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PARLEY UNDER WAY 10 END STRIKE ON POSTAL STRUCTURE Secret Negotiations Pressed With Hoisting Engineers. Success Uncertain. RETURN OF 800 TO JOBS BY MONDAY IS SOUGHT Nature of Expected Agreement and Leaders Taking Part in Sessions Kept Shrouded in Secrecy. Negotiations got under way today for settlement of the strike by hoisting engineers which has tied up construc- tion on the new Post Office Department Building. Details of the negotiations were kept secret, and it was not even made public where the conference was going on or exactly who was taking part. It was learned officially, however, from union sources that serious efforts were being made today to settle the matter. Whether the controversy could be ironed out in time for 800 men to go to work Monday morning remained to be seen as the result of the conferences between interested parties. There was some hope expressed in certain union quarters that an agree- ment might be forthcoming, but this Was not certain nor was there any indi- cation as to the nature of the expected agreement, Unions in Conflict. The strike was expected to be sub- mitted to the building trades depart- ment of the American Federation of Labor. The hoisting engineers were pulled off the job yesterday at noon by their union officlals, as a protest against the operation of a motor-driven generator by members of the steamfit- ters union. The engineers claim they should operate all power plants on a building Jjob, while the steamfitters claim they can operate the plant as it is only an electric motor which requires the turn- ing on and off of & switch. The ma- chine in question is used for electric welding of joins for plumbing and air conditioning. Precedents Avoided. Work on the Government buildings here in Washington is being closely watched by union officials, as they do not want any unauthorized practices started here which may prove a pre- cedent for other building jobs here in Washington, and probably throughout the country. The hoisting engineers, it is understood. intend to make a firm stand for their rights to operate the power plant, on a matter of principle involved. They claim they were given the right by a convention of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor. A few workmen may be able to con- tinue work on the Post Office Depart- ment Building Monday if their work does not depend on materials which have to be hoisted. —_— REPORT ON RENTALS DUE IN SENATE SOON Housing Investigation Will Be Described in Subcommittee’s Document. ‘The report of the subcommittee which conducted the rental and housing inves- tigation in the District is expected to be ready for submission to the Senate within a few days. A tentative draft of the report was gone over yesterday afternoon by Chairman Capper and Senator Cope- land of New York. Copies of it were furnished to the three other members of the subcommittee, Senators Kean of New Jersey, Blaine of Wisconsin and King of Utah, for study. If they ap- prove it, the report will be ready to go to the Senate. The contents of the report will not be made public until it goes to the Senate. It is understood the report will con- sist of a summary of the subcommit- tee's work, followed by a list of recom- mendations. G. U. DEBATERS WIN FROM YALE TEAM Gaston Society Triumph Here Wit- nessed by Alumni of Both Universities. Gaston Society debaters of George- town University, composed of fresh- men, won the first of a series of inter- collegiate contests last night by gain- ing a decision over a freshman team from Yale University. Local alumni of both universities at- tended the debate, which was held in Gaston Hall at Georgetown. ‘The Georgetown team successfully opposed a proposal that the nations of the world should adopt a free trade policy by a'gradual reduction of tariffs. Georgetown's team was composed of ‘Thomas F. Quinn, Albany, N. Y.; ‘Thomas J. McCarthy, Rochester, N. Y., and Newton A. Free, New Rochelle, N. Y. The Yale team, whose members will remain in Washington over the week end, comprised Peter K. Wickham, Springfield, Ohio; August Heckscher, Colen Head, L. I, and Oscar W. Dennis, Fort Wayne, Ind. Chief Justice George E. Martin of the District Court of Appeals, Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts and Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York served as the judges, the decision being based on oratorical ability as well as the soundness of argument. The chairman of the debate was Joseph G. Smith of Pittsburgh, president of the Philodemic Society at Georgetown. e COMMISSIONERS OPPOSE SINGLE TAX REPAYMENT Jda W. Farley's Application Re- garded as Unfair to Others As- sessed Under Borland Law. The District Commissioners