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WASHINGTON, he Sundny Stae D0, S SUNTYAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1932, = PAGE B—1 GLASSFORD ORDERS, MORE PROTECTION FOR CAPITAL BANKS Action Follows Bus Hold-Up of Runner, 20, Carrying $7,000 in Checks. BANDITS TAKE SATCHEL AND ESCAPE IN AUTO Recent Robbery of Branch Bank and Failure of Probe to Date Irk Crosby and Chief. Orders for increa for Washington banks were terday by Brig. Gen. Pelnam D. Glass- | endent of police, at a pr ed police protection ves- d conference hold-up ton Mecha; Cap! t. obtained about the police superint for better prote Details of Gen. not disclosed, but squarely on the sponsibility for giv tion to the banks, especially those out- side the congested a Bank Hold-up Irks Chiefs Robbery of the on Mechani t of pol is said to hav as well as Police B. Crosby that the re Here are, as alike as three peas in i —if that makes any difference—Charles n of the | Glassford's it is known he placed | aptains the IEU States D. W N HARDIN of 6200 Chase. United Stratford believes in Wash- re h of e fail 1 nmie and Ch: born in Co 's home uccess o sther bar for the Federal National Bank & Trust Co. | each other ged as the bus swung around |difficulty in ident of Thirteenth and Lawrence | the majority s northeast, three blocks from the | them messeng| ; dearly and no g each other. as people who meet of Three of a Kind EVEN A MOTHER SOMETIMES MISTAKES A TRIPLET. a pod, the Ha triplets, left to right James and Robert. “I couldn't tell them apart until they three months old.” laughed We always kept a band had other methods by jentified them. Now it isn’t as we can always dis- hem by their heads; the rles’ hair is on the left the middle, and Jimmie's ht.” to the triplets, L and have & 6-year-old were two Mrs. Hardin on the which we Alice Hardin, who was graduated Naval Academy in 1922, hopes ons to his Alma But then, as Mrs said. Bobby and Jimmie and will heve something to say when the time arrives. Mater day Hard Charl about that FINANCE BUILDING J0B ABOUT DONE \ch for which he was bound the bus driver and a woman r on, two men, who in the vehicle, at m strikihg him ith the butt orf a re- the other bandit containtig the inded t 1ed oper 1 the d = New Government Corpora- scape in Auto. tion to Move Into Quarters walked { Twelfih and Newton streets Now Nearly Ready. and reported the robbery ough there was a gash on his head fused to go to a hospital. The only other passenger on the bu: —M! Anne Hofmann, 3600 Twelfth street northeast—gave detailed iptions of the men who attacked She also gave a partial de- on of t e machine | to the Alth he The hurry-up job undertaken by Office of Public Buildings and Public | Parks in getting ready the new home of ! the Reconstruction Finance Corporation at Nineteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue is about done. James F. Gill, chief of the building division of the hich they es d | office erday expla that about 0- | 100 persons were o work on the vho | job, which is about finished, except for {odds and ends was begun Jan 1ves assigned and Virginia a . r force of from er division Checks Valueless to Bandits. The o wood been issu returned to Clearing Hc y had not been canc ueless to the bandits. he said Washington Mechanics’ Bank was held up while Gen. Glassford was in the South recovering from a severe cold. He learned of the robbery through the newspapers Protection of banks was only the many police proble the confererce, the has had with the executive precinct commanders since his Removal from the str of seized by police was one of the ma topics of discussion. Compla h been made to police officials of the un- sightly condition in the vicinity of pre- | cinct stations due to the storage of | the seized machines. and Ge ford ga structions tha must be moved. Gen. Glassford advised that an intensive search already had been made | ,oc for a vacant lot on which the cars could | be stored s being t G. W. ALUMNI HEAR |l st MARVIN AND M’KINLEY has been paying an Medical Schools’ Importance Em‘ hal were ough clier he branch se, for s and th the The Federal Reserve Boa | fiscal likely | Commer | struction Finance has not vet been d determi The telephone cc rushed workers in to set up the communica- system for the Reconstruction ce Corporation. A buzzer system being instalied Buildings Division is getting and _second old Office Building for oc- by the Civil Service Commis- balanc ne building will General The second and third floors old Land Office Building at and F streets are being for the Tariff Commission and the first floor will be used by other Government groups The building at 119 D street north- which until recently was the the Recon- one the by units. of the Eighth the ght tonight 45.000 for this structure., which har=d with the International Boundary Commission DRIVER FINED FOR CRASH THAT INJURED POLICEMAN Right of Way phasized in Address Be- fore