Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1932, Page 17

Washington News INCOME TAX PAYERS RUSHING RETURNS AS DEADLINE NEARS Washingtonians Crowding Collector’s Office, With To- morrow Midnight Limit. JAM IS BELIEVED LESS THAN IN FORMER YEARS Many Government Experts Avail- able to Help Citizens—Liability Again Explained. With tomorrow midnight the last chance to_ file income tax returns, thronigs of Washingtonians besieged the Jocal office of the deputy collector, at the Bureau of Internal Revenue today, at Twelfth street and Constitution ave- nue, but it was believed by observers that the crowds were smaller than in past_years, Officials would not comment on whether this was probably due to the depression. It was emphasized, how- ever, there is a large group of citizens who will not have to pay any taxes, but who must, under the law file an income tax return anyway. Liability Explained. ‘There is a difference, it was ex- shmed, between a person’s liability for ing & return, and his liability for pay- a tax. tructions on the return itself ex- plain who must file a return. They read: “An income tax return must be filed by every citizen of the United States whether residing at home or abroad, and every person residing in the United States, though not a citi- zen thereof, having a gross income for the calendar year 1931 of $5000 or over, or a net income for the same period of (a) $1,500 or over, if single, or if married and not living with hus- bend or wife, or (b) $3,500 or over, if married and living with husband or wife, or (c) rnore than the personal exemption if the status of the tax- payer changes.” ‘The return must be in the hands of the collector of internal revenue for this district, located at Baltimore; in | the local office of the deputy collector in the Interpal Revenue Building, or in the mail in time to reach one of these offices before midnight tomorrow night. Experts Stationed at Banks. One official warned that it would not be considered legal for an income tax return to be dropped into the mail to- morrow night, just in time to receive & _post office stamp of the date of March 15. The letter should be mailed in time to reach one of the offices on or before midnight, not after midnight. At the deputy collector's office many Government experts are available to help citizens make out their returns, but the place is crowded. ment men n‘flm nggn-d it nnou; , al banks ‘banking hours to be of following places during hours: Riggs National, National ‘opolitan Bank, Federal-American National Bank & Trust Co, Union Trust Co., Colum- bia Natianal Bank and the Lincoln Na- tlonal The in the Internal Revi Building - will remain open this after. noon until-8:15 o'clock and tomorrow night until midnight, GRAY-SILVER IS ASKED TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR Travelers’ Protective Association Post at Martinsburg Votes Reso- Iution Unanimously. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., March 14. —FPost A, Travelers' Protective As- soclation of West Virginia, Saturday night adopted unanimously a resolu- tion asking Gray Silver, former State Senator and nationally known advocate of farm co-operatives, to become & mditdnn G’ofl the Democratic nomina- or Governor of West Virgin! the May 10 primary, e it The action was in line with & move- ment launched here two weeks ago by friends of Mr. Silver, which has re- sulted in organization of “Silver-for- (s}&vlemg;_; clubs in two counties of the e. e movement was pre & State-wide basis. L Mr. Silver said he would make an- swer to the appeals next week. His ‘:ecxségm has b:om deleng to give him ance appral sentiment | throughout the State, he said. RESCUE SQUAD TO GIVE FIRST-AID EXHIBITION Demonstration by Bladensburg Group to Be Feature of Oyster Roast. Special Dispatch to The Star. EDMONSTON, Md., March 14—A demonstration of first aid by th:? Bladensburg unit of the Prince Georges | County firemen's rescue squad, under ' direction of Chief Clarence Gasch, will be a feature incident to the oyster | Toast to be held tomorrow evening on the school grounds on Wells avenue | here for #he benefit of the rescue squad. The affair, starting at 6 o'clock, is sponsored by the mayor and Town Council of Edmonston. | ‘There also will be music by the Glenn Dale Fire Association Band and various | other attractions. Oysters will be served | in } styles, and there will be “hot | MISS ALICE SHRIVER, 79, DIES AT GAITHERSBURG Funeral to Be Held Wednesday, With Burial S8ame Afternoon at Hillsboro, Va., Church. @pecial Dispatch to The Star. 