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BILL REGULATING FIREARMS SALE IN D.C.REPORTED OUT MNouse Committee Slightly Changes Measure to Curb Dangerous Weapons. CONrRACTORS’ BOND AMONG OTHERS 0. K.'D Car Merger Delayed by Failure of Subcommittee to Make Report. The House District Committee voted today to make a favorable report on the Norton bill to regulate the sale in the District of firearms and other dan- gErous weapons. As apnroved by the committee, the bill is substantially the same as orig- inally drawn. The only amendments made were intended to remove from the category of dangerous weapons tear gas guns, tear gas bombs and billies. The bill provides for control of the sale of dangerous weapons through a strict licensing of dealers. It would prohibit dealers from selling weapons until 48 hours elapse from the time application is made for purchase. Dealers also would be required to file wit hthe superintendent of police a copy of the application for purchase within six hours after the application is made by a prospective buyer. Institutions Bill Approved. A favorable report also was ordered on a Senate bill to remove the present $2,500 Lmitation on the annual in- come of charitable and benevolent in- stitutions chartered in the District. The Senate bill was approved as & substitute for a similar Houce bill. Othner bills the committee agreed to report out would require contractors to furnish a 100 per cent performance bond on public buildings derected in the District and extension of the na- tional banking laws to savings banks and trust companies in the District. The banking bill carries a provision prescribing a penalty of a $5,000 fine and five years' imprisonment for per- sons responsible for starting a run on & financial institution. Delay Is Regretted. ‘The bill authorizing a/ merger of the District railway companjes was not re- ported to the committee from the Public Utllities SBubcommittee / which has had it under consideration/ Chairman Nor- ton expressed regre/ over the delay, poining out the mefger bill is contro- versi® and she is anxious to get ac- tion on it as scorl as possible The Tratcher/ kidnaping bill for the District was reflerred by Chairman Nor- ton to the Judiciary Subcommittee for consideration. This d provide the death fpenalty er jife imprisonment for persgris convicted' of abducting or aiding abduction for ransom or re- ‘ward, for any other unlawful pur- FIVE FAVORED IN SENATE. Realty License Measure Among Those Reported for D. C. The Senate District Committee voted faverable reports yesterday afternoon on five measures, after having post- poned action again on the Howell bill to supplement the national prohibi- tion law in Washington. The bills approved by the committee ‘were: To regulate and license real es- tate brokers and salesmen: to prevent fraud in the sale of securities; to pro- hibit barber shops from operating seven days a week; authorizing an ap- propriation of $50,000 for Casualty Hospital, and a resolution providing for an investigation by the Public Health Service of the present method of ing of sewage in the Potomac River, to ascertain its effect on the stream. The real estate bill sets up a com- mission _of three, one of whom would be the District assessor, to license deal- ers and salesmen. The bill deiines the conditions under which licensss could be suspended or revoked. The securities measure places control over stock and bond issues in the hands of a bureau of the Public Utilities Com- mission, which would license brokers. Dealers in securities would have to file with the commission a $5,000 bond con- ditioned upon compliance with the law. Licenses could be revoked, and the com- mission also would be empowered to adopt the injunction process in the Dis- trict courts to prevent any fraud in connection with the sale of securities. The barber shop bill originally re- guired the shops to close on Sunday. ganizations opposed to Sunday legis- lation protested against the bill at the hearings. The committee yesterday re- wrote the bill by eliminating all refer- ence to Sunday and providing that barber shops may not operate for seven consecutive days. Senator Howell, Republican, of Ne- braska, informed the committee last week he would not ask it to make ¢ favorable report on his dry enforce- ment measure it he could have the bill placed on the Senate's calendar. It was thought possible the committee would report the bill without recom- mendation, leaving the Senate to decide Wwhether it should be taken up. When the committee met in executive session yesterday, however, it was decided tc defer any action on it for a week or two. MICHIGAN AVENUE BILL REFERRED TO CONGRESS Commissioners Seek Widening and Extension Between First Street and Park Place The District Commissioners yesterday transmitted to Congress the draft of a bil for the widening and extension of Michigan avenue between First street and Park place. The