yester- day sent to Congress an unfavorable report on a bill to repay to Ida W. Far- iey the taxes she paid under a Borland law assessment for the improvement of B street northeast more than three years before she filed a claim for re- imbursement. The réport pointed out that to re- pay one applicant would be unfair to the thousands of others, and that to repay them all would necessitate some $5,000,000, a sum which could not be raised without an increase in the tax Tate. A favorable report was made on a bill to abolish present legal limitations on the amount of property held by benevolent, charitable and other non- profit corporations. Now they are lim- 1ted to hold or convey personal or real y with an annual incoge not in X of $25,000. ba 8t. Thomas’ Protestant Episcopal will attend. Inset, Dr. C. Ernest Smith, BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. T, THOMAS' PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Eight- eenth and Church streets, near Dupont Circle, has become an object of national interest since November 8 last, when former Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York was elected to the presidency. It will be there that the new Chief Magistrate will worship during his residence in the White House. It was his church from 1913 to 1920 when he was As- sistant Secretary of the Navy, and it has been announced that he will re- turn there as President. One of the largest and most beau- tiful temples of the Capital, St. Thomas' is considered well adapted to serve as a presidential church. It is conveniently located, suitably ar- ranged and amply commodious. With its subsidiary buildings and supple- mentary equipment, it is fitted for such an expansion of use as the cir- cumstances suggest. The edifice succeeds the Chapel of the Holy Cross or St. Andrew’s and Calvary Chapel, two small structures which, about 35 years ago, stood almost side by side to the east of Dupont Circle at the junction of Massachu- setts avenue and P streets. The move- ment to erect it began in 1892, and g meeting to discuss the subject was held November 28 that year. A few months later, June 13, 1893, Theophilus P. Chandler of Philadelphia was chosen architect. Leaders in the new parish and in_the construction program were Henry E. Pellew, who subsequently be- came Viscount Exmcuth; Joseph K. McCammon, Archibald Hopkins, B. P. Mimmack, George C. Henning, Charles J. Bell and C. M. Foulke. Contract Let in 1893. Mr. Chandler’s plans were submitted and approved, and a contract was let, October 3, 1893. The corner stone was laid by Right Rev. Willlam Paret, Bishop of Maryland, June 15. 1894. More than five years were required for the contractor to complete his work, and the first service in the finished church was not held until June 25, 1899. Meanwhile, Rev. John A. Aspinwall, who had been in charge of the parish since June 11, 1891, preached and taught in Calvary Chapel. He lived to experience the joy of presiding over occasions of worship in the house of prayer which he had visioned and for which he had toiled. But in June, 1902, he felt obliged to resign, and the wardens and vestrymen reluctantly be- gan to search for a successor. They found the leader they wanted in Rev. Dr. C. Ernest Smith, then rec- tor of St. Michael and Adl Angels’, one of the largest Episcopal churches in Baltimore. A committee headed by Gen. George A. Woodward, senior war- den-and vestryman, was appointed to invite him to consider a call. They ex- plained that they could offer a beauti- ful monument of architecture, a place among the clergy of the Federal seat of Governmert, a loyal if not a numer- ous body of members, and their own enthusiastic co-operation, but that the corporation was deeply in debt and the salary necessarily small. Dr. Smith decided to accept. He was installed by Right Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee, Bishop of Washington, November 30, 1902. At the service Mr. Aspinwall reached the sermon. pli)r. Smith immediately began to gather a congregation adequate to fill the church. His next task was the re- duction of the debt. A total of $72,000 was owing. A large portion of this ob- ligation was retired by apportioning the responsibility among the communi- cants in ratio to their ability to con- tribute. Gradually the whole sum was paid. Then the church edifice was formally consecrated by Right Rev. Al- ashington, December 21, ffigfm‘:&u‘gm was built at 1320 New Hampshire avenue, 1914-15, and 2 parish hall was constructed and the chancel extended, 1922-23. Completes Thirty Years. On November 1, last, Dr. Smith cele- brated the thirtieth anniversary of his rectorship. He still is in the prime of life, active, enthusiastic and tireless in his_work. When asked about