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WITH SUNDAY MOR: The Foening St G EDITION WASHINGTON. D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1932. SENATE T0 DECIDE FATE OF FEDERAL BULDIG WEASURE Will Be Asked Whether It Wants 10 Per Cent Cut From Appropriations. BILL INCLUDES FUNDS ¢ FOR PROGRAM IN CITY Senator McKellar to Be Asked to Meake Moticn at Open Session. Senate will be asked today or | tomorrow to decide whether it wants the Appropriations Committee to cut the Treasury-Post Office appropriation bill 10 per cent below the House total, as was done in the case of the Inte- yior Depariment and in the State, Justice, Commerce and Labor bill Ti lement of this question on the sury-Post Office bill is of spe- cial interest in Washington because this is the bill which carries the funds for | continuing the Federal building pro- gram. both here and throughout the country ‘The Discuss Agriculture Bill. | The Appropriations Committee, at a special todey, also discussed what should be ding _the Agricultural _appropriaticn bill, which | passed the Senate and went to cen- ference before the Senate began adopt- ing the motions of Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, calling for 10 cuts in other apprcpriation Following the meeting Chairman | Jones said it was decided to have Sena- | tor McKellar make his 10 per cent re- duction motion in the Senate regard- ing the Treasury-Post Office bill. Re- garding Agriculture. s said he would confer with Senator McNary, | Republican, of Oregon to decide what course to follow on that bill, inasmuch as it has reached the final stages of conference. Indications were the first step neces- | sary in order to apply the 10 per cent cut to that bill would be to reject the | Teport of the conferees and bring the | bill back before the Senate. | Hearings Completed. i The Senate subcommittee has com- | pieted executive hearings on the Treas- ury-Post Office bill, and is ready to be- gin marking up Senate changes as soon as the Senate indicates its will regard- ing the 10 per cent cut proposal. As passed by the House, this bill contains $108,000,000 for carrying on the public building program, of which not to ex- ceed $15,000.000 could be spent on the | new Federal buildings in Washington. It is prooable the Senate will decide | late today whether this bill is to be | cut on the 10 per cent basis. i The Appropriations Committee, it was ! learned, (?Id not attempt today to lay ! down a policy regarding reductions on other appropriations that have not yet | come to the Senate from the House. HE On Leong Chinese Merchants yesterday. Just completed, to its new location the Empire. The executive offices of ground floor. | ganization full rights in the building. w | Leong, second from the left, and M On Leongs Occupy New Home CHINESE GROUP MOVES TO PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS. quarters at 618-620 H street, following formal transfer of the structure it marks Chinatown from lower Pennsylvania avenue, where it formerly flourished, The upper picture shows the building. a transplanted bit of the Celestial | while the third is a large assembly hall, Below is A. T. Contella, general contractor, left, handing to Lee Y. Nahme, | associate secretary of the association, docum us Hallett, archite DRY CONGRESSVEN BESEGED Y GROLP OF WOMAN WET | 0ffices of Prohibitionists In- vaded—Fess Refuses to Pose With Visitors. |MRS. SABIN TERMS U. S. “NATION OF HYPOCRITES” | — | Voteless District of Columbia Dele- gation Joins States in Reform Plea. One thousand militant woman anti- rohikitionists from every section of the | ted States converged on the Capitol | v to bring direct to national legis- | ors their plea for repeal of the eight- | eenth amendment As members of the Women's Organi- zation for National Prohibition Reform | they invaded the office of every Repre- | sentative and Senator listed as a dry and demanded resubmission of the pro- | hibition amendment to the people. | __Led by Mrs. Charles H. Sabin of New | | York, former Republican national com- | ewcman, they assembled on the | steps of the Capitol and