bill contemplates construction of a highway, 64 feet wide, including a 12-foot sidewalk and park- way, to relieve heavy traffic now com- led to use the driveway around Mc- an Park. Reservoir The Commissioners are seeking en- actment of the bill in time to allow in- clusion of a $50,000 item in the 1934 estimates for paving. The bill has the approval of the War Department and the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission. Will Meet at Clarendon. BAAETON, Vs, Mazeh 9 (Byackl) ~The council, :omposed of the church the Baliston Christian Church, will meet at the home of Mrs. Joseph Shawhan, 218 Btrickler avenue, Clarendon, tonight at | Justice and Sunday school officers of 8 o'clock. Missionary Society will meet at the home of Mrs. O. Rol Howell, Glebe road and Pershing #® ‘tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. bert. drive, Priends May Not Be Replaced DOZEN or more large billboards | blown down in various parts of the city during the recent snowstorm brings up a ques- | tion which the District Com- | missioners undoubtedly will be called upon to settle definitely within the next few days. Permits for their reconstruction or | repair, it was learned today, will be refused by Thomas H. Roche, sign in- spector in the office of the District building inspector. It was expected. however, that any such action would | Tesult in an appeal being taken by the | billboard companies. i Foreseeing that damaged blllboard! structures might be dangerous to pub- | lc safety, Mr. Roche requested that a | police survey be made of the stcrm | damage. This report, he expects, will be submitted during the day by In- | spector L. I. H. Edwards. | In the meantime Mr. Roche took a | hasty drive about the city and saw for himself four or five locations where bill- | board structures either were entirely | down or badly damaged by the wind and snow. The above picture of a demolished sign on the 4400 block of Georgia avenue illustrates their gen- eral condition. Other signs were de- stroyed or damaged on the 4400 lack of Wisconsin avenue, on Kenilworin STORM DAMAGES BILLBOARDS; REPAIR FORBIDDEN. One of the billboards wrecked by Sunday’s storm. The District building inspector will refuse a permit to repair the boards. —Star Staff Photo. four large signs were completely wiped out, and in the vicinity of New York and Florida avenues. The building regulations state that when any sign “becomes structurally unsafe or otherwise dangerous to the safety of any building or premises, or | to the public, in the opinion of the in- spector of buildings, he shall order the same to be taken down, removed, or made safe,” etc. The owner may, with- in five days, appeal from such an order. A clause in the billboard section of the regulations further states: ‘“No permit may issue for the repair of any billboard or its supports which, in the opinion of the inspector of buildings, has been depreciated 50 per cent or more of its replacement value.” Mr. Roche said he feels that the reg- ulations definitely cover such cases and asserted that he intends to recommend the refusal of permits to restore or re- pair any of the damaged signs that come within the scope of the regula- tions. If the billboard owners appeal from such a decision—as he expects they would do—the question then would be for the determination of the Commissioners. Some of the boards are the property of the General Outdoor Advertising Co.. which the Commissioners have not vet been able to make live up to its written agreement to remove a hundred or more ‘“unauthorized” billboards road just north of Benning road, where | throughout the ecity. HOLMES LISTENS 10 BAR TRIBUTES Radio Brings Greetings From Dinner of Federal Bar Association. In the book-lined study of his home | in I street former Justice Oliver Wen- | dell Holmes last night heard a racio | pour forth tributes and eulogies from some of the country’s most distinguished lawyers on the occasion of his 8lst birthday. To a distinguished company brought | together at a banquet of the Federal | Bar Association to honor him the great jurist had sent formal regreis that he could not attend. He never leaves thc qQ es of his red-bricked hom: at night and is Spartanlikz in his in- | sistence that his birthdays call for no fanfaronade. In a message supplementing his de- | clination, read over the radio by Solici- | tor General Thomas D. Thacher, Jus- | tice Holmes said: “Your kind invitation | for March 8 has been answered, I be- | lieve, in due form. But I cannot say | farewell to life and you in formal words. | Likens Life to Picture. | “Life seems to me like a Japanese | picture which our imagination does not | allow to end with the margin. We aim | at the infinite and when our arrow falls | to earth, it is in flames. “At times the ambitious ends of life | have made it seem to me lonely, but it has not been. companionship of dear friends who | have helped to keep alive the fire