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A—16 #x» THE EVE S TAR, WASHINGTON D. SATURDAY, DE( 'EMBER 5, 1934, HOME PARLEY ENDS AFTER APPROVING HOOVER BANK PLAN Plans Made to Put in Use New Ideas Advanced hy Experts. CONTINUING COMMITTEE TO CORRELATE RESULTS | g | National Support for Legislation to | Carry Out Proposal of Pres- ident Forecast Hoover mort- | posal over- President’s lding and ay, with to p the B ings confer- formation of | way the s home loan bank pl Opinions on Details Clash ‘This came after a h of opinions that developed in a me of the Fi-| nancing Committee over details of the formal findings of the committee and the proposed methods of easing the financing of home ownership and building It had not been planned f egate body to take any action ing programs, bu . session, a resol floor was passed 1,000 delegates a Afterward, del the del- ht genera Tered from the | he more than | the | -1 { ancing meth- |} on_ of the | £ e which ht sec- financing at lower inter- pursuant to Mr. Hoover's idea. Best Voices Objection. Wwilliam E. Best. president of the United States Building & Loan League, voiced objection to the inclusion of second mortgages in the plan. He said | his associations now are providing the type of financial aid for home buyers contemplated by the Hoover system of ks e resolution adopted by the con- | fenence was introduced by John Sprunt Hill, said to be a prominent Democrat of Durham, N. C.. and this prompted Harry ell, president of the Na- ti fon of Real Estate Boards, oday that the plan has quickly passed’ “the partisan stage since it was announced three weeks ago. | ates t t w t Hopes for Practical Results. | ry Wilbur, co-chairman of the ice with Secretary of Commerce | . announced at the general ses- | sion last night the hope for carrying the r of the conference studies into pra through a continuation com- nittee. 1% hoped, he added, that in about a 2 second conference can be held. sing the work already done, he the conference had opened up a of questions of vital importance | welfare of the Nation. “The con- [ ons from the various committees,” g been outstanding. Wilbur outlined the follow- ndamentals as the find- mmittees of experts during past year Each city and community a master plan. 2. Each city should be zoned. | 3. All new homes, irrespective of the | income of the family, can and should | be of good design and sound con- struction. 4. Soundly built homes can and should be rendered available to all home buyers me ownership should be & pos- at some time in the life of every ¥ Pr said to th tribu | | should have } \ stem of credit for should be brought up tc ns should 8. sl and be eliminated 9. Industry blighted areas so far as practical, sh: 10. Well advised operations should be Homes should le housing ate om ex- uld be the home and its ences, protection and the cit lable s and of citize Business Men Show Interest idence of g and home codes of prop- | n and spe- Detached House Still Tdeal. strong tendency to think of the detached n house the ideal home still persists, it was found by the Committee on Home Ownership and Leasing, in spite of the trend to- ward apartment houses in the larger cities. For instance, this group, headed by Ernest T. Trigg of Philadelphia, re- ported that the proposition of homes owned in Delaware a whole in- creased steadily from per cent in 1900 to 51.9 per cent in 1930. Hampshire, owned homss decreased from 539 per cent in 1200 to 49.8 per cent in 1920, tut reboundsd to 54.3 per cent in 1930. Esta to translate into practice new methods and other knowledge resulting from the conference was recommended by the The A Maj switch to light Woman Driver other the Coast colored, of 64 M near Second old, She death a Mondey. | refused hospital tre In New | ment of a national institute | Santa Claus Lane Opened MAJ. DAVISON TUR! the Sant et and Meri 1 exercises and a pa an of the FTER a week's Fa with cc Swann Business Donald A, Me Davis men's 1p. ade ntire ined the sidewall A b ch formed BOY DIES, SIX HURT IN AUTO MISHAPS Is Arrested After Colored Child Is Strusk. A Ho: night ered when he was utomobile on Th ay, W persons. including a m Guard delegatior ball game with ti were hurt i s7 t j dow he foot his afternoon traffic mishaps The boy who died was Silvar Farrell 0 tle street northeast who was struck on G street northeast machine ated years northeast youngster's custody of her inques by a opt v Miss Anna was arrested and release ey for appea Injured in Taxi Crash. John W. Ryssy Apac Cc Lieut he U delegation of for the Preside Marines at Griffith severe head injuries when which he was riding collided w other cab at First and N streets, bu ment and returr S to_his ship. Mrs. Elizabeth Rahiem, 26 years old of 827 Eighth street escaped with slight cuts and bruises when her car was de- molished