Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1933, Page 17

GRIPPLES RESCUED, TWO PERSONS HURT N CASOLINE BLATE Woman’s Clothing When Fumes From Contain- er Burst Into Flames. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ARE CARRIED TO SAFETY Invalid Found in Helpless Terror, Seated in Thirteenth Street Home. Two persons were burned and two others—an 81-year-old woman and her middle-aged daughter, both crippled— were rescued by firemen today when a blaze, resulting from a gasoline ex- plosion, damaged a three-story house at 3101 Thirteenth street. ‘The explosion occurred in the kitch- en, on the first floor, when the fumes of gasoline seeping from a leaky con- tainer were ignited by the heat of a gas range, a few feet away. Mrs. Margaret A. Rittenhouse, 52, at work in the kitchen, was badly burned | pbout the face and body, the flames | Igniting: her clothing before she could leap to safety. Fails to Beat Out Fire. Attracted by her screams, Marshall Yerrie, 45, colored janitor, attempted to beat out the fire, but was burned. Both he and Mrs. Rittenhouse were taken to Garfield Hospital, where the woman's condition was termed serious. As the janitor slapped her blazing clothing, Mrs. Rittenhouse ran scream- ing through the house and up the stairs. Mrs. H. A. Blanchard, 81, own- er of the dwelling, was in bed on the second floor, while her daughter, Miss Stella Blanchard, about 45, was seated in another room on the same floor. Finds Daughter Helpless. The fire had spread through the rear of the first floor and jumped to second by the time Mrs. Blanchard, un- able to move swiftly because of her age and her cripped condition, could make her way into the hall. Grabbing up her pet chow dog, Teddy, she made her way into the room in which her daughter, so badly cripped that she cannot walk, sat in the helpless terror. Meanwhile, however, some one had telephoned an alarm and firemen ar- rived. Mrs. Rittenhouse, the clothes all but burned from her body, was carried down a ladder by Pvt. L. W. McNamee of No. 6 Truck Co., Fire Rescue Squad No. 2, led by Sergt. L F. Price, gave her first aid, then took her | to the hospital. Mrs. Blanchard, with her dog in her arms, was carried to safety by Pvt. E. ‘W. Howard, also of No. 6 Truck C while Lieut. M. J. Fanning of the ;ame company carried her daughter from the blazing building. Members of the rescue squad assisted Terrie to safety and administered first aid before tak- ing him to the hospital. Firemen turned in a second alarm, bringing additional apparatus. Al- though the flames had spread rapidly firemen extinguished them within a short time. Mrs® Blanchard was unable to esti- mate the damage. She said, however, some of the furnishings destroyed or damaged were valuable antiques, a few pieces having been imported from Bom- bay. The loss was fully covered by in- surance. : ARTS DIRECTOR DIES Julia W. Shaw in Colored Schools Herz 9 Years. Mrs. Julia W. Shaw, director of household arts instruction in the col- ored public schools for nine years, died in her sleep at her home at Ard- wick. Md., last night. Mrs. Shaw was first appointed to the scheol system in 1901 as a teacher. She subsequently was promoted through the ranks to director of household art in- struction in 1924. Kallipolis Frolic Postponed. ‘The Kallipolis Grotto Spring frolic, scheduled for next Saturday, has been indefinitely postponed, it was an- nounced today. The frolic was to have been held in the Auditorium. Mrs. Ignited ! = BUSY FINAL DAY | Mrs. H. A. Blanchard, 81, and her fire. The Ty WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1933. daughter, Miss Stella Blanchard, both crippled, who were rescued by firemen today, when their home was damaged by Their pet dog. Teddy, also was carried to safety by firemen. —Star Staff Photo. D.A.C. SESSION HAS ! | iMrs. John L. Buel Gives Ad-| dress, Committee Report and Memorial Is Held. An address by Mrs. John Laidlaw Buel, national president; reports of va- rious committee chairmen and memo- rial services featured today's closing sesslons of the twelfth annual General Assembly of the Daughters of the American Colonists at the Washington Hotel. | Delegates to the assembly were greeted by Mrs. William H. Wagner, State regent, District of Columbia, fol- lowing the giving of the invocation by Mrs. Wililam H. Talbott, national chap- lain, of Rockville, Md. Then followed messages of greeting from the honorary | presidents of the society, Mrs. George | Thacher Guernsey of Kansas and Mrs. Livingston L. Hunter of Tidioute, Pa. | Pledge Recitation Feature. | Other events of the morning session were recitation of the pledge of al-| legiance, led by Mrs. Henry Zoller. jr.; | assembly singing, led by Mrs. Clyde B. | Aitchison, in charge of music, and re- ports by the national officers. Mrs. Talbott conducted the memorial serv- ices, which included a solo by Gertrude Lyons. Rerorts of committee chair- men were w-ard both in the moming and early ¢ 0on sessions. Later in the day the State regents were to give their annual reports. Ad- | journment of the convention, which was | opened last night, was expected late| | today. 1 Last night the assembly was ad- | dressed by Dr. Thomas Eduard Green, ' chaplain, General Society of Sons of the Revolution, and president of the ‘Washington chapter of that organiza- tion, who urged the 150 delegates to | campaign against the causes of war. Speaking. at the society’s dinner, Dr. Green declared civilization will never be | successful in eliminating war unless the | causes of war are first destroyed. Education for Peace. “Peace,” said Dr. Green, “is not an | | | | potential victimi RALPH H. SCOTT. FOUR LIVES SAVED INRAGING POTOMAC D. C.Attorney Battles Waters to Save Boy—Two Men Washed Ashore. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CABIN JOHN, Md, April 24— Treacherous, flood-swollen waters of the Potomac River were robbed of four s here late yesterday, when three men and a small boy bat- tled the racing currents for nearly half an hour in a successful effort to thwart death. Ralph 8. Scott. 35-year-old attorney | SENATOR BINGHAM LISTS CAUSES FOR AKRON DISASTER Loss Attributed to Unfair and Unsympathetic Attitude Toward Naval Aviation. RESPONSIBILITY PLACED ON “SEA-GOING ADMIRALS” Charges Made in Editorial Written in National Aeronautic Magazine. Loss of the Akron and the lives of 73 officers and men is due to an un- fair and unsympathetic attitude toward naval avistion by the “sea-going ad- mirals” and to the mistaken policy of sending trained airship officers to sea | duty as a requirement for promotion, | former Senator Hiram Bingham of | Connecticut, war-time aviation com- mander and president of the National Aeronautic Association, declared today. ‘The greatest catastrophe in the his- tory of aviation, Senator Bingham | charged, was due to “errors in judg- ment due to lack of experience and | also due to the blindness of sea-going admirals toward the neccessities and limitations of aircraft and air pilots.” Sympathy Held Lacking. The Navy's attitude toward aviation | lacks the sympathy and fairness of | treatment accorded other branches of the service, Bingham said in censur- ing the Navy for putting the giant Akron in command of “a gallant offi- cer who had not had a single year’s| experience in command of any rigid | dirigble.” | Bingham's charges are made in an editorial written by him for the Na- tional Aeronautic Magazine, official | publication of his asociaticn, which will come from.the presses tomorrow. “The loss of the Akron,” Bingham's editorial will say, “was not due to structural defects any more than would be the loss of a first-class submarine which attempted to dive beneath Ni-| agara Falls. Every type of ship has its limitations. Super-dreadnaughts can- not enter ordinary harbors without run- ning aground. Destroyers are not ex- pected to live amid the raging waters of the Niagara rapids. No dirigible ought to be expected to pass through the middle of a tornado. Our best sur- face ships avold shoals, rocks and whirl- pools. No airship pilot with long ex- perience would have taken the Akron into the center of a storm. “The Navy's attitude toward aviation has never been as sympathetic, as understanding, as friendly, as fair, as has been its attitude toward the opera- tion of vessels like cruisers and battle- ships which its senior officers fully comprehend. . “The Navy would not think of put- ting in command of one of its battle- ships or cruisers a commanding officer who had not had many years of ex- perlence in actual command of surface vessels. And yet the Navy placed in command of the largest rigid dirigible in the world a gallant officer who had not had a single year's experience in x¢:c1mmlm‘l of any rigid dirigible. It was not fair to him. It was not fair to the Akron. Sea Requirement Shown. “To win promotion, an experienced airship pilot must go to sea! “The Navy would not