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BRIDE SECRETLY VISITS. MITCHELL INHUNGER' MOVE Outcome of Conference on Handling of “Marchers” Is Veiled. BROWN FINDS D. C. LACKS HOUSING FOR “ARMY” Reichelderfer Denies Commission- ers Are Considering Use of Armed Guards. An attempt to learn the position of the Federal Government with respect to the handling of the national “hunger marchers” and other groups of unem- ployed planning to come to Washington this Winter was made today by Cor- poration Counsel William W. Bride at a conference with Attorney General Mitchell. ‘The conference wa§ held at the De- partment of -Justice, and was brief due to the fact that Attorney General Mitchell was called to the White House for a cabinet meeting. ‘The outcome was veiled in utmost secrecy. Mr. Bride even declined to admit he had been to the Department of Justice. If the department holds to the policy it adopted @uring the encampment of the bonus army, Mr. Bride is given little encouragement of support from the Federal Government. At that time the department took the position that the promlem of handling the veterans welu one for the District government to solve. D. C. Lacks Housing. In the meantime, Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police, an- nounced that his department had con- ducted a quiet survey of housing facili- tles and learned that there are no buildings under control of the District government that could be used tem- porarily by the hunger marchers or otheér unemployed groups. Maj. Brown had previously declared that no effort would be made by the Police Department to feed or shelter the marchers and had the survey made in anticipation of demands from lead- ers of the unemployed groups for ac- commodations to show the futility of such a request. Announcement has been made by the hunger march lead- ers that they could force the Commis- siopers to provide food and shelter by “‘mass pressure expressed through dem- onstrations.” Maj. Brown also has conferred with offigials of the various charitable mis- sions and learned that their housing accommodations are taxed to capacity. Reports that District officials are con- sidering the use of armed guards to pre- vent entry into the District of unem- loyed armies were vehemently denied gy Dr.'Luther H. Reichelderfer, presi- déat of the Board of Commissioners. “The Commissioners,” Dr. Reichelder- fer said, “have no policy, tentative or otherwise, for forcibly dealing with ti marchers.” Dr. Reichelderfer pointed out that the Police Department is not of sufficient strength to stop any large groups of marchers at the District line, and should such a move become necessary, 1t would have to be done by the Federal Government. Maj. Brown and Inspector Frank S. W. Burke, chief of detectives, are now concentrating their attention on plans %o Ezvent a demonstration at the o dren: "o bronght-to. Wastington n rought s by the hunger march leaders. Assistant Corporation Counsel Walsh, detailed at Juvenile Court, has been in- structed by Mr. Bride to make a study of varlous District statutes under which leaders of the hunger march might be prosecuted for using children to ex- Pploit their propaganda. Cruelty Section Selected. Maj. Brown said he believed section 37, chapter 2, title 6, of the District code might be used effectively. This chapter relates to cruelty to children, and provides as maximum punishment a fine of $250 and imprisanment for two years, or both, for persons who mistreat children under 18 years of #ge, or who dispose of children under 14 as mendicants or paupers. Information in possession of the Police Department shows that the chil- drer. are to be paraded in front of the White House carrying empty milk bottles and wearing worn-out shoes as a means of indicating poverty. Inspector Burke said he had received replies to his recent communications for co-operation from police depart- | yjon in New York, replied to the chargui ments in various cities in connection with plans of the various unemployed oups to come to Washington from $oston, New York, Baltimore and Rich- mond, Va. Police officials in these cities | gajyadorean legation had arrived in|John Park Volunteer Fire Department said they are doing everything possible to discourage such pilgrimages. The hunger marchers gre making efforts to lease the Washington Audi- torium December € and 7 for a con- vention of the unemployed, but thus far, it was learned, their request has not been granted. Officials of the Audi- torfum said they had received several other applications for the use of the building on those dates, and had not decided which one to approve. s e TEN GAMBLING RAID PRISONERS ARRAIGNED Cage Attract i BALD VISITOR TAKES UP ABODE AT THE ZOO. he pening Staf WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON s Wild Eagle OR the first time in many years there is a