Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1932, Page 15

Washington News $ DEFENSE COUNSEL UNABLE TO BREAK BRUTALITY STORY Colored Youth Sticks to Tes- timony Regarding Beat- ings by Police. TELLS OF “SETTING-UP” EXERCISES IN STATION fim{ One Witness a Day, Jury Is Not Expected to Get Case for Week. Defense counsel spent all their time foday at the third degree trial of Po- licemen Charles R. Bremmerman and Hollis Clark, charged with assaulting ‘Thomas McKeever Williams, colored prisoner, in an endeavor to break down or discredit the testimony of Govern- ment witnesses. While succeding in tripping them on various incidents that occurred before the actual assaults charged in the indictment, the defense failed to shake the oft-repeated stories of the beatings that took place behind the closed door of the locker room of the old second precinct station. Gordon Sticks to Story. Sylvester Gordon, a colored youth of 17, one of those in the line-up, stuck steadfastly to the major part of his story, given under direct testimony. Be- ing one of the witnesses now serving time for petty larceny, Gordon was the youth who was in the automobile with the two policemen when Willilams and several other colored boys were picked wup and taken to the w{l.ee station. It was on Gordon's admission to the police that he had been stealing auto- mobile tires that they took him out in & machine to locate the place from which he was suspected of having taken & car for joyriding. On these incidents the young witness changed his testi- mony at varions times, but defense at- torneys did not succeed, however, in | obtaining any different versions of the *setting up” exercises which consisted of the boys standing on their toes and holding their hands in the air, while being subjected to Llows and questions. Williams Back in Court. At the rate of one witness a day, which has been tge record since the trial opened Monday, it is a conserva- tive guess to indicate it will hardly reach the jury before another week. Williams, who testified he was beaten on the final occasion until he collapsed, was brought back to the court room today from his cell as the suggestion of Government attorneys. Explaining that the witness did not know enough to understand his right to complain to the Department of Jus- tice or police about this treatment, they asked him how to spell and define sev- eral simple words, such as “memorize” and “assorting.” His percentage in the test was zero. HENRY HOOD WINS FIRST ORATORY PRIZE Virginia Poole and Oscar Gilden- horn Get Second and Third Awards. Henry Hood, student in the business men’s course of the School of Accoun ancy of Southeastern University, was awarded first prize in the annual public- speaking contest of the university last night at the Central Y. M. C. A. Miss Virginia Poole was second and Oscar Gildenhorn third. Hood'’s subject was “The Pioneer,” in which he traced the spirit of pioneering from Columbus to Marconi, Miss Poole spoke on “Pist or Pacifist,” advocating world peace, and Gildenhorn denounced capital pun- ishment in an address on “The Blot on the Pace of Justice.” Silver cups were presented to the winners, who were chosen from a field of 10 contestants by a board of judges composed of Dr. R. Lyman Sexton, Prof. August H. Moran and J. Harvey Wat- tles. Dr. James A. Bell, president of Boutheastern, presided. ‘The assembly hall was filled. Other contestants were Ralph Boyd, Lester Elff, Narciso Frigillana, E. €. King, Henry Olearsky, Gerald Colfer and Fred W. Reeder. e T OHIO PHYSICIAN WINS $25,000 IN CONTEST Other Awards in Buick $50,000 Competition Announced by Officials. The winners in the Buick $50,000 €ontest were announced today First prize, $25,000, Dr. E. N. Walker of Akron, Ohio; second prize, $10,000, C. 'A. Beatty of Windsor, IIL; prize, $5,000, Annabelle Stone of and, Oreg prizes of $1,600 each were d to John B. Schaefer of Buffalo, Ruth_Aaron of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Frank Darrow of Stockton, Calif. In addition to these prizes three awards of $500 each and 40 awards of $100 h £ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WAS HINGTON, D. C, {Noted Capital Pianist In- augurated Plan in 1926. i L |Began Concert Career in| 1902 at Age of Nine in Mannheim. W n will experience some- thing new in its musical history when Sunday afternoon its symphony or- chestra—the National Symphony Or- | chestra of Washington—will be in_the hands of a local guest conductor. Kurt Hetzel, who has been associated with the musical element in this city for the past seven years, will take over the reins of the orchestra, while Hans Kindler—its father and president eme- | ritus—is away on & concert tour. Mr. Hetzel, who back in 1926 inaug- urated a symphony orchestra called the Washington Symphony Orchestra, which unfortunately gave only one brief but splendid performance, is well known here as a pianist as well as a conductor. It has been said of him, “He isn’'t a pianist, he's a whole or- chestra”—and this on account of his exceptional