Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1933, Page 17

RED CROSS HEARS REPORTSONELEF N LOGAL DRVE Mrs. Roosevelt to Present Roll Call Flag Won by Montana. FOUR-DAY CONVENTION CLOSES TOMORROW Adult and Junior Groups Forego Afternoon Sessions to Visit Mount Vernon. . With the American Red Cross pre- paring to close its four-day convention tomorrow, delegates heard reports to- day on local activities in connection with 25,000,000 depression sufferers in the greatest relief drive which this hu- manitarian organization has ever un- dertaken. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will be the guest of the convention tomorrow at 10 am. to present to the State of Montana the roll call flag won this year by that State. Mrs. John A. Johnson, roll call chairman of the District Chap- ter, will surrender the flag which the Jocal chapter has held for the past two years. The award is based on the highest enrollment in the Red Cross in_ proportion to population. Senator John E. Erickson of Montana will re- ceive the flag from Mrs. Roosevelt. Miss Boardman Speaks. Miss Mabel T. Boardman of Wash- ington, national director of the volun- teer service. described to the conven- tion today the activities of the 1,000.000 woman volunteers during the emergency period. * By far the most graphic description of how the Red Cross was co-operating to bandle relief was given by Harvey D. Gibson, chairman of the Emergency Unemployment Relief Committee of New York City. He said the relief sit- uation in New York is even more se- rious pow than last year. Other phases of Red Cross activities were reported briefly by Miss Katherine Gray of the Boston Motor Corps, Mrs. Leo Westheimer, chairman of the can- teen service of Cincinnati and Hamil- ton County chapters in Ohio, and Miss F. Evelyn Paton, who is secretary of the committee nursing activities and health aids in the District of Columbia. Both the adult and junior groups of the Red Cross dispensed with regular sessions this afternoon to make a pil- grimage to Mount Vernon. There the niors will lay a wreath on the tomb ‘Washington. A fashion show at which the girls pa- rads as manneguins in garments made rom Federal cotton cloth by Red Cross vo'uateers will be held at 8 o'clock to- night at the District chapter house. The fashion show is heing directed by Miss Elizaboth Brawner, Mrs. Lawrence S. Carson and Mrs. William Willard, staff assistant. Praises Fanatics. The convention dinner was held last night at the Mayflower Hotel, with Chairman John Barton Payne as toast- master. Addresses were made by Dean Annie W. Goodrich of the Yale Uni- versity School of Nursing: Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken, president of Vassar College, and Dr. J. L. Bigger, national commissioner of the Canadian Cross Society. ‘The invocation was given by Rev. Dr. Coleman Nevils, S. J., president «of Georgetown University. Kind words _for anatics” were spoken by Dr. Bigger, who said “it is to those whom we may call fanatics that we owe practically every step that has been made in our slow journey to- ward a better world.” Dr. Bigger described a fanatic as “one who is moved by an overwhelm- ing enthusiasm for some cause.” He said Judge Payne, the national chair- man of the Red Cross, is “a fanatic for the cause we all serve.” “To his fanaticism,” the speaker “we owe a debt that we J cof continued, can never repa “Youth'in the New Era.” “Youth in the New Era” was the topic of Dr. McCracken. “A revulsion of feeling astounding in its suddenness has come ,to our young people,” he said. “The product of an age of disintegration, they have set their faces resolutely to the direc- tion of order and of control.” Defending youth, he declared that in spite of critics, it is not true that youth is worse educated or more stupid than in the past. “On the contrary,” he said, “youth is better educated and more intelligent.” A contribution of 100,000 Chinese dollars to the Red Cross relief fund for the Southern California earthquake sufferers, has been made by the Chinese Swastika Society, it was an- nounced by the Red Cross yesterday. lson Johnson, American Minister to China, notified Chairman Payne through the State Department that this sum had been handed to him in Peip- ing, China, by Hsiung Hsi Ling and Ma Wen Seng, representing the Chinese Swastika Society, for trans- mittal to Red Cross officials. Chairman Payne was in receipt yes- terday of a check for 10,000 yen through the Japanese Ambassador, Katsuji De- buchi, sent by the Japanese Red Cross for the earthquake relief fund. These two sums have been forwarded to the Red Cross Relief Committee in Cali- fornia, where homes are being rebuilt rapidly and families rehabilitated by the Red Cross. CATHEDRAL GETS $10,000] 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, April 26.