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Washington News THREE . G BILLS | | RECEIVE APPROVAL OF SUBCOMMITTEE Proposed Merger of Two Gas Light Companies to Be Favorably Reported. REVIEW OF RAIL CLAIM AGAINST D. C. AUTHORIZED Measure Calling for Sale of Po- tomac School Property on 12th Street Southwest Voted. ‘Three bills are to be favorably re- ported to the House District Committee tomorrow from the Public Utilities Sub- committee. These are the proposed merger of the Washingtcn and George- town Gas Light Companies: legislation | granting authority to the Washington, Alexandria & Mount Vernon Railway | Co.’s claim against the District for| ebandonment of terminal facilities to | be presented to the United States Ccurt | of Claims, and & measure authorizing | the sale of the old Potcmac School! property on Twelfth street southwest, no longer needed for school purposes. Leslie Garnett and Charles C. Carlin, former Representative, explained the claim of the railway company. William A. Roberts, assistant corperation coun- sel, insisted that an amendment should be made to the bill striking out all ref- | erence to the District of Columbia as a | co-defendant with the United States! against the claim. Claim Recognized. Tt was explained that the Secretary of the Treasury recognized that there is a justifiable claim for damages and it was determined at previous hearings that the District of Columbia was in no way responsible for those damages. ‘The abandonment of the terminal fa- cllitles in Washington was made neces- sary by the Federal building program | in the triangle area. Corporation Coun- sel Bride also represented the inter- ests of the District government. Chairman Black of the Public Utili- ties Subcommittee questioned E. J. Boothby, general manager of the Wash- ington Gas Light Co., regarding con- templated improvements if the gas company merger is consummated. Mr. | Boothby said that when the merged companies have been refinanced by sale of stock, it is the intention to spend $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 on memveJ ments, subject to the approval of the | Public Utilities Commission. - Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, said that the proposéd merger is in the public interest. Federation Voices Stand. George E. Sullivan, speaking for the Feceration of Citizens’ Associations, | declared that there is opposition to the merger unless there is a clause eliminating the value of franchise or | of going concerns being included in the rate base. Chairman Black pointed out that an amendment has been pro- posed by Senator Howell in the Senate on this point, and that since this is a | controversial question it would be better i to have it considered by the House com- mittee after & determination by the Senate. WOMAN DETAINED ON “FENCE” CHARGE Grand Jury to Probe Allegation Suspect Received Stolen Goods Worth $20,000. Said by police to have been the “fence” through which stolen property valued at approximately $20.000 was dis] of, Winnie Carrington, col- ored, 200 block of K street, was re- manded to the grand jury under $1,500 ‘bond in Police Court today. She was charged specifically with receiving & stolen fur coat and other property valued at $370, which had been stolen from Frances Hurley, 18, of the 4300 block of Tenth street. Assistant United States Attorney Michael F. Keogh said other charges would be ted directly to the grand jury. Keogh said the Carrington woman made a statement admitting she re- ceived the property, for which police are now searching. Approximately $5.000 worth of the goods has been re- covered and police believe they will eventually recover all of the loot. The woman was arrested after a larceny suspect. is said to have involved her. TWO OF TRIO ARRESTED IN SHOOTING ARE HELD Face Grand Jury on Charge of As- sault in Hi-jacking Battle Sunday. Two of three men arrested in the shooting of Edward Monroe of Alex- andria in an alleged hi-jacking battle at Blue Plains Sunday were held for the grand jury on charges of assault with dangerous weapons under $2,000 bond in Police Court today. They are Robert O. Crouch, 26, of the 900 block Columbus street, and Louis J. Edwards, 21, of Alexandria. Police said Monroe is still in a serious condition with a bullet wound in his forehead. The shooting occurred after & chase across the Potomac from Vir- ginia after it is alleged that some whisky was taken from Monroe. UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM ALLOWED TO UNITE LINES Interstate Commerce Commission Grants Permission to Combine Subsidiary Branches. By the Associated Press. ‘The Union Pacific Railroad Co. to- day was authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission to bring its sub- sidiary lines fully into the Union Pacific "s'l"fiem commission attached & condi- tion that the company agree to pur- chase certain short lines at such a time as the commission may order. The opinion of the commission would suthorize the Union Pacific to bring under one accounting system the Oregon Short Line Railroad Co. the Oregon- W Railroad & Navigation Co., the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Co. and the 8t. Joseph & Grand Island Rallway Co. ‘There will be no change in opersting conditions, the only new arrangement | 1 The b WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1933. May®Command Fort Myer COL. JOYCE EXPECTED OL. KENYON A. JOYCE, as- sistant chief of staff at Gov- ernor’s Island, N. Y, is be- lieved to be slated as the new commanding officer at Fort Myer, Va., where he would head the 3d United States Cavalry, in which he enlisted as a private 33 years ago. Col. Joyce is described by War De- partment officials as a “hard-riding cavalryman,” who has had experience in military affairs as a commanding officer, student of Cavalry methods and four years as military attache at the American embassy in London. 