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WAS HINGTON he Sundiny Staf WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1932. FEDERATION FIGHTS PUN TO QT 0. € AND FEGERAL PAY Resolution, Unanimously Adopted, Terms Attempt “Most Unwise.” FAVORS WOMEN’S BUREAU IN POLICE DEPARTMENT Citizens' Association Rejects Sec- tion to Promote Director and In- crease Expenditures. Vigorous opposition to any reduction in the salaries of Federal or District employes was voiced last night by the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. A resolution opposing the proposed pay cuts was introduced by George E. Sullivan, vice presicent of the federa- tion. It was adopted unanimously. The resolution declared it “would be most unwise to attempt at this time any cuts in the salaries of Federal or Dis- trict officials or employes.” Relief Fund Fails. An effort was made by Lewis Gelb- man just before the federation ad- journed to have it urge the Senate to Insert in the 1933 District appropriation bill an item of $600.000 for emergency unemployment relief. Gelbman failed to get unanimous consent for his motion and it was not considered. The $600,000 relief item was not a<ded to the appro- priation bill by the House despite the reouest of President Hoover The federation indorsed in principle the bill pending in Congress to estab- lish by law the Women's Bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department. The action was taken o recommendation of the Police and Fire Committee. The federation, however, by a vote of 33 to 14, disapproved a section of the com- mittee report which would have sanc- tioned a provision in the bill to give the director of the bureau the rank of assistant superintendent of police and involve other increased expenditures. Under D. C. Commissioners. The Women's Bureau now is solely under the District Commissioners and can be abolished, it was explained, by their action. A bill to give the bureau a legislative status to preclude such a possibility has been introduced in Con- gress on several previous occasions, but never mustered enough support for pas- sage. The federation also, on recommenda- tion of the Police and Fire Committe, opposed another bill pending in Con- to increase the annual leave of members of the Police and Fire De- ents from 20 to 30 days. Objec- ion to this measure was due primarily to the existing economic situation. The draft of a proposed bill, drawn up by the Law and Legislation Com- mittee, to provide for setvice of process on non-resident owners of motor vehicles, was approved and the com- mittee instructed to seek its introduc- tion in Congress. The object of the proposed legislation is to provide a method of bringing non-resident motor- ists into District courts to respond to civil actions in cases growing out of injuries resulting from negligent use of motor vehicles in the District. Urges Closer Relations. The federation adopted another re- port of its Law and Legislation Commit- tee urging closer relationship between Congress and residents of the District, and went on record in favor of “sus- tained” enforcement of all traffic regu- lations designed to protect life and property. The traffic resolution, intro- duced by Edwin S. Hege, also calls on the public to co-operate mn observing the traffic regulations. A resolution opposing & bill pending | in Congress to relocate the District boundary on the south side of the Potomac was adopted and the District | Federation of Women's Clubs was ad- | mitted to membership in the federation. | DEFENSE WINS VERDICT IN COPYRIGHT BATTLE Zustice O'Donoghue, in His First Oase of Kind, Rejects Claim Against Capital Interests. In his first copyright case since his recent elevation to the bench, Justice D. W. O'Donoghue in District Supreme Court on Fri gave a verbal decision | to the defense, holding that there was | no infringement in the case of Charles B. Guthrie vs. the American Short Line Raiiroads' Bureau of Tariffs, Inc, and B. H. Henshall, Capital interests. owing a four- < contended ad infringed a number on tariff indices, pub- m on_behalf of various rairoads and filed with the Flies 1.200 Miles 82-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ENJOYS LONG TRIP. MRS. HELENA RITSCHEL, hty. 3 of 11 chil- e il St. Paul, Minn., to the Capit She left St. Paul at changed planes at Ch arrived at W at 8 o'clock Pennsylvania Ritschel, then