Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1933, Page 17

" ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, HOMELESS ANIMAL AT POST FOR THREE DAYS. SENME,S BHANGES Dog Guards Newspaper Rack‘—l N DSTRE BILL STUDIED BY HOUSE Buchanan Delays Naming of Conferees Pending Arrival of Blanton. CUTS IN APPROPRIATIONS EASED"BY AMENDMENTS Four Schopls and Calvert Bridge Included in Program for . Next Year. The House bly will send the Senate’s revi 1934 District - ation bill to conferénce before the end of the week, it was announced today by Chairman Buchanan of the Ap- propriations Committee. The Senate has asked for a confer- ence and the House is expected to agree, Mr. Buchanan said, because it is op- posed to certain of the Senate amend- ments. Appointment of the House conferees, according to Mr. Buchanan, will be de- layed until the return of Representa- #ve Blanton, who is en route to Wash- ington from his home in Texas. Mr. Buchanan said -he planned to name Blanton as one of the five House con- ferees because of his familiarity with the District supply bill. Amendments Ease Cuts, ‘The bill was passed late yesterday by the Senate in record time, With amend- ments intended to ease the effect of the deep cuts, made below current ap- propriations. 3 The Senate named its conferees, as follows: Senators Thomas, De vocrat, of Oklahoma; Glass, Democrat, of Vir- ia: King, Democrat, of Utah; Nye, publican, of North Dakota, and Keyes, Republican, of New Hampshire. Among the more important Senate changes are the following: An increase in the Federal contribution from $5,- 700,000 in the House bill to $6,250,000, action to relieve the District from pay- ing back to the United States next year another $1,000,000 installment of ~the money spent on park development under the Capper-Cramton law, an increase in the fund for emergency relief of families in distress from $1,250,000 to $1,500,000, authority to use $876,000 of unexpended balances of prior appropri- }ations for four school building projects and authority to start construction of & new Calvert street bridge. Total Put at $32,700,000. The various changes voted in the bill by the Senate Appropriations Commit- tee made the total carried as appropri- ations $29,585.805. At several points in the bill, however, the Senate made available unexpended balances of prior appropriations. These unexpended bal- ances of $1,005,000, together with $1,- 500.000 of surplus gas tax revenues and $635,000 of surplus Water Department OR the past three days an appar- ently . homeless dog has been standing guard over an ‘“honor system” newspaper rack at First and B streets southwest. Day and night, the animal, a female of no particular breed, remains beneath the rack, coming out only to feed on a bone, a plece of meat or a hunk of ‘bread tossed to her by scme friendly passerby. ts of the neighborhood say the animal has been there three days. Where she came from, how she got there, nobody seems to know. There's s lot of talk about her arcund the neighborhood, but it's pure gossip, based on nothing more substantial than guesses, Residents of the neighborhood be- lleve som dropped the dog there her and that she's deter- mined to stay there until her owner returns for her. ! —residents and She's ea egularly- employes_of iness establishments in the nef ‘hood see to that. This morning, for instance, somebody threw her a plece of meat, somebody else tossed her a slab of suet and she also was given several pleces of toast. And, between meals, she just lies there beneath the rack, waiting * * * SEGOND HOLD-UP SUSPECT ARRESTED Admitted Part in Robbery of Eastern High Teacher, Policg Report. The second member of a bandit trio alleged to have robbed an Eastern High School teacher of school bank deposits | Tuesday afternoon was_ captured early | today in Southeast Y’ashington. William Russell Day, 23, of the 900 block of E street southeast was arrested | near Pennsylvania avenue and Ana- costia road southeast after a brief chase by detectives who recognized him as he passed in a taxicab. Like_th suspect, Thomas An- drew Conley, 26, Day admitted his part, according to police, in the hold-up of Miss Margaret B. Hardy. Day was quoted as saying he drove the auto- | mobile in which Conley fled after snatching $760 in cash and checks from Miss Hardy at Ninth and East Capitol streets. Police are searching for the third member of the trio. Dey said his two | companions “gyped” him in the divi- | slon of the loot, police declared. The | youth reported he received only $11. Day, according to police, said he drove the other two to South Capitol and G streets and that they must have divided most of the money between them en Day " the bag Contataiog checks “and y conf chy an notes, which he threw into a vacant lot 8s he drove by, he said. Police later revenues which may be spent, make a total of about $32,700,000 which may be spent during the coming year. The local supply measure was before the Senate only 20 minutes and was changed in only two respects from the form in which the committee re- ported it. One unexpected development was the cutting out of $35,000 for installation of new trafic lights, after Senator Couzens, Republican, of Michigan, a former mayor of Detroit, declared American_cities “have gone completely crazy in putting in these electric light signals.” The chigan Senator argued that motorists are “being taught to rely on signs instead of their brains,” and he took the view Washington has too many traffic lights. School Clause Changed. Senator Bratton, Democrat, of New Mexico, obtained a change in a com- mittee amendment relating to the ap- pointment of temporary teachers in the school system. The committee recom- | to mended "the authoritles be allowed to appoint temporary teachers next year, notwithstanding the existence of an eligible list established by examination. Senator Bratton had this changed to Tequire the appointment of temporary teachers from the eligible list. The Senate approved, without debate, the Thomas amendment to allow the Commissioners to transfer funds from one subhead to another within certain departments in order to overcome diffi- culties resulting from the sharp Te- ductions made in maintenance funds below the current law. Such transfers could be made in the free Public Li- brary system, playgrounds, schools (ex- cept building items), Qealth and public welfare. ‘Another amendment was approved, on recommendation of the committee, to give the new Commisisoners who will soon be appointed a slightly higher en- trance salary than they would have re- celved under the classification law. Un- der that law the new city heads would have entered at $8,000, the bottom step of their grade. The 15 per cent pay cut would have brought their pay down to $6,800. The Senate amendment fixes their basic salary at $9,000, to which the 15 per cent cut would be applied, giving them $7,650. Salaries Held Inequitable. 