Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1932, Page 17

Washington News e @he Foe ning Sstar WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, REVEALS SIVNONS SOUCHT SEPARNTE STUDY0F D € BIL Report Shows He Favored Independent Status for Supply Measure. POLICY OF COMMITTEE DECLARED A MISTAKE Cannon Questions Wisdom of Con- sidering Additional Items in Legislation. A plea for consideration of the Dis- trict appropriation bill on a different | basis from other supply measures, was made by Representative Simmons of Nebraska at the outset of the hearings on the 1933 appropriation bill, it was revealed today when Chairman Cannon of the House Subcommittee on Appro- priations released the report of the proceedings at the first day's hearing. Mr. Simmons, former chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee, which handled the District bill, argued that the committee would deal with District revenues, and not Federal funds, and should, therefore, not be restricted by the policy laid down by the full Appro- riations Committee of merel# approv- [ or vetoing budget estimates. Policy Criticized. “I think the policy that has been adopted by the whole committee,” said Mr. Simmons, “is a very serious mis- take. I think it has seriously crippled not only the functions of the commit- tee within ourselves, but the functions of this committee in the service we can render to the executive departments. “This bill should have some different consideration from other bills. We are dealing not with Federal revenues; we are dealing with District revenues, out- side of the contribution which the United States makes to the District, | and outside of the contribution the United States makes to the District we are not dealing with a treasury that is in the red. “The District treasury, I assume, an- ticipates it will have revenues sufficient to meet any item carried in this bill— that is, any item within the total budget | figures. There is that difference, wherein this bill should have a different status, so far as the items that affect the Dis- trict are concerned, and those that| affect the rest of the ordinary executive Hearing of Residents. “In connection with this bill we have repeatedly stated to the people of the District that before this subcommittee they had their opportunity to express their wishes regarding the expenditures of money. They do not have that op- | portunity before the Budget Bureau. They do have it, of course, before the Board of Education, and they have it before the Commissioners, as I under- stand it. They have always been ac- corded that privilege in the administra- tion of the appropriation. “But this committee has been the place where we have repeatedly told them that they had their opportunity to come and tell us wherein they dis- approved the expenditure of their money, not Federal money, but District money. And we have always heard them, and, in the main, I think, have | been able to meet pretty generally the wishes of the District, wherever there has been a concerted demonstration of approval of an item, or where there has gepen a request for expenditures not included in the bill. “I rather prided myself on the fact that this bill, when it was finally drafted, aside from the question of fiscal relations, has almost universally been approved by the people of the Dis- trict as a whole. “Now, this rule shuts off to the peo- ple of the District this one and only opportunity to tell the House of Rep- resentatives how the District wants its money spent. “It is another reason, in my judg- ment, why the rule shouid not be en- forced, but if the rule 1s to be followed I do not want to come here and take days of time, as we always have taken days of time, listening to these people present their views, when we are going to know in advance that they are not going to get anything.” Chairman Cannon replied that per- sonally he would be glad to consider additional items, but questioned the ad- visability in the face of the full com- mittee’s ruling. He sald he was “as vitally interested in the District as any other property owner here,” but pointed out that the committee had been in- structed by House action to limit the Federal lump sum contribution to $6,- 500,000 and the $3,000,000 reduction would have to be made up in some other way. sentative Blanton of Texas de- fended the four Mapes tax increase bills passed by the House and declared that unless the Senate takes similar action real estate taxes would be raised.” e DEBATE ON JUDGES Columvous U;versity ;eam Defeats John Marshall College. The Columbus University debating team defeated the John Marshall Col- Jege debaters last night at the Carlton Hotel, taking the afirmative side of the question, “Resolved, That a tri- bunal of three judges shall replace the present jury system.” Vincent A. Sheehy, jr., and Jerry J. O'Connell represented Columbus, while Harry J. Ruvoldt and Patrick A Kilay Zebated for the John Marshall College. Representative Mary T. rtonof New Jersey, Corporation Counsel Wil- liam W. Bride and Assistant United States Attorney Willlam H. Collins were the judges. 