voiced their opposition to existing conditions | under the dry law. Charges Hypocrisy. Chairman Sabin, in a speech for| sound pictures, attacked the law, which, | yshe said, “has made us a nation of | ‘h,\uorrlm " She said: | | “We are here 1,000 strong, represent- | |ing nearly 600,000 women from 41 | States and the District of Columbia members of the Women’s Organization | for National Prohibition Reform | “We are about to enter a presidential | electicn and members of our organiza- | tion are pledged to vote only for those | candidates who stand for repeal of a |law which has made us a nation of ites and has undermined our | | whole moral fiber | After being photographed in a body | |on the Capitol steps, the women split | | up into delegations and called upon | “dry” Senators and Representatives The Ohio delegation, under the lead- ership of Mrs. Amasa Stone Mather of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, called upon Sena tor Simeon D. Fess, chairman of th onal Committee, a dry. i over to Fess' | office, in the Senate Office Building, but | the party leader refused to bs photo- | graphed with the anti-prohibitionists. Fess Refuses to Pose. “Absolutely not,” Fess replied to a| apher’s request for a picture h the women Two Missouri Representatives, John J. Cochran, Democrat, and Henry F.| | Niedringnaus, Republican, came out on the Capitol steps and were photo- graphed with the Missouri delegation to the women's convention now in prog- ress at the Mayflower Hotel The voteless District of Columbia del- egation joined with delegates from the States and added the plea of Washing- ton anti-prohibition women for dry law reform. Evid-nce of widespread preparations | Association today is in its new head- the transition of the Capital's association are on the Business establishme second floor, | s occupy the ents which turn Jeorge Wen, secretary of the On t. look on. et to the or- hile 40-YEAR-OLDWILL | UPHELD BY COURT District Appeals Justices Sustain Testament Made by Pierce Shoemaker. The will of Pierce Shoemaker, owner of large resl estate holdings who died more than 40 vears ago, was sustained today by the District Court of Appeals in an opinion by Justice Josiah A. Van Justice D. Lawrence Groner issented o the will Ppetuities. The majority opinion affirmed the decision of the District Supreme Court, which held the trustees under the will | were not empowered to make distribu- | tion in kind of the real estate, but must sell the property and distribute the proceeds among Francis D. Shoe- | maker, Clara A. Newmana nd Abigail | C. Newman, or their issue, and that on failure of issue the share shoul go to the survi beneficiaries | th-uzh the dead person had never been & - neficiary | cuis P. Shoemak Picrce Shoems the theory a portion of iolated the rule against per- maker ire estate to| G. Gardiner. | The lower court excluded Gardiner | from participation in the distribution | of the proceeds of sale, and this action ! was affirmed by the majority opinion. | roner in hi tiftg opin- | the ma- | children— | held the limita- the issue of any rule against of the lower court ed, he held, | BIDS ON NURSES’ HOME TO BE ASKED NEXT WEEK | Estimates Also Will Be Sought on The decre Main Building of Tuberculosis Sanitarium. be asked for the main s will the work of building and ceded 154 beds ropriation apy is $625,000. all purposes WILL BE PAID BY CHECK Public Office New System After Ten Years. For the first time in a decade 3,000 employes of the Office of Put Buildings an Parks will be piid th: middle h by check in- stead of ca: Lieut. Col. U. and his eacsociat method will sav who now take ti will reduce the likel of robbery in having the paymastcr carrying large Buildings the Grant direetor. bel. that thi the time of employes sums of cash throught the strects of the | constantly waving above the head of | city and will make for & more efficient system. er- | per- | 4 | | as the Adopts | | for a militant womar ROBBERY VICTINS TOVIEW SUSPECT E. J. Howder Said to Have Been Identified in Six Recent Hold-ups. Nearly 50 victims and witnesses of recent robberies are to be summq to