other eminent men and women who have attended services where Mr. Roosevelt will choose to worship, Dr. Smith named Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson, Rear Admiral Silas Casey, 3d; Col. C. A. Stedman, Col. A. S. Worthington, Augustus P. Crenshaw, Charles Davis Mansfield, George S. Fraser, Ambassador W. W. Rockhill, Senator H. L. Myers, Rear Admiral Al- fred 'T. Mahan, Ambassador George T. Marye, Chief Justice H. M. Clabaugh, Maj, Willlam Bowie, Dr. B. L. Hardin, Maj. R. W. Hills, Brig. Gen. J. A Johnston, Rear Admiral Willam D. Leahy, Brig. Gen. P. D. Loughridge, Rear Admiral A. M. D. McCormick, Rear Admiral C. B. McVay, Rear Ad- miral G. C. Remey, Dr. Atherton Seidell, Brig. Gen. Harry Taylor, Col. Clark C. Wren, Dr. Guy Fairfax Whit- ing, Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, and Mrs. Edith Galt Wilson, widow of Mr. Roosevelt’s war-time chief. “The most remarkable service I ever attended in St. Thomas',” Dr. Smith says, “was when Col. Archibald Gracie, a member of the congregation, gave an account of his escape from the Titanic disaster, April 15, f912. Col. Gracle was one of four Washington men who were on that ill-fated steamer. four, the colonel alone escaped. He implicitly believed that his miraculous ers which had been offered for his safety.” ‘The funeral of Walter Reed was held from St.'Thomas’. Dr. Smith mentions the occasion in his book, “Under the Northern Cross.” Fresent members of the vestry of the church include Melville Church, ‘Theodore N eedham fer E. Edge, Chief Justice fred Harding, Dr. Satterlee’s successor | © Of the | p rescue from drowning was due to pray-t THE EVENING STAR New Presidential Church ROOSEVELT WILL WORSHIP AT ST. THOMAS". Church, which Pranklin D. Roosevelt , the pastor. A. A. Wheat, Charles M. Potter, Secre- tary of the Treasury Ogden L. Mills, C. Leslie McCrea and William L. Beale. The Rev. Dr. William S. Bishop is vicar and H. H. Clement, lay reader. L. N. Aldrich is organist and choir di- rector and Miss Elsie Phillips, secretary to_the rector. Dr. Smith speaks of all these as friends of the Roosevelt family, and re- calls that the President-elect served as |a vestryman during a portion of the period of his connection with the Navy Department. Mrs. Roosevelt was active in war relief work, and the rector re- members her as a helper in suppers and other entertainments given by the women of the church for service men. The Roosevelt children were enrolled in the Sunday school. Pews to Be Set Aside. Just what arrangements will be made for the accommodation of the new | President Dr. Smith has not decided. He has suggested that two pews in the | center if the nave of the church may be set aside for the family's use. Cards | of acmission probably will be issued for | services Mr. Roosevelt will attend. St. Thomas', architecturally, is of the early Romanesque type of Gothic. The architect appears to have been in: fluenced by H. H. Ric signer, who created some fine examples | of that style. Both without and within the structure is of Port Deposit granite. There is a lantern tower rising above the transepts at the crossing. To cne side of the chancel is the chapel of the Blessed Virgin, given to the church in 1930 by Mrs. Benjamin F. Hutchinson in memory of her hus- band, Rear Atl!miml Hutchinson, for many years active in the congregation. The glory of the fabric has been con- sidered that of its stained glass win- | dows, the work of Henry Holiday of London and other artists. A series of 16 deal with different periods of church history, the figures depicted including t. Joseph of Arimathea, St. Alban, St. Patrick, St. Columba, Queen Bertha, St. Augustine, St. Aidan, St. Hilda, the Venerable Bede, St. Swithun, Archbishop Langton, John ‘Wycliffe, Archbishop Cranmer, Archbishop Laud, Queen Anne and Bishop Seabury. The west window represents a Jesse tree, giving the genealogy of the Lord, while the east window tells the story of the creaticn. Both are beautiful, Four windows in the west aisle recite the story of St. Thomas, the patron saint of the church. RETIRED OFFICER DIES Maj. James B. Hughes, U. 8. A, 70, Had Been Ill Long Time. Maj. James B. Hughes, U. S. A., re- tired, died this morning at Walter Reed Hospital after a long illness, He was 70Ay§?rs Dl;i. ster-in-law, Mrs. M. Swartley, Philadelphia, is coming to Wuhlnygt:xi today to make arrangements for his burial in Arlington’ National Cemetery. Af dfilgl;terwxl‘s. Paul C. H. Walz, wife of eut. lz, now stationed a Francisco, also survives, e Maj. Hughes, a native of Goldsboro, N. C., was commissioned a second lieu- tenant of Cavalry in 1884 upon his grad- uation from the Military Academy. He :;; }‘e:eulfed bzor disability in 1914 and a en mal | Philadelphia. et etnumegtn — Marriage Licenses. 