wild bald eagle in Washington. One of these birds has appropriated a tree in the Zoo Park, Dr. Willlam M. Mann announced yesterday, and appears to have settled down for the Win- ter near the cage occupied by eagles. About 15 years ago & pair made their home there. Al- though fairly common in the mountains west of Washington, it is very seldom that a bald eagle even ventures within shooting range of the city. Numerous rats and wood mice abgut the park are believed to be ‘an at- traction. The Zoo received yesterday & pair of kangeroos, the female with a nursing baby in her pouch. —Star Staff Photo. | DR. LEIVA DENIES MELENDEZ CHARGE Says He Took Liquor and Paid for It as Lesson to His Subordinate. A denial of charges that Dr. Carlos Leiva, recognized Minister of El Salva- dor, took illegally half a dozen cases of imported whisky consigned to Robert Melendez, unrecognized charge d'af- faires of the little Central American Republic’s legation, was before the State Department today. The denial was made by Dr. Leiva, fo who hastened to the State Department from New York, where he has been practicing medicine since his govern- ment was overthrown, as soon as he learned of Melendez's accusations. In a letter to Secretary of State Stimson, Melendez charged that Dr. Leiva went to Baltimore and removed the liquor from a British ship docked lthere, “without my knowledge and con- sent.” Leiva Got Whisky. Claiming he had paid for the liquor in advance, Melendez accused Dr. Leiva of representing to the State Department that the whisky was intended for him. Dr. Leiva, according to State Depart- ment records, obtained the liquor last September 23 by presenting a special | permit from the department to the cus- toms collector in Baltimore. Melendez, who was secretary of the before President Araujo was overthrown and succeeded by President Martinez, declared he ordered the whisky last June, befors the State Department scratched his name off its list of recog- nized diplomats. Admitting Secretary Stimson could do nothing about ‘the matter, Melendes wrote: “I have brought it to your excel- lency's attention in order to state that I have never and never will permit the use of my name in any illicit trans- action, including liquor matters.” | Leiva Still Recognized. | Di the jof El Salvador and maintains a State Department as the Minister lega- | thus: { I received notice from the Furness, Withy Steamship Co. that a shipment | of six cases of whisky consigned to the | Baltimore.- I supposed at first that it was the liquor which & friend had told me he was sending from abroad. “At the State Department, I obtained a permit from Assistant Secretary White and went to Baltimore. I put down a_deposit, of $250—which is more than liquor was turned over to me. Kept It as Lesson. “Then I realized it was not the liquor which had been sent to my friend. Nevertheless, I kept the shipment as a lesson to my subordinate, who had no authority to order it. The money he gave in part payment is being returned Salvadorean legetion under Dr. Leiva | r. Leiva, who still is recognized by | the whisky is worth—and the to him by the firm of Messrs. Grierson, | Oldham & Co., the London wine mer- chants, following by correspondence with them. “I did not keep the liquor becaust wanted it, but because I had paid it with a large financial deposit and One of Two Alleged Principals in Warrantless Case Held to Grand Jury. e 1 for | National Press Building. ROBBERS GARNER $122 DURING NIGKT Three Hold-ups and Several Burglaries Reported to Police. Bandits and burglars last night got $222 in three hold-ups and $500 in loot in several burglaries. Raymond E. Devore, manager of & | gasoline station at Third and Kennedy | streets, was robbed of $70 by two col- ored mien,. who held him up after asking for gasoline. The men took $6 from his pockets and then forced him | to open the safe, from which they ob- | tained the rest, and then escaped in an automobile. Filling Station Hold-Up. Paul Price, attendent at a filling sta- tion at Fifteenth and Church streets, was held up and robbed of $136 by two bandits believed by police to be the | same men. They fled down an alley after the robbery. The other hold-up victim was Walter C. Gunter, 1018 Tenth street, who was held up and robbed of $16 by a lone bandit at North Capitol and Defrees street. The largest amount of loot obtained in a housebreaking was from the home of James A. Bayard, 3103 Cathedral avenue, where silverware and clothing valued at $349 was taken. Entrance was gained by breaking the glass in & front window of the home. The apartment of William B. Keely was robbed of $62.50 in cash by a thief | who entered some time yesterday morn- | ing, it was reported to police. Other Loot Small. In the other housebreakings loot of comparatively small value was taken. Roy Lincoln, elevator boy at 3701 Sixteenth