Association. Failnre ot Give Blamed; Side Car Torr From Officer’s Machine. in attend- Association distinguished Geny With iling to give the right an accident in Traffic Bureau, 1 McLlean, was con- Judge Isaac Arrested fo of way, aft | Policemen W. George vith him » out of an alley at First a_high rate of speed, striking Lewis’ machine and tearing the ide car from it. Lewis was thrown to he street and suffered a badly sprained knee. K He was also charged with operating on improper tags, as Tis_car bore ical | jegler's license plates, but Judge Hitt on Tecently inauguratec at the [accenicq his personal bond on this university was outlined to the alumni count as McLlean said he had recently by Dean McKinley. In conection with [ 1o on: the machine and had applied the development of the medical re-{for title. search at the university. the clinical o HOUSE MAJORITY GAINS st pro- the uni- es offered | aching of | the university an oppor- place with the leading ical institutions of the country The reorganized program of medical | give work > institution will not be neg- i lected, Dr. McKinley emphasized | Among guests at the iuncheon meet- | ing were Dr. Luther H. Reichel ] chairman of the Board of D! missioners: As S Schools Stephen E. K Rufus Land of the M others. Leech for Tax Appeals Board Post. Th Do use wa majority in _the i by one when Rep- . | rescntat 1, Republican, - & | of Penns:; gned his seat to Offers Reward in Kidnaping. |5 0 c"¥ ener of the Board of Tax MEXICO CITY, January 30 (#)— | Appeals. Thomas Aguilar, whose baby daughter | Leech was appointed to this post re- was kidnaped last Monday. offered a|cently by President Hoover and has reward of 2,000 pesos (§780) today for |been confirmed by the Senate. His the child’s safe return. Police have|resignation left the party standing in foHowed several clues, but thus far the House: Democrats, §20; Republic- without success. ans, 214; Farmer-Labor, 'L unting Office | pre- | which } Resigns | THREE ARRESTED AFTER AUTO GHASE Trio Held for Investigation Following Call at Home of School Heads. Dr. Edgar C. Higbie, president of Wil- son Teachers’ College, stepped into the role of amateur detective last night and caused the arrest of three men who may or may not have had something to do with an automobile chase from Maryland into the District. The chain of circumstances leading to st of the three men is believed ted on Riggs Mill road he District line. At that seorges County Police- started in pursuit of might contain liquor int ct. and curb at Sherman Cir- wheel to umped from th | and ran. He searched the machine and found a smoke screen apparatus, no liquor. Officer Brown then notified sixth precinct police and left. Asked to Use Telephone. At about 8 oclock, approximately half an hour the accident, two | men knocked on the back door of Dr | Higbie's residence at No. 7 Sherman circle. They asked for permission to use the telephone and were admitted | Becoming icious, Dr. Higbie | istened to them while they made the | call and heard them request a friend to come out and get them. They of- fered Dr. Higbie $2 from a large roll of bills for the use of his phone, and |left when he refused to accept any money. As soon as they | house Dr. Higbie ca | fore the officers arrived, however, three men drove up in front of his houss. | One came to the door and asked for |a “Mr. Campbe Learning that the two men who had made the call were pone, the stranger went back to his car. Dr. Higbie followed kim out, in- tending to get the license number for the police. Once outside, he decided to stand in front of the car so it could not leave. Held For Investigation. A moment later the police car ar- rived and the three men were arrested | At the station house they identified themselves as Nathan Miller, 21, 1100 block of Sixth street southwest: Irvin Siegel, 33, 1400 block of M street, and Romeo Stellabotta, 19, 500 block of Massachusetts avenue. They were booked for investigation. Police are now trving #o find out whether the man who ran from the collided cle, smashing Brown, one ma out of the :d the police. Be- were, wrecked car was one of the two who/ used Dr. Higbie's phone, and, if so, where the second man came from They would also like to know what if anything the three men under arrest have to do with the affair and why the two men who called them didn't wait for their arrival AUTHORITY ON MEXICO AND RUSSIA MARRIES Roberto Haberman, 49, of New York, a former offical of the educatonal de- partment of the Republic of Mexico and now a member of the Mexican bar, was married in the Municipal Court House yesterday morning to Miss Suzanne F. Sackett, 34, also of New York. The ceremony was performed by Judge James A. Cobb. Mr. Haberman, a Russian by birth, is widely known for his writings and lectures on the revolutionary and cul- tural reform problems of the two coun- tries with which his interests have | principally been involved. He has be a