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Washi ngton News WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION - @The Foening B far Society and General WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, - e DECEMBER 8, 1931. — e PAGE B—1 FULL CHEST QUOTA OF U. . WORKERS N PREDTED Campbell, Kept From Giving Radio Talk by Traffic, Holds Goal Near. HALF OF $1,000,000 SUM NOW PLEDGED, HE SAYS Civil Service Commission's Head Reports 37,150 Give $511,250 Up to December 5. ‘With more than half of a $1,000,000 quota already pledged, Federal employes wil raise the full amount of their Com- munity Chest allotment by the end of the week, Thomas E. Campbell, presi- dent of the Civil Service Commission, predicted in a statement he was pre- vented from reading over the radio last night by a traffic tie-up resuiting from the parade of the unemployment relief marchers. Mr. Campbell was to have delivered the prepared address over Station WJSV from the Washington Navy Yard during part of the time given the United States Navy Band for its concert. 37,150 Pledge $511,250. Delayed by other engagements, Mr Campbell gave himself just time enough to reach the Navy Yard. The unem- ploged marchers, however, had snarled | traffic to such an extent that his car| was held up and he arrived at the Navy | Yard after the time on the air allotted | him had expired. The latest reports, Mr. Campbell stated in the prepared address, are| available only through December 5, but show that 37,150 employes so far con- | tacted have subscribed a total of | 511,250, | “IL 15 practically certain,” he con- | tinued, “that the Government employes’ | allotment of $1,000,000 will be fully sub- | scribed by the end of the week.” Fleming and Thom Will Aid. Meanwhile, it was announced, that an invitation to serve as vice chairmen | of the new Community Chest Campaign | Committee has been accepted by two of | Washington’s leading bankers—Robert | V. Fleming, president of Riggs National Bank, and Corcoran Thom, president of the American Security & Trust Co. Mr. Fleming and Mr. Thom will help direct the approaching drive to raise $1,601,000 from citizens outside the Government departments, with a view to reaching the Chest's 1932 goal of $2,601,000. Three of the 10 executive depart- ments have virtually completed their canvasses—the State, Interior and Labor Departments—while the follow- ing Federa! groups have submitted final reports: ‘The White House, $1,82: employes contacted; rajll istration, $396, with 11 tacted; Commission of Fine Arts, $51, with 3 employes; Bureau of Efficiency, $1,238, with 43 employes; alien prop- erty custodian, $2,775, with 134 em- ployes; American Battle Monuments Commission, $137, with 8 employes; the Panama Canal, $1,283, with 78 em- loyes; the National Advisory Commit- Yoo tor Acronautics, $871, with 43 em- ployes; recorder of deeds, $807, with 71 employes; International Boundary Com- mission, $201, with 7 employes, and the Mixed Claims Commissioh, $469, with 21 employes. Other Pledges Mount. Reports to Mr. Campbell showed the following subscriptions through Decem- ber 5, together with the number of em- | ployes contacted in the various depart- ments: The State Department, $18,857, from 813 employes; Treasury, $10,373, from 640 employes; War, $41,255, from 3,342 civilian employes; Justice, $12,987, from 607; Post Office Department and postal service in Washington, $16,071, from 979; Navy Department, Navy Yard and naval establishments, $59,920, from 5,500; Interior, $46,292, from 3,029; Agriculture, $39,967, from 3,272; Com- merce $6,538, from 370; Civil Service Commission, $6,944, from 429; District government, $109,997, from 8,391; vet- erans’ administration, $25,268, from 1,879; Federal Board for Vocational Education, $1,689, from 83; Government | Printing Office, $2,480, from 160; Gen- eral Accounting Office, $24,441, from 1786; Interstate Commerce Commis- sion, ' $22586, from 1500, Board of | Mediation, $651, from 26; Federal Power | Commission, $1,646, from 46; Federal| Trade Commission, §2,115, from 96; | Personnel Classification Board, $1,233 | from 61; Office of Public Buildings ‘and | Public Parks, $15442, from 1,724;| Smithsonian Institution, $1875, from| 136; Pa merican Union, $1,070, from | 80, Employes' Compensation Commis- | sion, $1,05]1, from 54; Department of Labor, $12,894, from 742; Board of Tax| Appeals, $2,207, from 65; Federal Radio Commission $2,040, from 128: Federal Farm Board, $5,388, from 299, and Ship- 0 § from 448 amount previously reported ell's committee was 321,496 Anticipates Full Subscription. latest figures,” quite in line | gness which Government employes in Washington have always shown to contribute a generous s the funds needed for social service in our community “While few of the departments and independent establish the complete of the smaller > more than th 1 employe week ments amour pay of “E the final returns ished and there is no doubt how that Federal employes their full allotment.” Campbell closed by po.nting out the need for charity is grester this se of the fact that 20,000 per- stered as o 14,000 re and 9,000 the