police headquarters tonight to view Elzear J. Howder, 26, following his identification last night as the perpe- trator of six hold-ups. Howder, captured Ly a group of tax cab drivers in a spectacular chase aft e hold-up of a Thirteenth street cof- fee shop early yesterday, was pointed out as the bandit who held up business establishments here within the two weeks. He also admitted bbing two hackers. Eighty-one persons crpwded into the squad room at detective headquarters to look over Howder and 31 othe: up suspects corralled by police in every section of the city as the result of the recent wave of hold-ups. The majority of those under arrest were rele: after witnesses failed to identify them but several were detained for ques- t Maryland E. Minor, druggist, Eighth st Capitol streets, and A. W. Eagle, b _driver ned Howder ban up the Rose Thirteenth street gle and a group of taxicab drivers ed Howder @ robbed Peter hes of $4: the point of a re- volver in the cofice shop. They over- ! took him a sh Dr. Minor peinted out Howder armed bandit to his drug store id took $20 and Howder a hold-up two id Howder T Howder ater to mem- squad that he rob- rallon and David Samuelson, of $12 and $4, respectively, night BABY IS BORN TO AT U. S. BUR E him A sed a few momen! bers of the robber bed | | | Hobbles Aroun | nois Arrive of Pisheries today 1 of the first baby in the Commerce | The Bureau lebrating the in iis new aqu Depiriment B One of t rday became a mol by ‘was hobbling ercund on its four mall lcgs inspect'ng all corners of sandy-floored tank The mud puppy exhibit is one of the features of the new aquarium. The peculiar shaped purple colored gills 1 s each puppy have attracted eonsiderable attention. -~ EAU OF FISHERIES d and Inspects Tank—Acara Portalegre- was | - | hibition in the Ni | reflccted in the reports of 41 States end | |the District, presented this morning when the conference resumed its | sessions. —Star Staff Photos. Eight new State divisions, reporting | “dry” " territory. Twenty-two State | | divisions reported their membership had | either doubled or tripled in the past year. Urge Wet Delegations. The conference adopted unanimously | thi 0on a resolution urging the chairmen cf the Democratic and Re- public Committees to_in- struct all State chairmen to urge dele- to the National Convention to support planks for repeal of the eight- eenth amendment. Another resolution, also adopted unanimously. stated that “whereas na- tional prohibition has proven @ disas- trous constitutional experiment, eco- nomically unsound and subversive of our form of Government, resulting in moral deterioration of the body poli- tics, in widespread crime, corruption and contempt for the law * * * “Therefore, be it resolved; That the members of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform remain non-partisan until both major political parties shall have held national con- ventions, announced their platforms 5 . g and nominated their respective candi- xins set tomorrow after-igates and until after the National ing on the matter of the | pyecytive Committee (of the women's and on the question | organization) meets in early July, when jupersedeas bond to be | after full discussion a majority vote b companies to stay the | shall determine which platform and pending a de- | whicn “presidential candidate this or- 1t of Appeals. | ganization shall indorse and support.” ion the court Four Banquet Speakers. in his opinion son would be | cers addressed the woman could not per- | bitionists last night at their o weigh against | banquet—Breckinridge Long, if the order is| was an Assistant Secretary of ¥ to say so. in the Wilson administration; Representative Florence P. Kabn, Re- GEORGE R. BOWIE DIES: e e IN BUSINESS 20 YEARS| law of Columbia University, and Mrs. 63, Bell and City Cab Lines De-| nied Rehearing on Order of Commission. preme Court Justice Jesse | today denied petitions of ab Co. and the Bell Cab earing of his recent deci- g the validity of the or- Public Utilities Commission the installation of meters denied a similar_ap- nond B. Keech, Peo- | > pointed out the re- of a similar ruling