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\ } ‘the rents are greatly increased. @he Zoe WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ning Star WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1933. BRINKMAN ASSALS ALLEY DWELLINGS: URGES REBULDNG Calls on Leaders of Colored Residents to Petition Mem- bers of Congress. NON-PROFIT ENTERPRISE PROPOSED AS REMEDY Counsel for Senate Subcommittee Also Denounces Apartment Owners. Construction of modern, sanitary housing to replace the alley dwellings of Washington was urged yesterday by Oscar H. Brinkman, counsel for the Rent Investigation Subcommittee of the Senate District Committee, in an ad- | dress at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, 1518 M street. Describing briefly the findings and | recommendations he presented to the Investigating Committee, Mr. Brink- man called on leading colored residents , of the District to send letters to mem- bers of Congress asking early action in the elimination of alley dwellings. He proposed that finances for such —t be provided by loans from the large retirement fund of Government employes to non-profit corporations formed for the purpose of renting or| selling sanitary dwellings, under Gov- ernment regulation. Recommends Commission. He also explained he had recom- mended creation of a commission to regulate rents of quarters in private ownership. Mr. Brinkman said testimony taken By the committee showed a deplorable | condition of families of very low in- come and of widespread unemployment and estimated there are about 50,000 persons in the District now needing | assistance. | ‘There are thousands of in hundreds of alley dwellings, a con- dition thai is a to the Caj tal, he said. Evidence before the com- mittee showed deplorable conditions of overcrowding and sickness of residents of alley dwellings, he reported. | These classes of Tesidents, he de- clared, are being forced to pay extor- tlonate rents for inadequate and in- sanitary housing. Denounces Owners. He denounced owners and agents of the better class of apartments as being greedy, charging they are holding up Tents although there are thousands of units standing vacant. He also repeated his charge that real estate interests have violated the anti-trust laws and should be prosecuted. Mr. Brinkman praised leaders of col- ored organizations who appeared before the Senate Committee to testify to the lons. 7 ©. praised Mr. Brinkman for his efforts to improve the conditions of colored tenants living in alley dwellings, and charged that when buildings formerly occupied by white persons are leased to colored tenants {l)ersons living Rev. Olden, speaking of the “New Freedom” movement for the colored race, urged that members of Congress be informed of the needs of improving conditions of colored residents of the Capital, including housing. Senator King of Utah, member of the Investigating Committee, Who was to have been the principal speaker, was | block unable to attend. OLDEST INHABITANTS HEAR J. C. PROCTOR Chronicler and Vice President of Association Makes Annual New Year Address. John Clagett Proctor, chronicler and vice president of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia, delivered the address today before the association at its annual New Year day meeting, which was postponed from yesterday. Mr. Proctor, following his custom of many years, revicwed events of the gut year, not only in the United States ut abroad, adding his charscwflslk‘i witty comments. He also spoke from the subject “Epitaphs and Epitafly.” The usual New Year custom of the sssociation of calling on the President of the United States to pay their re- | spects was necessarily omitted because of the elimination of the New Year re- | ception by the President, who is in! Florida on vacation. | WATCHMAN FOUND DEAD IN OFFICE OF SHOP' | Alphonse Pariseau Had Been Em- | ploye of H. W. Heslop & Bros. Year. Alphonse Pariseau, 55-year-old night watchman and part-time mecha; r H. W. Heslop & Bros., mac was found dead in the s Eighth and T streets southwest he slept, sho after 9 o'clock this morning. De: apparently s from natural cause: The body of Pariseau was found by C. A. Huddleson, 1868 Columbia road, an employe of the shop, who notified lice. ~ The dead man had worked lived at the Heslop plant T, Police of the fourth were investigating the searching today for a neighbors said, Pariseau were brother, who, visited. SUNDAY AMUSEMENT LAW ; VIOLATORS POST $25 | Must Forfeit Collateral or Appear | in Court to Answer New Year Eve Charges. Managers of Washington theats who conducted midnight showe i midnight, must forfeit $25 collatera] or in Police Court tomorrow to ans. swer charges