year be Navy Band Gives Radio Time. In announcing the appointment Mr. Fleming and Mr. Thom to the Chest Committee it was pointed out that both have been active in Community Chest work_since the organization in 1928 Mr. Fleming has been chairman of the special gift unit, vice president and later treasurer of the Chest, while Mr. Thom was chairman of the Budget Committee in 1931 Speakers for the Community will_be given five weekly broadcast hour of the Navy Band Chest over Station WJSV, beginning at 7:30 | o'clock each Monday night, th~ough the courtesy of Lieut. Charles E. Benter, leader of the band Will Give Oyster Supper. ‘The Parent-Teacher Association the Mount Rainier High School is giv- ing an oyster supper for the benefit of the school at the Odd Fellows Hall, Mount Rainier, tomorrow from 4:30 to 8.00 o'clock. Mrs. Arthur Payne is chairman of the Arrangement Com- minutes during the | of | 'WHISTLER COMES . PORTRAYED BY | Richard Hale Creates Role of Eminent Artist in Play Being Performed Here. Actor Studies Traits of Man Who Worked Two Years as U. S. Draftsman. BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. James McNeill Whistler has come back to Washington. The greatest American painter of his time, as many believe, he spent two precious years of his youth in the Capital as a draughts- man of the Coast and Geodetic Survey: then, in 1854, satled #way to England and Prance and an expatriated fame which has not faded since his death in 1903. His local celebrity was ef- fectively re-established by the appear- ance here of some of his best works in the permanent collection of the Freer Gallery of the Smil nian In- | stitution. But even if all that he drew and | painted in the 69 busy years of his life | were to be destroyed, Whistler would | survive the cataclysm. He was a leg- end long before he died, and he will be a legend long after all those who him, lovea or hated him have |departed from the earthly sceme. He | will be remembrced for his caustic wit b reasm, his cynicism, his belliger- |encs, his querrels, his pitiless battle | for “freedom in art and his insistence !on the values of creative abllity in the modern world. He will be remembered as a per- conality. It is this Whistler who has | returned. He is the central character of a play. ‘Whistler,” written by‘ Pauline Hopkins and Sarah Curry, and | retouched, for good or ill, by the emi- nent dramatic carpenter, A E.| Thomas. First done in Baltimore last | week, the production is at the Na- tional Theater for a_six-day run before proceeding to New York D. C. Man Plays Whistler. The leading role, the character of the waspish but lovable genius of yes. teryear, is played by Richard Hale, a| Washington boy, who has grown into a | cosmopolitan man with a celebrity of | his own. There is & certain particular | significance in the co-incidence. Hale | probably is, to some extent., the sort of person Whistler was. He has the | same general sort of background, he has had much the same sort of train- ing. But in Hale's case drama and music, rather than painting and quar- reling, have claimed the allegiance of the artist Hale was brought up in the Capital, attended the old Force School, the Franklin School and the Central High School and won & scholarship at Co- lumbig University at the termination of | his high school career. He sang in St. | John’s Church as a lad. Emerging from Columbia, he joined the company of Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske, and the succeeding years found him alternately in theatrical productions and concert work. To many he became known as an actor who is also a singer. THREE ARE INJURED IN AUTO'S PLUNGE One Is Hurt Seriously in| Crash—Man, 69, Is Victim as Car Overturns. | knew One man was hurt serfously and two | others suffered minor injuries last night when an automobile in which they were riding plunged over a 15-foot embank- ment and overturned several times at ‘Twenty-fifth street and Naylor Xofid‘ southeast. ‘ Willlam F. Cox, 20 years old, of 2012‘ Sixth street southeast, driver of the car, was removed to Casualty Hospital by police of the eleventh precinct station | and treated for severe head injuries and { cuts of the forearm and left hip. Hos- pital physicians reported his condition | as critical. Two Slightly Hurt. Miss Ethel Smithwick, 17, of 204 Eleventh street southeast, and Lawrence | Beardmore, 17, of 2317 Thirty-second | street southeast, were hurt slightly, but | | the former refused hospital treatment.