in a collision wit truck at New Tersey av street. She was thre mobile by Mrs. Rahi Hospital for Held on Drunken Charge. John 1. Starnes, 7 years old Park road was arrestcd for < after a collision last man svenue and Portes which he ruffered cuts and bruises the face and hands It was reported by police that Starnes collided with the truck of Join Benson, 29 years old, of 449 Tennessee avenue WILLIAM M. KEELER, FIRE VICTIM, DIES Retired Worker of St. Elizabeth’s Ho Received in Home Blaze r zuto- was taken to Emergency treatment le at in of tal Expires of Burns Keeler 83 years old ve pathologi St. Elizabeth's field Hospital yesterday from burns received when "he was trapped in a fire in his home, 1456 Park road, November Mr. Keeler was rescued from the building at the time by Battalion Chief J. R. Groves, wi ered the fir oves rescued the elderly man nes and smoke out to jump in an ed de- m partment died 1n effort to escap was pa discover ¢ ed e door of the burning vived by his widow | VICTIM OF F.ALL BURIED ! LeRoy_Yowell Hosp received last Sat- Funeral services for B o died in Georgetown Vednesday of injurie: y, when he fell down a flight at his home, 1503 Monroe stri heast, were held this aft noon. They were followed by buri Glenwood Cemetery. Yowell is survived by his widow 1 father, Ale: ur_brothers, F J. Lester and Ch of eet in MAN SWIMS ASHORE FROM SHIP WHICH PASSES HIS DESTINATION Completing | month or so, was in such a hurry {land at Hyannis, Mass.,, yesterday he jumped from the steamer Alle am ashore, instead of nd com; ting the | train, according to Assoctated Pres patches. Mainwaring, going a representative of Committee on Organization Activities, tive secretary, American Civic Associ tion, Washingtonian Leaps Overboard to Avoid Necessity for Henry J. Mainwaring, 40, who has been living in Washington for the last to on trip by dis- New England brass and copper com- pany, had arranged to visit friends in headed by Miss Harlean James, execu- Hyannis. The ship, bound for Boston from Norfolk and Baltimore, did not mop at Hyannis, however, and he de- SWITCH LIGHTING FOURTEENTH STREET. lane on Fourteenth street between was officially opened last night ade. Photo shows, left to right: A. R. Program Committee of the Columbia Heights or of the event gineer Commissioner Miss Lillias Cropper, who turned the am F. Dismer, president of the mxs:nm: 1 and Shepherd streets, wended its wd of spectators, estimated at 10.000, Star Staff Photo. THE WEATHER District of Columbla—Fair and colder tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy, mod- erate north winds Maryland—Partly cloudy and colder tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy; strong north winds. Virginia—Fair and slightly colder to- night; tomorrow partly cloudy; fresh north’ winds West Virginia—Partly cloudy, slightly colder in northeast portion tonig! morrow increasing cloudiness, ng temperature in west po: slowly ion. Report for Last 24 Hours. Per rometer 4 8 pm Midnight . Lowest ... 44,6:00 am. Year ago Tide Tables. Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today 3:57 am. 10:36a.m 4:31 pm 11:19 p.m The Sun and Moon. Rises 7:11 Hig! Low . High . Sets 4:46 7:12 4:46 ] 2:40am. 2:01 pm Automobile lamps to be lighted one- f hour aft unset Rainfall. rainfall in inches (current month to date) 1931. Average. Record 7.09 6.84 8.84 9.13 10.69 10.94 10.63 14.41 10.81 857 869 756 Weather in Various Cities. Monthly Capital Men!| January Febi in June July August September . Octobe ovember D i Fla New Orleans New York Oklanon Omaha Cloudy 028 Cle 30.02 it 5. 30.18 44 34 82 55 FOREIGN. 155 Sreenwich time, today o Temperature. Weather 45 iy 46 52 6 54 land. . udy n udy Ral eenwich . today.) Azozes observations 0 3 LIQUOR FOUND IN AUTO Searching an automobile which had n abandoned after striking a tree be at Tenth and Otis streets last nlg)ll. an Thomas Coyle of the Traffic d 74 gallons of corn whisky. e believed the car was aban- ned by the driver after the accident Trip by Train. | cided to save a few hours !iry disembark- ing in the Cape Cod Canal. Tfller he had leaped overboard, his absence was discovered, and officers of the steamer, who concluded he had drowned, caused a search to be started r his body. The search had just be- n, however, when they learned of his rrival in Hyannis. A physician cxamined Mai ang ordered him to bed, explain \Mé suffering from a nervous break- down. varing a cloudy Part cloudy Part cloudy art cloudy he | WAR DEPARTMENT RELIEF ACTIVITIES CITED BY HURLEY Secretary’s Annual Report “Rejoices’ at People’s Con- fidence in Government. LACK OF RADICALISM HOLDS DOWN EXPENSE Economies and Judicious Spending Practiced in Interest of Un- employed. By the Associated Press. Secretary Hurley recounted today how his department—geared for war if necessary—had bent