Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1933, Page 17

SENATE .. GROLP T0 LT O BEER AT PRECUTHE SESSON Measure Has Béen Rewrit- ten by Tydings Subcommit- tee Since House 0. K. FOUR KINDS OF LICENSES INSTEAD OF THREE ASKED Maryland Senator Still Hoping for Enactment to Make Beverage Available by April 7. The Senate District Committee has been called for an executive session this afternoon to act on the local beer bill, which has been rewritten under the supervision of the Tydings subcommittee since it passed the House Thursday. Senato: Tydings tried to get unani- mous consent in the Senate to file a report on the new bill this evening in the event the committee should approve it, but Senators McNary of Oregon, Re- publican leader, and Borah, Republican, of Idaho, objected. The purpose of th2 request was to avoid the necessity of having the bill go over for one day under the rules. Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Mary- land. who has spent the past few days going over the measure with legisiative drafting cxperts, Assistant Corporation Counsel West and others, said today the committce would be asked to provide for four kinds of licenses, instead of three, as in the House bill. The fourth type of license would be issued to whole- salers and distributors. The three al- ready in the bill are: *“On sale” licenses, for places where beer would be served on the premises; “off sale” licenses, for establishments to sell the beverage in package form but mot con- sumed on the premises, and a “brew- ers’ license.” At the hearing last week a proposal was made that barbecue stands be allowed to obtain licenses to serve cus- tomers in automobiles if parking space is available off the street. Another suggestion made at the hearing was that rstaurants be allowed to have cut- deoor tables. It is not known what action the District Committee will take on these suggestions. Geod Ferm Most Important. Senator Tydings said he still hoped the bill could be enacted in time- to take eflect when the national beer law goes into operation April 7, but he emphasized it is more important to have the bill written in the best form possible, even though it takes a few He said this is particularly true because of the belief that the rest cf the country will be watching to see 2t kind of regulatory law is passed | for Washington. T a copy of the new biil and made a study s provisions At the board session ing enactment of the with a minor change c the day, according to indications at the District Building. Meanwhile Representative Black, Democrat, of New York, announced that if any radical changes are made in the bill ke would vigorously oppose them when the measure is reconsidered in the House. Black Assails Bride. Black charged that scme of the pro- posed amendments were designed to give the breweries control of the places where beer is to be sold. He also de- clared that Corporation Counsel Wil- liam W. Bride who recommended cer- tain changes in the bill when it was called up in the House w pparently in league with the brewers. Biack was one of the framers of the original District beer biil and assisted Chairman Norton of the House District Committee in pushing the bill through the House last week. Representative Black's statement fol- lows: “Bride apparently is in league with the brewers. He called me in the day before the bill came up for passage in the House and asked me to agree to a whole sheaf of amendments that un- questionably were inspired by the brewers. “I want it distinctly understood that I will not stand for the old vicious system—brewery control of the places where beer is sold, and if the Senate accepts those amendments I for one will stand up and fight against them Wwhen the measure ccmes back to the House. “Let Little Felow Have Profit.” ““That was the principal trouble in the old days—the brewers held the control. I think now we should let the little fellow have some part of the profits to be derived. In fact, I'm ready to support on that the grocers be permit- andle beer in case lots or by the bottle, with the understanding that the beverage be taken from the prem- ises.” It was stated today that Corporation Counsel Bride's revision of the local beer bill was made at the request of members of Congress and that the changes he suggested were for the most part made to remove contradictory or inconsistent provisions of the bill as passed by the House. Where changes in policy were suggested, then adoption ‘Wwas specifically left to Congress. Disclaims Charges. Mr. Bride vigorously disclaimed any intenticn on his part er on the part ot the District Commissicners to sup- port the brewers, He further explained that in drafting conditions for the proposed beer bill for the consideration of the Senate, all matters of pclicy had been loft for de- cision by Congress. H> declared the provision regarding sale by brewers di- rect to consumers was drafted in two ways, one permitting such sale and the other