Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1933, Page 14

Al xx CAPPER WIL ASK RODSEVELT'S AD I 0. C. ENT Wik I%BOG Wage Earners at Mass Meeting Demand Lower Mousing Costs. WARTMME COMMISSION THREATENED BY KANSAN BPledges Mimself to Support Legis- lative Program for Rental Reforms. After hearing a promise by Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas that he would carry the fight to lower District rental charges directly to President Roosevelt ‘within the next week, more than 1,500 Government workers and other wage earners, at a mass meeting in the Me- Kinley High School last night, demand- ed an immediate reduction in housing costs {n the Capital. Pledging himself to support a legis- lative program for housing reforms along the lines proposed by the Rent Investigating Subcommittee in the last Congress, Senator Capper said he would ask the President’s indorsement of this program. “I think.President Roosevelt wants to be fair to all Government workers,” he declared. “But I think he should know exactly what the conditions are concerning Washington rents. I in- tend to go to President Roosevelt with- in the next week and put before him the facts in the Washington rental sit- uation. I think I can convince him that rents here are outrageously high.” Three Speakers Heard ‘The Kansas Senator was one of three speakers at the meeting, which was called by the District Department of the ‘Aiz:.;fl]cnn ;‘edemmfion of Govern- ment ployes for the purpose of pro- testing what it describes as unreason- ably high rents in Washington. Other speakers were Representative Virginia Jenckes of Indiana and Edward Mc- Grady, who appeared for William Green, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, who was unable to attend. ‘The resolution adopted at the meet- ing, introduced by o. president of the Post Office Depart- ment lodge of the federation, said that although the income of wage earners in the District has been substantially Teduced, no equivalent reduction has been made in housing costs, “It is the sense of this meeting of ‘wage earners, residing in the District of Columbia, that there should be an dmmediate and proportionate reduction Miss Francoise May Accepts Invitation Extended Through Senator Byrd. Winchester Celebration Is Expected to Be Held Dur- ing First Week of May. Special Dispatch to The Star. ‘WINCHBSTER, Va., April 1.—Miss Francolse May, daughter of the Belgian Ambassador and Mme. Paul May, is to reign as “Queen Shenandoah X" over the tenth annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival here this Spring, it was announced today by J. P. Arthur, direc- tar general “I'm just thrilled to death!” exclaimed Miss May when the invitation to accept the highest honors of the Winchester celebration was extended to her at the Belglan embassy in Washington by United States Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia and a committee of the festi- val organization, including Mrs. B. B. Dutton, Mrs. J. Victor Arthur and the director general. Senator Byrd was asked by thé festi- val organization to make the selection | of a queen for the fete, and he choose | the attractive daughter of the Belgian | diplomat for the honor. May will be the second European girl to act as queen of the blossom festi- val. Two years ago Miss Patricia Dacre Morton, Winchester, England, acted in that capacity. It is expected Miss May will have the crown of apple blossoms THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DAUGHTER OF BELGIAN ENVOY TO BE APPLE FESTIVAL QUEEN MISS FRANCOISE MAY. and brilliants placed upon her head during the festival by a high officer of the United States Army or Navy. The ceremony will be the chief event of the first day of the two-day pro- | . A special ritual, adapted from ancient Belgian customs and forms, al- ready is being prepared for the occasion by the Rev. Dr. S. L. Flickinger, pastor of Centenary Reformed Church, Win- chester, who is an authority on ritualis- tic worship. The festival will be held when the apple orchards of the Shenandoah- Cumberland-Potomac fruit belt are in full bloom, probably during the first week of May. FIRST LADY GUEST AT SOCIETY CIRGUS Many Others on Distin- guished List for This After- noon’s Performance. Mrs. Roosevelt headed the list of notables scheduled to attend this after- noon’s performance of the Fort Myer Society Circus, which opened in the military post’s riding hall yesterday aft- ernoon. the others expected to be present at the show, whi has tech- nocracy as its theme, are Eugene Meyer, Jr., governor of the Federal Reserve Board; Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth; Baron Von Prittwitz, German Ambassa- dor; Michael MacWhite, Minister of the Irish Free State; Frederick A. Delano and Senator Walcott of Connecticut. The first, performance was to be given at 2:30 pm. and the final one at 8:15 pm. The same schedule was followed in the cost of housing in the District,” the resolution stated. Senator Capper, who headed the in- wvestigation into rents conducted by the Benate, and was reappointed recently by Senator King, chairman of the Sen- ate District Committee, to continue as chairman of this subcommittee, out- lined in detail the findings and recom- mendations of the group. “Hopeful Development” ‘The Senator said he -believed there was a decidedly “hopeful development” in the announcement of the Washing- ton Real Estate Board that a committee had been named to consider the com- plaints of tenants with a view to rec- tifying injustices. “Regardless, however, of this com- mendable action by the Real Estate Board,” Senator Capper said, “I think that