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L2 L3 A—14 1. 5. RECOGNITION OF SOVIET RUSSIA URGED BY FARMERS Also Favor Cash Bonus and Recall of Troops in Foreign Lands. ENDING OF RESTRICTIONS ON FREE SPEECH ASKED Resolutions Indorsing Relief Plans Involving Inflation of Cur- rency Defeated. In their closing sessions today the 250 farmers from 26 States participating in the Farmers’ National Relief Confer- ence adopted resolutions calling for recognition of Soviet Russia, immediate payment of the soldiers’ bonus, with- drawal of American armed forces from foreign waters and lands and other “re- forms” deemed by them essential to the wel(nle of the country. ?‘ermment executive group to work for ti objectives and for the list of specific demands made of Congress yes- terday is being organized by the con- ference, preparatory to adjournment late today. The farmers expressed their sympa- thy not only for the cause of the bonus marchers now convening here, but also for that of the “hunger marchers,” who Tecently departed. The bonus resolution was approved on the assumption that payment of the | S:h compensation to veterans at this e will put needed money into cir- gnum and result indirectly in great efit to agriculture. Inflation Proposals Lose. Another resolution demanded elimina- #on of all restrictions against free assembly and free speech, with par- lar reference to e e ight of groups emnm to petition their Government . Leaders of the confer- ence &lid today they had no complaint regarding their reception at the Capitol and White House yesterday, however. Disfranchisement of the Negro in the South was protested. A number of resolutions indorsing re< Mef plans involving inflation of the currency were defeated by the farmers. ‘The conference demanded that Amer- ican battleships stationed in foreign waters and United States Marines assigned to protect American invest- ments in foreign lands be withdrawn. It was the sense of the delegates that American citizens preferring to invest their money abroad instead of in this country should do so at their own risk, devoid of military protection. Secretary to Be Named. Most of these resolutions were dis- cussed at a meeting of the conference late last night in Plasterers’ Hall, on New Jersey avenue. A motion picture showing farming operations in Soviet Russia was shown. ‘The main business of the convention this afternoon will be the election of a gmunmt national secretary in Wash- gton to attend to the interests of the unmrl ‘The majority of the farmers are to make their departure in :utnmobflu and trucks tomorrow and Monday. A committee will remain here to attend a hearing Monday morning be- fore the Senate Committee on Agricul- ture, at which time the demands of the conference for a farm debt moratorium, a $500,000,000 direct relief outlay, a Federal price-fixing body and other easures will be pressed. COUNSELS CONFER ON GAS LIGHT PLAN Arthur Dean and William A. Rob- erts Meeting Causes Rise of Rumors. Arthur Dean of counsel for the out- of-town owners of 84 per cent of the capital stock of the Washington Gas Light Co., and Willlam A. Roberts, l.s- sistant corporation counsel, yesterdy: conferred at length in Mr. Rog::ts ol- fice at the District Building. Rumors grompny circulated that the conference ad something to do with the stock- holders’ meeting of the gas company set for next Tuesday or the litigation between the gas company owners and the Public Utilities Commission. Neither of the lawyers would throw any light on the subject of their talk, however. Dean is a member of the firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, New York attor- neys. A group of his clients, including the Chase, Harris Forbes Corporation, a subsidiary or affiliate of the Chase Na- tional Bank, has been ordered by the commission to divest itself of all owner- ship and control of the stock men- tioned, on the ground, among others, that its holding is in' violation of the La Follette anti-merger law. This group has filed suit for an injunction to Testrain the commission from putting this order into effect. The commission has not yet filed its reply. The stockholders’ meeting has been | postponed from time to time since last January, since a quorum cannot be present under the commission’s order. BLAINE CRITICIZES DISTRICT POLICEMEN| Republican