of violations of the reg- ulation prohibiting performances be. tween 12 am. and 2 pm. on Sundays. Rather thsn cause a disturbance. police did not interfere with the late entertainments, merely notifying tne managers of the violation and Instruct. ! By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. Three Win Promotions NO. 8 ENGINE COMPANY OFFICERS CELEBRATE NEW YEAR DAY. Lipski, who becomes a captain, sergeant. The company gave a officers Saturday. and Lipski. HREE officers of No. 8 Engine Company sre celebrating the New Year by advancing to higher ranks. They are Capt. T. S. Jones, Who becomes battalion chief engineer on the retirement of Ernest Howard; Lieut. A. J. and Pvt. Elmer Stein, who becomes & dinner to the retiring and promoted In the picture are, left to right, Stein_. Howard, Jones —Star Staff Photo. NINE ARE INJURED FIRST DAY OF YEAR Miss Evelyn Brosnahan of Cottage City Sustains Fracture of Jaw. Nine persons were injured in traffic accidents New Year day, but the con- dition of none was thought serious. Miss Evelyn Brosnahan, 23, of Cot- tage City, Md., sustained a broken jaw, her right knee was injured and she suffered severe lacerations early yes- terday when the automobile in which she was riding collided with a tree in the 2500 block of Sherman avenue. Ac- cording to police, the car was driven by Franklin Herring, 22, of the 1800 block of Columbia road. The young w‘mz;nn was treated at Garfield Hos- pital. Cuts and bruises were sustained by Miss Margaret Lyons, 21, of 1008 Up- shur street, when the car of Paul Gun- ther, 38, of the 2100 block of Thirtieth | street northeast, in whi she was | riding, was in collision with another car at First and H streets. The second car was ogeflled by Harry C. Hickman, 21, 1300 block of L street, police re- ported. Face and Head Cut. Knocked down at Ninth street and | Pennsylvania avenue by an automobile, Harry Ames, 39, 809 E street, sustained deep lacerations to hls face and head. He was treated at Emergency Hospital. The car was operated by Hunt V. Mar- ]tinn, 26, of the 3300 block of Murray e. Eleven-year-old Helen MacArthur, 1400 block of East Capitol street, re- ceived a hroken ankle when she was struck near her home by a car driven by Theodore Montgomery, 1300 block of Fifth stree; southeast. She was taken to Casualty Hospital. Miss Katherine Kimmell, 19, 3800 street, was slightly hurt when the car of Kenneth L. Jor- dan, 1775 Lanier place, in which she was a passenger, was struck and over- turned on Rhode Island avenue by s hit-and-run machine. Colliding with a tree at the Randolph | street entrance to the Soldiers’ Home | Grounds, Melvin M. Connor, 29, of 5331 Fifth street, was badly cut and bruised. He was treated at Garfield Hospital. Irving Kendrick, 35, 1311 S street southeast, sustained a sprained back | when his car was in collision with the | machine of Willle Young, 25, of 2621 Third street northeast. Mrs. Julian Clavelaux and Arthur L. Brown of the 1200 block Massachusetts avenue, were injured in an accident in Bethesda last night. ‘They were riding in an automobile sald by police to have been driven by C. D. Griffith, 1301 Massachusetts ave- nue, when it struck a car driven by Harry J. Brown of 6412 Ridgewood ave- nue, Chevy Chase. Neither driver was held by police. | FIVE VICTIMS IN COUNTY. { Auto Hits Fire Plug at Riverdale, | Injuring Four. | HYATTSVILLE, Md, January 2.— Five persons were injured, none seri- | ously, in New Year day accidents near | here. | Four Baltimoreans were cut and bruised when the automobile in which they were riding, hit a fire plug at Riverdale. They were Ellen Fisher, 18, Louis Rinndone, 26, Frances Rinndone, 23, and Josephine Grinalda, 20. All were treated at Casualty Hospital. Falling into a ditch while on his way to get help after his car had stuck in the mud, near Landover, Elmer. Hunt, 43, of the 1700 block of Kenilworth avenue, northeast, Washington, sus- | tained a broken leg. He was taken to Casualty Hospital by the Bladensburg | unit of the county rescue squad. | Retired Infantry Officer Dies in Crash Caused by Blowout. BLYTHE, Calif, January 2 (®)- Crushed as his motor car overturned | after a tire blow-out, Capt. J. E. Baker | of the 3d Infantry, U. S. A., retired, was | fatally injured 14 miles west of here | yester: A friend, Otis Fuller, was only slightly injured. | Capt. Baker, who reiired at Fort Snelling, Minn., in May, 1928, died after | he was brought to a hospital here. He | once lived at Knoxviile, Tenn. e | vyears ago he came to B ythe. | His widow, Kathleen Langley Baker, i{s a native of Baltimore. He is sur- vived by three children. FOUR PISTOL VICTIMS New Year Celebration in Chicago Marked by