Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1933, Page 5

CIVIC GROUPS URGE VITAL BUDGET AID Last-Minute Appeals forl Necessary Funds Made to Senate Group. (Continued Prom First Page.) expenses of the /National Capital on any kind of hbasis which can be analyzed and iuaderstood.” ‘The House tmended the bill to ap- propriate i & 'lump sum $1,040,000 of | the gasoline iax surplus, to be expended as authorized by the President, for streat work and in the relief of unem- ployment. Mr. Sullivan suggested a Senate amergdment to allow the District Cocmmussionefs to pass upon the expen- | diture of this money, rather than place g:ls added responsibility on the Presi- nt. Dr. Llewellyn Jordan and G. C. Shinn appeared as a committee from the Board of Trade to suggest use of some of the gas tax money for bridge con- struction. The subcommittee is sidering the advisability of authorizing nning of the new Calvert Street dge the gas tax fund. S. S. Stabler headed a delegation from the North Capitol Citizens’ Asso- ciation and Gage Schocl P.-T. A. to advocate certain playground improve- ments in_that section : Frank T. Shul ot the Conduit road secticn, was heard in_conac: = Scott Raiter. i John Rhodes of the Connecficut | Avenue Citizens’ Association, urged an item for the grading of a portion of | Porter street. Evan H. Tucker testified to the need for playground improve- ments in the northeast section. O. H. man also outlined playground needs in the northeast and submitted certain specific recommendations. The urgent need for beginning the new Woodrow Wilson High School was emphasized by a delegati which in- cluded Mrs. Leslie B. Wright, Mrs. B&A‘non K. Wheeler, Edwin §. Hege and | others. The subcommittee also heard Watson B. Miller in support of restoring to the bill the item in the current law for the War Veterans' Information Service. ‘The subcommittee adjourned at noon without being able to hear all of the citizens present. and Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma, chairman, said another mecting would be held at 10 am. Monday, at which time the re- mainer of those who had asked for a hearing will be given time. The Sena- tor said the hearings would close Mon- day, following which deliberations will begin to decide to what extent the bill should be changed. The Senator re- quested the Commissioners to have ready Monday the text of any amend- ments they wished to offer, including the one to permit transfer of funds from ore item to another, if they de- cide to recommend such authority. TITLE COMPANY WINS IN STOCK SALE CASE Decision May Serve as Test for 40 Other Suits of Similar Nature Filed., A jury in District Supreme Court to- day returned a verdict in favor of the New York Title & Co, in a suit pased upon thefallegedly fraudu- lent sale of stock in the Capitol Title & Guarantee Co. owlndfl, tes- $3, worth of Schaeffer, purchased the (i:{ltol company after be- a letter writen by a repre- c¢f the New York company. letter, according to testimony, the local concern was well or- and led Schaeffer to believe reason profital to on' his investment. 4 £ ' g I imony refuting Schaeffer’s. cmhmmehemm.hmmm- ‘The decision in this trial may serve 85 a test case for epprcximately 40 other suits of a simflar nature which have been filed. The New York com- pany was represented by Attorne; George P. Hoover and Marsh & Rogers. SUNDAY SCHOOLS FIGHT LEGAL BEER; District Association Asks Commis- sioners to Restrict Sale of Beverage. ‘The Executive Committee of the Dis- trict of Columbia Sunday School Asso- ciation adopted a resolution yesterday which said “we deprecate the action of Congress in legalizing and taxing beer | S in the District of Columbia.” “We request the honorable Commis- sioners, the resolution' continued, “not to allow the sale of beverages contain- ing more than I of 1 per cent of alcohol to minors, police, firemen and operators of all public conveyaneces.” "The resolution also protested the “sale of beverages of more than !; of 1 per cent in any grocery, drug store, or within 500 fest of any place of reli- gious worship, schocl, railway denot, bus or airplane s.ation. boat landing, residential zone. or within one mile of the Soldiers’ Home.” The committee was said to represent 130 Sunday schools and 65,000 members. E. H De Groct is president of the association and Pake McK. Etchison, secretary. KILL CONSTABLE, WOUND DETECTIVE IN'GUN FIGHT Two Suspected Desperadoes Flee in Car After Exchanging Shots With Others. By the Associated Press JOPLIN, Mo., April 14—G. W. Har- ryman of Seginew, Newton County con- stable, was shot and killed and Harry McGinnis, Joplin city detective, was wounded critically