Senator From Wiscon- sin Charges Discourteous Treatment. District policemen were criticized in the Senate yesterday afternoon by ginntor Blaine, Republican, of Wiscon- who charged that a. party of citizens of his State coming here to plead for farm relief were interfered with and treated discourteously as they entered the city Sunday night. Senator Blaine declared a citizen of Wisconsin and a party of friends, “who were.here on a lawful business, who were farmers following the peaceful pursuits of agriculture in their State, coming to the City of Washington to resent in a lawful manner their peti- jon, were detained on New York ave- nue during Sunday night.” He sald this citizen was not with the group seeking unemployment relief, but by accident was drawn into the caravan of automobiles transporting the repre- sentatives of the unemployed. ‘The Wisconsin Senator said he had been informed members of the police force had used lnngun‘e “that was in- Further on in his speech Senato: was said that liquor mmwflcemmtnwm" Christian Church Ruucked. ‘The office of the National City Church at Thomas Circle was tered and ransacked last night, it was reported to police today. Rev. vieve Brown, assistant church, made the report telling she Mliwed ‘m:flgrm one had mfhechurchbelmh check showed that nothing THE EVNING Baby Killed by Gas MONOXIDE FUMES FROM HEATER FATAL. Roy C. Hoyle, jr. 15 months’ old, 'UNERAL services were held today for 15-month-old Roy C. Hoyle, jr., killed by carbon monoxide fumes created by a gas heater last night while taking a nap in the home of his grandfather, Dr. C. ( Burtrun Crabill, 1747 P street. The baby was found dead by his mother and _step-grandmother “when to do some sewing on his garments. Their screams_brought Dr. Crabill and | Lieuts. L. C. Newman and Willlam C. Booth, Naval Hospital physicians, who make their home. with the Crabills, The three doctors, aided by Mrs. they went to the second-floor bed room | killed by carbon monoxide fumes last night, and his grandfather, Dr. M. Burtrun Crabill. Hoyle, a trained nurse, made a futile attempt to revive the baby, while await- ing the fire rescue squad. A certificate ol accidental death was issued by Deputy Coroner - A. Magruder Mac- Donald, who said {he carbon monoxide was caused by incomplete combustion. Hoyle, a Districe surveyor, and his wife took the baby to the Crabill home from their residence at 8303 Houston treet, Silver Spring, Md., yesterd The baby was put to sleep about 6 o'clock while the family dined. It was immediately after dinner that Mrs. Hoyle and Mrs, Crabill discovered the baby had been overcome. STENTISTS REPORT ON YEAR'S STUDIES Carnegie Institution Workers PROGRAM MAPPED FOR BONUS ARMY Presentation of Petition to Make Advances in Life Problems. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. New frontiers in many directions have been established during the year by scientists of the Carnegie Institution | of Washington. Results of thelr work from labcra- tories all over the world are revealed in a public exhibition at the headquarters building here, which opened today, fol- lowing the annual meeting of the insti- tution’s trustees yesterday. Some of the cutstanding achievements were in the study of intricate phe- nomena of life. Carnegie biologists are making intensive studies of a large colony of monkeys in Baltimore. As a living organism the monkey is very close to the human being, but can be subjected to experimental procedures in pursuit of knowledge which would be impossible wuh men and women, the phenomena upon which has been reached is that of the begin- ning of life with its intricate depen- dence on almost infinitely small secre- tions of chemical substances—the hormones of the glands of internal secretion—which have _revolutionary effects on the body. The Carnegie blologists are untangling the compli- cated snarl of these effects and counter- effects—how minute secretion from the pituitary at the base of the brain sets other glands to secreting, reacting again on the pituitary, and so on. $1,581,194 Appropriated. The trustees yesterday made appro- priations of $1,581,194 for continuation of these researches and branching out into new fields, following the report of the year's achievements made by Presi- dent John C. Merriam. Existence of mysterious internal