street, reported to police he was struck over the head with a pistol by a colored man who tried to rob him, but became frightened and fled. Robbers early today entered the post exchange at Walter Reed Hospital and stole $10 from the cash register, it was reported to police by Capt. Willlam C. Williams of the hospital staff. Special Dispatch to The Star. | CABIN JOHN PARK, Md., November |18 —A dance will be given by the Cabin | Athletic Association tomorrow night in | the fire house auditorium to raise funds | for equipment. The dance will take the place of the regular Friday night dance this week. The dance next week will be held on Thanksgiving night instead of Friday. | Melendez had no authority to have it.” | Dr. Leiva gained some prominence lest year, when he surprised liquor thieves in the Salvadorean legation, | then located at 2601 Connecticut ave- | nue, and sent one of them away with | & badly bitten finger. Beaten over the head, Dr. Leiva spent some time in Emergency Hospital, then went to Eu- rope to recuperate. | avenue mansion, vacated by the lega- | tion, was the scene of a police liquor | raid recently. Melendez maintains a legation in the | are Arrested yesterday in a warrantless raid on an alleged gambling establish- ment in the 2100 block of Fourteenth street, 10 persons were brought before | Judge Issac R. Hitt in Police Court - One of those arrested as a principal, John W. Harper, 28, was freed when Judge Hitt decided 'the evidence of- fered by police was insufficient to con- nect him with the establishment. The other alleged principal, Charles E. Ponds, 33, was bound over to the grand jury under $2,000 bond. Both Ponds and Harper were charged with setting up & gaming table. The police raiding squad, headed by Sergt. R. B. Carroll, according to testi- ' mony, entered the place yesterday aft- ernoon by smashing through a door. , Ponds and eight other persons in place at the time were arrested and a large amount of alleged gambling | paraphernalia was seized Attorneys George Boden and Louls| ‘Whitestone argued Harper had no con- TO DEPEND O Requirements for the poet laureate- ship of the Nation were decided upon at & business meeting of the advisory in the Southern Building. ‘was there on business as an insurance man. Soviet Lecture Scileduled. Joseph Freeman, author, will deliver & lecture on “Education mn Soviet Rus- sia” under the auspices of the Priends of the Soviet Union, next Sunday night | 4n Plasterers’ Hall, 1024 New Jersey accomplishments and not avenue. eloquence and in poetry. inquiries are being reeeived daily. Unlike the the poet ‘'Who proves to be committee and directors of the Poet Laureate League yesterday at its offices Critics, poets, poetry lovers and men of letters, many of them widely known in public life and literary circles, at- nection with the place, but merely | tended the meeting, and expressed the opinion that the creation of the league has brought about great forward strides The lcague, formed in Au- gust, has become widely known, and Irureateship in other countries, the honor will be awarded to the greatest in the land on account of his poetical because of his to praise those ! ther POET LAUREATE OF NATION N ACHIEVEMENTS | Ability to Write Poetry, Not Prose, to Count Under Standards of League, Fixed at Meeting. | who appoint’him to the honor, accord- | and not praises sideration while many more have they think would be suitable. nized. qualify for the honor. are interested in The Connecticut ing to the league's officers, who say the person upon whom the award will be made must be one who writes poems Several well known poets have al- ready submitted manuscripts for con- ready began to compile something ‘that Carl Cave, president of the league, announced that it may be two years before the first laureateship is recog- Much work remains to be dcne in finding unknown poets who may well Some interest- ing revelations have been made in this respect since the founding of the league. Mr. Cave requests that all who poetry and the poets communicate with the league for fur- information. D.- C, PLANS 0 BEAUTIFY GATEWAY 10 CITY ARE COMMENDED Meeting of Interested Organ- izations Reviews Chevy Chase Circle Project. COL. GRANT EXPLAINS PROPOSED LANDSCAPING Architect Displays Design for Me- morial Fountain—Several Other Speakers Heard. Representatives of various interested organizations adopted a resolution ex- pressive of commendation and co- operation at an informal, but impor- tant, meeting held last night for ex- planation and discussion of the proposed beautification of Chevy Chase Circle, one of the more important gateways to the National Capital. The gathering, held in the parish hall of All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Chevy Chase, was ar- ranged by E. S. Hege, past president of the Chevy Chase, D. C., Citizens’ Asso- cliation, who acted as presiding officer. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, the first speaker, explained the status and general scheme of the pro- posed landscaping and erection of & memorial fountain, acceptance of which was authorized by Congress last April, without expense to the United States Government and subject to the approval of the Fine Arts Commission. Edward ‘W. Donn, jr., designing architect for the memorial,” displayed a drawing of the plan decided upon and explained details of the scheme. Funds Raised for Fountain. ‘The suggested memorial which is to occupy the center of the landscaped circle 1s the Newlands Memorial Foun- tain, funds for which have been raised by private subscription from relatives and friends of the late Senator Francis G. Newlands. The fountain basin, 60 feet in diameter, would be surrounded by low evergreens and then greensward, with an outer circular path, the whole bounded by a circumferential row of laurel-oak, a hardy and comely tree, having globular follage. The plan has been purposely kept simple and flexible s0 that, should occasion later arise, elaboration and reasonable alteration | may both be possible. Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission, expressed the ap- proval and interest of his organization. Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, chairman of the National Capital Committee of the Gar- den Club of America, which has of- fered to bear the expense of the neces- sary landscaping, and Mrs. Fairfax Harrison, vice chairman of the same committee, glso spoke briefly. A part of the Garden Club’s contribution will be the erection of handsome stone boundary markers similar to those in- stalled at other District “gateways” by the same organization. Other Speakers Heard. Among others who spoke were H. V. Schreiber, president of the Chevy Chase, D. C., Citizens' Association; Fred S. Lincoln, 8. Von Ammon and Dr. John A. Logan of that association's Co-operating Committee; Dr. C. C. Clark, chairman of the Citizens’ Com- mittee of section 2, Chevy Chase, M Curtis Walker of the same committee; Dr. Truman Abbe; Mrs. Truman Abbe, representing the nature section of the Women's Club of Chevy Chase; Mrs. D. G. Davis, representing the Garden Club of Chevy Chase,D.C.; Mrs. Whit- man Cross and Mrs. Parker Dodge, rep- resenting the Garden Club of Chevy Chase, Md., and Frederick Parks, com- mittee manager of section 2, Chevy Chase, Md. and highways. The consensus of the gathering ap- peared to be that the improvements contemplated and now practically as- sured wil be the culmination of a long- entertained hope for the development of this important circle on a basis ade- quately combining beauty, utility and simplicity. PROBATE IS ASKED OF SHEETZ'S WILL Estate Estimated by Son at $815,- 000 Under Present Depre- ciated Values. Jet D. Sheetz, Lancaster, Pa., today asked the District Supreme Court to admit to probate the will of his father, Elie Sheetz, founder of the Martha ‘Washington Candy Stores, in which he is named as sole beneficlary and executor. ‘Through Attorneys John Lewis Smith and Alfred L. Bennett, the son filled a preliminary approximate valuation of the estate, which had been estimated as worth $2,000,000. The real estate is given a valuation of $400.000 and the personal property $415000. He ex- plains that greatly depreciated real es- | tate values in the flve or six cities in which the real estate is located, to- gether with the deflated values of the securities, and the numerous large phil- anthropies of the deceased have tended to diminish greatly the estimated value of the estate. Included in the real estate holdings premises at 507 Twelfth street and 1726 Fifth street; a factory and store site in Fort Worth, Tex.; premises at 4930 Brookside Boulevard and a fac- tory site in Kansas City, Mo.; premises at 210-214 North Liberty street, Balti- more; a factory site in Chicago and an_improved lot in Landover, Md. The personal estate includes $125.000 cash; notes and mortgages, $85,000; stocks and bonds, $200,000, and other effects, $5,000. EMPTY GUN SUFFICIENT Crosby Noyes Boyd Captures Sus- pect With Unloaded Weapon. Crosby Noyes Boyd captured a burglar suspect at the point of a shotgun last night when he surprised the intruder on the second-flood balcony of his home, at 2409 Waterside drive. Mrs. Boyd saw the man and called her husband, who had just returned from a hunting trip. He “covered” the man with an unloaded double-barreled shotgun and held him until police arrived. ‘The suspect was booked for investi- gation at No, 3 precinct, and said he was Le Roy Johnson, colored, 22 years old, of Rocky Mount, N. C. The man explained he arrived only last night and had planed to spend the night in & bed of leaves in Rock Creek Park. He said he noticed a blanket on the balcony and climbed up to take it, according