Violence. By the Associated Press. can AR Chicagel New Tour cale: bration. Four men were killed, victims o R toe” De Rendeavous Cafe, Negro T et ioodim, Asd_ William them to appear at police stasons - dej ilateral. Stanley, 35, colored, were killed, In another fray of mysterious nature, Mor- ris Barrett, 25, long known to ap.:\i: DENVER, | bank robbers will have to go to lunch, VOGATONAL BOAR PLACES 45 N 152 Federal Agency Aiding 316 Other Disabled Persons at End of Year. Forty-three partially disabled persons were rehabilitated and established in 39 different kinds of occupations during 1932 by the Federal Board for Voca- tional Education. Besides these, 316 other persons were in the course of re- habilitation at the year end. ‘The types of work for which persons who were lnugacmted by accident and disease were fitted included bookkeep- ing, carpentry, chemistry, drafting, mil- lnery, photo-engraving, piano-tuning, show-card writing, dental mechanics, chair caning, stationary engineering, machine shop™ work, and radio service and_operating. ‘The services given the rehabilitated persons by the board included physical examination, medical or surgical treat- ment, vocational guidance, training for an occupation, suppiying artificial ap- pliances, maintenance while training and final placement in suitable em- ployment. In rehabilitating disabled persons, the board itself does not pro- vide all the services required by the individual persons, but secures them largely through other agencies. Some of the organizations which co-operated with the vocational education board in 1932 were the United States Employes’ Compensation Commission. United States Public Health Service, Govern- ment hospitals, private hospitals and clinics, Board of Public Welfare, In- structive Visiting Nurses, Assoclated Charities, American Legion, Metropoli- tan Police Department and the Ameri- can Cross. AMERICAN GIRL KILLS SELF IN PARIS HOTEL Johnson Said to Have Taken Poison Following Merrymaking. Frances By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 2.—Frances John- son, 21, believed to be a native of Philadelphia and a former resident of Denver, yesterday was found dead in a hotel in the fashionable Chaillot quarter. Police said she had taken poison. ‘The tragedy followed a merry New Year eve celebration in Montmartre night clubs, from which Miss Johnson returned with a companion at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. It is believed that Miss Johnson had lived for some time in Hollywood. The Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune said that Miss John- son was the daughter of Mrs. Elmer Johnson of Los Angeles and was “a Wampas Baby star” in Hollywood in 1928. (Available records at Hollywood, bowever, showed no Wampas star of that name.) Miss Johnson had been in Paris dur- ing the last two months, the paper said. Police, after an inquiry, concluded that the girl had comimtted suicide in & fit of despondency. WINNERS OF RADIO POLL TO RECEIVE CUPS HERE Vice President Curtis to Make Awards in National Popu- la.ity Contest. Winners in the recently conducted radio star popularity poll, in which more than 10,000,000 votes were cast, will come to Washington tomorrow to recelve awards from Vice President Curtis, The winners include Rudy Vallee, Morton Downey, Jessica Dragonette, Richard Gordon, Harry Horlick, David Rubinoff and John S. Young. The will be presented gold loving cups in a ceremony to be held at the Vice Preisdent’s office at 11 a.m. Ed Wynn, who was also one of the | winners, will not be present, but a rep- resentative will receive the cup for him. 56 MISSOURI COLONELS List Published in Preparation of Governor's Inaugural. PLATTE CITY, Mo., January 2 (#).— It’s colonel time in old Missouri. Fifty-six colonels will surround Guy B. Park when he is inaugurated Gov- ernor next week. His list was published Y. It means business for the uniform manufacturers. The spangled coats will reach to the knees. Banks May Close for Lunch. January 2 (#).