action should be had on the rec- a ition _of the subcommittee, which calls for the passage of a Sen- ate resolution calling on the Attorney General to make a complete investiga- tion of charges that competition in real estate transactions has been stified in the District of Columbia.” ‘The speaker declared he believed the people are entitled to have the bene- fit of the attorney general’s opinion as to the legality of the actions of the real estate board. “This proposal, however, is only part of the general housecleaning that is needed in the local real estate situa- tion,” the Kansas Republican asserted. “‘Our sul ittee recommended a leg- islative program which is comprehen- sive and strikes at the principal evils in the local situation.” Mr. Capper said he has been confer- ring with Corporation Counsel Willlam ‘W. Bride in preparation of legislation along the lines recommended by the rent report. These include laws to limit evictions of tenants when conditions are such as to merit the intervention of the Government; legislation to provide a moratorium for not exceeding 2 years on foreclosure of mortgages and deeds of trust on homes; legislation to confer on the Distrjct Commissioners authority to take such action as may be required for the protection of tenants in cases of extreme emergency; passage of a res- olution calling on the Commissioners for enforcement of existing laws and regulations affecting public health, com- fort and safety in connection with rented property, and directing the Com- missioners to obtain through the Dis- trict tax assessor, and submit to the Benate, annual reports affecting ren- )tlzls and the values of the apartment ouses, Threatens a Commission. While the subcommittee, after care- fully weighing the matter, did not rec- ommend the creation of a Rent Com- mission, such as was set up here fol- Jowing the war to prevent profiteering, Senator Capper made the statement last night that unless the object of lowering rents and providing other re- forms can be accomplished in a better | way, he favors such a regulatory body. Declaring that “it seems strange that we should have so many complaints of high rates on fire insurance when the fire loss in the District is one of the | lowest in the United States” Semator | Capper said he favored passage of a | resolution recommended by the Rent | Subcommittee calling on the Commis- sioners for a study of fire and title in- surance rates and practices in the Dis- | trict, with particuler reference to the | fixing of such rates and elimination of | - competition. Referring to the inception of the sen- atorial inquiry into rents in the Cap- ital, the speaker declared that the Sen- ate District Committee had “no desire to_embark on a tedious investigation.” “We did our utmost to obtain from the real estate men some assurance that they would recognize their responsi- bility and reduce rents to a reasonable level,” Senator Capper said. “But that assurance was not forthcoming and the inquiry begun.” Quoting from figures of the United | States Pureau of Labor Statistics, the ipeaker pointed ouw that Washington's tnts declined 10.2 per cent in the four and a half years between June of 1928 eand December of 1932, while in Balti- more, for the same period, the drop was 288 per cent; Norfolk, Va., rents dropped 33.5 per cent; Boston, 24.1 per cent; Cleveland, 43.6 per cent; New York, 25.2 per cent; Philadelphia, 31.4 per cent and Detroit a decline of 78 per cent. “No Sacred White Cow.” “Rent in Washington,” Senator Cap- said in conclusion, “is no sacred ‘white cow. I certainly have no thought of delaying action any longer to see vhethe! ] ts in this city]because she was deeply = ol R R 14 welfare of the city, and pledged her aid | in studving aviation. will come down to more sensible levels.” Mr, McGrady pledged the support of . This year’s show is more than a mere exhibition of riding skill. The audience is called upon to sit as a sort of jury, while what might be described as the case of the horse versus various modern scientific contraptions is tried. 17 Program Events, Alt , there are 17 events on the program, which is virtually the same Irom one performance to another. The events range from spectacular displa: by the enlisted personnel of the post to comicalities of one kind or another by Army juniors, First of all, there's an overture by the fort band—the “Franklin D. Roosevelt ” Then thefe’s a “Grand Parade,” followed by a “Fan- fare by Tr\m#bn,“ led by Staff Sergt. Frank Wichey, who blew taps over the graves of the Unknown Sol- dier, Admiral Dewey, former President ‘Taft and Willlam Jennings Bryan. A group of youngsters exhibits a series of clever maneuvers in the “Germ of Discipline” number, and Miss Paget Anne Schall, daughter of Senator Schall of Minnesota, is featured in a stunt listed as “Depreciation, or the Biological Erg at a New Low.” Young Army boys and girls—27 of them—also_participate in the “Parade of Jockeys,” and then there’s an e ition of “Wild West” rodeo riding. Debutantes Play Part. Debutantes play an important part in the exhibitions, one of the most in- teresting and colorful of which is billed as “The Tsar's Cavalry in a Heart- Stirring Ride.” Forty girls participate in another number, “Adventure, or | Pioneer Maids in a Beauty Round-up.” Other events include an athletic riding exhibition, in which equestrian gymnasts from the post display their daring; & “Quality and Form” number, in which a group of Washington horse- women demonstrate their ability at tandem driving, and a comedy feature entitled “The Technor Calls for His Mount.” Among those expected to attend to- | night's formance of the circus, pro- | ceeds of which are donated to Capital | charities, are Senator Barbour, Senator | Schall and Robert Guggenheim. i MRS.M.PARSONS LANE DIES AT HOME HERE | Social Leader Was Wife of Chief Inspector on Southern Railway. Mrs. Mae Parsons Lane, soclally prom- inent here and in Philadelphia, died yesterday at her home at 2400 Sixteenth street following a brief illness. She was 57 years old. She was the wife of Richard Hooper Lane, chief materizl inspector of the test department of the Southern Rail- Vi Besides her husband, she is sur- vived by cne daughter, Miss Dorcthea Lane of this city. Mrs. Lane was born in Easthampton, and Don Allen Parsol She resided in Philadelphia for 17 rs before com- ing here with her family 11 years ago. During 1926-27 she lived in Florence, Ttaly. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 pm. in the Valley Forge Memcrial | Chapel, Philadephia. Interment will be | in that city. | SUSPECT ARRESTED John Gray, jr., colored, 23, has been | arrested in connection with’ the fatal | stabbing last night of Samuel Riddle, colored, 24, of the 1200 block of M street. Riddle was found on Pierce | street with a knife wound near his heart. He died a short while later at | Sibley Hospital. | | Florence Hall, colored, 36, was seri-| ously wounded in the chest last night at her place of employment, in the 1800 | block of G street. Levin James Lucas, i colored, 27, of the 2300 block of I street, who was arrested in Alexandria, was said by police to have confessed to the shooting. not live on the same plane as formerly. | Mrs. Jenckes told the audience she had asked for and received appoint- ment to the House District Committee | iterested in the to bring about needed improvements, | including housing reform legislation. | the American Federation of Labor “to the fullest extent” in the fight to reduce Wi can~ Thi | Michael local hibition was staged, the chemists saw out under ideal meteorological condi- been a real battle, there would have been heavy casualtis plant constructed for the manufacture several years, but which could be ys | research chemists are investigating the | erations of advancing troops. | screen about a quarter of a mile long D. Schaefer, president of the | depertment of the federation, MODERN WARFARE SUENES ENAGTED Chemical Society. Members See Gas and Smoke Meth- ods at Edgewood. Prophetic glimpses of future war amid scenes recalling past war were afforded members of the American Chemical Society, who ended their annual con- vention yesterday with a trip to wood Arsenal, Md., where the Nation’s gas and smoke warfare material is pro- duced and personnel of the Chemical Warfare Service trained. With a heavy, rain-soaked atmosphere pressing down on the drenched fields of the San Domingo farm, where the ex- this sample of'chemical warfare carried tions. Smoke clouds and gas tended to hug the soaked earth, so that, if it had Phosgene Plant Inspected. ‘The chemists also inspected the great of vast quantities of phosgene, one of the most deadly of war gases, which has been out of use and repair 10{ pu into operation within a few days. They visited the chemical laboratories, where problems of poisonous smoke, the neces- sary concentrations of gas over a given area under given weather conditions to produce damage and the qualities of gas mask material. ‘The show was staged in the after- noon with the laying down, by various mechanisms, of great screens of white phosphorus smoke which come near answering the old prayer of armies for invisibility. Screens were laid down in a few seconds across the field by 4-inch and 4.2-inch chemical mortars, behind which it was possible for troops and trucks to move for several minutes without being seen. The 4.2-inch chemical mortar with rifled barrel was described as one of the big improve- ments in chemical warfare methods since the World War, making possible the laying of smoke and gas bombs with considerable accuracy. Smoke Screens Laid. Smoke screens like vast, rolling white clouds also were laid across the fleld by means of hand-thrown chemical candles constructed on much the sam¢ principles as the tear bomb grenades used by police. It now would be pos- sible for a tank to run in front of an enemy position and create a screen | which would completely hide the op- | Methcds of projecting vast quantities of chemi- cals by means of Livens projectors were shown. These would be used for a con- centrated gas or smoke attack. The most picturesque event of the day was the laying down of a smoke in less than a minute by three low- flying airplanes. The chemists were entertained at Edgewood Arsenal by Col. Claude E.| Brigham, the commandant. BELMONT APARTMENT PROJECT UP IN COURT| Trustees of Estate Ask Approval of Plans for Mansion on New Hampshire Avenue. Permission to convert the Perry Bel- mont mansion at 1618 New Hampshire avenue into an apartment house was sought by trustees of the Belmont estate in the New York Supreme Court | yesterday. Justice Edward J. Glennon signed an order requiring Raymond Belmont. Middleburg, Va.; Morgan Bel- mont, Westbury, N. Y., August Bel- mont, New York City, and other Bel- mont heirs to show cause Tuesday why | permission should not be granted. | The distinguished diplomat and lawyer appearsd personally before the District Zening Commission recently to | ask for leave to convert the mansion into six high-class apartments. His agents then said they had entered | into covenants with adjoining property owners to leave the outward achitec- tural features of the house undisturbed, and to take other steps to remove any possible objections. These