volunteer interp pirations of both Russia and Mexico. Mrs. Haberman is said to be a con- tributor to the press, and it is unde: stood that she has been associated with Mr. Haberman's work for several years. Judge Cobb was unable to give the present address of the couple. He said that Mr. Haberman was a fellow-mem- ber of the Civic Club in New York, but that they had not met on any previous occasion. —Star Staff Photo. | r | excess of $200,000 but | HOLDERS F SHITH SECURTES FCHT . FORPROPERTY $1,000,000 in Seizures from Pitts Sought in Suit as Salvage in Losses. OFFICIALS ARE NAMED DEFENDANTS IN ACTION Justice Letts Sets Wednesday for Prosecution to Present Im- pounding Proceedings. The long struggle of F. H. Smith Co. security from their investments was narrowed down to a contest between the in- vestors and the Government yesterday | when a suit filed in | Supreme Cour covery | than $1,000.000 from Bu | ternal Revenue. The filed treasurer the company, asked that the Bureau compelled to return to the all property taken from G. Bryan Pitts in satisfaction of income tax claims amounting to $2,000,000. The court action was taken after company officials Teceived information the Internal Rev- { enue Bureau had been negotiating with Pitts for the return of this property in exchange for a bond covering the amount of the tax claims. Pitts, formerly chairman of the com- [ pany’s board of director is now | the District Jail, having been fou guilty of conspiring to embezzle 1000 of the company’s funds ent officers comp: | virtually all of the as bureau were ctly | quired by Pitts tr | therefore they are the property | the company and cannot be taken | satisfaction of claims against Pitts. Damages Are Asked. | The suit, filed through Attorney Conrad H. Syme, William Warfield Ros and Richard S. Doyle. named as de- fendants Galen L. Tait. Ralph S Nagle and David Burnet, officials of the bureau; Pitts, and his wife Pitts. The court was asked to requ these defendants to pay money damages to the Smith Co. for any loss suffer by reason of the “wrongful seizure” of Pitts’ | Justice F. Dic | signed a rule calling upon the defer |ants to show cause next Wednes why these assets should not b pounded by the court pending final termination of the s In asking the court to prevent re of the property to P t said if lit is returned be concealed or | disposed of so as to make it difficult or impossible for the company to trace or recover it The company says it is not fully in- formed as to the nature and location of all the property seized, but that it believes it includes $189.000 worth of second-trust notes secured on the In- vestment Building. coupons from bonds secured on the Riverside | Apartments Al Roy Apartments | the Cedric Apartments, Corcoran Courts and the 5.000 worth of |and betweer worth of jewe | Palm Beach Property. | Also included am: seized, it is said. al pproxim 8.000 shares of pr rred stock of the | Smith Co., real estate in Palm Beach | valued at $250,000 furniture and auto- | mobiles worth $200.000 and a farm in > Md, valued in E Montgo! C was for of mor u of In- Cha Malone rganized Smith suit by of the contend directly ac- of in sets. on Letts yesterda, an gov $500,000 and | The petition al all of this property was purchased by Pitts with money estimated to have been exces of $2,000.000, which he is said to have embezzled from the Smith Co. while serving as its chief officer. Some of the property. it is charged, was transferred to his wife, the details of which trans- actions are unknown to the plaintiff. Pitts is charged in the petition with | having concealed a large amount of personal property in addition to that described in the suit. The company says it has not been informed whethe any of this property has been seized by the bureau. Disclosures Are Requested. The court is also asked to require the defendants to disclose to the company the nature. description and location of all the property taken from Pitts or his wife. It is also requested that offi- cials of the bureau be restrained from delivering to Pitts any of this property pending a final determination of the suit, and that they be held responsible for any damages the company may suf- fer by reason of the alleged wrongful seizure of this property It is also asked that Pitts and his | wife be required to disclose the nature of all money and other property be- longing to the company and held by them, and that they also be made liable for money damages. Under a tentative plan recently worked out, these assets, if recovered by the company, would be applied in payment of the claims of preferred stock and bondholders, whose ultimate losses in an event will aggregate many millions of dollars. 