—So the 6 PLANES, ENTERED IN ANNUAL CRURE, 10 PASS OVER GITY Amateur Pilots, With Five From Capital, Expected Here Tomorrow. NINE CRAFT WILL JOIN PARTY AT COLLEGE PARK Sportsmen Flyers to Stop for Luncheon Before Continuing to Richmond, Bound for Miami. Sixty-six registrations have been re- | ceived for the second annual cruise of | the United States Air Pilots’ Associa- | | tion, which is to pass through the Na- | tlonal Capital tomorrow, according to information , received here today by | C. H. Warrington, local governor for the association. { While a large part of the number of registrants will join the cruise at va- | rious control points between New York, | the starting point, and Miami, the fin- ishing line, it is anticipated that more than 40 planes will be assembled at College Park Airport, College Park, Md., | when the sportsmen fiyers make a luncheon stop there at about noon to- morrow. Five From Capital Nine planes are expected to join the cruise at College Park and registrations have been made by five Washington private plane owners. Washingtonians i who have submitted their applications for permission to join the cruise, ac- cording to the report received by Mr. Warrington from New York _cruise headquarters, are Mrs. John T. Remey, daughter of Beale R. Howard; J. C. Breckinridge, C. N. Henderson, Ches- ter H. Warrington and Crosby Noyes Boyd. Mrs. Remey, former commander of the Betsy Ross Corps, will join the crulse at New York. The other four Washingtonians will join at College Park, as will Harrison Doyle, Erie, Pa.; | Dr. Ora R. McMurry, Eagle River, Wis.: R. V. Willlams, Buffalo, N. Y.; Donald | D. Cooke, Tenafly, N. J, and William | L. Mitchell of Pittsburgh. | The sportsmen pilots composing the | crulse will be the guests of Mr. War- | rington at luncheon at College Park| Airport after arrival of the New York | and New England contingent, at about noon. According to information received by Mr. Warrington from John S. Reaves, | president of the amateur association, the registration of 66 pilots for the crulse is by far the greatest number ever received in an event for sports- men pilots. He believes that additional entries today and tomorrow will bring the total number of entrants to 80 or more. ~Last year the first cruise brought 23 planes to the Natfonal Cap- ital on the first leg of the annual cruise, which has as its goal the All- American Alr Races at Miami duri the first week in January each year. = Race Slated at End. The cruise will close with a 240-ml!e‘ handicap race from Daytona Beach to | Miam{ for the Henry L. Doherty| trophy and cash prizes of $1,000, $500, $250 and 15 prizes of $50. | The cruise will be led by a Race | Committee composed of Mr. Reaves, George W. Haldeman, transatlantic fiyer, and Fred M. King of Wheeling, W. Va. Among the entries who will come to Washington from New York are Robert Buck, 18 years old, of West- fleld, N. J., former holder of the junior transcontinental speed record; William Randolph Hearst, jr.; George M. Pyn- chon, jr.; Mrs. Evelyn de Seversky, wife of the Russian aeronautical engineer; George C. Rand, and F. William Zelcer. After the noon stop at College Park tomorrow, the amateur pilots will take off for Richmond, Va., where a night stop will be made at Richard E. Byrd Fleld. The fleet will leave Richmond at 8:30 am. Wednesday, making stops at Greensboro, N. C., and Augusta, Ga., before making the second overnight stop, at Jacksonville, Fla. The cruise | will be completed Thursday. VICTIM OF REVELER IS OUT OF DANGER Manager of Annapolis Hotel ‘ Stabbed While Attempting | to Eject Man. | Hugh Neason, 39, manager of the Annapolis Hotel, was recovering in| Emergency Hospital today from a stab | wound in the abdomen received shortly | after midnight yesterday when he at- tempted to eject an unruly celebrater | from the hotel. Police this morning h2d not yet apprehended the stabber. Fourteen persons who witnessed the | assault were found by police and their | names taken aswitnesses. They described the man as about 35 years old, 5 feet 6 | inches tall, weighing’ 160 pounds and | ;bemg of a -swarthy olive complexion. | He was dressed in a salt-and-pepper | overcoat and a dark hat. He was said | to have been intoxicated. After stab- bing Neason he ran from the hotel. Neeson was talten to the hospital and treated by Dr. J. E. Mitchell of 1344 Nineteenth street. This morning his | condition was said to be improved and | | it was thought he was out of danger. ACTOR DIES IN FALL Plunges Nine Stories While Open- ing Window After Party. NEW YORK, January 2 () —Irving ODunn, 34, a vaudeville actor, was killed yesterday by falling from a ninth- floor window of a midtown hotel to & concrete-paved rear court. His widow, the former Bernice Fran- kle of Chicago, told police she was in bed when O'Dunn returned from a \party and she asked him to close the | ow, which was wide open. “He went over and reached up to {pull it down with both hands” Mrs. O'Dunn told police. *“Then he lost his balance and fell out.” PAPER IN NEW HOME Cincinnati Times-Star Move Ac- complished in 36 Hours. CINCINNATI, January 2 (#)—The Cincinnati Times-Star published its gmdjedmm from its neu‘v g,fimw uilding today, picking up in = ation in A new plant barely 36 hours after cl down in the old. \ The new plant is in effect three struc- ' tutes in one, standing at the corner of Eighth