dream of per- mitting an air pilot of 20 years’ flying experience to direct the operations of a modern cruiser. And yet the Navy is willing to entrust the operations of aircraft to a seagoing admiral who never was in command of an airship and who never flew alone in an air- plane. Senator Bingham declared that Ad- miral Moffett, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics for 12 years, who was lost in the Akron crash, was so hampered by Navy policy that “he| could issue no orders regarding their (afrcraft) operation or the personnel to take command of them.” Admiral Moffett might make recomendations “if | he were asked to do s0,” with regard to aircraft operations, Bingham de- clared, “but the Navy never entrusted | him with the responsibility of giving orders regarding nel or opera- enin WITE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ORATORS 10 SEEK HONORS TONIGHT IN ALEXANDRIA FINALS Falls Church and Warrenton Contests Set Tomorrow and Wednesday. | WINNER AT ST. ALBANS IS RANDOLPH LEIGH, JR. Son of National Contest Chief Makes Strong Bid With Oration on Roosevelt and Cris Alexandria’s champion in high school speechmaking will be designated in the Alexandria finals of the Tenth National Oratorical Contest at 8:15 o'clock to- night when spokesmen for the Alex- andria and George Mason High Schools compete for the right to enter the Vir- ginia State finals. Tonight's meeting will be the first of a series of county finals in the Virginia region of The Star's contest area. The remaining county meets will be staged tomorrow at Falls Church and Wed- nesday at Warrenton. The Virginia State finals will be conducted Friday night at the Washington-Lee High School in Clarendon, and the Maryland State finals will be held at La Plata Saturday night. The finals for the District of Columbia private and pa- rochial schools will be held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon in the National Mu- seum Auditorium. Two Schools to Compete. The Alexandria finals in the George Mason High School tonight will be a competition between the city’s two high schools. Each school designated two spokesmen, and the Aléxandria cham- plon and spokesman in the State finals | will be chosen from this field by the judges. The contestants and their re- | spective orations, in the order in which they will speak, are: Miss Thurman Baker of the Alex- andria High School, “The Constitution— | Our Guardian.” i Miss Gladys Caswell of the George Mason High School, “The League of Nations and the Constitution.” ! Lawrence Wood of the Alexandria| High School, “The Influence of the President’s Power of Veto.” | Godfrey Runaldue of the George| Mason High School, “Influence of Our Federalism on Other Federalisms.” Harry Kennedy, Alexandria attorney, | will preside over tonight's meeting. 'x‘hc; judges will be Dr. James A. Bell, Prof. | Gilbes rt L. Hall and Prof. Aldo L. Raffa. i Same Rules Apply. H The same rules which marked the, Maryland County finals last week will | hold tonight and, of course, throughout | the remainder of the contest. Each | orator will be allowed six minutes in | which to present his mv.fi.(;‘n. bt ;‘r:?nl; | testant is speaking at the expiratio of the time a l'hlgtle will be sounded and he must stop speaking immediately |or be dropped to last place in the | rating of the judges. Because of the | strictness of the time limit. the audi- ence will be instructed to refrain from | applause during a speech, as such an interruption would subtract from the time allowed the contestant. | While the Virginia contestants now | are in their semi-finals, other schools |in The Star's area are announcing their spokesmen. Among the latest to make such an announcement was St. Alban's School, where the finals were won by Randolph Leigh, jr. 16-year- old son of the director general of the National Oratorical Contest. Young Leigh is making his bid for oratory honors with a timely oration on “Roosevelt, Hero of the Crisis of 1933." He will sppear next in_private and parochial school finals Friday after- noon. CEC 10,000 MEN TO WORK IN NATIONAL PARKS Fechner Lists 50 New Conserva- tion Camps to Be Utilized This Year. i g St *kn SHOEMAKER WAIVES IMMUNITY AND DEMANDS TRIAL BY JURY Representative Pleads Not Guilty to Charge of Assault- ing Theodore Cohen. Judge Objects to Delaying Trial Until After Con- gress Adjourns. Representative Francis H. Shoemaker, Farmer-Laborite, of Minnesota, appeared voluntarily in Police