forces regulating the growth of children were explained today by Dr. Charles B. Davenport, director of the institution’s genetics department. Dr. Davenport's conclusions were based on an intensive study for the last 10 years of children in an institution where all were housed alike, offered the same food at precisely the same times, had rigidly controlled sanitary habits and the same opportunities for work and play. The study was an effort to differentiate the factors in the growth of children due to the external environ- ment from those due to internal forces. Factors Hereditary. It is practically certain, Dr. Daven- port said, that these factors are heredi- tary and responsible for the tendencies of children of the same parents to grow alike in spite of external differences. It may be possible, he said, at certain stages in t 'Erowth of a boy to tell how tall he “For some hours or days after birth,” Dr. Davenport said, “the child does not grow at all. Once adjusted to the new conditions it begins the 14-year climb that reaches to maturity. Hardly another animal whose life history is known grows so slowly. We do mnot know. what represses growth at this time, but the prolonged period gives the occasion and justification of the long years of often dreary training that the educational system has devised to fill the child's time. “Only after many years the lock- step of slow growth is broken. In one year the boy of 14 or 15 may add 4 inches to his stature. After this epi- | sode further growth is partly inhibited and slowly fades away. There may be a brief spurt at about 9 years, but in these cases growth is slowed up before the great adolescent spurt.” “Giant” Sometimes Results. ‘There is reason to believe, Dr. Dav- enport said, that some secretion of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland at the base of the brain is the special stimulator of these mysterious growth spurts, especially affecting the long bones of the legs and arms. There is also some evidence, he said, that nor- mally the lobe ceases to secrete this hormone as soon as the growth spurt is over. Sometimes something goes amiss and the secretion continues, with a “glant” as the result. New properties of the hormone pro- lactin, a secretion of the anterior pituitary discovery this Summer by the Carnegle biologists, were described by Dr. Oscar Riddle, its discoverer. This is the hormone responsible for milk secretion. But, Dr. Riddle explained, it is secreted in both the male and female organism and has the same effect in both if mammary glands are developed. These can be developed in male animals by other hormone injec- um]ls and the result is a milk-giving male. But this happens only experimentally and not in nature. Consequently, Dr. mddle sald, it must be respensible for other powerful effects, since the secre- uonoccunlgzbothu;.b “’l:lellm experiments, he said, have shown it is probably mflbl& for the Inv crease in size ‘of the liver. From this it follows that it may have great signifi- and hence be une o( the important factors in organic Extremely mu lmounu produce about half ‘was | milk cance in the production of blood sugar | the Congress Is Planned Wednesday. With approximately 300 bonus march- ers already in Washington, according to the latest police estimate, and others reported to be trickling in hour by hour, officials of the Veterans’ Central Rank and File Committee today were com- pleting the program for the new bonus march. Present plans, as announced by Emanuel Levin, rank and flle spokes- man, call for a mass meeting Tuesday night, presentation of a petition for immediate cash payment of the soldiers’ bonus at the Capitol Wednesday and a meeting Thursday to decide what further action should be taken. Although the Police Departmént stands prepared to handle the 3,000 bonus marchers said by Levin to be on their way to the Capital from all p!l".l of the country, Inspector Lewis I. Edwards. expressed doubt that the march would assume such large propor- Groups Awaiting Orders. According to the sponsors of the march, however, groups of veterans who have been awaiting orders to move toward Washington from Baltimore, Hagerstown, Md.; Gettysburg, Pa., and other points, have been told to head this way at once. Whether the march- ers will enter the Capital in groups or continue to drift