'URG, Md., March 14.— Miss Alice Shriver, 79, who for the six months has been living at the odist Home for the Aged hers, died last night, Her death was due to_apoplexy. She was a daughter of the late ‘Thomas W. Schriver of Hillsboro, Va., , Mrs, ¥ Ga'thersburg Copeland and Miss Nellie Shriver, both of Hillsboro, Va. ! The funeral will be held at the oo % Right Francis W. Howard, Bishop of com ‘Washington John O'Grady, director of the society: he % WASHINGTON, D. C, M 13 ACCUSED OF BOOTLEGGING ARE PLACED ON TRIAL TODAY Conspiracy to Commit 1,500 Violations Charged After 22 Others Plead Guilty. One Man Absent. Thirteen alleged bootleggers Wwere placed on trial today before Justice F. D. Letts and a jury in Criminal Division 2 on a charge of conspiring to commit 1,500 violations of the national prohi- bition law. A total of 36 persons were named in the indictment, but 20 of them pleaded guilty and were sentenced last month. Of these three women and one man were placed on probation, others being given terms of imprison- ment from one year and one day to 18 months. N Ragnar Skari and his wife, Addie, to- day pleaded guilty at the trial table, making 22 pleas of guilty. Joseph Mai- mone was absent, the court being in- formed that he is being detained in the Marlboro Jail on another charge. The 13 remaining defendants are Frederick Spasaro, Bruno Caparrotta. Frank Maida, Michael Spinell, Thomas M. Crane, John T. Traynor, Rocco Pel- licano, Antennetta Pellicano, Angelo Schiattareggia, Rose Caparrotta, James Caparrotta, James R. Posey and Adolph R. Moder, Justice Letts excluded from places on the trial jury all persons who were shown to have contributed to the Anti- Saloon League and the Crusaders. The case is expected to last three weeks, Assistant United States Attorneys Harold W."Orcutt and James R. Kirk- land are conducting the prosecution. !An array of counsel appear for the de- ense. BISHOPT. . SHAHAN BURIED AT SHRINE Thousands Attend Rites. Archbishop Curley Cele- brates Requiem Mass. Several thousand persons, including many church dignitaries, diplomats and others of prominence, attended funeral services for Bishop Thomas J. Shahan, rector emeritus of Catholic University, in the Shrine of the Immaculate Con- ception at the university today. Solemn requiem high mass was cele- brated by Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Baltimore. The Very Rev. John A. Ryan was the assisting priest. Other assistants at the mass were Rev. Wil- | ins liama A. Fitzgerald, deacon; Rev. Dr. John O’'Grady, sub-deacon; Mgr. James H. Ryan and Mgr. Edward A. Pace. Archbishop Joht T. McNicholas of Cin- cinnati preached the sermon. The body was placed in the crypt of the Shrine. Pallbearers were all members of the faculty. Diplomats Represented. ‘The diplomatic corps of all Catholic countries was represented at the ser- vices. The various national and local Catholic organizations had in attendance and local Catholic scl were represented. The university was closed for the day, students attending in a body. The Catholic organizations represent- ed by delegations included the Holy Name Society, St. Vincent de Paul Soci- ety, Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Interna- tional Catholic Alumni Association, Daughters of Isabella, Catholic Daugh- ters of America and others. Among church dignitaries present lic_delegate, Most Rev. Fumasoni-Biondi; ton, Ky.; Right Rev. Joseph H. Albers, auxiliary bishop of Cincinnati; Arch- bishop John T. McNicholas of Cincin- nati; Right Rev. Karl J. Alter, Bishop f Louisville, Ky.; Right Rev. Vincent abbot ordinary of Belmont Right Rev. John B. Peterson, auxiliary bishop of Boston; Right Rev. Bernard J. Mahoney, Bishop of Sioux Falls, 8. Dak.; Right Rev. William Turner, Bishop of Buffalo. Soclety’s Officers Attend. ‘The St. Vincent de Paul Society of 'was represented by Rev. Dr. George J. Cleary, president; Thomas J. Gallaher, vice president; John Hadley Doyle, vice president, and others prom- inent in the organization. Pollowing the services a