Court today, waived immunity, and pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting Theo- dore M. Cohen, s neighbor at the Chaslteton Hotel. Mr. Shoemaker de-| manded a trial by jury, and his case was set for May 17. His lawyer, Thomgs Bradley, told | Judge Ralph Given, who was presiding, | that Mr. Shoemaker is a mpe;:m of | Congress, and would like to have the | trial wait until the present session is| over. ““That is rather vague and indefinite,” replied the judge. “I think I will set this case for May 17 and let the Con- gressman arrange his business so he can get here at that time. If he is needed to cast his vote he can be reached here and we will let him attend for that purpose. But it would hardly be necessary to call for one member unless the vote was very close.” ‘The Minnesotan drove up to Police Court and parked his car in a forbidden zome in front of the building. A police- man approached and started to say something, but Shoemaker tapped & green metal tag on the windshield on | apartment to protest, and when Cohen which was printed the word “Congres- sional.” He was allowed to Wl‘(ms‘l'.h- out any further protest. then went to the office of As- sistant United States Attorney Michael F. Keogh. The latter accompanied the Representative to court where he was arraigned immediately, without waiting his turn. His “not guilty” was spoken REPRESENTATIVE SHOEMAKER. —=Star Staff Photo. in a voice s0 low it could hardly be heard. A dispute last Tuesday night over the alleged noise of Cohen’s radio was what started Shoemaker on his way to court. The Minnesotan went to Cohen’s advanced upon him to put ‘him out, Shoemaker punched Cohen in the eye and knocked him down. The next day | Cohen appeared at Police Court de- | manding s warrant for Shoemaker’s arrest, but Shoemaker agreed to come | to_court without 2 warrant. ‘The court took his personal bond to | return May 17 Schoo] Orator RANDOLPH LEIGH, JR. BANDITS GET §240 INFOUR ROBBERIES Rosslyn Man Arrested by De- tective After Reporting $158 Hold-Up. Hold-up men yesterday and last night took apprcximately $240 from four vic- {tims, while a fifth man accosted by glg would-be robbers, saved his money by fleeing. The largest sum—$158—was obtained from G. Pace of the Lee Boule- vard, , Va., who later was ar- rested and with_being by Detective Sergt. John W. Wise, who investigated the hold-up. ‘While in his sutomobile, THO VITIVS DE N ATOMISHAPS Woman, 80, Injured “Month Ago—YVisitor Is Struck Crossing Avenue. An 80-year-old woman, struck by an automobile almost a month ago, died last night, and a man visiting Washing- | ton from New Jersey succumbed yester- ‘d.ly afternoon to injuries sustained in' | an automobile accident early in the| | morning. E | _ The dead are Miss Mary E. Coffey, 80, | who lived alone at 3548 Eleventh street, | | and John McHugh, 65, of 11 Warrent ' | terrace, Atlantic City, N. J. Miss Coffey was struck by a backing !'automobile near Eleventh and G streets | | April 3. Police reported the car was driven by Miss Majorie Montgomery, 22, of 1711 Massachusetts avenue, who was | attempting to park the machine. | Miss Montgomery was arrested and ' released in custody of her attorney!| pending an inquest. Visitor Struck Down. The injured woman was taken to PAGE B—1 PROPOSAL 10 FORM ADVISORY RELIEF GROUP ADVANCED City Heads Ask Welfare Board to Consider Enlist- ing Privaté Citizens. PROBLEM IN DISTRICT REGARDED AS SERIOUS Available Funds of Agencies Are Not Expected to Last After August 1. In response to petitions for closer co-ordination between public and pri- vate relief agencies, the District missioners today asked the Board of Public Welfare to consider formation of an advisory group of private citizens to act with the District Board as a welfare council. At the same time the city heads stated it should be borne in mind they cannot under law delegate control of disbursement of public welfare funds to private agencies. The instructions were contained in a letter signed by Dr. Luther H. Reich- elderfer, president of the Board of Commissioners, and sent to George S. ‘Wilson, director of public welfare. Mr. Wilson will call a meeting of the Board of Public Welfare to deal with the matter. W. W. Millan is chairman of the board. ‘The suggestion of closer co-ordination between public and private agencies was laid before the Commissioners several weeks ago by spokesmen for the Wash- ington Council of Social Agencies, the Associated