819 North Capital 224 New Jersey . and Ina Rev. William Willie B. Munfora, 23, L st, Annle Startson, 10, 770" Gresham Bt Ao . 23, 740 Irving st. 25, 446" O sy Rew Y WOGAT 24 1311 L st . Carr. 24, 13 st. Rollins, 22," 1159 South Carolin : R o 5, Hi redenburg, 25, James F. Brown, 03 Tatn st 5 . 2 st. me. and Mary Pinkney, 21, 472" O st.; Re 'ward Graham. ge B. Christian, jr. 25. and Thelma 5. both of Richmond; Rev. Allan —_ Births Reported. Frederick Kenneth, F. M. Deaths Reported. Emma L. C. Johnson, 91, 3208 17th Lou B. Wilkinson. 80. 1831 Kalorama Ella C. Lackey. 76, Georgetown Anna J. Trembly, 74. Episcopal Nathan' D. ~Schoonmaker, 7 States Soldiers’ Home Hospital. Sarah A. Owens. 71, 1 st. John A.Madigan, ‘66, 307 8 st. piharlotie Moakler, "65,” Providence Hos- ai Angela Hannan, 63, 1521 17th st. jChristian Bertfam.’ 60, Emergency Hos- al Lawson Sual. 60. Providence Hospit Philip_C. Hyam. 58. 1355 Gira Paul F. Alexander. 3 16th s Lila Hensley. 27, Emergency Hospil ndrew Mclnar, 23, en route Emergency A Hospital. jAnfant Virginia A. O'Lare, Children’s Hos- al. ._Gallinger_ Hospits ] Gallinger Hospiti Cha:les H. Beason, 53, 1433 8 st. Charles R. Brooks, 46, Emergency Hos- Rufus Croft. 40. Tuberculosis Hospital. Charles Poindexter. 38, Gallinger Hospital. Wilbert Hill, ital. Elizabe i Jemes Robinson, 34, BL. P'ffirte Richardson. 33, Gellinger Hospital Infant of Winston De Vaughn, 18 mont! cmgdmnl ?oial:;l eby ¢ Hospital, hardson, & de- | WASHINGTO PNEUMONIA CURE BELIEVED FOUND IN EXPERIMENT HERE Veterans’ Administration Doc- tor Gets' Perfect Results in Tests on Rabbits. NO EXPERIMENTS MADE ON HUMAN BEINGS YET Prolonging of Life for Few Days After Injection Means Complete Recovery, Early Trials Indicate. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Discovery of “a new biochemical an- tigen which may prove to be to pneu- monia what quinine is to malaria or antitoxin to diphtheria” is announced in the January medical bulletin of the Veterans’ Administration. It the results obtained by Dr.Edwin E. Zlegler of the Veterans' Administra- tion medical staff stand up in the hands of other investigators and can be transferred from rabbits to human beings, the discovery of “pneumo- cholin” promises to be one of the most far-reaching in. medical history. The new drug, as described by Dr. Ziegler, is produced by dissolving large numbers of pneumococci, the causative agent of pneumonia, in the salt sodium taurocholate, a derivative of bile. The announcement concerned only a drug produced by use of type I pneumo- coccl, which is easiest to obtain in quan- tities, but Ziegler announces that he is preparing & paper on pneumocholins produced with four other types of the pneumonia organism. Chemical Composition Unknown. ‘Treatment of pneumonia with injec- tions of bile salts has been known to the medical profession for some time, and led directly to discovery of the present drug, whose chemical composi- tion is unknown. Ziegler describes ex- periments which apparently demon- strate this much: ‘That given four days’ leeway it posi- tively neutralizes the action of unques- tionably fatal injections of type I pneumococci — and possibly all the other types—in rabbits. ‘That it appears to act as a specific cure if life can be maintained in the victim for four or five days after the treatment. No tests with human beings are reported. It is intended to study the characteristics of the drug thor- oughly with the experimental animals before recommending it for medical practice. But the various pneumonias, it is pointed out in the report, run much the same course in human beings as in rabbits, and where there are dif- ferences they are such as to make the prospects more favorable with men and women. Ziegler reports that the drug is non-poisonous when used in in- travenous injections, and, as far as can be determined, has no bad effects whatever. Saved Lives of Rabbits. By several experiments Ziegler found that fatal doses of pneumococci had no effect whatsoever when preceded by at least four days with a strong injec- tion of pneumocholin. Rabbits given the same dose of pneumococci without the pneumocholin invariably died of pneumonia. Curiously enough when | the drug was administered simulta- neously with the pneumococci there was no effect on the disease and the rabbits died. The new substance evi- dently requires some time to proGuce its immunizing effect, so that this is g:t apparent before the third or fourth y. This, Ziegler believes, establishes the value of the substance as an antigen, or pneumonia preventive, which might be applied to whole populations in the face of a pneumonia epidemic. as in a school or army camp. Thus, it| may be, pneumocholin might have re- duced