'HEARING SET ON BILL | House D. C. Committee to Take Up Traction Measure Tuesday and Credit Unions Friday. The traction merger resolution, which was considered last week by the House subcommittee, Wwill be taken up for hearing by the Senate District Com- mittee at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday after- ! noon. The resolution sets forth a form of unification agreement, outlining in detail the conditions under which the Washington Railway & Electric Co. and the Capital Traction Co. could merge 1t is based on similar resolutions which were considered but mnot finally acted on by Congress during the past few cars. The regular weekly meeting of the ommitiee Frida: expected to be devoted to the Canper bill to au incorporation in the Dis! credit unions, co-operative sanizations which make loans to members, commitice also may take up the ques- Ition of increasing the powers of the Commissioners to enable them to pass on some of the less important local Problems which now require sttention of Congress. This was slated for con- sideration last week, but was not reached. holders to salvage something | District | be | company | seized by the | 1 thefts and that | Gladys T.| may | clipped | FOLGER LIBRARY 10 BE DEDICATED . ON ANNIVERSARY Rites Are Set for April 23, Re- puted to Be Birthday of Shakespeare. COOLIDGE IS EXPECTED TO ATTEND EXERCISES Dr. Joseph Quincy Adams, Head of Research, Will Deliver Address at Presentation. | The Folger Shakespeare Library, in | East Capitol street, adjacent to the Li- brary of Congres: cated on April | reputed birthday speare 1"The program for the occasion will in- clude ac 1 pr ation by Mrs. Henry | y ¥ ! of the donor, and acceptance by Dr. George A. Plimpton presicent of Amherst College Corpora- ition, trustees of the library under the terms of Mr. Folger's will Dr. Adams to Deliver Address. e dedicatory address will be de- »d by Dr. Joseph Quincy Adams, rvisor of research at the library Distinguished guests from all parts of the country are expected to attend Among these probably will be former President Calvin Coolidge, Who was named chairman of the Library Plan {and Scope Committee to succeed the late Senator Dwight Morrow of New Jersey Representatives of the National Gov- ernment, of universities and colleges, rts and letters and of the stage will nt Be Closed Several Months. Folgerg roduated became a lea will be formally dedi- anniversary of the of William Shake- 3. from g executive of jard Oil Co. and one of the collectors of books by and about Shak in the world. the maintenance 1879 e St foremost will provided fc of his vast accumulation of Shakespearean material in the library edifice designed and built to receive it in the Capital the management to be in the care of his alma mate: William A, Slade, librarian. has indi- cated that for several months follow- ing its dedication the library will be closed to the public, pending the ataloguing and arranging of the trea- ers in his care. 'D. C. CAR TAG DESIGN CONTEST ANNONUCED ' | Board of Trade Moves for More . n Artistic Auto License Plates. A movement to have the District adopt a more artistic automobile both in color and design, was i yesterday by the Municipal A tee of the Washington Board of Trade. The committee announced a contest open to all students and_artists, to be conducted by Arthur B. Heaton, promi- | nent Washington architect v be Alexander B. Trowbridge, fa- Clifford K. Berryman of The Evening Star. and liam A. Van Duzer, traffic director, ho is said to favor a new and more tag drawings Heaton at 1211 not later than 3 should be made full size, § s, on cardboard 9 by 15 inches. ed to { nue, ted is to be A-000. Only | sign may be submitted by any one com- { or. Names of the competitors must | be attached to each drawing inclosed |in a plain sealed envelope | The design, Mr | be made in composition and celor suit- able for the District, simple and easy Ito read at a distance. The three best | designs will be submitted to the Com- mission of Fine Arts for its comment. 'MAN'S DEATH SPEEDS HEATING PLANT WORK Col. Grant Orders Installation of Steam System at Tour- ists’ Camp. Friday's fatality at the tourist camp, {in which a man lost his life overcome by gas from a heater, led |to the decision yesterday to start work immediately on the proposed heating plant and the elimination of gas heat at once. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d. director of public buildings and public parks, who supervises the tourist camp, said that an investigation convinced him that the fatality was the result of neither faulty equipment nor human carelessness. Col. Grant asserted that the cuiting off of the heat at this time will result in hardship for some persons in straightened circumstances, who have been using the Tourist Camp in order to live cheaply, but there appears to be no other way out. The decision to install the steam heating plant was reached two or three weeks ago and specifications are already available, the colonel said. Signs were placed in the cabins, warning occupants of the dangers of the gas being used with the windows closed, the colonel pointed out, and ventilators were cut in the