Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1932, Page 17

Washington News Che WITH SUNDAY MORN WASHINGTON, B o, Foening Staf ING EDITION RIDAY, JULY 15, 1932. Society and General e PAGE B—1 ONE-WAY ROUTES TENDERED BUSSE TOMOINT VERNON Compromise Offer Comes From Lieut. Col. Grant at Close of Hearing. NO OPPOSITION MADE BY OWNERS OF LINES Plan Also Staggering Schedules to Avoid Congestion cn Highway. Suggests One-way routing of sightseeing busses, | to require them to make either the re- down trip by other Virginia under consideration by Lieut. nt, 3d, as one ns of st bus congestion on the s indicated at the closing | f the public hearing on road to bus transporta- rding gua high sessic open tion The sugestion, made by Col. Grant this morning’s hearing. met with osition T esentatives of tseeing and charter bus repre- s at the hearin Balloon Race Trophy Presented ARMY TEAM WINS LITCHFIELD AWARD. Left to right: F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation; Senator Bingham. Licut. Wilfred J. Paul, pilot of the winning balloon, and Master Sergt. John H. Bishop, his aide. N recognition of their ght through thunder: and darkness to victor, National BEalloon Race, when they nearly equaled the world distance reccrd for ballons of the tyep thay flew, Lieut. Wilfred J. Paul, pilot, and Master Sergt. John E. Bishop, aide, both of the Army Air Cor were presented the Litchfield Trophy in the brief cere- mony today in the office of F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for { Aeronautics. —A.P. Photo. The Litchfield Trophy was presented to Lieut. Paul and Sergt. Bishop by rain | Senator Hiram Bingham of Connect 9 | cut, president of the National Aeron: 1- | tic"Asscciation, in the presence of As- | sistant Secretary Davison, Maj. Gex. Benjamin D. Foulois, chief of the Army | Air Corps; Brig. Gen. Oscar Westover, | assistant _chief of the corps; Maj. Wil- {liam E. Kepner, former winner of the { trophy; Capt. William H. Flood, runner- up in this y and Representa- tive Malcolm ge of Nebraska. F. M. Harpan and Comdr. Jerome C. Hun- saker represented the Goodyear Zeppelin | Co., which offered the trophy. The victory of Paul and Ser Bishop is the fi the Army A I | Corps since_1909. off from | Switzerland, September 25. The United | Omaha, Nebr., Ma: the face of i has won two legs on the | stcrms, flew 901.4 hours and | trophy ¢ this year will give | 40 minutes lan this country permanent possession of |at night near Hatton, the world’s most prized ball trophy. | Canada. | CLOUDS END HEAT Would Pay for Use. Col. Grant also s ssion is granted I in the naticnal race v balloonists eligible for Bennett Interna- tional Balloon Race. starting from Basel, Their victory for sight- scheduled lines, <pected to pay ner Boothe, at- Baltimore & way regularly ators would be for the privilege. G torney for the Annapol ington Rapid Transit C hich to operate an hourly up” e lower end of the rcad, andria and Mount Vernon, his concern would be willing to p2y the same amount the State of Virginia charges bus compa- > 7 over its roads—2 per cent gross earniny Grant declared he was inclined of any large mowm(‘ms‘ ng busses along the hig i me, pointing out that at yes- | terday’s hearing it was brought out that | 1 sigh ng companies | g Sa: katchewan, BANDITS GET $5 tions Believed Victims of Same Trio. l Bandits obtained $51 in cash and about $10 worth of jewelry in hold-ups in two gasoline stations and a grocery j store last night. They made their cape from the gas stations after bind- s ing the managers and an assistant anc ¢ points in inia than Mount | forcing them into back rooms. d that the busses | yoaving a woman seated in an auto- ip by way of | 5 : 2d the return | mobile outside, two men shortly before midnight held up William Pratt, man- other route than by which they | Steial ad . - | 2ger of a gas station at Second stre o= Memorial, Old | and Massachusetts avenue northeas b Clinch andiother 1 | and at pistol point took $2.50 from his | 1| person and $11 from the cash register. | Recorded as Thermometer Reaches 92. art their busses along the | t 10 am. and at' 2 pm. To | allow this. he said, would result in long | parad busses at_this hour, caus- ing c f the highway and con- stituting an actual traffic menace. | He suggested that the sightseeing bus { | operators work out some plan for stag- | i s so that not more Cloudy skies afforded Washington would be traveling temporary Telief today from the heat together at any that took one life