this country ver Airport night on a plane of s. In 1855, Mrs years old, came to| in & sailboat, the trip requiring six weeks. She much pre- fers modern transportation methods. She is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W T. Croft, 47 onnecticut avenue, who made the flight here with her yester- day, and is anxious to see the cherry blossoms during her stay here. r Staff Photo. | D.C. BILL REACHES SENATE TOMORRDW Subcommittee Hearings on Fund Measure Expected to Start Next Week. ‘The District appropriation bill, re- duced by the House. to $39913810, which is more than $4,000,000 under the budget estimates, will be received by the Senate tomorrow and referred | to the Appropriations Committee, but Senate subcommittee hearings are not expected to start this week. Senator Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, who will have charge of the measure as chairman of the Dis- trict subcommittee of the appropria- tions group, has not fixed a date for beginning the hearings. Another sub- committee is slated to begin work to- morrow on the independent offices ap- propriation bill. Cuts Lump Sum $3,000,000. The Hause, in reducing the total of the District bill by $4.173109 below the budget recommendation, or $5,797.- 828 under current appropriations, cut the Federal share toward the total of the bill from $9.500,000 to $6,500,000 Senator Bingham is making a care- ful study of the bill as it passed the House, but is refraining from &ny com- ment on it in advance of its considera- tion by the Senate subcommittee. McKellar Withholds Views. Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Ten- nessee, who, during the past few weeks has advocated reductions of 10 per cent from several Government depart mental appropriation bills fhat have reached the Senate thus far, was not prepared to say yesterday what his view would be toward the District supply bill “I have mot gone over the District bill yet, and each and every bill will | have to stand on its merits.” Senator McKellar said. The Senate, however, may decide to- morrow whether it will apply the policy of the 10 per cent reduction to the $1.- 059,000,000 Treasury-Post Office appro- oriation bill Before starting in to revise the meas- ure, the Appropriations Committee b decided to obtain an expression of the Senate’s opinion as to whether it de- | sired *he 10 per cent plan followed on | this bill. Accordingly, it authorized Senator McKellar to make his motion in the Senate, which, if adopted. would | be a mandate to the committee to| bring the total of the measuse down | 10_per cent below the House | For scveral davs the issue has been | vigorously debated in the Senate. with & number of Senators opposing any slow- ing up of the Federal building pro- gram or curtailment of the postal| service. ‘This bill contalns $108.000.000 | toward the continuation of the building program, of which not to exceed $15.- 000.00¢ would be for projects in the District. and opponents of the 10 per ~ent reduction plan have declared that | plan would mean Indefinite postpone- | ment of many buildings in all parts o the country. Other speakers have ob- | jected strenuously to any curtailment | of the postal service ! Senator Tvdings. Democrat, of Mary pending an amendment t Interstate Commerce Commission. Jus- tice O'Donoghue dismissed the case in favor of the defendants, who were rep- | resented by Bernard F. Garvey and the | firm of Hitt & Munson, both of Wash- | ington 1 The decision is said to be interest to railroads and t publishers. The American Railroads’ Bureau of Taril Henshall were ac petition in pu dices for short lin solicitation of ra scribers to Gutk and in the } formerly sub- s index POSTAL OFFICIAL SUED @lover Blamed in Collision, Dentist Asking $54,462. Warren Irving Glover, Pirst Assistant Postmaster General, was sued yesterday in taeé District Supreme Court for $54.