'WILD DUCKS GOING FEMINIST. | SMITHSONIAN EXPERT REVEALS) | . | Instinct and Pa Off on | ;o id ducks appoer to be going fem- nist. Dr. Herbert Friedmann, curator of birds of the Smithsonian Institution points out accumulating evidence that, far below the level of conscio and activated by blind forces, a s biological phenomenon is taking place in this great family of birds which is | equivalent to a progressive deteriora- | tion of the maternal and home-making instincts. Dr. Priedmann’s study has just been published by the Smith- sonian The revolt of the mother duck agz | the submergence of the feminine is postulated by Dr. Friedmann as a pos- sible explanation for some peculiar be- havior reported by observers from | many places. Some ducks, according | to these observations, are poor incu- bators. The mother soon gets tired | of sheltering her eggs and will leave | them on a sudden impulse. Sometimes | she avoids this duty altogetner. Dodge Responsibility. Two well known North American | species, the red head and the canvas- | back, Dr. Friedmann says, build what }omithologists call “dumping nests.” | The mother bird can't escape egg-lay- |ing. but she avoids further responsi- | bility by simply “dumping her eggs.” | without bothering to incubate them Among the tree ducks the whole duty of incubation is left to the male, while | the female goes about her own affairs. But, Dr. Friedmann reports, one of the most illuminating developments is the habit of parasitism. Ducks of nearly every species will lay occasional eggs in the nest of another bird, leaving the unsuspecting host mother to hatch the | baby and. if she is willing, rear it. The | mother duck takes no further interest |in her offspring. Recent reports, Dr. Friedmann says show that one species of duck, the black head duck of the Argentine Re- | public, is almost entirely parasitic. The female lays her eggs in the nests of swans, coots, ibises, and even hawks Almost as bad an offender is the ruddy |duck of both North America and Eu- rope. The mother of this species is not exactly parasitic on other races of birds. but one female will try to trick another | of the same species to hatch her eggs Abondon Their Eggs. | The females of this species will aban- don their eggs at the slightest provoca- tion. After the 'young are hatched the | mothers take little interest in them, but leave them to the care of the| fathers. Neither the males nor females | like to build their own nests, but will take possession, if possible, of the abandoned homes of other birds. When a nest is constructed it is apt to be a loosely thrown together _structure. | These ducks obviously are not home- | loving birds. Moreover, Dr. Alexander Wetmore, as- | sistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, has recorded the observa- tion that the female ruddy ducks com- monly mimic the males in display pos- | tures and even make a rattling noise | with their bills against their cheeks. | This sound was made at times by fe- males_that apparently were unmated. | This, Dr. Friedmann says, may indicate | the appearance in this species of a sort | of “bachelor girl” type of duck who | prefers to lead her own life without the | encumbrance of home, husband or chil- | dren. “When a species begins to show a loss of some of the instictive behavior usu- | ally exhibited by the female,” says Dr. | Friedmann, “one is led to wonder if it | may not be becoming what some have | called ‘a male species—one in which | the females are more malelike and the | males normally masculine.” | | But, Dr. Friedmann explains, such a feminine movement could be possible | | only under special circumstances which | would make it possible for the young to | be hatched. Otherwise it would mean | the extinction, or great diminution, of the race. Apparently the female ducks are able to have careers without drawing this catastrophe on their species. A rently, he points out, this is due — : | - MEETING APRIL 2 'Nominating Committee for| Trustee Membership Is Selected. | The annual meeting of the Com-| munity Chest will be held April 25 at| | the Willard Hotel, it was decided yes- | | terday at a meeting of the Executive Committee at the Federal-American | National Bank & Trust Co. Building, | | Fourteenth and G streets. Reports from Chest officials will be made at| the annual session A Nominating Committee, to name | | candidates for membership on ' the | board of trustees from among con- | tributors to the Chest, consists of Frank | R. Jellefl, chairman: Arthur May, Ar- thur Sundlun, Emmet J. Scott and Mrs. Whitman Cross. Dr. Walter S. Ufford was named chairman of a Committee of Tellers which will canvass trustees at the annual meeting. On the committee with Dr. Ufford are Rev. Laurence Shehan, Maurice Bisgyer, Maj. Campbell Johnson and Mrs. W. A. Roberts. At yesterday's executive session El- wood Street, director of the Chest, an- nounced the Chest faces a deficit of approximately $250,000 by the end of 1932 at its present rate of expenditure. The increased rate of expenditure was| attributed by Mr. Street to unemploy- | ment, conditions. The Budget Committee was asked to | prepare a report, with suggestions as | to measures to take care of the deficit. PASTOR ‘The law requiring that marriage ceremonies be periormed by the min- ister specified on the licensé was in- voked today for the first time in the memory of court attendants with the issuance of a warrant against Rev. Adolph S. Ford, colored, of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, living in the 1200 block of Q street ‘The warrant was sworn to by Mrs. Maude R. Rynex in charge of the Dis- trict License Bureau, and charges that Ford married Ernest Twyman and Ma- | rita Turner, colored, on March 13, un- der