dinner was | held at the university for the visiting dignitaries. ‘Tribute to Bishop Shahan was paid by various Catholic groups and organi- zations at a series of services which began yesterday morning and continued | during the aftérnoon. Bishop Shahan, nationally known as an educator and leader of the Catholic Church, died Wednesday at the age of 74. Since then schools throughout the country have -held memorial exercises for him, while Catholic groups and in- dividuals in this and other nations have Joined in paying him tribute. ARRESTED AFTER FIGHT Man Accused of Tearing Buttons Off Policeman’s Coat. Stephen J. Thigpen, colored, 24, of 1426 S street, was arrested last night on charges of assault and disorderly conduct after a fight in which, it was charged, he tore the buttons off the coat of Policeman N. T. Imlay, second precinct, and struck the officer several blows. Imiay finally overpowered the man and took him to Freedmen's Hospital, where he was treated for minor scalp wounds. Thigpen later was booked at No. 2 station. DAVIS TO SEE STIMSON American Delegate to Return From Arms Parley. Norman H. Davis, member of the American delegation to the Armaments Conference at Geneva, will return to | the United States soon and ducuss' the progress of the conference with Secretary of State Stimson. | He will return to Geneva after th Easter holidays. During his absence, Frederic R. Dolbeare of New York, who | formerly was in the diplomatic service, will act as substitute for Mr. Davis. — WILL HEAD FEDERATION Dr. L. M. Christie to Preside Over Montgomery Group Tonight. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., March 14—Dr. L. | M. Christle, vice president, will be in| charge of the regular menthly meeting | tonight of the Montgomery County Civic Federation in the absence of President Frederic P. Lee. The meet- ing will be held at the Bethesda Ele- mentary School. While & number of the federation's committees will present progress re- ports, it is expected that several emer- gency resolutions will be introduced for action by the meeting. A report on the public utilities situation by J. Harry Welch, chairman, is also expected. Danville Divorces Total 43. DANVILLE, Va., March 14 (Specipl). —Torty-three divorces, 11 more than in 1930, were granted in Danville during Methodist Home at 1 o'clock Wednes- day afternoon, and at 3:30 o'clock serv- ices will be held in the Methodist e-unmm church cemetery there, the faculty and} RAZED BILLBOARD ORDERED REMOVED Authority for Replacement on East Capitol Street to Be Refused. A biliboard in the 800 block of East Capitol street, blown over during the recent snowstorm, was ordered removed from the premises today by District government authorities,. The General Outdoor Advertising Co., owners, was given three days in which to comply. No permission will be granted for its replacement, officials said. Thomas H. Roche, assistant buiflding pector in charge of outdoor signs, said the billboard location in question was one of those authorized under the sign regulations, but added that the owner of the sité had agreed not to re- place the residents in the neighborhood, Mr. Roche said, have pro- tested to the building tor's office against replacement of thé board. Problem Created. ‘With a dozen or more biliboards bl down or atherwise :mo;v: cent storm, ‘various matters involving ownership have come to the complicate the surface. to of individual cases. One such case, hvflm the repair- ing of a board on the it corner of Tenth and G streets northeast, was settled out of court Saturday, due to the circumstances it. Inves- tigation developed that the contract for the board had been cancelled a year or 80 ago and that the property owner had let it remain to serve as & fence. He was detected by a policeman of the ninth precinct in Yepairing its-props and was given warning, The owner thereupon notified the General m’& which sent out a.repair crew, again interrupted the work, ‘The property owner was given & per- mit finelly to remove the d from his premises and erect a fence in its place. Unless this is complied with, Mr. LRafloclhe said, the case will go to eourt for al. Inquiries on the part of District of- ficials have developed that the General Co. in a number of instances has writ- ten letters to property owners turning over to them the company’s ownership rights to certain boards. 