its efforts to hu- manitarian works of relief in the ece- nomic stains of the past y In his annual report to President Hoover, the Secretary of War pointed to the “prolonged and_disastrous eco- nomic and political disturbances throughout the world” and rejoiced that no hint of threatened violence had indicated necessity to employ the A; in the United States Virtual non-cxistence of radical ac- | tivity or public repudiation of sub- versive activity has led such questions to be of no immediate concern to the War Department from a military standpoint, he said. “The facts are indicative of the Na- tlon's strength and of the confidence of the people in their leaders and their Government,” the report, said. In touching on the department’s ac- tlvities for both direct and indirect relief, the Secretary drew a sharp line between extensive expenditures to dis- tribute assistance and extravagant spending. Aid of the Unemployed. No project of public works had been undertaken which would not contribute directly to the amelioration of unem- ployment, he sald, adding that the full influence of the department had been exerted to divide all work among the { maximum number of workers Nothing has been built or bought the on of which was not directly in lic interest.” he said Within the Army itself he recounted the measures for curtailed expenditures, mentioning specifically the adoption of & program to abandon 53 superfluous posts with their expenses of overhead | and upkeep. In view of the economic slump, the Secretary put aside all thought of im- mediate requests for increasing the ervice pay schedules. He noted, how- ever, that every Secretary of War in recent years had deplored “stagnation of promotion and inadequate pay, which he said continued “to exercise their discouraging effects upon the Reg- ular Army’s personnel.” At the same time, it is desired to recall attention to the undoubted fact that Army compensation, particula:ly that of the junior commissioned grades, falls below reasonable and just stand- ards,” he said. Benefits to Accrue, Ing to the peacetime works of the Army, the Secretary predicted “in- calculable benefits to accrue to the United States” through completion of the civilian tasks allotted the Army En- gineers. These include rivers and nar- bors improvements and ficod-control Works. “Because of the naturs of the task, the results attained mnust be measured in terms of decades and even centuries rather than in those of months and vears,” he said | He enumerated some cf the gigantic projects 1c_Engineers, mer especially the Great Lakes-to of Mexico vnterprise, the 9- for the upper Mississipoi coastal waterways The success of the Inland Wate Corporation venture u In tur project and intra- ays a governmental business der the War Department was viewed by the Secretary as a “mis- sion of pioneering” in demonstrating the economic feasibility of transporta- tion on the interior waterways. He said the success of the corporation was es- sential to its ultimate private operation and control. Canal Proposals Rejected. The Secretary in referring to the Panama Canal rejected various sugges- tions put forward recently for a red: tion in canal tolls. Nece for ex- tensive additional expenditures on the project and the fact that the canal is not earning the 4 per cent annual inter- €st charge on its capital liabil elimifate consideration of a in tolls, he said Aside from reviewing gestions designed to help i ican relations, the Secreta touch on the independence question for the islands. His report extended only to the end of the fiscel year ending June 30, before he made his trip of ine spection to the Philippines, on which he will make a separate report and rec- ommendation to President Hoover, PADLOCK WRIT ASKED District Supreme Court Told Vio- general sug- Pino-Amer- ry did aot lations on Southwest Property. Application has District Supreme Court for a tem “padlock” injunction against premises 480 and 480A H street south- on_charges of liquor law viola- tions. The application, filed through Assistant United States Attorney Har- old W. Orcutt, charges that the place has become a nuisance under the pro- hibition law through violations dating back to July 29 Ralph S. Burino is named as occu- pant of the premises, which are said to be owned by Larino L. Buckley. GIVING ORGAN RECITAL The Memorlal Chapel at Walter Reed General Hospital will be thrown open to the public at 4 o'clock this afternoon for the fourh in a series of organ re- citals arranged by Capt. R. Earl Boyd United States Army chaplain at the in- stitution Miss Rdith B. Athey, Hamline Methodist will render the re Inez B. Miller, National Baj Washington Patlents at the h to the chapel will h the Army Medical been made to the organist at Episcopal Church, ecital, assisted by Miss soprano soloist at the ptist