prostrated threz persons here yesterday W thermometer reading 8 de- its 10 o'clock mark also added to the riod of respite officials predicted temorrow. No rain buss highway Suggests Other Roads. out that the sightseeing al'y include stops at other of the Bureau til yesterdav was 92 and night 72 degrees. Falls Dead. t An un d man who fell D. Merrill. president and ger - of the Washington Rapid which seeks to run char- he route and to es- | rough service to r xteenth street in the morning and after- id he could see 1o objection to ction over and in another over other routes, No testimony, except that of Mr. Boothe as to the amount the company he represented would be willing to pay, was taken at today’s hearing. Operators were told by Col. Grant they could amend their petitions for permission to | use the road in line with his suggestions if they care to. though no woman was seen in the ECK!NGTON. CENTER | ond robbery. it was thought likely W".I. STAGE FETE | remained hidden cutside in the automo- Manages to Free Hands. | Pratt_managed to release his hands from the cord with which they were tied and summoned police. A shert while afterward two men 1 o g held up and bound De Haven wells. manager, and his assistant, Joseph Tu miller, obtaining $5 from Wells, Tut- !miller’s watch and $29 from the cash register. As in the former instance, the two men managed to free themselves and summoned police. 5 The two men and a woman in the | first robbery were believed to be the | same trio who have been preying up | zasoline station managers and grocer: |men for the lasi several weeks. A e nezr her hom Hospital id to b Tom s k. E 23, a be in the “m P < 200 blo Melton, at the received h of death’ ated and ‘was broken s frem th2 the North red showers Meanwhile, the heat w elsewhere. Cooling bre North were repcrted Atlantic States in_the Middle W- Temperatures over the cou pared with Ne: eli ¢ 68. but Philadelphia was up to Chicago to 80. Thermometer Reaches 100. | Three fatalities were reported yes- terday in other cities. In Kansas and Oklahcma the mercury hit the century mark in numerous localities and in a few cities went as high as 105. In the South the thermometer stood in the middle 905 and occasionally generally lower as com- 1 at an | bile while the men committed the actual | robbery. e . : : ! Lockout Is Broadcast. Singing, Dancing, Swimming and | e third robbery was in a grocery | store in the 2000 block of Seventeenth street, where three colored men, one holding a revolver and another a tov pistol, robbed Herman Bachrach of some $3.50 as he was preparing to take the money upstairs for safekeeping after | degrees. Eckington Recreation Center will | removing it from the cash register. | The East recorded less spectacular stage a community entertainment to-| Police have a partial description of | thermometer readings, but was included night at 7 o'clock with singing. dancing, | the robbers in each instance and broad- | in the list of warm areas. swimming and moving pictures included ' cast a lookout for them. . DEAD MAN IDENTIFIED Movies Included on Program Arranged for Tonight. on the program | e i tion was in the form of acceptance of { ded in a heavy storm | INTHREE HOLD-UPS. WAVE IN'DISTRICT Managers at Two Gas Sta- | First Fatality of Summer of ves- | at 100 | From 7 until 7:30 o'clock community | sing 11 be conducted on the Mec- | Kinley High School terrace by William | R. Schmucker, with Mrs. Edith H.! Hunter accompanist | Following the singing. movies will be | own in the school auditorium under | sion of Harold Snyder. | MASS TO BE CELEBRATED| | John White, Colored, Victim While Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Engaged Moving Furniture. Elanned at Monastery. The colored man who died yesterday Solemn mass commemorating the | while employed by a representative of °k, Prof. E. P.!feast of Our Lady cf Mount Carmel will | the United States Marshal's office to Korecz will g dancing School 11:30 a school tr gley Junior High | . and from 9 until | ce will be held there. The ming pool also will be in Center lists | e i ) igton Recreation among its Summer acti >lub, children's dancing class, a branch | and daily playground recrea- | FARM BOARD CHAIRMAN | | | Heclds No Opponent of Policies Has | Offered “One Single Construc- tive Thought.” Turning on Southern eritics of his or- ganization, Chairman Stone of the| Farm Board said yesterday that their old system of marketing had held 2,000,000 persons in servitude. { He contenced that not *“ co ctive thought of any kind" red by opponents of the board's policies who have appeared before Con- gress Speaking paper men, ne single | at a conference with news- | Stone said he had done | everything possible to get increased | funds from Congress after the board's | appropriation had Leen cut in half and criticized those who are attempting to keep the appropriation down. TALKS TO CHILDREN Cabier Spenis o Eadioite Vouis sters Picknicking as His Guests. Although Senator Capper, Republican, of Kansas, could not be in Topeka yesterday for the picnic he gives on his birthday anniversary each year for children of that city, the Senator spoke to the thousands of youngsters by radio. It was Senator Capper’s 67th birth- day anniversary and_the twenty-third year in which he has followed the custom of inviting all children of his home city to spend the day at an emusement pars in Topek: Nearly on in social | pe celebrated at 9 a.m. tomorrow in the | move some furniture in the 700 block chapel of the Carmelite Monastery; 150 | of Ninth street. was identified today as Rhode Island avenue northeast. John White, 60, of the 200 block of G Rev. Michael J. Riordan, rector of St. | strect Martin’s Church, will be the celebrant he mass. He will be assisted by Re of t Paul 4 Beattie and Rev. Thomas Kilduff |this morning _afte fes a Drama | of the Carmelite community. Very Rev. ' reported to police the man had failed s made by his sent for White a relative had The identification w: wife. A lookout was Ignatius Smith will deliver the sermon. to return home last evening. JOB RELIEF EMPLOYES REPORT, BUT ONLY TELEPHONES LEFT | Twelve Stay at Desks Hoping for Financial Solution Despite Congress Refusal. Twelve employes of the President’s| was not the slightest hope left in ob- Organization on Unemployment Relief | | today reported for duty and sat at their desks throughout the day awaiting ar- rival of a financial “agent.” They are 2ll that is left of a staff of more than 150 men and women who during the last fiscal year drew salaries amounting to $95.960. Because Con- gress has refused to approve an appro- priation to carry on this work, the re- lief organization found itself existing in name only The 12 employes, however, are report- ing to work daily in hopes’ that some- thing may intervene and they will even- | tually be paid their salaries. The organization’s director, Walter S. Gifferd, president of the American Tzlephone & Telegraph Co., has do- nated one local telephone for the cause and officials said they are privileged to use his own private telephone for long- | distance communications. The tele- phones are the only assets of the organ- ization, there being no funds available. Mr. Gifford left Washington several months ago to resume full activity in behelf of his private corporation and the affairs of the relief organization have practically been left in the hands of Fred Croxtcn, assistant director. Mr. Croxton said today the organiza- tion would carry on the best it can taining_congressional approval of the | appropriation to operate during the cur- rent fiscal year. The organization’s headquarters is in the Government-owned Walker-John- son Building, 1734 New York avenue, and today furniture was being removed from all but five of its 20-odd rooms on the eighth and ninth floors of the building. ~ Those employes borrowed from other departments when the organization began tc function last Summer under the direction of Mr. Gifford, have been returned to their original assignments, it was said. ‘When President Hoover appointed Mr. Gifford to head the organization, the Commerce Department was called upon to mother it until Congress convened. The department is said to have ad- vanced to the organization $150,000, and was refunded when the second de- ficiency bill for the 1932 fiscal year was approved early this year. Of this sum, the organization reported today, $129,286.58 was expended up to June 30, last. A total of $95960 was expended for salaries, $27,823.58 for contingent expenses and $5,503 was spent for printing. The organization was created, officials explained, to co-operate with public au- thorities and with national, State and | local agencies having responsibility for ' stock market 15,000 attended the outing yesterday. under conditions. He mrmmu there | unemployment relief activities. DRYS T0 SUBMIT BOTH CANDIDATES 10 DIRECTORATE Move for bec|aration in| Favor of Hoover Lost in Close Vote of Board. POLICY COMMITTEE VIEWS ACCEPTED Report and