—The National Cathedral Association of Washington re- ceives $10,000 under an appraisal of th estate of the late Laura Shannon, file in the State transfer tax department office here today. The testatrix died May 13 last. Her estate was valued at $1,284,836 net. i Marriage Licenses. Alfred Lewis, 46, 1424 Oth st.. and Rose !lv?« 34, Baltimore: Judge Robert E. M tingly. Bilis D Bever. 30. 4513 Arkansas ave., 1341 Con- necticut ave.: Rev. James K. Pinneg . and Josephine T. Ritz. pshire ave: Rev. J. M Nelligan: Brooke B Todd. jr., 27. and J. E. Bulli 26, both of 1636 Rhode Island ave.; Rev. 8. Abernethy. R A and Marie E Mul- 52 St .'Rev. Charles Engers 'Raiph R. Rathbone. 55, 162 -, and Missoula Plérce. - st New Hami iver, . WL 1 Connecticut 2137 Califor- . 7508 16th st., Culpeper, Va.i Koo S Rubih: 53, 702 Farragut st and Marjorie E. Greenberg, 19, Hartford. Conn.: Jude etk Edinmer, 30, and Mayme E. ecler R. ¥ o, . Glover: 6. both of Richmond: Rev. H. H. B s Marbaker. 22. and Lucille V., El lsom 1€ H. Richardson, 21, 730 Columbis e Ciara M. FHarris. 18, 0 Shadd rd. d. ey. D. E._ Wiseman. kB ELowis 18, 1511 Marion st. and Teving Margaret Willis, 10, 1512 Marion st.; Rev. erry. | ~ @he Foening Stat wIiTR IBND.AI MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1933. This 70-year-old house is being moved today from the Columbia Hospital OCUSING public attentionr on the “Renovize Washington Cam,~ paign”—intended to stimulate business and employment through the launching of widespread property improvements, the campaign organization today was moving an old house to the triangular park at Fif- teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, where the building will become the sub- [{xect of a novel “renovizing” demonstra- on. ! The house—a 70-year-old structure bought from the Government for $1— is to be moved from Columbia Hospital grounds to the prominent downtown ment. With its removal, the Campaign Committee announced a competition, open to the public, for a design to be used in restoring and remodeling the dwelling into an attractive, up-to-date residence. The old one-story house { will be improved with materials do- nated by various supply men of the city and with labor volunteered for the purpose, The committee plans to demonstrate to the home owners of Washington and | vicinity what can be accomplished at modest cost in transforming old house: into modern, well—cqulrpcd homes. In a statement outlining the cam- paign plans the committee said: “The plan to ‘renovize’ Wasl n is not original. Detroit and Phila- delphia are the most notable examples of cities that have conducted success- ful ‘renovizing' campaigns, and in every instance the result has bene- fited the city by aiding unemployed labor, and by putting additional money into circulation. At the same time property owners who take advantage of the opportunity to remodel their homes, business properties and apartment houses at this time benefit themselves as they enhance the value of their properties,” the committee points out. “Advanced by the Washington chap- ter, American Institute of Architects, after its chairman, Arthur B. Heaton, has visited Detroit and Philadelphia, the idea for a ‘renovizing’ campaign here was instantly adopted by the Board of ¥rade and Mr. Heaton appointed chairman of the general committee in charge of the work, with E. J. Murphy of the Board of Trade as vice chairman. A general council to assist in the work was named con- sisting of F. G. Addison, jr.; Harry Blake, Harry K. Boss, Robert J. Cot- trell, secretayy; Willlam 8. Corby, Will- jam W. Everett, John Joy Edison, Robert V. Fleming, J. H. Hanna, Oliver Owen Kuhn, E. J. Murphy, L. P. Mc- Owen, Horace Peaslee, George Plitt, C. H. Pope, John Poole, H. L. Rust, jr.; C. Melvin Sharpe, Marcy L. Sperry, Francis Sullivan, John Saul, Charles site loaned by the Treasury Depart- | Lachlen, Fleming Newbold, Claude W.