street and Broadway. In front is & 16-story tower, behind is a 6-story building devoted to newspaper pro- | Needy Entertained at New Year Dinner GREEEK OWNER OF RESTAURANT PROVIDES FOR 236 GUESTS, rant, 5324 Wisconsin avenue. N ICHOLAS G. IOANNOU served a holiday dinner yesterday to 236 needy men, women and children in his restau- The menu included turkey and all the accessories. those who might otherwise have gone without holiday cheer, had the Gospel Mission and police make up the guest list. A party of 125 was brought from the Gospel Mission in a special car contributed by the ‘Washington Railway & Electric Co. and the other guests were recruited from the poor of the neighborhood. At Ioannou’s | invitation, Brig. Gen. Pelnam D. Glassford, former superintendent of police, attended the diners. Ioannou (left) and Glassford are shown standing at back in the picture. PAGE B—-1 banquet and addressed the | —Star Staff Photo, ! WAGE CUTS COST " CAPITAL MILLIONS |Washington Merchants Shar- ing Burden, John R. New- man Declares. Government pay cuts and furloughs have cost the firms in Washington mil- lions of dollars, John R. Newman, sec- retary of the American Federation of Federal Employes, declared today. “In many quarters,” sald Mr. New- man, “we hear it said that the Dis- trict is not sharing the depression to the extent country. An investigation of actual conditions, however, will show that the business men of Washington, as well as the Government workers themselves, are sharing the burden with all sections | of the country. Many Millions Lost. “From a study of one portion of the Government service, I found the pay cut has meant the loss of many mil- lions of dollars in purchasing power for Washington business within one year. This estimate is based on the earnings of one comparatively small group of 2,350 employes. “This group may be divided into sub groups of 350 employes and 2,000 em- ployes. Those in the smaller group are, at present, losing four days’ pay month- | ly through administrative furlough and two and one-half days’ pay through the legislative furlough. Those in the larger group of 2,000 are losing two days' pay monthly by administrative furlough and two and one-half days' pay by legisla- tive furlough. “Through the operation of these fur- loughs and the cnnjcquem loss of pay, there has been removed from circula- tlon in business channels in this city an average of $66,300 a month, or $795,600, if this condition continues until June 30 next. Each Worth $7. “It s an accepted principle that each | of these salary dollars has a liquid value of about $7 when released in| partment has the co-operation of the | Drama Guild. trade. If that be true, the reduction in the purchasing power of this one group of 2,350 persons is approximately $4,869,000. It is inconceivable that any one could believe for one instant that the withdrawal of this amount of money from circulation is not felt alike by the worker and those with whom he is in the habit of doing business. “Bearing in mind the fact there are nearly 30 times 2,350 Government em- ployes in Washington, it requires no more than simple arithmetic to show that the loss to local business may be expressed in a staggering figure. “The. all-pervading hysteria of wage cutting continues, but it can be cured only by increasing the purchasing power of the great mass of our people. Until the group of men who are fostering wage-cutting propaganda realize this truth and lend their efforts to main- taining an American standard of living, just so long will the depression last.” RICHARD J. REYNOLDS JR. WEDS AT WINSTON-SALEM | Bride Is Granddaughter of One- Time Rival of Southern To- bacco Magnate. By the Associated Press. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., January 2—Richard J. Reynolds, jr, heir to millions of a tobacco fortune, has taken the granddaughter of one of his father's early business rivals as his bride. He was married at St. Paul's Epis- copal Church here at 5 p.m. yesterday to Elizabeth McCaw Dillard of Winston- Salem. Mrs. Reynolds is the ganddaughter of Will Taylor, who established the first tobacco manufacturing plant here, Taylor Brothers Co. The late R. J. Reynolds, when bullding the company which bears his name, bought and con- solidated numerous tobacco manufac- turing plants, but could never persuade ‘Taylor to sell him his business. When Reynolds arrives at his 28th birthday on April 7, 1934, he will re- celve approximately $20,000,000 from his father's estate, now held in trust. He and his bride will return to Win- ston-Salem in about three weeks and will live at Reynolda, the Reynolds’ family estate here, where his younger brother, Smith, husband of Libby Hol- man, was fatally shot last July. MURDER CHARGES FILED Part Owner of Cafe Held in Shoot- ing of Two Mexicans. DALHART, Tex., January 2 (A).