Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1932, Page 17

Washington News ' HIT-AND-RUNDRIVER SOUGHT BY POLCE N WOV DEATH Mrs. Lucille M. Forness, Mother of Nine, Is Killed by Automobile. SIGNS OF HIGH SPEED ARE FOUND AT SCENE CLEANERS PUT NEW Garage Employes Asked to Look Out for Motorists Applying for Repairs to Machine. Homicide squad detectives and police of all precincts were making & city- wide search today for the driver of & hit-and-run automobile that killed Mrs. Lucille M. Forness, 47, widowed mother of nine children, as she was walking in the 4300 block of Nebraska avenue last night. Mrs, Forness, who for the past week or so had roomed at 1112 Tenth street, was found lying in the road shortly after 7 pm. by Frank E. Shields, 3719 Brandywine street. Shields and his 12-year-old son Bob, & member of the Boy Patrol, were driv- ing along Nebraska avenue on their way to attend evening church services when they discovered the unconscious woman. They notified eighth precinct police, who rushed Mrs. Forness to Georgetown University Hospital, where she died a short time later. Dr. A. F. Moretti, who pronounced her dead after giving her emergency treatment, said she was be- yond medical aid when she reached the institution. Dragged 65 Feet. Bxamination of the street, which has no sidewalks, indicated Mrs. For- ness had been dragged about 65 feet by the car that struck her. Fragments of her black dress were ground into the asphalt and scattered about in the grass beside the thoroughfare. Capt. John G. Bowers, commander of eight precinct police, ordered his men to make a house to house canvas of the neighborhood in the hope of| unearthing some clue to the identity| of the hit-and-run driver. Police of all precincts were ordered to ask garages and filling stations in their territories to notify them immedi- ately if any motorist should apply for repairs to damaged front fender, bumper, radiator or headlight. Mrs. Forness, at the time she was hit, was walking toward Wisconsin avenue, less than a block away. She was home- ward bound after having returned two of her children—Virginia, 10, and Amelia, 8—to Hillcrest School, a pri-| vate institution near Nebraska and ‘Wisconsin avenues. The girls had spent the day with her. She had bade them good-by until next Suncay just a few minutes before she! was struck. | High Speed Indicated. i No skid marks or otber indications that the driver attempted to stop were found 2t the scene ef the accident. The condition of Mrs. Forness' body in- dicated, police said, that the automobile had been traveling at a high rate of speed. Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac- Donald swore in a jury over Mrs. Forness' body this morning, and one of her sons—James Paugh, 2600 Twenty- | eighth street northeast—began making | funeral arrangements. i Mrs. Forness had lived in Washington | about 12 years. Her other children are Charlotte, Charles W., Marcus H., Eliz- abeth, Margaret and Catherine Paugh. The Paughs are children of an earlier | marriage. Mrs. Forness also is survived by four brothers, A. L. Waddell, Rectortown; Will and George Waddell Plains, Va., and Walter Waddell, Girard, Ohio, and a sister, Mrs. E. Hamilton, Keyser, W. Va. Dr. MacDonald said no inquest would be held until police have had ample time in which to apprehend the driver. ASSAILANTS SOUGHT IN SHOOTING CASE| l Son of Dr. J. F. Wallace Struck on Finger When He Bars En- trance to Home. Police today were continuing their in- vestigation of the shooting early yes- terday of Joseph James Wallace, 19, son of Dr. J. F. Wallace, 3031 Sedge- wick street, who was fired tpon by two unknown men after he sought to bar them from his home. ‘The youth was struck on the middle finger of his left hand and received rr:edlicnl attention at Mount Alto Hos- pital. Young Wallace told police two men |jgq he had never seen knocked on the door of his apartment about 6:20 a.m. yesterday. When he responded, they asked to see a Mr. Graham. When in- | formed no one by that name lived there, one of the men attempted to! force his way in. ‘Wallace shut the door and as he did 80 one of the men pulled out a revolver and fired a single shot through the door. Wallace and members of his family £aid they did not know the identity of the young man’s assailants and could suggest no motive for the attack other than robbery. CHURCH DEDICATED ‘Woman Pastor Preaches on Sub- ject of Spiritualism. ‘The new_Spiritual Church of Psychic Science. Fourteenth and Ingraham streets, was dedicated last night. Mrs. Carroll McKinstry, pastor, preached on the subject: “Spiritualism—Ancient and Modern.” Mrs. Harriet Demerest sang several solos, accompanied by . Estelle Tuttle. Fourteen new members were admitted to the church. Officers of the church are Mrs. Car- roll McKinstry, president; Edward Spengeman, vice president; Mrs. Eliza- Qeth McDonald, secretary, and Wi McKinstry, jr., treasurer. DEMOCRATS TO HEAR TRIO Special Dispatch to The Star. BLADENSBURG, Md., October 3.