in a few at a time will depend on “the attitude of the police,” 1t was said. Representatives of the rank and file planned to approach the District Com- nmissioners today, they said, in an effort to induce them to remove the restric- tions placed on the marchers by the police. Maj. Ernest W, Brown, superintend- ent of police, has decreed the chers may enter the city if they have a direct destination and can give assurance they will be housed and fed. Otherwise they will be escorted out of the District. Announcement march had been called off after a con- ference with Gen. Frank T. Hines, vet- erans’ administrator, was repudlaud by the rank and file. Group Agrees Not to l.m:h. The announcement was made by Gen. Hines, who sald George Anthony, Chi- cago, a representative of the B. E. F., and three members of his staff agreed to cancel the march upon a promise from the general that he would do all he could to obtain aid for veterans in their own communities. However, Harold Hickerson, repre- senting the rank and file, declared his group, under leadership of John T. Pace, who led the radical left wing of the B. E. F. last Summer, would march just the same. “Our people are on the way,” he said, “and they’ll be here in time for the mass meeting Tuesday and the delivery of a petition to Congress Wednesday. Anthony can't stop even the men he thinks are his own.” Nevertheless, the police, at Anthony's request, last night broadcast a request to authorities in all parts of the cou try to be on the alert for B. E. F. mem- bers and to notify them to return to their home camps immediately. SMOKESTACK LIMIT PLACED AT 180 FEET D. C. Commissioners Refuse to Per- mit 225-Foot Elevation at Pepco Plant. Among knowledu of far-reaching significance | tions The District Commissioners today de- cided to allow the Potomac Electric Power Co. to build smokestacks on its proposed Buzzards Point power plant to a height of 180 feet instead of 225 feet as requested by the power company. The decision was based partly on the effect upon the beauty of the city, par- ticularly the Capitol, as viewed from the projected new boulevard, and partly on the ground that the high smokestacks would obstruct aviators seeking a land- ing on Bolling Field, opposite Buzzards Point, or lolhwmx the Anacostia River. purlfy lt and lt is !!DQCM that the pure product will work in far minuter quantities. Although organically very close to the human being, it is shown in another exhibit prepared for the Carncgle trus- tees, recent work with the institution’s monkey colony shows its heat produc- tion, per unit of body weight, is :l.mnlt m- t.wica u mt and ":mv hea mpermm in temperature. 'l'ht monkey has met . ‘mbhmtnmw-y.ammy y duction. production it varies mammals, %‘hkmmlmmwuu Dr. STAR,. yesterday _that the | W R NGTON, GAS TAX MONEY'S USE N HIGHWAY UPKEEP 1S URGED Director Whltehurst Submlt ting Estimates, Favors Cut- ting New Construction. WOULD REQUIRE SHIFT FROM GENERAL FUND 1934 Figures Accepted by Budget Bureau Virtually Without Change, Says Official. Bhifting of part of the burden of maintaining District highways from the general fund to the gascline tax fund, and concentrating on maintenance and upkeep of present highways by cutting down on new highway construction are the central ideas dominating the 1934 estimates of the Highway Department, according to Herbert C. Whitehurst, director of the Department of High- ways. The Budget Bureau accepted the estimates of the Highway Depart- ment virtually intact, according to Whitehurst. The gagoline tax fund, obtained from the District tax of 2 cents per gul- Ior Bighway constmuction snd remal The general fund is made up of taxes received on real estate, personal prop- erty, the Federal contribution and other miscellaneous sources. The gasoline tax money is earmarked, and may not be used for any purpose except the ones named, whereas the general fund is available for any municipal purpose. New Construction Use. In the past, the gas tax money has | been reserved for new construction, and all repairs have come out of the general fund. In the 1934 estimates, for the first time, the entire burden of street re- pairs is shifted from the general fund to the gasoline tax fund, although in order to make this possible it was nec- essary to reduce materially the amount of new construction