in my heart. If I could think that I had sent | a spark to those who come after, I should be-ready to say good-by. There were those who read in his| words an ominous portent, an indication | that he feels the end is not far away. | For several years, Justice Holmes has recognized with grim but withal cheer- ful humor that he can not live for-| ever. He ended his first and last radio address on his ninetieth birthday with a quotation from a Latin poel ‘Death plucks at my ear and say! ‘Live I am coming.’” He has referred to himself as a ‘“ghost” but added whimsically that he was a cheerful one. Since he quit the court a few weeks ago, however, he has recovered much ol hius vigor and sparkle. There is no immediate concern about him. Numerous messages, many of them | from abroad, were read at the bar meeting. Thacher, speaking as toastmaster at the dinner, paid high tribute to the| distinguished jurist. He said. in part: “Tonight, in a quiet study not far from here—and, thanks to modern science, within the sound of my voice— there is a man who has scaled the| heights and gallantly bowing to the in- | evitable, has taken his permanent place in our affections. His works will be known as long as there are courts to administer justice, for he is a great prophet—perhaps the greatest our pro- fession has ever known, and his con- ception of the judicial process, so clearly enunciated over 50 years ago, is our best hope in the painful process of adjusting ancient dogma to the start- ling changes of the modern world. “But it is of the man himself we think tonight, his qualities of mind and | spirit which have made him the gallant | soul we love—Oliver Wendell Holmes, | i | Hoover Sends Greetings. “The President of the United States, knowing that you would be within the | sound of my vonce tonight carried | through these mysterious instruments | upon the table before me, has graciously | requested me to read to you, Mr. Justice Holmes, this message: “I wish to congratulate you most heartily upon your 91st birthday, and to wish you every blessing. “Yours faithfully. “HERBERT HOOVER.” William R. Vallance, president of the Bar Association, presided at the dinner, which was held in the Shoreham Hotel. Among the speakers were Judge Learned | Hand and Representative James M. Beck of Pennsylvania, former solicitor .| general. Among those who accepted invitations were Secretary Adams of the Navy Department. Secretary of Labor Doak, Secretary Wilbur of the Interior De- partment, Senator Smoot of Utah and You have given me the | M PRESS IS PRAISED FOR RELIGIOUS AID Elimination of Prejudices Is Discussed at Three-Day Seminar. The work of the American press in allaying religious prejudices was the focal point for speakers at this after- noon's session of the National Confer- ence of Catholics, Jews ard Protestants, which is holding a three-day seminar at the Willard Hotel. Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War in the Wilson ad- ministration, will close the seminar with an address to be broadcast over a Nation-wide took-up tonight. Ten section meetings this mon were devoted to findings ways an means of improving intergroup rels- tions, eradicating bigotry and develop- ing programs for the future. Men and ‘women prominent in arts, letters and religious life of the country led the group discussions. Prejudices Scored. Religious and racial prejudices were scored as a “menace to the life of the Nation" by Robert B. Ashworth, editor of the Baptist, when he opened the luncheon meeting this afternoon. Other speakers at the same session were Byron Price, chief of the Washington Bureau of the Associated Press; Michael Wil- liams of the Calvert Associates and editor of the Commonweal, and Alfred Cohen, president of B'nai B'rith and editor of B'nai B'rith Magazine. ‘There is need of a press service to supply material of an inter-racial and Inter-religious ~character,” Mr. Ash- worth declared. “When we started as editors of the Baptist, we circularized other religious bodies, asking them to send us items of general interest. The Tesponse was practically nil. We should be glad to report the best that other religious bodies are doing.” After citing the “declaration” of 27 Protestant journals on the Macintosh case, Mr. Ashworth said: “Why could not the Jewish, Roman Catholic and Protestant papers band themselves on some issue of mutual interest? It would make definitely for increased under- standing.” Help Given by Newspapers. Mr. Price pointed out how newspapers help eradicate prejudices by greater dis- semination of information. “Modern newspaper influence is based on the amount of information printed,” Mr. Price said. “There is less preaching and more dissemination of facts today than in former years. Newspapers held to eliminate misunderstandings by tell- ing people more about theiy fellows. Any one we know better we like better.” He used the Associated Press as an example of the kind of co-operative organization that banishes ignorance and prejudices by serving as a clearing house for exchanges of views and facts. Just as the press zssociation is com- posed of all kinds of groups that work harmony through distribution of knowledge and news, so is such an organization as the National Confer- ence helpful by the interchange of vlc}:ll's. b'a‘: ;TICP declared. How to offset the widespread publicit; f;‘\fl:'z)!