- 462.30 by George Leroy Lansdale, dental surgeon, 5606 Chevy Chase parkway, as the result of an automobile collision The dentist tells the court that January 5 last Glover's automobile collided with his machine at Sixteenth and L streets and caused him to sustain serious injury which he places at $54.000 and damage to his car to the extent of $462.30. At- torney William Wendell represents the plaintifr, SMOOT WILL OFFICIATE Senator Reed Smoot of Utah will dedicate the new Mormon Church, at Bixteenth street and Columbia road, and lay the corner stone at exercises set for 5:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon Senator Smoot is an apostle of the church. ‘The services will be under direction of Dr. Edgar B. Brossard, bishop of the Washington branch of the organization, sssisted by James H. Moyle, president ch would ex-| t am from fhe | 10_per cent order i Ne f the ich the Senate it 10 per cent| ires has reached the | ence with the House | below the House fig 1 stage of confer: | MANAGER OF.GROCERY LOSES $40 TO BANDIT Police Seeking Colored Cabman as Confederate of Hold-up | Man at Store, An armed colored bandit. believed to have been working in co-operation with | a colored taxi driver, last night held | up David Dosik, manager of & grocery | at 1666 Montello avenue northeast, and | robbed him of $40 The robber entered the store a few minutes after the hacker had obtained change for a $10 bill. Dosik. who was | alone at the time, was forced to stand | aside while the bandit walked behind the counter and took the contents of the cash register. Dosik telephoned police headquarters and Capt. Bernard Thompson, assistant } chief of detectives: Detective Sergt Joseph Waldron and Detective James Kane, first precinct, began & search for | both the bandit and the cab driver. MASONS TO PLAN BALL Plans for the reception and ball to be staged in the Willard Hotel Thurs- day, May 12, by the Circle Club of Master Masons will be discussed at a meeting of the club to be held in the Hamilton Hotel tomorrow night at 8 v'clock. ‘The parade to take place incident to the Masonic ceremonies In Alexandria of the Eastern States Mission of the church. The public has been invited to attend the ceremony. CAPPER CONDENNS N TALK ON RADI { TO WASHINGTON RAILWAY | commission today sets out to find what May 12 also will be discussed, accord- ing to an announcement by F. A. Varney, president of the club, STREETCARMERGER Senate District Body Head Sees Bonus for Firms in Outlining Report. HITS PEPCO POWER SALE Kansan and Blaine Recommend | Prudent Investment Theory of Utility Valuation. Cherry Blossoms Around Tidal Basin in Full Glory Agai BEAUTY OF SPRING IN POTOMAC PARK RECORDED IN PHOTOGRAPHS. Analyzing his objections to the str railway merger resolution in its pr ent form. Chairman Capper of ti Senate District Committee asserted in a radio address last night that when the main features of the plan are weighed it seems to him the peoy Washington “would be virtually these companies a substantial to_accomplish a merger Speaking from station WMAL, Sena- tor “Capper outlined the changes and Senator Blaine of Wisconsin are | advocating in their minority report to | ;he Senate, including the following sub- ects A new power clause that would give the Utiiities Commission control ove the price at which all the current re- quired for the merged car system would be supplied by the Potomac Electric Power Co.; & fiee transfer with each street car or bus fare, except de luxe busses; establishment of the prudent investment theory of utility valuation in the District. and providing that the findings of the commission as to facts would not be subject to overthrow in the courts: confining the new car sys- tem to the use of subsidiaries for op- | eration outside the District and an amendment, insu the right of Con- gress to repeal tt resolution or any charter or certificate of incopora- tion made under it Companies Want Merger. “The companies want this merger,” sald Senator Capper. “They need it.| I have been almost deluged by letters | from interested stockholders in favor of it. The companies’ attorneys and other | representatives of the corporations con- | cerned in this matter have been very| active on Capitol Hill. In the name of common sense, why should the public | of Washington pay for & merger that the companies want?" The merger resolution authorizes | consolidation of the Capital Traction Co. and the Washington Railway Co.! into a new eompany, to be incorporated under District Jaws. | Before launching into a discussion | of the power clause of the pending| resolution, Senator Capper explained | that “the Washington Rallway & Elec- tric Co. owns the Potomac Electric | Power Co, one of the richest utility corporations in this section, and the Washington Railway & Electric Co. is, in turn, controlled by the North Amer- | ican Co., a holding company.” | “Now, the Potomac Electric Power | Co. is mot included in this merger,” Senator Capper went on, “It is to continue as a property of the Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co. At present the railway company buys power from its subsidiary at an ex-| tremely low cost and sells this power profitably to other railway companies. The electric company does not get a fair price for this power. Consequently the rate that Washingtonians pay for | lectricity is probably not as low as it | should be, for the company is deprived of hundreds of thousands of dollars profit through its contract with the Vashington Railway & Electric Co. Full Regulation Deferred. “Under the terms of the resolution as reported by the majority of the Senate District Committee, the elec- | ric company is to furnish power to the new company under a 15-year contract, The companies would settle between themselves the price to be | paid for 63 per cent of the power, while Iy 37 per cent of the total would | be d by the Public Utilities Com- mission. At the expiration of the 15- ar period the commission would have control of the entire situation Now, Senator Blaine and I do not think this is a fair arrangement. There | €xists a consent decree under which the Poto; ic Power Co. must use part o s profits each year in reducing rates to the public. Of course, the North American Co. would like to see s much of the power as possible | of the jurisdiction of this and handed over to the new The new company would ts sale of power to other| ay cc s in this vicinity, but consumers of electricity in the Dis- t would get no benefit | This amounts really to giving the | company an present of | what the | x: & Electric Co. | t vear through its power sales in and out of the District. Why should company engage in a business roperly that of the power com- | 1 why should the Public Utll- be told to keep its s arrangement? It is the | e commission to fix rates. | use in the merger agree- | hands of the com- di v m tr pax h business of This power ment would mission for 15 vears | The minority report recommends that | se be inserted giving the | ommission jurisdiction over current needed for the merged ste | ty report provides for free en all street car lines, | but leaves the commission to determine | fers shall be issued from cars s. Senator Capper contended for @ free transfer with each street car us fare, except de luxe busses, and added that if the Washington Rapid | Transit Co. becomes a part of the| merged company, the free transfers should apply to it also, subject to rea- sonable conditions, Discussing the recommendation made by Senator Blaine and himself for establishment of the prudent investment theory of valuing street raflways and | all other utilities in the District, Senator | Capper sald Must Ask Instruction, “You may not know it, but when the a public utility company is worth, for rate-making purposes, if it is in doubt | about the elements of value to be con- sidered, it must ask the District | Supreme Court to give some instruc- tions. That is the law. No other State in the Union has such an incongruous law. As a matter of practical fact, the commission does not admit having any doubt about the elements of value, in most instances, but completes its valua- tion. On this valuation it may fix rates. “In the past, cn completion of a valuation by the commission, the figure would be disputed by the utility com- | pany, and the matter would be thrown ' into court. Then the court would set a ;alu::)un of the company’s property, and commission’s jork goes the window. h &= “The minority has suggested an PUBLIC IS INVITED HE above scenes were snapped at the Tidal Basin yesterday, where the Japanese cherry trees have burst into full bloom. Special arrangements have been made by the park police for the biggest Sunday of the Spring season in the park today. actress (upper left), who is appearing at a local theater. 