to be carried on under the gas tax fund. The Highway Department's estimates for 1934 (eliminating the estimates for the trees and parking division and cer- tain other work not strictly highway, and eliminating also the cost of widen- ing Constitution avenue, which is split between the District and Federal Gov- ernment) amount to $3,381,500. Elimi- nating legislative savings under the economy act, this comes to $3,325,380. In the current fiscal year the appropri- ation is $3,508,700 (with the same elim- inations as above). The estimates show a net reduction of $127,200 (plus economy act decrease of $56,120) over the appropriation. This is accomplished by a decrease of $597,200 (plus economy act deductions, $50,120), in the street division, par- tially offset by an increase of $470,000 (less economy act deductions, $6,000) in the bridge division caused by the estimate for the new Calvert Street Bridge. Only $224,030 Exception. Of the estimated requirements of the street division, the entire amount ex- cept $224,030 for assessment and permit ! work is from the gas tax fund. All minor construction and repairs to bridges likewise will come from the gas tax fund. For comparative purposes it may be pointed out that in the 1933 appropri- ation for the two divisions 47 per cent came from the general fund and 53 per cent from the gas tax fund. Under the 1934 estimates only 30 per cent is pay- able from the general fund and 70 per cent from the gas tax. In dollars and cents the distribution is: Geversl fund idid Genersl fund..s] 005600 (net $1.004,030) Total $3,381.500 (net $3,325.280) ‘The net figures are those after de- ducting the legislative savings. The following table will show the relatively enormous cut in the estimates for new construction, in comparison with those for maintenance, reclama- tion, salvage and replacements: 1934 $840,000 315.000 550,000 769.000 Ne Miscellaneous 5.000 Total . 0 $2,479,000 ‘The above figures refer to the street division only, and do not include the bridge division. Fund Shows Increase. The increased drain on the gasoline tax fund, according to Whitehurst, }aoulble because collections for that d show a steady increase, in spite of the depression. The collections in- creased from $1600,000 in the 1931 fiscal year to $2,000,000 in the 1932 year. During the present fiscal year the ale of collections indicates that ap- roximately the same collections will ge made in 1933 as less in 1932. The 1934 estimates are expected to use up the 1934 collections and the present surplus and leave a balance of approxi- mately $100,000 in the fund at close of business in the 1934 fiscal year. MAJ. GEN. BISHOP IS CRITICALLY ILL Chief of Field Artillery, Stricken at Desk, in Serious Condition at Walter Reed. Maj. Gen. Harry G. Bishop, 58, chief of Fleld Anfllery of the Army, is crit- ically {ll at Walter Reed Hospital. He was stricken with heart disease at his desk last Wednesday. A native of Grand Raplds, Mich, Gen. Bishop is a graduate of West Point and has been in the Army since 1897, the year before the Spanish- American War. He was first commis- sioned in the Infantry, but a year later was transferred to the Field Artillery, which branch of the service he now heads. Gen. Bishop served with. distinction in France during the World War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the French Legion of Honor rank of officer. He served with the 169th Fleld Artillery and later with the 3rd Brigade. He is married and resides at 3601 Connecticut avenue. D. C. Buys Property. Commissioners yeste! authorized the purchase of the prop- erty at 302 Indiana avenue, lmpmved by & 12-room brick dwelling, forlll 000, the purchase price representing 150 per cent of the assessed value. This property is to be bought from Marion J. Malone as part of the site lu' the Erwmd Municipal Center, most is now owned by the District. site extends from Third to and Judiciary Season’s First Snow Blankets City SLEDS BROUGHT FORTH AS WINTEE DONS ITS COAT OF WHITE. . Bquare, Capital. P ICTURESQUE Rock Creek Park took on added splendor today as the season’s nm snowfall descended on the ‘The Star's camerman made the upper photo ahortly after the flurry settled. Lower picture shows & group of youngsters enjoying the most popular Winter port. Left to mht, they are: Patricia Farnsworth, Terresa