top, and in addition, a guard goes around to see that the windows are kept open during the night. In the case of the most recent fatality, the window was open all night, the colonel ascertained from inquiries. Some time ago two men were fatally overcome by the gas at the tourist camp, and then additional pre- cautions were taken, officials said. RAID Weapon 11 SEIZED IN Possession Rum and Charges Face Colored Youth. ‘Thomas Woodstock, 22, colored, 1400 block of Swan street, was arrested last night and charged with illegal posses- sion of liquor and carrying a concealed weapon, after the first inspection dis- trict vice squad raided a house in the 1400 block of S street. Ten other col- ored persons were arrested there on charges of disorderly conduct. The concealed weapon charge Was placed against Woodstock after a knife was alleged to have been found in his possession. He was held under $500 bond in eaoh case. Amberst | His | The judges | Heaton said, should | by being | steam | There was the Count of Monte Cristo, who spent 15 years in prison because he tried to play the Good Samaritan—— And there was Harry Abelman. Abelman didn’t get into prison, but he did get into hot water. Today he's trying to puzzle out how it all hap- pened, and why, and incidentally to conjure up some special brand of pun- ishment for neighborhood busybodies. Abelman became busybody-conscious when he opened his grocery at 1200 G street southeast yesterday morning, and found a threatening note under the door. It was signed “The Eye of the World,” and ormed him in no cer- tain terms that he would “have to stand the consequences” if a family | the vicinity was evicted for non-pay ment of rent. Though he owns the building in which the family lives, this was the first intimation Abelman had had that the rent was in arrears. Such matters are handled by a real estate concern that, it developed, had sent the tenant a routine printed notice thet the rent was past due, and that court action would be taken if payment was not made within a specified time. } Neighbors Are Indignant. a woman whose husband has been in {a hospital since Christmas, and since | | she is the mother of two small children and penniless, a wave of indignation | swept the neighborhood. Little knots of residents gathered to discuss the case, which lost little of its pathos in the re-telling. The snow-ball of gossip gathered weight as it rolled downhill, as such things do. It was of no conse- quence that the woman already had sizable grocery bill at Abelman's little store, and that her credit had never been called into question. Note Follows Boycott. What appeared to be a boycott of | Abelman’s store went into effect, and | the threatening note followed. Mean- | | while, since it had already been called upon to help and knew the cireum- CITY FRE SCHOOL OPENS TOMORROM | ( | Order Requires Members of Upper Ranks to At- tend Lectures. | The Fire Department is going in for education. A schcol will be founded tomorrow and a distinguished oup of “professors” will be on hand lecture to an student fire to at the star the auditorium of the Potomac Ele c Power Co, which will be lent for the occasion The charter of the new college takes the shape of an order issued to the force by Chief Engineer George S. Wat- son, requiring members of the upper ranks to attend lectures. Among the | | lecturers are Maj. R. R. Allen, of the | office of the Chief of Cavalry, U. S. A., | | whose subject 15 “What Discipline Means and How to Maintain It.” | Other Speakers Listed. | | A few of the other speakers and the subjects on which they will lecture dur- | ing the school terms.” which runs from | February 1 to February 26, are E. S | Brast director of the Underwrit- | ers’ Association of the District, on “The | Work of the Fire Department From an | Underwriter's Viewpoint”; Chief Ed- re irance salvage alvage Work" | David J. Price of the Bureau of Chen | istry, Department of Agriculture, “Du | Explosion Hazards During Fire-Fighting | Operations”: Dr. Morton G. Lloyd of the Bureau of Standards, and L. E. | Reed of the Potomac Electric Power Co {on “Electrical Hazards in the Firemen's { Work,” and Edward R. Pierce, executive | officer of the Fire Department, on “Effi- | | ciency Ratings.” | Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby will | | deliver the opening address to the new school ‘at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow. Salvage Duties Explained. | _ Mr. Warr's lecture on salvage work is expected to be the entering wedge of the development of a salvage corps within _the District Fire Department Chief Watson said many large cities have these corps, charged with the duty | of protecting goods in houses and com- | mercial structures from damage from | water, smoke and other fire hazards, | These groups respond to fire alarms and where necessary take goods out of | buildings or cover them with tarpaulins to prevent damage where possible | Chief