prohibiting it, thus leaving decision in the hands of Congress. “Furthermore,” said Bride, “I have no opinions on matters of policy re- garding beer legislation. I have con- sulted with no brewers cr their agents, and, in fact, do not know any brewer, or the agent of a brewer. Our work consisted merely of preparation of drafts of alternative lcgislative pro- posals.” The amendments to which Mr. Black referred, apparently, were prepared by the legislative counse! of the House and not by the office of the Corpora- tion Counsel, Mr. Bride said. He added that he was not present at the con- ference to which Mr. Black referred, at which certain amendments were prepared and that he did not know what decision had been reached in that conference. Mr. Bride also explained that a draft of legislotion in which he had engagd provided that brewers would not b2 permitted to sell direct to ccnsumers. H> said that he had appznded to this provision = statement that if it were ! to be the policy of Congress to permit such brewer - consumer _transactions, that sentence of the proposed draft cculd be eliminated. he Commissioners at noon received | MARINES DECORATED FOR 4 | 1 L Cross Star. WASHINGTON, Acts in Nicaragua Rewarded SERVICE AGAINST BANDITS. IEUT. COL. CALVIN B. MATTHEWS, commander of the Nicaraguan National Guard during the earthquake and a period of bandit activity, and Gunnery Sergt. William A. decoratcd this morning at a brief ceremony in the office of Secretary of the Navy Swanson. Left to right: Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller, commandant of the Marine Corps: Col. Matthews, Secretary Swanson and Sergt. Lee. | Matthews recetved the Distinguished Service Medal and Sergt. Lee the Navy The Secretary said the Marines “richly deserved” the awards, Col. Matthews for his service against bandits and during the earthquake and Sergt. Lee for valor in action, although wounded. Lee, both of the Marine Corps, were Col. —Star Staff Photo. SAYS LEGISLATION FORD. C. UNLIKELY Senator King Does Not Ex- pect Tax Consideration at Present Session. { Chairman King of the Senate Dis- trict Committes, who recently named a special subcommittee to study the Dis- | trict’s tax laws, said today he does not i expect legislation on the subject to be produced at this special session of Con- gress. King said he named the subcommittee at this time in order that the subject might be gone into fully during the Summer in preparation for later consid- eration of recommendations. As a preliminary step, Senator Cope- (land, Democrat, of New York, subcom- mittee chairman, has asked the Bureau of Efficiency for the report the bureau has been working on since the last ses- sion of Congress on the fiscal relations problem between the Federal and Dis- trict Governments. This reprt, which may be submitted to the Senator with- in a few days, deals primarily with the bill brought out by the Mapes Commit: tee of the House in the last Congress, seeking to repeal the substantive law which established the 60-40 ratio of ap- proticning expenses of the Capital be- tween the District and Federal Govern- ments. 2 ‘The other members of the subcommit- tee headed by Senator Copeland are Senator Kean, Republican of New Jersey: Austin, Republican of Vermont and Couzens, Republican of Michigan. PR REPORTS TO BE MADE ON SYMPHONY DRIVE Women's Committee of Orchestra Association Meets at Sulgrave Club This Afternoon. First reports on the drive to raise a guarantee fund for the National Symphony Orchestra’s 1933-34 season will be heard this afternoon at a meet- ing of the Women's Committee of the orchestra association at the Sulgrave Club at 3 o'clock. An outline of plens for the next sea- son will be presented by Hans Kindler, conductor of the orchestra, and by Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, chairman of the Executive Committee. Other speak- ers will include Grace Moore, the American opera singer, and Paul Wil- stach, author. Tentatively the schedule for next year will call for eight Sunday, eight Thursday and eight children’s concerts. Although the National Symphony ranked third in attendance this season amcng the first 12 orchestras of the United States, a guarantee fund will be necessary to gssure another season next Winter. It has been proposed to glter the orchestra’s charter to permit any one who contributes $25 or more to sociation and vote in its government. Southeast Citizens to Meet. Members of the committees of the [ Southeast Washington Citizens’ Associ- ation, which last month sponsored the entertainment czlled “an Evening With Sousa,” will recount their experiences in arranging the program at a meeting of the association at Buchanan School tonight. The Washington Boys’ In- dependent Band, the Southeast Citizens’ Glee Club and Duff Saxophone Quartet will also take part in the program %Yo- night. W. F. Murphy will act as master jcf ceremonies. becomd a member of the orchestra as- | Heh RENT PROTES NEETNG I CALED |Government