to po- r FRIDAY, NOVEMBER in charge of public parks | 18 BREVITIES OWNERS INDICTED BY JURY | ONMAIL VIOLATION Baltimore Federal Panel Finds Defendants Guilty on Postal Obscenity Charges. INTERSTATE COMMERCE RULES FOUND IGNORED Joseph Ottenstein, Recently Con- victed Here, Among Eight Individuals Held. The Brevities Publishing Co, Inc., publishers of the Washington Brevities and other papers, and four other cor- porations and eight idividuals® were indicted by a Federal grand jury in | Baltimore yesterday on charges of send- ing obscene matter through the mails | and shipping obscene matter in inter- | state commerce. Joseph Ottenstein, president of the | District News Co., 809 I street, recently | convicted in Police Court here on a charge of distributing obscene literature, was one of the individuals indicted. Arrested After Indictment, C. C. Rumold, E. M. Budner and Donald E. Tracy were arrested imme- | diately after the indictment, contain- ing 56 counts, was returned. They were | released on $1,500 bond each, however, | pending trial. Besides the Brevities Publishing Co., a Maryland corporation, the indictment mentions the Maryland News Co., the A., B. & M. Corporation, the Daily Run- ning Horse and the Cecelia Investment Co. According to Simon E. Sobeloff, United States attorney for the Balti- more district, who directed the investi- gation that resulted in the indictment these concerns are interlocking com- panies with the publishing house. ‘The other individuals named in the indictment are: M. L. Annenberg, Walter H. Annenberg, H. E. Murray and J. D. Bannon, all of New York, who are the sole stockholders of the A, B. & M. Corporation. Other Publications. Rumold and Budner are president and secretary, r ctively, of the Brevities Publishing Co., and Tracy is editor of the concern’s various publica- tions. Besides the Washington Brevi- tles, these include the Baltimore Brevi- ties, the Philadelphia Brevities, the Chicago Hush and the New York Hush, according to Sobeloff. The Washington Brevities has been barred from newsstands here several times by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover., The publication was defi- nitely put out of business in the Dis- trict last October 29, when ein, also connected with the Maryland News Co,, promised Police Court Judge Isaac R. Hitt he would discontinue dis- tributing it here. In consideration of this pledge, Judge Hitt suspended a sentence of 180 days in jail or a $500 fine imposed on Ottenstein a short time before. Previously, a $500 fine imposed on| George J. Winter, manager of the Dis- trict Distributing Co., had bn sus- pended on similar conditions. YOUNG WOMAN INJURED WHEN AUTOS COLLIDE Miss Peggy Barnhill, 19, Treated at Emergency—G@ir], 4, Suffers Broken Leg. | Miss Peggy Barnhill, 19, of 1324 K | street. was injured today in an auto- mobile collision in the 2500 block of Thirteenth street. She was treated at Emergency Hospital for cuts about the head and body and shock. X-ray pho- tographs are to be taken to determine if she has a fractured skull. Miss Barnhill, police say, was riding in an automobile operated by James Fitzpatrick, 37, of the 2000 block of Eleventh street, when the machine col- lided with an automobile operated Frank Rowley, 382, of 3800 block of Georgla avenue. Mary Juenemann, 4-year-old daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Juene- mann, 2448 Huldekoper place, suffered a broken leg yesterday when a veloci- pede on which she was riding overturn- ed when it struck & depression in the sidewalk. The child was treated at Georgetown Hospital. e ADONIRAM DEGREE TEAM TO INITIATE NEW CLASS Superexcellent Masters’ Rank to Be Conferred at Scottish Rite Temple. The degree team of Adoniram Coun- cil, No. 2, Royal and Select Masters, will | confer the super-excellent masters de- | gree tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the | Scottish Rite Temple, Third and E streets. Those who will have prominent parts | in conferring the degree are Willis E. Robinson, Harry G. Kimball, George L. | Sherman, Clarence J. West, Rev. M. C. Marseglia andEdward Burkholder. The drill team of Columbia Commandery also will assist. Invitations to attend have been ex- tended to Reuben A. Bogley, grand | master of Masons; Charles C. Coombs, grand high priest; Noble D. Larner, illustrious grand master, and L. Whiting Estes, grand commander. e Marriage Licenses. Daniel H. Driver, 22, and Anna B. Moon, 19, both of Alberene, Judge Robert E. Mattingly. Carey G. Whetzel, 30, and Kathryn O. Myers, 20, both of Winchester, Va.; Rev. John E. Briges. Cornel_Vaughan, 23, 45 Canal st and Elizabeth Militon, 22, 142 O st. Rev. J. W. MeCoy. 2 Thomas G. Eailey, 21, 2510 M Dorothy E. Turner, 18, 2510 M George W. Coleman. Lewis E. Hall, 26, 541 Florida ave Beatrice Roberts, 25, 2215 Flagler pl Henry W. Colston. Willlam O. Thomas, 23, 826 20th st and Ef{nelln;, Pvt Riffle, 23, 2019 I st.; Rev. Sam- uel 3 Porter. i . Littleton. 