Charities and the Washing- ton Community Chest. More Concrete Plan Asked. At that time the group was asked to consider the matter more fully and to submit a more concrete proposal as to how the plan could be worked out. Dr. Reichelderfer explained that the Commissioners had not up to now taken definite action on the proposal due to the fact the terms of the present two civilian Commissioners had expired and that selection of the two new city heads was expected to be made known before now. Since the pressure of national and international problems before the President has made the date of the an- nouncement of the new city heads un- certain, he added, it was not felt action should be taken by the present Com- missioners to start consideration of some possible new co-ordination. The problem of relief in the District is regarded as serious, since the avail- Com- |able funds of the private welfare agencies are not expected to last after August 1. So far as District funds are con- cerned, the city heads are pinning their hopes on enactment by Congress of the several pending legislation proposals, including the La Follette-Wagner-Cos- tigan direct relief bill, and the pro- posal for liberalization of the District relief appropriation items. Reichelderfer’s Letter. ‘The letter of Dr. Reichelderfer to Di- rector Wilson states: “The Commissioners will appreciate an expression of opinion from the Board of Public Welfare as to the desirability of establishing an advisory group of citizens of a limited number to act as a welfare council in con- ferring with the Board of Public Wel- fare and the Commissioners on broad Emergency Hospital in an ambulance 1and treated there for bruises and an | injury to her left shoulder. At that time her hurts were thought not to be’ serious. She later was transferred to! | Georgetown University Hospital, where | | she died at 10 o'clock last night. No| date for the inquest has been set. | McHugh was struck down as he was| crossing Pennsylvania avenue in the 100 block about 3 a.m. yesterday. A taxicab driver took him to Emergency Hospital, where he was found to have ! several fractured ribs, a broken shoul- | der and a punctured lung. He died at | 2:55 p.m. yesterday. 1 Aloysius D. O'Donnell, 31, 3824 Gar-| street, said by police to have been | the driver of the car which struck Mc- Hugh, was arrested by first precinct| police and. ordered held for the grand | jury by a coroner’s jury at an inquest today. Jesse L. Hamby, 27, of 2144 I street, | is in serious condition in Emergency Hospital today with injuries received yestcrday when an autcmobile under questions of policy concerning both public and private welfare efforts in the community. “It would seem that in general such 8 mutual consideration of problems should be helpful, though it should be understood that under the law the Board of Public Welfare and the Com- missioners cannot delegate the control | or disbursement of public welfare funds to private agencies. “If your board should consider such a plan helpful, it is requested that sug- gestions be formulated as to the com- position of such an advisory group which, together with the Board of Pub- lic Welfare, might act as a clearing house for consideration of welfare prob- lems in general. “Points to be considered might prop- erly concern the size of the council, the groups to be represented, methods of se- :;cflon. em,l, and, of course, any fur- ers general or specific suggestions the board may desire to make.” 500 Employed in Parks. Diminishing District funds for unem- which he was working slipped from a | ;l:g‘;pgx‘;fln; jack and pinned him to the CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting and bingo party, Col. James 8. Pettit Auxiliary, No. 6, U. S. W. V., tions.” On the on, Senator Bing- ham pointed out, Moffett was only a passenger. “The future of naval aviation,” the former Senator wrote, “depends on the Navy recognizing its mistakes and ployment relief are refiected in the re- duced numbers of jobless persons who are employed to recondition the city's P rank T Gartst nk T. de, chief of the par] division of the Office of Public ngd]f sitting parked in the 1600 block of Riggs street, | about 2 a.m. today, Kenneth Walsh, | 1413 Taylor street, was held up by two colored men. Walsh handed over a| gold watck worth $20 and about $3.50 | ideal, but the attainment of an ideal.” | He charged the peoples of the world to | 2 the Intemml i Heyenive d"’;,m;,:;fi