covenants, however, were regarded by some of the trustees as not binding unless sanctioned by the court. According to the petition, taxes| amounting to $36,000, for 1930, 31, ’32 and ’33, are due and unpaid. Owing | to the chenged character of the neigh- | borhood, the petition states, it is im- possible to sell or rent the house, which | was built in 1906 at a cost of $600.000. It has been unoccupied since 1929. Wilton J. Lambert of Washington and the New York Trust Co., are trustees. CHILDREN VISIT BOLLING Despite rain and a muddy field, 200 colored children composing the local branch of the Colored Junier Air Legion today made an inspection tour of Army Air Corps activities at Bolling Field. The children have been engaged in making and flying model airplanes and A demonstration flight which was to have been made, with Jesse McCoy Hanson, executive di 1 FEDERATION T0 GET MOTION OPPOSING HIGHWAY FUND GUT Committee to Present Reso- lution at Meeting of Citi- zens Tonight. SLASH SAID TO IMPERIL 70 MILLION INVESTMENT Session Is Held to Obtain Requests for Improvements in 1935 Fiscal Year. A resolution opposing afy cut in the funds for maintaining the District's highways will be presented to the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Associations tonight from its Committee on Highways, Parks and Waterways ‘The committee, in joint session last night with the City Planning Com- mittee, was_informed by Herbert C. ‘Whitehurst, highway engineer, that re- ductions in the maintenance fund im- peril the $70,000,000 investment of Dis- trict money in its roadway improve- ments The joint meeting was for the pur- pose of collecting requests of neighbor- hood citizens’ associations for improve- ments in the field of streets, sewers, parks, playgrounds, bridges and grade crossing elimination in the 1935 fiscal year. Representatives of 42 citizens’ as- sociations attended and presented re- quests in writing. These will be listed and transmitted to the Engineer Com- missioner for use in drawing up the District’s 1935 budget. Prominent among the requests filed wer for the New Hampshire Avenue and P Street Bridges, elimination of the old At luct Bridge, elimination of the Michigan avenue and Franklin street northeast grade crossings on the B. & O. Railroad tracks, and widening and paving of Conduit and Reservoir Assistant Engineer R. E. York and Charles W. Eliot, 2d, of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, addressed the meeting. William B. Holden, mist at American Uni- versity, spoke on the need of sewage disposal plants to remove pollution from Rock Creek, the Potomac and the East- ern Branch. E ‘Thomas J. Llewellyn, chairman of the Committee on Highways, Parks and ‘Waterways, presided over part of the meeting and Maj. Clayton E. Emig, chairman of the City Planning Com- mittee, over the rest. EMPLOYES' COUNCIL FIGHTS. HARDSHIPS Will Seek Exemption of Lower-Paid Workers From Pay Reductions. ‘With the new economy act going into operation today the National Executive Council of the American Federation of Government Employes met here to decide on a program of legislation de- signed “to prevent hardships over and above those brought about by the 15| per cent salary cut itself.” The meeting, at the Hamilton Hotel, was called by the national pregident, John Arthur Shaw. He said it would give particular at- tention to the proposition of exempt- ing lower-paid employes from the wage cut after June and also to a plan to permit workers to avail themselves of leave in one-day periods in cases of emergency, so as to save the 15 days’| leave for vacation. Further U. S. Pay Cuts. “Despite our efforts, a further re- duction has been made in Federal sal- aries,” Shaw said, “but we do not take the attitude that we must lose every- thing for which we have fought for 50 many years. We have the interest not only of the individual Federal work- er, but of the whole Government serv- ice at heart, and we intend to make a vigorous endeavor to forestall any- thing which will break down the morale of Federal personnel and do irreparable harm to the work of the Government. “In like manner do we intend to fight for restoration of salaries as soon | Famed City of Troy Just a Small Town, Photographer ands One Could Throw Base Ball From One Side Be- yond Other, Lecturer Says. The city of Troy despite its fame was so small that one could stand on one side and throw a base ball beyond the other, Byron D. MacDonsald, trav- eler and photographer, told members of the National Geographic Society at the Washington Auditorium last night, gx]dh,ls lecture on “New Odysseys for Mr. MacDonald spent two years, trav- eling some 6,000 miles in the Aegean Sea, visiting its many islands and pho- wgng‘e)}mg many places that have sel- dom been mgped by a camera. On many of the ds, he said, there are no automobiles nor even wheelbarrows. Men and women are their own beasts of burden. One of the outstanding islands de- scribed by Mr. MacDonald, was Thira. The island’s harbor is in the crater of an active volcano and the main port lies atop a cliff about 1,200 miles above the sea. The city 'is approached by steep winding roads with frequent “cut-backs.” He said the island is ve: wealthy, There are vast acreages of vineyards, but one of the nhtives' prin- cipal sources of wealth is the volcanic earth which covers most of the island. It is sold to European consumers who mix it with water and make a splen- did cement. - Mr. MacDonald also described and showed motion pictures of famous ancient tombs, theaters and castles. One monastery he described reposed on a rock 280 feet high. Until recent years it was