d the effect, he claimed, t of employment a large 0 ok anti-prot annual Henry Moskowitz of New York, per- sonal publicity director for Alfred E Smith during his campaign for the | presidency in 1928 | Long urged repeal of the eighteenth fllness, | amendment, because, he said it is im- County, | Properly a part of the Constitution about 30 | Mrs. Kahn attacked prohibition as| s for nim- | threatening the very stability of our me of his| Government” Prof. McBain charac-| . terized prohibition as “the most im- portant public is: that has confronted us since the Civil War,” and urged the wets to band together, “take a leaf from the book of the Anti-Saloon League,” and “go into every congres- sional ~ district and senatorial cam- v oming a9 Palgn” and “r.x/xmcen;mk caadldawsdintu will be 4 | the_open s Moskowitz urged re- 1 be In Mount Olivet, | ;o) (0" that this country shall retum to that freedom of individual choice that will once again bring with it a moral standard based on strength of character and not on the lash of the a merchant in 20 yes ner: v Churc Bur Cemetery MUD PUPPY laring the eighteenth amend- | ment “improperly a part of the Consti- tution,” Long pointed out that the Con- stitution “is an outline of a limited method of procedure,” and “it does not make any law nor declare in law, but provides how the law shall be declared.” “The law contained in the eighteenth amendment was never submitted to the President of the United States for his approval or disapproval. It was not pessed by the Congress sitting in its legislative capacity, but was passed by the Congress sitting as a constitutional body and in a Constitution-making capacity, as distinct from its legislative | capacity. Beyond Supreme Court. From Brazil. Meantime, talegren, a school of Acara Por- 2 d from Brazil via the Shedd A um, in Chicago. The his- tory of these little fellows reads like a cat old fish story fish deposit their stone and the mamma and turns in fs 2 s (215 anth 1pning, the ¢885| «Purthermore, this law is not, as in- fish, they continue to pro- | tended by the Constitution, susceptible tect their young until they are old|of interpretation by the Supreme Cour: enough to get food for themselves. for the very simple reason that when Four sword-tafled Xiphophorus Hel-|it became a part of the Constitution, whether properly or improperly, it as- sumed a character superior to the Su- with their like other leri are now on exhibition, They hail 11rom Southern Mexico. nst pro- | ¢ r elections was | Members of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform, 1,000 strong, shown assembled on the Capitol | steps in a pilgrimage for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. demanded reform of the present law. D. . HEADS UPHOLD POLICE DISHISSAL Commissioners Give Garges Power to Sign Official | Papers. | The District Commissioners yesterday upheld a finding of the Trial Board t Pyt P. Cozl, a policeman at- tached to headquarters, was guilty of transporting liquor in a police auto- mobile. 1t affirmed a sentence dismiss ing Cool from the force. According to the testimony, transported two half-gallon whisky in ) Cool power 1o s i leases i dedications hich formerly had to be signed by the president cf the board or by all three Commissioners. Au- thority fc p was contained in an act of C adopted, Contracts Are Awarded. The Commissioners awarded to the Standard Wire & Iron Works Co. of Philadelphia a contract for furnishing | woven-wire mesh partitions in the base- nent and subbasement of the rotunda cf the District Jail for $1,300; for Iur-‘ nishing and erecting fire escapes at the | House of Detention to Fred J. White of this city for $478: for furnishing in place flag poles and b at the An- thony Bowen and rles Young Scho:ls to the Slattery Iron Works of for $779. and to the Corbitt ntract for the purchase of a ruck with dump bedy, for the De 1 nt, for $2,410.86. T Co. was given a con- two patrol autos for C tract $1,453 Anti-Gambling Bill Favored. The Commissicners sent to Congr a second favorable report on a bill to tighten enforcement of the anti-gam- | bling statutes prepared by