Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1933, Page 17

@he Foe ning Stae WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. ‘ROOSEVELT GIVES REFOREST CAMPS'| [12-Year-01d Clinton Sni- DIRECTION TO ARMY Reserve Officers Wil Called to Administer Encampments. Be| Kidnaping Threat Seen in Telephone Call to D. C. Boy der Closely Guarded by Relatives. Police have been ask the possibility that a mysterious tele- phone call received by 12-year-old Clinton Snider, 1635 Wisconsin avenue, yesterday was a threat of kidnaping. The child is being carefully watched DISTRICT CONTINGENT EXPECTED TO HIT 300| | Completion of D. C. Quota by Tomorrow Seen—Enrollment Throughout East Grows. | ‘The United States Army today was| ordered by President Roosevelt to take | full ‘charge of the building, mainte-| nance and food supply of the forestry unemployment camps in the national forests. The order calied upon the Army to take full charge of the discipline within the camps and to call in emer- gency officers, both line and medical, to administer the camps. The forestry work, itself, however, will be under the direction of employes of the Forest Bervice of the Department of Agri- culture. ‘Training camps were filling rapidly through the East today. ‘The District’s forestry army contin- gent at the Fort Washington training camp will number well over 300 be- fore dark. 50 in Line This Morning. ‘This is by far the biggest day yet at the local Army recruiting station, with about 50 prospective foresters continu- ously in line this morning. Yesterday afternoon 99 men were sent to Fort ‘Washington and 26, some of them wait- ing in line before the recruiting station opened today, were dispatched to the training post this morning. It is ex- pected that at least 100 more cin be :gded this afternocn to the 236 already ere. Capt. James P. Wharton of the Army recruiting service and his staff of en- listed men were pushing to the limit to handle the recruits today and to turn away those who showed up without the Eaper credentials from the District of Public Welfare, through which all must pass. At this rate it may be possible to fill the entire quota by to- morrow, just a week from the day re- cruiting was started. Officers at Fort Washington are work- ing h:rd to get the men physically fit to go into the woods and to segregate among them tradesmen and those capa- ble of handling executive jobs. The drilling is restricted to calesthenics, but, under direction of Army non-coms, the men are engaged about the Maryland post at approximately the same kind of ‘work that will be expected of them ‘when they go into the Virginia na- tional forests. H. O. Stabler, assistant regional for- ester of District 7, which includes all the Eastern forests, was at Luray, Va., today, accompanied by an Army repre- sentative, to make final plans for the establishment of the first camp in the Massenutten Mountains. The site has been selected by forest rangers with a view to proper sanitation and the men themselves will throw up the tents as soon as they arrive. The first work will be camp con- struction, to be followed by road and trail construction, detailed plans for which are in readiness. For the present, at least, the forest rangers already in the George Washington Forest will have charge of the workand there will bz no immediate addition to the force. Approximately 200 to 300 Army ser- geants are to be assigned to the various camps to assist the officers. Each camp will be in charge of one captain and iwo lleutenants. Three medical officers from the Organized Reserve personnel ‘wili be assigned for each 1,000 men. Under the original program the For- ‘est Service was to have full charge of 4he camps, with the Labor Department supervising recruiting of the unemployed men in the various cities. It was explained at the headquar- ders of Director Robert Fechner of the President’s emergency conservation ‘work that the Labor Department would continue to supervise the recruiting of the men and that the Army would re- place the Forest Service in supervising the personnel directly within the camp. The reason given for the change was | that the Army has facilities to handle | such work. Director Fechner and his advisory board and War Department officials ‘were reported in conference at noon today and full details of the Army’s part in the forestry program were ex- pected to be drafted by the conferees. Orders Sent Commanders. Meantime orders to carry out the new plans were immediately dispatched by radio to the Army Corps Area com- manders by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, chief of staff. The orders read: “The corps area commanders will be Tesponsible for all matters incident to command of units, the construction of forestry camps and their supply, ad- ministration, sanitation, medical care, ‘hospitalization and welfare. Actual ‘work projects, their technical planning and execution will be under the im- mediate control, supervision and di- Tection of technical representatives of other Federal departments. No change is contemplated in the method of se- lecting, reconditioning and delivering men “The strength of forestry camps will n general approximate 200 men. The details of general organization for com- mand and supply will be determined by You for your corps area, based upon the number of location of forestry camps to be furnished you at a later date. “The forestry camps will be estab- | lished