| should prove an excellent medium in Beardmore was given first aid at Casu- alty for a bruise on his hip. | The automobile, police were told, was | oing north on Twenty-fifth street, | when it suddenly skidded on some loose dirt, swerved to the left side of the embankment and toppled over. The machine overturned several times, but finally landed on its wheels at the end of the drcp. william Mangum, 69 years old, of 1366 Emerson ctreat northeast was se- riously injured and trafic was tied up for ncarly 45 minutes yesterday after- noon when his car overturned after he lost control of it on the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge southeast Treated for Head Injuries. Physicians at Casualty Hospital treated Mangum for head injuries and shock. Police were told he was driv- ing east over the span when it struck | B ¥ | the curb at the west end of the bridge | and overturned | A collision at Seventeenth and Q streets sent Mark Garilli, 26, of Mount | 2ainier, Md, to Emergency with minor cuts and bruises of the face and hands and badly damaged & taxicab yesterday afterncon The taxi, driven by John Johnson. colored, 21, of 617 U strest, overturned when it collided with a machine op- erated by Garilli YULE PARADERS FRIDAY DUE TO NUMBER 2,000 ¥ | of | Christmas Bazaar March to Pass| | Reviewing Stand at 14th Street and Thomas Circle. More than 2,000 marchers, accom- (panied by 10 bands and a number of | highly decorated floats, will make up the Christmas bazaar parade of the Central Business Men's Association, which will be reviewed by one of the District Commissioners Friday night, clarting at 8 o'clo: Th* marchers will converge at Four- iteenth street and Florida avenue and perade down Fourteenth street t Themas Circle, where the reviewing stand will b fixed, It is es.inated the parade will take more than 45 minutes | to pass. As a feature the parade will contain & clown section, in which any person in the city, appropriately costumed may enter. " Prizes will be awarded for unique costumes. There will also be prizes waraded to the bands and floats. Already more than 130 decorated trucks and sutomobiles have entered. | be sold at $5 per 1,000 instead of the | | sales, Hospital | & BACK TOD. C.. CAPITAL NATIVE RICHARD HALE. To others he is a singer who is also an actor. He has a fine, round, reso- nant baritone voice, and he has sung with the principal symphony orchestras | Peing held on first degree murder war- | of New York, Baltimore, St. Louis and | Cinci’ nati, as well as in London, Paris and Berlin. Seven Curtain Calls for Hale. He has given a long series of recitals throughout the United States. He sang the role of the King in the presenta- | wound suffered in the road house shoot- | tion of “The King’s Henchman,” which was the first offering of the Columbia Broadcasting System. He was in Wash- ington last in the cast of “Green Grow the Lilacs,” a Theater Guild production. | He loves the city and has many friends here. His dressing room last night was | crowded. At the close of the play he was called before the curtain seven times. Apparently Washington is loyal to her own. Hale speaks of the role of Whistler as stimulating. “It is a difficult role,” he says, “but I like it. Whistler was a cantankerous old fellow, surely, but he was a lovable fellow, too. In Baltimore last week I was shown a photograph of him that I had never seen before. I was instantly struck by the essential kindliness of bis countenance. I try to do him justice in my portrayal of him. I try to be like him, to feel like him. There are times when I can forget my- self altogether and really be Whistler. 1 suppose every actor who tries to rep- resent a historical character has the same aim—to lose himself in the per- sonality of the original " Studies Whistler Character. Hale spent months studying books by and about Whistler and pictures of him. He even had shoes made to order on the pattern of shoes actually worn by the painter. “We have tried to follow the general conception of the man,” Hale explains. “Authorities disagree about detalls, but the general impression we have sought to convey in our production is based on the things &1l the different writers about Whistler have noted in his character. I see him not as a merely clever per- son, but rather as a fighter for truth as he visioned it, deeply sincere and essen- tially kindly and good. STAMP APPROVED BY DR HAVENNER Bicentennial Stickers to Be Sold at $5 a Thousand. Centroversy Ended. The sanction of the District Bicen- tennial Commission to the sale of Bi- centennial stamps issued by the State Stamp Co., here, which was withdrawn some time ago after a many-sided con- troversy arose over the manner of their sale, was given again today by Dr. George C. Havenner, executive vice chairman of the commission. Dr. Havenner, in giving the indorse- ment of the commission, made it clear it was on condition that the stamps would not be sold for more than $5 per thousand and that the commission was not financially interested in the enterprise. The stamps, it was said, will go on sale immediately. They were originated by Soterios Nicholson, Washington attorney, who holds Patent Office protection on them. “They are artistic in design and 1 making the celebration widely known and thus should be a reminder to all who see it to come to the Nation's Capital in 1932,” Dr. Havenner as- serted. The stamps, he said, will hereafter former price of $10, under an arrange- ment made by the State Stamp Co. with the printers of the stamps. “The District of Columbia George Washington Bicentennial Commission.” | Dr. Havenner declared, “is not finan- | cially interested in any way in the | production or sale of these stamps as | it receives no commission from the | but it recognizes the