| grounds to Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, where it will be the subject iof an experiment in the “Renovize Washington Campaign.” H. Tompkins, Ben T. Webster and Lloyd B. Wilson. “An operating committee was also named, as follows. “W. W. Wheeler, publicity; Delos Smith, research; Francis Sullivan, demonstration; E. H. Rosengarten, ex- position; Charles H. Tompkins, con- struétion; Mrs. H. D. Reed, women's advisor? J. Harry Cunningham, treasurer. “The committee will have headquar- ters in room 221, Star Building. “Under the plans as worked out to date, every property owner contemplat- ing remodelg‘lg or restoration work will be urged to make use. of his regular contractor or builder and to purchase supplies through usual channels. Mer- chants and supply men are planning an advertising campaign in connection | with the campaign. “In addition to showing, step by step. the work of restoring an old house at Pifteenth and the Avenue, the com- mittee plans to hold an exposition, showing building materials and meth- ods by which old houses can be re- paired or remodeled. Property owners will receive printed forms on which they will be asked to indicate the type of work they contemplate doing. “The campaign already has the in- dorsement of a number of leading Washington organizations headed by the architects and Board of Trade and including the Washington Society of Engineers, Twentieth Century Club Federation of Citizens’ Associations, Building Trades Employers’ Association. Washington Building Trades Council, American Society of Mechanical En- gineers, Building Association Council of the District of Columbia, Federation of Business Men's Associations. District of Columbia Bankers' Association, Sorop- timist Club, Lions Club, Cosmopolitan Club, Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club, Po- tomac Electric Power Co., Oper- ative Builders’ Association, Washington Real Estate Board, Washington Cham- ber of Commerce, Merchants and Man- ufacturers’ Association, Master Builders, Washington Gas Light Co. and Chesa peake & Potomac Telephone Co. ‘Economic benefits of the campaign are obvious, it is pointed out. Repair and modernization work camr now be done at considerable savings over prices that have existed for the past 15 years. Every indication points to a rise in the price of materials and if construction work is delayed too long, the property owner will lose the advantage of pres- ent price levels. Property in need of repairs remains idle and depreciates in value rapidly and property in modern condition and improvements will com- mand a higher sales value. Idle prop- erty is a drain on the resources of the owner. Improved and reconditioned property can be made a source of in- come. SIGN REGULATIONS IND. C. TIGHTENED Six Amendments to Present Billboard Code Adopted by City Heads. Regulations covering erection or painting of signs on buildings in the District were tightened yesterday by the District Commissioners with the adoption of a series of six amendments to_the present signboard code. The city heads approved all the pro- posed amendments which were con- sidered at a public hearing March 3. The changes are effective after 30 days. Signs Are Restricted. One of the most important changes in the regulations bans the erection, painting or hanging of any new sign on any building except on the walls of a corner building or a structure which may have a public entrance for business purposes on an alley. This is an important - extension of previous prohibitions against new signs in the District. Another amendment = prohibits the erection of signs in the residential districts of the city which would project beyond the building lines. Such signs may not exceed-40 square feet in area, ]I.s 1m the case with the former regu- Jations, The Commissioners decided that signs projecting beyond the building lines may be permitted in the commercial and industrial districts, as determined by the zoning regulations, when they are supported by iron or steel brackets as approved by the District inspector of buildings. Restrictions Increased. The city heads also increased restric- tions as to the size of roof signs, that in no case may they exceed 1 square feet in area, even thoi building may have more than one frontage. Under the amended tions the height.of a roof exceed one-sixth of the base of the sign, and a non-wind-resisting type, the may not exceed one-third of the of the base. both of Dumiries, Va.. Rev. Jonn | Robert past 25 years. lliam president of the Philadelphis Daily News, was toastmaster. WARNING ISSUED AGAINST “CLERIC” H. Priestly Brock, Well Known Here, Named by Bishop Freeman. Episcopal churchmen have been put on their guard against a man identify- ing himself as Rev. H. Priestly Brock, who claimed to have been ordained in Canada and to have served as a chap- lain in the World War, Right. Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washing- ton, said today. He is now believed to be in England. The man was well known in church circles here, where he first made his ap- pearance several years ago, though Bishop Freeman emphasized he had never been a canonical resident of ‘Washington. A Lay Reader in Canada. He served as supply—the term used to designate a temporary clerical oc- cupant—at Accokeek, Md., periodically from 1926 until last June, when Bishop Freeman informed him he could no longer fill that pulpit, repeated requests for credentials having brought no re- sult. It developed that he had been a lay reader in Canada. Brock had previously explained that his papers were destroyed in a fire his residence when he first went to Accokeek. He was given a temporary license while residing in that section, after having firmly established himself in the regard of churchmen here, Bishop Freeman explained. Founded -Boys’ School. Bishop Preeman has been in commu- nication with Bishop Helfenstein of Bal- timore regarding the later activities of Brock, which included the founding of a school for boys in Cockeysville, in the diocese of Maryland, over which Bishop ides. Some Washing- PARADE TO BE PLANNED A mass meeting will be held tonight under auspices of the International Labor Defense at Jerusalem Hall, 1600 block of Eleventh street, to demand freedom for the colored defendants in for & HELD GOVERNMENT DUTY TO CITIZENS Plea Is Made Before Session of League of Women Voters. CURTAILMENT DECLARED “DESTRUCTIVE ECONOMY” Stand Also Is Taken for Merit System in Civil Service as Efficiency Step. Maintenance of welfare functions is an inescapable responsibility of the Government to the citizens, Mrs. Siegel W. Judd of Grand Rapids, Mich., told the General Council of the League of ‘Women Voters, meeting in biennial ses- siop at the Washington Hotel today. he said the Children’s Bureau, Wom- en’s Bureau, Bureau of. Home Economics and Office of Education are so impor- tant that any curtailment of their funds would be ‘destructive economy” and stop the progress of social and public welfare in every community. She also called upon the woman voters to stand for the raising of the standards of Government administra- tion, through the merit system in the civil service, the executive budget sys- tem and with administration control in the hands of the President. Constructive Economy Policy. “The league,” she said, “stands for constructive economy in government It understands such economy to mear a reduction in the cost of government without injury to those services which are peculiarly essential to the sociai welfare during a depression. It believes the Federal Government has a responsi- bility for the social welfare of - its citizens.” She also called for elimination of vet- erans’ preference in civil service and the abolition of the married persons saction of the 1932 economy act. Continuing, she said: “In order to strengthen our public finance system, the League urges the abolition of deficiency appropriations to | bring_reform in budgetary procedure. | The President now has the power to | keep down expenditures below appro- priations, through political influence, but this should be strengthened by giv- ing him administrative power.” Reports Presented. That women voters’ political interest is a vital influence behind governmental economy, efficiency, unemployment re- lief and international co-operation was brought out by reports summarized by Mrs C. Shepard Barnum of Los® An- geles, Mrs. S. N. Campbell of Indian- apolis and Mrs. Royal C. Taft of Provi- dence, R. L ‘The reports were based on studies made of women voters’ activities in 30 States. Particularly have the women been ac- tive in the cause of unemployment re- lief and the prevention of future eras of such unemployment as the country is now passing through. They have exerted influence to have unemploy- ment relief funds administered by trained personnel and have aided pub- lic understanding of the need for a co- ordinated system of Federal and State i employment exchanges. They have i undertaken sponsorship for legislation i for_regulation of private employment i exchanges and legislatures have been importuned for legislation for unem- ployment insurance. Support along these