United Sta Attorney Leo A. Rover. The bill in- creased the penalties now provided and makes it legel to padlock gambling houses in the same manner as may ve done to disorderly hot The bill had been approved by the Commissioners last year A favorable report was likewise sent up on a bill to allow certain adminis- trative employes of both houses of Cou- gress to park their cars in official space. A bill preposing to change the method of selecting jurors in the District, by sending to the prospective jurors written questionnaires as to their qualifications, to be filled out under oath, was sent to the Budget Bureau with an inqury as to whether it was in conflict with the financial program of the President. VIRGINIA BUS LINE TRANSFERS STUDIED Means of Removing Discrimination Considered at Traction Con- ference Here. to supply Means of removing discrimination in transfer charges between busses of the Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington Rapid Transit Co. and street cars of the Capital Traction Co. were discussed to- day at a public hearing before the Pub- lic Utilities Commission. The problem became acute when street car service wAs suspended on the Mount Vernon, Alxandria & Washing: | ton Railway and bus operation substi- tuted. An unauthorized practice of charging 5 cents for bus fare within the District on the A, B. & W. lines has been in existence for some years, and when the transfer arrangements were taken over by the busses it be- came possible to ride from the Bureau Engraving to most places on the apital on lines for 6 cents—5 cents bus fare and 1 cent t This w ¥ Railway & Electric Co, W Tuns street car service to the Bureau of En- graving and Printing. At the hearing today both the Capital Traction Co. and the Washington Rail- way & Electric Co. objected to the 6- cent arrangement, and R. L. May, owner of the A, B. & W, said he was willing to abandon It. Society to Present Play. COLLEGE PARK, (Special) —The Socie of Washington will present the play, “Cymbeline,” next Tuesday evening at 8:15 o'clock in the University of Mary- land Auditorium here under the aus- pices of the Progress Club of College Park. preme Court, for that court itself owes its own authority to the Cbnstitution of the United States, which it must regard as superior to itself. * * ¢ Mrs. Kahn urged the women to con: centrate their efforts for repeal “on your legislators—that is your first-line of defense” “For the first time in| the history of prohibition,” she assert- ed, “we have the drys on the defepsive and we are advancing upon their out- posts, capturing them one by one. That is the work for you to do. Don't dis- sipate your efforts in other directions. If we can win the legislators, whether They visited PAGE B—1 “dry” Senators and Representatives and —Star Staff Photo. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE OF A. M. E. CHURCH OPENS 115th Will Continue Through Sunday—Special Pro- Session grams Are Announced. ‘The 115th session of the Baltimore Conference, African Methodist Episcopal Church, opened today at the Metropol- itan A. M. E. Church and will continue through Sunday. Bishop William H. Heard is the presiding bishop. Examination of classes was held this afternoon. A supper will follow and at 8 o'clock tonight the George Washington Bicentennial Committee, under the leadership of Mrs. Julia West Hamiiton, will hold a reception. Bishop Heard will make an address. The business session will convene tomorrow at 9 am. There will be sesstons throughout the day again on Friday and Saturday with special exer- cises Sunday at various periods. EMPLOYE WOUNDED BY REALTY MAN Eldred H. Buchanan Shot in Legs and Edward E. Cald- well Is Arrested. Eldred H. Buchanan, 32, of 835 Alli- son street was shot and wounded in both legs today In a fight with his employer, Edward E. Caldwell, 38, a member of the real estate firm of Phillips & Caldwell. The shooting occurred in the com- pany’s office, at 1244 Fifth street north- | east. Only the fact one of the four bullets said to have been fired by Cald- well struck Buchanan's watch saved him frem more serious injury, it was said. The