stamp as a valuable agency in stimulating in- | terest in the National Capital during | the bicentennial year.” When the stamps were first issued | here, the District Bicentennial group | received 20 per cent of the proceeds from their sale, under a contract drawn up in behalf of the commission by Arnold Kruckman, its former director and signed by both himself and Nichol- o n At the time it was said’the commis- | sion approved this action. Later, ho ever, following criticism by Representa- tive Sol Bloom of New York and the Washington Better Business Bureau, the sals opped ani the sanction | of the Bi al body withdrawn Sale of Eicentennial stamps in New | York by & concern affiliated with the | Co. was stopped there | Barry Bulkly, for- merly of Washington, orie of the heads of the New York stamp-selling group. Nicholson also has had made. stamps bearing the names of several Virginia | towns, including Norfolk, Roanoke and Richmond, which he had planned to sell in those places. EVANS DENIES GUILT Former Union Officer Arraigned on | New Indictment. Dave Evans, Chicago, former secre- ! tary-treasurer of the Internationall Union of Operating Engineers, was ar- raigned today before Justice James M | Froctor on an indiciment charging the | embezzlement of $29,000 of the funds of the union Which came into his hands ' | in 1929 and 1930. He pleaded not guilty and, through Attorney P. H. Marshall | s ;u:mgkm dttigs in which to decide | on the vali - mc!z::em.h e dity of the in ns ha n indicted by the iI- legal grand jury, and his case r{udhr:z ‘l;e represented and resulted in | dictmenty the new in- TEA HOUSE SLAYNG SUSPET RECDVERS FACES OESTINNG Norman Garey . Taken to Hyattsville After Release From Gallinger. WAIVES QUIZ AND AGREES TO GO WITH OFFICERS Couple Seized Yesterday Near Shzoting Scene to Be Grilled Again by Police. Norman Garey, one of the suspects rants in connection with the Old Co- | lonial Fea House shooting, was rushed to Hyattsville for questioning by Balti- more detectives this afternoon follow- |ing his release from Gallinger Munici- {Pal Hospital earlier in the day. | Completely recovered from gunshot | ing, Garey was taken into custody for ' Maryland authorities by Detective Sergt. | John W. Wise, upon his release from the hospital and turned over to Con- | stable Howard Slater and Sergt. H. G.| Machen of Prince Georges County. Garey waived extradition on the fugitive from justice warrant issued here five days ago by Assistant United States Attorney Milford F. Schwartz ‘o guard against the possibiilty he would leave the hospital after recovering from his wounds and agreed to accompany the Maryland officers to Hyattsville without the formality of a removal hearing Couple Face New Quiz. Lieut. Cornelius Roche and Sergt. William Feehley, the two Baltimore de- tectives assigned to aid in the shoot- Ing probe, immediately dropped other phases of their investigation and made ready to grill Garey at length regard- ing the hold-up in which Grover Amick, 27-year-old Washington gaso- line station employe, was killed and five other persons wounded two weeks ago. Meanwhile, Department of Justice agents conducting an inquiry into the activities of a tri-State vice ring of which the roadhouse is believed to have been a part were planning to continue the questioning of a man and woman arrested near the tea house yesterday by Slater and Machen. The couple gave their names as John E. Peterson of the 1100 block New York avenue, this city, and Hortense J. Bar- row, 17 years old, of Pennsylvania. They were questioned last night by agents and held at Hyattsville. No charges were placed against them. Woman Claims Threat. Police were told by the woman that Peterson took her out in an automobile yesterday, stopped it on the River road near Bladensburg and threatened to Kill her after a quarrel. She fled from the car and sought refuge in a nearby farmhouse, whose occupants called police. : Garey is one of four men being held in connection with the slaying of Amick. Charles Levitt, manager of the Blad- ensburg resort, and Charles Simone, al- leged member of the bandit gang that raided the roadhouse, are under police guard at local hospitals, where they are being treated for wounds suffered in the shooting, while Peter Abbott, al- leged Philadelphia gangster, who has been named as the “trigger man” in the tea house case is under arrest in Philadelphia. CAPTURES RUM AUTO Policeman Chases It Two Miles, but Driver Makes Escape. After a 2-mile chase through Southeast Washington, Policeman C. E. Ripperger, eleventh precinct, last night captured an automobile contain- ing 29 half-gallons of liquor. The driver escaped. Policeman Ripperger picked up a speeding car near the 1700 block of § street southeast. He chased the car through Anacostia and across the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge to Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue, where the rum car was abandoned by its driver. 'The man outdistanced the policeman. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Washington Chapter, Delta Gamma Sarority, 5 Primrcse street, Chevy Chase, Md., 8 p.m. Card party, benefit St. Paul Soclety, St. James’ Church, Thirty-seventh street Rhode Island avenue, 8 p.m. Meeting, Society for Philoscphical In- quiry, New Nationa: Museum, 4 45 p.m Vincent de Catholic ,and Annual Fayette Hotel, 6 p.m. Meeting, Takoma Park Citizens' As- Meeting, Aloysian Club, 47 I street, 8:45 p.m. Randall Jones, National Park Service, to lecture. Meeting, Washington Branch, So-| ciety of American Bacteriologists, Army Medical School, Walter Reed Hospital grounds, 8 p.m. Meeting, Beta Gamma Phi Sorority, Hamilton Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Washington Chamber Commerce. Mayfower Hotel, 8 pm. Meeting, Sons of the Revolution, Wil- lard Hotel, 8 p.m. Illustrated lecture on Alaska, Orcella Rexford, Masonic Temple, 8 p.m. Annual turkey dinner, McKendree M. E. Church, Massachuseits avenue and Tenth street, 5 to 7 p.m. Dance, Americanization School Asso- ciation, Elks' Club, 8:30 p.m. Duteh supper, State Council, Daugh- ters of America, Pythian Temple, 7 pam. ‘Turkey dinner, Trinity Chapter, No. 33 O. B 8. Almes Temple, Thirteentn and K streets, 4:30 to 7 p.m. FUTURE. Luncheon, Rotary Club, Willard Ho- tel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, D. C. Bankers’ Association, willard Hotel, tomorrow, 12:45 p.m. Luncheon, Lions Club, Mayflower Ho- tel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Optimist Club, Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Meeting, Myra McCoy Andrews Day Nursery. ' Hamilton Hotel, LOMOFTow, 10:30 am. Luncheon, Washington Association of Credit Men, Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Exchange Club, Carlton Hotel, tomorrowi§ 12:30 pm. of election, Civitan Club, La| scciation, Takoma Public Library, 8 pm | ECONOMIC STRESS SEENASEXCUSETO NEGLECT CHILDREN Educator Declares Hope of Child Lies in Public In- terest in Welfare, TEACHERS BIG PORTION OF ARKANSAS JOBLESS Illinois Superintendent Declares “Oversupply” of Inmstructors Includes Incompetents, Economic stress makes it increasingly easy to neglect children, Dr. Francis W. Kirkham, educational director of the National Child Welfare Association, told the National Council of State Superintendents and commissioners of | education in its closing session today | with the United States office of edu- | cation. | Dr. Kirkham spoke for H. E. Barnard, director of the White House Confer- jence on Child Health and Protection. | He voiced an urgent plea for promo- tion of child interests, educationally | and in the field of health, during the! depression. Hopes of Child. “The hope of the child against neg- lect today lies in an aroused and intel- | ligent public interest in his welfare,” Dr. Kirkham declared. “President Hoo- ver’s National White House Conference, supplemented by a State Conference may well be an effective method to provide against a backfire against sel- fish interests.” Dr. Francis G. Blair, State superin- tendent of schools in Illinois, warned against promiscuous use of the term versupply of teachers.” “There are 3,500 teachers out of jobs in Illinois,” he said, “‘but there are three times that many in jobs who don't be- long there; they haven't the proper training. So let's be careful how we use this term ‘surplus teachers’ because the facts, misunderstood, will get in the hands of the enemy.” Arkansas Teachers Jobless. Dr. Guy C. Gamble, senior specialist in educational surveys, said that the most recent survey for the drought-in- flictedwState of Arkansas, revealed that 65 per cent of that State's professional unemployed were teachers. Dr. Leonard V. Koos, associate direc- tor of the national survey of secondary education, reported that that study now is in its final stage. More than 800 high schools have been visited and 1,750,000 pages of inquiry blanks had been dis- patched to educators. The conference will close with a busi- ness meeting late today, when various committee reports will be considered At the closing sesslon also the develop- ment of radio as an adjunct in educa- tion will be discussed. SEEEIR SWEENEY ON TRIAL IN SLAYING OF DAY Speakeasy Porter Testifies Defend- ant Tried to Keep Victim From Shooting. Elmer J. Sweeney killed Talley Day only after attempting to persuade Day not to fight, John C. Kelly, a Gov- ernment witness, testified today at Sweeney's first-degree murder trial in the District Supreme Court. Kelly, a former colored porter in a speakeasy at 1523 M street, where Day was slain, told of the argument which resulted in the gun fight. He said Day began firing at several men after one “Andy Gump” threw a “gin buck” into Day's face. Under cross-examination by Bertrand Emerson, defense attorney, Kelly said after Day fired the first of three shots, Sweeney shouted for him to “wait a minute.” The witness added that Day continued to fire, whereupon Sweeney shot him through the temple. He died the next day. Howard Ogle, Oscar Mansfleld and Charles Mansfield, headquarters detec- tives, told of their investigation. They said when they arrived at the speak- easy Day had been removed to a hos- pital. They found a pool of blood on a floor of a back room and Day’s re- volver