a license which minister. Mrs. after the his name as the officiating clergyman iastead of that originally specified when | &O'I: I;IAMED IN LICENSE FACES ARREST FOR CEREMONY named another Rynex obtained the warrant minister returned the blank attached to the license filled out with the license was procured. The warrant | was assigned to No. 2 precinct for service. The action was taken in an effort to notify ministers and couples con- templating marriage that the law in | this respect, as stated on the marriage nc‘cdme, must be observed, Mrs. Rynex | sa The court officials said a somewhat similar case had come up last Sum- { mer. but that this involved a minister not regularly registered here. ‘ A higher court, Mrs. Rynex said, has not passed on the question of whether | a couple is legally married when the | ceremony is performed by some min- | ister not named on the license, and | she was uncertain if the Twyman- |Mothers of Various Species Lose Maternal ARRANGES |and tactics, also announced the com- the votes for| | ss Young Birds Others. to the special quality of the duck egg it- self. In those species where the greatest “feminist” activity is shown, experi- ments shew that this egg can be hatched without much attention. Whether this quality in the egg has de- veloped because of the increasing di satisfaction of the mother with her sex Tole or whether it came first and tended to break down the mother instincts has not been determined. The egg of the ruddy duck can with- stand considerable variations in tem perature without apparent injury to t! embryo. It may be that it has special heat-retaining and heat-resisting prop- | erties, Dr. Friedmann points out, or even that there is some heat-producing mechanism within the egg itself. In any event, it will hatch if incubated only occasionally—as may be the case when it is dropped in the nest of an- other bird. The newly-hatched birds, however require some care. In the North Amer- | ican ruddy duck species this duty seems to have been taken over by the father. A male may even give a mother's care | to neglected families other than his own. He appears to have some pride in his offspring, according to one observation quoted by Dr. Friedmann, and is seen | with the young broods until they are ! one-third or half grown, “behaving in a | most gallant fashion and rushing at, real or imaginary intruders with a great | show of jealousy.” | How It All Started. It probably all started, Dr. Fried- mann_explains, when ducks developed the practice of dropping an occasional egg in the nest of some other bird. Along with this went the thermal prop- erties of the eggs themselves and an apparent diminution of the home- loving proclivities of the species. Thus, the Smithsonian biologist says, in the species where these traits are most de- veloped “the concept of territory Is not well maintained, as the nests are often close together. The mere fact that females with nests of their own lay in one another’s nests shows how poorly established are the territorial limitations of the actions of the in- dividual birds. “The diminution of the territorial and nest-building instincts are seem- | ingly correlated with diminution of the incubating activity on the part of the female parent. If the bird comes to| the nest relatively little it follows that it will not be apt to respect its terri- torial boundaries as much as a bird with strong instinctive attachment to the nest. “In the case of the ducks the terri- tory, as such, vanishes after the eggs hatch, as the parents take their off- spring into the water and from then on any place is home to them. Hence the territory lasts only as long as the incubation activity of the parents. Thus it seems that the cause of the diminution of the potency of terri- torialism is dependent on the lessen- ing of the incubation activities. Territory Vanishes, “Inasmuch as the lessening of incu- bation is merely a step on the path to complete lack of incubation on the part of the bird that laid the eggs, such as in the case of those eggs laid in strange nests, it follows that as this diminishes approaching zero as & limit, 50 the ter- Titory itself becomes less and less real and finally vanishes. “The nest merely is something con- structed within a territory as a recep- tacle for the eggs that are to come Therefore, with the disappearance of the territory as such. there must in- evitably come the loss of the nest building instinct. “It is impossible to construct some- thing in a non-existant space. Hence it follows that the loss of the nest| building instinct is also dependent on | the decrease of incubation given the eggs by the female parents. This in turn is bound up in the heat adapta- bility of the eggs of the ruddy and black-headed ducks. Otherwise any lessening of incubation would have re- sulted in destruction of the species.” CADETS T0 STAGE FINAL WAR GAMES Five Teams, Survivors of Elimination Meet, to Com- pete Tomorrow. The finals in the annual war-game series for the Washington High School Cadet Corps will be held in the audi- torium of the Franklin School Admin- istration Building tomorrow, when five teams, survivors of the elimination meet, compete for prizes. Lieut. Col. Wallace M. Craigie, U. S. A. professor of military science petition to select the honor guard cor pany at the presentation of cadet com- missions will be held April 11. The teams which will compete in the war-game finals tomorrow