(hho ":ballles of \?xgotryg m.hzi: e “treaties of ace” P cug_fi(‘i by Mr. W{xlhams,m Sl e cause of better un ding between Protestants, Jews .n%'fi:‘éioum suffers frcm the eagerness of the secular press to emphasize the sensational rather than the normal commend- able,” he stated. ana ot Advertising Proposed. In lamenting the treatment of the more orthodox and restrained types of religious addresses by press associa- tions and daily newspapers, Wil- liams suggested purchase of advertis- |ing space by the orthodox bodies for use in setting forth their views. Mr. Cohen, a State Senator from Ohlo, closed the series of afternoon addresses by declaring that the press, while reporting all laudable acts of & race or a religion, should deal with evildoers as individuals and not s members of a group, Shall & mer-dowell Jew or o who is ne a ged Crime,’ Be catalogucd in a° newspaper 85 8 Jew merely becayse his name one. Owen J. Roberts of the Bu- Iy the day quietly 2245 R L them was Attorney General Mitchell. happens o dg the same as mine?” ~dnquired. usurer beplgll};d.‘s‘l’\yagock.' 'Y:CHJI"O; most_peol onym Has the Chinese no culture that can. he Fp WASHINGTON, D. C, i WITH SUNDAY MOBRNING EDITION MAPES PLAN SEEN LIKELY T0 CHANGE U. . SHARE BASIS Efficiency Bureau Indicates Tax Formula Revision Would Alter Fiscal Relations. CAPPER PROMISED REPORTS SATURDAY Three of Five House Bills to Be Submitted—Hearings Would Be in Two Weeks. The formula by which the Bureau of Efficiency arrived at its 1930 rec- omemndation for a Federal contribu- tion of $10,183,391 toward District ap- propriations at that time would have to be changed if Congress decides to revise the basis of iaxation as pro- posed in the Mapes bills, officials of the bureau indicated following a con- ference with Chairman Capper of the Senate District Committee late yester- ay. ilerhert D. Brown, chief of the bu- reau, and Thomas F. Murphy, assist- ant chief, told Senator Capper they would be ready by Saturday to submit reports on three of the five House bills, and the Senator said the committee would start its public hearings in about | two weeks. Reports Due Saturday. The reports due Saturday will be on | the proposed local estate tax, the in- crease from 2 to 4 cents in the gaso- lene tax and the tax on automobiles by weight. The bureau ic still delving carefully into the fourth bill, propos- ing a local income tax, and after that will come the report on the House pro- posal to repeal the substantive law which established the 60-40 ratio of a; portioning expenses between the D trict and Federal governments. though the House has insisted on de parting from this ratio in recent years by making annual lump sum Feceral tbnlrlbufla?:a the 60-40 law has never bcg‘m’:xfi of the Efficiency Bureau pointed out yesterday that the formula it recommended in its previous report for determining what the Federal con- tribution should be was based on the fact that the bulk of local taxation comes from real and personal property. Under that formula they ascertained what Uncle Sam’s tax lability would be on the property actually used by the Federal Government here, together with allowances for the unusual amount of tax-exempt property in Washington and the abnormal expense of park develop- ment and maintenance which occurs because this is the National Capital. Necessity of Change. Bureau officials explained that if the tax system is revised so that the bulk of the taxes would no longer come from real and personal property, the formula previously recommended would no long- er fit the sitautlon. wNo ‘)-::m‘mn Was ven yesterday as to what recommen- atmmmfhe eglclmcy experts have in mind, either on this question or on the several Mapes tax bills. Senator Capper said that if the hear- ings begin about two weeks from now on the three reports to be received Sat- urday the other reports probably would be ready by the time the first measures have been heard. The bureau officials said the income tax study is taking more time because it s a complicated subject and one that must be worked out in great detail in order to make sure that its provisions will work fairly. They expressed the view.that efforts to make an income tax measure too simple in its terms may lead o unfairness. HILL ESTATE VALUED David Jayne Hill, former Ambassador to Germany, who died March 2, left an estate estimated at $426,403.13, accord- ing to the petition filed today by the American Security & Trust Co. as exec- utor of his will. The estate consisted