piano transcriptions of ‘Wagnerian opera, which he has played at public and at private functions . through the length and breadth of the country. Will Play Wagner. A small part of Sunday's concert at Constitution Hall will be devoted to| Wagner—Mr. Hetzel's favorite composer. | (His ultimate goal is to have Wag- ner played in opera in America the| way it should be played—and the way it is, sometimes, on the continent.) The remainder will be doveted to the Baltimore Orchestra conductor, Gustav Strube’s new composition, which he will lead himself for the first time anywhere, and to ‘Winston, prominent local pianist, who will play the Tschaikowski concerto. Mr. Hetzel, who has been in this country nine years, and who became & Washingtonian by choice, and whose vision to have a symphony orchestra here is said to antedate Mr. Kindler's, rehearses in his shirtsleeves, is a sworn | modernist, thinks Strauss very nearly as S;uz as Wagner, and belleves that ere is a happy omen in the fact that when he leads the National Symphony | into action on Sunday 1t will be the anniversary (to the day and hour) of the day when he came to Washington just seven years ago. A believer in a “five-year plan” musically, as well as constitutionally, he indorses ardently the idea of endowing an orchestra to such an extent and assuring it long life before it has any life at all. He believes, however, that Kindler has done a re- markable job in this brief season, and told the orchestra at its first rehearsal that he was very definttely behind it, and that the National Symphony is “worth being supported.” ‘Won Recognition tn 1902. An extract from the Mannheim news- paper Generalanzeiger of 1902 is the first public indication of success which Mr. Hetzel had in his musical career. | KURT HETZEL WILL CONDUCT ' NATIONAL SYMPHONY SUNDAY KURT HETZEL. The paper says: “Kurt Hetzel showed in his playing so much talent for a 9- year-old boy that we foresee a great musical career for him.” Mr. Hetzel had started playing the piano at the age of five, but was not officially launched before the public until four years later. At the age of 15 he con- ducted his first opera, piayed a piano recital of his own, and a year later en- tered the Royal Academy in Munich, where he studied conducting under Felix Mottl and piano, organ and coun- terpoint under Beer-Walbrun. Before Mr. Hetzel had reached the age of 20 he had been coach at the Mannheim Hoftheater under Bo- danzky, had conducted at the Strass- burg Stadtheater and conducted opera at the Royal Opera House in Munich for two years. Here the World War interrupted his career, but afterward he continued his interesting musical activity by becoming the leading con- ductor at the German Opera House in Czernowitz, capital of Bukowina, and later touring Ew with “a famous Russian singer” as pianist and accom- panist. Came Here on Concert Tour. Mr. Hetzel came to this country in 1923 on a concert tour, playing, as he says, “in every city of the coun- try” and in Canada and finally landed unheralded in Washington in January, 1925. Mr. Hetzel's object in coming to this city, like Mr. Kindler's, was to estab- lish'a symphony orchestra. The Wash- ington Symphony Orchestra was the result of this plan. Mr. Hetzel has hoped to be able to revive it, but since Mr. Kindler has organized his orchestra he has kept well out of the fray. “I'm not out of the running yet, though,” says Mr. Hertzel, who thinks that this city might easily support two orchestras of this sort. But in the meantime he is doing all he can to help along with the National Symphony. Heis more than delighted to be its guest con- ductor. He has rehearsed long and heartily. He knows what he wants and he gets it. He is one of the few con- ductors on record who got through a 3-hour rehearsal 20 minutes ahead of time. CONGRESSMEN HIT FEDERAL PAY GUT Letters From 175 Read at Meeting of Federal Bar Association. Letters from about 175 Senators and Representatives were displayed last night at a meeting of the executive council of the Federal Bar Association, promising opposition to the proposed wage and salary reductions for Govern- ment workers. ‘The association last week prepared a brief opposing the reductions, mailing & copy to each member of Congress. The letters pledging opposition were in response to the brief. Among the letters received were ex- pressions of opposition from Senators Smoot, Copeland, Jones, Dale, Brook- hart, Capper and Couzens. ‘The organization indorsed the bill in- troduced yesterday by Senator Capper to provide all possible garage space in the new buildings of the Triangle area, in order to relieve the congested parking conditions. A bill almost identical with this had been proposed by the bar group. Another bill to be presented to Con- gress soon, it was said, was given the commendation of the group. It provides for the erection of a Government-owned garage in the Mall area to care for cars | of workers in the buildings already | erected or under construction. The large garage would house about 10,000 cars under present plans. | At a meeting of the entire association, which followed that of the executive | council, Dr. Henry B. Hazard, chief| counsel of the Bureau of Naturalization, | spoke on “Safeguarding American Citi- Girl’'s Hand Caught When Door on Vehicle Is Closed. Six-year-old Betty Kelso, a pupil at each were made. he judges were B. C. Forbes, editor | rbes Magazine; Frazier Hunt, au- | nd war correspondent, and president of Campbell-Ewald rtising Agency. Approximately 300,000 contestants par- ticipated T.