1t appointed, he would succeed Col. Harry N. Cootes, the present com- mander at Fort Myer, who is soon to leave for duty at Baltimore. It will be the first time Col. Joyce has been with the old 3d Cavalry since 1900, when he joined it as an enlisted man for a brief period. The next year he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 6th Cavalry and until the World War, practically all his service was with that regiment. In 1909, Col. Joyce was on a military mission to China. While on leave in India and Europe after that duty, he made a study of cavalry methods abroad. When the United States en- tered the World War, he was transfer- red to the Field Artillery of the Na- tional Army and served two tours of duty in France. colonel, he served as chief of staff of the 83rd Division and later with the American Embarkation Center. Col. Joyce was on duty at the War Department after the World War and Promoted to lieutenant | TO SUCCEED COOTES. COL. KENYON A. JOYCE. in 1924 was assigned as the military at- tache to the embassy in London for a four-year period. He later served with | the 1st Cavalry at Fort Bliss, Tex., and | before being transferred to the 2nd | Corps headquarters, at Governors | Island, in 1930, he had been graduated from the War College here. CAPPER URGES AID FROMR. . C. HERE Senator, in Radio Review, Opposes Passage of Dis- trict Beer Bill. Reviewing a wide variety of District bills pending in Congress, Chairman Capper of the Senate District Com-. mittee told a radio audience last night he favored granting authority to the District to borrow from the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation for emergency relief needs, just as the States do. He said beer legislation for Washing- ton “at_this time is somewhat out of line with orderly procedure.” Taking the view that all beer legislation is un- constitutional in view of the fact the| eighteenth amendment is still in effect, | the Senator did not think the District should be singled out for special legis- trict should change with the rest of the country,” he added. Points to Legal Methods. “If this country wants to repeal the eighteenth amendment—and I am not sure that it does—the right way to do it already is provided. If modification of the national prohibition act is de- sired, there is a way that can be done. I think the District of Columbia should get the same treatment as the rest of the country, in regard to prohibition or repeal.” Senator Capper renewed his own firm belief in national prohibition. He said that, judging from the number of | { letters he has received, there is very little active interest in the proposed beer legislation here. Speaking from Station WMAL. Sen- ator Capper said the $625,000 of Dis- trict funds just appropriated for emer- gency relief work “does not begin to meet_the problem of feeding, clothing and housing the destitute of the city.” He indorsed the bill which would enable the Commissioners to borrow up to $2,500,000 from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation whenever public or private relief funds are inadequate. Opposes Cab Meters. ‘The Senator opposed meters for taxi- cabs at this time on the ground it would force off the streets some men who are temporarily making a living with cabs. He said he has been encouraged by news from New York that mortgage interest rates are being reduced there, adding “there is pretty good reason to believe that the reduction in interest rates will be reflected in Washington before long.” Expressing the belief that lower in- terest rates would help everybody own- ing real estate, he said until such re- lief is possible something should be done about foreclosures on small homes. ‘The Senator favored legislation to'con- vert alley dwellings to commercial uses and also indorsed the Copeland bill to authorize limited dividend corpo- rations to take over the work of re- constructing some areas of the city with new housing projects. HISTORICAL POINTS OPEN TO INAUGURAL VISITORS Hours Extended March 4 and 5 at Monument, Museum and House of Lincoln’s Death. Additional facilities for inauguration visitors, recommended by the chief of the buildings division of the Office Public Buildings and Public Parks, to- day were approved by the director, Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d. James F. Gill laid the recommenda- tion before the colonel who decided that in view of the influx of visitors expected at the inauguration of Presi- dent-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, the regular week .day visiting hours for the Washington Monument, Lincoln Mu- seum and the house where President Lincoln died, be adopted for Saturday, March 4, and Sunday, March 5. This arrangement provides that the Washington Monument will be opened on both days from 9 am. to 4 pm. The Lincoln Museum and the house where Lincoln died will be