— Representative Stephen W. Gambrill of the fifth Maryland congressional dis- trict, State Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer of Prince Georges County and John B C(olgloy!. editor Oguthc Trm:e Unuloujg of Washington, will speak at a rally be held by the Bladensburg District Democratic Club, October 18 at 8 p.m. Foening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1932. Lincoln Memorial Renovated SHINE ON MONUMENT. AV AW Sx BN EVH AN ‘The white stone of the Lincoln Memorial will glisten anew when cleaners now at work on the structure finish their expansive task. In addition to reno- vating the surface, the workers will recondition any cracks or weather marks they find. Hit-Run Victim MRS. LUCILLE M. FORNESS. TREASURY DEFICIT 1S $401,947.000 Figures for First Quarter of| Fiscal Year Show Only $437,151,000 Collected. By the Associated Press. The Government ended the first quarter of its 1933 fiscal year with a deficit of $401,947,000, having spent $839,098,000 and collected $437,151,000. ‘The only increase in any bracket of taxes was shown in miscellaneous in- ternal revenue, where the first return from the billion-dollar tax bill made the total $169,727,977, compared with $143,099,841 in the first quarter of last year. Income taxes dropped from $313,837,- 120 in the first quarter of last year to $174,140,500 and customs duties de- clined from $108,219,949 to $68,927,329. General Expenditures. General expenditures, through oper- ations of the economy act, declined from $739,761,485 in the first quarter of last year to $595,832,022. ‘The gross public debt on September 30 amounted to $20,611,241,804, as com- pared with $20,067,179,521 on August 31 and $17,320,606,657 on September 30, 9. 1. The statement showed national banks had availed themselves of the privileges under the home loan banking law to use Government bonds bearing not more than 33; per cent interest to back currency to the extent of $113,000,000. Increased Circulation. When the law became effective July 21, there was in circulation $701,000,000 of national bank notes. The Treasury statement for September 30 showed such circulation had increased to $814,- 829,000. The statement showed that in the threz months of the fiscal year the Treasury had sold $2,778,570,264 of se- curities and had retired $1,654,330,903. S B FOUR TAKEN IN RAID FACE LIQUOR CHARGE Tenth Street Defendants to Answer Nuisance and Illegal Posses- sion Allegations. Four men who were arrested in the raid on Hammel's Buffet, 400 block of Tenth street, a month ago went on trial before a Police Court jury today on charges of maintaining a nuisance and illegal possession of & large quantity of beer. The defendants are George Hohman, 52; Joseph Frank, 50; Harry Joseph Kopel, 44, and Louis Joseph Ham- mel, 32. Police in making the raid August 30 seized four barrels of beer and con- fiscated approximately $20,000 worth of fixtures from the buffet. b sevdin s O oy Retirement Fund Robbed. Robbers got $99.99 in cash and $92 in checks made payabl> to the National Retirement Association, Potomac Elec- tric Power Co., when they visited the in St. Luke's parish hall here. Dr. Robert W. McCullough, president of the club, is in general charge of ar- rangements. association’s office at Tenth and E streets some time during the past two days, Albert H. Howe, . told police today. k] WATCHMAN HELD IN DEATH OF BOY Inquest Sends Lumber Yard Shooting Case to Grand Jury for Probe. Raymcnd Koerner, 35, was held for grand jury action by a coroner’s jury today following an inquest into the death of Mitchell Botts, 16, colored, found shot to death Saturday morning and Sheriff road northeast. Koerner, who lives in Seat Pleasant, Md,, told Detective Sergt. George Dar- nall, the latter testified, the boy was shot accidentally, his shotgun discharg- ing itself when he