very materially the devastations of the great influenza epidemic where the deaths, in a large number of cases, actually were due to pneumonia. It is| not known how long the immunity lasts. | Ziegler's rabbits were immune to fatal doses of pneumococci after 49 days. He believes that it lasts at least three or four months and possibly much longer. ‘The value of pneumocholin as a spe- cific curative agent after a patient ac- tually is ill with pneumonia is not en- tirely cleared up by the experiments. Pneumonia usually kills a rabbit in about three days, but Ziegler was able to regulate the dose, so that the life of the control animals could be prolonged for as much as seven days. Then the same dose and the pneumocholin were administered at the sanfe time and the treated rabbits survived. Effect Is Powerfal. ‘The tentative conclusion is that, as in" the antigen experiments, the new chemical requires about four days be- fore it has any measurable effect what- ever, but that afterward it has a pow- erful and almost immediate therapeutic effect. “In man,” Ziegler says, “death from lobar pneumonia seldom occurs before the fifth day, and often is delayed from one to three weeks or longer. This slower course in man would give time for the pneumocholin to induce im- munity. “There are three potential uses for pneumocholin,” he concludes. ‘The first and most important use would be for prophylaxis. How long the im- munity will last can only be deter- mined by future experiments. If it were to last for three or four months only it would be worth while in such places as military camps and during epidemics. “A second and promising use would be in therapy. It can undoubtedly be used in treatment of pneumococcus in- fections to increase the body's resist- ance. The experiments indicate that fatal terminations cannot be obviated unless there is a grace period of three to four days after treatment. “A third use would be for antiserum production. This, so far, is entirely hypothetical. It is possible that it will produce antisera when injected into animals in & manner analogous to the production of diphtheria or scarlet fever antisera. “It is believed that an effective pneu- mocholin can be prepared for each type of pneumococci. It is further be- lieved that pneumocholin is not t; specific, but this remains to be demon. strated.” $69,568,751 IN FUND FOR ROADS AND RELIEF By the Assoclated Press. The Department of Agriculture still has in its treasury an agregate of $69,- * 1 568,751 in Federal funds, as of January 1, to be spent for aid in road construc- | District tion and incidental relief for the unem- red. plaoy‘ this sum, the department said yesterday, $35,961,000 represented the unexpended balance of funds on roads o e il yemms §13.314358 rep: 5 rep- resented dmmuy"'fld for roads ap- 7, en route Gallinger Hos- | jg projects. cssional approp "ess| $5:836,022 available for new Misissippl, with Alabams ha 068. Pemnmlum had the ence, $1,675. D, ¢, WATCHMAN BOUND: IN PALAIS ROYAL 100 SAFE ROBBERY| Warehouse Tender Seized by Two and Container Wrecked With Sledges. PAD MUFFLES NOISE OF CELLAR OPERATION 67-Year-0ld Victim Frees Self After 3 Hours and Calls Police—In- truders Not Seen Face to Face. Gagging, blindfolding and trussing up & 67-year-old night watchman, two rob- bers early today smashed open a safe In the warehouse of the Palais Royal department store at 1127 PFirst street nor!t‘nun, and escaped with $360 in cash. The watchman, Joseph F. Ashford, 260 Ethan Allen avenue, Takoma Park, remained tied from 2 to 5 am., when he finally worked himself loose and called police. He said he - m him behind as he was tending the furnace in the cellar, and was unable to tell whether they were white or colored. The men seated Ashford on a stool near the furnace and tied him to a pipe. Safe Taken to Cellar. ‘The safe was carried from the office on the first floor to the cellar, where it was forced open with crow bars and sledge hammers. Acetylene torch equipment was brought from the garage at the warehouse by the robbers, but police sald it was not used. The tools used also were taken from the garage. The robbers left no fingerprints. With the exception of about $1 in small change, the safe robbers removed all the cash in the strong box, which consisted of C. O. D. receipts turned in by the company’s drivers last night, according to Walter Woodward, man- ager of the service warehouse. Police were unable to determine in what man. ner the thieves entered the building, but considered the possibility they may have entered by way of an ash chute. From his place of confinement, Ash. ford sald he could hear the men work- ing on the safe, but was unable to hear what they said. They placed a heavy pad, customarily used