entirely of personal property. Mr. Hill is survived by three chil- dren, who are the chief beneficiaries of the estate. save him from the degradation of hav- ing the caught opium smoker described as a Chinese? Why should the Scotch- man be never referred to except as the ‘close’ friend? “The tendency of the press is toward a fuller realization of the great re- sponsibility resting on it. Thank God for permitting us to see the day when journalism is regarded by the repre- sentatives of those who practice it as a high trust, actuated by nothing but consideration for the public welfare.” Late yesterday Dr. Cyrus Adler, presi- dent of the American Jewish Commit- tee and president of the Jewish Theo- logical Seminary, spoke on “A Minority Group Views the American Religious Scene.” “'We are witnessing a period of bigotry and illiberalism which might have been pardoned in the dark ages, but which passes understanding at the present day,” Dr. Adler stated. ‘Washington Ideals Emphasized. He called on all to engage in some- thing more than lip service to the m ory of George Washington, and to sup- port in thought and deed his dream of religious understanding and freedom of ‘worship. Preceding Dr. Adler on the program yesterday was Prof. Evarts B. Greene of Columbia University, who discussed modern issues between church and state, the part religious liberty plays in public education, and emphasized that since he had touched on controversial matters there was plenty of room for honest differences of opinion. The section meetings of this morn- ing were continued this afternoon. Leaders were Dr. Henry H. Meyer, Bos- ton University School of Technology; Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools of the District; Mrs. Estelle M. Sternberger of the National Council of Jewish Women, Dr. Joel B. Hayden, Western Reserve Academy; Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman, Temple Israel, St. Louis; Dr. Robert L. Kelly, execu- tive secretary cf the American Associa- tion of Colleges; Prof. William Adams Brown, Union Seminary; Rev. Russell J. Clinchy, Mount Pleasant Congrega- tional Church of Washington; Rabb! Morris Lazeron, Baltimore Hebrew Con- gregation, and John Van Schaick, edi- tor of the Christian Leader. r W. Straus of the Union of WED D o Columbla University. Following an address by Mr. Straus, 8 brief summary and interpretation of the sessions' round tables will be given by Miss Rhoda E. McCulloch, editor of the Woman's Press, New York. and John A. Lesp of Marquette Uni- versity, ening Sfue SDAY, MARCH 39, Society and General 1932. German Honors George Washington PAGE B—1 embassy. GERHART HAUPTMANN PLACES WREATH AT MOUNT VERNON TOMB. R. GERHART HAUPTMANN, leading German literary figure, is shown here with the group which accompanied him today to Mount Vernon, where he placed a wreath on George Washington's tomb. They are, left to right: Prof. Frederick W. J. Heuser of Columbia University, Dr. Hauptmann, Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of George Washington University; Mrs. Hauptmann and Alexander von Wuthenau, third secretary of the German —Star Staff Photo. GOETHE PICTURED AS WORLD PROPHET Hauptmann Says He Hoped Science Would Better Mankind. Reviewing the scientific progress of the last century, which, he said, Goethe had foreseen and had hoped would | bring world betterment, Dr. Gerhart Hauptmann German writer, sald that night that man, gripped in disillusion- ment, has failed to keep pace with the physical accomplishments. Dr. Hauptmann spoke in German at :he special convocation of George Wash- ington University in Memorial Conti- nental Hall, which marked observance of the centennial of the death of Goethe. “Perhaps the most notable of the characteristics of the man whom we honor today,” Dr. Hauptmann said in his native language,” was the joining in hi. being of both spiritual and worldly qualities. Spiritually Goethe was almost a hermit, but his worldly being, through its constant struggle for universal knowledge, moved perpetually in ever-widening circles. Goethe died in the year 1832, on the threshold of an era in which achievements of mankind in material and scientific directions have been stupendous. “Miracles of human ingenuity in the field of communication have eliminated distance—swift trains and ocean steam- ers, the telephone and telegraph, the dirigible and the airplane, and the radio. Amazing progress been made in the fields of physics and chem- istry, bacteriology, surgery and the sci- ence of the human body, but man, gripped in disillusionment, blinded by the light of his own achievements, has failed to keep pace with the march of physical accomplishment.” Dr. Hauptmann asserted the world will not be saved “through gold or through forc but through humanity. It is not revolution which brings man forward, he contended, but reforma- tion which comes about through the lives of persons like Luther and Goethe. Goethe, Dr. Hauptmann