fourth shot went wild. Despite his wounds Buchanan chased | Calliwell, who had discarded the .25- caliber automatic, from the second-floor office into the street. They were halted by Policeman W. F. Miller of the ninth precinct, who arrested Caldwell on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon Caldwell, accerding to Miller, admitted the shooting. Phillip Samakow, proprietor of the store on the first floor, took Buchanan to Casualty Hospital. After receiving treatment, Buchanan was questioned by Detective Sergt Floyd Truscott and Sergt. Joseph D. Harrington, also of the ninth precinct. He told them he was examining the gun when it was accidentally discharged, the wounds in both legs causing him to fall down stairs. He denied Caldwell shot him, though he had named the real estate man as his assailant when they were tlopped by Miller. Buchanan is a brother of the late William S. Buchanan, a policeman who was killed several years ago when his motorcycle crashed into an automobile while he was chasing a speeder. The real estate firm has charge of | the new Northeast Market, in which its office is located. PAUL PEARSON HEADS DISTRICT PHARMACISTS Elected President of Association at Meeting in Raleigh Hotel. Paul Pearson was elected president of the District of Columbia Pharmaceutical Association at its ahnual meeting in the Raleigh Hotel last night. i Vice presidents for various sections of the city were chosen as follows Morris G. Goldstein, Northwest; A. C. Taylor, Northeast; G."W. Mat thews, Southwest, and Bert A. Smyser Southeast. Albert F. Gorsuche was elected secretary-treasurer. The follo ing were elected to the Executive Com- mittee at large: T. A. Moskey for a one-year term; A. V.Burdine, two years, and Fred B. Campbell, three years. The association adopted a resolution opposing proposed legislation for taxing cosmetics. 155.SCHO0L CADETS * GET COMMISSONS Awards to Be Made Tomor- row Afternoon at Ellipse | by Gen. Malone. | _Commissions are to be awarded to 155 high school cadets by Maj. Gen. | Paul Malone, U. S. A. commander of | the 3rd Corps Area 3:30 o'clock | tomorrow afternoon immeciately after | the Pan-American day celebration on the Ellipse. Originally scheduled for Wilson Sta- | | dium at Central High School, the com- mission presentation exercises were transferred to the Ellipse as a part of | the Pan-American exercises. Commissions will be presented to the | following: Cadet Col. Chester Morrill, |ir.: Majs. Robert Neyman, William | Kabler ‘and Henry Merwin, brigade staff, all of Western High School. Central High. Central High School—Lieut. Col. Nathan Goldman, Majs. T. S. Sapping- |ton, K. H. Hengige and A. H. Stein; Capts. Jack D. Glover, J. R. Graham, | S. B. Davis, 5. V. Maciulla, W. W. Wil- lisms, G. W. Bixby, L. T. Gibbs, L. Rapee, J. W. Phillips, M. Mensh, W. B. Houghton and S. Leventhal; First Lieuts. R. J. Tult, W. S. Hammers, D. J. Har- rison, I N. Mensh, S. Freedman, Mc- Lain’ Wilson, K. A. Kenyon, H. B Shartzer. W. O. Hancock, G. L. Bates, | K. J. Mannakee, M. E. Lewis, R. S Booth, S. Dove, A. Schwartz and H. P. Gilbert: Second Lieuts. J. A. Bittenben- der, R.' S. Brundage, R. H. Maurer, E W. Emerson, P, Burka, W. A. Duduvel, R. M. Crowder, J. P. Schick ard H. Cohn Business High School—Maj. T. F. Cal- lahan, Capts. Foster J. Biser, S. R Payne and R. B. Chism; First Lieuts. W. T. Walton. T. W. Orme, jr.: D. Trout, F. Kitchener and N. Kellner; | Second Lieuts. R. H. Massey and H. H. | Strasser. McKinley High. McKinley High School—Lieut. Col. S. V. Giovannetti; Majs. R. B. Cole, jr.; W. A. Wycloff and G. F. Sesso. jr.; Capts. J. R. Almg Browne, H. T. Heatwole, D. L. Stod- | dard. W. W. Lee and J. E. Merriken; First Lieuts, A. L. Pier R. Rabenovts, A. J. Shennon, W. H. Burke, J..Sholtz, | F. B. Tansill, H, F. Dunnington, H. L. Spencer, M. W. Robb, A. G. Keyser, D. H. Prince, F. H. Menke, T. J. de Pran- cis, D. H. Baldwin, LeRoy Zepp, W. G. Claspy and Wilmer F. Bennett, and Second Lieuts. William M. Kroger, J. E. Gammon, J. T. Malone, G. M. Hart, R. J. Boyland, G. E. Harrington, M. Gildenhorn, A. E. Thibadeau, P. W. Bogikes, B. Michaejson