Memorial Church of ospital unable to go hear the recital over Center radio system. Deaths Report;d. Louise N. 0. Stanley, 80, - serRulse, v, 80, 2330 Massachu Harriet E. Brounersreuther, 7: - HAITeL B ither, 75, 1400 Penn Henry P. Robey, 71, 2013 T Joseph L Howler, 70,930 F i Thomas Wood, €8, Home for rm, Burk st. n.e e Aged and 3720 Upton st 13647, Potom, Catherine 65 Jane P. Wil 64 e M. Green, 38, Gerfrude E_Ryan Since ¢oming to the Capital, Main- waring, who is unmarr;;di ?adflbeen m‘»& | ing at the Burlington Hotel. He is sai | to have made his home in Philadelphia Ppreviousig Columbia Hospital Bophia L. Petty, 29, George Washington Hospital. FIGHT FOR CUSTODY OF TEA HOUSE GUN FIGURE IS STARTED Philadelphia Attorney Seeks to Prevent Removal to Maryland. TWO NEW ARRESTS REVEALED AT INQUEST| Woman and Man Rearrested When They Appesr at Probe of Killing Death. A legal battle to prevent the return to Maryland of Peter Abbott of Phila- delphia, held in the Old Colonial Tea House shooting, was begun in the Penn- sylvania city today with the habeas corpus petition by attorney, while Maryl rushed ' extradition papers Pinchot | Henry M. Stevenson, attorney for Abbott,” filed Common Pleas this d a hearing was scheduled for a | Meanwhile Department of Justice | agents, with two new prisoners in their custody, continued their probe into white slave traffic revealed by the shooting. New Arrests Made. The additional arrests and several | features of the shooting were revealed | for the first time at an inquest into the death of Grover Amick, Washington gas station employe, in the Blandens- burg fire house last night. Amick was killed and five persons injured when gunmen, believed from Philadelphia, held up the tea house, November 23. The inquest was continued until December 18 to secure additional witnesses. Those arrested when they appeared at the inquest were Samuel Kushner of Washington and Marie Wilson of Balti- more, Md. Both had been released on | bond by the county authorities. | Kushner was taken into custody by | S. Marshal George W. Collier on a | warrant charging violation of the Mann | act. U. S. District Attorney Simon E. Sobeloff said the man’s bond had been | set at $10,000. Miss Wilson was held | taken to Baltimore by the Federal au- | thorities, It was brought out at the inquest for the first time there were about 30 per- sons in the Tea House at the time of the hold-up. | Tells of Shooting. George Osborn, first block of Madison | street, Washington, only eye-witness of | the shooting called to the stand, said he saw about or 25 men and 5 women in the house when he entered a short | time before the bandits arrived. Osborn drove to the house vith Amick and Miss Anna M. Lecklider nf(‘ Washington The two men left Miss | Lecklider in the car and entered. Os ™ said it was the first time he had been there. After describing the entry of the bandits, the herding of tie patrons of the establishment, in the kitchen and a demand of money from the proprietor, Osborn said he heard a shot ring out, Frightened by Shots, “About five seconds later the man next to me turned and started shoot- ing,” the witness said, “but I could not identify him, I was too scared.” Osborn declared he ran to the spot Wwhere he had parked his car after the | bandits left, but the machine had been | moved. He then walked to Mount Rainjer and got a taxicab, believing Miss Lecklider and Amick had escaped s Lecklider said she and her com- panions arrived at the Tea House sometime after 1 o'clock” and that the time she spent waiting in the car “seemed like two or three hours.” State Attorney Alan Bowie questioned her only about what happened after she heard shots, apparently not wish- ing to disclose what the young woman knew about the bandits taking distribu- tors‘from the cars around the house be- fore they entered. Tells of Phone Call. Horace K. Fuller of Riverdale told in detail of answering a telephone call from Philadelphia when he went to| the house with police after the shoot- ing. County Policeman William E. Clifton also described a telephone con- versation with some' one who called from Philadelpk Others to testify were Constable An- drew F. Gasch. Constable Jack Wilson and Chief of Police H. L. McCormick of Colmar Manor, who told of con- ditions at the house after the shoot- ing and the arrest of witnesses. No effort was made by the State to link Peter Abbott, now being held in Philadelphia as a suspect in the murder, with the shooting. Police have an- nounced they found a witness Wwho identified Abbott’s picture as that of the “trigger man” in the murder, but no witness mentioned his name last night. Lieut. Cornelius Roche and Sergt. William Feehley of Baltimore, who have been directing the investigation of the shooting, attended the inquest, but were not called to testify. Justice of Peace Robert E. Altemus, presided as coroner. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Ladies of Nebraska State Society, 1123 Buchanan street, this afternoon ball, Columbia Lodge, No. Order of Moose, Willard Charity 126, Loyal Hotel, 9 pm Dinner, Fiduciary Section, District of Columbia Bankers” Association, Willard Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Benefit card party, Lady of Perpetual Help, Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, 8:30 p.m. | Banquet, Washington Building Trades | Council, Hamilton Hotel, 7 p.m. Dinner, Federal Schoolmen's Hamilton Hotel, 7 p.m. Club, Meeting, Alpha Chi Sigma Frater- nity, Hamilton Hotel, 8 p.m. Card party, benefit sick fund of Local No. Women’s Bindery Union, 60 M street northeast, 8 p.m. Mal’nage L]Censes. Ole A. Negnard, 33, and May M. Hobbs, 26; R irmeilF. West, 25, and Masdaline Lewls, 2 Vexiray B e Wiilliams. 51, and Margaret High- tower 55 Hev. Tsane Wright Amos B, Turner, 22, and Beatrice E. Wool- folk, 21: Rev. K. W. Roy. Faulk Edward C(\l»l!. 23, and Mary Faulkner, 20; v Rev. A Ticdray. 23, and Lula Henderson, 19; ‘Rev. J. Edward Graham. edward’ . Johnson, 29, this city, and Katherine E. Basford, 27, Annapolis, Md Rev. L Gilbert Robinson, McDougle MRo64. 22, and_Dorothy M. 15 Rev. John A. Davis Hotstetier. Bernice Cov- bernethy and Elva R. Hair- "Moore. England. and Violet 4 Boston, Mass.: Judge Mattingly b1, 30. and Nina N. Carr. B v A L Wills and_Catherine W. Robert E Hervey 31, both Meade G of Agnes Mur Gallinger Hospital James R. Page. 39, Gallinger Hospital, Sarah L. Tinslev, 34, 205 W i Frank Wright, 7 months, O‘lfigl" Hos- B woodink 2 % TI\.:[ Maud E. Rogers, 57 Smit ‘Pearson. 28, and Roxy A. Davis, Gourley. LeRoy 18 Rev Lou tragic manner old and Richar since after supper la. POLICE PROBE DUE { County Knickerbocker Theater Disaster, Gone. Death Removes Guardians. Lads Disappear Under Baffling Circumstances. Now that Allen and Richard Walker have vanished without a trace, their guardian fears a recurrence of the ill fortune which orphaned them in a when Allen was 4 years d scarcely 12 months. Allen, 14, and Richard, almost 11, for whom police have been searching their mysterious ~disappearance st night, were left with friends one Winter evening 10 years g0 while their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jobn L. Walker, went to the Knicker- bocker Theater. The couple was among the scores killed when the roof of the theater col- lapsed, and the care of the young or- phans was undertaken by two sisters of the dead father, By 1929, however, death had removed both sisters, and | Allen and Richard went to live with | either money or clothing with them for thelr aunt, Mrs. F. H. Heiskell, 192 | Thirty-Seventh street, who was appoint- ed_their guardian Both appeared happy in their new the writ in the Court of |home and were progressing in school, | for | Allen at St. John's College and Richard at Holy Trinity School in Georgetown They also were all-around athletes and popular with the neighborhood boys, The two boys were in a gay mood last IN PRESS ATTACK Officers in Prince Georges Face Arrest for War on Photographers. Warrants accusing Prince Georges police of serious criminal of- fenses were expected to be sought today as a Federal witness and both were |25 8 Tesult of a mear riot in front of | of Chicago told a group of colored the Bladensburg fire house last night |in which one photographer was slug- | assembled for the closing session of |ged with a blackjack and four others |the Non-Partisan Conference in the {had their equipment taken from them | John Wesley or broken. | The disorder occurred when newspa- per photographers attempted to take pictures of Federal prisoners being taken away from the fire house after an inquest into the Old Colonial Tea House shooting. Hit With Blackjack. Thomas McAvoy, photographer for the Washington Daily News, was hit over the head with a blackjack and knocked down in an altercation with Constable Howard Slater. Louis Johr- den, Washington Post photographer, had his camera taken from him by police, while officers also grabbed and destroyed plates belonging to Robert Perkins, The Evening Star staff photog- rapher, and Herbert White of the Washington Herald. McAvoy was struck as he attempted to take a picture of automobiles con- talning the Federal prisoners as they drove down the Defense Highway some distance from the fire house. His camera was smashed Constable Slater took McAvoy back into the firehouse where warrants charging the photographer with assault and battery and disorderly conduct were preferred, and his wounds dresecd by members of the Bladensburg fire rescue squad. After posting $150 bond he was re- leased and went to a Washington hos pital for trcatment. Grand Jury Probe Looms. Attorney Robert