in shipping fur- niture, around the safe before they pounded it with the sledge hammers. The safe was demolished. PICTURES JUMBLE OF EPOCHS IN ASIA Modern and Age-0ld Customs Found Side by Side by Dr. Maynard 0. Williams, Asia presents to the traveler a jum- bled picture of age-old customs side by side with modernity, Dr. Maynard Owen | Williams, only American with the Cit- | roen-Haardt Trans-Asiatiac Expedition, | told members of the National Geo- | gflpmc Soclety in an address at the ‘ashington Auditorium last night. Modern ways and machines, he de- clared, have worked their ways with | Persia, and the traditional bicoded horses upon which Persians once jour- neyed, have given way to automobiles and buses. Trucks have the caravan routes, once travelled exclu- sively by camels, and mail and passen- ger planes roar overhead. But, adher- | ing to age-old custom, Persian women still appear publicly only under heavy veils. Afghanistan was less marked by western influences. . Crossing the Himalayas, he said, it was necessary for the party to abandon its qnoo‘em mod% of m;;el and take to | ponies, yaks and camel crossin | Chinese Turkestan borde Gz SWIMMING POOL ASKED FOR D. C. PARK PROJECT Glover Park Citizens Move for De- velopment of Glover-Arch- bold Parkway. Discussion of the possibility of cre- ating a municipal swi pool in the Glover-Archbold me Jjust west of Mount Alto Hospital, occupied the g!lover “l;ark hsctmun}.:; Association at meeting night, at - trial Home School{‘ el T The association, in indorsing the proposal, pointed out that while the city has owned the tract for park purposes for some time no move has been made to improve it. An effort will be made to enlist the support of other associations in the vicinity, whose territories also would be benefitted by the ‘proposed park. A film showing development of the District’s park system was presented at the meeting, which was presided over by Myron R. Walker, president, o MRS. A. D. WOOD BURIED Widow of Naval Commander Lies Near His Grave at Annapolis. Special Dispatch to The Star. Md,, January — Mrs. Annie Duncan’ Wood, . Comdr. E FeWood U, 8N, , who died in Kingston, R. I, was buried yesterday in the United States Naval Cemetery here, beside the body of her husband. The from St. Anne's Church. Mrs. Wood is survived by & son, Capt. Duncan M. Wood, U. S. N,, retired, and :{ _d;u(hm. Mrs. Andrew Jones of New ork. D. C. Heads Weigh Scheme to Abolish Office of Coroner Board of Medical Exam- iners for District Is '-hg tel, 8 pm. SATURDAY, JANUARY 21 | day. 1933 EN. JOHN J. PERSHING (right), who has been appointed grand marshal of the inaugural parade, is here shown as he conferred with Rear | Admiral Cary T. Grayson, inaugural chairman, on the plans for the inaugural parade, when the two met in the lobby of the Mayflower Hotel yesterday. Gen. Pe: rshing buttonholed Admiral Grayson just after the latter had discussed plans for the inaugural ceremony with President-elect Roosevelt in his suite at the hotel. —Underwood Photo. POLICE SEEK BANDIT FOILED BY WOMAN Attempt to Rob Fox Theater Box Office One of Several Hold-ups. A bandit who attempted to hold up the Fox Theater in plain view of throngs of afternoon shoppers and moviegoers yesterday, only to-be fright- | ened away by & quick-thinking woman cashier, was being sought by police to- Search also was being made for an armed hold-up man who early today | robbed a street car motorman of 248 car tokens and $7 in cash. | The theater cashier, Miss Martha | Dean, turned in an emergency alarm | for aid when the bandit walked quietly up to the cage shortly after 4 pan. yes- terday and handed her a note reading: “Give me your maney and don't give any alarm or I will shoot.” | The bandit ran east on F street and | escaped in the crowds as Miss Dean | touched off the alarm. i motorman robbed was Coleman | Dameron, 1800 block of Otis street | northeast. Dameron told police that at | Twelfth street and Virginia avenue | southwest. the bandit drew a pistol and robbed him of the tokens and cash. He | then left the car and escaped. | Bqwen Ritter, 2200 block of Georgia avenue, a cab driver, left a bandit flat- | footed early today when the man tried to rob him in the 1500 block of Florida | avenue. | The bandit hired the cab at New Hampshire avenue and S street and | asked to be taken to Sixteenth street and Florida avenue, Ritter told police. | L' Upon arrival there the man got out of the cab, drew a gun and demanded money. Instead of complying with the | robber's demands, Ritter “stepped on | the gas” and drove rapidly away. MONDAY IN HOUSE T0 BE DISTRICT DAY Assurance Given by Rainey, With Fe 14 Measures Awaiting Action. House Leader Rainey has assured Chairman Norton of the House District