|as she was about to alight at the | 7610 Georgia avenue. Nativity School, 6000 Georgia avenue, was injured yesterday when a school bus door was closed on her left hand school. | The child was treated at Walter Reed Hospital and then taken to her home, THOUGHTLESSNE BESTED IN FIGHT, SAVES HIM Young Man, Disarmed by Elderly Filling Station Man- ager, Escapes Because He Forgot Bullets. The filling station bandit who didn’t heve time to open the glass door he Jeft by Jast night can congratulate himself upon one circumstance £nyhow. The rest was mostly misery, from the time he sauntered into the station at Seventh, L and Water streets south- west, ordering Willlam M. Johns to e euPly by pounding the eol- ored Visitor on the jaw and seizing his gun. Although the bandit was young and Johns was 63, the manager ceme out best in the scuffie and waved the eaptured gun to prove it. Just then a passer-by, Wi of 1122 Four-and-a-half came rushing toward SS OF BANDIT, to assist Johns, who hardly needed as- sistance. ‘When the bandit saw how badly his hold-up was faring, he didn't take time to open the door, but rushed at it and executed a swan dive through the glass panel. Johns, very angry by this time, and with the bandit’s gun in hand, waited | for the glass and the bandit to quit falling outside before taking aim through the aperture. Johns. police sald, drew a careful | sight and pulled the trigger several times. But the fortunate circumstance, the reason why police were 1 looking for_the bandit today, ‘The bandit had negl load his station | own gun. | of | Wisconsin, is well known to Washington, 160,000 WOMEN SIGN ARMS BAN Petition to Be Carried to Geneva Is Reported to Federation Heads. Reports on the “petitions cam- paign,” resulting in the securing of approximately 150,000 signatures of club women to the petition for dis- armament, which will be presented at the Disarmament Conference in Geneva next month, were made this afternoon by Mrs. Ben Hooper of Oshkosh, Wis., at the opening of the semi-annual meeting of the board of directors of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs at the federation’s general head- quarters, 1734 N street. Mrs. Hooper spoke on the responsi- bility of women in furthering the cause of world peace and drastic disarma- ment among the nations of the world. “The next war,” said Mrs. Hooper, “will destroy civilization. It is no longer a question of armies and navies, but of poisons and chemicals which will de- stroy whole communities from miles away. I do not believe it is practical,” continued Mrs. Hooper, “for any one nation to disarm. The great nations of the world must all disarm, and I feel that it is the opinion of women which will bring about eventual dis- armament.” Meets With Co-operation. Mrs. Hooper in her report stated that | she had met with hearty co-operation in securing signatures from club mem- bers of the organizations which have formed a committee of which she is chairman to carry the petition to Geneva. Organizations which have supported the “plea for disarmament,” which Mrs. Hooper will take to Geneva, are the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, the American Association of University ‘Women, the League of Women Voters, the Young Women's Christian Associa- tion, the Women’s Christian Temper- ance Union, the Home Missionary Society, the Foreign Missionary So- clety, the Women’s Trade Union League, the Business and Professional Women's Club, the Women's Ethical Society and the Council of Jewish Women. ‘Will Present Petition. The petition will be presented to the League of Nations Conference by Mrs. Hooper, who will sail with the Ameri- | can delegation on January 20. Mrs. Hooper, who is the vice president a_ wholesale grocery company in having actively engaged several years ago in the suffrage lobbying which brought about the passing of the nineteenth amendment. She will attend the opening sessions | of the Conference on the Cause and Cure of War, of which group she is national secretary. Reports of various committees will be continued tomorrow and Friday, con- cluding with the closing session Saturday. WILL §TUDY.NEW JUDGES A Senate subcommittee will meet at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning to con- sider the nominations of Justice F. Dickinson Letts and Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue, who were appointed to the District Supreme Court by President Hoover, The subcommittee has been notified of one witness who desires to be heard in opposition to the