'In ting these boards, out, property owners assume Ownership Uncertain, It is a rather uncertain ownership, according to officials, for at any time the boards may be ordered down if they are unsafe. Regulation require all large billboards to be supported by props, which take up considerable space back of the boards. If any of these props are re- moved by private owners because of the space they occupy on a lot, it was said the boards would be rendered unsafe under the regulations. In that eVent officials say they would have to be ordered down. Last week The Star printed a picture of one of the biliboards damaged in the storm. Alt that time the location was erToneously given as being in the 4400 block of Oliorm ayenue. The billboard was located, instead, In the 2500 block of that avenue, DAMAGED AKRON SOON TO FLY AGAIN Repairs Progressing Rapidly snd Dirigible May Take to Air This Month. ity. The airship Akron, damaged February 22 when a gust of wind slammed her rear lower fin into the ground, soon will be ready to ta R xeady ke her place in the Repair work is proc Taj and the giant ship will e):eml.fln‘m upp‘?z a shorter period than was estimated at first, it was indicated at the Navy De- partment. She may be to_take the air again before the end of the month. The damage was the rear fin, in which an auxiliary con- trol cabin is located, though part of the fabric covering and some of the framc- work of the rear portion of the ship | above the fin also were damaged. The Akron probably will be put through a series of rather severe tests when she emerges from the hangar to determine the strength of the rej 3 The Akron was scheduled to m the Pacific Coast for temporary opera- tion with the Pacific Fleet in a series of exercises which are expected to play an important part in determining the future war uses of the dirigible. Defl- nite gllm for these maneuvers have eld up pending completion of the repairs. SESSIONS OF BURNED SCHOOL TO RESUME Cumberland Junior High Students Are Moved to Another Building, Special Dispateh to The Star, OUMBERLAND, Md., March 34— Charles L. Koop, county superintendent of schools, announced yesterday that the sessions of Green Street Junior High f&z‘;:!a m'.crm%edlbme fire which g- school ding - day, wauld o the calendar year 1931, according to a report completed in the office of the clerk of the lon | confined chiefly to | M%) 0 DELEGATES HEAR BLOOM AT FILM CONVENTION George Washington Called Pioneer in Development of Theater Industry. BICENTENNIAL TABLEAU PRESENTED AT SESSION Reports From National Officers Submitted and Committees Are Appointed. Five hundred delegates to the annual convention of Motion Picture Theater Owners of America were welcomed to ‘Washington this afternoon at the first session of their three-day conference at the Mayflower Hotel. A. Julian Brylawski is chairman of the local Convention Committee, An address by Representative Sol Bloom, associate director of the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, opened the meeting at 1 pm. The subject of the speech was “George Washington and the Theater.” A Patron of the Theater. Although moving pictures were un- known in the days of the first Presi- dent, Mr. Bloom told his audience, he was, nevertheless, a pioneer in the de- velopment of the industry. As patron of the movie forerunner, the theater, Washington was responsible for popu. lar acceptance of that form of enter- tainment in his era. The power of his prestige removed widespread prejudice against actors and the drama when it became known Washington was a thea- ter lover, Bloom said. » The speaker urged the theater owners to hold the aims and purposes of the cinema to a level that would gratify its great pioneer. “You have in your hands one of the mightlest agencies of education,” Bloom said. “With that power you are able to touch for good every individual in this country and in the world.” Following Bloom’s speech a Bicen- tennial tablgau was presented. The business session today opened with M. A. Lightman of Memphis pre- siding. Reports from national officers were heard and committees appointed. Speakers of the Day. 8 ers of the afternoon and their subjects were: “Score and Service Charges,” Ja Miller, Illinols; ‘Music