— ‘The fatal shooting of two Mexicans at a cafe yesterday resulted in filing of murder charges against J. J. “Red” Jones, part owner of the cafe. | Evidence at his preliminary hearing | tended to show Jones sought to protect his partner, Bill Baskins, who was al- legedtohnvehadmx’;_:l:n;:‘l:‘lie the preceding night. dea 2 cans were Frank C. Garcia and Joe Quevedo. Jones was held under $2,000 bond. | of 3800 New Hampshire avenue, and Mrs. Mary Reed, 29, of 648 Newton | of other portions of the | |Judges to Be Selected for | as has been the custom since the tour- TWO WHO ATTEMPTED SUICIDE RECOVER Eddie Christman and Mrs. Reed Able to Leave Hospital. Reported by police to have taken poison last night, Eddie Christman, 22, Mary place, had sufficiently recovered from its effects today to be released from Emergency Hospital. The man and woman were found in the hallway of the apartment house where Christman lives by Luther Stov- ers, 3500 block of Tenth street, who had been visiting at an apartment in the building. Police said they found the poison vial. No reason could be assigned by police for the act. PLAY TOURNAMENT PLANS ARE BEGUN Community Center De- partment Event. Plans for the annual District of Co- lumbia one-act play tournament, to open this year on February 13, under auspices of the Community Center De- partment, will get under way this week with & meeting of the Tournament Committee, upon call of its chairman, | Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peeples, to select | Jjudges for the preliminaries. The tournament is one of a nuniber | of interesting city-wide events planned by the Community Center Department for the early part of 1933, Continues Two, Weeks. The play tournament will continue for two weeks, with a program of short plays on alternate nights and with finals on March 1. In this annual dra- | matic event the Community Center De- | The guild is officially represented on the Tournament Committee by Dr. W. Haynes Yeager, president of the guild, ‘x_‘Denix E. Connell, chairman of the administrative council and producing group of the guild. Among other mem- bers of the Tournament Committee are Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, Miss Bess Devis Schreiner and Gideon A. Lyon. Dramatie Editors May Judge. Judges of the finals in the one-act play tournament, it is hoped, will be the dramatic editors of the daily papers, nament was originated by the Com- munity Center Department in 1927, when there were but eight entries in| the contest, all of them representing | Community Center groups in Washing- | ton. Registrations for the 1933 tournament | must be in the office of the Community Center Department by Monday, January 16. Only the first 24 plays will be ac- cepted for this season’s tournament. Rules and registration blanks are now | available at the Community Center de- partment, Thirteenth and K streets, in the Franklin School building. “Y” 1S HOST AT ANNUAL NEW YEAR CELEBRATION First Public Concert of New Sym- phony Orchestra Opens After- noon Program. ‘The Young Men's Christian Associa- | tlon today is holding its annual “open | house” New Year celebration, with a | continuous round of entertainment for members and friends. ‘The festivities began in the Boys’ De- partment, adjoining the Central Y. M. C. A. Building, at 1736 G street, where the main program centers. Finals of pool, checkers, ring-o-let and other tournaments to decide the champion- ships of the Boys' Department were held under direction of James C. In- gram, boys’ work director, and his staff. | are convinced he was confined to Lorton POLICE DISPROVE - BAKER CONFESSION Colored Man Found to Have Toannou, anxious to entertain | jo, ECONOMIC UNITY HELD ESSENTIAL IN GHURCH REPORT Findings of Washington Cathedral Conference Are Made Public. INTERNATIONAL ACCORD DECLARED TARIFF NEED Lowest Practicable Level on Arms Urged—Weorld Court and Debts Also Discussed. The findings of the conference on the Social Message of the Church at the College of Preachers, Washington | Cathedral, including an assertion that the tariff question must be approached as part of a problem necessitating in- ternational agreement, were enunciated yesterday by the Right Rev. James E. eeman, Bishop of Washington. ‘The conference, attended by a not- able group of clergy and prominent laymen, was held here on December 28, 29 and 30. Questions Considered. Bishop Freeman said in his New Year sermon yesterday that the con- ference considered the following prin- cipal questions: “Is the present economic depression inevitable