opened from 9 am. to 4:30 pm. The colonel de- cided also, on Mr. Gill's suggestion, that the Lincoln Memorial will be open to visitors from 9 am. to 9:30 p.m. during the same period. Announcement of the extended hours was made today, so that Washingtonians might advise their friends, who are coming here from various sections of the country. BIBLE COURSE OPENED Dr. Weaver Speaks Tonight at Temple Baptist Church. Z. C. Hodges, jr., banker, was the speaker last night as a lecture course was opened in the Temple Baptist Church under auspices of the Baptist Bible School of the Columbian Asso- W. W. Everett, vice board school's of trustees, presided. Dr. R. W. Weaver, member of the school’s faculty, will speak tonight at 8 o'clock. Mr. Manning in will play the harp and Mrs. ln.n:;c will being consolidation of ;I:g ucoun";t‘:g systems of the four subsidiaries the ©of the parent . Dr. B. P. Robertson, First Baptist Church president of the achool. TRUSTEES OF CHEST 0.K.APPROPRIATION | Allocations Proposed by Bud- get Committee Are Approved. | Recommendations of the Community | Chest Budget Committee appropriating | the $1,915,438.35 pledged to the Chest |in the recent campaign, were approved by the trustees of the Chest at a meet- ing yesterday. ‘The committee's report allocated the | money among the 63 welfare and relief | agencies of the Chest, which in the past | year have reached 140,000 persons in ‘Washington. | ‘The meeting was held in the United | States Chamber of Commerce Building and was presided over by E. C. Graham, president of the Chest. Elwood Street, director of the Chest, reported that the Budget Committee has | spent long hqurs on the work of allo- cating the money, which was 32 per cent less than the amount appropriated in 1932, partly because the recent cam- paign was 20 per cent short of its goal and partly because 10 per cent more than was raised in 1932 was appro- priated for the needs of that year. Analyses of Budgets Made. Joshua Evans, jr., has been working on the budget since early in December and various subcommittees have been making analyses of the budgets of the member organizations and preparing the report. | The Budget Committee reported that, {in order to make it possible for the Chest to get through 1932, the Board of Trustees cut down the fiscal year to 11 months, beginning” the new fiscal year on December 1, 1932, instead of January 1, as in the previous year. Yesterday's appropriations by the Board of Trustees include $319,575.19 distributed to member organizations in December. This includes, also, $100,000 given to the District Committee on Em- ployment to help carry over families cared for by the District Emergency Relief Division until Congress could meet and make appropriation. Yesterday's appropriations for the services to be sendered by the member organizations of the Community Chest cover only 11 months in 1933, inasmuch as last December's expenses have al- ready been accounted for and the fiscal year 1933 will close November 30. While appropriations for member or- ganizations are in terms of what would be spent in 12 months, only eleven- twelfths payments will be made to them during the first 11 months of the year. Includes Amortization. ‘The appropriation includes $35,- 925.28 for a 20 per cent reduction of the deficit of $179,626.38 incurred in 1931 and 1932 on account of extra re- lief needs which could not be financed out of contributions. The expectation is that this deficit will be retired over & five-year period. This course is taken rather than make the whole deficit the first charge upon the 1933 campaign receipts. ‘Thirteen family welfare and relief organizations caring for needy families and individuals receive the largest ap- propriations, namely, $524,294.34 for 12 months, or $480,572.50 for 11 months. ‘The next largest amount is appropri- ated to the.nine hospitals—a total of $203,778.60 for 12 months, or $269,- 277.53 for 11 months. The smallest amount in proportion to the number of agencies involved goes to the character building group, which 18 organizations are appropri- ated $3220,504.77 for 12 months, or $202,- 114.65 for 11 months. Thirteen institutions caring for de- pendent children and adults (mostly orphan asylums homes for the aged) ‘receive an ation of $165,~ 565.49 for 12 months, or $151,757.33 for 11 months. Nine Get $181,602. Nine health organizations are appro- priated $181,692.65 for 12 months, or $166,539.49 for 11 months. The Community Chest year-around administrative, collection, accounting and budgeting activities; the Washing- ton Council of Social Agencies, the So- cial Service Exchange and the Jewish Welfare Federation, all providing cen- tral services for various groups, receive appropriation for the 11 months of $97,560.84. The sum of $191,543.83 is set aside to cover emergencies and shrinkage, in- cluding losses from deaths, rem from the city, firms going out of busi- ness, etc. ‘These appropriations represent drastic reductions in the services of Community Chest organizations. All salary totals are reduced by 10 per cent of the rate paid in 1932 over $1,000 -n:il 5 per cent for salaries of $1,000 and under. A number of important committees were set up for possible further econo- mies, including Committees on Main- tenance and Re] to Institutions, Insurance, Public Service, Central :h;;i;u m&p Central Officing. p!’m le was vi(nro\nly