Tax and Copy- right Law,” Senator Dill of Washing- ton; “Law Affecting Theaters,” E. G. Levy, Connecticut; “Government Regu- lation of Picture Distribution,” Judge Roy L. Walker, Texas; “Uniform Zon- ing Plans,” Earl Van Hyning of Kansas. ‘The gala social event of the conven- tion will be a banquet at the Mayflower tomorrow night, at which numerous screen celebrities and stars of the cur- rent stage shows at local theaters will be present. The guests expected clude Claudette Colbert, Ernst Lubitsch, Eddie Dowling, June Collyer, Stuart Erwin, Jacqueline Logan, Clive Brook, Patsy Ruth Miller, Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Conrad Nagel, Richard Dix and Bert Lytell. A reception at the Mayflower tonight, theater and dinner parties and mid- night shows are among other events planned for the visitors. _ ! TWO0 BOYS AND MAN HURT IN AUTO CRASH All Treated at Hospital—78.Year- 0ld Victim of Collision Improves. A man and two boys were injured last night in an automobile collision at Forty-second and Jenifer streets. ‘The injured are: Romer F. Weaver, 22, of Rockville, Md., driver of one of the automobiles, who received cuts about the head; Robert Knight, 13, of the 2600 block of Military road, and Robert D. Nye, 12, of the 3600 block of Oliver street, both of whom re- ceived bruises and suffered from shock. All were treated at Georgetown Hos- pital. Both boys were passengers in an automobile operated by Alva G. Nye, 43, of the 3600 block of Oliver t. .u'le'fmmu J. Riley, 76, of the 200 block of Eighth street southwest was report- ed improved today in Emergency Hos- pital, where he was taken early yes- terday after being seriously injured when knocked down in front of his home by an automobile. Charles E. Kelly, 35, of the 400 block of Fifteenth street southeast, said to be the driver of tne automobile which struck him, was arrested by police of No. 4 pre- cinct, to be held pending the outcome of Mr. Riley’s injuries. “DEAF AND DUMB” BEGGAR IS ORDERED OUT OF TOWN Arrested on Alexandria Street, Gives Evidence for Conviction. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 14— Although carrying & sign worded “I can neither talk nor hear,” John Watson, colored, of Coatesville, Pa., gave police here so much evidence that he was neither deaf nor dumb yesterday that he was arrested on charges of va- grancy and dling. “Want this dollar?” said Officer Welker when the man had been con- ducted to the police station here. Wat- son turned around but said nothing. “How long have been this way?” asked Captain of Police John S. Arnold. “I want to talk to the chief,” said the “deaf and dumb” man. ‘With this evidence presented in Police Court this morning, Judge Wil- liam S. Snow imposed a six-month sus- pended jail sentence on Watson and ordered him out of town. —_— PAPER THIEF GETS TERM Man Who Looted Newsstand Given 30 Days in Jail Convicted of stealing 25 newspapers from & stand yesterday, George Pack, colored, 1800 block of Eighteenth street, ;e’sumeu at Allegany High | was sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge ac R. Hitt today. _Pack WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION pening Sfaf DAY, MARCH 14, 1932. Society and General Preparing Fine Arts Museum Exhibit NOTABLE PAINTERS, SCULPTORS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GATHER TO DISPLAY PLANS, R EPRESENTATIVES of the National Sculpture Society, tne mura) tgnters Society and the Fine Arts Commission gathered here last week at the new National Museum, Tenth street and Constitution avenue, to arrange for the exhibit of sculpture, painting and other fine arts, to be opened on the affernoon of ercl\lfi and continue until the close of the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration, in November, Left to right: Ulrich H. Ellerhusen, sculptor; H. P. Caemmerer, executive secretary of the Fine Arts Com- mission, which is sponsoring the exhibit; Henry Hering, sculptor, who is supervising the installation of the exhibits in sculpture; Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission; Ernest Keyser, sculptor; Ernest Pelxotto, president of the Society of Mural Painters, and J. Mortimer Lichtenauer, painter. TWO STRUCTURES IN MALL DOOMED Public Buildings Office Lacks Funds to Longer Main- tain Them. Two of the