Employes De- clare Housing Costs Still Remain Excessive. A mpss meeting in protest against high housing costs will b2 held under the auspices of the American Federa- tion of Government Employes in Mc- Kinley High Scheol auditorium, Second and T streets northeast, Friday night. Announcing the meeting, Michael D. | Schaefer, president of the District de- partment of the federation, said all wage earners are invited to partici- pate. He heads the Committee on Ar- rangements and is assisted by C. M. | Mears, Charles E. Ridgway, J and | J. P. Simpson. | “"“An investigation of living costs re- | veals that housing still stands out as | representing a too great portion of the worker’s income; this must be adjusted to fit his restricted purchasing power,” | the committee said In a statement which called attention to wage cutting. Rents, monthly payments on mortgage loans, bonuses for renewals and inter- est on these loans are the specific targets. | “The statement urges that workers ! “make a concerted plea to those who have it within their power to assist them that these costs be reduced at | BY POLICE LIQUOR SQUAD | Automobile and Pint of Whisky _ Also Taken and Thirteen . Charges Filed. Three men were arrested and an automobile and one pint of whisky | seized by C. B. Thomas, prohibition agent, and H. G. Bauer, member of the police liquor squad in Northeast Washington yesterday afternoon, 13 charges being filed against them. street after a short chase and after one of its three occupants, it is alleged, had hurled 11 pint bottles of liquor to the street. Rudolph Elmer Turner, 24, of the 800 block of Eighth street northeast, driver of the car, was booked on charges of illegal possession and transporting a dozen pints of liquor, failing to obey |a signal, passing a signal, falling to change his address on a driver’s per- mit and speeding at the rate of 40 | miles an hour. | Three charges of breaking glass in the street and illegal possession and transporting were filed against Preston |N. Guest, 24, also of the Eighth street | address, while tne third member of the trio, Francis Cecil Thompson, 26, of | the 800 block of Tenth street northeast, was charged with possession and trans- | porting. {TEMPORARY HEAD NAMED Newly Formed Mcntana State So- ciety Elects Robert C. Leary. Robert C. Leary was elected tem- | porary president of the newly-organized Montana State Society at a meeting last night at the Hamilton Hotel. Philip Roche was named temporary secretary and Willlam O'Mahoney temporary treasurer. The society will hold a_meeting next Monday night at the Hamilton for the election of permanent officers. | says he was educated at Harvard, add- ed ancther chapter to his unconven- tional career in Police Court today when Judge Isaac R. Hitt sentenced him to 69 days in jail for beating a beerd bill at the Mayflower Hotel. Although he has been in jail three months awaiting trial in the case, Stevens came to court this morning looking very much like the young doc- tor he liked to impersonate under such elaborate alieses as Dr. Hunt! A. Saltonstall. His mustache was neatly clipped, his clothes were well cut, if in need of pressing, and he seemed as much at ease as a crisp young phy- sician about to receive a patient. ' Lieut. Clarence Talley of the Detec- tive Bureau, testificd Stevens had regis- tered at the Mayflower in December under one of his longest names, had stayed two days and then asked the hotel to buy a ticket for him to Miami, Fla, where presumably he might the Winter social season. When the pass | what they are,” said Mr. Keogh. {DAPPER YOUNG IMPERSONATOR IMPRISONED FOR BEATING HOTEL Guest, Who Posed as Doctor and Obtained Railway, Ticket, Gets Sixty Days. | Hayward A. Stevens, a dapper young ticket was delivered, it was testified, ! man who speaks with a broad “a” and| Stevens took it to the railroad ticket office. exchanged it for a fare to South- ern Pines, N. C, not so far south as | Miami, but pleasant enough as a resort, and pocketed about $49 in change. A few days later Lieut. Talley arrested im in a hotel at Southern Pines. ‘Taking the stand in h#§ defense, Ste- vens explained he had lost his job and “times being what they are” he had come to this. He admitted he had been jailed in other States for similar offenses. . “You were convicted in_Connecticut. When?” asked Assistant U. S. Attor- ney Michael F. Keogh. “In 1928, Stcvens -eplied. “Fer defrauding an innkeeper?” “Yes,” sald Stevens. “What did you do that for?” “Well, I had a good job and lost it and times being what they were—" “I don’t think times in l’ll;;l;;f | Hitt pronounced sentence, | The automobile was seized in Oates| WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, FALSE MORPHINE | BELIEVED FOUNDIN WASTE MATERIAL Chemical Society Told of Synthetic Material Which Is Not Habit Forming. DR. CHARLES E. MUNROE HONORED AT BANQUET Substitute for Musk Also Reported Discovered in Series of Experiments. Encouraging progress toward a