main- tained that private philan alone could not meet the relief situat and that public and private funds together would be necessary to care for the com- munity relief needs in the year ahead. Close co-ordination 'of private relief agencies, including the Associated Charities, the United Hebrew Relief Society, the American Legion and the Salvation Army, ther with emergency relief division of the Board of Public Welgg. ‘The Budget Committee, headed by | ening Sfaf SUNDAY MORNING EDITION IT0P PRICE OF §7 FIXED FOR SEATS AT INAUGURATI Stands Opposite Presidential Court of Honor Draw Greatest Demand. GRAYSON KEEPS HANDS OFF CARPENTER DISPUTE Union Business Agent Calls Strike, Insisting Upon $11-a-Day Wage. A top price of $7 per seat will be charged for space in the inaugural parade stands along Lafayette Park, opposite the presidential court of honor, it was announced today by the Inaugu- ral Committee. ‘These stands, it is stated, will seat about 10,000 persons, and the demand for them has been greater than for any others. The committee has fixed the scale of prices for those across the street, ajoining the court of honor and the stands for distinguished guests, at $6 and $7. Other Ticket Prices. Tickets in stands elsewhere along the line of march will be sold es follows: In front of Riggs Bank and the American Security and Trust Co. ,at Fifteenth and Pennsylvania avenue, $5. On the north side of the Treasury Building, $4 and $5. In the park space on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue, from Four- teenth to Fifteenth street, $3, $¢ and $5. In front of the District Building, $3, $4 and $5. In front of the National Theater and the Southern Building, $2. All stands except those where the lowest price of $2 will be chagged will be covered and protected fri the weather, it is announced by Daniel C. Roper, chairman of the Inaugural | Grandstand Ticket Sale Committee. Grayson Explains Dispute. After a conference this morning with two members of his committee on the controversy that has arisen between officials of the Carpenters’ union and Skinker & Garrett, contractors for the inaugural grandstands at the Capitol and in front of the White House, Rear { Admiral Cary T. Grayson, inaugural ment: “The work of constructing the many stands under the jurisdiction of the Roosevelt Inaugural Comriittee was let under contracts providing for the em- ployment of union labor and, wherever practical, residents of the District of Columbia. There was no other stipu- lation as to wages that should be paid. Bids were received by Waddy B. Wood, { chairman of the Committee on Grand- | stands and Decorations, and the con- tract for the presidential stands was |awarded to Skinker & Garrett. It is !the committee’s understanding that under the terms of the contract, this firm is using union labor. There the committee’s part in the matter ends.” ‘The two committee members were John F. Costello, Democratic national committeeman for the District of Co- lumbia, and John B. Colpoys, chairman of the Democratic State Central Com- mittee and a union labor champion. After the conference with Admiral %;:g;wn, they conferred with Mr. Calls Carpenter Strike. Meanwhile, representatives of Skinker & Garrett reported they have several hundred carpenters holding union cards who are willing to work for $8 a day instead of the $11 a day, which George Myers, business agent of the Carpenters’ Union, claims is the pre- vailing wage and the union scale. Mpyers has called a strike of all union stands. Work on the stands, however, was progressing today and the contractors reported they have many more appli- cants for work than they have jobs. The Inaugural Committee announced a tentative list of entertainments plan- ned for the celebration, beginning on the afternoon of Thursday, March 2, with Navy Yard exhibits to the public. ‘There will be battleships and other craft there for inspection. That eve- ning there will be a promenade con- cert in the Pan-American Bu.lldlngl. On Friday, March 3, the Navy Yard again will be open to visitors, and there will be a flying circus over Potomac Park in the morning. In the afternoon there will be a drill at Fort Myer and an Indian ball game and a professional lacrosse game in the Central High School Stadium. That evening thers will be an opera concert in Constitution Hall from 8:30 until 10:30 and a night %ng display by planes from Bolling mld and Anacostia Naval Air Sta- n. Fireworks Scheduled. On inauguration day, after the tra- in | ditional inaugural events, including the swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol and the parade along Pennsylvania ave- nue, there will be fireworks from 8 until 9 o'clock in the evening, on the Monument grounds, a vaudeville show at Constitution Hall, from 8:30 until 10:30 o'clock, & night flying show over the Monument grounds before and after the fireworks, and a street festival on Constitution avenue, from Fifteenth to Seventeenth streets, with dance music to be furnished by loud speakers or by bands in a competitive contest, from 10 to 12 o'clock. On Sunday practically all historic buildings will be open to the public, in- cluding Mount Vernon, which will break & practice of long standing by remain- ing open to visitors throughout the On ;::fldl the navy yard again will Y Wy be open for inspection and there will be another Fort Myer drill in the after- with the general program. ARLINGTON RELIEF FUND REPORTS $3,500 PLEDGED Chairman Payne Urges Communi- ties to Respond in Campaign for County’s Welfare. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. J g;m w pledcgo d’ e!& anu: [y an dm& in the $12,000 relief fund drive under way here amount to a’lit- Catholic Charities, the | chairman. i chairman, issued the following state- carpenters working on the inaugural 15 Traffic Charges Filed Against Man After 3-Mile Chase| Case Is Continued on Pleai Wrong Driver Was Jailed. They figuratively threw the book of rigid regulations at John T. Gray, 22, colored cab driver, when he was haled before Traffic Court Judge Isaac R. Hitt today for 15 alleged infractions of the driving laws. Gray was the object of a 3-mile chase the night of January 19, according to Policemen J. T. White and L. E. Sikes. The officers said they chased his car from near the Benning Bridge over the Eastern Branch to an alley near North Capitol and L streets. Gray and an- other colored youth jumped from the car and eluded the officers on foot. He ‘was arrested yesterday. During the chase Policeman Sikes said the fugitive machine attained a speed of 70 miles an hour, and drove past eight stop signs and four red lights, drove the wrong way down a one-way street and passed a street car on the left. In addition, they indicated that a charge of destroying Government property might be added to the total. They said Gray's car knocked down a tree during the chase. Judge Hitt continued the case for a week and allowed Gray his freedom under $200 bond after his attorney had pleaded that police had arrested the wrong man. The lawyer said his client would attempt: to locate the one who was driving the machine. D.C. O PAY DEBTS FOR RELIEF NEEDS $625,000 Fund to Provide Payment for Loan and Bills. i i Approximately $25,000, borrowed from private sources to meet last Saturday's unemployment relief pay roll, will be repald this week as a result of Presi- dent Hoover's signing the deficiency | bill yesterday, making $625.000 avail- | able “for unemployment relief in the ! District. The District also will be able to meet | | about $40,000 in bills accumulated dur- | | ing the pest two weeks for groceries, | fuel and the like given to unemployed | persons as direct relief. The $625,000 is intended to serve the unemployment | relief needs of the District for the first| six months of the current year. Norton Bill to be Favored. In order to avoid a recurrence of the recent situation, where the Commis- sioners were compelled to borrow relief funds or see jobless men go hungry, the city heads will urge passage of the Norton bill to make the funds of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation available to the District for relief pur- | poses, as they now are to the 48 States. { A hearing on the bill has been called for 10 am. Thursday before the Com- mittee on Banking and Currency of the Senate. Director of Public Welfare George 8. Wilson and Leroy A. Halbert, supervisor of unemployment relief, will testify as to the need of enacting the bill to assure continuity of the District’s relief program during the unemploy- ment crisis. ‘The Norton bill and the Capper bill, | an identical Senate measure, introduced at the request of the Commissioners, and with the approval of the Budget Bureau, provides for authorizing loans to the District for unemployment relief not to exceed $2,500,000 for a period of two years from enactment. Interest on the loans is fixed at 3 per cent. Organization Plans Laid. Plans are being laid, by a special committee created by the Commission- ers for the purpose, to organize the| work to be allotted to unemployed per- | sons under the $625,000 appropriation ; 150 as to make the work somewhat more useful and less haphazard than the projects hitherto undertaken. Reports to the committe, under the chairmanship of Assistant Engineer Commissioner Howard F. Clark, indicate that about 1,500 to 1,600 men per week can be given jobs in various engineering branches of the local government on projects of value to the city. The greater part of this force will be put to wrok on park improvements under U. B. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks and in the highway sewer and water divisions, ths construction division, and at Gallinger Hospital. They will grade playgrounds, clear park lands and school grounds, ditch highways, and grade banks along newly «cut highways. SUNDAY AMUSEMENTS ORDER IS ATTACKED Removal of Ban After Midnight on Saturdays Asked—Inaug- ural Ball Cited. A group of persons opposed to Sunday closing laws urged the District Commis- sioners today to repeal a police regula- * WOMAN PATRIOTS ASKFOR STRONGER NATIONAL DEFENS Mrs. Brosseau Urges Con- ference to Bring Pressure on Congressmen. LONDON TREATY NAVY IS TERMED ESSENTIAL Representative Chapman Says Na- tion Should Take Washing- ton’s Advice’ ‘The Women's Patriotic Conference !on National Defense today adopted six resolutions urging Congress to strength- en the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. Mrs. Grace Brosseau, Resolutions Committee chairman, read the names of Senators and Representatives upon whom Yressure should be brought to accomplish increased defense appro- priations, and asked the women to visit them this afternoon. The resolutions included urging upon Congress that defensive forces be