and their captains are: Company E, Pirst Regiment, Central High School, Cadet Capt. Jack W. Phillips; Company A. |Second Regiment, McKinley High School, Cadet Capt. Ralph E. Carpen- ter; Company I, Business High School Battalion, Cadet Corp. Reuben Sanders (team captain): Company A, Third Regiment, Eastern High School, Cadet Capt. Theodore J. Vincent, and Com- | Biey oo HE 3 et s Henieo t Lieut. George The winning team will receive the Gen. Anton Stephan Silver Cup, while its captain will receive the Cadet Fund Gold Medal. Col. Craigie will direct the games, while Maj. William H. Hob- son, U. S. A, professor of military sclence and tactics at Georgetown Uni- ve‘x;sl;y, wulf be the umpire, udges of the honor guar - tion will be Capt. Alexona gmg:fi. ing, U. 8. A.; First Lieut. John J. Hill u.s 6'5“"}3 First Lieut. Thomas H. oy Sty il of the Headquarters |RAICHLE POSTS BOND FOR COURT APPEARANCE | Former Attorney for G. Bryan Pitts Awaits Trial on Four Counts in Indictments. Frank G. Raichle, New York attorney, indicted Tuesday for subornation of perjury and obstructing justice in con- nection with the recent G. Bryan Pitts case, posted $5,000 bond in District S preme Court yesterday for his appea Raichle, formerly an attorney for Pitts, Was accampanied to court by Mil- ton Kronhey professional bondsman. Turner marriage would have to be per- formed a second time. | Pour cha: contding - [ aizment Rainst Rajcne . e 1= 15500 THURSDAY, MARCH 17, DINERSFEATIAE T, PATRK DAY CLEBRATIN HERE Many Organizations Observe Anniversary—Church Functions Held. FRIENDLY SONS HONOR WASHINGTON’S MEMORY Theatrical Stars to Present Special Performance at Annual Press Club Fete. This is St. Patrick’s day. It's the day on which every son and daughter of Erin_ celebrates the anni- versary of the Emerald Isle's patron saint by “the wearing o' the green,” the day on which the lowly shamrock assumes an importance and a_ signifi- cance not attained on any other day in the year. Observance of the anniversary began here with a solemn high mass in St. Patrick’s Church, Tenth and G streets, at 10 o'clock this morning. The day was marked by similar services in Cath- olic_churches throughout the city. The services in the Tenth street church were sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians and its Ladies’ Auxiliary. The organization also will celebrate with a banquet in the ball room of the Mayflower Hotel tonight Representative John J. O'Connor of New York will be the principal speaker. Other Celebrations. ‘The garden room of the Connecticut avenue hostelry will be the scene of an- other St. Patrick’s day banquet, with progpinent Government officials, diplo- mats, members of Congress and Wash- ington correspondents attending. The aflair will be held by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, which sponsors a similar celebration each year. Each of the 100 members of the or- ganization will wear a bold reproduc- tion of the medal worn by George ‘Washington when, as a member, he at- tended the group’s annual dinner in Philadelphia 150 years ago. The group's two traditional ‘toasts—"Erin's Offer- ing” and “The Day We Celebrate" will be offered by Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams and Claude Bowers, author and newspaper man. One of the features of the program will be a play written by Thomas W. Brahany, emphasizing the dependence of Washington and other Colonial leaders on members of the Friendly Sons. The production will be staged by Denis E. Connell. — Press Club Observes Day. The cast includes A. J. Cummings, J. F. M. Bowie, Fred East, George H. O'Connor, Bernard T Fitzgerald, Ber- nard O'Neill, Daniel J. O'Brien, Brah- | William F. Raymond. Thomas | any, Mills, Edwin C. Steffe and William J. | McNally. The auditorium of the National Press Club will be the scene of that organiza- tion's annual celebration, with six stage stars furnishing the entertain- ment. Béatrice Lillie, famous star of Charlot's Revue, who is appearing here in Barnard Shaw's “Too True to Be Good,” will be the guest of the club. Others who will entertain the organ- ization are Lee Morse, Swanee singer; Aussie and Czech, Australian whip ma- nipulators; Harvey Savoy, monologist; Charles (Slim) _ Timblin, blackface “preacher,” “cheer leaders.” The annual party and dance of the New England States Society will be held in the Willard Hotel. There will be a program of songs and dances. Plan Card Party. The artists who perform each week in Father Francis Hurney's Washington | Catholic radio hour from Immaculate Conception Church will present a pro- gram of sacred music in the church au- ditorium at 8:30 p.m. A card party will be held by the Mothers' Club of St. James' Church, Mount Rainier, Md., in the church hall The Women's City Club will observe the feast day with a dinner and musical program tonight. Henry H. Clement will address the group on “Patrick, Saint and Poet.” ‘The South Carolina State BSociety | labor. will hold a party in the ball room of the Shoreham Hotel. A number of bridge_tables have been arranged by Mrs. Charles M. Galloway. TRUCK OWNERS HIT AUTO TAX REPORT Bureau Findings on Mapes Measure | Ignore Road Experts’ Advice, D. C. Body Charges. The Bureau of Efficiency report on the Mapes committee weight-gas motor tax today drew the fire of the Commer- cial Motor Vehicle Owners’ Association of the District, which is preparing to carry its fight on the program to the