syn- thetic morphine which will not be habit- forming, built up from a chemical which now goes 1o waste 1n road-building, was reported to the American Chemical So- ciety today. The substance is pheganthrene, one of the hydro-carbons in coal tar. It is sometimes seen, shining with a slight bluish fluorescence, on roadside pud- dles. This research was reported by Dr. Lyndon F. Small and Nathan B. Eddy of the University of Virginia, who have been engaged for several years in a co-operative project with the division of medicine of the National Research Council with the object of securing a non-habit-forming morphine product with all the medicinal properties of the natural product. The nucleus of the morphine mole- cule is essentially the phenanthrene molecule. The drug., however, is a much {more complex structure with attached | rings of atoms. First the University of Virginia investigators attacked the prob- lem by tearing down the morphine molecule itself, detaching various atoms and thus producing scores of substances ithe physiological effects of which have {been tested on animals. Some highly encouraging results were secured in this way, but the substances have not yet proved practical for medicinal use. Reversed Process. They then approached the problem from the other end—building up from ‘phenamhrene, They have added vari- ous atoms to the phenanthrene mole- cule, approaching from different di- rections a synthetic morphine. The product obtained at each step has been tested for its physiological actions—its habit-forming capacity. its efficiency as a pain-killer and its effects on respira- tion and gastro-intestinal action. Some very encouraging products have been obtained, Drs. Small and Eddy re- ported. “But,” the report continued, “the difficulties of synthesis in the phenan- threne series are very great and we still are far from the product which might show the physiological action we seek. Nevertheless, the simple phe- | show a degree and kind of physiological activity which appears to offer great promise.” Approximately 100.000,000 tons of pure cellulose, 6,000,000 tons of sugars and large quantities of gums and lignins are contained in the 300.000,000 tons of corn stalks, cotton stalks and straw annuelly discarded as waste by American farmers, according to a re- port by Bureau of Standards scientists before the division of cellulose chem- istry. The report was made by Dr. S. F. Acree and his co-workers, H. A. Mann and Mary T. Kanagy. Recovery of these products, it was stressed. is not yet commercially feasible, but the re- search is only at its beginning. May Be Important. Cellulose, Dr. Acree explained, is the chief constituent of paper and rayon and is used in the manufacture of ex- plosives, cellophane, photographic films, lacquers and adhesives. The process devised by the bureau for extracting the i cellulose is one of cooking it under | pressure successively with water, dillute sulphuric acid and lye. The pulp is | then shaken in chlorine gas. cooked | again with lye and bleached with a so- }l\ltion of bleaching powder. In this process several gums are obtained |\\hlch. Dr. Acree believes, may find future use ‘as binding materials. Fur- ther cooking under pressure makes pos- sible the extraction of certain sugars, the most abundant of which is xylose. Ii is not as sweet as cane sugar and questions as to its food value remain unanswered. There are indications that itm may find important uses in medi- cine. Production of synthetic musk, hitherto secured only from the male musk deer of Tibet, was reported by Drs. J. W. Hill and W. H. Carothers of the E. L du Pont de Nemours Co. This is one of the most expensive of all perfumes. “Natural musk,” the scientists ex- plained, “comes from a pod on the belly of a wild and solitary animal, difficult to shoct or capture and likely soon to b2 cxterminated because of the systematic hunting. The odorous musk principle makes up only about 2 per cdnt of the weight of the pod and genuine natural musk therefore is very costly, although of many perfumes. Great Varicty Possible. © “Chemically the odorous principle of musk belongs to a very rare class of compounds. The new meihod makes it possible to make a great variety of | them, including typos that in the past have been unknown. Nearly all the i substances have characteristic odors, some virtually identical with musk and some with different qualities which may prove of value in making perfumes.” These synthetic perfumes, they pointed out, are derived from substances called polyesters, obtained from vege- table oils. It is possible, they added, to draw the polyesters into fibers resem- bling natural silk. Two servings of oysfers a week will combat goiter and supply deficiancies oZ iodine in the diet. according to a joint survey of the United States Bureau of Fisheries and the South Carolina Food Research Commission. The grand aver- age for all fresh samples, they reported, was 531 parts of iodine per billion. Ac- cording