in the nature of things, or is it the result of human ignorance, folly and selfishness? It it could have been prevented, have we the wisdom and courage to prevent its recurrence? Can we in some way apply the princi- ples of Christ to the life of the world in our day?” In answering these questions, the Been at Lorton When Girl Was Slain. Having definitely disproved a death- | bed “confession” of the murder of Mary | Baker by Howard Simms, colored, 24, Ppolice today were investigating the pos- sibility that Simms was acquainted with the actual slayer. Athough Simms spent his last hours | trying to convince detectives of his guilt, it later was established that he was serving an 18-month term at Lor- | ton Reformatory at the time the Navy | Department clerk was shot to death, April 11, 1930. Dies of Bullet Wound. Simms died at Casualty Hospital yes- terday of a bullet wound inflicted by a policeman he was said to have attacked on Christmas eve. He “confessed” to detectives of the homicide and Inspector Frank S. W. Burke, who had been hastily summoned to his death bed. “I am convinced that Simrms had no His statements will be care- fully investigated, however, although we at the time of the murder.” Knows Murder Scene. Simms’ knowledge of the ground near | the Arlington Cemetery culvert where the girl's body was found strengthened a suspicion that he knew more of the crime than was printed in the news- papers. Detectives expected to questior. some of the man’s associates and planned to inquire if Simms could have learned of the murder from a fellow prisoner at| Lorton. Records there show he was committed in June, 1929, and discharged in January, 1931. CANADIAN DISPUTES BARTER BY RUSSIA Soviet Policy Is to Sell for Cash and Buy on Credit, Says Col. Mackie. By the Associated Press, OTTAWA, January 3—Soviet Russia would not be prepared to barter her pe- troleum for Canadian cattle, according to Col. Herbert J. Mackie. terview here following upon a visit with Peter Bogdanov in New York, Col. | Mackie said that Russia’s trade policy was to sell her products for cash and to buy what she requires on long-term credits. | Mr. Bogdanov is chairman for this continent of the Amtorg Trading Cor- poration, the official trading agency for Soviet Russia. Col. Mackie's informa- tion has been placed in the hands of the Canadian government. (Col. Mackie takes the view as a result of the conversations with the Soviet of- ficlals that the only way Canada could sell cattle to the Soviet would be on credits extending an average of 18 months. The proposal to exchange 100,000 head of Canadian cattle for Russian oil, Col. Mackie claimed, was out of the question. Only on two occa- stons has Russia bartered for goods to other countries, the chief being that with the Aluminum Corporation, when oll was exchanged for aluminum, but is not to be taken as a precedent. OFFICIAL PARTY MEETS MEXICAN PRESIDENT conference declared: “Whatever may he the causes of this depression, it is world-wide. All peoples and nations are suffering together. No one nation can save itself apart from the others. Isoiation and self-suffi- ciency are not the remedy. Unregulated competition between nations as a method of conducting the world’s eco- nomic life is not adequate; such com- petition has in many respests become the death rather than the life of trade. The world must learn that all men are members one of another. Co-Operation Declared Need. “The American people may find it difficult to learn this lesson. But they must learn it, for we live In a world which requires world-wide economic co- operation. The time has come when the tariff can no longer be regarded as solely a domestic policy but must be approached as part of a problem neces- sitating international agreement. “They must learn that inter-govern- mental debts incurred for destructive rather than productive purposes are harmful to debtor and creditor alike. “They must learn that armaments, being by nature offensive. and not de- fensive, are always competitive, and that our Nation ehould join with the other nations in a permanent effort to bring them to the lowest practicable level. “The World Court is established, but we are not yet a part of it. The reign of law must be substituted for the reign of force. God has made of one blood all nations 'of men to dwell to- gether. The church of the Prince of must stir the conscience of its own people concerning these things. Only as we Christians are ourselves guided aright can we bring our fellow countrymen to the light.” The statement further advocates the extension of social service and the free- dom of organization for both employers and employes alike, better housing be