temporary buildings on the Mall will have to be torn down this Summer because the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks lacks the funds to maintain them, it was made known today by Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, the director, He said the Public Buildings Commission joined him in suggesting to Congress that this main- tenance money be eliminated as an economy measure. Which two of the Mall buildings to be torn down depends upon arrange- ments to be made for housing properly the perscnnel they now contain. Col. Grant said the structures to be de- molished probably will be either build- ings F and C or F and D. Plant Can’t Carry Load. ‘The heating plant for the temporary group of buildings in the vicinity of Sixth street and the Mall is unable to carry the load much longer, Col. Grant said. With two of the wartime build- ings eliminated, he said, the heating plant could handle the reduced load, supplying other temporary buildings, for another year or so. Meanwhile - the Public Bulldings Commission is preparing to bring about another shift in Government personnel, fitting the workers into available space. | Census Bureau to Move. The Census Bureau, now housed in one of the temporary buildings, will be quartered in the new Commerce De- partment Building, when the force be- comes stablized and has dwindled with the lessening of the work of compiling the decennial census. This will relieve the space in the buudh:g and Agriculture Department personn: now housed in the temporary structure will likely go into the new Extensible Building, now under .construction in Boa()}]lweét Was n. . Grant is engaj in working out a satisfactory Dhn‘!gh.u will take care of the rearrangement of Govern- ment workers, so the two temporary buildings may be demolished and the Mall returned to its original status as park property. Both the Fine Arts Commission and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission are anxious to bring this about as soon as practicable, HIGH SCHOOL REOPENED AS STACK IS REMOVED Two Tons of Steel Lowered From Building on Rhode Island Avenue. The 8haw Junior High School, Seventh street and Rhode Island ave- nue, which was closed all last week following e to its smokestack, ‘was reopened y on orders of Garnet C. Wilkinson, first assistant superin- tendent. The school was closed at 10 o'clock last Monday when it was discovered the upper sections of the steel smoke- stack had been torn from their assembly and were prevented from crashing down on the school only by the guy wires designed to support the stack in its De’:t.lrety. . trict’ Repair Shop workmen suc- ceeded in lowering the loose two tons of steel and mission this form, $250,000 SUIT BEGUN C. W. King Stole Wite’s Love, Says H. M. “Bierley. Hearing was begun today before Chief Justice Alfre ‘Wheat and a jury in ”Au affections suit for abbreviated E charges. ‘Through Attorney Lester Wood, the husband has told the court he was mar- ried June 25, 1910, and lived happily with his wife until October. 1928, when was accused of taking the pa-|King, who 2 Policemen Die Above: LEONARD E. DRAEGER. Below: H. F. MULVANITY, THREE ARE INJURED IN FAIRFAX ACCIDENT One Car Filled With Baked Foods for Home Demonstration Mar- ket When Crash Occurs. | Special Dispatch to The Star. BAILEYS CROSS ROADS, Va, March 14—Mrs. Marvin Sanders, Mrs. Mark Turner and Edwin Turner, all of Forestville, were injured and Mrs. Turner’s car badly damaged in & col- Nsion Saturday at the junction of the Columbia and- Lees! pikes. The Turner car, driven by Bdwin Turner, was hit by a car driven by Walton Big- gers of Lincolnia. Mrs. Sanders suffered injuries to_the spine and a cut eye ball, while Mrs. Turner and her son were badly bruised. They were taken to the Alex- andria Hospital for treatment by Dep- uty Sherif J. B. Dowden. The car was full of baked foods for the Fair- fax County Home Demonstration Club market in Alexandria. An informal hearing was held yes- terday afternoon in the office of Jus- the stack was put in com- | and DANVILLE FIRE CAPTAIN HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE —Star Staff Photo. TWO WASHINGTON POLICEMEN DEAD Succumb to Natural Causes. Third, Overcome by Gas, Is Revived. ‘Two Washington policemen died from natural causes yesterday, while