tripped while inves- tigating noises in the Jumber yard, where he is employed as a watchman. At the moment, he stated, according to Darnall, he was surrcupded by half ‘ah ‘zemzen colored men or boys, including Fred L. Watkins, proprietor of the lumber yard, testified Koerner came to his home in Seat Pleasant shortly after 9 o'clock Friday night and told him he After notifying police, Watkins and Koerner, the former said, went to the lumber yard. When they found no policemen there, Watkins said, they re- turned to his home and again tele- phoned. This was about an hour later. Next morning, however, Watking made a search of the lumber yard and found the boy’s body in a ditch. Detective Sergt. H. K. Wilson, chfef of the homicide squad, testified the boy ap- parently had staggered some distance after he was shot. occurred about 9 p.m. and Koerner £on- curred in his statement to Darnall, Cuthbert Peterson, colored, 909 Forty- third place northeast, testified he heard the report of a gun between 7:30 and 8 p.m. Similar testimony was offered by his sister, Josephine Wilson, colored. Their home is about a block from the lumber yard. Deputy Coroner C. J. Murphy, who performed an autopsy on the boy’s body, testified he was shot at close range. Maurice M. Deakins, policeman, tes- tified he and another officer reached the lumber yard less than 2 minutes after the call was received. He sald they searched the yard twice without finding any indication there had been a shooting. - Botts lived at 913 Forty-third place northeast. U. S. OFFICER WOUNDED IN NICARAGUA BATTLE 27 Insurgents Are Reported Killed During Attempts to Am- bush Guardia. By the Assoclated Press. The Navy was informed today that Lieut. William A. Lee, Ward Hill, Mass,, had been injured recently in a clash be- tween Nicaraguan insurgents and the native guardia commanded by United States Marines. Thirty-seven insurgents were reported | killed during the week in fl!hlm‘g“gro v- | ing out of four attempts to ambi the| guardia, in charge of Capt. Lewis B. Puller of West Point, Va, and Lieut. Lee. The latter received gunshot wounds on the right side of the head and upper arm. He was taken to a hospital at Managua, where his condition was said to be not serious. Two members of the guardia were killed and two besides Lieut. Lee were wounded. — $2,800 AWAITS WOMAN New York Bank Has Deposit for Mrs. Carolyn Fisher. Police today are searching for Mrs. Carolyn Pisher, who is believed to be living here, to inform her there is a $2,800 deposit awaiting her in a New York bank. An official of the bank communicated with authorities here yesterday and re- quested that the lookout be b - cast. Mrs. Fisher is described as being five feet tall and slender and having red hair. She has a 16-year-old son. ot o Eee ot [ JAPAN PLANS BOND ISSUE H. A. Butts, commercial attache at Tokio, advised the Commerce Depart- ment today that it was estimated the Japanese government would offer & bond issue of 2,400,000,000 yen in an effort to meet its budget deficit. The yen equals about 25 cents at for deposit elsewhere at higher interest. in a lumber yard at Minnescta avenue | “thought he had just shot somebody.” | Although Watkins said the shooting | .. MANTO GET LEADING POST IN HOME LOAN BANK E. C. Baltz Reported Picked for Vice Chairmanship in Fourth Area. ATLANTAN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME CHAIRMAN Appointments Still Unverified as Central Board Prepares for Con- | ference in Capital Wednesday. i The Home Loan Bank Board is| understood to have selected Edward C.| Baltz, secretary of the Perpetual Build- | ing Association, as the vice chairman! of the Federal Home Mortgage System's fourth district with headquarters at Winston-Salem, N. C. Earnest Woodruff of Atlanta, Coco Cola Co. director, is expected to be named chairman of the district board. He will have complete supervision over {)l:ektxecullve functions of the regional nk. | Mr. Woodruft is one of the two dis- | trict directors who has been selected by the Federal board for permanent | office. Mr. Baltz will serve with eight others on the district board until Jan- | uary 1, when an election will be held. | It is understood the Federal board‘ is considering Julian Price of Greens- | boro, N. C, as the president of the| bank. Headquarters here declined to verify these appointments, pending official ac- | ceptance by the three men. Conference Arranged. Chairman Franklin