Watson said the development | in Washington would probably not take | the form of a separate corps, but that salvage workers would be taken to fires | on trucks now in use in an effort to ¢ down property damage from water and | smoke, which often exceeds damage | caused by the fire itself. | CHURCHILL WILL SPEAK | Famous British Statesman to A pear in Capital Feb. 12. | Winston Spencer Churchill, famous | British_statesman, will speak in Con- | stitution Hall on the night of February 12 under the auspices of the Com-| munity Instiute of Washington. His | topic will be “The World Economk:i | Crisis.” Churchill has been to the fore in Britain for the last quarter of a cen- | tury, in the course of which he has| held almost every first-rank adminis- | trative post. | He also is a painter of distinction, has_written prolifically and has won distinction as an orator. The frigid atmosphere of the Arctic and Antarctic may be brought to the | Washington Zoo for the benefit of those | somber, rotund little creatures with stiff- | shirt-like bosoms and frock-coats, who | inhabit the polar regions—the penguins. | It's more or less a wild sort of a dream might now, Dr. William M. Mann, director of the Z0o, says, but some- | time in the distant future he hopes his | plan to build a refrigerated extension | to the bird house in the Zoological Park | will become a reality. There are no penguins in Washing- ton’s zoo at all today, and uniess a kindly donor presents some to the in- stitution, # will be without them until proper fagilities can be provided for i ‘Samaritan Role Hard Since the recipient of the notice was | ~ | Col | of the Departm ZOO REFRIGERATION ENVISIONED TO KEEP PENGUINS IN HEALTH KINDLY GROCER GETS THREAT AND BOYCOTT. HARRY ABELMAN. Star Staff Photo. stances in which the family found it self, a charitable organization forward with the promise that the r bill would be paid. That appe the rental agent, but did qu nothing The woman, it developed was not in agreement with that prompted the threate sage and denied any Abelman, had been mc reasonable in complying with wishes of his tenants than most lords. She had no complaint to make But the gossips are still enjoying themselves, and Abelman is trying to figure out whether it is worth while trying to be a good fellow, after all. vesterday the sp WOMAN PATRIOTS 10 URGE DEFENSE Mass Meeting Tomorrow Will Open Conference of 42 Societies. Forty-two women’s patriotic societies | sending delegates to Washington to | Patri- | the Seventh c nce on h will open w tution Hall tend ‘Women's Nati 1 Defe a mass meeti tomorrow ey nse, 30 The woman champions of not be left powerless @ at a time when the s are heard in the F minent speakers, including thorities on Far Eastern affairs Soviet Russia, will cor to address the confere Included on the opening program Monday eve- ning will be Secretary of Labor Wil- liam N. Doak. Norman Somerville, bar- rister of Toronto, Canada, and Henry L. Stevens, jr. national commander of the American Legion. The object of the conference is to further the cause of national defense as an aid to peace and to study in- fluences which tend to undermine American institutions Adams and Pa Sessions will be h, e to Speak. sses will neis Adams Frederick M tary of War S. A.. retired of Hon and Representative Thomas kins of Ohio, an tion Tuesday afternoon the program wi include Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet who recently retired as head of United States Army Co 1 Orval Johnson and Dr A hority on immigr ¥ nt of Agriculture Addresses Wednesday morning at concluding session in Constitution Ha will be made by Senator Frederic Hale of Maine, Mrs permanent honorary onference; John B d. Wis., and Miss Howlett, who dt has traveled in server ditions Dinner to Be Held Tuesday. __The conference dinner will be held in the ball room of the Willard Hotel Tuesday evening, with Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, president general of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, presiding. The officers of the general conferen are Mrs. Hobart, chairman: Mrs. Fred erick C. Williams, first vice chairma Mrs. Robert J. Johnson. second Vi chairman; Mrs. Virgil H. Stone, third vice chairman; Mrs. Annie Poole At- wood, fourth vice chairman; N Florence H. Becker, fifth vice chair- man; Mrs. Percy Young Schelly, secre- tary; Mrs. Livingston L. Hunter, treas- urer; Mrs. O. D. Oliphant, permanent honorary chairman. SORORITY PLANS DANCE Phi Sigma Epsilon Sorority will hold its annual dance at the Willard Hotel February 26. The committee in charge of arrangements includes Miss Mar- guerite J. Throckmorion, Gamma Chapter; Mrs. Lillian Alexander, Alpha Chapter; Miss Dorothy Golladay, Eta Chapter, chairman, and Miss Betty Ward. Alpha Chapter. chairman of the Chapple of Ash- Marion Ang ng the past 12 vear 47 countries as an ob- of political and economic con- Odd Asctic Creatures Now Unable to Swrvive