lines, the reports showed. has been vigorous in California, Illinois, Minnesota, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Wis- consin. The District of Columbia Voteless League of Women Voters was praised for taking the “initiative in success- fully defending child labor standards.” In 23 States, the reports continued, reorganization of governmental units to eliminate waste has been supported by woman voters, while in 18 of these States the legislative efforts have been intensive. The women are reported to have worked hard for balanced public finance systems in about half the States. Sees Socialistic Trend. Speaking at yesterday afternoon’s session of the gathering, Prof. Edward S. Robinson of the Institute of Human Relations of ‘ Yale University declared the American voter is turning slightly toward socialistic doctrines, although not actively supporting the Socialist party. His talk was based on a scientific analysis of the minds of 8,419 man and woman voters in 37 States on the eve of the 1932 election. The group in- cluded five social classes, professional, managerial, clerical, skilled and semi- skilled trades and farmers and factory workers. Prof. Robinson said: “The most distinct system of political ideas was possessed by the upper class groups voting for Norman ‘Thomas. Those who voted for Hoover or Roosevelt were distinguished mainly by the degree to which they approved or disapproved of certain political propositions, rather than by adoption of any unique political ideas. “The political attitudes of those who voted for Roosevelt swung sometimes toward the ideas of Thomas, and some- times toward the ideas of Hoover, and sometimes fell between. There is only one cleam case in which the Roosevelt supporters took a more decided stand in |than did the supporters of one of the other candidates. This was in the case of the plank calling for, in unqualified terms, the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. “Political attitudes showed allegiance to such old laissez-faire propositions as ‘the currency should be kept sound at all hazal just his production to the law of supply and demand’ But by October it was also clear that there had crept into the generalized American mind the definite- 1y sooialistic doctrines that ‘it is the | tr! duty of the Federal Government to place farming on an equal footing with industry’ and a larger taxation.” the burden of Plea for Veterans. ““The only those veterans disabled during the war’ was found to be the most popu- lar statement on the list. “If politicians had searched among the issues of the last campaign for one for which majority opinion was most definite, they could not have picked a safer bet than this one the. limitation of veterans’ relief.” He reported that voters of all parties me majorities against payment of the lus. ‘The survey showed, Prof. Robinson stated, that the percentage of votes cast for Thomas is definitely highest in the fessional class and lowest among the [armers. . ,~He also pointed out: “The tage of votes cast for Thomas I higher for women than for men. The percentage of votes cast for rds’ and ‘the farmer should ad- | the | James D. Preston, iemploye, is shown above “disco les " the original copy of George! | Washington's first inaugural address. 1+ At the lower right is the old paper, and | | upper right, left to right, are Dr. J. C. | Pitzpatrick, authority on old manu- | scripts; Preston, and Col. Edwin A. Hal- | ! sey, secretary of the Senate, examining | ‘ the find. ! BY WILL P. KENNEDY. | HE original handwritten copy H hich George Washington | 1 gned and then held when read- | i ing his first inaugural address | | in 1789 has just been “discov- | ered” among the old documents in the | | Senate Library files. The Library of | | Congress for many years had believed | | it was treasuring the criginal copy | of the address. y Dr. J. C. Pitzpatrick, editor | and research authority for the George | ! Washington Bicentennial Commission, who for many years was authority cn old manuscripts in the Library cf Con- | | gress, gave his expert opinion that the document in the possession of the Sen- | | ate is the real original. The Library of Corgress document is believed to | have been the preliminary draft, be- | | cause it carries words that were crossed | cut and interlineations, and is written on a smaller sized paper. Comparison | of the text shows that the language in both documents is identical. ‘The discovery was made by James