and F. N. All- wine. Eastern High School—Lieut. Col. J. M. Boore, Majs. C. R. Armhold and A. W. Allen; Capts. J. W. Nalls, L. B | Golden, M. D. Herriman, O. B. Lentz, T. J. Vincent, B. W. Wood, H. B. Lee A. B. Widome and D. R. Moore; First | Lieuts, G. W. Wise, H. Hais. K. T. Shue F. O. Hayes, D. J. Kimball, J. R. Tuck- | er, F. D. Lady, T. W. Lady, A. N. Bir- mingham and C. L. Cooper, and Second Lieuts. C. W. McLaughlin, B. I. Berman, | M. E. Magruder, E. L. Lord and R. E. | Hamann. | Western High. Western High School—Lieut. Col. J A. Livingstone, Majs. B. C. Sullivan and R. P. Creyke, Capts. R. D. Weaver, | R C. Burbank, E. F. Mechlin, jr.: R.| | C. Gildart. T. Freeland, R. C. Bucking- | ham, W. F. Yelverton, J. T. Bowen, W. | W. Ross and E. R. Hart, First Lieuts. | M. Guthrie, jr; H. F. Alber, J. K.| Varela, J. A. Rittenour, H. Adams, C. H. Gouge, O. B. Hunter, G. B, Praser, | jr.; E. S. Van Brunt and R. S. Bra and Second Lieuts. H. E. Boesch, M. Knappen, D. J. Davis, W. Tibbetts, L. F. Rice and P. F. Dickens, jr. Order Car Load of Flour. HYATTSVILLE, Md., April 13 (Spe- cial).—A carlcad of fiour, made from the wheat turned over to the Red Cross by the Farm Board, has been ordered | for Prince Georges County, it was an- nounced today by Dr. C. P. Close, chair- | man of the county Red Crcss chapter Dr. Close, after ‘a check of county needs, deemed this would be sufficient. ARTIST DRAWS “SNIPER BANDIT” AS AID IN TRAPPING CRIMINAL | Composite Picture Is Made From Descriptions Given by Witnesses. ‘The unique scheme of Brig. Gen. | Pelham D. Glassford, superintendent of police, for tracking down Washington's elusive and mysterious “sniper-bandit” with the aid of a composite picture will be tried out within the next few days. A portrait of the long-sought bandit, made by a prominent Washington artist who used descriptions furnished by a number of witnesses, has been com- pleted, Gen. Glassford announced today, and as soon as a few minor changes are made coples will be put into éircula- tion. The changes were suggested by several witnesses who had a preview of in city or country, State or Nat we | the 7% sy, or Nation, pleture. The idea df & composite portralt was conceived by Gen. Glassford about & month ago, when all efforts to locate the bandit had failed. A portrait paint- er was called in, given photographs of men in the police gallery who bore a likeness to the descriptions of the bandit furnished by witnesses, and put to work. The result, according to those who IR | 700 ARE EXPECTED BY PRESBYTERIANS AT DINNER TONIGHT Meeting Planned as Part of Denomination in Bicen- tennial Program. EARLY CHURCHES IN U. S. TO DRAMATIZE HISTORY Speakers Will Pay Tributes to Dis- tinguished Members of Sect Who Were Leaders. More than 700 members are expected to attend the National Presb)mlan dinner at the Mayflower Hotel this eve- ning. The affair has been arranged by the National Capital Presbyterian Commission as a contribution to the celebration of the George Washington Bicentennial Speakers will pay honor to the Pres- byterian heroes of the Revolutionary War and the patriots of that faith who have played prominent parts in the history of this country since. Twelve signers of the Declaration of Independ- ence, 40 Revolutionary generals and 11 Presidents of the United States are list- ed among the Presbyterian notables. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, widow of President Benjamin Harrison, is to at- tend. Mrs. Harrison lives in New York. Another widow of a former President, Mrs. Thomas J. Preston of Princeton, N. J., widow of Grover Cleveland, is a spensor of the dinner, but will be un- able to be present, as will Mrs. Wood- row Wilson, widow of the war-time President, who has lent her support to the affair. From Early Churches, A notable feature of the attendance will be delegations from 60 Presbyterian churches that date back to the Revolu- tionary War. Eight of the churches closely asso- ciated with impertant events in the Revolution will present dramatic epi- sodes depicting those events. Representatives of the three divisions of the Presbyterian Church in this country