in a gun fight with gwo suspected desperados at a house here late yesterda: . SENATE TEST DUE THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON Board of Trade’s Resolution On D. C. Appropriation Bill The text of the resolution presented to the Senate Subcom. mittee on District Appropriations today by the Washington Board of Trade follows: The Washington Board of Trade views with apprehension the present situation in respect to the proposed 1933-34 budget for the District of Columbia, and the general trend in fiscal relations between the District and Federal Governments. While it is fully in accord with the necessity for national and local ecoromy for the public welfare, it sees instances of false economy in the estimates proposed by the Bureau of the Budget. %rimarlly, we desire to call your attention to the fact that the national campaign is to reduce national expenditures and to increase national revenues in order to re-establish national credit and fo balance the national budget, and that the appli- cation of national economy slashes to the District appropria- tions will in no way affect the balancing of the national budget, since these cuts, with the exception of the national lump sum contribution, affect nothing but District tax money, which does not decrease in any measure national expenditures nor increase national revenues. Contribution Reduced. Further, the Federal Government’s contribution was re- duced in the national budget from $9,500,000 to $7,759,000 and, if the proposed budget is carried through, it will reduce the Government’s obligation to the expenses of the District of Columbia to $5,700,000, which would represent a cut of 40 per cent in a period 6f two years, which is far greater than any reduction in any Federal appropriation during this period. We are opposed to this drastic reduction. In the present cutting of the lump sum previous cuttings of questioned legality are to be taken into consideration. By substantive law, still unrepealed, though an unsuccessful effort was made in the last Congress to repeal it, the national contri- buticn is 40 per cent of the total District appropriations. A legal and equitable obligation of the Nation would be recog- nized if today's 25 per cent curtailment were applied to the naticnal contribution which under unrepealed substantive law the Nation should contribute. .« The Scnate in acting upon the appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1933, after stating its view of the equitable lump sum appropriation, agreed that in recognition of the national emergency the national expenditure for the lump sum then curtent might reasonably be reduced by 10 per cent from “9,500,000 to $8,550,000. The amount of the lump sum for that year was fixed finally by compromise at $7,750,000. Thus the lump sum of over $7,750,000 for the fiscal year of 1933 represented in itself a heavy emergency reduction of approximately 20 per cent in national expenditure under this head, which might reasonably be viewed as rendering unneces- sary any further reduction of the lump sum at this time. __ The board urges that the President and Congress should differentiate distinctly between the national and the local budgets, and in enacting the 1933-34 District appropriations bill into law should bless the District with a wise, just, well- balanced budget, framed in view of the District’s peculiar con- ditions and relation to the Nation, meeting economically but adequately the District’s vital municipal needs, and so read- justing local taxation as to meet without creating excessive, unusable surpluses the municipal demands for the Capital's suitable maintenance and development. Restoration of Items. In order to accomplish this wise and just balancing of the District budget the board urges Congress, with the assent of the President, to restore to the District a&proprlatlnm bill items for the adequate maintenance of essential municipal functions either in the shape of current lppro?rhtlom for these purposes or in the shape of the corresponding items concurred in by the House and Senate conferences on the District bill in the last Congress before the agllt occurred on the amount of the lump sum contribution. y this action only unnecessary or :xtravagant appropriations will be eliminated, vital municipal functions will not be crippled, the local army of the unem- ployed will not be swelled by unnecessary discharges, and the creation of hurtful surpluses of unexpended, unused, and un- usable Jocal tax money will in l:m be prevented. In addition, necessary municipal construction.. would - provide ‘work and eliminate that much in appropriations for relief. If these adequate, but