a third, Pvt. Eugene C. Mateer, was overcome by filluminating gas at his home, in Park Lane, Va., but was revived by a phos . Patrolman Leonard E. Draeger, 58, second precinct, & veteran of 35 years' service, ‘was stricken fatally with a heart attack while attending services last evening at Wallace Memorial Pres- byterian Church with his wife. Patrolman H. F. Mulvanity died at Garfield Hospital after suffering from scarlet fever for one week. He was 30 years old and a member of the depart- ment for six months. Officer Draeger had been assigned to the beat around the old Center Market for 15 years. When the old market was demolished, lyn, Dorothy, Miriam and Leona—all of whom make their home at 1003 Otis place, and three sisters, Mrs. F. W. Coehler, Mrs. John B. Hansever and Miss Christina Draeger, He was a member of Stansbury Lodge, No. 24, F. A. A. M., members of which will have charge of the funeral services. The services will be held at Wallace Memorial Church Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, with burial in Rock Creek C‘emetery‘“ - ‘The body of Officer Mulvanity witl taken to Nashua, N. H., for burial. Il\flvm:y‘t was tted to Garfleld Ppolicemen volunteered to give blood for 8 transfusion when his condition be- ocame grave on Saturday night, and Pvt. L. L. Olinger was selected as the donor, but the effort to save his life proved unar Hved at 1705 He was married and Capitol avenue northeast. Mateer was saved after a brother, Rev. Charles R. Mateer, found him un- conscious in the kitchen. The Claren- don Fire Department was summoned and soon revived the man, with the assistance of Dr. J. H. Walton of Cherrydal HOOVER TO ATTEND FUNERAL OF COUSIN —_— Services to Be Held at Friends Church Today—Burial to Take Place in Iowa. President and Mrs. Hoover will at- tend funeral services at 4 o'clock this afternoon for the President’s first cousin, George Clyde Hoover, 65, who died Saturday night. Services will be held at Priends Church, Thirteenth and Irving streets. The body will be taken to West Branch, Iowa, his home, for Mr. Hoover had been employed as an attorney in the Bureau of Vaiuation of “fl; . Ht hlrgebe in = seven years. He en ill since ‘Thursday, when he was stricken with :' dh;‘w" Athetbl!y!; is :\érvlved by his , & som, e, and a daughter, Mrs. Helen Yoder of West Bnn:g, ‘The following resolution was drawn today by a committee of attorneys rep- resenting the legal section of the Bu<| reau of Valuation: “Whereas George Clyde Hoover, prin- cipal attorney of the Bureau of Valua- tion of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, died at his residence in Wash- ington on March 10, 1932; and, We who have been associat- od with Mr. Hoover in the commission’s work have the D% B e e e e mflmfl t, and fo esteem for ‘his traits of friendliness fine sincerity, and for his high char- our sympathy for his widow and mem- of his family in their bereavement, we further resolve that copies of itions be forwarded to Mrs. her children and to the " w‘. les z PAGE B—1 DSTRETRGINA BORDER ARKNG S URGEDINBL Smith Calils for Commission to Definitely Fix Line Along River, VALUABLE PROPERTY TITLES ARE INVOLVED Part of Land Ceded Back to State, Once Covered by Water, Now Improved. Representative Howard W. Smith of Virginia, a member of the House Dis- trict Committee, today introduced a bill providing for the appointment of & commission to finally and definitely fix the boundary line between Virginia and the District of Columbia on the Vir- ginia shore of the Potomac River, in conformity with the line already estab- lished between. Virginia and Maryland. The Smith bill calls for a commis- sion of three members, one to be ap- pointed by the President, another by the Governor of Virginia and the third to be selected by these two. It carries an authorization of $10,000. Represent- ative Smith explained that a similar measure has been passed by the Gen- eral Assembly of Virginia. Boundary Never Fixed. “It is a surprising fact,” said Repre- sentative Smith, “that this boundary line between Virginia and the District of Columbia has never been definitely drawn. It grows out of the circum- stance that the Maryland and Virginia line was definitely established until after those States ceded to the Federal Government the territory composing