Details to Be Made Following Action by Eighteenth Amendment Association. By a close vote this afternoon the National Prohibition Board of Strategy | decided to submit the records of Presi- | dent Hoover and Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt to the dry electorate of the ! | Nation without an open indorsement of | either candidate. | The movement, led by Dr. Oliver { Stewart of the Flying Squadron Founda- {tion for a definite declaration in favor { of Mr. Hoover, fell but a few votes short of victory, it was learned at the con- | clusion of the secret sessions of the | strategy board. | The more conservative maj y ac- | recommendations prepared bv a Policy | Committee of seven. which labored most | of last night on the matter. i Final Statement Late. Details of the moilves swaying the | board and a final statement of policy | will not be forthcoming until 5:30 p.m., | after the report of the board has been submitted to a general meeting of the | | Associations of Organizations in Sup- iport of the Eighteenth Amendment, sarent bodv of the Strategy Board Responsible dry leaders said, how- | ever, that there is little likelihood of the ‘association not adopting the re- port of the board ¢ The declaration of policy is unde stood to put the organized of the country squarely bek tion of the eighteenth amen for the election of members of Con- for the clection of members of State tegislatures who will support this atti- | | tude. Dr. Ernest H. the Stratej drafted the report ther members of the Policy Committee were Dr. Edwin Dinwiddie, executive secretary of the board: Dr. A. J. Barton of the Southern Baptist Con- vention, Col. Raymond Robbins of tre | { Allied ' Forces Prohibition, Mrs. | Ella Boole, national president of the Wemen's Christian Temperance Union, and Walter C. Clippinger, president of | | Otterbein College. | While the action of the board leaves the dry volers fre to select hich can- | didate they wiil support, the statement of records and public utterances of the | two party nominees is said by the pro- hibition leaders to be such as to point | clearly to Precicent Hoover as more favorable to the dry cause than Gov. Rcosevelt. The last public utterance of the President cn the dry lssue was to the effect that he favored retention of prchibition, while Gov. Roosevelt ex- pressed hims | with the Di The forc | as good strategy suffered feat y !terday at the hands of the old-line | prohibitionists. A number of the young- | | er dry leaders put forward the proposal that it would be wise to accent resub- { mission and attempt to obtain a reaf- | firmation of ~prohibition from the electorate of the Nation. Those Favoring Resubmission. i Among those known to have favored | resubmission was Dr. Clarence True | Wilson, g-neral secretary of the Metho- | dist Board of Temperance, Prohibition | and Public Morals Among the leaders said to oppose any open indorsement of President Hoover { at this time were Dr. Wilson, Dr. Cher- | rington and Bishop Cannon. Dr. F. Scott McBride, general superintendent | of the Anti-Saloon League, is considered | the leader of the movement to get be- | | hind the Republican ticket. The action of the board will not | necessarily be binding on the more than {30 dry organizations it represents, but | leaders here said they thought the con- | stituent bodies of the board would abide by its decisions as to policy. If President Hoover is not openly in- dorsed today, a strong feeling exists | ! that a more definite action may be | taken following his acceptance speech, | if the tenor of that utterance is dry. | | | | RELAXATION PLAYS PART IN SWIMMING Red Cross Instructor Teaches Method of Using Broken Crawl Stroke. Proper relaxation is as important to the swimmer as stroke, in the opinion of Commodore W. E. Longfellow, assistant naticnal director of the life-saving serv- ice of the American Red Cross. In the fifth of a series of lessons given in conjunction with “Learn to Swim” week, now in progress, Commodore | Longfellow illustrates the broken crawl ! resulting from combining strokes learn- ed in previous lessons. Launching the body from the tank’s side, thrashing with the legs, ankles loose, and exhaling at the start, the beginner should put the arms in ac- tion, inhaling as the breathing arm is lifted from the water. By counting up | to six with the leg stroke and up to three on each arm propulsion, rhythm will be achieved. The inhalation should not be too deep to break the stroke i thythm. GAME BILL SIGNED Measure Providgs Sanctuary for ‘Wwild Life. President Hoover today signed an act of Congress amending sections of an act of 1906 which prohibits the killing of wild birds and wild animals in the District. This amendment will provide for the establishment of a game and bird sanc- tuary of the Potomac River and its tributaries in the District. SENATE ASKS DATA The Senate today agreed to ask the Treasury to make income-tax returns available for its Banking Committee's investigation, but the House must apprare the resolution. 