economical, appropriations for municipal maintenance fall short of using the available revenue from local taxes, plus the national lump sum contribution as approved by Congress, the board urges that excessive surpluses be avoided and the District budget be wisely balanced by tax readjustments. The board urges that, most important of all, the tax-burden on realty and tangible personalty be lessened. Outside of the urgency of the immediate emergency this tax is unduly bur- densome. Reduction in the standard of assessment of realty for taxable purposes, which has more nearly approximated the lawful 100 per cent actual value than the assessment in nearly every other city in the United States, should loxiuu&be made. The decrease in the market value of real estate in the depres- sion which cause such property to be greatly over-assessed if the o;g asgessments are continued umchanged should also be con- sidered. Finally, the Commissioners should have and use the power to decrease as well as increase the tax rate in order to make the general tax revenue approximately equal the expenditure )f local tax money authorized by Congress and thus to balance the local budget and prevent the creation of a hurtful surplus in the general tax fund. This power given them by the law fi;}“fi should never even temporarily have been withdrawn or ' ECONORY HANPERS ON INFLATION PLAN IN FARM MEASURE (Continued From First Page.) m LIBRARY PROPOSAL fix minimum prices for agricultural products to insure the farmer produc- tion costs and “a reasonable profit” on his domestically-used crops. Senate leaders were hopefil that a final vote in that branch would come by tomorrow despite the controversy over the Prazier currency inflation amend- ment. Speaker Rainey yesterday pre- vented a House vote on the Frazier pro- posal by ruling it out of order. | Roll Call Given. The roll call on the preduction cost guarzntee follows: Democrats for: Bachman, Bone, | Bratten, Bulow, Mrs. Caraway, Clark, | | Costigan, Dill, Dufy, Erickson, G:re, Harricon, Kendrick, Long, McAdoo, | McCarran, McGill, Murphy, Neely, Over- ton, Pittman, Pope, Reynolds, Russell, th, Thomas of Oklahoma, Van Nuys and Wheeler—28. Republicans for—Borah, ~Capper, Couzens, Cutting, Dickinson, Prazier, Hatfield, Johnson, La Follette, McNary, Norbeck, Norris, Nye, Robinson of In- diana, Schall, Steiwer, Townsend and Vandenberg—18. Farmer-Labor for—Shipstead—1. Grand total for—47. Democrats against—Adams, Bailey, Barkley, Black, Brown, Bulkley, Byrd, Byrnes, Connally, Coolidge, Copeland, | Dieterich, Fletcher, George, Glass, Hay- den, Lewis, Logan, Lonergan, McKellar, | Robinson of Arkansas, Sheppard, Stephens, Trammell, Tydings, Wagner and Walsh—27. Republicans against—Austin, Barbour, Carey, Goldsborough, Hale, Hastings, Herbert, Kean, Keyes, Metcalf, Patter- son, Reed, Walcott and White—14. Bowerman’s “Pet Scheme” for G. W. U. Project to Be Delayed. Reduction in the District appropria- tion bill for 1934 will prevent the pro- posed establishment of a combination public Lbrary, school library and school for librarians on the George Washing- ton University campus, Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian ‘of the Public Library, declared at the meeting of the Grant Parent-Teacher Association meet- ing last night. Although the plan has not yet been completely formulated, Dr. Bowerman, who described it as his “pet scheme,” said he had discussed its possibilities with Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of George Washington University. A reduction in the library funds, he said, will hamper this plan’s completion. Dr. Bowerman also told the association that in his testimony Monday before the Senate Appropriations Committee he explained the number of library users had increased 66 per cent since the depression started. Most of these users, he sald a tabulation showed, were unemployed. James C. Yaden, president of the Federation .of Citizens’ Associations, declared that Washington still is con- fronted with a depression emergency. Grsgitoial aexinat (61 The next three or four months, he Votes for Amendment. Harrison, who had first voted against the production cost plan, changing his | vote to aye to enable him to enter a| motion to reconsider, as Senate rules stipulate only those who voted for an | ;a‘mendment can move its reconsidera- jon. | Only three pairs were announced, all | general, in which the position of neiftier Senator was stated: ! | Thomas, Democrat, Utah, with Fess, | | Republican, Ohio; King, Democrat, Utah, with Davis, Republican, Pcnnsyl- vania, and Bankhead, Democrat, Ala- bama, with Dale, Republican, Vermont. Others unaccounted for in the roll call