D. Preston, veteran Senate employe, now | librarian of the Senate. He has been personally supervising the careful in- spection, indexing and filing of all the old documents in fireproof, metal con- tainers. He considers that it was the biggest thrill of his lifetime when he | unfolded and read the original inaugural address and realized how extremely val- uable it is historically and from the | standpoint of collectoss. He delivered it to Col. Edwin A. Hal- i sey, another veteran Senate employe, who worked his way up from a page \boy to secretary of the Senate, and is responsible for the preservation of all Senate documents and papers. First Inaugu veteran Senate® ral Address Found SENATE LIBRARY HELD HISTORICAL DOCUMENT. i | © A W Rl Dimecadine O s K £ /e e oo o e Tadiep ¢ R Aifieed S iy e P tas 3y e 50 An o 1 B0 AT Air AL e Al K Ve e Bl Ui Aot aplibis Chfe adelunat ¥ , oy o - iam Ly A S TRl S e o o N B s o0 ey e PR K Rayd e - = e L SFrwe dpen St s "‘"’»7,‘ 5" 7 i gon i DAL e X1 s SR M&‘c& At fodicd i So cocavicr v Fosifien | S1ii e Fewe Shon b Ao Coece ;oA Fn xa O PP 7 3 AAlek Lrenon P /5 1crend L Ak, ¢ & n e e mas T L ree A /baaa'-/ecf S Apunidi v e iR AN TR § “ LR po A Az lop R s T an h Pne AE, % R ea,;:,'g;,ff/- i i ; ~ LRt aa s S S Kot 1SSt wx 4:46 :‘sw.::‘. A A eet s SRR e s Rl Ao AR, L Dr. Fitzpatrick was promtptly called in as an outstanding authority. At fizst he maintained that the Library of Con- gress had the original and that the Senate document was probably a copy, but when se saw it, compared the two and noted that the Senate document was signed by Washington, while the Library of Congress document was not signed, he realized a new and valuable original document had been found. Col. Halsey immediately ordered that the document be kept in the great safe | of the Senate instead of in the stgel cage with other old documents. It is to be carefully treated by experts in that line of work to overcome the rav- ages of time, as far as possible, which have made the paper brittle and | crumbly, and to “restore” it for preser- | vation for posterity. | As soon as it has been “restored,” | Col. Halsey expects to have it exhib- | ited under amber glass and under con- stant guard, so that visitors to the Capitol may view it as they now do the Constitution and other fundamental documents in the Library of Congress. (GAS MERGER FIGHT AGAIN 1S RENEWED People’s Counsel Keech Ap- pears Before Subcommit- tee in House. Richmond B. Keech, pgople’s counsel before the Public Utilities Commission, renewed his fight last night against the use of “going concern” as an ele- ment of value in & revaluation of the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light companies. Appearing before the Public Utilities Subcommittee of the House District Committee at a hearing on a bill to authorize a corporate merger of the two gas companies, Keech declared the proposed consolidation would be of no material public benefit unless a pro- vision is written into the measure to preclude the commission from allowing “going concern” as an element of value in a fufure revaluation of the prop- erties. ; Supported by Citizens. Keech was supported by George E. Sullivan of the Federation of Citizen’s Associations, who declared his organiza- tion is opposed to the merger bill unless it is amended to proyide against the future consideratigh of franchise value and “going concern” value as elements in a valuation. ‘The merger bill, Keech pointed out, provided two specific benefits to the company—authority to issue additional stock and a possible saving of $50,000 in its operating expenses. The public, he said, might get some benefit from reduction in operating expenses, but the benefit, which would be re- flected reduced rates, would be negligible when applied to the com- pany’s 108,000 consumers in the Dis- dct. ‘Wilton J. Lambert, prominent Wash- of the that ‘th:‘rlch should bear | gas Government should support | the various court decisions to show that as much as 10 per cent of the value of the Roosevelt is higher for men than for tangible property had been allowed for this intangible item. Sees Public Benefit. 