Fort, however, made public the board's selections of | chairmen, vice chairmen and presidents of 7 of the 12 regional banks. These officials will gather here Wed- nesday to determine the methods of operation and other matters pertinent to getting the banks opened October 15. | Mr. Fort explained these executives will serve without compensation. The actual operations of the banks will be administered by managers, who will be selected by the boards and will be the ranking salary men of the district organizaticns. Officals named today are: District 5—Cincinnati: Chairmgn, Harry Kissel. Springfield: vice chair- man, L. A. Hickman, Louisville; presi- dent, H. F. Cellarius, Cincinnati. District 7—Evanston, Ill.: Chairman, S. F. Phillips of Danville, Ill.; vice chairman, Henry G. Zander, Chicago; president, August C. Backus, Mii- waukee, Wis. District 8—Des Moines, Towa: Chair- District 9—Little Rock, Ark.: Chair- man, I Friedlander, Houston, Tex.: vice chairman, A. D.’ Geoghegan, New ¥rleans; president, J. F. Lucey, Dallas, exX. Budget to Be Gone Over. District 10—Topeka: Chairman, Wil- der S. Metcalf, Lawrence, Kans.. vice chairman, W. R. McWilliams, Oklahoma City; president, Charles W. Thompson, Topeka. District 11—Portland. Oreg.: Chair- man, Frank 8. McWilliams, Spokane; vice chairman, J. Phillip Weyerhaeuser, Lewistown, Idaho; president, L. H. Hof- man, Portland, Oreg. District 12—Los Angeles: Chairman, R. M. Tobin, San Francisco; vice chair- | man, H. V. Ketcherside, Long Beach, | Calif.; president, C. H. Wade, Los | Angeles. Chairman Fort said the officers were | coming to Washington so the question | 1 of their budget could be gone over with- out any attempt on the part of the board to designate how the money should be spent, to study a skeleton | mm‘?ucn the boo‘;ld believes essential, | discuss problems of policy and administration. e Fort said the board would consult with the officers on the set-up in each | district to make sure there is a staff | to take care of the pressing direct loan applications which must be turned over to some indirect lending agency in the 3{3!1::! 'Jlg'e oln‘ce“ will be charged e of locating their banks and obtaining staffs. o —_— D. C. APPEALS COURT OPENS OCTOBER TERM Docket of 220 Cases Awaits Bench. Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel Absent. ‘The District Court of A s con- vened today for the Ocmberpgae:m. with Chief Justice G'mfe E. Martin presid- ing. Justices Charles H. Robb, William Hitz and D. Lawrence Groner also were fi'f““‘ but ‘kyzl“mm%e J::e:h A. Van Ors- lel was unable to attend the open: SN ek, of 220 Do locket of cases awalts the court. This is a decline of 10 per cent from the list of cases ready at the opening of the October term last year. ‘The District Supreme Court will con- vene tomorrow for the Fall term. New petit jurors and a new grand jury will be impaneled by Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat, who will preside in Criminal Di- vision 1. Naturalizations will be heard by Justice Peyton Gordon. The other justices will hear motions that have ac- cumulatéd during the Summer recess. Motions will be heard again Wednesday and the regular sessions of the criminal divisions will be resumed. Jury trials in the circuit divisions will start Thurs- day. ‘The dockets of this court contain 294 criminal cases ready for trial, 1,332 law cases and 759 equity proceedings. PAGE B--1 Washington’s Symphony Has First Rehearsal SAFETY CONGRESS KINDLER PREPARES ORCHESTRA FOR SEASON OPENING. HE National Symphony Orchestra held its first rehearsal yesterday morning in Constitution Hall, preparatory to the opening of the Winter concert season on October 20. Above is & picture of the symphony group assembled on the steps of the concert hall with Conductor Hans Kindler (in light topcoat, center), who will direct the | orchestra in its second season. —Star Staff Photo. MEDICINAL WHISKY T0 BE AUTHORIZED ply to 2,000,000 Gallons. Five Years for Aging. A new order of about 2,000,000 gal- lons of medicinal whisky probably will be authorized by the Government to be manufactured this Fall and Winter. This was indicated today by Dr James M. Doran, commissioner of in- dustrial alcchol,” who is expected to issue permits within a few days for the manufacture. Applications for permits have been filed by the concentration wareheuses holding the present supply of medicinal liquor, with explanations that