Senate. “The report” a statement from the association said, “reflects popular falla- cies as to the destructiveness of motor trucks, but ignores the technical testi- mony of highway experts, gives no con- sideration to praetical truck operation conditions, sets aside the principle of taxing luxuries in preference to neces- sities, is contrary to the spirit of the Federal Constitution and opposed to the principle governing motor truck taxation laid down by the Supreme Court in numéfous opinions.” The board of governors of the asso- ciation is holding a meeting this after- noon_at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, where it was ar- ranged to appoint a committee to make a detalled study of the Bureau of Ef- clency report to formulate the argu- ments to be offered for Senate consid- eration. ‘The association includes in its mem- bership the many establishments which use trucks in the conduct of their busi- ness, and whose operating costs, it is pointed out, would be increased tre- mendously under the proposed tax levies, necessitating higher consumer costs. WINS SPELLING BEE Clarendon Man Takes Contest Held by Capital Club. Willard D. Smith of Clarendon, V: won the spelling bee held by the Capi- tal Spelling Club at the Mount Pleas- ant Branch Library last night. Miss Dorothy Tanty, 1460 Irving street, was Tunner-up. A contest held over from last month’s spelling bee, which resulted in a tle, was held preceding the regular compe- tition. It was won by Miss Tanty. ‘Words were read by Ora E. Haines, 2312 Woodridge street northeast, amd Bixler, 500 A street southeast. and Nina Olivette and her | RULING ON STUDENT PLAYS CALLED FOR BY SCHOOL BOARD Members Withhold Official Opinion on Child Labor Amendment. CONGRESS DECLARED TO BE SOLE ARBITER Ballou Says Dramatics Will Be Stopped If Found to Be Illegal. When the legality of school dramatic presentations in which boys and girls are permitted to act on the school auditorium stages after 7 pm. was questioned at its meeting yesterday, the | Board of Education decided to ask the corporation counsel for an opinion as| to whether the performances are in| violation of the child iabor law. The School Board also agreed to ex- press no official opinion on the pro- posed amendment to the child labor law which would permit children to| appear on the professional stage in the District. This action was based on the contention that Congress alone should determine the content of the law and that the board should not put itself in the position of passing on | the propriety of the amendment. | Henry Gilligan, chairman of the board's Legislative Committee, recom- | mended that the board decline to state an opinion on the amendment. Inconsistency Charged. At the same time, however, he ex- pressed his personal approval of the measure and, citing the opposition which certain public school officials had voiced for the amendment, he charged the school authorities gen- erally with inconsistency for allowing sc‘houl children to participate in school plays. “That assertion,” Dr. Ballou declared, “has_been made several times before and I now ask this board to undertake to determine definitely whether these school plays are in violation of the child labor law.” “I am not asking that, doctor,” Mr. Gillingan replied, “because I'm in favor | |of the whole business. I approve the | school plays, and I approve the amend- | ment which would let the professional child actors play here.” “No, but I am,” Dr. Ballou returned emphatically; “I am charged with re- sponsibility for enforcing this law and | if we, in our schools, are violating it by the school plays, then 1 want to know it. I don't believe we are, but if I am told we are, then I'll issue an order at once putting a stop to them.” Gillingan said that he, as a lawyer, had studied the child labor law and that he was convinced it forbade even | school performances. The report of the Legislative Com- mittee, recommending that the board express no opinion on the proposed amendment, was momentarily lost sight of as individual members of the board | expressed their own views on the pend- ing legislation. Other Views Expressed. Mr. Gilligan had said he was “ready to approve the amendment whenever | called upon to do so.” He read a letter | which Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, a member of his committee, had asked him to read in her absence, vigorously | opposing the amendment, and express- | ing the hope that the board itself would oppose it. George Whitwell, board member, said he was against the measure because he was convinced the board could not satisfy itself within the 48 hours speci- fied in the amendment that the child actor's moral, educational and health interests were being safeguarded. | Rev. F. I A. Bennett also voieed dis- approval of the measure. Rabbi Abram Simon, president of the school board, expressed himself as being in favor of it. “I am free to tell you,” he said, ad- ressing the board “that I approve this amendment. I am not at all carried away by all these arguments. I am not carried away by talk of exploitation of youth. I am not carriea away by talk of ‘opening the floodgates of child No action was taken on the amend- ment itself. Instead, the board voted its approval of the report submitted by Mr. Gilligan's committee. That report expressed only one view of the amend- ment, and that was that the board itself be not charged with the respon- sibility