1 Bastile Day Celebrated Aboard F rigate HE Washingten Kiwanis Club yesterday held its weekly luncheon aboard the old frigate Ccnstitution &t her wharf | at the Navy Yard, celebrating the 143d anniversary of the birth of the French Republic. French Ambassador Paul Claudel and Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams were guests of honor. In the picture are, left to right: Ambassador Claudel, Edwin F. Hill, president of the Kiwanis Club, and Secretary Adams. —Underwood Photo. OF BISTE DAY Kiwanis Club Greets French Ambassador Aboard Frig- ate Constitution. | broadcast. Adams Claugel b With Secretary of the Navy [ French Ambassador Paul the Kiwanis brated Bastile day by a tes-France meeting aboard e Constituticn at the Wash- v Yard Secretary and the ambas- honored on_arrival by 19 S music from the tary Adams escort as he the friga ington Na Both the was accorded arrived and the French ambassador reviewed the Marine detachment The_formal program opened aboard the Constitution with music by the Navy Band Orchestra, salute to the flag nd invocation by Rev. Edward H Roach of Matthew's in F. Hill, p come by Rear Admiral H. V. Butler, commandant of the navy yard, and by Comdr. Louis J. Gulliver of the Consti- tution. Praises French Statesmen, Rev. Dr. John C. Pal histery of Franco-Ame: friendship, and referring to the ki 0 the Bastile now hanging in Mount Vernon, praised Lafayette, De Grasse and Rochambeau. “France poured out blood as rich, red rain on the roots of our tree of liberty.” said Dr. Palmer, “and made the blos- er, tracing the | soms thereof beautiful for us and for And if some thousands of France it will soften and glorify | the sorrow as we may feel that in de- livering France from defeat and de- struction we have in some measure re- paid the debt of 150 years.” In a greeting, Secretary Adams praised the French friends of America during | the Revolution, and declared that sur- render of British at Yorktown would not have been made possible so early had it nct been for Lafayette, Rocham- beau and De Grasse. ssador Claudel paid tribute to h ¥ ing between the U and F: He de- d St ce. { clared the American Revelution was the ; inspiration for the French Revolution. Toasts to Presidents. i ‘Toasts to the President of the United States and the President of France were | drunk in cold tea. The guests of the occasion were the French Ambassador, M. Paul Claudel; aide to the Amb: dor, Lieut. Marcel Le Mignon; Secreiary of the Navy, Charles Francis Adams; aide to the Secretary, Lieut. Comdr. A. S. Merrill; commandant of the navy yard, Rear Admiral H. V. Butler; aide to the com- mandant of the navy yard, Comdr. | Howard F. Kingman: Rear Admiral Thomas C. Hart, superintendent, United States Naval Acacemy, Annapolis, Md.; aide to the superintendent of the Naval Academy, Lieut, Comdr. L. D. McCor- mick: Capt. R. M. Brainard, Washing- ton Navy Yard; Comdr. Louis J. Gui- liver, U. S. N., comanding the U. S. Frigate Constituticn, | RECREATION PROGRAMS Nightly Exercices Are Held at| . Banneker Center. Nightly recreation programs for young | and old are being held during July and" August at the Banneker Recreation | Center, Eichth and Euclid streets, under | auspices cof the Office of Public Build- ings and Public Parks, Department of | Playgrounds and the Community Center Department. Every week-day, hetween 7:30 and 10 | p.m. a program for boys will feature model aircraft building, kite making, | games and talks. There are likewisc sewing, dancing, game and choral clubs meeting regularly during the week. SOLICITORS' BEAT LAW Get Around License Act by Using C. 0. D. Methods. Solicitors who do a house-to-house or office-to-office business have been the first to find a loophole in the new license act, according to Assistant Cor- poration Counsel William A. Roberts. Under the law they may not do busi- ness without obtaining a license at a cost of $12 per annum. However, the law applies only where the solicitor takes a