1In response to questions by Chairman Black of the subcommittee, who con- ducted the hearing single-handed, Lam- bert said the merger would benefit the public by making possible a sound utility and make possible the extes of fa- cilities, which, in turn, would provide employment for 200 or 300 additional men. With better financing, he pointed out, the company could provide im- proved service at lower rates. Marcy L. . president of the company, declared it would be difficult powed propiom ot extsnzion and “m: program of e on an - provements without additional financing as provided in the bill. The company’s financial structure, he said, “is not of the best,” and if new money is to be found it is essential to issue additional S perty. pramised, 1o sibmit a detailed perry prom! sul a detaile statement showing proposed improve- ments costing $1,250,000, and the amount that would flow into employ- ment channels as a result of the work. Riley E. Elgen, vice chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, submitted a prepared statement on ‘“going con- cern” value, and recommended that the bill be passed without the Keech amenc- ment. William A. Roberts, assistant corpora- tion counsel assigned t5 the Public Utilitles Commission, told the subcom- mittee, however, that if the gas com- pany is willing 4 concern” as an element in a future revaluation, the commission would be willing to, subscribe to the eement. “The commission,” he said, “believes the financial structure of the company is unsound, and the public will benefit by an improvement which would be brought about by the merger.” Mr. Roberts at the request of Chair- man Black also reviewed briefly the history of the commission’s investiga- tion of the acquisition of the gas prop- erty by foreign corporations in violation of the La Follette anti-merger act,"and explained the legal steps taken to bring about compliance with that act. Early Action Sought. Black announced at the close of the hearing that he would seek early ac- tion on the merger bill because of the jected to the use of “goi :‘lmmelmmtolmne LUMBER MEN MEET National Wholesale Association Begins Session at Mayflower. ‘The annual convention of the Na- tional-American Wholesale Lumber As- sociation opened this morning for & to agree to sacrifice 2 HARDING INDICTED IN DAVIS KILLING | First-Degree Murder Charged by Grand Jury—Two Oth- ers Similarly Held. A first-degree murder indictment was returned today by the District grand jury against George P. Harding, al- | leged slayer of Harry “Doc” Davis, & brother of Police Inspector O. T. Davis. Davis was fatally shot in the stomach on April 20 when he attempted to stop a fight between Harding and another man in the 900 block of Ninth street. Davis died in Sibley Hospital after as- serting the shooting was accidental. First-degree murder was also charged in indictments against James Penson and John Gray, both colored. Police say Penson killed Leopard Fields, also colored, during a gambling game March . Gray is accused of fatally stab- blnlchsamuel Riddles, also colored, last Bank Hold-Up Charged. Another indictment charged John J. Cahill and Abraham Raefer with the hold-up and robbery of the Washington Mechanics Savings Bank, Eighth and E streets southeast, on April 6. The men were arrested in Philadelphia last week and allegedly identified as being two of a gang of four men who looted the bank of $7,639. Lester Lillie, who is accused of shoot- ing two policemen. after his arrest February 6 on charges of passing bad money, was indicted on a charge of counterfeiting. He has already been indicted for the alleged assault on the policemen. ejh“" refused indict The grand to Bennie Olewa: who was questioned of Davis. by police after the shooting m peurym de‘e‘ll%ed Olewack d!.dmnm:ht; le Harding = T Others Under Charges. PAGE B—1 MEDICAL COUNSEL ATTACKS PLAN FOR PUBLICPHYSICIANS Former D. C. Commissioner Says Program Would Make Doctors Automatons. HITS AT PROPOSALS OF COSTS COMMITTEE l(drning Session of Meeting De- voted to Surgical Dry Clinie. Frederick A. Fenning, former District Commissioner and now counsel for the District Medical Society, sharply at- tacked today a report of its Committee on Costs of Medical Care, which recom- mended more doctors at public expense, Speaking before the Medical Society at its tworday annual scientific meeting, Mr. Fenning said such a policy would bring an additional drain on the public treasury and would degrade physicians by making them automatons, subject to the caprice of political expediency. “The outstanding achievements of the past,” he continued, “‘were made by doc- tors working as individuals in private practice, the class rooms and labora- tories. Standardizaticn stiffens and kills incentive, independence and individual- ity and rates every