were recorded as absent. ‘The hunted men, accompanied by a goung woman, escaped in a motor car after exchanging shots with a second detective and two State highway patrol- men. Authorities, searching the house later, found an automatic rifie, four high In the House on the mortgage bill, 387 to 12, the dozen opponents| Beck of Pennsylvania, Boileau of Wis- consin, Ditter of Pennsylvania, Goss of Connecticut, McFadden of Pennsylvania, Merritt of Connecticut, Ransley of contended. will burden on the Municipal Government in meeting the effect of budget cuts and personal relief needs. “Let us keep cool heads and strong hearts while passing through emergency,” he urged. JEWEL THIEF.BEGINS 40-YEAR JAIL TERM Harry Sidmor Stole $250,000 Worth From Miami Beach Winter Visitors. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, April 14—Harry Sid- mor, who stole jewels valued at $250,000 from the rooms of Miami Beach Winter visitors, was taken from the Dade power rifles, a sawed-off shotgun and & | pennsylvania, Tinkham of Massachu- | County Jail to the Raiford Penitentiary revolver. They also found pardon papers show- ing Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson of Texas had granted a full pardon to Ivy (Buck) Barrow March 20, 1933, from a 4-year sentence from Centon County, Tex, for burglary and theft. A motor car ce:- tificate of title bore the name Carl Beaty. Police began a search for those two men on the theory they were the enes who engaged in the fight. " The Royalists of France are strongly erganized, 4 setts and Watson of Pennsylvania, Re- publicans: Hoeppel of California’ and | Terrell of Texas, Democrats, and Lun deen of Minnesota. Farm Labor. Andrew. Republican, Massachusetts, was paired against the bill. Accused of Cruelty. SANTIAGO, Cuba, A(grfl 14 (P).— Police arrested uiel day and charged with b to_begin serving of a 40-year term. In the prison farm bus was Charles Yacht, a former Miami Beach golf pro- essional, who was sentenced to five ears as Sidmor's accessory. Yacht | was saild to have acted as a “spotter” for Stdmor, giving the jewel thief in- fcrmation when the prospective victims would be absent from their rooms. Among the major thefts solved by $81,000 in* jewels Grace Moore, hands of his stepdaughter. A had accused the child of ing o TR B this ' Sidmor’s arrest March 14 were those of ISLASHES OPPOSED FOR ALIEN SCHOOL |Americanization Association Pleads for Item in Dis- trict Budget. Pleading for .continuation of the Dis- trict Americanization School work as a powerful aid to good citizenship, the Americanization School Association, in a statement issued today, declared that the proposed 42 per cent reduction in the lump sum appropriated for this de- partment of the public school system would endanger the whole Americani- zation program. The association pointed out that the 42 per cent cut has been recommended by the Bureau of the Budget and voted by sthe House and now is unde: dis- cussion before the Senate subcommittee on District Appropriations. “While hearty approval of and a gen- eral ess to comply with the President’s desire to balance the budg- et is expressed on all sides,” the as- sociation’s statement reads, “many or- ganizaticns and individus who have been actively interested in the growth of this community project, which has been developed upon the sound basis of mutual benefits and community needs, are aroused to question the fair- ness or advisability of so crippling a vital part of the school system.” D. C., FRIDAY, DISTRICT SUPPLY BILL AS PASSED BY HOUSE BLOW TO HIGHWAYS (Continued From First Page.) sacrifice the public investment in ex- isting streets, plans are now being drafted so that, if necessary, appro- priations can be shifted from curb and gutter work and other appropriations to insure the proper repair program during the next fiscal year. There is a specific provision in the bill to forbid the use of any money therein appropriated for the operation of the testing laboratory. This was written in on the theory that the Dis- trict was wasting money on its tests of roadway material, which could be done for it by the Bureau of Stand- ards. Since the House passed the bill, however, the Secretary of Commerce has informed the Senate Appropria- tions Committee that it will be im- possible for the Bureau of Standards to undertake this work, the reason being its costliness. Laboratory to Be Idle. ‘What the department will do, there- fore, shculd this bill become law, will ‘be to kecp one or two of its testing en- gineers by transferring them to other pay rolls and make an attempt at get- ting adequate tests without use of the lal ory. Meanwhile, however, the laboratory will continue in existence, unused, at Second 2ud Bryant streets. There is $100,000 of District taxpayers’ | money invested in it, and it was cre- ated pursuant to provisions in appro- priation acts passed by Congress. The highway materials tests are regarded as vital by highway engineers in securing 0od highways. But no matter what the law, the department must obey it.