approached only by a roj basket which was drawn up or let down by the monks who inhabited the institution. Now and wabbly m&em_ it more accessible, he sal VETERAN TO VISIT LONG-LOST SISTER Minnesota Game Warden Flying Here to Ask About His Parents. James Westlake, a Minnesota game warden, is cor to Washington to visit the sister who identified him sev- eral weeks ago, after he had grown to manhood, in a quest for information regarding his parents. Neither Mrs. Madge Sheridan of 1361 Fairmont _street nor Westlake can re- member having seen each other, al- though they probably were together as very young children at Wayzata, Minn., nearly 40 years ago. Westlake, now 41 years old, spent his early childhood on an Indian res- ervation in North Dakota and had gone by the name of Jim Wesley up until a month ago, when he learned his real name through a newspaper story, Veterans Arranged Flight. ‘The westerner will arrive here Mon- day afternoon by airplane on a visit arranged by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. a veteran of the Worl ‘War, Westlake will be given a rousing send-off from St. Louis by ex-service men there. He also will he entertained at Chicago and Cleveland en route, and plans are being made to have him met on his arrival here by members of the Minnesota congressional delegation. About a month ago, Mrs. Sheridan, the wife of E. C. Sheridans was mailed a clipping from the Minneapolis Jour- nal by a cousin in the Minnesota city. 1t told how a Jim Wesley was searching for information of his parents, and re- lated incidents of his childhood, in- cluding a fall which broke his nose. Both the circumstances of the story and the picture of “Wesley” which accompanied it a relation- ship and Mrs. Sheridan wrote to “Wes- ley” at his home in Anoka, Minn. The correspondence which followed estab- lished the idenity of Mrs. Sheridan’s long-lost brother. From what Mrs. Sheridan has been able to learn, her brother became sep- arated from his mother and father while only a few months old. West- lake's parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Westlake, died last December in Tacoma, Wash., without learning anything of their lost son, for whom they searched for years. The elder Westlakes moved to the West Coast about a year after the dis- appearance of their son, who, in some unknown manner, was taken to the In- dian reservation and brought up by Indians. . CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Banquet, Southeastern University, as the economic emergency has passed. | Mayflower Hotel, 7 p.m. ‘We fought against it with patriotic mo- | tives and we do not accept it as an in- definite condition. We still believe an important factor in restoring prosperity will be high wages, and we feel it is our patriotic duty to prevent the ex- ploitation of the wage earner within or outside of the Federal service.” Called Into Session. In addition to President Shaw, the | | Meeting, League for the Larger Life, 916 Sixteenth street, 8:30 p.m. Card party, Home Board, Areme Chapter, No. 10, O. E. S,, Cavalier Hotel, 8 pm. Spring play, “Bulldog Drummond,” Roosevelt High School, 8 pm. Dinner and dance, Thirteen Club, following members of the council were | Willard Hotel, 7 p.m. called into session: David -R. Glass, first vice president, ‘Washington; C. Grant Frick, second vice president, Brooklyn: George L. Jeffrey, fourth vice president, Wash- ington; John W. Thornton, fifth vice president, Providence, R. I.; Frederick Sommer, sixth vice president, New York City; Miss Esther Penn, seventh vice president, Seattle, Wash.; Willilam D. Eacho, eighth vice president, Hamp- ton, Va.; John F. Daniels, ninth vice president, Philadelphia, and Clarke J. McLane, treasurer, Washington. WARNS OF FAKE MONEY Warning was given the public last night by W. H. Moran, chief of the Secret Service, against three new coun- terfeit Federal Reserve notes, apparent- 1y made by the same person. The notes are for $10, $20 and $100 and all are on the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank, series of 1928. Dance, Alpha Kappa Sigma, Willard Hotel, 10 p.m. Meeting, National Association of Re- tired Federal Employes, National Mu- seum, 2 pm. Lecture, Dr. Boyd Carpenter, “China in Picture and in Story,” Chevy Chase Community Center, Ben Murch School, ‘Thirty-sixth and Ellicott streets, 7:30 pm. Benefit card party, Mithras Band, l\iflgéhmgton Loan & Trust Building, :30 pm. e Dance, Theta Alpha Chi Sorority and Alpha Sigma Lambda Fraternity, Shore- ham Hotel, 10 p.m. Card party and dance, Langley Junior High School, Pirst and T streets northeast, 8:30 p.m. Meeting, Biological Society, Cosmos Club, 7:30 p.m. FIRST CHERRY BLOOMS EXPECTED ALONG TIDAL BASIN BY APRIL 9 Park Officials Hold Out Hope for Good Display One ‘Week From Tomorrow. Park officials today held out hope for a show of color of blossoms on the Japanese cherry trees fringing the Tidal Basin, by Sunday, April 9—a week hence. Albert Clyde-Burton assistant chief of the park division of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, to- day asserted that with the present weather prospects, the cherry blossoms should be out in showy fashion by the tenth of the month. Already, the pink-and-white buds are starting to peep through, the first faint senger, was canceled ‘weathen hint of the Oriental pageantry that e meeting was presided over by ractor of the organization, as a pas-|will surround the Tidal Basin, before bebause of bad |the month is over. The trees at the -~ X O Engraving snd Printing on the north side of the basin, toward the end of Fifteenth street, are showing the best signs of blossoming first, Mr. Clyde-Burton said today. By Easter Sunday, April 16, there should be a good display, the assistant park chief said. Present weather indi- cations are that the blooms will be at their best from April 12 to 18. The recent inclement weather has held back the blossoming of the trees and the horticulturists have been keeping close tabs on the swelling of the buds, inas- much as steamship comgniu, railroads, tourist sgencies and of se! 