eliminate race hatred and selfishness | saved the youngster, 5-year-ol and stressed the importance of educa- Duvol, in a daring rescue and then tion in world affairs as a Weapon | made his way to safety, while the other By the Associated Press. Ten thousand of the 250,000 refores- | tation camp workers will have an op- Chest Is Crushed. He was treated for a crushed chest. Naval Lodge Hall. Fourth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, 8 p.m. Michigan Thirty- of 2801 Meeting, _Unive Wemen's Association, fourth place, 8 pm Meeting, Gamma Chapter, Delphian Society, Shorecham Hotel, 8 p.m. Dinner, Mid-C: Citizens' Associa- tion, Burlington Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Meeting, Business and Professional ‘Women'’s Club, Willard Hctel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Takoma Horticultural Club, *Takoma Branch Library, 8 p.m. Dinner, Washingten Medical and Surgical Society, Hamilton Hotel, 7:30 pm. Meeting, Optimist Club Committees, Hamilton Hotel, 8 pm. Binge _party, benefit Washington Council, Nc. 3. Sons and Daughters of ‘Liberty, Woodmen's Hall, Grant place, 8:30 pm. ke Meeting, Anacostia Chapter, No. 12, “R. A. M., Masonic Hall, Fourteenth and U streets southeast, 7:30 p.m. Meeting, D. C. Federation of Wom- en's Clubs, Sears-Roebuck Art Gal- Jeries, 1106 Connecticut avenue, 7.30 pm. Dance and card party, Daughters of “fhe Nile, 2400 Sixteenth street, 8 p.m. Dinner dance, Junior Red Cross, “Mayfiower Hotel, 7:30 p.m. TOMORROW. Luncheon, D. C. Medical Soclety, Mayflower Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Lucheon, Civitan Clubs, Hamilton sdHotel, 12:30 p.m. 2 yuncheon, Washington Credit Asso- * elation, Hamilton Hotel, 12:30 p.m. } @ - Luncheon, Coal Merchants' Division, ¥ #iMerchants and Manufacturers' Asso- clation, Hamilton Hotel, 12:30 pm. Meeting, Board of Lady Managers of Casualty Hospital, Willard Hotel, 11 am. Luncheon, Sigma Chi Fraternity. University Club, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Columbia Helghts Business Men's Association, 638 D street, 12:15 pm. against war, In a brief address Mrs. Russell Wil- | |liam Magna, president general of the D. A. R, asked the chapters of the so- | clety to introduce the study of world | |economics to “keep peace with the | i world.” | “When those who are our children today,” she said, “are serving in ouri place they must know how to carry on | and further the usefulness of this asso- | ciation and its associate branches.” Mrs. Buel introduced the distinguished guests and speakers. A musical pro- | gram was given by Gertrude Lyons and | Mrs. Aitchison, accompanied by Wini- | fred Lakeman. 'MRS. BROCK IS BURIED IN GLENWOOD CEMETERY ' Employe of Bureau of Public Roads Was Granddaughter of Public Printer Under Grant. Mrs. Florence Clapp Brook, who died ‘ast week, was buried Saturday in Glen- wood Cemetery, following funeral serv- ices at Takoma Baptist Church, at + which Rev. William E. La Rue officiated. |Mrs. Brock, who was the widow of Thomas S. Brock, was the daughter of William Ellis Clapp and granddaughter lof Almon M. Clapp, public printer in 'the administration of President Grant. | She had been employed in the Bureau +of Public Roads. to which she was ap- | pointed by President Hoover. She is survived by one son, William Shepard Brock, a student at Fork Union Mlitary Academy; two sisters, Mrs. Herbert D. Lawson, Takoma Park, and Mrs. A. G. Nefl, Lonaconing, Md., and a brother, Almon M. Clapp. MARK PRESIDENT’S DAY Fire Department Auxiliary Ke!_n-‘ bers Hold Meeting. A meeting in celebration of “Presi- l | Ladies’ Auxiliary of the District of Co- board lumbia Fire Department in the reom of the District Building at 8 o'clock. & i Senator King of Utah, chairman of | dent’s day” will be held tonight by tke ' tors: reached out and the Senate District Committee, will ad- dress the group. i l | two participants in the struggle were finally washed ashore by the swirling waters. The near-tragedy occurred when a boat in which the child, his father, | E. P. Duvol, and his uncle, John Pl-!-l carella, were making their way from their home on Swainsons Island to the Maryland shore, capsized and plunged them into the river, swollen by recent rains and whipped into a raging whirlpool by a 30-mile-an-hour current. Father Swept Away. Duvol, & powerful swimmer, whisked his son, 3 ped boy and managed to catch the branch of ibmerged a pal sul tree nearby wit his free han d. Scott, who lives at 1426 Twenty-first street, Washington, was working in the garden of his Summer home overlook- ing the island when he heard Pascarel- la’s shouts for help. The attorney ran to the water's edge and plunged into the river fully clothed. 