the new crop will be necessary this year in or- der to have it properly aged in time to meet the future demand when the pres- ent supply will be running low. Ready for Use in 1936. The new liquor to be made under the 1932-33 crop will not be ready for use until the year 1936-37, as, under the regulations, it must be aged five vears Only two real crops of medicinal | whisky have been made since prohibi- in tion. The first was manufactured 1929 and the second in 1931. The new supply will consist of about two-thirds bourbon, made in the Ken- tucky district, and one-third rye, made in the Maryland-Pennsylvania area, Dr. Doran explained. It will be turned out |in the seven or eight distilleries con- nected with the concentration ware- houses. Down to 10,000,000 Gallons. Less than 10,000,000 gallons now are in storage to meet the demand for the next five years, it was explained, with |LAUNDRY BRANCH HELD UP | TODAY BY MASKED BANDIT Miss Pauline Compton, Manager, Robbed of $25 by Man Who Later Escape: A masked bandit who ordered Miss | Government Limits New Sup- | pautine Compton, 20, of 1326 Columbie |road, manager of a Palace Laundry | branch at 5500 Connecticut avenue, to | give him the money in the cash regis- ter this morning escaped with approxi- mately $25 after holding up the laundry branch. Miss Compton said the bandit entered the laundry shortly before 11 o'clock, his face masked by a handkerchief and brandishing a pistol. He ordered Miss Compton to go into the rear room and proceeded to rifle the cash register. Employees of & nearby store said the man ran from the laundry branch across the street to a black sedan, at the wheel of which was an accomplice, and drove away. HISTORIC MILITARY GROUP DUE HERE Artillery Company to Arrive | Tomorrow for Tour of Capital. ‘The National Capital will be host | tomorrow to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, | one of the Nation's best known mili- | tary organizations. A drill and review | will be held by the company at Fort | Myer, Va.: a visit will be paid to Mount JUSTIGES PUT OFF - WHITE HOUSE CALL Supreme Court Members Will Pay Respects to Hoover After His lowa Trip. | By the Associated Press. ‘The Supreme Court, assisted by President Hoover, set another precedent today as the justices postponed their customary call to the White House on the opening day of the term. It was explained at the White House that the court, which did not convene until noon, might not finish its business in time to make the call before the | President left for Des Moines, Iowa, where he is to make an address to- morrow night. The nine justices will pay thefr re- spects Friday after Mr. Hoover returns. The High Court convened after four months of mingled rest and work. For all nine of the justices, the annual re- cess had meant restful vacations. But for all, too, there had been the task of | receiving and studying petitions for re- | view filed on an average of three a day during the Summer. Today’s only business was receiving motions. After a week's adjournment, the court next Monday will start the | new term in earnest by beginning to | announce which of some 370 cases ac- cumulated during the recess will be re- viewed. Oral ents in cases continued frem last Spring next are in order. Among eight set for argument is the Scottsboro, Ala., case in which seven Negroes were condemned to death for | assaults on two white women. The court must wule on the fairness of their trial. Chief Justice Hughes returned to preside over the court from & vaca- withdrawals averaging about one-and- | Vemon and the outfit is to be received ' tion that included a motor trip to a-half million gallons a year. Much, however, is lost by evaporation. Some of the whisky in the concentration warehouses, has been in the wood since prior to 1917, it was said, and some of it tastes quite “woody.” There has | been a large amount of evaporation in | the whisky which has not been bottled, | but which 1s still in the wood. Demand for medicinal liquor has dropped off perceptibly during the last year, Dr. Doran explained, saying that the decrease was about 25 or 30 per | cent. The only logical reason he could advance for this decrease, Dr. Doran said, was the depression. STEEL RISING: RAPIDLY FOR JUSTICE BUILDING First Tier of- $12,000,000 Structure Virtually Completed as Work- ers Speed Project. Structural steel is now fast rising. for the new $12,000,000 