nearby. Two washtubs filled with ale and beer bottles were laying on top of an eight-foot bar. The detectives found two bullets lodged in a door. They said the slugs were fired from Day's pistol. Rudolph Schlerchert, attached to the vice squad, told of dismantling the bar. WILL HONOR DR. CRAIK Sons of American Revolution to At- tend Alexandria Service. Members of the District of Columbia Society of Sons of the American Revo- lution” and women guests will attend a memorial service in honor of Dr. James Craik, first surgeon general of the American Army and intimate friend of George Washington, Sunday after- noon in the Old Presbyterian Meeting House in Alexandria, Va. The meeting will begin at 2:30. Officers of the soclety for next year are to be nominated at a meeting in! the Hotel Mayflower Wednesday, De- | cember 16. The officers are to be elect- ed on February. SNURE HEADS WRITERS The newly elected Standing Com- mittee of Correspondents in charge of the press gallery at the Capitol today organized with the election of John Snure of the Washington bureau of the New York Herald-Tribune as chairman. John T. Suter of the Associated Press was elected secretary. The other members of the commit- tee, which was selected Saturday, are Warren Wheaton of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Charles O. Gridley of the Denver Post and Carlisle Bargeron of the Washington Herald. ¥ The committee filled a vacancy in the Senate press gallery superintend- ent’s force by appointing A, W. Tracy. Mr. Tracy was formerly a member of the press gallery. Filipinos Hold Contest. ‘The eleventh annual oratorical con- test of the Filipino Club, which was held Sunday night in the assembly hall of the city Y. M. C. A. was won by Braulio Rillon of La Union, Philippine Islands. Pablo Mamaril of the same Philippine province took second place, with Leon Frigillana, also of the same — FFICER A. G. MOORE of the eleventh precinct (left) and Dr. W. A. Mess of 459 G street with some of the game they brought back irom three days' hunting last week with Eustace Green, 506 Kenyon street, in the Northern Neck of Virginia, near Robley, Richmond County. They bagged 27 quail, 16 rabbits, 4 pheasants, 4 woodcock and other game, in addition to 70 pounds of bass and pike. —Star Staff Photo. MEETING LAUNCHES C. OF C. CAMPAIG Steps of Five-Year Expan-| sion Plan Are Outlined “by Speakers. ‘The maintenance of manpower within a trade or civic organization is the first essential to effective community serv- ice, Washington Chamber of Commerce members were told yesterday by Creed W. Fulton, general chairman of the “second- year program” of the five-year expansion plan of the chamber, at a luncheon meeting in the Washington Hotel. The meeting was held to launch & membership drive and organize cam- paign teams. Brief talks also were made by George | A. G. Wood, vice president of the cham- ber; Dorsey W. Hyde, jr., secretary, and Harry King, president. The speakers outlined "steps of the expansion pro- gram, why it was adopted and how it 1s being carried into effect. The special Membership Committee, as announced yesterday, is headed by George E. Keneipp, general chairman. Other members include Mr. King, Mr. Wood, Thomas P. Littlepage, Isaac Gans, Martin A. Leese, William C. Mil- ler, Malcolm G. Gibbs, John A. Eckert, Maurice Otterback, John Z. Walker, George B. Fraser, Edmund F. Jewell, E. G. Bliss, A. Lee Thompson, Louis Levay, Leon Ulman, A. Julian Brylawski, Oscar Coolican and Dr. George C. Havenner. The general campaign organization was announced as follows: Division I, Maj. Fenton M. Fadeley, Capts. Hugh Reilly, jr.; Charles Balsam, J. Roger Yates and Chester A. Blinston. Division II, Maj. William O. Tufts, Capts. Robert H. Dalgleish, Eliot ‘Thompson, J. W. Pollard and Mrs. Ada Mills Payne. Division III, Maj. Harry T. Peters, Capts. Joe High, Robert L. Pyle, Walter C. Balderston, H. M. Star- ling and H. Clay Espey. Division IV, Maj. James B, Luttes, Capts. Alfred G. Neal, Robert B. Doing, Arthur C. Smith and Raymond Lurba. ‘The various teams will meet for their first report luncheon at ncon Thursday at the Washington Hotel. The final luncheon will be held on the following Tuesday, after which activities will be suspended during the holidays. The goal set is “1,932 members in 1932.” CITIZENS GET REPORT ON HUGE GAS TOWER Takoma Park, D. C., Group Assured Tank Will Not Be Near Park. The members of the Citizens' Asso- ciation of Takoma Park, D. C., were ad- vised last night by W. C. Magathan, chairman of the Zoning Committee, that the proposed gas tower, several hundred feet high, would not be located in close proximity to the park; but on Riggs road, south and west of the school building. He reported that the application of the Washington Gas Light Co. for the erection of the gas tank had not been approved in its present form. Jesse C. Suter will be invited to ad- dress the association at the January meeting on “The Commuhity Chest.” Mrs. Olyve B. Hancock was elected to membership. ‘The memybers of the school meeting will attend the joint school conference at the Franklin Administration Build- ing December 