1la was unable to hold out un- Pascarel til the attorney reached his side, how- ever, and shouted: “I can't hoM on any longer.” The current then swept him into mid- stream, but the man, narrowly mi jagged rocks, submerged trees and prob- ably serious injury by inches, finally was washed ashore unharmed near the point where Duvol had been carried. Child Retains Hold. Meanwhile the Duvol youngster man- aged to retain his grip until Scott swam to his side. The attorney and his charge then led against the waters fight- ing w% them from their place of safety until a row boat succeeded in coming alongside and taking the boy ashore some 20 minutes later. Scott, fearful that the boat might capsise if he attempted to clamber abaard, battled the dangerous currents unaided until he reached a_point about 25 yards off the Maryland shore, where a human chain formed 1.';;.peeu- from the water. quariet, "chilled and - exhausted by their gruelling experisnce, were given first-aid treztment, wrapped in blankets and ‘returned to their homes by mem- bers of the Cabin Johm Volunteer Department. TFire s making a complete reformation of its practices regarding promotion and the | responsibility for handling aircraft.” Praises Morrow Board. The Morrow Board, he pointed out, showed the importance of having an Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics, “who shculd be a pilot, able to give sympathetic understanding to the troubles of the aviators and the limitations of their craft.” “The adm ,” he, said, “fought the creation of this office. They suc- ceeded in the House of Representatives in having that office stricken from the bill creating the new program for naval aviation. It was put back in the Senate, retalned in conference, and approved by President Coalidge. As soon as they could do so, however, they got rid of their Assistant Secretary of ith | the Navy for A';rgmluum and told the Secretary of Navy that it was to fill this office. The loss of the Shenandoah came before such an office was created. The loss of the Akron came after the office had been vacant for several months.” portunity to spend the Summer in the scenic national parks and monuments, ! according to Robert Fechner, director | of the conservation-employment i gram, who yesterday published a list of 50 new conservation camps in whlchi work will be undertaken this year.| Three of the camps will be in Virginia, at Junction, Skylands and Big Meadows. The camp® will be scattered through 14 States, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Montana, Tennessee, North _Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wyo-‘ mi} ng. Fechner reported the sites to be utilized included Yellowstone National Park, the Great Smokies of Tennessee and North Carolina, the proposed Shen- andoah National Park area, the Yose- mite National Park and the Grand Canyon National Park. The first of the camps will be in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. This area in the proposed Shenandoah Na- tional Park was visited by President Roosevelt early this month. Former President Herbert Hoover's Rapidan re- treat is in that section. { DOUBLE-BLOSSOM CHERRY TREES in cash. William J. Griffin told police he was held up by the driver of a taxicab in which he was riding in Chevy Chase early yesterday. He said the driver took $40. Later in the day, Walter A. Smith, 30, of the 1200 block of N street, a taxi driver, was arrested by Traffic Bureau Policeman H. P. Miller for investigation. Getting out of his automobile in the 100 block of New Hampshire avenue early yesterday, Henry Luck, 1831 Cali- fornia street, was held up by two men and robbed of $15, his driving permit and automobile registration card. ‘Two colored men attempted to hold up Harry H. Redmiles, a Pennsylvania Railroad , near First and E streets southeast, early today, but Red- milés ran away before they could get his money. Prank L. Allen, 23, of the 300 block of Twelfth street southeast, was arrested last night & minute after he is alleged to have smashed a plate glass show window of the Julius Sellinger Jewelry Store, at 818 F street. Police said they found 14 diamond rings valued at $295 in his pocket. The crew of a police radio patrol car heard the