24, 3516 34th st and Rev. Society and General 1932. e PAGE B—1 Sings to Mosquitoes MACHINE EXPECTED TO F. L. Knowles, assistant physicist, LURE THEM TO DEATH. | Public Health Service, demonstrates his machine to lure mosquitoes to their death. The device, designed like a radio, sings like a mosquito. The inventor hopes that the insects will respond to the singing in great numbers so they can be destroyed. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. toes, in the hope of luring great numbers of them to de- struction, one of the most deli- P cate sound-producing machines ever de- | vised has been constructed by physicists of the Public Health Service. Its range is from the sounds produced by 115 to 9,000 vibrations per second —considerably above and below the hearing thresholds of the human ear. With the combined skill of the mu- sician and physicist used in producing the machine, it can provide sounds varying by one-fortieth of a tone by changing the vibration frequency one | cycle per second at the lower end of the scale and 20 cycles per second at the upper. ‘This is far finer, it was explained, than can possibly be discriminated by a human being. The mechanism, how- ever, may be of considerable value in RIMARILY to duplicate exactly | various noises made by mosqui- | ~—sStar Staff Photo. that the hum of the generators of an electric power plant located near mos- quito-ridden marshes in Massachusetts attracted vast numbers of the insects. the sounds made by other mosquitoes it is evidently quite a limited response, probably within a very narrow tone range. This is the reason for the ex- treme fineness of the Public Health Service mechanism. First the actual vibration range of mosquito sounds can between tones that would not be de- | tectable to the most delicate human | ear might mean & good deal to the | insect. Thus far, no actual experiments have | been carried out with the machine. {1t is only one of the numerous lines that are being followed, it was ex- plained, to find some attraction that will bring vast numbers of mosquitoes | into & closely packed group where they can be easily destroyed. | Other tests are under consideration hearing tests where exact measurement | L Rer KOs, &0 EAASH SOPE CPTAL OF of the finest possible discriminations are desirable. That mosquitoes are attracted by sounds, it was explained, still is an unverified hypothesis. It is known that they are highly sociable insects, swarm- ing in vast hordes in response to var- ious stimuli. Some years ago Dr. L. O. Howard, former chief of the Bureau of Entomology of the Department of Agri- culture, sald there was some reason to believe various sounds acted as swarm- ing stimuli and later it was reported | some smells. will, under certain cir- | | cumstances, prove a powerful attraction | to the insects, but thus far it has been | impossible to determine exactly what those smells are. A certain odor will work under one set of atmospheric con- | ditions and then fail. ‘The sound machine, | Frederick L. Knowles, Public Health | Service physicist, was explained by Surg. Gen. Hugh S. Cumming before a meeting of electrical engineers in New York Wednesday night. RULING EXPECTED ON INAUGURATION Roosevelt to Be Asked Choice of Simple or Elaborate Ceremony on Visit. Washington may know next week whether it can expect an inauguration on the old-fashioned scale or along the more simple, economical lines of recent administrations. When President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt comes here Tuesday to confer with President Hoover on the war debts question he will be asked just what kind of an insuguration he desires, John F. Costello, Democratic national committeeman for the District, said to- day. Costello, other Democratic leaders here and the Washington Board of Trade all favor a big parade and jubilee. They were joined last night by the Federation of Business Men's Associa- | tions, which went on record at its regu- Jar meeting for an elaborate inaugura- tion celebration. “I am prepared to tell Gov. Roose- velt that huge crowds are coming here,” said Costello. “Information I have from Democratic leaders throughout the country makes this certain. “We feel that the eity ought to do by | something to entertain these crowds. Foremost among our tentative plans Is, of course, an old-fashioned parade—one like we had at Woodrow Wilson's first ina We_ think a parade and celebration would not only be appro- priate, but would buoy up the morale of the entire Nation.” If the President-elect approves Cos- tello’s idea the District Democratic leader will recommend appointment of some one to head the Roosevelt-Garner Inaugural Committee and direct the celebration. A committee now confer- ring on inaugural matters includes