activity according to the ability of mediocre workers.” " Report Disputed. Mr. Fenning took issue with what he said was a current campaign by salaried workers and lobbyists which undertakes to standardize all the activities qf life at a staggering financial cost. If this practice is carried further, the speaker warned, it will bankrupt the independ- ence of the American people. The report of the committee, made two years ago, has been vigorously de- bated within the profession since. An address by Dr. Maude E. Abbott, curator of the medical museum of McGill University, Montreal, was scheduled for this afternoon. Dr. Ab- bott was a student and close personal friend of Sir William Osler and is ex- pected to speak on his contribution to | knowledge of heart discase as well as of incidents in his life work. Speakers at this morning’s session, given over to a surgical dry clinic, in- cluded Dr. G. W. Leadbetter, Dr. W. P. Herbst, Dr. H. F. Strine, Dr. J. F. Mitchell, Dr. William C. Meloy and Dr. H. L. Darner. 17,000,000 Hear Poorly. ‘This afternoon the society was to hear Dr. Charles Stanley White, Dr. Oswald F. Hedley, Dr. Joseph Horgan and Dr. Edward J. Cummings. Tonight Dr. Dean Lewis, president- elect of the American Medical As- sociation, will speak on “Changing Times in Medicine.” Dr. Harry A. Fowler, president of the District so- clety, will grcside. An exhibit was presented at the meeting this morning showing that 17,000,000 persons in the United States suffer from some degree of hearing impairment and 3,000,000 of these are school children. The figures, assembled by the Amer- ican Federation of Organizations for the Hard of Hearing, 1537 Thirty-fifth street, were presented by Miss Ada M. Hill, director of vocational advice for the organization, assisted by Miss Eliz- abeth, Springer. Information on lip reading, hearing aids, hearing tests and vocational guidance for the hard of hearing has been made available to the doctors attending the session. Serious medical papers read yesterday at the society's scientific meeting were reread with wild distortion of medical terms by black-faced doctor comedians last night at the annual banquet of the society in the Shoreham Hotel. Entertainment Program. Visiting physicians from Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia likewise were lampooned for the entertainment of the 500 guests. Among the jokesters were Drs. Edward J. Grass, Herbert J. Schoenfeld and George J, Brilmyer, playing the parts, respectively of “Doc- tor Catch-em,” “Doctor Cut-em” and “Brother Crawford.” Dr. H. N. Dorman led a dancing troupe of male chorus girls composed of Drs. George Dewey, F. A. Geler, Henry J. R. McNitt, Duane Richtmeyer, Mar- vin W. Glover, Benjamin F. Dean and Michael McInerney. The piano accom- Panist was Dr. Prancis G. Speidel. An “Old-Fashioned Revue” was pre- sented by the women doctors. Those participating included Drs. Gladys Kain, Elizabeth E. Chickering, Anna Bartsch Dunne, Mary A. Parsons, Mary Holmes, Edith Seville Coale, Esther Nathanson, Margary Stuart, Frances Rother and Margaret M. Nicholson. Among the singers were Drs. Robert H. Harmon, W. Preston Haynes, Guy W. Leadbetter, Howard H. Smith, Frank F. Hand, Willlam M. Ballinger, House and Mildred Ottman. Others on the program included Drs. Donald S. Knowlton, J. A. Gannon and A. B. Bennett. PERMISSION TO PARADE GIVEN D. C. UNEMPLOYED Commissioners, However, to Pre- scribe Route for May Day Demonstration. Members of the Washington Unem- ployed Council will be given permission to stage a parade here next Monday as a part of the international May day labor .demonstration, but the parade route will be one prescribed by the Dis. trict Commissioners. . Maj. Ernest W. Brown, chief of po- today placed before the city heads recommendations for the parade route, which differs somewhat from that demanded by a delegation from the Unemployed Council when they were granted a hearing yesterday before the Commissioners. Maj. Brown recommended that the route for the parade be south on Eighth street from Rhode Island avenue, east on M street to New Jersey avenue, along that avenue to First street, then lce, his , | south to Pennsylvania avenue, west to lation bt Constitution avenue, then along Consti- tution avenue to Fourteenth street, then north to D street. tion 814, D. C. Code, and Charlie Randall, perjury. The following were absolved of the indicated: assault - with & Louls wards, dangerous ‘weapon, and James Vance, forgery,