said, had an intense interest in humanity. He be- lieved, the present-day German literary leader declared, that each person was his own master. Dr. Hauptmann linked Goethe and the Faust in Goethe's own drama. Goethe is Faust, Hauptmann asserted, for even though Faust is not in every way identical with Goethe's personality, Goethe understood himself as Faust. Goethe, he continued, em- bodies “the soul of Germany in one body as Whitman embodies the soul of the United States.” Dr. Hauptmann was introduced by Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of the George Washington University. At the same meeting the German Ambassador, Herr von Prittwitz und Gaffron, spoke briefly. Rev. Charles Enders, pastor of the Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church, pronounced the invocation and the benediction. Music was provided by _the Washington String Quartet. Today Dr. Hauptmann left Wash- ington to visit Mount Vernon, where he was to place a wreath on the tomb of George Washington. On that pil- grimage the German was accompanied by his country’s Ambassador and by Dr. Marvin. MISS MARY THORNE DIES AT AGE OF 77 YEARS Native of Ohio Passes Away in Emergency Hospital After Brief Illness. Miss Mary A. Thorne, 77, died yes- terday at Emergency Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Bellbrook, Ohio, Miss Thorne lived in Colorado for a num- ber of years. For the past 17 years she had been a resident of Washington. Puneral services will be conducted at Joseph Gawler Sons chapel on Fri- day. March 11, at 10 o'clock. Miss Thorne is survived by one brother, George H. Thorne of Bell- brook, Ohio; an adopted son, Francis ‘Thorne of 2124 I street, this city, and four nieces, one of whom, Mrs. Jes. samine T. McCoy, lives at 3420 Si teenth street; apartment 109, Wash. ington. 21 MEN GET JOBS Jobs were obtained yesterdsy for 21 men through the efforts of the Work Creation Committee, of Which Col. E. G. Bliss is chairman, it was announced. This brings the total to men and 15 women for whom jobs have been found by the com- mittee since the work creation cam- Ppaign got_under way Col. Bliss L explained his organization 15 seeking the co-operation of churches, Citizens’ Associations snd other eivic Schuldt Assails Twofold Danger Of Left-Hand Turn Judge Fines Colored Driv- Give Right of Way. The new left-hand turn was criti- cized as “dangerous, both to motorists and pedestrizns’ by Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Tiaffic Court today, when he fined Alfred Logan, 25, colored, $25 on & charge of failing to give right of way. It was testified that Logan failed to g::xe allowance for through traffic and machine was in_collision with an- other operated by Roy W. Collins of 207 Ninth street southwest, when Logan attempted a left turn at New Jersey avenue and H street. Judge Schuldt declared before fining Logap-that “the new left-hand turn is dangerous both to motorists and pe- destrians and one who makes the turn does so at his own risk.” Other Police Court judges have ex- pressed their disapproval of the turn. 20 PAVING JOBS IN CITY ORDERED Projects in Northwest and Northeast Sections. The District Commissioners today ordered 20 paving jobs in the Nortawest and Northeast sections of the city to be done during the coming working season. ‘The jobs include cement, concrete curb- ing and gutters and the laying of asphalt urfaces. Assessments will be made in each case against abutting property owners for the work. The streets to be paved are Sixteenth street from Colorado to Alaska avenue, Klingle road from Woodley to Park road, Davis street from Wisconsin ave- nue to Observatory Circle, Rock Creek drive from Massachusetts avenue to sixth street, Fulton street from Massa- chusetts avenue to Thirty-fourth street, to Thirty-sixth street: Thirty-fifth street from Massachusetts avenue to Garficld street, Thirty-sixth street from Garfleld to Fulton streets, Adams Mill road from Kenyon street to Klingle road, Thirty-fifth place from Edmunds to Fplton streets, Huntington street from ‘Connecticut avenue to Forty-first street, Eighteenth street northeast from Irving to Lawrence streets. Thirteenth street northeast from Irving to New- ton strects, Lawrence street northeast from Seventeenth to Twenty-second streets, Kearney street northeast from Twentieth to "Twenty-second streets, Observatory Circle from Massachusetts avenue to a point south of Davis street, Nebraska avenue from Connec- ticut avenue to Military road, and Ne- avenue from Massachusetts avenue to Forty-fifth street. e FOUND DEAD !N CREEK of Violence. The body of a man tentatively iden- tified as John McJordan, colored, about 60, of 514 Hobart street, was found chusetts avenue. The man was lying face down in a foot and a half of water. He was fully clothed. Police could find no marks of violence on his body. Identification was tentatively established by cards and letters on his person. The body