of judging the moral value of a performance in which minors appear, should the amendment be passed. Put Up to Congress. “The Legislative Committee suggests,” the report asserted, “to the school board that its function in regard to the child labor act is properly to enforce it. We believe the content of tne act, and of any proposed amendment, should prop- erly be in the province of Congress to determine, and the board should not out itself, nor allow itself to be out, into the position of passing on the propriety of this proposed amendment. “If Congress should determine the proposed amendment, in spirit, a proper one, we would recommend to the board that it advise Congress, through the Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbia, that our board should not be given the duty of determining whether ‘any traveling theatrical production” employing minors is ‘considered offen- sive to public decency. During the presentation of his re- port to the board, Dr. Ballou recom- mended that two inspectors be employed to assist Jere J. Crane, school business manager, with the field work of his office. These inspectors, Dr. Ballou suggested, would be per diem employes paid out of the general repair fund t’l'he board approved the recommenda- ion. Hereafter, the dedications of new school buildings will be official Board of Education matters, the board ruled. In setting up a policy governing these exercises, the board agreed: 1, all dedi- cations shall be under School Board auspices; 2, the chairmen of the exer- cises shall be school officers; 3, chair- men shall be authorized to invite in- terested citizens to the exercises; 4, dates of dedications shall be approved by the School Board, and 5, the board shall authorize one or more of its members to participate in dedicatory exercises. PLAN LOYALTY LEAGUE ‘Will Enlist Citizens Who Appre- ciate Hoover's Statesmanship. The National Hoover Loyalty League, which proposes “to enlist the men and women of the United States in a cam- paign of appreciation of the con- structive ability of their President,” is in process of organization, according to an announcement from New York which appears over the name of Ed- mund J. Daily, who is identified as national chairman. | The slogan of the organization is “Help Hoover Ho'p You.” 1932. Records Big Explosion GEORGETOWN SEISMOGRAPH “FEELS” BIG BLAST. JOHN S. O'CONOR, S. J, director of the Seismological Observatory at who is studying the vibrations caused by the ex- Georgetown Univers plosion of 215 tons of dynamite day on one of his machines. be extremely light. ‘The vibrations recorded here were said to at Manistique, Mich., registered yester- —Star Staff Photo. HUNTER TRIALS SET FOR THIS WEEK END First Event of Its Kind in Washington to Be Staged at Bradley Farms. Washington's first hunter trials and the final Riding and Hunt Club Horse | Show will provide a smashing finale to | the Winter sports season here this week end. While the trials Saturday for horses hunted with the Washington drag hounds is unusual in itself because no other has ever been held here, an ex- traordinary bareback jumping class and the announcement of the grand cham- pionship of the season will distinguish the Hunt Club exhibition tomorrow night. The former event will be staged at Bradley Farms, Md., beginning at 1 p.m Saturday, and the horse show is sched- uled at the Hunt Club ring tomorrow night at 8. Large Attendance Seen. Hunter trials are an institution of long standing in Maryland and Virginia fox country, but the ability of the Washington drag hunters to cover ter- rain at a rated pace never before has been tested. In view of the extraordi- nary number of Washingtonians who travel far and wide to witness the Mid- dleburg and other fencer tests, a large attendance is expected at nearby Brad- ley Farms when the initial local ven- ture in this field is run off. Rules in two of the three classes re- quire that owners ride their own entries over the 12-obstacle course. Green hunters, young horses finishing their first hunting season and qualified horses of more than one year's experi- ence will carry their owner riders, while in the third open hunter division the only requirement is that the entries must have hunted twice over the Wash- ington drag lines. Horses entered in either of the first two classes will not be eligible for the third. Scoring in the tests will, be 95 per cent on .performance, manner, way of ing and condition at the finish of the 2-mile route, while only 5 per cent will be allotted for conformation. Nature of Jumps. The jumps will be of the chicken coop, Hitchcock brush, post and rail, stone wall and other customary types. Knockdowns are to count 4 faults, re- fusals or runouts 1 fault each, time over 10 minutes, 1 point penalty for each five seconds, and three refusals or runouts, fall of rider or horse, failure to take course in proper order, etc., will disqualify the entry. Entry lists will be open at Bradley Farms kennels until tomorrow after- noon at 5 o'clock. The fee is $2.50 per horse per class. Lieut. Col. C. P. George, leader of the Fort Myer horse show team, and Louis Leith of Middleburg will judge the seven classes at the Riding and Hunt Club tomorrow night. Hunters four years old and under, open jumpers, park and road hacks and open hunters will display their wares in this com- petition. ‘The bareback class of five jumps not over four feet will provide one of those exciting