under supervision of regular per- sonnel. The Regular officers may b Teplaced at your discretion by Reserve officers and the enlisted men from the personnel of the Civilian Conservation Corps itself. Reserve Officers Called. “You are authorized by direction of the President to call to active duty with their own consent and for the period of six months the following Organized Re- serve personnel: For each 1,000 of the Civilian Conservation Corps—viz, one captain and two licutenants; for each forestry camp, three line officers—viz, one captain and two lieutenants. “The locations of forestry camps are being selected as rapidly as practicable and a detailed list will be furnished at the earliest opportunity so that you may proceed with the preliminary reconnais- sance of sites and arrive at a clear esti- mat> of the newly assigned mission. “A liaison representative from other departments concerned will be asigned 1o your headquarters at an early date.” Attempts to speed up enrollment of the forest corps also were revived today at Fechner's headquarters as reports from all the conditioning camps indi- cated fewer than 10,000 men had been Yeceived during the week since recruit- $nz was begun. w%emflenmivel of Western States who y by his family and conducted to and from Curtis School, Potomac and O streets, by his mother. Some one who asked to speak to “Mr. Snider” got the child on the telephone yesterday, and began to mutter in what Clinton felt was a threatening manner. The child could not tell what was said, or if it was a man or woman talking. Clinton's family was worried because, they explained, he soon will inherit a considerable sum of money, and they feared a kidnaper might attempt to seize the child and hold him for ransom. MEANS, WHITAKER ARE INDIGTED AGAIN New Charge Based on Al- leged Attempt to Get $35,- 000 From Mrs. McLean. Another indictment was returned to- day by the District grand jury against aker, alias “the Fox,” as a result of their alleged attempt to swindle Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean of more than $100,000 in a purported attempt to ransom the Lindbergh baby. p ‘This indictment char%u the pair with conspiring to commit larceny of $35.- 000 from Mrs, McLean, estranged wife of the former publisher of the Wash- ington' Post. Means has already been convicted on an indictment charging him with the larceny of $104,000 from Mrs. McLean. The latter testified at that trial that Means asked her for an_ additional $35,000 to replace part of the $104,000, which had been “marked,” but that she refused to give it to him. The alleged attempt to secure this $35,000, however, forms the basis for the present indict- ment, Pleads Not Guilty. ‘Whitaker has pleaded not guilty ‘to another indictment charging him with conspiring with Means to steal $100,000 from Mrs. McLean. An indictment charging assault with a dangerous weapon and assault with intent to kill was returned against Lester L. Lillie, 23, who is said to have shot two policemen last February 6 at Eighteenth street and Columbia road. He is alleged to have fired on the two officers, Herman Lay and Arthur Gern- hofer. after they had arrested him for attempting to pass counterfeit money. Each policeman was ‘shot in the leg. Lillie was captured by onlookers. ‘The grand jury ignored a charge of homicide against Melvin T. Salter, 34, alleged to have shot his brother-in-law, Allen Lynch, 24, on April 3. Lynch, according to police, was shot during a scuffle in the Salter apartment, after he, his brother, and a chauffeur had at- tempted to persuade Mrs. Salter, a sister of the Lynch brothers, to return to their home. Other Indictments. Other indictments returned were: James Stringfellow, James A. Wil- liams and Jacob Koblegard, house- breaking and larceny; James Beard and Joseph Stevenson, joy-riding; J. B. Wright and Thomas Higgins, joy- riding, grand larceny and illegal use of smoke screen; Ralph Kilgour, grand larceny; John Laird Shower, assault with intent to commit robbery and robbery; Joseph E. Hobbs, robbery; Dominic Finelli, carnal knowledge, and Seymour J. Stone and Morris Beder, embezzlement, A charge of assault with a danger- ous weapon against James Adams was ignored. LOOT VALUED AT $500 IS TAKEN BY THIEVES Money, Jewelry and Clothing Stolen in 24-Hour Period, Police Report. Mcney, jewelry and clothing valued 2t about $£500 represented ths 24-hour loot last night of hold-up men. pick- pockets, purse snatchers and parked car robbers. Two opening game base ball fans were the victims yesterday of pick- pockets, James B. Clement. Rosemont Park, Va., reported his pocketbook, containing $112, was lifted from his pocket while he was buying a ticket to the game. George L. Evans, 422 Shepherd street, lost a billfold contain- ing $8 the same way. A thief with an esr for music stole a bass drum and set of bells worth $175 from an_express wagon en route to the Earle Theater. The drum and bells were taken when the wagon stopped for a delivery in an alley near First and K streets, according to the Teport of police. Using a toy pistol as a weapon, a rob- ber last night attempted to hold up the store of Abe Milloff, Third and streets southwest, but was frightened away when Abe picked up a meat cleaver to defend himself. While Hazel E. Watson, 2000 block New Hampshire avenue, was preparing to move to Brant, N. Y., two $100 bills were stolen from her purse, she told police. section arrived in