will be present. They are Rev, Dr. Lewis S. Mudge of Philadelphia, moderator of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America; Dr. A. Dunn of Charlotte, N. C., mod- erator of the Presbyterian Church of the United States or the Southern Pres- hyterian Church, and Rev. Dr. James A, MacDonald of Youngstown, Ohio, mod- erator of the United Presbyterian Church. The speakers are to include Rev. Dr. Albert J. McCartney, pastor of the Church of the Covenant and president of the National Capital Presbyterian Commission, who will be toastmaster; Dr. John R. Finley, associate editor of the New York Times and former presi- dent of the University of the State of New York, who will speak on “Presby- terian Predestinating of America,” and Dr. Clarence Edward MecCartney, pastor {of the First Presbyterian Church of | Pittsburgh, Pa., who will tell of the Presbyterian contribution to the Nation after its founding. Place Two Wreaths. Among the distinguished guests will be Attorney General Mitchell. Secre- tary of State Stimson and Ambassador Mellon are sponsors of the dinner but will not be able to attend. The invocation will be delivered by Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Siz00, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. At 5 o'clock this afternoon a wreath will be laid at the foot of the Wash- ington Monument by & delegation head- ed by Dr. John H. Palmer, chairman of the board of trustees of the proposed National Presbyterian Church. Later the same delegation will place a wreath on the statue of John Witherspoon, Presbyterian minister, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. 'PRESBYTERY ENDS SPRING CONFERENCE Commissioners to Attend General Assembly Elected at Closing Session. The sixty-second Spring session of the Washington Presbytery closed yes- terday afternoon after election of com- missioners to the General Assembly of the church and members of the Na- tional Missions Committee. The following were designated to at- tend the General Assembly next month in Denver: Rev. Dr. A. E. Barrows, Rev. George M. Cummings, Rev. W. Keith Custis, J. D. Secrest, Harry Davis and Chester R. Smith. The members of the Presoytery elected to the National Missions Committee were: Rev. D. Hobert Evans, Rev. L. 5. Ketchum, Charles T. Clayton, W. K. Handy 2nd L. S. Depue. They will serve three-year terms. The following chairmen made their annual reports: Rev, R. Paul Shearrer, Christian Education Committee; Rev. Freeley Rohrer, National Missions Com- mittee; Rev. Dr. John C. Palmer, Va- cancy Supply Committee; Rev. Dr. A. J. McCartney, Nationai Capital Pres- byterian Church Committee; Rev. Dr. James H. Miers, Committee on Resolu- tions, and Rev. Godfrey Chobot, Bills and Overtures Committee. The session yesterday morning opened with a devotional service, conducted by Rev. J. W. Babbitt. It was announced that the Fall meet- ing of the Presbytery will be in River- dale, Md. THOMAS TALKS TONIGHT Inquirendo Club to Hear Bocial- ist Candidate. Norman Thomas, Soclalist presidential nominee, is the speaker here this eve- ning on “The Breakdown of Capital- ism” beiore the Inquirendo at the home of Fred S. Schow, 2701 Chesapeake street. In calling the meeting, Joseph C. Fehr, president of the Inquirendo, announced the appointment of Walter G. Moyle, local attorney, as chairman of the Com~ mittee on Program and Arrangements for the third annual Inquirendo dinner, to be held at the Mayflower Hotel May 18. BONUS FOES WIN Little Congress Debates Plan to have viewed the portrait, has been the | production of a picture having & strik- ing resemblance to the description out- lined by witnesses. Coples of the portrait are to be fur- nished newspapers for reproduction and circulated throughout the Police De- partment with the hope that some one may be able to ald in establishing the identity of the bandit. Pay Veterans Now. ‘The Little Congress, an organization composed of secretaries and clerks to members of the House and Senate, de- bated the soldier bonus bill at fits regular mecting in the House Office Building last night, and tholgm“ to payiig the bonus at this WO