10 BALL ON PLAZA Capitol Event May 7 to Re- “enact Washington’s Inau- gural Reception. An invitation to the public to partic- ipate in the re-enactment of George Washington's first inaugural reception and ball on the East Plaza of the Capitol Saturday, May 7, was extended vesterday by Dr. George C. Havenner, executive vice president of the District Bicentennial Commission The event is being planned with the co-operation of the Community Center Department. the All States Officers Society and various State socleties. Participants in the ball, according to the commission, must be attired in Colonfal costume, and tickets are to be distributed gratis on request. Space to Be Roped Off. The wide plaza to the east of the Capitol will be roped off for the oc- casion to provide adequate dancing space for the thousands of persons ex- pected to attend. The United States Army Band will furnish music for the dancing. and for the formal entrance of the “First President of the United States” and his “cabinet” to receive the costumed guests on the Capitol steps A program of special dances of the period will be presented as a featurs by five groups of dancers of the Capi- tal. These dance features will be staged on the steps of the Capitol at intervals throughout the evening | It is expected that one of the color- | ful and historic features of the ball | will be the presence of “soldiers of the Continental Army,” who will act as floor committee for the general dancing. | Committee in Charge. | The committee in charge of the event s headed by Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest of the District of Columbia Bi- centennial Commission, Mrs. Elizabeth | K. Peeples, director of the Community | Center Department: Capt. Jack Lowe | of the All-States Officers’ Society, as- | sisted by John W. Lambert and J. M. | Otterness of the All-States Society. Mrs. | Maud Howell Smith, Miss Bess Davis | Schreiner, Harold Snyder and others The dance directors for the occasion are Mrs. Henry Fenno Sawtelle, presi- dent of the Capital Society of the Chil- dren of the American Revolution: Miss Helen Griffith, Miss Margaret Carmody, Mrs. Jeanette Tolford and Miss Ivy Randall. ROERICH SOC'IETY TO HEAR OF WASHINGTON AT HOME Mrs. Charles Moore of Fine Arts Commission to Talk Thurs | day Night. | Mrs, Charles Moore of the Fine Arts | Commission will address the Roerich | Society of Washington at & meeting of the soclety Thursday night at 1106 Con- | necticut avenue. Her subject will be | “Washington at Home.” Mrs. Beale R. Howard is president of the society The talk will be followed by a minuet interpretation by Miss Barbara Howe | Trundle and Wallace Wright, accom-/ panied by music played in George Washington's home. At a business meeting following !he‘ entertainment future activities of the society will be discussed. amendment that will end the present stupld valuation procedure, and will also make the commission’s findings of fact not subject to overthrow by the courts. This is only fair, and does not take from the court any right that the court should have. In conclusion, Senator Capper sald “the straphangers should not be asked to pay more than their fair share for the benefits they may get” from the merger, - . One of the visitors yesterday was Dorothy Mackaill, screen —Star Staff Photos, 'VON STEUBEN BORN EARLIER THAN DATE ON STATUE HERE Society Discovers Mistake and Asks Change in Memorial Rites to Sept. 17. Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolph | | Gerhard Augustin von Steuben was baptized before the monument to him in Lafayette Park gives him credit with being born. With other memorials to famous men | erected in the reservation opposite the White House, the von Steuben statue stands at the northwest corner of the park, and emblazoned conspicuously on its base is the inscription that he was born November 15, 1730. This date is supported by leading bibliographies However, the National Council of the Steuben Soclety of America now comes forward with the announcement that the great Prussian soldier who fought in the American Revolution was bap- tized in the German Reform Church at Madgeburg, Prussia, on September 29, 1730, or approximately two months before his recorded birth date, accord- ing to indisputable files of the church The soclety adds. in a letter to Rep- resentative Sol Bloom. associate director of the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, that it has established that von Steuben was born September 17, 1730. The information has just been unearthed by the society | after extensive research, and the Bicen- | tennial Commission has been asked to set aside September 17, this yvear, in- stead of November 15, to honor the gal- lant soldier. ‘The von Steuben statue in Lafayette Park was authorized in a congressional appropriaticn of $50,000 in 1903 and | was unveiled by President Taft in 1910. | A soldier by birth, Baron