Committee that Monday will be District day in the House. ‘There are 14 District measures await- ing action. These include proposals for regulating the sale o(p;iecande‘l, l“fl'lo‘l;- izing a special appropriation for repairs at Casualty Hospital, regulating small loans, permitting amateur boxing, rais- ing the students of teachers’ colleges and putting vocational schools in the junior high school class, and regulating the employment of minors. Other proposals provide for exemp- tion from taxation, property of of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames and Daughters of 1812, for the relief of Mrs. Jennie Bruce Gallahan, and authorizing the reappointment of George N. Nicholson to the Police De- THE WEATHER District of Columbia — Cloudy and warmer, probably occasional rain to- night and tomorrow; lowest tempera- ture tonight about 44 degrees; gentle, shifting winds, becoming moderate southerly. Maryland—Cloudy and warmer, prob- ably occasional rain tonight and tomor- row. Virginia—Cloudy, probably occasional e tonight and to- light Tain in interior morow; warmer tonight and in east por- tion tomorrow. West Virginia—Occasional rain to- night and tomorrow; warmer tonight. Outlook for January 23 to January 28. North and Middle Atlantic States— Rain at beginning of week and again Wednesday or Thursday. Otherwise generally fair weather probable. Tem- perature much above normal at begin- ning, somewhat low but still consider- ably above normal middle of week and much colder Friday or Saturday. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear today. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Barometer. Degtees. Inches. 58 30.10 30.15 30.12 30.09 30.08 30.00 :00 p.m. yesterday. Year 1:00 am. today. Highest. 58, ago, 55. Lowest, 38, Year ago, 40. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and | Geodetic Survey.) ‘Tomorrow. 4:20am. 10:56 a.m. 3:54 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 10:50pm. 11:36 pm. The Sun and Moon., Rises. Sun, today .. 7:23 Sun. tomorrow 7:23 : Moon today.. 3:15am. 12:33 p.m. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Menthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month. 1933. Average. Record. 107 5 709 '82 6.84 884 9.13 ber..... 3.32 Weather in Various Cities. the Sons | Alban: Temperature. ®g B o« 5 *£¥p19180. 159U 3}] =3 gzl o0 CESEY nt from which he was unjustly | Gnicai expelled by action of the trial board. —_— CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Blological Soclety of Wash- | Her ington, Cosmos Club, 8 pm. Meeting, Federation of Citizens’ As- sociations, District Building, 8 p.m. Dinner, Catholic University faculty, Mayflower Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Dance, Iowa Soclety, Willard Hotel, 8:30 pm. Card and dance, Ways and .Oommimyttee of Joseph H. Milans Meeting, League for the Larger Life, 916 Sixteenth Dr. T. M. Schippell. Banq ‘Worshipful Masters’ Associ- ation ofim'mfl 1933, Hamilton Ho- Dinner, Alfalfa Club, Willard Hotel, 7:15 pm. Beneflt bingo party, 211 Fourth street southeast, 8 p.m. " Deutscher " | Washington, K. of street, 8 pm. Dance, Mizpah Chapter, No. 8, O. E. 8., Georgetown Masonic Hall, 1210 Wis- consin avenue, 9 p.m. Dance, ‘Theater C. Hall, 914 Tenth Louf street, 8 p.m. -Speaker, gt gD 2 ERe sgizzizazazasss g 9. 34 30.18 78 30.08 58 FOREIGN. (7 am., Greenwich time. today.) ‘Tes ature. Weather. R Cioudy 60 ... 38 San Club of . INAUGURAL SEATING LEFT T0° STUDENTS AND SCOUT GROUPS Law School Scholars Glven Charge of Stands for Konor Guests. BOYS TO BE DRILLED FOR OTHER SECTIONS A. A. A Co-operates in Wide Dis- tribution of Tickets and Plans to Bring Huge Crowds Here. ‘The big task of seating the thousands who will watch the parade from the stands of the Roosevelt Inaugural Com- mittee, along Pennsylvania avenue, will be turned over to Boy Scouts of the District and to honor students of the various Washington law schools, it was announced today by Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the Inaugural Committee. ‘The plan calls for the use of the law students in the Court of Honor, where President Roosevelt and his honor guests will be seated, while the Scouts will take over the task in the other stands. It is planned to have several rehearsals of the Boy Scouts, so that each boy will know his own section in such a way as to assure purchasers of inaugurgy tickets of immediate seat- | ing without confusion. Older boys will act as head ushers and ticket takers, while the younger members of the troops will show the visitors to their seats. South Trimble, jr., has been placed in charge of the selection of the Boy Scouts who will take part in the Inaug- ural day work, while W. J. Hobbs is making arrangements for the selection