to this the average serving of oysters would furnish more than balf the requirement for an adult man for a day. The remainder would be certainly derived from other constituents of the diet. The 200th annivefsary of the death of Joseph Priestley, discoverer of oxygen, was observed by tRe society this morn- ing. The commomorative address was delivered by Dr. Charles A. Browne of | the United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils. Pricstley’s best fricnd, said Dr. Browne, was Benjamin Franklin, who exercised a great influence on his work. The observance was held in con- nection with the Priestley exhibit at the Library of Congress, which opened yesterday. Other speakers were Prof. Lyman C. Newell of Boston University and Prof. Tenny L. Davis of the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Munroe Honéred. Dr. Charles Edward Munroe, chief explosives chemist of thz Bureau of Mines and professor emeritus of chem- istry at George Washington University, was_presented with a diamond mem- ‘bership pin and a gift of gold coin at a dinner in his honor at the Willard last TUESDAY, nanthrene compounds so far available | considered an indispensable irgredient | 1 The Foening Star MARCH BUS AND TROLLEY | VALUATIONS AWAT PENDING MERGERS Inventories of Common Car- riers Have Reached Ad- vanced Stage. UNION OF TWO CAR LINES HAD HOOVER’S APPROVAL Public Utilities Commission Re- cently Informed of Prog- ress Made. Determination of the present values of the properties of the street car and bus companies of the District will be held up for several months pending development of an agreement of the companies to merge, it was indicated today at the District Building. { Inventories of the properties of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., the Capital Traction Co. and the Wash- ington Rapid Transit Co. now have been carried to an advanced stage. This work, the basis for a decision by the Public Utilities Cdmmission as to the present values of the companies, will be completed. Hearings Delayed. Hearings on the inventory and val- uation estimates, however, likely will be delayed for a time to await expected action by the directors of the two car companies on proposals for a merger of the transportation facilities in keep- ing with provisions of the merger legis- lation passed at the past session of Congress. The measure authorizing merger of the three transportation companies, subject to numerous definite provisions, was approved by President Hoover on January 14 last. One of the specifica- tions was that within six months after the approval of the act of Congress a plan for the merger be submitted to the stockholders of the two car com- panies for their action. Thus, prior to July 14, officials of the Capital Trac- tion Co. and the Washington Railway & Electric Co. must submit a merger proposal to their stockholders. Interested officials belleve the present | earnings of the car companies are not | as much of moment to the patrons of | the companies as to rates of return and | | fares as they are to the companies themselves. Thus. it is explained. a brief postponement of the hearings! would not be a matter of concern to| car riders. Must Merge by 1935. ‘The merger agreement. presuming an | approval by the stockholders of the car | companies, must be accomplished with- |in two years following the enactment of the joint resolution, or by January. 935. The two car companies have merger | committees at work on a proposed new | | financial set-up. Recently the Public | Utilities Commission, which must ap- | prove the agreement, was informed | progress was being made. | Meanwhile, engineers and account- | | ants of the Utilities Commission are | completing inventories of the properties of the companies. The estimates of | value of the Capital Traction Co. have | been completed. The cost of reproduc- | ing the properties of this company new, according to commission figures, is placed roughly at $20,000.000. | ‘The reproduction cost figures, how- | ever, do not take into account sub- stantial deductions to be made for de- preciation of the properties. Inventories of the properties of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., not including trackage and buildings in suburban Maryland communities, show a reproduction cost new of approx- imately $23.500,000. Both the estimates | are as of December 31, 1931. When the two car companies have merged, as proposed, a new company is to be established, the Capital Tran- si Co. This merged company would be authorized to purchase stock of the bus company. the Washington Rapid Transit Co., and to consolidate it with the new transit company, subject to ap- proval by the Utilities Commission. Inventories of the "properties of the bus company have not yet been com- pleted. | i ATTEMPTED HOSPITAL HOLD-UP FRUSTRATED Quick Action of Miss Edna Mun- dell Saves Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Funds. The quick action of Miss Edna | Mundell, member of the office force of | the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throntt Hospital, yesterday frustrated an at- | tempt by a youth to snatch receipts of | the hospital from her, and a few| mements later led to the capture of the zalleged foctpad by two doctors from | the hospital. Miss Mundell was walking on Fif-! | teenth street, en route to a bank with hospital receipts, when a youth ap-| proached and made a grab for tne package containing the money. Miss Mundell screamed and then ran back | to the hospital, where she summoned Drs. W. F. Abramson and David Davis. ‘The two physicians caught the youth, who identificd himself at No. 2 police station as Paul E. Alstead, 18. night. Dr. Munroe is the sole surviving charter member of the soclety and for- | mer president. Dr. Arthur B. Lamb of Harvard University, president of the society, described Munroe as the inventor of smokeless powder, but said that his chief claim to fame lay jn the inspiration he had given thousands of his students. Concerted action by the technical and scientific organizations of the United States to solve the Nation's economic problems was urged yesterday afternoon by Dr. Charles'F. Kettering of Detroit, vice president in charge of research work of the General Motors Co ‘tion. In a discussion of the usefulness of the gold standard, Dr. Kettering de- | scribed gold as “a’chemical very hard to get and of very little use to anybody.” He asked his auditors to suppose thaf all the gold in the world could be trans- ported to a desert island, to be visited only once a year by a battleship. On this island, he continued, would be a deposit vault for each nation and bankers of the various countries would conduct their transactions by radio communication. The work of the islanders would consist altogether in shifting gold from one vault to an- other. suppose,” he said, “that the battleship on its annual visit should find that the island had sunk into the sea. Let us suppose that the officers and crew then decided among them- selves to say nothing about it, but re- port: that they had found everything as usual. What would happen? All the gold would be gone, but if nobody knew the difference business would on as usual” | | ot { come of the man's injuries. Society and General 928, 1933. Red Cross PAGE B—1 Graduates STAFF ASSISTANCE CLASS RECEIVE DIPLOMAS. The staff assistance class of the District of Columbia Chapter of the Red | In the center of the photograph, Miss | Cross received their diplomas today. Mabel T. Boardman is presenting the award to Miss Alicia Rodgers. Star Staff Photo. LOAN OF $50000 RANDOLPH TO AD 1S SOUGHT FORPOST - VOTE FOR DISTRICT Receiver Declares Sum Is Needed to Bar Suspension of Publication. Benjamin S. Minor, receiver for the Washington Post, today was authorized by Justice Cox in the District Supreme Court to borrow $50,000 on receivers' certificates to continue the paper in operation. Mr. Minor stated in his petition he believed the money should be readily secured on the certificates, which will constitute a first len on all the assets of the Post. He said he had not been in charge long enough to determine whether any econcmies can be effected but that in any event it will be neces- sary to borrow money unless the paper is o suspend publication. He listed the weekly operating cost the Post as folows: Paper, $4,593.02; salaries, $7,133.57; wages, $5,042.28; rent, $192.31 and miscellaneous, $6.457- 5. During the past four weeks, he | said, the average weekly receipts were 7.135.38 from circulation, and $10,760- 74 from advertising. This, he pointed out, lea: a weekly deficit of approxi- 22, | cash in bank and enough paper to last through tomorrow. It was pointed out. however, that the weekly pay roll of 812,175 is due today and that $4,593 must be expended at once for an addi- tional week’s supply of paper. Mr. Minor was appointed receiver for the Post Saturday upon application of the International Paper Co. Inc., one of its largsst creditors. PLAN SYMPHONY CONCERT FOR CHEMICAL SOCIETY Crchestration to Be Preceded by Address of Dr. Irving Lang- muir Tomorrow Night. Fcllowing an address by Dr. Irving Langmuir, Nobel prize winner in chem- istry, before the eighty-fifth annual convention of the American Chemical Society tomorrow night in Constitution Hall, the National Symphcny Orches- tra will give a private concert for the 3,000 experts who are expected to at- tend the session. The subject of Dr. Langmuir's talk will be “Surface Chemistry.” | On the second part of the program, Hans Kindler will conduct the National | Symphony in the following numbers: Prelude to Act III of “Lohengrin.” ‘Wagner Symphony VI (Pathetiue). ‘Tschaikowsky Adagio Allegro non troppe. Allegro con Allegro molto vivace Adaglo lamentoso. Aria .. . | Gavotte Entr' Acte “Khovanstchina, Moussorgsky “Flight of the Bumble Bee,” Korsakov Rimsky Waltzes from “Rosenkavalier,” | Strauss MAN STRUCK BY AUTO IN SERIOUS CONDITION | Resident