Cos- tello, John B. Colpoys, Daniel C. Roper, Robert W. Wooley and Col. E. T. Brown. WINS BET; LOSES $50 Barber Fined for Using Alleged Excessive Force to Collect. Leroy Davis, colored, barber shop pro- prietor, 1005 Fourteenth street, won an argument over 30 cents with a former employe yesterday, but the victory cost him $50 when he was haled into Police Court today on an assault charge. Charles Contee, a barber, told Judge Isaac R. Hitt that Davis struck him over the head with an iron pipe, rendering him unconscious, when Davis called at the shop to collect a 30-cent bet. The court decided that even though Davis might have been entitled to the 30 cents he had employed excessive force in the argument. INCREASE IN FIRE PERIL IS FEARED Officials Cite Loss of Many U. S. Building Guards _ After Pay Cuts. | Many large Government buildings are in peril of fire because of inadequate protection, brought about by curtailed appropriations and a much-reduced force, accordingto the Office of Public | Buildings and Public Parks. Officials | there revealed today that since the econ- omy act went into effect, some 35 building | guards have left the service to secure | employment elsewhere in the Govern- | ment. These places cannot be filled, so other guards have to double up and the size of the “beats” have had to be in- creased. Administrative furloughs have further cut into the force. Capt. Doyle O. Hickey, U. 8. A, head of the protection division of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, | to the Government dropping its fire in- surance.” From July 1, 1925, to Julpy 1, 1932, re explained, there have been some 600 fires in public buildings under his office, and more than 95 per cent of them have been discovered by guards and in their incipiency. ‘The captain sald the Government has been fortunate so far in being able to keep down losses, but there is always the menace of & great fire, particularly in the temporary structures. Capt. Hickey’s office has had to ¢on- solidate buildings and in some cases one man has to look out for two build- ings. Lengthening the “beats” also means that a man does not get over his territory as often. With reduced forces, however, the Office of Public Buildings and Public iPaxks is keeping a 24-hour watch on all bulldings, with the limited personnel at its command. The depleted force is | still further reduced, Capt. Hickey as- serted, because the law requires that the men can be worked only six days a week, so each is entitled to a “sign- off” day, weekly. As an example of the problem, Capt. Hickey said that yesterday, of the 373 men now on the guard force, 134 are away on adminis- trative leave, made mandatory by cur- tailed appropriations for their salaries, while 56 were sick or on their day coff. The Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks took a cut of $116,000 in |its salary appropriation for the build- | ings guards, representing a reduction of 21 per cent. Impoundments in July totaled $8,640, officials explained today, while the total impoundment for the current fiscal year promises to be | $23,774. In addition to the buildings guards of |the Office of Public Buildings and | Public Parks, the Department of Agri- |culture, _Veterans’ Administration, | Treasury artment and Government | Printing Office each has its own sepa- rate buildings guards organization, of- ficials asserted. BOOTLEGGING CREAM ROUSES DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICERS Arrests to Follow Inquiry Into New Industry in Which, and Irene B. Pritchard, 24, 444 Kentucky v Rev. Thomas A. Walsh. George W. Ads 52, New'York City, 1248 20th st.; Rev. Frank W. Alstor] Benyamin J. Silyerman, 21, and Dets M witz, 18, both of Baltimore: Rev. 8. H. M Wilbert Phillips, 3#_ 1902 6th Queen E. Crocker, 22, 761 Hobart st. Sheridan Carter. Elsner K. Glenn, 22, and Eunice E. Wil- burn, 19, both of Richmond; Rev. John C. Ball. 5 H. Minor, 31, 5216 Cloud pl. 2. Yancer, 3, 030 N st Rev. Inspection Regulations Are Evaded. ler, is that the cream is imported as cream for the manufacture of ice cream partment. ‘There is a differential in price of $8 can (containing 10 gallons) Mwe& But if the mosquito does respond to| be determined in physical terms and | then exactly duplicated. A difference | | | onstructed by | | £aid this condition “practically amounts | ready ropean become Jaws on CATHOLIC . RALLY, INJURING 3, UNDER PROBE BY BROWN Written Report Asked of Stu- dents’ Disorder—Fireman Cox’s Wrist Broken. APPARATUS COLLIDES ON WAY TO BONFIRE Two Policemen Pelted With Mud as Blaze Is Started During an Address. Ma). Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police, today began an Investiga- tion of the disorder that resulted in the Injury of two policemen and a fire- man following a “pep rally” at Catholic University last night Maj. Brown ordered Lieut. John M. Roper, fifth precinct, in charge of the police called to the university and one of the officers hurt, to prepare a de- talled written report of the disorder. Fireman’s Wrist Fractured. Sergt. Earl Cox, 44, Engine Co. No. 24, suffered a fractured wrist when ap- paratus on which he was speeding to the university in response to one of two alarms turned in as a result of the rally, collided with an automobile at Georgla avenue and Irving street. The policemen were hurt in a clash with students, who are alleged to have ! been halting automobiles and rocking them back and forth, and stalling street cars by removing their trolleys as they | passed over the Monroe street northeast bridge. Finger Broken in Scuffle. Pvt. John Foster, operating the fifth precinct emergency car, had a finger broken in the scuffie with several stu- dents who surrounded his machine and attempted to turn it over. Lieut. Roper was slightly hurt in a tussle with an- other group of students. Cox still was confined to Emergency Hospital today, but Foster and Roper were discharged after receiving treatment last night. The alarms were sounded when boys in the neighborhood crept past student guards and set off a pile of debris gathered for a freshman bonfire. The last speaker at the rally, Rev. Ignatius Smith, was in the midst of his address when the students gathered in the gymnasium discovered the bonfire. They ran from the building and took out after the boys who had started the fire. A short time later two shacks were set afire—by students, according to the police, and by the boys, accord=- ing to the students. Thrown From Truck. Cox was standing on the running board of the fire truck when the crish occurred. He was thrown into the street, receiving a cut on his arm, in addition to the broken wrist. Joseph Adams, 40, colored, driver of the au- tomobile in collision’ with the apparatus, escaped injury, although his car was damaged. He was arrested on a charge of failure to give the right of way. After everything had quieted dovw! the students accused the police of hav ing used guns, clubs and tear gas c: them, but this was denied by the p lice, who retailated by charging (! students with bombarding a motor-cy officer with mud. The “home-coming” progfim was ar- ranged by the Washington chapter of the university’s Alumni Association in connection with the foot ball game with Duquesne University tonight. SL smeins PAGEANT TO BE GIVEN TOMORROW NIGHT “Phyllis Wheatley,” Bicentennial Offering, Scheduled Armstrong High. at “Phyllis Wheatley,” a Bicentennial pageant, written by Mary Church Ter- rell, will be presented in the auditorium of Armstrong High School tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. The performance will be given under the auspices of & committee of'the District Bicentennial Commission. Phyllis Wheatley, though born in slavery, became a poet of such note as to attract the attention of George Washington, who wrote her a letter commending her “poetic talents” and “elegant lines.” SIMON E. SULLIVAN FUNERAL RITES HELD Assistant Superintendent of Post- master Appointments Buried in Holy Rood Cemetery. Funeral services were held today at St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Tenleytown, for Simon E. Sullivan, 67, assistant superintendent of postmaster appoint- ments, Post Office Department, who dled Tuesday at his home in Friendship Helghts, Md., following a heart attack. Burial was in Holy Rood Cemetery. Among the floral pieces at the funeral was one from President and Mrs. Hoo- ver. Mr, Sullivan, an excellent penman, had often written invitations and an- nouncements for social functions at the White House, as well as for other events, He had been in Government service for many years. Besides his widow, Mrs. Mary Polk Sullivan, he is survived by a son, James Polk Sullivan, and a daughter, Mary Stuart Sullivan. WOMEN PROTEST VOTE BARRING NIGHT WORK ‘The recent World Court vote in favor of barring women executives from night work was attacked in a statement yes- terday by Ruth Taunton, headquarters secretary of the National Woman's Party, as condemning women “to poor- er-paid and the more monotonous jobs™ by excluding them from “all higher positions of responsibility.” The statement said protests were being sent to The Hague by women “from New York to California,” called the court’s view “obviously detrimental to women” and continued with the ob- servation it “had the effect of rallying intelligent persons to indorse with re- newed vigor the pi 'd Nye reserva- tion, which states t if this country Joins the World Court the law to be administered by that court shall not contain inequalities based on sex. * * * “American women do not wish jeop= ardized such justice as they have al- obtained in this country. Eu- opinion at The Hague must it of the fact that labor on sex discrimination are the wane.” i