Letts appointment, but the nature of the opposition has not been disclosed. The subcommittee considering the two nominations is oompondt wor Senators B‘!:nlt, Re};u“b& can, of of Utah. |OPPOSE HOUSE BILL| 70 MAKE CITY PAY N TRACK RENOVAL Commissioners Reject Plan. Say Federal Program Caused Need. DENY D. C. CONNECTED V/ITH TRIANGLE WORK Declare Treasury Department Re- quested Clearing of Ground to Carry Out New Construction. The District Commissioners today sent to Congress an adverse report on a joint resolution giving the District Supreme Court the power to assess damages against the municipality of the District for abandonment of the tracks of the Mount Vernon, Alexan- dria & Washington Railway. The rail- way company will give up its trackage | north of Arlington Junction on Friday, replacing the street car service with busses. The Commissioners sent to the House District Committee a report on the sub- ject by Corporation Counsel William ‘W. Bride, which says, in part: Need for D. C. Denied. “In 1930 the Federal Government reached a point in its program of con- struction in the Mall-Triangle area at which it became necessary to occupy the streets bearing the tracks of the Mount Vernon, Alexandria & Washing- ton Railway. The Treasury Depart- ment, therefore, demanded the removal of these tracks in the loop east of Fourteenth street exclusively for its own purposes and wholly without Te- gard to any requirement of the gov- ernment of the District of Columbia. “Negotiations proceeded until the Spring of 1931, when a proposal was made by the Mount Vernon Railway that it would vacate entirely its oper- ations in the District of Columbia upon payment of an aggregate amount of approximately $200,000. “Participation in this negotiation was definitely rejected by the Commission- ers for the reason that the abandonment of the trackage of the Mount Vernon line was not sought by them and that they were entirely willing that the line should remain in operation. At no time has any agency of the District of Co- lumbia taken legal steps to compel the abandonment of the trackage of the railway. “It should be pointed out that in ad- dition to the fact that this abandon- ment is entirely as a result of the Fed- eral building program, the removal of the tracks, with the resulting addition of numerous busses by affiliated opera- tion would not result in a reduction of the revenue of the District of Columbia and & serious congestion of the down- town streets not affected by the street car operation.” The Commissioners, over the protest of the Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions and other organizations interested, approved purchase of land for a colored school at Rock Creek Church road and Allison street northeast. Two lots will be bought, one from L. O. Wrenn and Nannie B. Upton for $8,000 and one from William S. Moreland for $2,880. The Board of Education requested the Commissioners to make the purchase. Suit is Authorized. Meanwhile, the Public Utilities Sub- committee of the House District Com- mittee decided to recommend passage of a bill introduced by Representative Smith of Virginia, authorizing the rail- way company to sue the Federal Gov- ernment for damages as a result of being forced to abondon its tracks. The subcommittee amended the bill 50 as to relieve the District govern- ment from any share in the payment of damages, which may be determined by the courts, holding this was entirely a Federal project. Chairman Black of the subcommittee emphasized the District government properly should be excluded from what- ever damages may be allowed by the courts. The only opposition to the bill was recorded by Representative Gasque of South Carolina, a member of the Dis- trict Committee, but not of the subcom- mittee which considered the bill. He placed into the record a copy of the re- port by the controller general and argued that having enjoyed profits from the franchise for 30 years, including damages allowed when the tracks were rerouted due to the erection of the Munitipal Building under an act of Congress in 1902, no damages at all are now due to the railway company. Gardiner Booth, attorney for the rail- way, said the company would be satis- fled with damages not to exceed $200,- 000. He emphasized that the Public Utilitles Commission has denied the ap- plication of the railroad company to run busses into Washington from Alex- | andria Junction. The application was for a route that would cross Pennsyl- vania avenue, Corporation Counsel Bride said he understood the District Commissioners would persistently oppose any applica- tion for a bus route into the congested area north of Pennsylvania avenue. WINDOW SMASHER CAPTURED IN CHASE Two Watches Recovered—Thief Gets Clothes in Another Similar Robbery. Using a brick wrapped in newspaper to smash in a plate glass window of the PFranc jewelry store, at Seventh and G streets, a young colored man early today stole two watches, but was captured after a short chase down Seventh street. Arrested by Policeman J. E. Jones of