deposit or something of value. So that to avoid the $12 license, many | solicitors now abandon the requirement of a deposit and make their sales on a C. O. D. basis. COOPER GETS POST Tennessee Member Named on Ways and Means Committee. Representative Jere Cooper of Ten- nessee today was elected to the House Ways and Means Committee by the Democratic caucus to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Eslick of Tennessee. Eslick collapsed in the House about a month ago while | Wile TUses Unique Method te Broadcast News. Using a lapel microphone, Frederic Willilam Wlle, political analyst, con- ducted a unique broadcast over a Nation-wide Columbia Broadcasting System hook-up this afternoon, when | he “interviewed” various members of Congress as he walked about the halls of the Capitol. | The views of the various legislators on the activities of the current session, Mr. Wile's interpretations and other political highlights were included in the The lapel micrcphone first was used at Chicago during the Demo- cratic convention, DETECTIVE AGENCY | | TAX HFECTIE Only One Bureau Has Made‘ Application—Taxi Boost Fails to Cut Numbers. | and tactics of the Washington Hij SCHOOL MILTARY HEADS LOSE J0BS No Provision in Appropriation Bili for Retired Officers on Active Duty. Eight Army officers training univer- sity and high school cadet corps in t Washington area today were notified by the War Department that they would | resume inactive siatus August 15. TIWO ON FLOATING BEER GARDEN GIVE PLEAS OF GULTY Raid Presents Court Problem of What to Do With Seized River Craft. ALEXANDRIANS FACE SENTENCING JULY 29 Federal Agents of D.C. and Vir- ginia, Accompanied by Lieut. Little, on Tip by Letter. . Arrested yesterday in a raid on a floating beer garden” anchored in the Potomac River near the Virginia shore, two men pleaded guilty to charges of possession of liquor when haled before Police Court Judge Isaac R. Hitt today, The men, Earl S. Poscy and Charles Byrd, 24, both of Alexandria, were released under $500 bonds for sen- tence July 29. y were arrested when three houseboats of Alexandria yesterday dry raiders, wh new what to do wi the still, whisk and beer found on board, bit were puzzled over what dis- position to make of the cumbersome flotilla. Federal agents from the District and Virginia, accompanied by Lieut. Geo: M. “Little of the Metropolitan poli rum squad, drove up in automobiles to a point on shore opposite where the houseboats were anchored in the Potomac. Activity Arouses Suspicion. As the agents approached, they f that the gangpl: aboard the boats stir aboard appraised them that the contraband cargo was being consigned to the river. Haste was urgent, and one member, without pausing to remove his shoes | or roll up his trousers, jumpad into the shallow water and waded across the bottom to scramble aboard the nearest boat. He then extended a gangplank to the shore for his comrades. The raiders sav they found a 300- The yacancies were created when President Hoover late yesterday signed | the War Department annual supply bill, | which made no pro on for main. tainance of 129 retired officers on ac tive duty, 101 of whom are assigned to school and college cuty in various sec- tions. Among those who will resume inactive | status will be Craigie, prof Lieut of Col Wallace M. | mili ry science gh School Cadet Corps, and his staff of three assistants. Lieut. Col. John G. Donovan, Mai. Raymond G. Payne and | Capt. Robert W. Norton. Col. Cragie was assigned to duty here { in 1921, and during his tour of duty the Enforcement of the provision in the new license law requiring a $100 license fee for the privilege of cperating a pri- vate detective agency will be begun Monday. At that time Inspector L. I H. Edwards, Police Department per- | connel officer, will confer with captains of all precincts and give them instruc- tions on the enforcement of the law. According to its provisions, the agency must make application to the | District, and the application must be investigatcd and approved by the Po- lice Department before the licens> is icsued. Thus far only one application is under investigation, althouza in a letter to Supt. of Licenses Wade Coombs Walter Parscns of the Parsons National Detective Service charged that many persons, including police- men, are operating private detective agencies without licenses. Meanwhile the provision in the new act raising the price of hackers' from $9 to $25 does not ssem, ac ing to Mr. Coombs, to have had any appreciable effect in cutting down the number of hackers Althcugh the law y_went into effect July 1. already 643 licenses have been issned. 