the original District. When the Federal Government ceded back to Virginia the Pportion on the Virginia side of the river the act merely ceded back the same territory that Virginia had previously ceded the Federal Government without any description of the boundary by metes and bounds. “The question has been precipitated,” Representative Smith explained, “by the action of the Government in bringing sult against property owners on the Virginia shore, affecting valuable prop- erty, some of which is highly improved and which has been in the possession of the present owners for many years, but which at one time, it is claimed, was below highwater mark on the Vifginia shore. For example, a portion of the main line of the Southern Railway is involved in the suits; and other property which has filled in, improved and oce cupied over a century is involved. Wants Definite Border. “The manifest injustice of such an mznpt to rgeprr‘\:; private owners of property ts, long recognized, has induced me to bring the matter to the attention of Congress in the belief that such an attitude on the Federal agencies could not be tolerated, I am seeking to have the boundary line definitely established at the present low water mark on the Virginia shore. That this is the just and common sense solution is shown by the fact that this is exactly what was done by the com= mission " appointed by Virginia and Maryland to settle the boundary on the south shore of the Potomac be- tween the two States. The findings of this commission,” he pointed out, “were confirmed bt{mt.be Legislatures of the States and Congress of the United “There is no excuse for s differen boundary between the District of Co! lumbia and Virginia than that between Maryland and Virginia. Both States derive their title from the English crown, the Lord Baltimore grant for Maryland calling for the ‘farther shore” of the Potomac, thus including the river As the District of Columbia was ceded by Maryland to the Federal Government, there is no rational ex- cuse for contending that the Maryland shore extended any farther south on that part of the river within the Dis- trict of Columbia than on that without the District of Columbia, Once Was Marshland, “ ‘Many years ago much of the marsh and lowland on the Virginia side was covered by water at high tide. Gradu- ally much of this was reclaimed and then improved. It seems to be asserted that because of the fact that at one time these lands were below high tide, therefore they belong to the Federal Government, and the real point of the controversy is over land between the present low-water mark and what ap- pears to have been high mark as shown on maps of the area made 150 years ago. “Not only are private titles affe but the question of jurisdiction foerfl:hd; trial of criminal and civil matters aris- ing in the affected area is uncertain, There are spots on the Virginia side where if crime were now committed the question of jurisdiction would be so serious that the administration of jus- tice would be seriously hampered if not prevented.” SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS WILL GATHER TONIGHT. Plans for Development of Wort Reno School and Grounds to Be Discussed. i At 8 o'clock tonight instead of io- morrow night, as published in The Star yesterday, members of various home and school associations, parent- teacher associations and citizens asso- clations will meet with the Alice Deal Junior High School Association in the Alice Deal School Auditorium, Thirtye eighth place and Howard street. Plans for development of the senior high school and the public playground in the Fort Reno section will be dise cussed by Dr. Abram Simon, president of the Board of Education; Dr, Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, and Miss Sibyl Baker, public playe ground director. GUN ATTACK CHARGED TO HYATTSVILLE MAN Will Face ¥rial in County FoMoq Court—Opponent Is Ums hurt in Row, HYATTSVILLE, Md, March M-» Following a disturbance yesterday in the Melrose colored section, in which lice say, there was gun play, Ashburn fones, 19, was arrested, charged with assault with intent to kill Samuel Wade, aged about 21. Jones’ aim was said to have been poor. He was committed to. the lock-up in the county building here for trial in the ity Police Court. Policeman