the first precinct, the youth gave his name as James Richard Anderson, 23, of 1837 T street. The watches were found in his pockets, according to police. Another window smasher stole cloth- ing from a store at 1036 Seventh street early today. Included in the loot was a tailor’s dummy, which the thief took to a nearby alley and stripped. Simon Goldman, manager of the store, noti- fled of the robbery, stationed a guard over the broken show window until it could be replaced. An attempted robbery of the tailor- ing establishment of Max Pollock, 3122 Eleventh street, was frustrated last night when the noise made by the would-be burglars in boring holes through a door was heard and they were frightened away. The instruments they left behind were being inspected for fingerprints. Other robberies reported overnight included a $200 watch stolen from the apartment of Arthur S. Lord, 3601 conneg.lwuc avenue, ::f;el{”!s I:)ver- coat, belonging togr: of Lyme, L, the” Christian Science Church, Columbia road and Buolid sroet, Foening Star Society and General WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1932. PAGE B—1 Plenty of Coal for Needy This Winter CHARITIES PAY ONLY FREIGHT ON PENNSYLVANIA FUEL Some of the trucks of the local coal firm which has announced it will deliver free coal donated by a Pennsylvania concern to Washington charitable agencies. only charge to the Washington charities is the freight. S much coal as can be trans- ported and distributed by Dis- trict charitable organizations will be given without charge to the poor of Washington throughout the rest of the Winter by a local dealer and a Pennsylvania mine operator. Since Friday approximately 200 tons of coal have been given away through the Associated Charities, the Catholic Charities, the Salvation Army and the Jewish Welfare Federation, and these organizations have been assured that an unlimited supply is available to them if they will pay the freight charge from Wildwood, Pa., where the fuel is mined. This charge is $4.80 per ton. The coal is being given only to desti- tute families whose homes otherwise would be without warmth, and is being | ‘The local charities pay only the freight ; distributed only on order from a recog- nized charitable organization. Donation of the fuel is being made by ' the Action Fuel Co., Inc, local dealers, and the Butler Consolidated Coal Co. of ‘Wildwood, Pa. The Butler Consolidated Coal Co. also has agreed to furnish as much coal as may be required in Pittsburgh on the same basis. The success of the charitable effort there in relieving dis- tress led Vernon T. Orrison, general manager of the local fuel company, to approach the heads of the four Wash- ington charitable organizations with a similar proposition. His offer was ac- cepted immediately. Mr. Orrison explained that his com- pany is paying the cost of loading the coal on freight cars at the mine, and is providing for its unloading and delivery to the poor in Washington, while the Butler company is giving the fuel itself. charge. < But for a ruling of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Mr. Orrison ex- The Pennsylvania firm loads the coal on cars at Wildwood, Pa. and the plained, even the transportation of the coal to Washington would have been without, charge, since the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad had agreed to donate this service. The Interstate Commerce Commission, however, he declared, held that this could not be permitted under existing regulations. The coal being given away is & semi- hard bituminous grade. Walter 8. Ufford, general secretary of the Associated Charities, said today that the gift of the coal is saving his organization considerable money, since it is now able to furnish fuel to its regular clients at & much lower cost than previously. | He warned the public against flood- ing the Associated Charities and other or in cases where such need is evi- dent. “CRACKS” IN EARTH 10 BE EXPLORED Dutch Scientist in Capital Arranging for Expedition to West Indies. Discovery of great “cracks” in the earth, thousands of miles long, was an- nounced before the Washington Acad- emy of Sclences last night by Prof. F. A. Vening Meinesz of the Geodetic Commission of the Netherlands. The Dutch explorer, who in the past few years has traveled more than 50,000 miles in submarines to locate these “cracks” by gravity measurements un- der sea, now is in Washington arranging for a joint expedition of the United | States Navy and Princeton University to the West Indies where, he believes, one of the great earth deformations ex- tends. Use of a Navy submarine has been secured and the expedition will leave some time this Winter. 