W. McCullough, who represented some of the persons ar- rested in the shooting and subsequent | vice probe, was retained by McAvoy “A serious offense has been com- mitted,” McCullough said. will seek a warrant and cerry this case to the grand jury.” Open resentment at the rough treat- | ment accorded McAvoy and the other | photographers was expressed by spec- tators, Federal agents and even some county constables “McAvoy was taking pictures of Fed- eral prisoners on a public highway ar county officers had no right to in- re," one Federal agent said. he 'seizure of the Post’s camera le the managing editor of that paper to wire & protest direct to Gov. Ritchie, saying “it is impossible to treat with county officials.” The Post’s camera was still at the Hyattsville substation this morning Photographers tried in vain to se- cure permission to take pictures inside the firehouse during the inquest. Offi- clals of the fire company explained they did not want photos taken because they were anxious to avoid as much notoriety in connection with the case as possible. Shout “No Pictures.” The camera men then waited outside until the inquest was over. Five women and one man, the Federal prisoners were then ushered into two cars as a police cordon prevented the photog raphers from getting near the chines. 3 The officers shouted “No pictures,” but several were taken as the cars drove away. As soon as a picture was snapped. however, police confiscated the plate. County Policeman Ralph Brown claimed a Federal agent had ordered him to prevent picture-taking. Con- stable Slater said he received his in- structions from Brown. The constable declared McAvoy hit him “at least five times, once in the mouth.” he struck only ome blow with his blackjack. State’s Attorney Alan Bowie ex- pressed regret at the incident and de- clared he had ordered Chief of Police J. J. Crowley to make a thorough in- him United States Marshal George Col- lier of Baltimore, who had charge of the Federal prisoners last night, said today he gave no order to prevent pic- tures being taken of the prisoners. H added that no one else was authorized to issue such an order and he heard no one give any directions in regard to pictures. “The only rule we have is that pictures cannot be taken on the inside of & Government, building,” the marshal said. “I never heard of any law to pre- vent the taking of pictures on a public highway. It is customary for photog- raphers to make pictures of our prisoners as they enter and leave the court house.” Births Reported. Richard D. and Olive DeGlant, boy. Frank T. and Lucille H\?fley boy. }\f'lx H. and Rose L. Katz girl Walter H. and Esther E, Montgomer Andrew L. and Mabel L Heas. AD::)‘. Jd lfl‘lld Mary H. Allen. Rard 2o £ Evans D."and Lonelia G Hubert and Barbara X Huber arbara Mo William and Lucinda William H. and Adelaide Rollins, Percy and Mary Harris, gir] iam and ?mugn. l’:"i: £ sir! wirl. “I probably | Slater said | vestigation and lay all the facts before | ORPHANED BROTHERS VANISH: FEARED VICTIMS OF ILL FATE Boys, Who Lost Parents in| ALLEN WALKER. night when they helped wash and dry | the dishes. Then, about 6:30 o'clock, | they put on their coats and hats and went out to play. They have not been seen since, | " Nelther has ever run away from home and there was no indication they took a trip. | Allen’s ball team at Mrs Al mates on with w Heiskell's since the sandlot foot h he plays_ called door today looking they had a game schedul ith a Georgetown rival “Stuff!” replied the captain when | some one told him Allen was gone. | “Allen wouldn't leave today—we're play- ing that gang from Georgetown!” USEVOTE. DARROW ADVISES COLORE Baket Can Control Election for President, He Tells Conference Here. The most effective weapon the col- ored man can use for the benefit of his people is the ballot, Clarence Darrow leaders and an audience of 1,200 people Church last night. Darrow urged the colored man to be | independent in politics and to use his vote in such a fashion as to get what he may desire out of both political par- ties. If used discreetly and with in- | telligence, the noted criminal attorney pointed out, the colored man could | hold the balance of power in the coun- try during a presidential election. He declared the Republican party couldn’t hope to carry Illinois, Ohic. Indiana, Misscuri and four other Midwestern and border States without the assist- ance of the colored v Says Debt to G. 0. P. Is Paid. Admitting that the race owed a debt of gratitude to the Republican party. Darrow said 60 years of continued vot- ing shou. ave settled that and the | colored man should receive a receipt. “Paid in full.” | “You will receive mnothing from a party,” Darrow sald, “if they can count your vote as cast before the election year after year. The way to deal with | the politician is to