'k nite ., Mw SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1933. THREE. ATTRIBUTES OF JOVENILE JUDGE FIXED BY INSTITUTE Knowledge of Law, Experi- ence in Social Work and “Horse Sense” Urged. GROUP SEEKS SUCCESSOR TO KATHRYN SELLERS Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Spon- sor of Conference, and Dr. ‘White Among Speakers. ‘Washington’s next Juvenile Court judge must be a man or woman with “common horse sense,” and also com- baung wide experience in the law and al service. ‘This was the unanimous agreement today of leading legal, police, medical and social work authorities, expressed at an Institute on Social Jurisprudence called rday by prominent local cit- izens interested in obtaining for the Capital the person best fi ceed Judge Kathryn Sellers. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, former Assistant Attorney General and a sponsor of the conference, whose sub- jects embraced “The Child, the Law and the Court,” said in an impromptu address: “There is no more important judge- ship in the United States than the Juvenile Court judgeship, not even the | Supreme Court of the United States. “The appointment or election of a Juvenile Court judge is the most im- portant thing that a community can act upon.” Other Notables Speak. Her words were echoed by Justin Miller, dean of the Duke University Law School, chairman of the Section on Criminal Law and of the American Bar Association, and vice president of the National Probation Association; Henrietta Additon, deputy commissioner of police, New York City; Dr. William A. White, noted psychi- atrist and superintendent of St. Eliza- beth’'s Hospital, and M. Ger- lach, assistant supervisor of the pro- bation system in United States courts. Mrs. Willebrandt, recalling her expe- rience years ago in California legal and social service work, sald she claimed “a hangover interest in social work from the less combative years of my life” She listed the three attribites necessary to a competent juvenile court Judge in the following order: 1. Common horse sense. 2. Knowledge of the law. 3. Experience in social service, Divergent View Voiced. James S. Owens, probation director of the Department of Correction, New York State, however, said that being an attorney was the minimum requirement necessary. He argued that with com- petent “case supervision little can hap- pen to harm the organization of treat- ment.” The knowledge of the func- tions of the social service agencies, he said, was the prime ability necessary in a_children's court judge, also the will- ingness to use the agencies rather than attempt to carry out the cure himself. Dean Miller’s topic, which he chose himself, was “Should a Juvenile Court Judge Be a Lawyer?” a question now being debated heatedly among the sup- porters of the various known candidates for the post here. Like a good lawyer, the dean argued both sides of the question, but left the audience to draw its own conclusion. After pointing out the sociological short- o of a vast majority of the lawyers and the lack of adequate legal knowledge on the part' of as many so- cial workers, he wound up by advo- cating a profession of juvenile court judges, a type of person with a col- lege in law and social service work and a humanitarian. Law Students Increase. outstanding advocate of a revision the country’s laws and legal pro- cedure, Dean Miller disclosed that every year more and more students are entering his school. Miss Additon, the country’s only wo- man deputy police commissioner, ex- pressed wonder why social workers have never paid more attention to the po- | lice in carrying out their work. She| cited the accomplishments in New York City, where the Crime Prevention Bu- reau, which she heads, has removed thousands of boys from the streets, al- leys and poolrooms, organized them | into the Police Athletic League and | formed base ball and boxing clubs, | which have so interested the children and youths that at a game staged in the Polo Grounds last year 60,000 children attended “and had the time of their lives.” As a result of this police ac- tivity, Miss Additon said, the children of New York have forsaken the old cry, “Cheese it, the cops,” and now | are friendly with policeman on the| beat and seek his counsel and advice, Juvenile Correction Urged. “Our crime prevention work aims to cut off crime by juvenile correction work,” she said. “It is the only way you are going to stop crime. “Public agencies, including the court, however, should be careful to leave in the minds of children a feeling of respect for the law, a feeling that it s a part of their lives and that it is something they should be interested in.” Miss Additon asserted there “are very few courts which live up to the stan- dards set for them,” d “The whole question of whether children should be kept out of courts depends on whether the courts or the police department is better fitted to do the necessary corrective work. “Juvenile courts are dangerous if not well run, esrecully whenever they tend to remove the constitutional rights to | which the child is_entitled. | “Whenever you let politiclans come in and color the procedure in chil- dren’s court, then I say I would rather have any child I am interested in go| iato a common magistrate’s court.” HENRY CLAY.CARPENTER EXPIRES AT VENTNOR, N. J. Winter Resident of Capital Suc- cumbs to Stroke at His Birthplace. Henry Clay Carpenter, 65, president of the Paint Products Co. cf Philadel- phia and Detroit, well known here where he maintained a Winter resi- dence, died suddenly yesterday at Vent- nor, N. J., his birthplace. He suffered a stroke the previous evening. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Charlotte Ward Carpenter; a hter, Mrs. Alfred Pierce Gregg, of Edgewater, N. J., and a stepson, Duff Merrick, who lives' at Mr. Carpenter's Washington residence, 1661 Crescent place. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Dean of Messengers Retired. J. Lewls Moore, colored, “dean” of the District Building messenger corps, who has served under 18 different Engineer Commissioners L od of 51 gt by *the He will reach the age of 70 this month. The be filled, dus to the m tted to suc- | Tops New Church ‘The maljestic 10-foot figure of the Angel Moroni, atop the new Mormon Church at Sixteenth street and Colum- bia road, which was unveiled yesterday. —=Star Staff Photo. FIGURE UNVEILED ATOP NEW CHURCH CONEREESLNELY | T0 BE MANED FOR BEER L HONDA Revised District Measure Passed by Senate With- out Roll Call Vote. |ISSUANCE OF LICENSES MAY BE DELAYED HERE Enactment Expected to Be Too Late to Grant Permits in Ad- vance of April 7. Conferees are expected to be named | Monday to iron out the differences be- | tween the two branches of Congress on the District beer and wine bill, which went through the Senate yesterday afternoon in rewritten form and with a ban against sale of the beverages in the Capitol or any other Government building. The only other change the Senate made in the plan of regulation as draft- ed by the Tydings subcommittee was to prohibit the serving of beer to custom- ers in automobiles at barbecue stands. The committee had decided to allow this, provided the machines were parked on the premises of the eating establish- mnts and not on the public street. However, just before the bill passed, Senator Capper, Republican, of Kansas, had the provision stricken out. The amendment forbidding the is- suance of Iicenses to serve beer in the restaurants of Government buildings was proposed by Senator Gore, Demo- crat, of Oklahoma, just before a final vote on the measure. It was by Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland, in charge of the bill, but on a roll call 44 Senators voted for it, to 28 against. The House turned down a similar amendment before it passed the bill last week. D. C. Heads Study Policy. The measure would permit the sale Senator King, With Other Mormon Leaders, Takes Part in Rites. A 10-foot figure, covered with gold leaf, of the Angel Moroni, was un- veiled_yesterday atop the tower of the new Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints at Sixteenth and Harvard streets. Present at the ceremonies were Senator William H. King and Repre- sentstives William Robinson and Abe Murdock of Utah, as well as officials of the church. Senator King spoke. Has Important Place. ‘The Angel Moroni is one of the most important figures in the history of the Mormon Church. It was he who gave the gold plates to Joseph Smith, from which were translated the Book of Mormon. According to the church's teachings, the angel also wrote the last book of the Book of Mormon. Among the others who spoke at the unveiling were Don C. Youug, archi- tect, of Salt Lake City, grandson of Brigham Young former head of the church, who designed the new church structure here; Edgar B. Brossard, local branch president of the church and a member of the Tariff Commission, and | cilj James H. Moyle, president of the East- ern States Mission. Dedicated by Prayer. Mr. Moyle dedicated the statue with prayer and his wife unveiled it. Mrs. Moyle is president of the National ‘Woman’s Relief Society of the Eastern States Mission. Judge G. A. Iverson, special assist- ant to the Attorney General; Frank Evans, recently resigned from the Fed- eral Farm Board, and E. N. Wells, first Governor of Utah, were present. Sen- ator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah had ex- pected to attend but was called away from' the city. He sent his regrets. HEARING ON EFFECT OF D. C. BILL ASKED Monday Evening Club Calls Cut While D. C. Has Surplus “Contradiction in Logic.” Terming the reduction in the Dis- trict appropriation bill while there is a surplus in District funds a “contra- diction in logic,” the Monday Evening Club in a letter today requested a hear- ing before the House Appropriations Committee on the effect of the bill on welfare and relief of distress here, In the communication, received by Chairman Buchanan of the Appropria- tions Committee, the club said a cut in expenditures for public works would put an additional load on relief agencies al- ready unable to cope properly with the situation. The wisdom of restricting school and library funds also was ques- tioned. The letter states: “As respects appropriations for libra- ries, may we not point out that the libraries are becoming increasingly the refuge of the-unemployed and the part- time employed. The branch libraries, few as they are, are one of the prin- cipal facilities for recreation in this pe- riod of depression.” The written request for a hearing was signed by Leifur Magnusson, president of the club; Walter 8. Ufford, chairman of its Legislative Committee; A. J. Dris- coll and Evan H. Tucker. MANY TAXPAYERS HELD DELINQUENTS Approximately 1,800 District Res- idents in Defanlt Because of Closed