Washington late yes- terday by airplanes for conferences witn the Labor Department, the prelude to recruiting in the Western area. They i enrollment started. Enrollment Meets Obstacles. Prom several cities where recruiting is under way, reports came today of the variety of obstacles slowing up en- rollment. At Baltimore, the Family Welfare Association reported it found It necescary to combat rumors “that the country is expecting war and is taking | these men to train for the first draft.” The arrangements under which the men enroll do not make them liable |for military service. At camps where New York men are being conditioned, “resigned” after a day or two in camp, giving reasons such as homesickness or last-minute parental objection. In some areas, men who have been offered places in the corps have in- of their $3) monthly pay be sent to de- pendent relatives left them with insuf- I8 Gaston B. Means and Nerman T. Whit- plan to hurry home today to get the § approximately 300 corps members have | CITY BEER BOARD PREPARES T0 1SSUE| ANNUAL LIGENSES Investigation of Facts Will Be Started Within Next Few Days. RUSH FOR TEMPORARY PERMITS IS SUBSIDING Total Increased to 1,128 as Action Is Taken on 22 During Morning Session. The Beverage Permits Board today began preparations to issue annual per- mits for sale of legal beer in the Dis- trict, as the rush of applicants for tem- porary licenses fell off in comparison with demands last week. Actual investigation of the facts necded for issuing permanent licenses will be started in the next few days, it was announced by Vernon E. West, chairman of the board, afier final de- cision has been reached on necessary forms and procedure. The temporary permits already is- 1sued are subject to recall by the Dis- trict on five-day notice. Another new development came when members of the board decided tenta- tively 1o meet two cr three times a week to pass on applications for per- mits, if the present slack in demand continues. Final decision was post- poned for another day or two. 1,128 Permits Issued. The board has been in daily session since before the sale of beer nationally became effective last Friday and for several days held extended night ses- sions to consider regulations and ap- plications. Shortly before nocn today the board had issued 22 additional temporary per- mits during its morning session, bring- ing the total to date to 1,123 permits. Those which had been denied totaled 201. Twenty-two other applications were being held for further investigation. Applications filed with payments for Jicenses had brought to the District $115,50) in fees, when a count was made at the close of business last night. Officials again called attention to a provision of the beer act which pre- scribes that no local licensee shall sell beer purchased from an out of town brewery until that manufacturer shall have agreed formally to make returns each month of the quantity of beer scld here to de: Collection of revenues is the purpose of the pro- vision. Only three brewers have received such certificates up to noon. In ad- dition to two Pennsylvania concerns which already had such approval, one other was added today, a Maryland con- cern with Baltimore offices. Test Case Anticipated. Enforcement of the prohibition against shipment of beer to the District where certificates are lacking rests with the United States attorney, District of- ficials said. Capt. Hugh P. Oram, director of in- spection, and a member of the Permits Board, said he anticipated a test case would develop over the sale of beer at a owntown licensee over a food “coun- ter” to obtain a court ruling as to whether it is to be interpreted as a “table” under the meaning of the Dis- trict beer act. Corporation Counsel Bride laid before the District Commissioners an opinion that the District should not grant a license to sell beer to a tenant of the receiver of the Washington & Old Do- minion Railroad who has a shop in the circular business development at the south end of Key Bridge. The question involved the boundary of the District. The shop is in the ‘area of the “approach” to Key Bridge, | over which the Federal Government | has placed jurisdiction in the District | government. Mr. Bride ruled that | while the District has control over the | approach, it is not in fact within the | District of Columbia. | “The board yesterday issued permits | for sale of beer at the Tourist Camp in East Potomac Park, the Municipal Golf Course in Anacostia Park and the Hains Point Tea House, which had the indorsement of the Recreation and Welfare Association, headed by Col. U. S. Grant. STATEMENTS ISSUED. BY COMMERCIAL BANK Depositors Get Some Idea of How Their Accounts Stand. i | Many of the 20,000 depositors in the Commercial National Bank visited the bank today and obtained statements showing how much money they had on deposit in checking accounts when_ the institution suspended business on Feb- ruary 27. Shortly after the doors were | opened the lobby was filled with former customers_anxious to find out just how they stood. While their passbooks tcld‘ the story in a general way, they did| not know just how many of their final | checks had been cashed bzfore the bank closed. ‘The receiver, Robert C. Baldwin, an- nounced yesterday that the Commer- cial National would be open today for the obtaining of this information on commercial accounts. He expects to| have similar information ready for sav- ings