of Norbeck, Md., Has| Possible Fracture of Skull. Girl, 5, Injured. Frederick Bowman, 46, of Norbeck, Md,, was in a serious condition in Sib- ley Hospital today as a result of injuries eceived when struck last night by an utomobile in the 800 block of Mich- igan avenue northeast. ‘The car was driven by & namesake, Joseph Bowman, 21, of the first block of Franklin street northeast, who was detained by police and later released in custody of his father pending the out- Bowman was treated for compound fractures of the ankle cnd internal in- Jjuries and it was thought he may have a fractured skull. Mary Colodney, 5, of the 1100 block of Twenty-third street, was treated at Emergency Hospital yesterday for cuts about the head, received when knocked down by an automobile driven by a colored man while near her home. West Virginian Pledges Sup- port—Gilligan Indorsed for D. C. Commissioner. Representative Jennings Randolph of West Virginia, new member of House District Committee, last night pledged his support to the residents of the District of Columbia in their cam- paign for national representation. In an address before the North Capi- tol Citizens' Association, in McKinley High School, he asserted he would work in his home State to educate the voters there concerning the plight of voteless Washington so they will be prepared to support intelligently the proposed amendment to tne Constitution. Randolph disclosed there are 4,000 residents of Washington voting in his district, and because of that fact he had sought appointment to the District Ccmmittee in the House. He said no selfish interest would deter him from rg all in his power to give voting rights in Congress and in national elec- | tions to the half-miilion who live here. The association adopted a resolution | unanimously requesting President Roose- velt to appoint Henry Gilligan as Dis- trict Commissioner. Gilligan, a Demo- crat, is a member of the Board of Education and for eight years w esi- dent of the Narth Capitol Citizens' Association. Other resolutions adopted asked a $15,000 appropriation for the Blooming- dale playground at First and Bryant streets, for grading. seeding, sodding and fencing, and requesting the Traffic Department to have safety zones place at the car stops at Quincy and Ecking- ton place northeast, the Washington Railway & Electric line. ALEXANDER W. WEDDELL URGED FOR POST ABROAD Byrd and Pollard Ask Virginian's Appointment as Ambassador to Italy. President Roosevelt today was urgad by Senator Byrd and Gov. Pollard of Virginia to appoint Alexander W. Wed- dell of Richmond as Ambassador to Rome. Mr. Weddell was in the foreign serv- ice for 22 years, and at the time of his retirement three years ago to take up the practice of law in Richmond. was consul general at Mexico City. Dur- ing the World War he served as charge d'affaires at Athens, Cairo and Copenhagen. Senator Byrd informed the President the Virginia delegation in Congress is unanimous in supporting Mr. Weddell | for this post. CHEST GIVEN QUARTERS Applications Bureau Housed in Property of Lansburgh Estate. ‘The Central Applications Bureau of the Community Chest has been moved to the old Lansburgh house, at 1018 Vermont avenue, as an econcmy meas- ure, it was announced. today by the Community Chest. The bureeu, in charge of Miss Ade- laide Barker, has been given the use of the house, rent free, by the Laps- | burgh_estate, through the efforts of Mrs_Charles A. Goldsmith. = daughter of the late Gustav Lansburgh. a vice president of the’Chest and chairman of the board of the Central Applicae tions Bureau. DRUG STORE ROBBED Thieves Take $1 in Penhies, but Fail to Open Safe Door. ‘The pharmacy at Twenty-second and L streets was robbed last night of $13 worth of cigars and cigarettes and §1 in pennics, but the thietes failed to cpen a safe which is said to have con- tained more than $300. Entrgnce was gained by brezking out the panels of a large wooden door. The safe’s dial and hinges were hammered. The robbery was discovered today by Dr. J. W. McChesney and L. R. Denny, an employe. SCHOOL BELL SAVES LUCKY DOG, SURVIVOR AMONG 7 POISONED Children Call for Help When He Runs on Wobbly Legs to Greet Them Prince, a lucky collie, is the only survivor among seven dogs poisoned Priday in the Potomac Heights section. A school bell saved Prince by dis- missing Mickey, 10, and Betty Maurice, After School. to a dog hospital in time to save his life. Other of the neighborhood did not fare so well. Puppies mostly, the property of small children, they ate the poison and died before help could reach them.. Among IS PERKNS PUT DEPARTHENT BACK ON 53-DAY WEEK Doak Plan Abandoned to Conform to Economy Act Provisions. 