tests of horseman- ship rarely seen in the rmg, while the pink coated Corinthian and the award | of the grand championship will top off the night's entertainment. FAIL TO IDENTIF ARRESTED OFFICER Victims of Recent Hold-ups See Cline and Brother in Line-up, but Do Not Recognize Them. Witnesses of a recent hold-up killing. and various other robberies were brought to the headquarters line-up last night, but could not identify in any of the crimes either Policeman Luther Ed- ward Cline, under sunspension from No: 2 precinct, or his brother, Silas V. Cline, who were arrested by fellow officers yes- terday for questioning in a series of rob- beries. Harry Altemus, who saw the killer of Paul Reidel, Mount Pleasant street baker, emerge from the bakery shop, said neither of the Clines resembled the gunman. Police said the brothers would be viewed by other witnesses to- night, and meanwhile they were being held for investigation. The Clines were arrested after complaints of threats in the northeast section. A large group of recent hold-up vie- tims last night viewed the Clines, but none could identify either man. Pw. Cline is 30 years old and his brother 21 years old. Both were armed when arrested, p::Bc‘.‘ £ay. CHURCHTOHAVE NATIONAL DINNER Presbyterians to Honor Early | Members of Denomination at Banquet Here. Invitations will be sent out this week for the National Presbyterian dinner at the Mayflower Hotel April 13 which is | being arranged by the National Capital | Presbyterian Commission of the General Assembly of the church as a Presbyte- | rian contribution to the George Wash- | ington Bicentennial Celebration and in tribute to the thousands of Presbyterian patriots who supported Washington in the struggle for independence. The invitations are to be issued by a | Committee of Sponsors headed by Sec- retary of State Stimson, Attorney Gen- | eral Mitchell, Ambassador Mellon and including Presbyterian Senators, Repre- | sentatives and high Government offi- cials. Churches Plan Delegates. About 40 historic Presbyterian churches dating back to pre-Revolutionary days have already indicated their intention to be represented by delegates at the | dinner. Dr. Lewis S. Mudge, moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly; officers | of the church boards and other Presby- ‘terlan leaders will come to Washington | for the dinner. It also will bring to the Capital many Presbyterians of Revolu- tionary lineage. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, widow of & Presbyterian President of the United States, will come to Washington for the first time in years to attend. Mrs. Thomas J. Preston of Princeton, N. J., who as Mrs. Grover Cleveland, was mis- tress of the White House, and Mrs. Garrett A. Hobart, widow of a Vice president, also have promised their patronage for the occasion. Historlans to Speak. ‘Two Presb historians will speak at the banquet. Dr. John H. Finley, associate editor of the New York Times and former president of the University of the State of New York, will on the role of Presbyterian Color in the struggle for religious freedom and political independence. Dr. Clarence E. Macartney, of the Pirst Church of Pittsburgh, will carry on the tale of service to the United States since the Revolution by eminent Presbyterians, among whom are numbered, in addition to Cleveland and Harrison, the following other Presi- dents: Lincoln, Grant, Adams, Jackson and Wilson. Dr. Albert Joseph McCartney of this city, chairman of the National Capital Commission, which was established by | the Presbyterian General Assembly to | direct the movement to build a national Presbyterian Church in Washington, will be toastmaster. DANCES REHEARSED Department 4 Community Center Prepares for Festival. Twenty-four dance episodes are| being rehearsed by the more than a dozen dance leaders and their groups | of the Community Center Department | in preparation for the annual Spring| festival of children, to be held in the Central Community Center Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. ‘The various dances have been woven into the legend of “Rip Van Winkle,” which will be offered in pantomime form. Edward E. Muth has been chosen to play the principal role. More | than 500 boys and girls compose the | | Society and General PAGE B—1 THREE REALTY DEALERS NDTED ON FRALD CUNT Grand Jury Accuses James H. Steele, R. C. Printz, Margaret Belt. CASH AND PROMISSORY NOTES FIGURE IN CASE Trio Accused of Appropriating Money That Was Involved in Farm Purchase. James H. Steele and Margaret Belt, said to be real estate agents at Freder- ick, Md., and Raymond C. Printz, realty agent of Herndon, Va., were jointly in- dicted today by the District grand jury on a charge of embezzlement. They are alleged to have appropriated to their own use $2,650 in cash and promissory notes of $4,350 given to them by Charles A. and Sarah E. Compton of Washing- ton in connection with the purchase of a farm near Taneytown, Md., last Sum- mer. The indictment is in four counts. The first alleges that $2,000 was given by the prospective purchasers to the de- fendants June 23, 1931; the second a leges receipts of $650 from the Comp- tons, July 13; the third charges the em- bezzlement of a note for $350 received from the Comptons, and the fourth charges they appropriated to their own use four promissory notes of $1,000 each. Assistant United States Attorncy William A. Gallagher presented the case to the