Banks. Approximately 1,000 District tax- payers, whose March payments were made in checks drawn on local banks which as yet have not been opened for such withdrawals, were placed today on the delinquent lists. Chatham Towers, tax collector, has started sending out notices to these | property owners, informing them that | their checks could not be negotiated | and that under the law the Commis- sioners have no alternative but to assess a penalty of 1 per cent a month until the realty tax payments are made. William P. Richards, tax assessor, es- timates that about 3,000 taxpayers took advantage of the new law which per- mitted payment of the March tax in- stallment either in April or in two pay- ments, in April and June. To obtain this privilege, however, it was neces- nr{ for property owners to make for- mal application to the District by March 15, under terms of the law. ‘hards estimates that 10,000 of these beverages April 7, assuming it bscomes law by that date, but even if Congress should put the final touches on the measure and get it to the President for signature early next week it does not seem likely the District Commissioners could , process of issuing lic next Friday, the day the national law becoT }:neé operative. Ny ! e Commissioners were asked toda; by the license board to decide on nu! merous questions of policy. The license group spent most of yesterday studying %muimdtt!hthe lfllél‘i as passed the fouse an e revised measure adopted by the Senate. & The committee made tentative drafls of forms of official license applications and outlined numerous other poinis on which the House and Senate were in agrum;m. lxbm found numerous ques- ons of policy which must be by the city heads. bt The Commissianers ceived a request from Palisades W. C. T. U. asking that li- censes for beer sale be refused for any place within 3,000 feet of the Francis Scott Key and the Reservoir Schools gzgtzmhm 400 feet of any private resi- Beer MNeense applications already [ ceived now total 768, i Drug Sales Barred. Senator Walsh, Democrat, of - chusetts, made a fight for the mlc{.-.mlm of drug stores that have restaurant fa- ties among the places that could serve beer on the premises, but his amendment was voted down without a iglel ug; TIu’ Gore amendment was onl estion on which a record g St enator ppard, Demq of ;:shor of meme hteenth tmnmdmm and sponsor the law, which made Washington dry in 1917, denounced the beer measure as unconstitutional. Recalling his opposition to the national i law recently, Senator Sheppard ‘The pending bill is equally uncon. stitutional, equally objectionable and equally vicious. Everything that may be sald against alcoholic liquor as & beverage may be said against a bill legitimizing beer. I want to deliver a few Furt'mg shots against beverage al- cohol, which is returning to this Capi-+ tal and to the Nation through this bill and the general bill—and that with a solemn prohibition against alcoholic liquors in the Constitution' of the United States.” Senator Sheppard began by reading to the Senate excerpts from a protest against the District beer bill, prepared by a committee of local citizens com- posed of Dr. Everett M. Ellison, Rev. William S. Abernethy and Mrs, Nash M. Pollock. Provided for Adults. In the course of his speech, Senator Sheppard said Senator Ty “vir- tually admitted the unconstitutionality of this bill when he said a few mo- ments ago that this 3.2 per cent beer would intoxicate a child 9 to 10 years old. The eighteenth amendment pro- hibits intoxicating liquors regardless of whether the consumers are adults or children.” Both the House and Senate bills pro- hibit sale of the beverages to persons under 18 and during the earlier debate on the measure Senator Tydings said: “I take the position, and I am gof to pe perfectly frank about it, that 3.2 per cent beer by weight is drunk by a child 8 or 9 or 10 years of age it would probably make such a child drunk—that is assuming he drinks enough of it.” The Maryland Senator added that he Wwas assuming the bill was being passed for adults and thought that “except in the most extreme cases, where there are weak physical characters, this beer will not make any one drunk.” Three Kinds of Licenses. While the Senate bill follows the same general lines as the House meas- ;n‘e. it mwumcnm;é}etely r::'rm.en to emove inconsistencies and set forth the restrictions in greater detail, _The House bill provides for three Kinds of licenses, “on sale,” “off sale” and = “manufacturer’s license.” The Senate retained these and added two, a “wholesaler's license” and a “solici~ tor's permit.” The wholesaler could buy the beverages for resale only and the license fee would be $250 @ year. The other new kind of per- mit would cost $1 a year and would have 10 be obtained by persons em- ployed to solicit orders. Such permits would be issued only upon recom- mendations of the vender. RITES FOR MRS: GRIFFITH Burial in Cedar Hill to Follow Funeral This Afternoon. Funeral services for Mrs. Maybelle A. Griffith, 46, of Takoma Park, Md., who died Thursday” at Garfield Hospital, were to be held at 2:30 p.m. today from the W. Warren Taltavull funeral home, Fourteenth street and Spring road, with interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Griffith, a native of Washington, had been a resident of Takoma Park . husband, Joseph A. Griffith; two daugh- h the Mr. Ric h“xrg‘nn will ask that they pay taxes | d ] the next fiscal year, beginning | 3 uarterly installments, as | Do Wor e e s e 86 . ters, Dorothy and Mary Louise Grif- fith and two sisters, Mrs. Edw Reynolds and Mrs, Lewis B. Smith, botll Washiggion, e,