depositors in a short time. After all these statements have been given out, the next step will be the filing of claims by the depositors. That date has not yet been fixed. Depositors of the Park Savings Bank will meet this evening at the Mount Pleasant branch of the Public Library to hear a report from a special com- mittee on the bank’s financial condi- tion. J. W. Thompson of 3155 Nine- teenth street, a retired Interior Depart- ment employe, is chairman of this com- mittee. The chairman hopes to have statement from the conservator, : Richard Hargreaves, which will give the :deposilurs some idea how they stand. BOAT SCHEDULE SPEEDED Mt. | | ST Vernon Run to Be Made in Hour, Starting May 11. A reduction in the steamboat running time between Washington and Mount Vernon to one hour will be inaugurated .on May 11 by the Wilson Line with the new steamer, City of Washington, it was announced today. Trips will be made twice daily, ex- cept Sundays, leaving Washington at sisted that the requirement that most ' 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and returning at 1:20 and 5 p.m. Round-trip fares have been reduced to 50 cents for adults be in charge of enroilment in that 'ficlent sums for their own use in camps. and 25 cents for children. Envoy Presents Essay Sb HURSDAY, APRIL 13, Prizes TWO STUDENTS RECEIVE AWARDS FROM BARON VON PRITTWITZ. B prize of $200, and Baron von Prittwitz. ARON VON PRITTWITZ UND GAFFRON, retiring German Ambassador, awarded prizes yesterday afternoon to winners in an essay contest con- ducted in the United States and Germany by the United States Bi- centennial Commission in conjunction with the Germania Club, Deutsche Literarische Verein and other German groups of this city. | Prau von Prittwitz were honor guests at a reception given in their honor at the Hamiltcn Hotel by German organizations of Washington. From left to right are: Joseph Gellerman, Georgetown School of Foreign Service, third prize of $100: Miss Louise Kilton, Catholic University, second prize of $150,"and John Joseph Stoudt, Baron and Haverford College, Pennsylvania, first ROBBERY SOLUTION BELIVED FOUND Police Continue to Enter Cases on Books Against Morris Kutler. Sclution cf a number cf housebreak- ings and robbcrics in the fashionable sections of Washington was believed | near today as police continued to enter cases cn the books against Morris | Kutler, 42, Brooklyn, N. Y., said to be | an escaped Sing Sing convict, who was arrested a week ago today. In all his robberies, according to De- | tective Sergt. Charles Warfield, head of | the robbery squad, the man used the | same methcé—cutting telephone wires | and jimmying a rear window. Since he has been in custedy police have re- ceived no reports of such robberies, although they had had close to two dozen in a comparatively short time before, they said. Arrested by Warfield, Kutler was arrested by Warfield at Ninth and D streets, allegedly trying to dispose of stolen property, about $2,000 wcrth of which has been recov- ered, both in his room at the Main Hotel and &t second-hand stores about the city. In several trips to Baltimore during | the past week with Kutler Sergt. War- | field succeeded in locating a quantity of | silverware, but whether it is loct from | Washington robberies of the man was | not definitely established. Homes Kutler is charged with enter- ing are those of: Col. Charles R. Sanderson, 2320 Tracy place; William C. Wright, 3819 Blaine street northeast; Mrs. Levi Cook, 2409 Wyoming avenue; Earl Compton, 3827 Cathedral avenue; Dion S. Birney, 4435 Cathedral avenue; Thomas E. Rhodes, 2945 Macomb street, and Charles B. Linganfelter, 3928 Liv- ingston street. Left Apology Note. It was at the Linganfelter home, | entered several weeks ago, that the rob- ber left a note, after leaving everything untouched, excusing himself and saying he didn’t know the resident was a B., of L. The initials were taken to stand | for bachelor of laws. Inspector F. S. W. Burke, chief of | the Detective Bureau, denied a rumor that the home of a cabinet member or other high Government official was among those entered. He said he was handling a confidential investigation of a case with which Kutler is believed to be connected, but it involves no mem- ber of the cabinet, of Congress or of the diplomatic corps. Burke declared the man said he would deny his house had been robbed should his name be re- vealed. ABSENCE OF.CUMMINGS RETARDS BANK PROGRAM The program for reopening Washing- ton’s 13 banks in the hands of con- servators lagged today because of the absence from the city of Walter J. Cummings, the new executive assistant to_the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Cummings was expected to return tomorrow. The exact progress made toward reopening any of these 13 banks remained still a mystery today, but it is known that reports on the condition of at least some of these banks have reached Mr. Cummings. He is co- operating with the office of the con- troller of the currency in an endeavor to determine what can be done with the institutions, which have been vir- tually closed since March 14. 