Department of Jus- tice Building between Ninth and Tenth streets, Pennsylvania and Constitution avenues. On the south half of the site steel for the first tier has virtually been com- pleted, nearly all the columns in the second tier are now in place, with beams being set in this second tier. About 120 men are employed on the job by the George A. Fuller Construc- tion Co., general contractors, but it is expected there will be more later, as mare concrete work gets under way. A few cement workers are on the job, and it is e ted that pouring of the first floor will start before long. ‘The Department of Justice will be one of the large buildings in the Fed- eral triangle, and in size will be about 67 per cent of the largest single struc- ture, the Department of Commerce, which cost about $17,500,000. S O e MESSENGER HURT IN FALL Suffers Concussion and Bruises When Thrown From Bicycle. Rex Cain, 18, Western Union mes- senger, suffered concussion and bruises | as a result of a fall from his bicycle yesterday. The youth, who lives in the 400 block of G street, was found lying, semi- conscious, in front of 1113 Maryland avenue northeast at about 7:30 o'clock last night. He was treated at Casualty Hospital. THIEVES, FLEEING FROM STORE, DROP §350 AND $4,000 IN CHECKS Safe Robbers Take Only $219 Loot in Third Robbery Within Six Months. Burglars who broke open a safe in the M. E. Horton Grocery Co. office at 620 C street southwest last night drop- ped $350 in cash and almost $4,000 worth of checks in their haste to es- cape, getting away with only $219. ‘The bundle of bills and the checks were discovered under the safe this morning by Detective Sergts. Dennis Murphy and Elmer F. Lewis while in- vestigating the case. They suppose the thieves became frightened while robbing the safe and dropped the loot as they Last night was the third time within six months the safe had been broken open. On the first occasion, in March, nothing was taken. July, how- ever, the strong box was robbed of ap- dle pushed in. Enl ing was obtained by breaking through a rear_door. Mr. Horton said the safe is used as a depository for receipts over the week end. It usually containg little cash, he most of the however, business being done by ‘check. at the White House by President Hoo- ver in the afternoon. ‘The Artillery organization met at the District line between 9:30 | and 10 o'clock by a composite group of Metropolitan Police and United States Park Police and escorted during their stay here. | _The Artillery Company sailed from Boston Saturday aboard the steamship Fairfax and was scheduled to dock at Baltimore this morning. | Motor busses will take the Artillery company from the ship’s side tomorrow morning and bring them to Washington by way of Laurel and Hyattsville. En- tering the National Capital by way of Maryland avenue, led by its police escort, the Artillery organization will pass the Capitol and then tour the city, | making a trip through Rock Creek Park and the National Zoological Park and later crossing the Key Bridge to Fort Myer. ‘At the Regular Army post, a drill and review will take place and following this, official ceremonies will be held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The visitors will then view the George ‘Washington National Masonic Memorial at Alexandria, Va. and subsequently proceed to Mount Vernon. 'DEATH CHANCES HELD 150,000,000 TO ONE | Above Ratio for Railway Killings Reported by Safety Sec- . tion. ‘The chances are 150,000,000 to 1 against the passenger on & railroad train being killed in an accident. ‘This is shown in reports to the safety section of the American Railway Asso- ciation, composed of officers in charge of safety work on the carriers of the United States, Canada and Mexico, which tomorrow goes into session at the ‘Washington Hotel. ‘The safety men are meeting here to discuss measures for further safeguard- ing the lives of public and employe, after a year which saw the roads set a new mark in handling passengers with- out fatalities. In 1931 but four pas- sengers lost their lives and three of these were killed in one derailment. Grade-crossing fatality accidents last year also were the lowest since 1922, there being 1,811. The principal address tomorrow will be by R. H. Aisthton, president of the American Railway Association. On the program also is G. H. Warfell, assistant 'leflc}.flm vice president of -the Union c. Secretary of Labor Doak