main- tained in sufficient strength at all times; that the Treaty of London be fulfilled in construction of war vessels; that the Navy be built up to a strength comparable to the navies of other countries: that the national defense act be fully carried out and that a| clause in a pending bill providing for | reductions in pay to Army officers be stricken out. Chapman Urges Defense. Representative Virgil Chapman of Kentucky, introduced by his constituent, Mrs. S. Alford Blackburn, president of the American Legion Auxiliary, urged a strong national defense policy. “Peace is a great ideal, but human nature has not changed.” he said. “Disarmament, yes—when the other nations of the world disarm. “Meanwhile let us not be lulled into a false sense of security in these times of ominous rumblings throughout the earth.” Chapman said if America had main- tained the “defense posture” advised by George Washington, this country would not have been involved in the World ‘War. Illustrating unpreparedness, he said: “Not a single American-built air- plane ever flew over a German trench.” Maj. Gen. George D. Leach, chief of the Militia Bureau, also pointed to ‘Washington's famous dictum on pre- paredness as a model for Congress to follow. Princess Protests Move. Princess Cantacuzene Speransky, granddaughter of President Grant, made a protest move against with- drawal of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution from the Woman's Patriotic Conference. ‘The princess invited all the dissent- ing daughters who have come to the conference, despite the non-participa- tion of the organization, to a tea this afternoon at the Sulgrave Club. She said it would be in honor of Mrs. Brosseau and Mrs. Lowell Fleicher Ho- bart, the two immediate past presidents general of the D. A. R., who are taking important roles in the conference. Mrs. Hobart will be chairman of the conference dinner at the Mayflower tonight. “A respectable defense discourages aggression,” Gen Leach said in urging the strengthening of the National Guard, which he characterized as the Nation’s first line of defense and one of its most important militarv assets. He said he believed Congress wishes to Tetain adequate national defense, and that economy and defense can be reconciled. Mrs. Oliphant Speaks. Another speaker was Mrs. O. D. Oli- phant, permanent honorary chairman of the conference, who told the dele- gates “we are here to remind our rep- resentatives in Congress of the pitiable condition of our national defense, and to petition them to live up to their covenant of the national defense act o‘(}t’hm" ke today's program er ers on are Smlg.mvld 1. Walsh of Massa- chusetts, Brig. Gen. Henry J. Reill and Brig. Gen. Oscar Westover. Col. Alvin M. Owsley will deliver the princi- pal address at the banquet tonight. ‘Tomorrow’s schedule includes a meet- ing at the hotel headquarters in the morning and a pilgrimage to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier tomorrow after- noon. The convention will close offi-, cially with the morning session. “United States on Powder Keg” “The need for proper force, the dan- ger of another war, the possibilities and probabilities of entangling alliances and jealousies have grown until the United States now is sitting on_the proverbial powder keg,” Louis A. Johnson, national commander of the American Legion, told the opening session of the confer- ence last night at the Mayflower. “Our war debts have been repudiated in spirit at least, and the hatred behin diplomacy. Without and within our own borders the Communists have be- come bolder and stronger, with the e overthrown. by son, said. revolution,” Mr. John- ‘American Legion is suspicious of the motives behind the cry for econ- in the excuse to cut down and tion requiring places of amusement to Ciose Trom mm':’mht Saturday to 2 p.m. Sunday. Linn A. E. Gale, secretary of the Na- tional Assoclation Opposed to Blue Laws, pointed to the arrest of hotel proprietors on New Year eve and said { the same thing would happen with the inaugural ball, which is planned for Saturday, March 4. Gale, Philip W. Austin and Miss Flo of the District Association Op- posed to Blue Laws, told the Commis- sioners majority sentiment in the Dis- trict would support & repeal of the reg- klyn, representing Reform Federation, attempted to attend the meeting, but was informed that the hearing was not open. He then with- drew. PLAN TAX DISCUSSION Arlington Taxpayers’ League to Meet at Lyon Park Thursday. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. payers’ ing Thursday night in the Lyon Park -Community House. The meeting was called by H. L. Woodward, president. ‘The ’ holds that omy eliminate reasonable and needed ac- tivities in our Army and Navy,” he stated. $2.50 Per Capita for Army. “While we are spending $7 (per capita) for police .and $8 for fire de- partments, we are spending only $2.50 for the Army,” Mr. Johnson said. “One dollar more from each person would give us & real adequate Regular Army.” Other speakers on the program last Gen. Paul B. Malone, Marine Upham, Mrs. Blackburn, president of the American Legion Auxiliary and chair- man of the conference, greeted the delegates and guests at the opening of the meeting with a talk in which she reaffirmed belief in the national defense act of 1920, the London naval treaty and “air forces to none.” ASKS $15,000 DAMAGES Father Sues