1500 TEACHERS HERE FOR MEETING 35th Annual Convention of Commercial Association Opens Tonight. The relation of commercial educa- tion to the prevention of future eco- nomic stress will be discussed by ap- proximately 1,500 delegates to the thirty-fifth annual convention of the Eastern Commercial Teachers’ Associa- tion, which opens tonight at the Ward- man Park Hotel. Registration of the delegates, who come from 35 States as well as from Cuba and South America, was in prog- ress today. The first session, however, will be called to order tonight by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintencent of schools. Alexander S. Massell, princi- pal of a ¢commercial school in New York City and president of the association, will deliver his address at the opening session. Tomorrow’s Program. Tomorrow morning sectional meet- ings will be held at the hotel, while the afterncon and evening will be devoted to meetings at the Roosevelt High School, where modern office prac- tice teaching equipment will be ob- served. Rev. Edward Walsh, S. J., vice presi- dent of Georgetown University, will ad- dress the convention Saturday morning on “Capitalism at the Cross-roads.” Cemmenting on this proposed address today, J. O. Malott, United States Office of Education, general chairman of the convention, said it was the opinion of leaders of the association that if the depression will awaken the country to the necessity of teaching economics in the schools, it will be a “blessing.” “Just as the World War showed us the need for physical education,” Dr. Malott said, “this present emergency is showing us that ‘economic literacy’ is not enough—that we must have economic guidance and economic edu- cation in the schools themselves, so that our future citizens will be able to solve many of their own eonomic problems for themselves.” Dr. Stonier to Speak. Another prominent speaker scheduled for Saturday is Dr. Harold Stonier of | the American Institute of Banking, who also will speak on the economic situa- tion of the country today. Entertainment will occupy a promi- nent position in the conclave of educa- tors. The annual golf tournament of the association is being held this after- noon at the Washington Golf and Country Club, and many sight-seeing tours are being made b{' the delegates. Chairman of the local committees in charge of arrangements for the conven- tion, under Mr. Malott, are: P. J. Harman, Strayer College, banquet and breakfast; Mrs. Joe Mace, Roosevelt High School, program; Mrs, Caroline B. Stephen, Temple School, hospitality and tours; Thomas Holmes, principal of the Roosevelt Night School, pub- licity; E. O. Harned, Central High! School, government exhibits, and Dr. A. L. Howard, Roosevelt High School, membership. GUILD CHIEF TO SPEAK Dr. Hart of C. U. Will Give Ad- dress on “Last Supper.” Dr. Charles A. Hart of Catholic Uni- versity, director of the Catholic Evi- dence Guild, will speak on “The Meaning of the Last Supper” at an open-air meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in Franklin Park Tomorrow at 2:30 and 8 p.m., Dr. Hart will speak on “The Passion of Our Lord,” in Franklin Park. I GRANT ORDERS’ MARRIED WORKERS 'TO TAKE 30 DAYS ADDED FURLOUGH Ruling Affects Those Whose Husbands or Wives Are in Federal or District Service. Married persons in the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks whose mates also are employed by the | Federal or District governments must take not less than 30 days’ administra- tive furlough before the end of this fiscal year. This anouncement was made today by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director. His associates explained that, inasmuch as the persons concerned have had their 10 deys' administrative furlough for this fiscal year, they will have to take about 20 more. Col. Grant’s order follows: “Married persons in the employ of this office (living with husband or wife), if such husband or wife is also in the service of the United States or the District of Columbia, will take a total of not less than 30 days’ administrative furlough before June. 24, 1933. No- tice is given at this time so the em- ployes in question can arrange for such furloughs between now and June 24, 1933, to suit their convenience as far as practicable. It is hoped that ar- rangements will also be made with ihe supervisors when taking the furlough to inconvenience the office as little as practicable.” An appeal will be made directly to President Roosevelt in opposition to marital status legislation affecting Gov- ernment employment, according to an announcement from the National Wo- man’s Party Council. The council is affiliated with eight other women’s or- ganizations in a move to prevent dis- missal of married women whose hus- bands are on the Federal pay roll. This move, it was said, would be made because “no definite result” had been obtained in an appeal to Budget Director Douglas. At a conference last Saturday, Douglas told the women's groups that a ruling would be sought from the Attorney General on the present status of the legislation. Miss Elsie Hill of Connecticut, a member of the council, said the appoint- ment with President Roosevelt would be sought through Senators friendly to their cause. She tcrmed “an inquisi- tion,” the move recently announced by A. V. Dalrymple, new director of pro- hibition. to have no husband and wife on the rolls of his bureau. | meeting of the committee last 1933 WONAN RYS P STRONG HACHNE T0 FIGHT REPEAL General Constitution Uniting Many Groups Weighed at Session Here. FHP MRS. PEABODY DECLARES DRIVE ALREADY BEGUN Enforcement Committee Chief Avers Ten Organizations Active in More Than Half the States. A general constitution governing the various women's State organizations fighting prohibition