Von Steu- | ben was trained in the rigorous school of Prederick the Great and won dis- | tinction on the continent during the Seven Years' War. He arrived in Ports- mouth, N. H., December 1, 1777, to join his fortune with those of the fighting Colonists. He arrived at Valley Forge, where the American Army was encamped, on Feb- ruary 23, 1778. He was made inspector general, or drillmaster, a month later. Besides drilling the men, Von Steuben played an active role in some of the major events of the Revolutionary War. He participated in the battle of Mon- mouth, was & member of the court- martial which tried and convicted Maj Andre as a spy, commanded the Army in Virginia, later giving way to Lafay- ette, and was one of the leaders in the siege of Yorktown. After the war Von Steuben retired to a tract of land now known as Steuben- ville, N. Y., which was presented to him by the State of New York in recogni- tion of his services. He died at his home in Steubenville November 28, 1794 HIT-RUN MOTORIST |WIFE OF ARCAITECT INJURES MAN, 72 Woman and Boy Are Other Victims of Saturday Night Crashes. year-old man was struck and ly injured by a hit-and-run au- tomobile in one of three accidents last night. The hit-and-run victim was Walter Smith, 31 M street, who was struck at North Capitol and M streets. He suf- fered severe head injuries and cuts about the face and was treated at Sib- ley Hospital The others hurt were Mrs. Estelle Duench, 67, of the 1300 block of Ver- mont avenue, and Albert Iscangelo, 6, of 1206 D street northeast. Mrs. Duench told police she was hit at Thomas Circle by a car driven by Mrs. Olive E. Mills, 1400 block of I ing street This was contradicted hoWwever, by Mrs. Mills, who asserted she found Mrs. Duench lying in the street. The injured woman Was treated for cuts and bruises at Emer- gency Hospital. Mrs. Mills was not held The Iscangelo boy's leg was broken when he was struck by a machine op- erated by Chester M. Reich, 47, of the 1600 block of D stréet northeast. The mishap occurred near the home of the boy, who received treatment at Cas- ualty Hospital. Smith was struck as he stepped from the curb. Witnesses gave police & de- scription of the automobile, but none noted the license number. Two colored boys were treated at Providence Hc:‘rlul late yesterday for injuries received when struck by auto- mobiles. They are James Sockenel, 3, of the 700 block of Ninth street south- west, hit by a car operated by Walter Forbush, 19, of the 2100 block of First street, and Wellford R. Hunter, 6, of the 200 block of Third street south- west, struck by an automobile operated by Margaret Rogers, 1100 block of Chi- cago street southeast. Neither of the boys was seriously in- jured, according to police, 15 POISON VICTIM Dies at Georgetown Hospital After Taking Potion—Two Other Women Serious. Mrs. Mabel L. Wilcox, 45, wife of | Porrest G. Wilcox, local architect, died at Georgetown Hospital last night from | the effects of poison swallowed yester- | day morning in the bath room of her apartment at 4105 Wisconsin avenue. Two other women, according to police reports, were in an undetermined con- dition at Emergency Hospital early to- day after taking poison. | Mrs. Wilcox, police said, had a bottle of poison in her hand when discovered in her apartment. She was given first | aid by Dr. John Preston, 4115 Wiscon- sin avenue, before being removed to Georgetown Hospital. Mrs. Wilcox had | been in failing health for some time | past, police were informed. An autopsy will be held tomorrow morning. Mrs. Mary Blanche Clark, 32, of the | 1300 block of Kenyon street, was | brought to Emergency Hospital yester- | day afternoon after having taken poi- | son, police reported, while with her | husband, Joseph Clark, in a room at | their home. Hazel Flynn, 35, of the 1600 block of Seventeenth street, was taken to the same hospital after she was found un- | conscious yesterday afternoon in a rest | room at & Fourteenth street hotel. She was given first aid by members of the Fire Rescue squad, who said she had swallowed poison. Piremen then re- moved the woman to the hospital. Dreiser's Play in Vienna. VIENNA, April 16 () —A dramatiza- tion of Theodore Dreiser's “An Ameri- can Tragedy” in German was presented here for the first time tonight at the Volks Theater. Joseph Schildkraut, Viennese actor, who has played in the films at Hollywood, appeared in the leading