700 CLERKS AFFECTED BY SATURDAY CHANGE Return to 0ld Standard Necessi- tated to Avoid Additional Eaturd: | ann The ued to conform with the new e t, which stipulates employes’ salaries than 15 per cent McCarl also has now cn five-day reduction of one- eleventh of 1 per cent additional ifthey be continued on this working basis. Decreed by Secretary Doak. The five-day act was decreed for the i 3 Lab:r Doak under a eccnomy act. nissing from th ito effect Saturda | Secretary Perkins {nished a ru v hich goes has Fe been fur- the | 10 cffect that the week was inevit stances. is the text of orcer issued | “Due to the 1 No. 2. Seventy | March 20, 1933, eliminates the legislative furlough of Government em- | pl the order of the Secretary of of July 93 d; and begi il 1, 1933, in accerdance with visions of law, four hours shall con stitute a day's work on Saturday und: | the same prior to Jul 700 Clerks Affected. | Approximately 700 clerks in Wash- | ington will be affected by the order here was rejoicing among . The clerks said the five-day proved unpopular be- | cause it took frcm them any chance of cxtended leave. Meantime, President Roosevelt had befo him today a re- \port from Budget Director Lewis Douglas, reccmmending that salary re- of public bill ress, approved | ductions of 15 per cent be placed in | effect throughout the Government service, including the armed branches, on April 1 On the basis of official estimates that ! the cost of living has been reduced 23 ice 1928, the President was he budget director that he ad virtually no alternative, in view of the emergency statutory requirement, | to be governed by than the level of liv- {ing expenses within the level of 15 per_cent. | Mr. Roosevelt's economy advisers are | understood to have estimated this sal- {ary reduction will mean a savings of approximately $40.000,000 for the re- mainder of this fiscal year. $230,000,000 Saving Seen. If continued for the next fiscal year it uld save about $230.000,000 toward balancing the 1934 budgst. Unlike the Hoover pay-cut plan, which it would supersede, this plan exempts no one, not even those receiving $1,000 a year or less nor the enlisted personnel of the Army and Navy. _The Roosevelt. reduction is to be in lieu of the 82, per cent Hoover reduc- tion, so the etfect will be to make an additional cut of 6'; per cent in <alaries over $1.000 and to apply the total 15 per cont cut at once to those unpd?r that line. resident Roosevelt, it is under: Will lead the way wifh 5 obat o0 in his own sala just as President Hoover turned back $15.000, or 20 per cent of his $75.000 annual salary. Mr. Roosevelt has not indicated how big a cut he will order in his own pay. Mem- bers of Congress reduced their salaries from $10.,000 to $8,500 in passing the economy bill carrying dictatorial presie dential powers over expenditures. About 700,000 civilian employes re- ceiving annually $1,270.000,000 will be aflected by the expecte y e pected pay reduction e CLERGYMAN ELEVATED TO AUXILIARY BISHOP :Rev. Dr. Elmer Joseph Ritter of | Indiana Catholic Diocese Con- secrated at 40. e Associated Press. INDIANAFOLIS, March 28 —Rev. Dr. 1 Joseph Rit rector of Cathedral h of the India diocese of the an Catholic Ch became | Bishop of Hippo and Auxiliary Bishop | of Indiananolis His consecration at the age of 40 years made him one of America's | youngest bishops. The ceremony, car- Tied out in strict accordance with the liturgy of the church, was attended by several hundred Catholic clergy from throughout the United States. £ Among the 25 bishops in_attendance were the Most Rev. Philip Bernardina, D. D, apostolic delegate to Australia, and the Most Rev. J. L. Beckmen, D.D., | Archbishop of Dubuque. | _ The consecration prelatc was the Most | Rev. Joscph Charirand, Bishep of the Indianapolis diocese. [ARMY DAY OBSERVANCE ! INDORSED BY PERSHING Aid Battle Being Waged Against Depression Cited by General. Declaring that today the Army “fights thoulder to choulder with all our people in the hettle which is being successfully waged against the forces of economic depression.” Gen. John J. Fershing, in_a letter received here by Brig. Gen. John Ross Delafield, com- mander in chief of the Military Order of the World War, indorsed plans for the obseryance of Army day on, April 6, anniversary of American entry into the World War. Gen. Pershing, in indorsing observ- ance of the day, which is sponsored by the Military Order, pointed out that it is the purpose of this observance “to Soldiers’ in 8, just as their pet ran to meet them | bereaved owners were 11-year-old Ruth 'recall to cur people the devotion of on_wobbly legs. ‘Then Prince collapsed and Mickey‘ and Beity carried him home to 5007 Cathedral avenue, where Betty tele- pho‘:lfle‘de for her father, Howard T. Mr. Maurice was able to get Prince L] Holtgreve, 5407 Carolina” place. and 6- year-old David Jones, 5114 Cathedral avenue. Bits of bread saturated with poison were found in the vicinity, and police and residents alike are on the alert for the person who them, " the military forces to the Nation's cause, both in peace and in wer.” | The approval of the American Legion, jexpressed in an indorsement from Col. Louis A. Johnson, national commander, ammum becn received by Gen. Dela- ~ e )