of the honor law students. A. A A. Will Sell Tickets. ‘The Ticket Sale Committee, of which Daniel C. Roper is chairmen, also an- mounced today that the American Auto- mobile Association, through its affilia- tions throughout the country, has of- fered to circularize members, and to offer the facilities of the organization to member clubs which wish to send delegations to the celebration. Blocks of inaugural tickets will be obtained from the Ticket Committee and offered to motorists in practically all of the large cities of the country. Officials of the organization have estimated they will be able to dispose of approximately 20,000 of the 59,000 available grandstand tickets for the inaugural. Admr. Grayson today anounced the appointment of the following members of the Radio Subcommittee of the Gen- eral Committee: H. L. Petty, chairman; T. W. Brahany, vice chairman; Harry C. Butcher, Frank M. Russell, M. A. Leese, Leroy Marks, Maj. Joseph T. Clement, Robert E. Heinl, James E. Chinn, Stanley Bigelow, Don Craig, jr., and Lillian Cutlip. The following additional members of the Subcommittee on Grandstands and Decorations was named today by Waddy B. Wood, chairman of this group; F. A. Bergfeld, Clinton Edson MacEachran and John L. Nagle. The Inaugural Ball Poster Committee, of which Prederick A. Whiting is chair- man, yesterday decided to hold & na- tional competion to select the poster for the inaugural ball. A cash prize of $100 will be given to theé designer of the winning poster and honorable mention will be awarded three other posters. All posters accepted for the ccmpetition, it is announced, will be exhibited at inaugural ball headquar- ters, in the Hill Building, Eighteenth and I streets, on February 20, 21 and 22. A sealed envelope should accom- pany the posters, and they should not bear the designer’s signature, Judges Are Named. The committee which will judge the posters consists of Mrs. Miguel Paz, Miss Mary Howry, Miss Mary Reilly, Mrs. Vylla Poe Wilson, Mrs. Hamilton Lamar, Prederick A. Delano, C. Powell Minnigerode and Duncan Phillips. Mrs. J. A. Dougherty, chairman of ithe Ball Committee, announced today !that the co-operation of the Junior | League has been obtained by the com- mittee, the league members agreeing to | undertake the sale of ball tickets and | sending cut invitations. George Rothwell Brown, chairman of the Subcommittee on Historic Sites in the Capital, announced today that his | committee has decided to continue pub- | lication of a booklet on famous places here, and the General Committee will be approached on the subject of providing funds for the proper marking of his- toric sites during the inuagural cele- bration period. The Inaugural Parade Subcommittee today sent requests to national head- quarters of patriotic and fraternal or- ganizations interested in taking part in the parade, to determine just what representation these bodies desire in the line of march. It has been tentatively decided to hold the parade to a column that will not require more than two hours to pass a given point, somewhat shorter than some inaugural parades, but every effort will be made, it is announced, to make the line of march as colorful #s any in the history of the country. Justice James M. Proctor of the Dis- trict Supreme Court, chairman of the Committee on Aldes of the Distinguished E;h'l Con\ml:tzae !k:;s established ices in room of the Washin, Building. e Huston Thompson, chairman of the General Entertainment Subcommittee, has added to hs committee Carter T. Barron, jr.; Clifford Brooke, Edwin F. Hill, J. C. C. Patterson and L. P. Steuart. FILIPINOS HERE TO STUDY | INDEPENDENCE MEASURE Public Meeting to Be Held Tomor- row, With Visiting Commis- sioners Present. . Members of the Philippine Indepen- dence Commission have been invited to meet with Filipinos of Washington and neighboring cities tomorrow night for an open forum in Circle Hall, 1817 K | street, to discuss the independence law for the islands just passed by Congress over President Hoover’s veto, | The meeting, called for 9 o'clock, will | be held under auspices of the Visayan Circle, Inc., a leading Filipino organ- ization of the Atlantic States. Recom- mendations probably will be formulated for presentation to the Philippine Leg- islature with regard to the Mdependence measure. Dicsdado M. Yap, president of the Visayan Circle, who is fesponsible for calling the forum, will preside. Mem- bers of the Philippine Independence Commission and the two commissioners will be invited to speak. will be open to the public. CEel i MAIL SYSTEM EXPLAINED Chase C. Gove Addresses Luncheon of Transportation Club. Chase_C. Gove, Deputy Second y subject of tion.” Mr. ‘Gove explained the system b mmgm'm n{ moves its mail in this