keep him guessing. Those Democrats down South don't | want you to vote because they know that you will vote against them. My advice to you is to be independent in politics. If I were in your place I would vote for men like Norris of Ne- braska, or Senator Bob La Follette and other Progressives of the Senate, who have done great services to the coun- | try.” Darrow said the colored race is be- ginning to assert its power more and more and that no doubt in time its cause would win. He pointed to the stage and music as arts in which the | colored person already excelled. In art he also referred to Lawrence Dun- ib:\r the poet, and Booker T. ‘Washing- | ton, famous educator. Dr. Johnson Speaks. The conference, which was assembled t the call of Representative Oscar De | Priest, also heard Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, president of Howard Univer- who expressed the hope that the ting represented only the beginning a series of conferences aimed to de- | op “a leadership uncommitted and | noncommittal.” He expressed the be- lief that even in the matter of dis-| franchisement there is a quickening of the conscience toward the colored man’s cause even in the States where he has no vote. Persistent and indefatigable petition, in such areas, through a long- drawn-out non-violent plan of public action, he belieted, would prove ef- fectiv Judge Edward W. Henry of Phila- delphia presided over the meeting. An carlier session, over which Mrs. Georg Williams, * Republican committee- | woman from Georgia, presided, dis- | cussed “Religion” and ‘“Politics,” the | principal speakers being Bishop George | Clement of Louisville, Dr. Vernon Johns, | president of the Virginia Theological Semipary at Lynchburg; Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Mrs. Addie W. Dicker- son, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell and Mrs. Ella G. Berry. FIGHT FOR PARKING " RELIEF IS PLANNED Denial of Plea for Changes on Con- necticut Avenue Between K and S Attacked. of Denial by the District Commission- ers of a petition by merchants and resi- dents of Connecticut avenue between K and S streets asking for relief of the parking situation in that area was at- tacked today by Howard P. Okie. a business man of 1640 Connecticut ave- nue, in a letter to William A. Van Duzer, traffic director, and Washington newspape Declaring that, by meeting the re-| uests of the petitioners “in part,” the | orities have rendered conditions so along certain portions of the section in question, Okie asserted he stands ready to take the matter be- fore the courts or Congress “to pro- tect our rights” and is asking for | pledges to defray costs of legal pro- ceedings. The petition of the merchants and | residents, according to Okie, sought a one-hour parking limit on Connecticut avenue between K and S streets, and abolition in that zone of the “No park- | ing” regulations between street car | loading platfarms and curbs. Since the | drafting of the petition, Okie declares, a one-hour parking limit was fixed on | ectil avenue south of Dupont but this action, he while L in itself, has rendered conditions north of the circle worse. It also has had the aggravating feature of limiting the parking privileges of neif boring non-business sections, he added. Okie, in his letter, also attacks the FEOERAL WORKES WTHIRAN FRON LIB0R FEORATON Assoctation Lasting More Than 14 Years Terminated by National Vote. LETTER SENT TO GREEN TELLING OF OUTCOME Washington Members Oppose Sep- aration of Groups by Vote of 5,012 w0 2,998, The National Federation of Federal Employes today stood outside the ranks of the American Federation of Labor after an assoclation dating back more than 14 years The severance, which resulted from a dispute over proposed reclassification legislation, became an accomplished fact at midnight when a Nation-wide referendum among the membership of the Federal employes was tabulated at national heaquarters here, and showed 16,335 in favor of withdrawal and 11,406 opposed A letter went forward today to Wil liam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, over the signa- tures of Luther C. Steward, president, and Miss Gertrude McNally, secretary treasurer of the Federal employes, ad- vising the head of labor of the with- drawal. Capital Loeals Oppoved. 