14 at 8 o'clock, when the public sch®l requirements will be dis- cussed. The following Street Committee was appointed by President Hibbs: F. Bruk. g The Zoning Committee was authorized to confer with property owners in the vicinity of Aspen, Whittier and Third streets in connection with the changing of the zoning of that section to per- mit the construction of semi-detached houses. CHARGED IN SHOOTING Printer Accused of Assault With Intent to Kill Foreman. Charged with assault with intent to Kill as a result of his alleged shooting of George W. Brandt, 3618 Connecticut avenue, composing Toom foreman at the Washington Post, John A. Kennedy. a printer, today was held for the grand | jury on $5,000 bond following & Police Court hearing. According to Brandt, who has been confined to a hospital for a month suf- fering from several bullet wounds, Ken- nedy entered his office in the composing room several days after he had been discharged from the paper and with no warning opened fire upon him. Five of the bullets from the large-caliber revol- ver In\fil‘fll’lflfi'l body, ~ C. C.| King, chairman; Charles B. Beitzel and | | trees near Tucson, FOUR LOCAL BILLS - DRAFTED BY BRIDE Power Sought for Trial Boards to Compel Wit- nesses to Testify. Corporation Counsel Willlam W. Bride- today submitted the drafts of four bills for introduction by the Com- missioners at the present session of Con- gress. One of the measures provides that the secretary of the Board of Commis- sioners be given power to execute deeds and other legal paper for the District, relieving the Comrissioners of much | routine work. A second empowers the police to seize cars parked on the highway for more n 48 hours and put them in garages, and compels the owner to pay the storage charges if he wants his car back. The superintendent of police would be required to nptify the owner that the car had been seized. If it were not redeemed in five days, then the police would have authority to sell it at public auction. The proceeds, after payment of storage and other charges, would be retained by the de- partment for six months, and if no | claim were made, would pass to the | credit of the District. | A third bill seeks to authorize the | Commissioners to pay claims not ex- | ceeding $1,000 wihtout prior report to | Congress. | The fourth would empower the Police | and Fire Trial Boards to compel wit- | nesses to testify and to produce docu- | ments. The bill provides that the Trial | Boards issue subpoenas in the name of | the District Supreme Court, instead of | the Commissioners, as at present, and that the court be given the power to compel attendance of the witnesses. EDMUND E. WALLER FUNERAL HELD TODAY Oldest Inhabitant Member Conducted at Mortuary. Masons Direct Rites. | Funeral services for Edmund E. Wal- ler, 65, a resident of this city for al- most a half century and a member of the Association of Oldest™ Inhabitants of the District of Columbia, who died Sunday at Emergency Hospital, were held this afternoon at Hysong’s parlors, 1300 N street, followed by burial with Masonic services in Rock Creek Cem- etery. A native of Kalamazoo, Mich., Mr. Waller came to this city 45 years ago and at the time of his death Wwas book- keeper for the Metropolitan Club. He was a member of La Fayette Lodge, F. A. A. M, and was one of the oldest members of Washington Commandery, Knights Templar. Surviving are his son, Charles E. Wal- ler, 5808 Eighth street, and three sis- ters, Mrs. Mabel Wilson, Washington; Mrs, Clara Waller McDonald, Gainsville, Ga., and Mrs. E. C. Perry, St. Louis. Mr. Waller lived at 1828 H street. LINCOLN WITNESS DIES E. H. Spang, 92, Former U. S. ‘Worker, Saw President Killed. Edwin H. Spang, 92, who was in Ford’s Theater the night President Lin- coln was assassinated and saw the mur- derer leap from the President’s box nto the stage, died Sunday at his home, 1231 Harvard street. PFuneral services will be at the residence at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, followed by hurial in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr. Spang, who was born in Phila- delphia, came to Washington at the age of 18. He served the Government many years as an employe of the War De- partment, retiring about 10 years ago. His wife died about 35 years ago. He was a member of B. B. French Lodge, F.AAM He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Josephine Chandler, and a niece, Mrs, fPlelen Gillesple, both of Germantown, a, HOOVER GET.S FRUIT GIFT Shipment From Arizona Takes Less Than 36 Hours by Air. Oranges and grapefruit which early vesterday morning were hanging on Ariz., arrived at Washington-Hoover Airport this morn- ing for delivery to President Hoover. ‘Though the bill of lading accompany- ing the three crates of fruit did not go into details, it was understood the ship- ment was & gift to the President from Arizona friends. The fruit came Services for through the ride by air in splen- GAPPER APPROVES MITCHELL'S PLAN FOR JURY REFORM Senator to Take Matter Be- fore Congress at Early Date. INDICTMENT ERRORS CAUSE MOVE FOR CHANGE Charges Would Stand if Voted by 12 Jurors in Attorney