W. ¥. M. Coach Co. for Injuries to Son. By & Staft Correspondent of The Star. Junuey $1-The, Weabington Virginia: Jan: —The - - ‘mmu:’liyumt{l{!sg:d or damages elm- holtz, an infant, t.hrou;nrih father, Robert H. Helmholtz. It is alleged that 'Ammch”:gxgu ‘when_be fell o the & suddenly opened on & bus operated by the company. d | fracture of the skull and other injuries. such action has dropped its mantle of i | wanis and Rotary — : , Society and Ge Jobless Wanderer, Felled by Hunger, Taken to Hospital Without Food for a Week, Californian Collapses on Capital Streets. A pitiful tale of wandering from coast to coast in & vain search for work was unfolded today by & 26-year- old Los Angeles man who was taken to Emergency Hospital after he had col- lapsed from hunger at Twenty-first t.n_‘d‘h H nx"fheu.Al ol e youth, Albert McGary, told o siclans he had not eaten since pltxt Wednesday and that he had had but three days’ work in three months. He larrived in Washington late last night aboard a box car from Harrisburg, Pa., he said, and was hunting & job when he collapsed. “I didn’t lose consciousness,” he said. “My legs just gave out under me. I couldn't walk any farther. I gave up asking for meals at restaurants after being turned down so often, even after] promising to work for my meals. “I guess I'd be better off if they carried me out of here in a box. I have no family; my brother and sister died in Venice, Calif, in 1930, leaving me all alone and I've been hunting for a Jjob ever since.” McGary said he would be willing to! work for any one who would supply room and board in return. MKINLEY IS PAID TRIBUTE BY HOOVER {Makes Informal Talk as Ohio- ans Mark Martyred Presi- dent’s Anniversary. Tribute was paid the m of President McKinley by Prulmufl-l ver at a meeting of the Ohio State| | Society last night at the Shoreham i}lm.el. in commemoration of the 90th |anniversary of the birth of the martyred | President. President Hoover made an informal address before the society, which had | gathered, after its annual custom, to| | observe McKinley's 90th birthday anni- versary. Mr. Hoover paid tribute to McKinley | as “one of the men most revered in ail |our history.” | “His was a regime” the President {said, “in which the American people find particular satisfaction.” | Standing on the platform before a {vase of red carnations, the President remarked on their place as a traditional j remembrance to McKinley, who always wore one in his lapel. Hoover’s Father From Ohio. At the outset of his address of tribute, the Chief Executive said he had “a re- | mote right to associate with an Ohio | society.” ‘ “I have never been able to work out | | exactly the relationship of a man to |a State,” he added. “I am a son of (Jowa. But my father came from Ohio, and my family has lived there for four full generations.” The President was interrupted by ap- plause that echoed as it had when he entered and again as he departed after | remaining for about 10 minutes after his speech. Handclapping followed him through the lobby of the Shoreham Hotel. [_ After concluding his speech, the President remained to hear Fred East and “Bill” Raymond sing. East and Raymond also led the assemblage later iin an impressive tribute to McKinley. | As the hall was darkened and a spot- light thrown on the picture of McKin- ley. they led in singing “Lead Kindly Light,” the favorite hymn of the fa- mous Ohioan. Senator Fess Speaks. Judge 1. M. Foster, commissioner of [ the Court of Claims, who is chairman | of the board of governors of the society, | presided. Senator Simeon D. Fess, for- | mer president of the society, spoke on ithe life of McKinley, concluding just | before the arrival of President Hoover. R. W. Dunlap is president of the society. Gen. J. F. McKinley, who with Mrs. McKinley, was a guest of the soclety, smlze briefly of his uncle, the Presi- dent. ‘The program concluded with dancing. . FALL FROM AUTOMOBILE SENDS BOY TO HOSPITAL Ten-Year-Old Son of Indian Head Couple Is Reported to Have Tumbled From Car. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. INDIAN HEAD, Md., January 31— Claimed to have fallen from the run- ning board of & moving automobile, James Kersey, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Kersey, is in Sibley Hospital, Washington, suffering from a possible His condition is undetermined. Emmitt Hottle, operator of the car from which the boy is claimed to have fallen, said that he did not know young Kersey was on the car until after his injury. The boy was given first aid at the Naval nsary here before he was taken to hospital. — KI-RO REVUE REHEARSALS ICONTINUE IN ALEXANDRIA More Than 100 Prominent Busi- ness Men to Take Part in Pro- duction February 9 and 10. By & Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 81— More than 100 prominent business men of this city will have part in the Ki-Ro revue, an extravaganza in two scenes to be presented by the Alexandria Ki- Clubs on February 9 the benefit of local charity. ction iz being directed by Frank Steele, local thespian. Groups for the two scenes, one a minstrel show and the other a night club setting, are now busy with re- hearsals under the supervision of Irving Diener, president of the Kiwanis ! and 10 for The Club, and Lawrence Roland, associate el :tmd?hw;hn the dramatis A _group c | class of Arlington Hall School and! pupils from dancing classes of