will address the section Wednesday. C. T. Balley, chief safety agent of the Oregon Short Line Rallroad, heads the safety group. LAWYERS TO CONFER Bar Association Group to Discuss Uniform Statutes. Preliminary to the annual convention of the American Bar Association, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws will go into ses- sion tomorrow morning at the May- flower Hotel. The conference is headed by Judge ‘William M. Hargest of Harrisburg, Pa., and is com of delegates from every State appointed by their Governors to work for statutory ‘uniformity. The conference will last Shrough next Monday. ’ Canada and a sojourn at Saranac Lake. | _Pour of the justices spent part of be | the recess in Europe. They were Jus- tices Van Devanter, McReynolds, Su- therland and Stone. Justice Brandeis was at Chatham, Mass.; Butler at Blue Ridge Summit, | Pennsylvania farm near Philadelphia, and Cardozo at Rye, N. Y. N $500 JEWELRY TAKEN | FROM CAPITAL HOME Thieves Break Into Two Other Residences to Get Cash and Cloth- ing—Colored Man Attacked. The theft of jewelry, valued at $500, | from the home of William Love, 3601 Warren street, was reported to police last night. Entrance to the house was obtained by breaking the glass of a rear door. ‘The articles taken included a plati- num wrist watch sét with diamonds, a gold watch, & gold chain a yard and a half long, a diamond stick pin and a pearl pin. | Jacob Levin, 3017 Georgia avenue, reported that his home was entered last night and a $200 diamond ring |and $129.50 in cash stolen from a closet. The burglar left fingerprints which were examined by police. Thieves entered the home of Allen M. Daniels, 2348 Sixth street, last night and took clothing valued at $79, Mr. Daniels told second precinct police this ‘morning. Willie Brown, colored, 24, High Point, |N. C, was attacked night by three colored men as he | walked along I street near Fourteenth | street. He was treated at Casualty | Hospital for lacerations over the left eye. Brown said the three robbed him of $14 in cash and a suit case contain- | ing about $50 worth of clothes. o 'STORM CAUSES RUIN ON CULEBRA ISLAND 80 Per Cent of Homes and All Crops and Fruits Are Re- ported Destroyed. By the Associated Press. Destruction of 80 per cent of the | homes and all the crops and fruits on Culebra Island by the recent Puerto Rican hurricane was reported today to the Navy. ‘The report, from the department’s hydrographic office at San Juan, said the inhabitants of the island, 58 miles east of Puerto Rico, were in dire need of food and shelter. THREE CHILDREN HURT Father Escapes Injury When Auto Crashes Into Tree. ‘Three children of Harold T. Branch, Cheverly, Md., were injured yesterday when the automobfle in which they were crashed into a tree in the David, 9; 3 were treated at Casualty Hospital. Their father, who was driving the car, was not hurt. Pa.; Roberts at his| d’ robbed last | | PENS WARTO CUT 97,00 DEATH TOLL Aggressive Campaign De- cided on at Opening of Sessions Here. DELEGATES GREETED BY OFFUTT AND CROSBY President Bergquist of National Council Says Depression In- creases Workers’ Risk. Pointing out that the United States can {ll afford the huge cost of last year’s 97,000 accidental deaths, the Na- tional Safety Congress today pledged itself to an aggressive campaign for public, industrial, home and schocl safety, In a resolution at this morning's opening session the congress called at- tention to the fact that while last year's accident death rate showed some im- provement over preceding years, “it was still far above that of any other civilized country in the worid.” ‘The 4,000 delegates to the congress, one of the country’s largest assemblies, next to the political conventions, passed a resolution at the first general session stressing the fact 33,500 perscns met | death last year in traffic accidents, 129,000 in the home, 20,000 in public | places other than traffic and 17,000 in industrial establishments, and that 9,400,000 persons were permanently or temporarily disabled through accidents. The invocation at the opening was delivered by Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, S. J, president of Georgetown Uni- versity. Welcomed to Capital The delegates were welcomed to Washington by George W. Offutt, chair- man of the Executive Committee in charge of local arrangements, and by Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, District | Commissioner. _The opening’ meeting | was held at Wardman Park Hotel. Both the Wardman Park and the | Shoreham Hotel are being used as headquarters by the delegates. Responding to the welcome, C. W. | Bergquist of Chicago, president of the National Safety Council, which is spo soring the congress, declared spe: efforts are needed by safety workers to overcome hazards resulting from | the depression. “Undernourishmext, lowered morale. worry and the uncertain | future make the worker | increased accident risk, ev demand for production is lessened. “The last three have taught that although accif increase with business activity, they do not decrease h output. In many cases, safety departments have been obliged to carry on with reduced staffs and smaller appropriations. The men- tal hazards are even more serious. Men have been worried, perplexed and un- certain about their jobs. They may have lacked medical or dental care, which larger earnings would afford Also men who return to work after idleness are out of step and likely to be accident prone. | Proper Backing Required. “In the field of public safety we find, as in the industrial field, that drastic | rules for safety fail without proper backing. We have seen temporary en- forcement drives which forced some of the reckless to moderate their driving until the excitement subsided. We have seen emotional campaigns with tem- porary results. The average person is | still nonchalant about reckless driving. Some consider a ticket for speeding a huge joke.” | Mr. Bergquist said public opinion must | awaken in the reckless driver a sense i of his responsibility by refusing to con- | done traffic infractions. He deplored the fact that vast sums have been spent for medical research in the control of disease, while accidents, although rank- ing high in the causes of death, have received comparatively little attention from humanitarians. Public Support Necessary. “The elimination of accidents,” Mr. Bergquist continued, “lies in the cor- related efforts of the engineer, the physician and the psychologist, but the necessary public support has not been forthcoming.” Mr. Bergquist closed with an expres- sion of optimism for the business future. ‘Our streets and highways,” he said, 1l be busier than ever and crowded with vehicles capable of even greater speed. In every line of human activity there will be increased opportunities for the safety movement. We must be prepared.” . A highlight of the congress this | year is the safety exposition ot accident- prevention apparatus filling the large display hall at Wardman Park. Several Government agencies are among those displaying the latest engineering equip- ment for the prevention of accidents. Suits for divers who descend deep into the ocean and flyers after altitude rec- ords are being displayed, together with apparatus for determining the effect on :ile diver or flyer under these condi- jons. vears | Many Safety Exhibits. Industrial concerns are exhibiting safety types of gloves, shoes, helmets, shirts and overalls for steel workers, miners and others exposed to extreme vocational hazards. The exhibition in- cludes almost every type of safety equipment for the street, factory and home. The congress passed resolutions this morning thanking the local Committee on Arrangements for its co-operation. Newbold Noyes is general chairman of the committee. The congress also thanked the Greater National Capital Committee of the Washington Board of Trade for its assistance in arranging an entertainment program for the dele- | gates. The twenty-first annual congress will be in session through Priday, and scores of group conferences on specialized sub- jects of public, industrial and home safety will be addressed by leading technical experts. PARENTS TO VISIT SCHOOL Parents of Central High School stu- dents will inspect the classrooms, gym- nasium, laboratories and shops in which their children work each day, following a meeting of the Central High School Parent-Teacher Association tonight at the school. The inspection trip, to which all ents of Central students have been mud. has been arranged by the fac- ulty and P.-T. A. e Child Falls From Window. Falling from a first-story window of her home g:terdny rnoon, 3-year- old Marie ven, 3528 Eleventh street, suffered minor lacerations to her head which struck a concrete coping. The child was taken to Children’s Hospital by her father, Leo A. Craven.