HUGUENOTS HEAR CLAEL ATFETE ‘Delegates From Half Dozen State Societies Attend Mayflower Reception. Historical talks marked a meeting of | the Federation of Huguenot Societies in America yesterday at the Mayflower Hotel. Some 200 persons attended, in- cluding representatives‘of more than a half dozen State Huguenot societies. A George Washington Bicentennial luncheon and a reception at the French embassy were included in the day's program. Among the speakers were Ambassador Paul Claudel of France, J. R. von Roy- en, Minister of the Netherlands. and Eric Hendrick Louw, Minister of the South African’ Union. Greetings were received from Huguenot societies in Germany, France, England and Scandi- navia, Officers Elected. Officers _elected by the Huguenot Soclety of Washington included: Charles S. Lobingier, president; Dr. Charles R. Marlatt, Mrs. Mary D. C. Johnson, Dr. Charles L. Carhart and Dr. Nicholas Dashiell, vice presidents; Miss Maud B. Morris, recording secretary; Mrs. Enoch G. Johnson, corresponding secretary; Maj. Calvin I. Kephart, treasurer; Dr. Florian J. C. Vurpillot, chaplain: Miss Ruth Boyer. registrar. Dr. | McAllister ~ and Laurence Leonard, | councillors; Charles I. Corby, Otis B | Morrisette, Miss Morris, Samuel Her- | | rick and Asa E. Phillips, delegates to the federatibn Increasing good will between this country and France was emphasized by Ambassador Claudel in his address be-| fore the federation. | “Prance was not a tender mother for | | your forefathers,” M. Claudel told the | delegates from American societies and | representatives from France, England and Germany. “The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were times when | religious differences were taken very | seriously. It is pleasant to remark that bigotry and prejudices were not always | sufficient to break the ties of humanity | and brotherly love. Society Host at Luncheon. “Self-assertion, self-reliance are the | cardinal principles of your republic. It | had a great part in that movement of | spirits “which culminated under the leadership of such men as Washington, Jefferson, Franklin and Patrick Henry and it continues to make ftself felt in every direction of intellectual, moral and social life of today’s America. Be- tween France and America exist not only & partnership of destinies, a rela- tion of blood, an entangling of duties, but a communication of ideals and feel- ings beating on the rhythm of a com- mon pulse.” The French Ambassador's address was made at the morning session, pre- | sided over by Samuel Herrick, Wash- ington attorney, who is national presi- dent of the organization. The Wash- ington society later was host at lunch- eon to the visiting delegates in the garden of the Mayflower. The Chapel of St. Joseph of Arim- athes at Washington Cathedral has | been placed at the disposal of the | Huguenots for a Bicentennial holy communion service today at 10 am. It will be conducted according to the an- nt rite of the Huguenot faith as ob- | served for centuries in the chapel set | aside for them in Canterbury Cathedral, | England. The Huguenot body will also attend a second service of public wor- ship at 2:15 pm. in the Bethlehem Chapel, with a sermon by Right Rev. Prank Du Moulin of Lotust Val- ley, N. Y, retired bishop coadjutor of Ohio. LU Male Chorus Plans Dance. S.| | Spring colors PAGE B—1 THOUSANDS POUR INTO CITY T0 VIEW CHERRY BLOSSOMS Blooms Today Expected to Provide Best Sunday Show of Season. BRIGHT SKIES INDICATE FAVORABLE WEATHER Traffic Arrangements Complete for Handling Expected Throngs. In Oriental cherry splendor Washington's trees are sporting their best today the Tidal Basin will welcome the thousands who poured into the city yesterday to view the blossoms in Potomac Park From his conning tower at the Weather Bureau, the weather man last night sensed a cloudy and cooler day, but bright skies gave promise of more favorable conditions than prevailed last Sunday. Although a stiff wind was blowing yesterday, an inkling of the annual trafic jam came around the Tidal Basin, Leave Is Canceled. Capt. R C. Montgomery, United States Army, superintendent of the United States Park Police, announced last night that traffic arrangements have been perfected for handling the great influx of automobiles. Every man on his force has had his regular leave and day-off canceled Motor traffic to the Tidal Basin, jaround which the single-blossom