Kocsis, Cestilda Cunningham and Susie Kocsis, l.nd ‘Jean Berberich. + —Star Staff Photos. RICHARDSON GIVEN PRAISE OF DISTRICT Leading Colored Citizen Hon- ored at Testimonial Banquet. High praise for his half century of | community service was paid Dr. George H. Richardson, leading colored citizen, at a testimonial banquet last night in the New Masonic Temple, Tenth and U streets, honoring him on his retire- ment from the presidency of the Fed- eration of Civic Associations, of which he has been head for 11 years. Approximately 150 guests, including representatives of the 18 civic associa- tions included in the federation, and public officials, attended the affair. George W. Beasley, who succeeded Dr. Richardson as president of the organi- zation last month, introduced Edward F. Harris, chairman of the Banquet Committee, who acted as T. List of Speakers. Speakers included Garnet C. Wilkin- son, assistant superintendent of school James G. Yaden, president of the Fe« eration of Citizens’ Association; Lieut. R. E. York, Assistant Engineer Com- missioner, representing Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer; Dean Kelly Miller of Howard University, Judge James A. Cobb of the Municipal Court, William H. Lewis, president of the Garfield Civic Association; George T. Beason, president of the Rock Creek Citizens’ Association; Dr. Emmett J. Scott, sec- retary of Howard University, and Dr. P. 1 A. Bennett. Dr. Richardson’s career on the Board of Education, to which he was named 35 years ago, was lauded by Mr. Wil- kinson, who extolled him for hfl dili- gent attention to public duty, fi: ticularly with reference to estab! ment of kindergartens and development of normal schools on a Democratic basis.” Mr. Yaden, who was head of the Citizens' Legislative Advisory Council during two years Dr. Richardson served on the body, referred to the retiring federation president as “a man devoted the |to interests of the entire community” and “who gained the ldmtrfl-lm of all who served with him.” A letter of lppnehwm from the Board of District Commissioners was read by Lieuc York, while Judge Cobb spoke of Dr. Richardson’s ouuundin( public service and praised also that of his wife, Mrs. Ida G. Richardson, and his daughter, Mrs. Virginia Richardson McGuire. Declaring Dr. Richardson “has placed the Negro here on the positive side of the equation of life,” Dean Miller named him “the first colored citizen of the District.” Dr. Scott described his hobbles as “civic righteousness, equality for all before the law, inde- pendence of thought and high idealism.” The greetings of the Citizens' Legisla- tive Advisory Council were brought by Mr. Lewis. Gifts Presented. A chair and smoking stand were pre- sented Dr. Richardson in behalf of the federation by Mr. Beason, while Miss Mary V. Thompson of the ladies’ aux- iliary of the Rock Creek civic up resented Mrs. Richardson wit! et of flowers. Dr. Bennett con- gratulated Dr. Richardson on behalf of the community and a letter of com- mendation from Dr. Walter H. Brooks was_read. The banquet opened with invocation by Rev. Arthur Chichester, chaplain of the Federation of Civic Associations, while music was provided during the course of the dinner by the All-High Henry Valle, George T. Beason and MaJ. How- ard D. Queen. Sewing Club Discontinues. ‘The Evening Sewing Club of the Dis- trict of Columbia Amu Red Cross will Ill its to an an- WEATHER FAILS TO STOP FAIRFAX FOX HUNT Capt. C. R. P. Rodgers Leads En- thusiastic Riders Across Virginia Hills. Snow and cold failed to deter the first hunt of the Fairfax hounds with their new joint masters, Capt. C. R. P. Rod‘ers and John Finerty of Washing- this morning, and an enthusiastic neld of riders braved the weather to Iollovl the chase across the Virginia The hunt met at Colvin Run on the Alexandria-Leesburg pike and rode far over the surrounding country before re- turning to the club house at Sunset Hills for a breakfast attended by more than 60 guests. Among_those who rode this morning were Lady Faith Montague of Hunt- ingtonshire, England; Charles Gaines, Frank Tyson, Miss Anm Hednck and Miss chy Hanna of W 0. . RECEIVERSHPS TERMED ‘RACKETS Lawyer Also. Asks Justice Luhring to Deny Request in Wardman Case. The charge that receiverships in ‘Washington have become a ‘“racket” ‘was made yesterday in District Supreme Court Attorney William B. O'Con- nell, wl asked Justice Oscar R. Lubring to deny a request of the re- ceivers for 10 Wardman properties for an additional $60,000 fee. Pointing out the three receivers have already been paid $10,000 each, O'Con- nell said their request for additional money was “‘outrageous, ridiculous and excessive.” Bondholders’ Attorney. The attorney was one of several rep- resenting minority bondholders who op- posed the recent public sale of the Bropermz ‘The District Supreme Court, owever, confirmed the sale. “The ' receivership business, if I may borrow the street vernacular, h.