| Opposed by Civic Bodies. The association pointed out that the reduction also is opposed by such or- ganizations as the District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs and the Daughters of the American Revolution, both of which have voiced their pro- | test through representatives to the Sen- | ate subcommittee. In its statement the assoclation said: “A Tecent release from Judge Walter McCoy, former Chief Justice of the Iy Supreme Court of the District and al- ways a sponsor of the school and the Americanization School Association, of which he 'Is now president, says that until the Americanization School was blished as a part of the public school system, a very large pro- portion of those who applied for citizenship during the 15 years In which he was a member of the Su-| preme Court of the District had to come into court several times before they could be admitted because of their 1ack of preparation, and even then their preparation was not very satisfactory. The court required that the applicant be able to read and write English as well as speak it. and after the establishment of the school, the judges were so im- pressed with the improvement of peti- tioners, not only in these requirements, but in their comprehension of the prin- ciples and functioning of the Govern- ment of the District and of the United States, that the court came to rely upon the certificate of the school to the effect that applicants were qualified in these respects. Graduates Shown Loyal. “Judge McCoy states that graduates of the school have shown themselves to be loyal citizens. He says that when a petitioner is certified out of the school as being & good citizen, nine chances to one he is one. “The Americanization School Associa- tion, of which Judge McCoy is presi- dent, co-operates with the school and | exists- for the benefit of the school and its work. The membership consists of pupils, former pupils and citizens of the District of Columbia who are interested in the work of the school and has among its active members such out- standing citizens as Col. Frederic A. Delano, Second Assistant Secretary of Labor W. W. Husband, not to mention many others. The organization was founded primarily for the purpose of bringing together the various national- ities re?rmn(cd in the school, aiding in upholding standards of good citizen- ship, assisting its members in adjusting to life in this country. Its members are seriously disturbed over the proposed curtailment of the work of the school. steady growth of the work , in spite of restric- | ation and of the| general depression, is remarkable in view of the fact that it is an institution entirely free from compul- sory attendance. During the school year of 1931-2 over 2,000 students were en- | rolled in its various classes, showing a constant increase over previous years. Petitioners for naturalization who were admitted to citizenship and had studied in the school, numbered 355. Examin- Although every single construction | item planned for the coming year is wiped out in the bill, the House sought | to undo what it had done by writing in a provision allowing the use of $1,040,- 000 of gasoline tax revenues for high- way work, to be approved by the Presi- dent. As far as the amount of money is concerned, this amount would permit the execution of exactly the same amount of work as the items specifi- cally provided in the last Congress’ con- ference report. But, owing to the pecu- liar way of allowing the work, some of the most important items must go by the board. Outstanding among these is the new Calvert Street Bridge, for which an item of $575,000 was included in the conference report. This bridge could not be built out of gasoline tax money, which is lim- ited to the construction of highways. Doubts as to the suitability of continu- ing the existence of this bridge were first expressed by engineers 19 years ago. As it stands now, the Highway Department will not countenance its ex- istence for another year unless many of the timbers in the understructure are replaced and a new surface is laid in its roadway. Assuming that the bill passes as it passed the-House, these things will be done and charged to the already sadly depleted bridge repair appropria- tion, although the department regards the expense as a waste