Heat, W. M. Mann, Director, Declares. The greatest age to which penguins in the Washington Zoo have lived is 2 years and 4 months,* according to Di. Mann, and he explains this is a comparatively short time since pen- guins in their native surroundings are reputed to exist to a ripe old age. “They don’t seem to survive the hot weather,” the zoc doctor said. “I know of no zoo below the latitude of Ham- burg, Germany or Edinburgh. Scotland, that has met with success in keeping these birds in captivity.” Dr. Mann said several buildings at the 200 here have yet to be completed before thought can be given to definite plans for a home for the pengmins. | came it the wagging tongues of the gos- | W uod‘ O. D. Oliphant, | BITTER FIGHT DUE ON DEFENSE ISSUE INHOUSE THURSDAY Skirmishing Begins as Storm Gathers; War Secretary Visits Garner. {COMMITTEE HEAbS IRED BY HURLEY’'S ACTION Byrns and Collins Express Irrita- tion: Secretary Adams of Navy Pans Proposed Slashes, BY WILL P. KENNEDY. A bitter fight is brewing in the House over national defense legislation The storm expected break Thursday the War Department app car is when priation bi $20,000,000 i for the mil but there was c e subcommittee Ross Coi | Mississippi provide for the ment of 2000 Army officers, up civilian training camps down hard on department b Hurley to the conference with Hur yesterday to ret to close nd to cut activities of the Secretary any ght Capitc cussed with sponsored by House have been mittee Irritated by Both Chairman By | committee and Chairman Collin | subcommittee irritation W sit by Secretary Hurley Hurley was the third cabinet to complain against reductions in appropriation bills Visit. 15 of were, officer the appear that tl gs, 1g to more n $20,000.000, are of the type that prudent business men would today ce in the adminis= tration of their private affairs. He in= sisted that no worth while activity of the War Department will be injured or crippled. Neither Secretary Hurley nor Speaker r ng to disclose what amounf discussion they The Speaker ad touched upon botk appropri: s and the two dep: f Missouri »sed consolid: ferences with Chairman \er members of the Ap- mmittee, Representative f Georgia, ranking t on the subcommittee drafting appropriation bill, expressed thus v Hoover admonishes us ta cut down on_appropriations. and when our Appropriations Committee applies economy efforts, then we are besieged | with howls by cabinet o ? It was learned positively late yester- day that when the Army appropriation bill is reported it probably will not | carry any cuts that would decrease the military enlisted personnel. This ap- { pears to be a quite definite assurance that the reported proposal for a cut of 8750 in the enlisted personnel will not | be included in the bill, and that while citizens’ tra | there will be Officers’ tre co camps. Expense Saving Seen. One of the biggest sources of saving on the Army bili, it was pointed out, will result from the lower cost of com- moditie as food and clothing for the Arm t is said that the commit- tee had testimony to show that the soldier can be given better food today for 36 cents than two years ago for 51 cents. This kas built up a reserve fund said already to have reached $3,000,000 more than the War Department offi- cials estimated was necessary. Similar studies with regard to clothing will dis- close opportunities for substantial sav- ings, it was stated. There also will be temporary sus- pension of “‘unimportant activities,” a member said, It was said there will be no slashing of the appropriations for the Air Corps, Coast Artillery, Chemical Warfare, Ord- nance, experimentation, and assurance was given that the National Guard and Militia Bureau will have no cause for complain Service Officers Alarmed, Meanwhile officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard yester- day expressed concern over the pro= vision voted in the agriculture bill pro- hibiting all increases of salaries. The interpreted the language of the bill, applied to the Army, Navy and Treas- ury appropriation measures, as bringe ing to a halt, from the salary view= point, all promotions in these services for the next two years. Increases in longevity pay also would be endangered, it was pointed out. Illustrative of the way the salary limitation would work out, this example is given. A naval captain was selected some weeks ago for promotion to the rank of rear admiral by a Selection Board composed of senior officers who passed upon his professional qualifica- tions. There is at present no vacancy and he must now wait until one of the rear admirals retires at the statutory age of 64 years next October, before he is promoted actually. Should the legis- lation looming be enacted into law this rear admiral-elect would receive the empty honor of the higher rank, but without its pay and allowances. This would prevail all along the line, in Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. by \