-l ‘become a ‘racket,’” O'Connell told . “It almost amounts to a public scandal.” Maj. Jullus I. Peyser, one of the Wardman receivers, asked: “Do 'you mean we are working s racket?” “I mean that to apply to receiverships in general,” the attorney replied. “I am not talking about eny receivership in rticular. ™ The other two receivers are Joseph P. mmulty former secretary to Presiden Wilson, and Thomas D. Carson. Denies Chluu. Pe; said the charges were not true and {lf:c the receivers were entitled to the additional money asked. The prop- erties under their man ent, he told the court, earned $2,069,208.; 5;1 fmfl; on October 21. He said the receivers had given “un- stintedly” of their time fof 15 months in the properties to & paying a | Dasis. O'Connell said the total fee asked is more than the combined yearly salaries of the justices of the District Supreme Court. He also objected to a request for payment an additional $15,000 to counsel ror receivers. Justice Luhring is still considering the request. SUES KRESGE Ellen G. Merrill Asks $20,000 Dam- ages for Fall in Store. Mthmm.mdmu-m in District Supreme Court YULE PROCESSION VIEWED BY 53.000 Prize Winners in Parade on Fourteenth Street Announced. Kris Kringle, driving his traditional team of reindeer, made his 1932 debut in uptown Washington last night with | & colorful parade on Fourteenth street, between Upshur street and Florida ave- nue, staged under auspices of the Co- lumbia Heights Business Men's Asso- clation. The association’s Christmas lane, decked with festoons of colored lights and decorated with evergreen trees on both sides of the street, formed an ad- mirable setting. Representatives of the association estimated more than 50,000 High officials and leading citizens, headed by Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, chairman of the Board of District Commissioners, were in the reviewing stand between Park road and Irving street, to watch the column as it moved southward beginning shortly after 8 o'clock. First prize for the outstanding band in the parade went to the District Fire Department, while the University of Maryland Band was second. Victory Post, American Legion, took first place in the drum and bugle corps contest, with Costello Post second. Job's Daughters captured first prize for the best marching unit, and Cen- tral High School Cadets were awarded second place. Gude Bros. float won first prize in its class, while the entry of Smith’s Transfer and Storage Co. took second place. ‘The committee of judges was com- posed of Dr. George C. Havenner, executive vice president of the District Bicentennial Commission; Maj. Ernest ‘W. Brown, superintendent of police, and Sergt. A. J. Bargagni, of the Fire De. partment Treining School. ‘The procession was led by Frank J. Sobotka as parade marshal. B. A. Levi- tan, general chairmen of the parade; A. R. Swan, president of the associa- tion, and other offieials of the associa- tion, with guests from other business men's groups, also took part in the parade, which was composed of eight BURIAL RITES TOMORROW FOR MRS. STELLA ROE Late Arlington County Resident Was Active in D. A. R. and Political Circles. Funeral services ‘will be held at 3 pm. tomorrow for Mrs. Stella Schutt Roe, who died Thursday at her home, 57 Melwood avenue, Cherrydale, Va., after a long illness. Burial will Columhh Gardens Cemetery, Clarendon. Mrs. Roe was a past officer of Francis Wallace Chapter, Daughters of the American Rewlunon, and a member of the Eastern Star, Woman's Party of the District and the Republican Club of Ar- She was born lt k Grove, the !lm- homestead in County, moved to WImfll. N. Y., !olln'in‘ ber marriage to Fred C. Roe of that city. They had lived