1t is along these gravity cracks, Dr. Meinesz explained, that earthquakes occur and mountains are upfolded. They are the signs ot powerful forces operating deep in the b B Meinesz is the inventor of a gravity measuring apparatus which measures the pull of this force on the ocean bot- tom, but which must be operated in a submarine below the disturbance zone of the waves. Earthquakes Explained. The Netherlands scientist is working on the theory of isostacy, largely de- veloped by scientists of the Coast and Geodetic Survey here, which holds that the crust of the earth, about 20 miles thick, floats on a plastic surface and is maintained in equilibrium. So long as this condition is maintained the weight of large areas of the surface should be the same, mountains being made of light material and valleys of heavy ma- terial. When they get out of equili- brium earth disturbances, such as earthquakes, result until the balance is restored. Now, he explained, the pull of gravity should be the same all over the earth if the balance were perfect. When it varies, either to increase or decrease, the equilibrium is upset. These varia- tions can be determined only by ex- tremely accurate measurements. Until Dr. Meinesz perfected his apparatus, nobody had succeeded in measuring the gravity pull undersea. ‘Theoretically, Dr. Meinesz explained, the lowest readings should be obtained over the great ocean depths, such as the one off the coast of Porto Rico or the well known Philippine deep. Two years ago, in a Navy submarine and in’ co-operation with scientists of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, he made extensive measurements in the West Indies. Since then, in a Dutch submarine, he has carried on more ex- tensive work in the East Indies. Low-Gravity Belt. The curious feature of his results, he said, is that the greatest abnormalities do not occur over the greatest sea depths, although these show negative readings, but along their borders. In the East Indies he found a narrow line about 5,000 miles long where all his measurements gave negative readings, bordered on both sides by an area of positive gravity abnormalities. All along this low-gravity belt is an earthquake center. The crack extends eastward and finally disappears in the Pacific, Dr. Meinesz found another crack ex- tending near the Pacific Islands of Guam and Yap and the evidence is that still another passes north of Haitl and Porto Rico. Whether there is any connection between these low gravity belts is unknown. To determine the direction and extent of the Porto Rican | crack will be the chief object of this Winter's expedition. There is some evi- ocean west of California. Low gravity readings have been obtained along the Pacific Coast and may be associated with a world-wide phenomenon. These ‘“cracks,” Dr. Meinesz main- tained, have been split open by powerful forces deep in the earth. Earthquakes and mountain building, taking place along the same lines, are minor symp- toms of the same forces at work, Crust Buckles Inward. ‘The cracks mean that the earth's crust is buckling inward. This may re- sult from the cooling and shrinking of the interior, or be caused by the grad- ual drifting of continents across the surface of the globe, resulting in changes of pressure at different points. The great deeps of the ocean, he holds, are sections of these cracks that have not been covered with surface material. The buckling itself takes place many miles below the surface. Dr. Meinesz' discovery may go far to explain the prevalence of earthquakes | around the Pacific area and enable scientists to predict where they are to be looked for in the future. They also throw some light on the changing countour of the earth, The possible relation between the East Indian creak and the great piled- up masses of the Alps and Himalayas to the north was indicated. But, Dr. Meinesz said, the gravity | he lived at 4231 Third street. Rites Friday FRANK M. HELAN. FRANK M. HELAN, 74, EX-POLICEMAN, DIES Retired Detective to Be Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery Fri- day Morning. Funeral services for Frank M. Helan, 74, a member of the Metropolitan Po- lice Department for more than 40 years, who died yesterday at the Soldiers’ Home Hospital, will be held Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock at his late home, 4231 Third street, followed by mass at 10 o'clock at St. Gabriel's Church. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Helan, who had been a patient at the hospital since December 14, served for about 25 years, up to his re- tirement in July last year, as a special investigator in the office of the Dis- trict attorney. ‘Through this connec- tion he was well known among attor- neys and in the courts of the city. A native of New York City, he came to this city in 1888 and joined the po- lice force. }ge was appointed a de- tective in 1897. When the headquarters detail was issued gold badges some time ago, MT. Helan was given No. 1 in recognition of his long service. Before coming here he served as a sergeant in Troop C, 6th Cavalry, in the Indian campaigns. He was a member of Keane Council, Knights of Columbus, and the Holy Name Society of St. Gabriel's Church. His wife, formerly Joanna Dunigan, died about eight years ago. He is sur- vived by two sons, Frank B. and Thom- as A. Helan, and two daughters, Mary C. and Loretto C. Helan, with whom WILL