repeal was con- sidered this morning at an executive conference of delegates attending the :enth annual convention of the Woman's National Ccmmittee for Law Enforce- ment at the Washington Hotel. Mrs. Henry W. Peabedy, chairman of the Law Enforcement Committee, said members of its 10 constituent organiza- ticns already have set up political machines in more than half the States. The by-laws proposed this morning, she said, would set out general principles and methods of conducting the fight for retention of the eighteenth amendment. It will be presented to the full com- mittee for adoption tonight. ‘Thomas Jefferson was pictured as an opponent of liquor by Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson, president of the National | Democratic Law Enforcement League, in an address this afternoon at a Jeffer- son day luncheon attended by conven- tion delegates. “Pew historians give the true picture of Jefferson,” she declared. “Every time Jefferson’s birth is celebrated, speakers suggest that this man of the hour was in favor of liquor. Nothing is farther trom the truth.” Other Addresses Heard. Others who addressed the luncheon meeting were Mrs. Ella Boole. presi- dent of the Woman’s Christian Temper- ance Union; Miss Vida Milholland, Miss Margaret Hamilton, Mrs. Joy Elmer Morgan, Rev. Dr. William S. Aber- nethy, Mrs. F. L. Johnson, Mrs. Percy Walden and Mrs. A. Haines Lippincott. An address by Senator Morris Shep- pard, Texas, author of the eighteenth amendment, is scheduled for tonight. Formation of a new “Constitutional Party of America” is “bound to come,” Mrs. Peabody predicted at \‘.hen;:p;:lmfl ght. Mrs, Peabody said a strictly women’s party to fight for retention of dry laws was not sought, but rather a coalition of man and woman drys. “Women are rising,” she said. “They will drive the money changers and brewers out of our national temple. We thought we had sent men to represent us, but they have betrayed the Consti- tution for revenue and beer. ~Until women in every State organize for political action as they are doing in many States the cause may be tem- porarily lost, and with it a far greater cause—our free Government. There- fore, we, representing ten millions of women in 10 national organizations, will hold the line.” Prohibition has not failed, she de- clared, but its enforcement always has been in the hands of “enemies or cowardly friends.” * She characterized the beer bill as “illegal liquor dech{ed legal by the Seventy-third Congress.” Capper Scores Beer Law. Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas. g:lt speaker last night, attacked the r law in discussing his proposed amendment to the Constitution not to count aljiens in al ap- portionment. “I believe beer of 3.2 per cent of alcoholic content is intoxicating and its sale a violation of the Constitution,” the Senator said. “This beer law is not going to assist in restoring prosperity to the people of the country.” “I opposed the proposal to legalize beer,” he continued, “because I be- lieved it meant the inevitable return of the saloon and all its attendant evils. No greater calamity could come to this Nation. “The wets told us in the Senate de- bate that they were opposed to the return of the saloon. I said to them: “There is no greater hypocrisy in this country today than the declaration of the wets that they are for repeal and also are opj to the return of the saloon.’ If you are for prohibition you are against the saloon. If you are against prohibition you are for the saloon.” Referring to his proposed amend- ment, Senator Capper said there are three or four Congressmen from New York alone who owe their seats to the counting of unnaturalized aliens in the mapping out of their districts. Claims Unfairness. “Altogether,” he said, “there are at least 28 Congressmen allotted to States with large alien population that really belong to States where American citi- zens, American born or naturaized foreign born, are in larger proportion to the number of unnaturalized aliens. The States in the great Middle West and in the South are the ones that suffer most from this unjust discrimi- nation; the States with large indus- trial centers profit most from it.” He linked the inclusion of aliens in congressional apportionment with the wet-dry issue, asserting the anti-pro- hibitionsts were “making a particularly desperate fight egainst the amendment because all the 28 Representatives in Congress, who would be put out by it, are wet.” Attacking the feminine organization on the other side of the prohibition question, Mrs. Nicholson, said nothing has “done more to create lawlessness and disrespect for law than has_the has the Woman's Organization for Pro- Reform.” Repeal or nullification of the eight- eenth amendment would increase suf- fering of women and children and greatly enlarge the burcen already car- ried by the juvenile and morals courts, Mrs. Willlam L. Darby of the National Council of Federated Church Women and the Council of Women for Home Missions, told the gathering. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, president of the Federation of Women's Clubs in the District, sald her late husband tes- tified at a hearing before the New Jer- sey Legislature that beer of 2.75 per cent by weight was intoxicating and might “even produce the third state of intoxication in which the ordinary symptoms of drunkenness are mani- fested.” She quoted similar statements by other medical authorities. Pledges Fight to End. An assertion that women of the Fed- eration of Women's Boards of Foreign Missions of North America would “never surrender, retreat, or compromise in this world task of freeing world chil- dren from the blight of the liquor traffic,” was made by Mrs. Johnson, past president of the federation. In an address of welcome to the committee, Mrs. H. Wellen Fisher, presi- dent cf the District Council of Church ‘Women, said: “We must stand four- square on the principle of moral l | | woman’s apperel store. Felled in Fire LIEUT. J. E. SUIT. —3tar Staff Photo. DOWNTOWN BLAZE 15 LAID T0 WIRING Lieutenant Injured Fighting Philipsborn Fire—Easter Stocks Saved. An electric extension cord, suspended across a heating pipe, apparently caused a blaze that damaged the Philipsborn 600 block of Eleventh street, last night, Fire Marshal Calvin G. Lauber said today. The blaze, in which a Fire Depart- ment lieutenant was overcome by illumi- nating gas, damaged the five-story building to the extent of only about $600, the fire marshal said. Dresses and other merchandise were damaged by smoke, but no harm was done to the store’s Easter stock, it was announced after a check-up. Blaze Draws Throng. The fire, which attracted throngs of theater-goers and diners-out, started in a basement storage room, beneath one of the front show windows. It quickly spread to the rear, but firemen kept it confined to a double partition under the first floor. Passersby discovered smoke ema- nating from a basement trapdoor on the sidewalk. They notified Theodore Gibbs, colored porter, who was work- ing in a show window, and he turned in the first alarm. That was at 7:26 p.m., and the firemen sounded another alarm at 7:44, a few minutes after their arrival. Lieutenant Overcome. Working in the basement without a gas mask, Lieut. J. E. Suit, No. 1 Engine Company, was overcome by fumes that filled the lower part of the building, after a gas meter had been burned away. He was carried to the street and revived by members of the fire rescue squad. He returned to but was forced to the street again a short time later. In the building were Jack Carter, building manager; Mrs. Irene Grubbs, office manager, and Miss Virginia Don- nelly, another employe. Informed of the flames by Gibbs, Carter notified the women, who were at work on the fourth floor. Before they could make their way to safety, however, the build- ing became filled with smoke and Ci ter had to assist them down the stair- way. Then, donning a gas mask, Car- ter re-entered the building to rescue money and valuable papers from an office safe. SICK LEAVE WITH PAY SOUGHT BY WOMEN Employes of Engraving Bureau Urge Legislation to Grant Right to Them. Sick leave with pay for all civilian employes of the Government was urged last night in a resolution adopted by the Women’s Union of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Local No. 105, National Federation of Federal Em- ployes, representing one class which does not get this leave. The local asked that the National Federation push this legislation. The meeting was marked by the in- stallation of officers headed by Presi- dent Belle A. Trouland. The installa- tion was conducted by Luther C. Steward, national president, who also discussed the economy legislation. Other officers are: Vice president, Migpon Miller; corresponding secretary, Gertrude M. McNally; recording secre- tary, Anna Coburn; secretary-treasurer, Mae C. Bergevin; guardian, Minnie D. Stevens, and guide, Leo Williams. Miss McNally, who also is secretary-treasurer of the National Federation, is serving her twenty-fifth term as corresponding secretary of Local 105, holding that office over the lifetime of the local. Plans for the national convention at Kansas City in September were dis- cussed. Delegates will be nominated next month. GETS YEAR FOR THEFT John A. Scruggs, former employe of the Community Chest, was sentenced to serve a year in jail in District Su- preme Court today for stealing $300 from that organization. Sentence was imposed after it had been discovered he was convicted of embezzlement several years ago and placed on probation. righteousness and, first, for the rights of our young people to be sober and decent; second, for our children to be safe; third, for our babies to be born of sober parents, and fourth, for the right of our flag and our Constitution to be kept free from stain end un- righteousness.” If a program of teaching scientific facts about alcohol “devoid of emotion or propaganda” is restored to the public schools and given the same time allotted te it before prohibition, the sale cf beer and “other narcotics” will raise in- sufficient revenue to justify Federal or local governments legalizing it for rev- enue purposes, Mrs. William T. Banner- man, legislative chairman of the Na- tional Congress of Parents and Teach- ers, declared. Mrs. Morris Liebert, president of the International Order of King's Daugh- ters, pledged her organization to stand “shoulder to shoulder” with other groups In the fight against repeal. A short address by Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, chairman of the Woman's Na- tional Committee for Education Against Alcohol, was read by Miss Margaret Hamilton, secretary of the c ittee. Mrs. Tiltcn predizted a revulsion of feeling against beer as soon as: its effects have time to manifest themsels . Society and General | PAGE B—1 JUDICIARY SALARY