was removed to the District Morgue by the fire rescue squad. HELD IN SHOOTING Gilbert Ward Lewis of the 1600 block to the grand jury, under a $5,000 bond, today by Police Court Judge Isaac R. ntt, on a charge of having shot and repairman, of the 2800 block of Twen- cation January 18. The , police said, took after Lewis and Newell became involved in an argument as the latter was leav- ing the residence of Miss Elizabeth Thorn, 22 , of the 3200 block of Twen- tieth street northeast, with the young woman.. Miss Thorn and Newell were preparing to enter an automobile in Iront of her home curred. ' when the fight Commissioners Announce| Edgevale terrace, Kalmia road from | Alaska avenue to' Sixteenth street, Fes- | | senden street from River road to Forty- | Fulton street from Wisconsin avenue | today in Rock Creek below 2800 Massa- | | l Man's Body Fails to Show xsrks’sl,ooaooo MOTORMAN FACES CHARGES IN DEATH i | 2 er $25 for Failure to ;Accused of Manslaughter After Fireman Is Killed in Collision. Manslaughter charges were placed today against Clarence S. Jones of 514 First street southeast, Washington Railway & Electric Co. motorman, in connection with the death, February 19, of Fireman Maurice C. Corbett of No. 4 Truck Co., was was fatally n- jured when struck by a street car op® erated by Jownes. The charges were booked Jones at the second precinct a coroner’s jury ordered him held fo: the grand jury. nst The coroner's jury at the same time | exonerated Firemen George Clark, driver of the ladder truck on which Corbett was riding, and Edward Wolf, tillerman, of blame in the collision, which occurred about 11 p.m., February 18, at the corner of Eleventh and P streets. Another Driver Cleared. The coroner’s jury cleared Vance Watts, colored, 24, of the 800 block Howard road southeast, in connection with the death of Onibale Increte, 39, of 1143 New Hampshire avenue, run down by Watts' automobile last Friday night at Pennsylvania avenue and John Marshall place. Testifying in his own defense at the inquest, Motorman Jones stated his one- man street car “was only 12 feet from the intersection of P street when I heard the siren scream and saw the en- gine coming. I took my hand off the contro] handle, automatically releas- ing the emergency brake, jammed on the aid handle and threw the car into reverse.” A passenger on the street car, Henry A. Rettstatt, 3918 First street south- east, said “the car was one block north of P street when I heard the siren blowing and I saw the apparatus com- ing while we were 70 feet from the intersection.” Testimony Corroborated. His testimony that the siren on the fire apparatus was sounded continu- ously was corroborated by Ruth Eliza- beth Nalls of 12 W street and Mary Agnes Workman, 1400 block, Meridian place, who told the jury they were | riding north on Eleventh street in a taxicab “and had just crossed Massa- chusetts avenue when we heard the fire siren.” Sergt. Gilbert A. Cole, in command of the fire truck, testified he saw the street car nearly half a block away as the apparatus approached the inter- section of Eleventh street, going west on P street, and “had no idea there would be any danger of a collision.” Clark, the driver of the truck, like- wise said he had seen the car 70 feet north of the -P street curb line and “felt sure the street car was a sufficient distance away to avoid a crash.” He testified that, after first noticing the car, he paid no more attention to it, “as my duty was to drive the truck and the duty of the motorman was to stop his car.” ‘Wolf, the tillerman, said he “did not see the street car decrease its speed and tried to give the motorman a break by cutting the rear wheels of the truck to the south as much as possible to avoid a crash.” IN BONDS TO BE ADVERTISED Montgomery Officials Decide on Issue for School and Road Purposes. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., warch 9.—Adver- tisement of the entire $1,000,000 road and school 5 per cent bond issue au- thorized to be sold this year was de- cided on by the Board of County Com- missioners meeting here yesterday. No date for the sale of the bonds has of Kearney street northeast, was held | yet been set, but it is expected to be the first week in April. Under the di- rections given Capt. Joseph C. Cissel of counsel to the commissioners, and Berry Touhded Temple Newell, 27, o telephone | E tleth street northeast, during an alter- | iss: ._Clark, clerk, the advertisement will call for bids on all or any part of the jue, Of the 81,000,000 issue or whatever amount may be sold, proceeds from the sale of the first $411,000 of the issue wflld:o to ools and the remainder to roa " Eureka Grange to Meet. r 8 v ORATORY CONTEST SCHEDULE IN' STAR AREA ANNOUNCED Dates and Places for Prelimi- nary and Final Events Prepared by Leigh. NATIONAL FINALS SET FOR MAY 21 IN CAPITAL Time Is Also Designated for Six Virginia and Four Maryland Finals. The schedule of