of the people’s money. Plans for the new bridge have already been drawn, including all the detailed working drawings, at an ex- pense of $60,000 of taxpayers’ money. Thirteenth Street Widening. Another improvement which was in the conference report, but which could not be made out of the $1,040,000, even under presidential sanction, is the widening of Thirteenth _street from Massachusetts avenue to Logan Circle. Streets may not be widened without specific congressional authority. There is still a third job that could not be undertaken, not because of any infirmity in the Highway Department section of the bill, but because unrea- | scned cuts in other sections have thrown the highway program out of gear. The reference is to the paving and relocat- ing of Conduit road from Reservoir road to the District line. All of these major improvements are scheduled in a carefully worked out program, which contemplates first the construction of all underground work, so that it will be unnecessary to cut through expensive new paving to get at the subsurface for the installation of water mains, pipes and the like. In the sewer sec- tion of the bill there was an item for constructing a storm-water sewer under the roadway of Conduit road. This sewer item was eliminated and it would be a waste of money to put an expensive aving there now and then later on ave to tear it up again to lay sewer Ppipes. The following construction jobs, all included in the conference report and eliminated by the House, could be un- dertaken: Paving Michigan avenue from First street to Columbia road. paving road from the Lake Kingman ations are being held in the school by the District director of naturalization, | P. J. Phillips, Thursday of this| week. Examinations of this tyne are given every month. This month approx- imately 70 petitioners will be examined. ‘It is difficult to see how the Ameri- canization School will be able to func- tion efficiently with little more than half the funds used dubing the current year.” DECLINE IN ROBBERIES | REPORTED TO POLICE| Woman Reveals Theft of $300 Diamond Ring From Her Bedroom Yesterday. A sharp decline in the number of | hold-ups, burglaries and purse-snatch- | ings was noted today in police records during the past 24 hours. | Mrs. Mattie V. Guynn, 530 Whittier street, reported the theft of a $300 diamond ring from the bed room of her home yesterday. Others who re- d thefts were Florence Pinkey; 200 lock Virginia avenue southeast, who said two colored men snatched her cetbook in Garfield Park; Dr. Hart- ford R. Burwell, 2822 Sherman ave- nue, who reported a $10 pistol stolen from his home, and William J. Muir, manager of a chain store in the 3300 block P street, who reported 30 car- tons of cigarettes stolen. e GEORGIA LEGISLATURE SESSION TO BE PROBED Federal Grand Jury to Investigate | | Rumors of Lobbying and Drinking. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, April 14—Grand jury invest on’ of reports of violation of Federal laws during the recent Georgla l;whtlve session was promised yester- 8y. ‘The announcement followed a re-| quest that the Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury investigate rumors of lobby- ing and drinking. The Federal grand jury said it would “receive and consider any reliable iu-| formation and evidence brought before | | it showing violations of, the laws of the United States during the last session of the G:nerll Assembly of Georgia.” REPORT SHOWS BIG LOSS IN LIQUIDATING BANKS By the Assoclated Press. | JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, April 14— | In the liquidation of closed Missouri State banks and trust companies from September 25, 1923, to January 1, last, “the public generally has lost vast sums of money,” said a report completed to- day by Representative Roy Hamlin, chairman of the special House Investi- | gating Committee. Depositors in the 265 defunct insti- tutions, the report said, received only | $10,501,608, or 24 per cent of the total | | deposits of $48,086,623 at the time the | banks closed. ‘Total cost and expense of liquidation was placed at $2,534,525, including from $823,194 in salaries to liquidators and attorneys’ fees of §330,472, | Mayflower Hotel. culvert to Kenilworth avenue north- east, pavi Reseryoir road from Con- duit to Foxhall roads and pa Four- teenth sireet from Jonquil street to Kal- mia road. PHILLIPS IS ELECTED HEAD OF HUGUENOTS Five Delegates Are Chosen to Fed- eration Session at Mayflower Meeting. Asa E. Phillips last night was elected president of the Huguenot Society of Washington at a meeting held in the are: Dr. Richard L. de Saussure, vice pres- ident for the District; Mary Meares Galt, vice