DESCRIBE MASS Father George A. Keith to Discuss “gacred Love Story.” Father George A. Keith, S. J, of Creighton University, Omaha, Nebr, will deliver an fllustrated lecture on the “Sacred Love Story of the Mass,” in St. Aloysius Church, North Capitol and 1 streets, at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. Father Keith's interpretation of this phase of divine worship has attracted Videspread attention throughout the country and won the praise of high dignataries of the Catholic Church. Approximately 275 lantern slides, gathered from all parts of the world, dence that it may cross Mexico into | Wwill be used to illustrate the story, | Coean wass of Contonsia Tom crasicy | lecture here by Archbishop Curley. Fether Keith was invited to give the URGES CO-OPERATION Roberts Stresses Need in Talk at Police School. Co- ration between police and nrem:;pewss urged today in an address by Raymond Roberts, acting fire in- spector, before members of the police school at police headquarters. I Roberts stressed the neces- sity of police assisting firemen during large fires and asked that police report fire hazards on their beats. A smilar address will be made to- morrow before the Fire Department’s school by Lieut. Harvey G. Callahan, instructor for the police school. show that the mountains are not the cause of the crack nor the cracks of the mountains, but that both result | | from a_common phenomenon. Dr. Richard M. Field of Princeton University, it was announced, will be the leader of this Winter's submarine expedition. Participating organizations will be the Javy, the Coast and Geo- detic the National Research Council and the Royal Society of Great Britain, bsoed hopper, TWO HELD IN THEFT AT SOLDIERS HOME Stolen $1,700 Veteran Had Hidden in Bible. ‘Two men were arrested last night in connection with the theft on Novem- ber 5 of $1,700 from Amos Piper, 70- year-old inmate of the United States Soldiers’ Home. The men, Louis Bernardi, 26, and Ernest Walker, 25, attendants at the home, are being held at the tenth pre- cinct for investigation. According to Detective Sergt. James Collins, Bernardi admits stealing the | money” from a Bible in Piper's room | and hiding it under a rock in the grounds. Last night, according to Collins, Bernardi took him to the place where the money was supposedly hidden. Collins found the package in which the money was allegedly wrapped, but the money was gone. Bernardi told Collins that he first | hid the money under a rock near the says he gave to Walker to have cha . Bernardi said he gave Walk- er $250 for his trouble. A week later, Bernardi said, he re- moved the rest of the money from under the rock and, after wrapping it up, hid it under a pile of leaves near the pond. He says he has mot seen the money since. Walker denies any connection with the case. Both men will be requestioned at headquarters tonight. EX-BOXER FACES LIQUOR CHARGES Arthur De Beve, Said to Be Former French Champion, Arrested by Capital Raiders, Artuur De Beve, 33, said to be former lightweight boxing champion of France and until a year ago a contender for the American title, was arraigned be- fore Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court today on charges of sale and possession of whisky. He pleaded not guilty and will be tried by a jury January 19. De Beve and Alfred Edward Roldes, 33, were arrested in a rald on an al- leged speakeasy at 1324 Nineteenth street yesterday by members of the police vice squad. Policeman Thornton, Schotter and Johnson said they con- fiscated 19 pints of liquor found in the place after they had made a “buy.” Judge Schulte released both men under $500 bond. De Beve, who said that he quit boxing last July while still contender for the American championship, said he came to America with Georges Car- pentier, then heavyweight champion of France. G. 0. P. TO HONOR LINCOLN The Nationa] Capital Bepublican Club will hold a banquet at the Willard Hotel February 12 in honor of Lincoln’s birthday. In previous years the anni- versary has been commemorated by the club with services in various churches throughout the city. master. Edward F. Colladay is chair- man of arrangements; Mrs. Virginia White Speel, chairman of invitations; Thomas P. Littlepage, chairman of speakers, and United States Marshal Edgar C. Snyder, chairman of the Press Committee. |Attendants Said to Have| Senator Simeon D. Fess is to be toast- | CAPTAINTO HEAD POLICE SQUAD IN NEW ALIGNMENT Inspector Beckett to Continue to Supervise Special In- vestigation Unit. OTHER HIGH OFFICERS EXPECTED TO BE CHANGED Detective Sergeant Due to Be Pro- moted in Shift—Capt. Plem- mons Retires Soon. A police officer with the rank of captain will be placed in command of the special investigation squad at po- lice headquarters, it was disclosed to- day as police officials made arrange- ments for several changes in person- nel to be put into effect Saturday. Inspector James F. Beckett has gen- eral supervision over the squad, in ad- dition to numerous other duties, and the plans under consideration