crash of the breaking window and caught Allen. DRAWN OUT TO FULL MATURITY WOODWARD & LOTHROP Warming Rays of Sun Expected to Cause Full-Blown Bloom Harvest Before Night. Todsy’s warming sun drew out the few remaining buds on the double- blossom cherry trees in East Potomac Park to full maturity, so that park will be » harvest of full-blown blooms before. nightfall. ‘weather con- 35,000 persons. Capt. P. J. Carroll as- serted that there were more cars yes- Hains Point to view the display than ever before in the history of the double cherry . e st st w York, New Jersey, Massachusett Pennsylvania, Ohio” and elsewhere—were drawn to the riverside floral display and made the 3-mile trip around the Speedway East Potomac Park. A rival show is being put on by Mother Nature in Anacostia Park, where the crabapple trees are bursting into bloom. Park authorities antici- pate that in days to come these will rival the Js cherry trees as & at' center of CLUB MARKS BIRTHDAY |} More Than Half of Charter Mem- bers Attend Twenty-Year Group’s Banquet. More than half of the 70 charter w who. founded the Twenty Year Enf cello tions, by tap dan ’ new were initiated club. I. E. Fronani is president of the club and ‘H. E. Mockbee was chairman of the committee on arrangements for the celebration. - and 1 | The accident occurred in a garage at 1505 Twenty-second street. Mrs. Mary Rogers, 64, of 214 A street southeast, was treated at Providence Hospital last night for slight injuries after an automobile driven by her son, Robert S. Rogers, 24, of the A street address, collided with another car on Claude W. Atkins, 27, of 1228 Trinidad xnue northeast, was driving the other DIRECTORS V;ILL CHOOSE TEN NEW MEMBERS Ten new members will be elected to the board of directors of the Washing- ton Board of Trade at the annual meeting of the organization in the Mayflower Hotel Thursday at 7:30 p.m. In addition to the elections, there will be presentation of the trade organiza- tion’s biennial awards for architecture and a program of entertainment, ac- cording to an announcement by Ben- jamin T. Webster, president. Officers of the Board of Trade are elected at a ::chgqumt meeting of the board of di- TS. Candidates for the 10 vacancies on the board are: Edgar Morris, Lawrence E. Wiliams, W. W. Everett, T. Brooke Amiss, jr.; A. C. Case, John Joy Edson, Arthur B. Heaton, Prancis G. Addison, r.; George W. Offutt, Elmore T. Bur- dette, Herman P. Carl, Frank P. Leetch, iliam R. Ellis, E. C. Brandenburg, &M B. Robinson and Dr. D. Percy BUREAU OF ENGRAVING WORKER 25 YEARS DIES ‘Miss Louise M. Dangel, 61, for several years vice president and secretary- lnrnl\lre;‘of the Wom::'dl Umm' of d:he ureau of Engraving Printing, died at her residence, 1332 Fifteenth street, Clara Dan- the Highway Bridge. Police reported : ings and Public Parks, explained that the 500 average of men so employed ht“z’ Draow been curtailed to an average of : The unemployed are at work in Rock Creek Valley, as far as the Maryland line, cleaning debris out of the stream and removing dead and downed timber trn;n;l ;dj:cgnt parklands. ort Bunker Hill, Fourteenth an Otis streets northeast, the unemplayeg are improving that area. They are at work, Mr. Gartside sald, in Piney Branch Valley and in East Potomac :’o‘r:e tlhey lrei :les:orlng the parkland Tly occupied by the Unif en%xl:eer whnif. S e e unemployed are seeding the sit of the Bonus Expeditionary l?grce mm’; in Anacostia Park, the park autkorities viewing this as an interesting aftermath of the former service men’s encampment here, as that group, out of work, has provided temporary jobs for Washing- tonians without regular employment. Deaths Reported. Ethel N. Phil Geor University Hospital, " 2 Meshinston Willam G. Pomeroy, 53, Veterans' Ad- ministration Hospital. Frank P ') nufin?z"n, D:::cx‘ononn-m 49, Providence arry , 46, Sibl Maud Polier. ‘44, 1158 S st Walter A. Brown, 44. Sibley Hospital. Jack Lusia, 42 'Emérgency Hospital. Sieverdean 'H. Eden, 30. ge Wash- ington University Hospital. Idwlel'fl Dineen, HBH."GIHXDI‘IY Hospital. meslie” unter, 32, 1332 Bel- pitliam Hamilton, 63, 8t. Elisabeths Hos- Elia Creek, 54. 37 Julla Manley, 48, 35 Defrees st. et a0 Gailede Beba, . 39, Gal John Mill ilinger 'nf-'pnuf""m ur iller, 32, Gailh John Carter, 30, 71 Decatur st. n.e. . 28. Gallinger ‘Hospital. '8, Carson’s Private Hos- Elizabeth Thi Ossle Robinson, 3 Hamilton, 20, Tuberculosis pital. Doretha Hospital. Births Reported. oo . ol