1 unions opposed withdrawal, with Temaining four in favor. The vote against withdrawal was 8,012, with 2,993 in favor. There was & total of 27,741 votes cast out of & membership of 52,184. There are in the ranks of the Federal employes 412 locals, and those which were not represented in the vote either failed to participate or were barred because their dues were not current, according to advices sent to all local officials in a letter by Steward and Miss McNally, advising them of the result of the ballot. Green’s Letters Given Out. In announcing the vote, President Steward gave out additional corre- spondence that had been exchanged Wwith President Green on the separation issue, and which supplemented other letters made public early in November, when the question was put up to the Federal employes. As in his previous communications, Green, adopting a conciliatory attitude. attempted to compromise the differences, while the Federal employes rejected the overtures and accused the A. F. of L. head of bad faith. The trouble arose over the action of the Vancouver convention of the A. F. of L. in opposing reclassification legis- lation sought by the Federal employes on the ground that it would have made the wages of the skilled trades subject to the Personnel Cldssification Board, whereas, under the present system, the tradesmen are cnabled to negotiate with the heads of their respective depart- ments and want to continue on that basis, In adl, 229 locals participated in the Vote. In Washington, saven of the Pledged New Program. Green said when the breach was in- dicated that the Federation of Labor was not opposed to the principle of fe- classification and pledged his efforts to work out a legislative dprogram that would be satisfactory to all parties con- cerned. The Federal employes’ heads, however, | Insisted, in effect, that the interests of their organization had not been given proper consideration in the condemna- tion of the legislation; held that Green could have been more diligent in han- dling their side of the case, and went ahead with the Nation-wide vote on secession. The correspondence given out today shows that on November 20 Mr. Green wrote to President Steward, repeating his belief that “a very grave mistake Will be made and a great injury will be inflicted upon the membership of the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes if a final withdrawal of affilia- tion with the American Federation of Labor takes place.” He further urged that, “regardless of the outcome of the referendum vote,” the final decision be withheld until the Federal employes officers and the executive council of the A. F. of L. could get together here in January “for the express purpose of composing the differences and for the settlement of any _grievances, real or imaginary, which you may entertain toward the American Federation of Labor and any of its officers.” Overture Rejected. A week later Steward replied reject- ing the overture as an “empty assur- ance,” and again criticizing the Execu- tive Committee of the A. F. or L., in hich the original attack on the clas- ification legislation arose. Mr. Green answered this letter on November 30 and reiterated that the A. F. of L. and all its leaders “will gladly and willingly support such clas- sification legislation as you may draft, applicable to the Federal employe over whom you may rightfully exercise Juris- diction.” He said further that the separation “cannot now be successfully defended upon the basis of the reasons which you have thus far assigned.” The letter today was the reply. It in- cluded criticism of steps that Green has taken since the trouble started. He was accused of attempting to “influence” local unions, both by his letters and in a meeting here at which he spoke. It was explained, however, at the time of this meeting, that Mr Gx;fl‘eél had nothing to do with its being called. Green also was criticized for having signed the report of the President's Organization on Unemployment Relief, some weeks ago, which advocated vari- ous measures for spreading employment, DR. PHILLIPS T0 SPEAK Tr. Z. B. Phillips Church of the Epiphan; second lecture-sermon tomorrow eve- ning on “Brahmanism.” The special theme for tomorrow night will be “The Theology of the Vedas and the Laws of Manu.” The consideration of this phase of the subject will deal directly with the idea of God as contained in the sacred literature of India and will be followed next week by a comparison of Brahmanism with Christianity, es- pecially in regard to the conception of God. These Sunday evening services are designed especially for those desiring to have an historical background of the great religions of the world. These lecture-sermons will last one hour, rector of the will give the NURSES ARE SOUGHT An announcement by the Civil Service Commission today called attention to the fact December 15 is the closing date for applications for positions a« student nurse at St. Elizabeth’s Hos- pital. Both men and unmarried women are desired. opinion of the Trafio Advisory Council | that a serious traffic hazard is created where automobiles are permitted to | park between loading platforms and i St. Elizabeth’s is recognized by the American Medical Association as a Class A hospital, and the course now open leads to a certificate of graduation in pursing. aheD