president for Virginia; Dr. Dashiell, vice president for ; John Biggs, vice president for Delaware; Maud Burr Morris, recording secretary; Mrs. Enoch G. Johnson, corresponding secretary; Mary C. D. Johnson, treasurer; Rev. Charles L. Carhart, chaplain; Lillian Norton, registrar; Ruth Lounsbury Boy- er, librarian, and Mary Capitola Oursler and Calvin I. Kephart, councilors. Delegates elected to the Federation of Huguenot Societies of America are: Mrs. Enoch Johnson, Laurence Leonard, Charles Sumner Lobingier, Mr. Phillips and Samuel Herrick. RECEIVE $10,000 LEGACY German Orphan Asylum and Rup- pert Home Benefit. ‘The German Orphan Asylum and the Ruppert Home were given approxi- | mately $10,000 under the will of Bertha H. Caron, filed today in the District Supreme Court. Miss Caron, who died February 28 also left $500 to the Animal Rescue League. The will was filed by Attorney Edwin A. Niess. sewer | Other officers chosen | APRIL 14, 1933. 0., QUOTAFLLED INFORESTRY ARMY | {150 Men Turned Away When | 500 Are Enrolled Here for Conservation Corps. With the District’s 500 quota for the forestry army filled yesterday afternoon, | | several hundred more would be avail-| able almost jmmediately if an additional allotment was made. There were about 150 in line when the | | quota was closed. They were sent away | | without being recorded. The quota was | largely made up, according to L. A. Halbert, director of the Division of Un- employment Relief of the Board of Public Welfare, from families on the | roles of the various reliéf organiza- | tions here. At the last moment a few | were admitted who had not applied for | relief before, or who gave home ad- | dresses in other cities. There was not | time to investigate these, Mr. Halvert | said, but if a man voluntarily allots more than 80 per cent of his pay it was considered safe to assume that the case was deserving. Reservists to Be Called. The Army recruiting office was rush- ing men through rapidly yesterday after- | noon and this morning. Fifty were sent | | down to the training camp at Fort Washington on the morning boat, mak- | ing a total of 416. Enough to complete | the quota were waiting in line, but | Capt. James P. Wharton, in charge of the recruiting station, rent them home | | with instructions to return this after- | noon. ¥ Some of the men enlisted yesterday | made their pay allotments to local| charity organizations. Authority was issued yesterday from the headquarters of the 3d Corps Area to call to active duty Reserve officers to command the units of 200 men each who will be sent into the national forests. For each 1,000 men there will be three medical -officers and for each camp three line officers—one captain and two lieutenants. Quotas Are Increased. The corps area commanders, accord- ing to the order, will be responsible for the construction, supply, administration, ; sanitation, medical care and welfare of the camps. At their discretion the military personnel, both officers and en- listed men, may be replaced by compe- tent members of the forestry army iteelf. The initial quota of 5400 for the 3d Corps Area was increased by 1,300 yesterday with the allotment of 300 ad- ditional to Pittsburgh and 1,000 to Phil- adelphia. There now are 3,000 Phila- delphia recruits at Fort Meade, Md., and another 1,000 at Fort Hoyle. Pitts- %urxh'a 900 men are at Fort Monroe, a. The 18 to 25 age limit for those to work in the “conservation corps” was waived today for enrollment of a small | group of experienced forestrymen. At the office of Robert Fechner, di- rector of the conservation corps, it was said that probably the majority of this special group would be further along in years and would be accepted whether married or unmarried. Come From Northwest. Enlisting agencies to date have chosen young unemployed men willing to as- | sign most of the money they get for the benefit of their families. The majority of those to be enlisted because they know the work are to be taken, under present plans, from the Northwestern States where many for- esters are unemployed. They, however, will form only a small percentage of the tens of thousands slated to be put to work under President Roosevelt’s | program. The special group is to assist the Forestry Service in directing the wcrk of tree planting and forest conserva- tion. | More than 10,000 already have been enrolled for the two weeks' condition- | ing period by the Army before they go to the camps. Most of them have al- | ready gone through their preliminary |CHEVY CHASE CHURCH | | TRUSTEES ADD BALDWIN | Elected to Board of Presbyterian Home to Succeed Mark A. Tyndall. A. L. Baldwin of the Chevy, Chase Church, was elected as