117 of them yesterday. A parcel of 340 licenses Las been made up for one of the large rental cab agencies, and will be jssued in a day or two. ! Mr. Coombs said that he has heard of ro complaint at the increase in the | license fee. EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY | ISSUED BY CHAMBER| Second Annual Edition Carries In- corps’ personnel has increased 50 per | cent. Col. Donovan, a native of Wash- ington, was essigned here in 1925 as in- structer for Western, Eastern, Central and Business High Schools. Maj. Payne likewise has been here for seven years. developing the corps at McKinley High School. Capt. Norton took over instruction duty at Eastern High School last year. Among others to resume inactive status is Col. Charles E. N. Howard, commandant of the R. O. T. C. unit at Howard University Howard has been on duty at the university con- tinuously since 1921. Llpul_ Col. Chauncey the Arlington County High School will be relieved from duty on August 15, and Col. Clarence Deems, jr.. of the Alexan- dria (Va.) High School R. O. T. C., also will be relieved Another officer on duty now in Wash- ington affected under the provision is Lieut. Col. Hollis C. Clark, in command | of the St. John's College military unit Congress omitted an appropriation of approximately $145.000 for their pay during the present fiscal year, the infer- ence being that they would be relieved from further duties. This was the in- terpretation applied to the bill at the War Denartment. Among other retired officers who are to be relieved are Col. Percy M. Ash- burn, who has been compiling the his- tory of the Medical Department in the office of the surgeon general; Col. Jacob M. Coward. representing the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice in the office of the Sec- retary of War; Col. Hjalmer Erickson, librarian of the Army War College; Maj. Paul B. Harm, an expert in the Army War College Library on Ger- man’ military literature, and Maj. Wil- | liam H. Keith, in the office of the chief Lieut. | | universities in the District ever pub- | | Call, vice chairman, and members of making a bonus speech. formation on 250 Institutions | of finance. The General Accounting Office was and Pictures of 30. | anotherestablishment. which did not The second annual educational direc~ | Pay its emploves today. but will pay tory. just issued by the Washington tomorrow or the next day. it was ex- Chamber of Commerce, contains per- | Plained. The delay was believed to be haps the most complete collection of | due to pressure of work on the new pictures of private schools. colleges and | economy act and its interpretation. lished. T catslomue of washingo's prt; BOY'S DISAPPEARANCE FOLLOWS SCOLDING under supervision of Col. William 0‘ Tufts, chairman; Miss M. Pearl Mc- : ’ A parental scolding was believed to- the chamber's Committee on Univer- day to have caused James Gordon Helm, sities, Colleges and Private Schools. |12, to run away from his home in the This issue of “Greater Washington” | 1000 block of Jackson street northeast includes photographs of more than 30 yesterday. schools and colleges and supplies de- |~ The boy was scolded by his parents tailed information on more than 250 | Wednesday evening, it was said at the private educational institutions of the home. Yesterday, after he had failed ‘apital. e Mrs. May Helm, found a note addressed . . to her saying he was going away. Police Will Entertain Club. | were asked to help locate him. BELTSVILLE, Md, July 15 (Spe- 5 cial).—Mr. and Mrs. William P. Ma- read this I will be many miles aw: gruder will entertain the Vansville |It then urged the mother not to worry. Farmers' Club, one of the oldest or- |assuring Mrs. Helm he would be “all ganizations of its kind in Maryland, | right.” The boy's father, William A. | at its dinner meeting tomorrow evening | Helm, is a statistical engineer for the at the Lightbown Hotel here. ! Potomac Electric Power Co. MEMORANDUM REVEALS GARNER ACCEPTED BEFORE NOMINATION Visit to Speaker by Representative Howard Made at Re- quest of Roosevelt’s Floor Manager at Convention. “You may quote me to Mullen as ‘No American citizen is big ecline a call to serve his The secret of the hour when Speaker | . Garner first announced his decision to | S8¥ing. accept the Democratic vice presidential | S20Ugh to d country and his party.’ nomination has been revealed by a lit- | This was Garner’s actual acceptance tle black book carried in the pocket of | of the vice presidential nomination, still Representative Edgar Howard of Ne-|to be made by the convention. At that braska, who once was secretary to Wil- | time the presidential nomination of liam Jennings Bryan. Howard is|Roosevelt was still several hours away. keeping the book, in which he jots| The memorandum went on: memoranda of historic interest, for his | “When I told to Garner the situation grandson. | at Chicago and told him Mullen believed It recounted that just after 4 pm. on Garner would be nominated practicaliy July 1, this year, Howard went to| without opposition for the vice presi- Speaker Garner—he had made several | dency, if only he would indicate his a such trips that day at the request of | ceptance, there was a happy smile co Arthur Mullen, . floor manager for | ering his face.” Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Demo- Modest Howard had kept that memor- cratic convention at Chicago—and was andum quietly in his pocket until told: P | Mullen out in Omaha told the story. | to return home for lunch, his mother, | ‘The note began by saying “when you | gallon wocden still. ten 5 menters. 2,135 bottles of beer, 2. of whisky and sundry paraphernalia, | including 1,000 empty b | Meanwhile. the confi | boats mav prove scm lem for Wi m Blandf G hibition administrator, and Lieut No Provision for Storing. | _‘The boats are scarce | the agents said, and {no provision for t! | boats. Should the confiscation te upheld by { the law, it is possible the craft w | destroyed by fire in event there | bidders. While a houseboat at | might seem to have the s | residence, the agents said such a s termed a “vehicle” under the dry !and is subject to sei: The law_covers, it was said. almost any kind of a conveyance on land, water or air that can be paddled, propelled, pedaled, shoved or pulled. The prohibition agents said th been tipped off through the mails tk liqucr was being sold from boats loca in the river. They said the inside ‘of the beat was complztely fitted out ar fables. steins and bench they said. had beea cat MISS PEARL M'CALL'S CONFIRMATION FAILS Judiciary Committee to Mecet No More if Congress Ends This Week. ted place, to the With Congress making every effort t adjourn by tomorrow, no action is in sight on the nomination of Miss M. Pearl McCall to succeed Judge Kathryn Sellers on the bench of the District Juvenile Court Chairman Norris of the Judiciary Committee, to which the nomination was sent, said that if the session ends this week there will be no further meet- ings of the committee. He indicated that in any event no action is planned and he expressed the be! the Justice Department did not expect the nomina- tion to be acted on so near the end of the session. Senator King. Democrat, of Utah, who believes Judge Sellers is entitled to reappointment, expressed the view to- day that the incumbent holds office until the successor is confirmed in the case of Juvenile Court. He pointed out that if this is the proper interpretation of the law there could not be a recess appointment after Congress adjourns. LIEUT. BURCH AWARDED ORDER OF PURPLE HEART Oakley, Md., Army Officer Is Deco- rated for Wounds Received in Action. First Lieut. Albert Stuart Burch, Oakley, Md. has been awarded the Order of the Purple Heart, including one oak leaf cluster, by the War De- partment for wounds received in action during the World War. Lieut. Burch served in France with the 326th Infantry, 82d Division, and the 115th Infantry. 29th Division. He was cited by Gen. Pershing for extraor- dinary heroism and gallantry in action at St. Juvin, France, October 14, 1918, when he was wounded. He also was cited for gallant conduct during an attack on the German lines near Flirey, France, in August, 1918, when he personally put an enemy ma- chine gun out of action after being wounded. WINS $50,000 JUDGMENT Bank Awarded Verdict Against E. B. McLean. The First National Bank of Cincin- nati has been awarded a $50,000 judg- ment in the District Supreme Court against Edward B. McLean, former publisher of the Washington Post The suit was based on a promissory no Child Seriously Burned. Pive-year-old Grace Clite was in a serious condition at Sibley Hospital to- day as a result of burns about the face, arms and body, received late yesterday fternoon when her clothing ignited while she was playing with matches in her home i nthe first block of Randolph place. -