this: city are also to take part in the revue. | Tickets for the production have al- ready been placed on sale by Roger C. sum;m. of arrange- ments. in Maury Lieut. Sandberg Operated On. } Lieut. Prederick Sandberg, chief of the Police Bureau of Identification, who has been a patient in Walter Reed Hos- pital the past week, underwent a blad- the | der operation TeAr . A second o ntied B oo Ve | PAGE B—1 DENY AUTO VICTIM WAS MISTREATED AT D. €. HOSPTAL Police and Garfield Officlals Answer Mrs. Norton’s De- mand for Inquiry. PATIENT HANDCUFFED TO SAFEGUARD HIMSELF Nothing in Records to Indicate Houghton Was Intoxicated, Dr. Eiseman Says. Officials of Garfield Hospital and the Metropolitan Police Department today Joined in disclaiming responsibility in | Teply to charges of inhuman treatment of Eugene Houghton, 1203 Clifton street, who was injured last Wednesday in an automobile accident. The charges were made by Chairman Norton of the House District Commit- tee, who demanded an investigation of the treatment of Houghton, because he was transferred from Garfield to Gal- linger Hospital in a patrol wagon, hand- cuffed like a prisoner, although suffer- ing from a factured skull. In reply to Mrs. Norton, Dr. Francis J. Eiseman, suverintendent of Garfield, said he had investigated and found the hospital blameless in its handling of the case. Maj. Emest W. Brown, superintendent of police, said official reports submitted to him by Capt. Ira Sheetz of the tenth precinct indicated the police were guiltless. Denies Intoxication Charge. Dr. Eiseman declared Houghton was transferred because he “was in need of Tesiramnt” and Garfieid, unlike Gallin- ger, was not equipped to deal with & patient of this type. He denied hos- pital attendants told police Houghton was intoxicated. “No one here hinted this to the police who took charge of Houghton, nor is there anything in the hospital records to indicate he was intoxicated,” said Dr. Eiseman In connection with Houghton's trans- fer, Dr. Eiseman said Garfield tele- phoned Gallinger, giving a brief history of the case, and then requested the po- lice to take charge of the patient. He declared that, as soon as Houghton was turned over to the officer, “Garfield Hospital's responsibility in the case ceased.” Points fo 200 Patients. Dr. Eiseman also pointed out Garfleld had the interest of 200 patients to cone sider when it asked for the transfer of a patient in need of physical restraint. Maj. Brown said the report of Capt. Sheetz showed ‘“there was nothing wrong in the police action in the case.” The report declared the tenth pre- cinct had nothing to do with the case until Houghton had been taken to Gar- field Hospital. Investigating the accl- dent in which the man was injured, it said, Pvt. J. C. Danlels went to the hospital and was told Houghton was intoxicated. On recommendation of the hospital, the report further declared, arrangements were made to transfer the man to Gallinger, where it was found he was suffering from & frace tured skull. Police Report Quoted. In his report on the case, Policeman Daniels said: “On arrival at Garfield Hospital Houghton became violent and unruly and refused to submit to treat- ment by Dr. J. A. Worley of the hos- pital staff. Dr. Worley stated that, in his opinion, Houghton was intoxicated and recommended that he be trans- ferred to Gallinger. I called No. 10 precinct and asked that a patrol wagon be sent. The patrol responded, Pvt. Bradshaw in charge. In placing Houghton in the patrol it became nec- essary to handcuff him to prevent him doing harm to himself.” The precinct records showed Hough- ton was booked on a charge of intoxi- cation, and named Ivor Massey of Rich- mand, Va., who was said to have been the driver of the car which knocked him down, as the complaintant. The charge, however, was dropped when it was found Houghton was suffering from a fractured skull COMMISSIONERS LET 7 SEWER CONTRACTS Work Will Be Started on Project Involving Cost of More Than $90,000. The District Commissioners today awarded seven contracts for the con- struction of more than $90,000 in sewer projects. The contracts were awarded as_follows: To the Warren F. Brenizer Co., Lin- worth place replacement sewer, near D street and Linworth place southwest, $6,203.91; Fourth street, replacement sewer between K and M streets, $11,169.30, and Soapstone Valley storm- water sewer, near Connecticut avenue and Albemarle street, $23,292.57. ‘To W. Harry Angle, Hagerstown, Md., old Tiber combined system sewer, near First street and Indiana avenue, $4,794.16, and South Dakota avenue sanitary trunk sewer, section 1, be- tween Michigan avenue and Buchanan street extended northeast, $15,211.09. ‘To Peter & A. J. Ellis, Inc,, avenue and Madison street combined system sewers, $10,024.49. To Willlam A. Pate, Water and L street relief intercepting sewer, in Water street southwest between L and Twelfth streets, $20,174.42. —_— ANNE ARUNDEL TO GET ADDITIONAL DELEGATE Latest Statistics Give County 58,895 Population, Making Area Eligible for Sixth Legislator. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md, January 31.— Anne Arundel County’s population is 58,895, according to a bulletin g{‘&e Bureau of" xf";l.‘ .Slf:hfllflu of the Department e . The popu- lation figures will allow the county & sixth delegate to the House of Dele- gates at the 1935 session of the State Legislature.