REDUCTIONSTAKEN T0SUPRENE COURT Arguments Challenge and Defend Authority of Con- gress to Reduce Salaries. TRIBUNAL ALSO REVIEWS WHARF PERMIT FIGHT and Rebekah Great- -house Seek Construction Above Key Bridge. :Lucian H. | | i The United States Supreme Court vesterday heard arguments challenging and defending the authority of Congress to reduce the salaries of judges of the District Court of Appeals, the District |Supreme Court and the Court of Claims. The power of Congress to order the reductions turns on the question of whether the tribunals are constitutional lor legislative courts. Listens to Whart Fight. ‘The Supreme Court also listened yes- terday to arguments on the fight of Lucien H. and Rebekah Greathouse to compel the Secretary of War to issue a permit for them to construct a wharf into the Potomac River above Key Bridge from land they own in Virginia. Spencer Gordon, counsel for the land owners, said the Secretary of War re- fused to issue the permit on the ground the wharf would interfere’ with park- way plans and contended that his dis- cretion was limited to the one question of whether the wharf would obstruct navigation. Seth W. Richardson, former Assistant Attorney General, who still represents the Government in connection with this case, argued that the -owners of the land had failed to show they had riparian rights to warrant them in con- structing the wharf and that the courts of the District had properly refused to issue a mandamus to compel the Secre- tary of War to grant the permit. The first case, to determine the status of the local courts, is considered of the utmost importance to the District. Congress in the economy act provided that all judges, except those whose compensation could not be diminished under the Constitution, should receive not more than $10,000 per annum. Under a ruling by Controller General McCarl, all members of the courts named were redyced, the justices of the District Supreme Court being cut 10 per cent, those of the District Court of Appeals 20 per cent and the Judges of the Court of Claims being taken off a basis of $12,500 a year. Voluntary Cut Agreed. All of the judges affected expressed a wi to make a voluntary con- tribution in the existing emergency of as much of their time, money and services as they could afford, but pro- tested that Congress, under the Con- stitution, had no power to compel them to accept decreased compensation | during the period for which they were Inppolnted. and George A Rins Argusd Ior e ¥ or Ij\ldm while Solicitor General Tnacher supported the ruling of the controller general. The question reached the High Court on a certificate from the Court of | Claims, which asked instructions in suits brought by Justices William Hitz of the District Court of peals and Daniel W. O'Donoghue of the District Supreme Court and Judge Thomas S. Williams of the Court of Claims, to test the validity of the action of the con- troller general in behalf of themselves and their associates. Counsel for the judges contended that while the High Court had declared the powers of the three courts legislative in deciding a recent case, it did not affect the fact they were also constitutional created by Congress under authority section' éne of article three of the Con- stituion, providing for a Supreme Court and such inferior courts as Congress may establish. Thacher’s Opinion. Solicitor General Thacher insisted the decision referred to in the Bake- lite Corporation case holding the courts of the District and the Court of Claims to be legislative ended the dispute. He declared they could not be both legis- lative and constitutional as counsel on the other side had contended. The courts affected by the cut were estab- lished by Congress, he asserted, under paragraph nine of section eight of arti- cle one of the Constitution which em- powered Congress to constitute tri- bunals inferior to the Supreme Court. Such courts were strictly legislative, he argued, and in no sense constitu- tional so far as prohibiting Congress from reducing the salary of the judges was concerned. Pz ST B MOTHER OF THREE SEEKS MISSING HUSBAND HERE Man Disappears After Family Travels From Texas on Freight Trains. With a destitute and hungry family on her hands, Mrs. Sadie Daniel of Galveston, Tex., has appzaled to police to find her husband, James M. Daniel, who has been missing since Sunday night from their room in the 100 block D street. As a result of her appeal to Lieut. W. O. Embrey, police throughout the city were searching for Daniel, a World ‘War veteran who came here to get copies of his Army service records. Mrs. Daniel told Lieut. Embrey that she and her three children had not eaten since Sunday night. The officer took up a collection at headquarters and gave her enough money to buy food at_least throughout today. The whole family came here from Galveston by riding freight trains, visiting relatives in Atlanta, Ga. and Cincinnati, Ohio, according to Mrs. Daniel. WINS NARCISSUS PRIZE H. A. Axtell Takes Award of Takoma Park Club. ‘The distinction of having the best narcissi in the eighteen! annual narcissus show of the Takoma Park Horticultural Club, which opened last night in the Takoma Park Branch of the Washington Public Library, was awarded to H. A. Axtell. Second honors were won by J. P. Swecker and third honors by W. H. England. The judge of the exhibition was F. L. Mulford, landscape architect of the g&u-d States Department of Agri- ure.