given in the case of Herman O. Hagner and his wife, zulia C. Hagner of Scranton, Pa., whq were convicted in the District Supreme Court on a charge of using the mails to de- fraud. The indictment alleged mailing in Scranton, but did not allege the de- livery thereof in the District of Co- lumbia. . The two were convicted and 8 motion in arrest of judgment of five years in the penitentiary and a fine of $1,000, each raised the question that the District Supreme Court was with- out jurisdiction since no crime was charged in this District. b Justice Groner suggested that while the defendants by a seasonable plea to the jurisdiction might have avoided trial under this particular indictment, their submission to the court was a waliver of the privileg® accorded them by article 3, section 2, of the Consti- tution and may not for the first time after trial and conviction object to that court’s jurisdiction. Groner’s Opinion. “Since the Supreme Court has ruled that a trial by jury may be walved,” Justice Groner said, “it would, we think be difficult to sustain the view that he may not also in the same manner waive the provision in the same article with relation to the place of trial. “Logically, it seems to us to follow obt with relation to the trial of a defendant in the vicinage of the crime obtains with equal force with relation to the right of trial by Jjury, for it was declared as a funda- mental principle of the common law in Magna Charta that a person charged with crime should not be convicted ex- the unanim cept ous verdict of a , but le of common {:ryw'-hh rule of the law case.” rejected in the Patton FORD’S ALEXANDRIA PLANS ANNOUNCED Message From Edsel Ford Says Plant to Replace One Here Will Be Built on River Front. Official announcement of the purchase bythel'brd)louu&).oi.hrnw site on the Alexandria, Va., waterfront, for & new building to replace the com- umvmtmwmnumm- ntage depth of 400 feet, with a 260-foot con- crete dock along the ‘pierhead @ine. Offices and a garage will occupy the front of the building facing Union street. The remainder of the building will provide space for the enameling department, service stock and car dis- tribution. The site, located at the foot of Frank- street, contains about six acres and will be aerved" by both water and rail on. _— RUDD TO TALK TONIGHT Cathedral Staff Member to Lecture at Wardman Park. Canon Arthur B. Rudd of the Wash- ington Cathedral will deliver a lecture dens at Wardman Park Hotel tonight ::,ml:n o'clock. vmmmm thewhm:l others are cordiall; vited p tend t.hkk lecture. % " This is one of a_series of lectures beu:g delivered in Washington hotels by the clergy of Washington Cathedral in order to a pm. Meeting, Mid-City Citizens’ Assoei- ation, . Thomson Gomemmity Center, Twelfth and L streets, 8 p.m. Meeting, North Capital Citizens' As- sociation, McKinjey High School, Sec- ond and T streets northeast, 8 p.m. Meeting, Georgetown Citizens’ Asso- ciation, St. John's Church, O street and Potomac, 8 p.m. Card ple, pm. rty, Nertheast Masonic Tem- th and F streets northeast, & FUTURE. Association of icheon, RS DR sy 12:30 pm. Buffet luncheon, Women's Natjonal Press Olub, Willard Hotel, tomorrow, 1 p.m. mnemhmmnm l!mfiw.a”% a Y