contem- plate giving him an assistant, who would devote his full time directing the activities of the members. Inspec- tor Beckett, however, will continue to supervise the squad, which is engaged chiefly in the enforcement of liquor and gambling las. Need Higher Officer. Under the existing organization, po- lice officiais think the breach in rank between the heads of the special squad is too great. Next to Inspector Beckett in rank are Sergts. George Little and N. O. Holmes, the squad being with- out either a lieutenant or captain. The name of the man to be named captain of the squad was not disclosed, but it is understood he is to be ad- vanced from the ranks of the lieuten- ants. This will mean that a sergeant also will be promoted, and indications are he will be picked from the detective bureau. The names of the two men selected for promotion will be sent to the Dis- trict Commissioners for approval at the semi-weekly board meeting Friday. The changes are scheduled to take place at 8 o'clock, Saturday morning. Other Changes Pending. Several other changes among the higher-ranking officers of the depart- ment also will be made the latter part of the month due to the retirement February 1 of Capt. C. L. Plemmons of the fifth precinct, who will reach his 64th birthday—the age limit for service on either the Police or Fire Departments under the order put into effect by the Commissioners last July 1. The retirement of Capt. Plemmons will result in the elevation of a lieu- tenant, a sergeant and a private. The men to be promoted at this time will be drawn from the list of officers who qualified for advancement in civil serv- ice examinations. The forthcoming personnel changes were discussed by Brig. Gen. Pelnam D. Glassford, superintendent of police, at & protracted conference yesterday after- noon with his executive staff. It was the police superintendent’s last meeting with his assistants before leaving Wash- ington for an extended rest in Aiken and Charleston, S. C. MAGAZINE DEALERS’ CASE IS CONTINUED Rearraignment Set for January 18 Pending Hearing of Motions by Attorneys. The Police Court rearraignment of six magazine dealers, arrested in the recent drive designed to suppress three new humorous publications, was con- tinued today until January 16 pend- ing hearing of motions to be filed by defense attorneys. The trial originally was set for to- day, with the six cases to be a test upor: the outcome of which the status of the 126 others would hinge, but Assistant District Attorney Michael F. Keogh decided to make a change in method of prosecution and list each magazine under a separate charge. ‘When the cases were called, Attorneys Hawken and Weiner, representing two of the magazines, asked for continu- ances to allow them to file motions to quash the charges. MRS. C. A. ASPINWALL SUCCEEDS E. P. MOREY Elected President of Juvenile Pro- tective Association at Meet- ing. Mrs. Clarence A. Aspinwall today was elected president of the Juvenile Pro- tective Association, succeeding Ellwood P. Morey, who had held the office for years. Mr. Morey at the same time was chosen honorary president of the asso- ciation and praised for his devotion to the organization’s work. Other officers elected were: Mrs. D. F. Hewett, first vice president; H. 8. Wood, second vice president; Joshua Evans, jr., treasurer; W. R. Willoughby, assistant treasurer, and Mrs. Herold Smith, secretary. An address dealing with the ap- proaching Community Chest campaign ‘was delivered during the board meeting by Mrs. Stephanie Martin. The asso- ciation’s president followed with a state- ment of the “extreme value” of the Chest to member organizations and urged every member of the board to take an active part in the 1932 fund- raising campaign, beginning this month. In these days of depression, educa- tors say, a fellow needs a lot more education. Now you take the case of Prank. He's a wise bird. Frank, homeless, hungry and heartsore, decided he wanted more schooling, so late yester- day he flew straight to the Franklin | School Administration, Washington's educational headquarters. Being a canary, Frank’s needs were simple. A wire wastebasket was in- verted on a table, a coat hanger trouser bar was thrust through as a perch, an inkwell mvldcd for drinking ly and a sponge bowl became A Dnearby grocery, store “Frank” Gets New Home Superintendent S. E. Kramer, CANARY SEEKS MORE EDUCATION, VISITS SCHOOL HEADQUARTERS in Office of Assistant had gravel and seed, so Frank is hav- ing every need cared for. At present Prank is holding forth in the office of Stephen E. Kramer, first | assistant superintendent, and his' lusty | chirps this morning foretold musical things to come. Frank was the name | bestowed on the waif by Mr. Kramer, and the question is whether the educa- tor meant to honor Dr. Frank W, Ballou or merely to give him a nickname for the Franklin Administration Building. Since Frank flew in from out-of-doors yesterday the school people are holding him his owner, who may A B b i, enough 20 be easily desoeibed,