in Cherrydale since 1918. Besides her husband, she is survived by six children, Fred C., jr.; Francis 8., John McK. Mrs. Stelia Schutt Wor- mald, William W. and Edward Thomas Roe; a brother, Francis Granger Schutt, Fla, and four sisters, Mrs. A OFFERS SALES TAX McLeod Would Exempt Food and Clothing Under $25. ICONFERENCE UR UNIFORNELAWS ON WORK OF CHILDREN Exploiting of Juveniles in- “Sweatshops” Described at Parley. CONNECTICUT OFFICIAL TELLS OF STATE RAIDS Miss Frances Perkins Says Jobs Now Offer Neither Wages Nor Training. A general appeal for uniform State child labor legislation and a complete check of the spread of employment among children at low wages in the place of men and women was made to- day by labor authorities gathered at the Children’s Bureau for a conference on juvenile problems arising out of the economic depression. ‘The conference was called by Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the bureau, at the request of the American Federation of Labor. Among the speakers was Miss Frances Perkins, New York State labor commissioner who is being mentioned promirently as the successor to Secre- tary of Labor Doak after March 4. Mr, Doak also was a speaker. Exploitation of the child, together with an increase in child labor in East- ern “sweat shops,” were cited by speak- ers in their appeals for a raise in the standards of child life, which they said has been jolted during the last three years, Like Raiding Speakeasies. “Raiding a sweat shop in my State” asserted Joseph N. Tone, labor commis= sloner of Connecticut, “is like raiding & speakeasy.” He declared the “sweat shops” had the same guard equipment used by the illegal saloon, imcluding doors with peekholes. Gov. Cross of Connecticut and Tcne recently launched a campaign against the sweat shops in that State and al- ready have prosecuted 14 operators, Tone said. “When we stage a raid on one of these shops,” he explained, “we knock on the front door and run around to the rear to catch the children as they are being pushed out by their em- ployers.” He added that ‘were paid only $2 or Miss Perkins told the g jobs open at present to boys and girls from 14 to 16 years old offer ically nothing w while from the stand- point tlth!r of training or earnings. Quoting figures of the New York Labor and October, is left to his own ingenuity to invent tale which will appeal to the buyers’ sympathies. Jjobs for adolescents culties is the increase of very low-) plece work.” Should Bar Children. In Miss Perking’ opinion, it would be better during the depression to keep children under 16 out of empwymm entirely and to acknowledge a responsibility or ' the mmu_mm of families dependent upon them. ‘To countenance child labor at & time like this is to sanction extending the depression into the lives of the next generation, Miss Perkins said, and in conclusion, added: “With innumerable adults unem- ployed there is no need for children in industry today.” G. W. U. “RADICALS” OPPOSER. 0. T. C. “Pacifists” Ciroulate Counter Pe- tition Against Move to Or- ganize Unit. George Washington University's “rad- icals” have gone into action again, this time to discourage establishment of a unit of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at the college. A group of university students had fnmzd a petition for establishment of O. T. C. unit and were quietly cl.rcuhung it among the student body for signatures. Late yesterday a coun- ter circulation of literature, urging stu- dents to “refuse to sign” and to “sup- port the students of this country in thzfl‘ fight against im ‘war,” ap- peared at the university. Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of the university and the only faculty "be n | member or administrator to have “ofl- cial knowledge” of the ol R. T. C. petition, was not in city th morning and his ative as- sociates referred all queries to him. One official, however, said “We have a few young men among us who are ‘radical ifists’; that sounds contra- dictory, I know, but we understand it "' This same officer of the uni- inted out that George Wash- mn niversity already has an R. O. T. C. unit in its Mcfl Bchno! “which ts each year.” WEEK OF PRAYER BEGUN BY ADVENTIST CHURCH World-"Wide Observamee Opened as President of Conference Issues Proclamation. A world-wide annual week of by the Seven! yer