a member of the | board of trustees of the Presbyterian Home, 1818 Newton street, when trus- tees and the Board of Lady Managers met yesterday at the home. | _Mr. Baldwin will succeed Mark-A Tyndall. Other members of the board, whose terms bad expired and who were re-elected, included Harry C. Davis, George W. White, Harry Blake, Dr. John C. Palmer, L. S. De Pue and Harry Cunningham. Reports of various officers of the home were read, including the annual report of the president, Willlam M. Terrell, who told of the growth and im- provement of the institution since its founding in 1906. The present finan- cial condition was described by the pres- ident as excellent. | 10 | &SP} overLookinG : CENTRAL PARK To atiribute the popularity of the iProtective Association Boy, 13, Is Drowned Trying to Aid Girl, Puppy Saves Self By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, April 14— A mongrel puppy fell into Laguna Honda Reservoir yesterday and caused a tragedy. Its owner, Louise Hornlein, 14, ran to the ‘water's edge in a _rescue attempt and also fell in. Her companion, Alvin Hensley, 13, jumped is jo aid her. Unable to swim, drowned. Two older youth® heard the girl's screams and res- cued her. The body of young Hensley was recovered. The lit- tle dog scrambled ashore and Tan away. NEEDS OF JUVENILE JUDGE DESCRIBED Im-| presses Cummings With Re- | quirements for Court Head. Washington'’s need for a Juveni'e Court judge with special training and experience in matters of child welfare as well as a sound legal education has been imoressed upon Attorney General Homer Cummings by the Juvenile Pro- tective Association. Two members of the association, Prof. H C. Spaulding. legal department of George Washington University, and Herbert S. Wood, faymer president ofi the Public School Association, called on | the Attorney General and submitted the | following resolution: | “Whereas, it is supposed that an| early appointment may be made of a judge for the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, and “Whereas, said court has jurisdiction of proceedings involving the welfare of dependent and delinquent children as | d well as a more general jurisdiction in domestic relations, and “Whereas, the Juvenile Protective As- sociation of said District, a private agency devoted to the promotion of the welfare of children, is deeply sensible of the importance of said court to such children and to citizens generally and the grave responsibilities Testing upon its presiding judge. “Therefore, be it resolved, That it is the opinion of the board of direc- tors of the Juvenile Protective Asso- ciation that the best interest of the community demands that the judge of said court be a person of high char- acter, having special qualifications of training and experience in child welfare and a sound I cation. Legal experience, whil able, should not be sought at the ex- pense of these special gflllmutwm." A copy of the resolution also was sent to President Roosevelt. FACE GAMING CHARGES Four men and a woman were arrested vyesterday by the police gambling squad | and charged with tahnt “‘numbers” g:n:; bets. All were re! under nd. They were: Deno Zagami, 24, 1000 block C street southeast; Mary ret Smith, colored, 34, 1100 block Fourth street southeast; two colored barbers, Andrew J. Pitts, 39, 700 block Gresham to marry Dr. place, and Marion Johnson, 28, 500 block P street, and Robert R. Redd, colored, 24, 200 block B<l% street southwest. %% A—S |.C. C. DISMISSES ANTITRUST SUIT Action Against Southern Railway Involving Two Other Lines Dropped. By the Assoctated Press. The Interstate Commerce Comimis- sion today dismissed its anti-trust ac- tion, aimed at tue Southern Rallway Co.’s ownership of stock in the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Co. and the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad Co. ‘The commission, in its complaint, set forth that the Southern Railway at various times had acquired a total of 56,702 shares of capital stock and $7.- 957,000 of bonds of the Mobile & Ohio and 59,801 shares of the common stock of the New Orleans & NortheaStern. Both of these holdings constituted virtually complete ownership of the roads and the commission expressed the belief that such ownership tended to decrease competition between the Southern and the two lines. The commission today merely issued a one-sentence statement saying the action had been dismissed. Since the complaint was filed the Mobile & Ohio has gone into receiver- ship LA ACCUSED OF INCITING RICH MAN TO KILL SELF Spiritualist Pastor Wife Indicted at San Francisco After Losing Victim's Estate. 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