available, slum clearance effected, ade- quate provision made to meet the prob- lems raised in case of sickness, accident and unemployment, as well as pensions for the aged and health service for all. Members of Conference. Among those present at the confer- ence were former Attorney General George W. Wickersham, Alanson B. Houghton, former United States Am- bassador to Great Britain; Spencer Mil- ler of New York, prominent in the in- dustrial world; the following bishops of the Episcopal Church, besides Bishop Freeman, the Right Rev. Charles K. Gilbert, suffragan Bishop of New York; the ht Rev. I P. Johnson of Colo- rado, Right Rev. Willlam G. Mc- Dowell of Alabama, the Right Rev. Warren L. Rogers of Ohlo, the Right Rev. Willlam Scarlett of Missouri and the Right Rev. Frank Elmer Wilson of consin. In an in-| Wis Among the leading clergymen from all parts of the country present were Rev. Dr. Spence Burton, Cambridge, Mass.; Rev. Dr. Russell Bowie, New York: Rev. Dr. Charles Clingman, Bir- mingham, Ala.; Rev. Dr. Fleming James, New Haven, Conn.; Rev. Dr. Howard Mellish, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rev. Dr. D. A. McGregor, Evanston, IIl.; Rev. Dr. Norman B. Nash, Cambridge, Mass.; Rev. Dr. Nelson, Cincinnati, Ohio; Rev. Dr. Henry Disbrow Phillips, Columbia, S. C, and Rev. Dr. George Richardson, Peterborough, N. H., and Rev. Dr. Bernard Iddings Bell, presi- dent of St. Stephen’s College, Annane dale-on-Hudson, N. Y., as well as the following laymen: Charles C. Burling- ham, New York; Jasper Davis, New York, and Henry Goddard Leach, also of New York. bk g RECOVERING FROM WOUND AFTER KILLING ANOTHER Eddie Faglola Will Live After At- tempting Suicide Following Shooting of Friend. Cabinet, Politicians and Military Men at Cuernavaca—Calles With Rodriguez. ’ By the Assoclated Press. H The program for the afternoon and evening opened at 2 o'clock with the | first public concert by the new Y. M. | C. A. Symphony Orchestra, under lead- ership of John A. Van Zuylen, followed by a concert by the Y. M. C. A. Glee | Club, led by J. Nelson' Anderson, and | by Justin Lawrie, tenor soloist of Foun- | dry M. E. Church, assisted by part of | the cholr of that church, e ARRESTED IN SLAYING Colored Man Jailed After Victim Dies With Ax Injuries. A colored man, sought in the killing yesterday of Thurber Battle, colored, 29, of 1704 Winds court, was arrested this morning by second precinct police and is being held for loning. Battle was found unconscious in his bed late yesterday by two friends, Wal- ter McMillan, 1602 Eighth street, and Shedrick Wright, 1832 Eighth street. He a had been struck with an ax, sald. He was taken to Emer- | | MEXICO CITY, January 2.—The presidential cabinet, leading politicians and military men motored to Cuerna- | vaca yesterday to greet President Rod- riguez and Gen. Calles. The President will return from his holiday trip early tomorrow and at noon will receive the diplomatic corps which will be headed by Ambassador J. Reuben Clark of the United States, who is dean of the corps. Four new members of the ez cabinet were sworn in yesterday at Cucmv}c:h -!.rm:k immed.h:;ly assumed charge of their departments. They are Dr. Jose Manuel Pulg-Casauranc, min- ister of foreign relations; Gen. Lazaro Cardenas the war department, Primo Villa Michel, minister of na-| tional economy, and Juan de Dios Bo- Jorquez, minister of labor. Many Bank Robberies Reported. OKLAHOMA CITY, January 2 (#).— S of bank robberies, Oklahoma had 59 in 1932. Eugene M. Gum, sec- retary of the State Bankers' Associa- tion, Teports 6 bank robbers were killed and 34 Loot totaled about | gency Hospital, where he died last night. $109, Improvement was reported today in the condition of Eddie Faglola, 47, of 115 D street, who shot himseif early yesterday after killing Luigi Fagnani, 57, & roomer at his home. Faglola is at Gallinger Hospital. As the two men drank toasts to the new year an argument arose and Fagi- ola is sald by police to have shot Fagnanl twice. He then turned the on 1f. Fagiola’s three small chil- dren witnessed the shooting. The date of the inquest has not been set pending recovery of Fagiloa. FIVE TAG ARRESTS Small Percentage of License Pro- crastinators Face Court. Only five of the thousands of motor- ists who failed to secure their 1933 automobile license tags had been ar- g. Those charged with dead tags were Robert Walker, 1400 block of C street southeast; Whiteford Walker, colored, of the 3300 block of R street; Jobn W. Burrwell of the 1800 block of Mintwood place; John Lee,Jackson, colored. of Guiskey of Biisiirgh, Pa. Godkes waa was charged with dead tags after he had been arrested on & speeding charge on Sixteenth street.