va- riety of cherry trees, now in flower, are located, will be mainly by way of Four- teenth and Seventeenth streets and similar highways Cars must travel clockwise around the Tidal Basin, Capt. Montgomery asserted, so this means that motorists using Seventeenth street will have to turn left at the John Paul Jones monument. Generally, the exit for the cherry blossom traffic will be by way of the Lincoln Memarial, Capt. Montgomery sald. The American Automobile Asso- ciation has placed signs in various parts of the city, directing visitors and others along the best routes to the cherry blossoms. The United States Park Po- lice have arranged to take care of pedestrians. Roads Made Passable. Passenger motor traffic entering the city from Virginia will be routed by way of the Mount Vernon Memorial High- way on Columbia Island and then over the Arlington Memorial Bridge, Capt. Montgomery said. Only heavy traffic will be permitted to enter the city by way of lower Fourteenth street and the Highway Bridge. Officials of the Office of Public Build- ings and Public Parks made arrange- ments yesterday for making the roads, E?n" ll;:'hder cor:sfl.ruc!lon south of the icoln Memorial, temporarily passable for today's traffic. Teday's display of cherry blossoms will be the best Sunday show this sea- son, officials asserted. The floral ex- hibit is expected to remain at the peak until about Wednesday, with favorable weather, and then the petals will be whirled to the winds. The double-blossom variety of cherry blooms will appear in about two weeks, officials said. [LAWN AND GARDEN DRIVE DIRECTOR IS APPOINTED Mrs. Lilian Wright Smith to Help Plan Bicentennial Beauti- fication Contest. Appointment of Mrs. Lilian Wright Smith as director of Columbia George Washington Bicentennial Commission’s Lawn and Garden Beaufification Cai | paign, was announced yesterday by Dr. George C. Havenner, executive vice president of the District Commission. Mrs. Smith, who is a prominent landscape architect and official garden consultant of George Washington Uni- versity, will work under the immediate supervision of Dr. Havener in planning and advising for the garden contest to be held during the celebration. The contest will be judged in Sep- tember and nine silver trophies awarded | to the communities having the most at- tractive yards during the Bicentennial year. The prizes have been contributed by Washington newspapers and lead- | ing business firms and are now being exhibited at the Fox Theater. SCARAB BANQUET SET FOR THURSDAY NIGHT Ely Jacques Kahn to Be Chief Speaker; Delos Smith Will Preside. The Scarab Fraternity of George Washington University will hold a ban- quet Thursday evening at the May= flower Hotel Ely Jacques Kahn, head of the Beaux Arts Institute of Design of New York, will be the principal speaker, Delos Smith, Washington architect, will preside. ‘The Scarab Fraternity is composed of students and alumni 1 of the architectural department of the university. dent. The I Edward R. Spano is presis guests of honor Heck Marvin, Washington include Dr. president of University; Mrs. jr, Mrs. Charies W. Richardson, Col. U. 8. Grant 3d, Harry Cassell Davis, one of the trustees of George Washington University; Albert L. Harris, supervising architect of the District of Columbia; Norris Ingersoll Crandail, of the architectural division of George Washington University, and Fred V. Murphy, head of the Archi- tectural School of Catholic University, SCOUTS BOND SUITS North Carolina Sure of Beating George Joshua Evans, J “Carpet Bagger” Suits. RALEIGH, N. C, April 16 (#).—At~ | torney General Dennis G. Brummitt ex~ pressed the opinion today that he could “beat” any suit the State of Colorado might institute to attempt to force North Carolina to pay repudiated “care pet-bagger” bonds. Brummitt said that Cuba, in 1916, and Connecticut, in 1928, had filed suit against the State to force payment of & portion of the issue, but that both suits later were withdrawn, A group of persons is reported to have offered the State of Colorado $700.000 worth of the bonds as & gift if the State will sue North Carolina The Labor Department's 25-voice male chorus will give a dance and card party at the Mayflower Hotel Friday, April 22, from 9:30 to 1 o'clock. for collection, The group holds $3,« 000.000 worth of the issue, it was ree ported. 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