General's Scheme. The reconmendations of Attorney General Mitchell for improving the method of selecting juries and handling indictments in Washington will be given prompt study, Chairman Capper of the Senate District Committee announced today. “I was impressed by the importance of the suggestions of the Attorney Gen- eral,” Senator Capper said, “and will give them attention at an early date to see what may be done by Congress.” Recent Error Cited. Referring to recent occasions on which indictments have been invalidat- ed and numerous cases worked up & second time because of the discovery of one disqualified person on a grand jry, the Attorney General recommended a provision of law to the effect that if 12 qualified grand jurors approve an in- dictment it would stand. The Attorney General also suggested improved methods of selecting both grand and petit juries. The presence in Washington of so many persons who are either employed by or have busi- ness relations with the Government makes the selection of juries a difficult problem. Committee Unfilled. Vacancies on the Senate District Committee have not yet been filled by the Republican and Democratic leaders and it is not likely that Chairman Cap- per will call the first meeting until the membership of the committee is completed. One of the first questions which the committee is expected to have laid before it is the reappointment of Har- leigh H. Hartman to the Public Utilities Commission. H§ was given a recess ap- pointment during the Summer. The nomination for this office has not yet been transmitted to the new Congress. Senator Capper has indicated the com- mittee will give careful consideration to the criticism raised during the Sum- mer in connection with Mr. Hartman's reappointment, which was based on certain correspondence between Hart- man and a public utility consulting en- gineer six years ago, before he came on the local commission. {HARBORS CONGRESS HOLDS CONVENTION 400 Delegates Present for Twenty- Seventh Annual Session, Beginning Today. With approximately 400 delegates in attendance, the National Rivers and Harbors Congress opened its twenty= seventh annual session at the Willard Hotel this morning to formulate a pro- gram for co-ordinating waterways with the country’s railroads, highways and airlines. The Congress hears a discussion of the Government’s task in improving river and harbor transportation facil- ities by Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of ‘Army Engineers. Senator Otis F. Glenn of Illinois was another speaker on the morning’s pro- gram, discussing the possibilities and present capacity of Chicago as a port. Other speakers were John F. Galvin, chairman of the New York port author- ity; Representative Riley J. Wilson of Louisiana, Col. Gilbert A. Youngberg of Jacksonville, Fla.; Alex W. Acheson of Denison, Tex., director of the Missis~ sippl Valley Association; Joseph E. Ransdell, president of the Congress, and 8. A. Thompson, treasurer. The two latter officers delivered their annual re- ports. Col. Youngberg discussed the pro- posed ship canal across northern Flo- rida from the Atlantic to the Gulf, while Representative Wilson described what is being done along the Missis- sippi in the interest of flood control. The annual banquet will be held at 8 o'clock tonight at the Willard with Secretary of War Hurley as toastmas- ter. Representative Sol Bloom of New York, associate director of the United States George Washington Bicenten- nial Commission, will speak. Dr. John Bellamy Taylor is also on the pro- gram for a description of “audible light.” Representative Charles H. Brand of Georgia will open the morning ses- sion tomorrow with a talk on “The Savannah River.” The congress will close tomorrow afternoon following a meeting at 3 o’clock. PLAN LITERARY PROGRAM Writers’ Rendezvous Will Conduct Event at J. C. C. Tonight. The Writers' Rendezvous, & literary forum with branches in Maryland, Vir- ginia and the District of Columbia, will conduct a program at the Jewish Com- munity Center tonight at 8:45 o'clock as guests of the Round Table. Miss Emelda Deshaies, president of the Writers' Rendezvous, is to be chair- man and included on the program are Ray Sackson Leenor, Jay Vaughn, Solon E. Barber, editor of Janus, and Jack Stearns Gray, aviator and author. Short literary talks will be followed by a gen- eral discussion, led by Edward James Irvine, radio broadcaster, author and poet. CITIZENS URGE BILL Provision for D. C. Education Board Voted by Highlands Group. The Washington Highlands Citizens’ Association, which last year indorsed legislation providing for the election of the District Board of Education, last night again pledged its support to a similar. bill to be presented at this ses- sion of Congress. Harry N. Stull, a member of the Fed- eration Committee on Election of a Board of Education, explained the bill to_the association, The nougevoted to contribute $20 to charity, to be expended for relief in the section covered by the association. Entertainment included songs by Mrs. Alice Sinclair, accompanied by Miss June Yowell, and readings by Miss Bessie Warren, “