grand jury on complaint of At- torney David Riordan, who represented the Comptons. Colored Lawyer Indicted. Embezzlement also is charged in a new indictment against Peter P. Rich- ardson, colored, member of the bar, who was recently convicted of false pretenses in connection with taking a deed to a piece of property when the owner thought she was giving him a deed of trust. A motion for a new trial in the false pretense case is pend- ing before Justice Letts. The new cnarge involves a check for $700 which the Jawyer is alleged to have received as attorney for an administrator Octo- ber 27 last and which he is said to have appropriated to his own use. Olin R. Webb, colored, is charged with murder in the second dégree in conneciion with the fatal shooting of Marie Barnes, also colored, February 27, at Seventh and V streets north- east. The woman died the next day. The grand jurors exonerated Max- well F. Strunk of responsibility for the death of Walter Fox, colored, in an automobile accident February 13 at Thirteenth and S streets. Other Cases Ignored. ‘They also ignored the following cases: Charles H. Bryant, joy-riding: Herbert J. Ivey, grand larceny; Conrad Mason and Hubert V. Cooper, house- breaking and larceny: Frank Feeney, assault with a dangerous weapom; Na- than Steele, assault to rob; James Mc- Mellon, arson; Julian R. Foster, smoke screen and liquor violation; Amos Stepany and Charles Black, violating Harrison anti-narcotic law; James E. Meadows, national auto theft act; Claude W. Burnaman, false pretenses. Others indicted and the charges against them include Frederick H. Knapp, forgery and uttering; MacHill- man, selling copyrighted songs: Leonard J. Caranfa, forgery; Harry N. Smith, embezzlement and grand larceny; Nor- man S. Beall, larceny from the Federal Government; John White, assault with dangerous weapon; Gilbert Ward Lewis, assault with intent to kill; Raymond Delmore Dorsey, smoke screen; Ray- mond Delmore Dorsey, Mark Werner and Ray Moore, violation national pro- hibition act; Jack Mahoney, alias John J. Mahoney, violation Harrison narcotic act; Thomas Matthews Lucas, depreda- tion on private property; William E. ‘Walters, Alfred J. Wise, George J. Bergling, John Wentworth Knight and Roy Venable, non-support; Roosevelt James, Charles Jackson, Roiand Long, George Anderson, Richard F. McCoy, Theodore C. Brannum and Andrew G. Butler, joy-riding; Louls J. J. Wel t, grand larceny and joy-riding; Hel Murphy, 'n?v“}.ngl"c:{)rl"; Arlie E. Walker, recel stolen g Howard Berry and M!lvinpflglnkl. housebreaking; Melvin Banks, Willlam Evans, Elliott Henry Burks, Joseph Higgle (two cases), John C. Foster, Delvin Grafton English, Fred Mills and Walter Howell English, housebreaking and larceny; John Sager, Henry Gray, alias Puss Gray, and Nathan Steele, as- sault with intent to commit robbe: Carl E. Smith, alias Carl E. McKem- mer; James Gray, alias Horace Turne: Raymond Ignatius Carter, Willie Paulin, alias Reds Paulin, and Edward Thorn- ton, robbery. REMINDS PRESIDENT OF TARIFF BOARD WORK Chairman O’Brien Calls at White House to Tell Hoover Commis- sion Is Busy. Because Robert Lincoln O'Brien, chairman of the Tariff Commission, does not want President Hoover to for- get that the commission is plugging away steadily at its appointed task, he anlled on the Chief Executive yester- ay. After his brief conference with Mr. | Hoover, O'Brien reported there was no “news"—that he had not called at the ‘White House for some time and did not want the President to forget the commission. The chairman said present investi- gations are not as extensive as in supporting cast. Besides Mr. Muth, the only adult in the cast is Mrs. Maude Howell Smith. | times past, since the current economic strain did not offer favorable condi- tions for lasting inquiries. Amateur radio operators in the Dis- trict of Columbia, Maryland and Vir- ginia were commended today by Direc- tor W. D. Terrell of the Commerce De- partment’s radio division for the as- sistance they rendered during the bliz- zard in this area on March 6, that took 10 lives and did extensive damage to other communication systems. During the storm the amateurs sup- plied information to newspapers and automobile clubs that could not have been obtained in any other way, Terrell pointed out. W. E. Downey, assistant director of the radio division, was requested by the American Automobile Association shortly after the storm to obtain what information he could from amateur operators on road conditions in the area. ey relayed the request for infor Down mation {o Zarl A. Merryman, & membe: | RADIO AMATEURS GIVEN PRAISE FOR AID DURING BLIZZARD HERE of the Capital Radio Club, who, by use of his station, W3ACM, made contact with W3CBA in Hagerstown, Md, through Station W3UD in Philadelphia. In this way the Automobile Club was informed of road conditions and warned that it was dangerous to attempt to reach certain towns by automobile. Press dispatches from Hagerstown to The Evening Star were relayed in this manner. The amateurs also knew 24 hours ahead of time when the regular communication systems would be in operation. G. E. Sterling of the Radio Division, who also is an amateur, began operating his set at 10:30 p.m. on the night of the storm and continued until noon the next day. At this time he established com- munication at Cumberland and Salis- bury, Md., and kept newspapers in Washington and Baltimore informed of ctorm dameges. B