preliminary and final eliminations in the Star area of the National Oratorical Contest was announced today by Randolph Leigh, director-general of the contest, Dates for the six Virginia and four Maryland county finals, the private and parochial elimination in Washing- ton and the contests at eight local high schools were included in the an- nouncement. The Maryland and Vir- ginia State finals will be in April and the National finals were set for May 21 in Washington. Following is the list of dates and lo- cations for the competitions: Virginia: Arlington County finals, at Washing- ton-Lee High School, Ballston, Thurs- day, March 17; Prince Willlam County finals, Manassas High School, April 8 (tentative); Alexandria County finals, Alexandria High School, April 11; Fau- quier County finals, Warrenton High School, April 12; Fairfax County finals, Madison School Auditorium, Falls Church, April 13; Loudon County finals, Leesburg High School, April 14; Virginia State finals, Maury School Auditorium, Alexandria, Friday eve- ning, April 22. Maryland: Prince Georges County finals, Hyattsville High School, Friday, April 15; St. Marys County, Duke Theater, Leonardtown, Md:, Monday, April 1 Montgomery County finals, Bethesda- Chevy Chase High School, Tuesday, April 19; Charles County finals, La Plata High School, Wednesday, April 20; Maryland State finals, Hyattsville High School, April 29. ‘Washington high schools. Central High School, during the week of April 10; Eastern High School, Pri- day evening, March 11; Western High School, Friday, April 22; McKinley High School, Tuesday, March 22; Busi- ness High School, Monday, March 21; Dunbar High School, representative selected February 29; Cardozo High School, Tuesday, April 12; Armstrong led. parcchial finals, Thurs- day, April 21; Washington Star finals, morning of Tuesday, May 10; National finals, Saturday evening, May 21. (LARENDON HOME CAMPAIGN BEGUN By a Staff Correspond CLARENDON, Va., March 9.—With the establishment of & Home Informa- tion Center here in the Clarendon Community Library, the Arlington County Better Homes Committee, ac- cording to announcement of its chair- man, Mrs. Isabel De W. Mitchell, has inaugurated a drive to improve living conditions in the county, to continue tarough Better Homes week, April 24- May 1. The outstanding feature of the drive will he a contest to decide, first, the most attractive small house, value not exceeding $10,000; second, the best planned small house, or pian selected from a magazine; third, the best re- modeling job; fourth, the most suc- cessful effort to decorate and furnish a room with reclaimed pieces of furni- ture, and, fifth, the most compact and best arranged kitchen. The Chamber of Commerce will donate prizes for this contest. Mrs. Julian D. Simpson is in charge of this phase of the better homes drive. At the Home Information Center, according to Mrs. Mitchell, books se- cured from the Carnegie Library and giving helptul hints as to home de- velopment, are available to all residents interested in the better homes move- ment. Mrs. Chambers and Mrs. Hynes are in charge. ‘The committee has started plans for an antique party, the date of which | be announced later. Materials of istoric value are being solicited by the committee, which is also assembling articles of handicraft. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Washington Philatelic So- clety, 1518 K street, 8 p.m. Meeting, American University Park Citizens' Association, Hurst Hall, Amer- ican University, 8 p.m. party, Martha Washington 909 I street, 8 p.m. Meeting, Izask Walton League, Ra- leigh Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Business and professional section dinner, Women's City Club, 736 Jack- son place, 6:30 p.m. Meeting, Park View Citizens’ Associa- tion, Park View Platoon School, 8 p.m. Meeting, Queen Elizabeth Chapter, Daughters of the British Empire, 2000 8 street, 8:30 p.m. Meeting, Geological Society of Wash- ington, Cosmos Club, 8 p.m. FUTURE. Luncheon, Advertising Club of Wash- I ington, Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Dr. Louise Stanley, De- partment of Home Economics, Depart- ment of Agriculture, speaker. Luncheon, Kiwanis Club, Raleigh Ho- tel, tomorrow, 12.30 p.m. Luncheon, Phi Gamma ternity, University Club, 12:30 pm. Luncheon, State Department, Uni- versity Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Cornell University Alumni, University Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. R Gl o= § Play, “Part Time Job,” Mackin Club, auspices of Drams Guild Tournament, Eastern Community Center, Seven- Bingo Lodge, 1 Deita Foa- tomorrow, teenth and East streets, tomor- row, 8 pm. R Dinner, St. Stephens Church, Six- teenth and Newton streets, tomorrow, 4:30 to 7 p.m. S CHILLUM, Md. March 9—The Card partv Keane Council Knights Eureka Grange will meet in Grange of Columbus, K. of C. Hall, ‘Tenth Hall here tomorrow night street, tomorrow, 8:30 pan.