1In bringing this proposed amendment to the attention % the Senate Com- mittee, District Budget Officer Donovan pointed out if the new Commisisoners are required to enter at the basic salary of $8,000, with a 15 per cent cut.ap- plied to that figure, some of the dinate officials would then be receiving larger salaries than the city heads. One Senate amendment restores $5,000 of the amount which had been cut from the fund for personal services in the ublic library system. This is slightly Yess than half the amount that had been taken from this item. This in- crease, together with the general au- thority to transfer funds from one library item to another, will aid offi- cials in theeting the problem arising from the budget cut in the item for pay- ment of salaries. Although the Senate added $500,000 to the Federal contribution, this still leaVes Uncle Sam’s share less than the current law, in which it was placed at $7.- 775,000. The action of the Senate in relieving the District from paying another $1,- 000,000 ' to the Federal Government under the park development law next year is a recognition of the contention that the District has been paying back this money more rapidly than it should, in view of the fact that only $3,500,000 has been spent by the United States on the program within the District, ‘wheras the '$1,000,000-a-year rate of re- imbursement anticipated a total ad- vance of $16,000,000. Because of eco- nomic conditions, Congress has dis- continued = further Federal advances toward the program, and the Senate's action merely applies a similar mora- torium to: the District on reimburse- ments. Four Schools Included. ‘The House biil did not contain any school bufiding projects. ‘The Senate, by making svallable $876,000, left un- expended Municipal Center - propriati in prior years, was searthed the locality without fin the missing paper. hmw&mmmm check. lor a - Up.of ‘thelr actiites CHILDREN ON PROGRAM Community Center Groups to Give Entertainment Tomorrow. y Centers sel and Gretel,” “Sleeping Beauty” and ” . “At the Fountain,” in program at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night in Langley School auditorium. The entertainment will be presented under the joint direc- tion of Miss Sara Bergling, Mrs. Mar- garet Reed Kincannon and Mrs. Wilma Wright Flood. 0t in four school building projects, The House had voted to let the Dis- trict spend $1,049,000 of its gasoline tax surplus on such projects as the Presi- dent may approve, and authority w spend $635,000 of Water Department surplus funds on the same basis. The Senate voted to relieve the President = )‘:c:-l by S in the power. e mcammullonm4 Senate also in- creased to $1,600,000 the total that could be spent ‘rom the gas tax fund, and directed that $575,000 of this fund be used to start s new Calvert street bridge, and $45,741 for the widening of Constitution avenue between North Capitol street and Second street. The Commissioners must make a new study to determine what type of bridge would be most appropriate at Calvert street before launc the project. The Senate made a number of small increases in various departments to take care of urgent needs, such as a $4,000 increase for Tuberculosis Hos- pital maintenance. ‘The restriction against the operation of the new high temperature incinerator for disposal of refuse, in the southeast section of the city, was removed from the bill, and authority for the operation of the testing laboratory in the Highway Department was restored. Senator Bratton had an amendment adopted under which members of the Fire Department ‘would be permitted to Jjoin any organization or association, so muudoumwtmuum e for any purpose. TRAFFIC BUREAU HARD HIT. on these Must Curtail All Work, Van Duzer Declares. The action of the Senate yesterday in slashing $35,000 from the “working fund” for the office of the director of traffic will mean drastic curtailment of the functions of the department and the discharge of probably 14 workmen as well as abandonment of plans for additional mm‘azdbu. ‘Willlam A. Van Duger, director, today. The amendment, offered by Senator Couzens, leaves only $10,000 available for miscellaneous operations of the de- partment for the next fiscal year. The department funds already had been sub- jected to a series of cuts. The latest reduction, however, does not affect the salary items for the statutory employes, which are provided for separately. The original estimate for miscel- laneous work, submitted at the past of Congress, was for $77,640. The revised budget, presented to the new provided for $45,000 for m% new cut made by the Senate, therefore, leaves only $10,000 for operations beyond salary items. It mm planned to spend $5,000 of the proposed $35,000 working fund for new traffic lights, Van Duzer ex- lained. The new slash, however, puts these plans on the shelf. The $10,000 figure will have to cover supplies, signs and tools, office supplies, employment of labor for the shcp—which this year amounts to about $26,000—tele- costs, stationery LA FOLLETTE HITS RELIEF LEADERSHIP Long-Time Reconstruction Planning Falls Short, Senator Declares. Forces charged with leadership of the country have “utterly failed to assemble necessary information on which to predicate a long-time program of re- construction,” Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin told the Citizens’ Conference on Vocational Education and the Problems of Reconstruction in an address at the Willard Hotel today. The Senator said it is “one of the anachronisms of the time that in the Spring of the fourth year of the de- pression we do not kpow how many people are unemployed or work on part time for shockingly low wages.” He deplored the “inattention of leaders” to preserving human values and the Amer- ican way of life. His address followed one by Miss Prances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, at the opening session of the two-day con- ference. Th: cgnr;:n;e is u‘x;lder‘ ‘}oim sponsorship of the American Vocational muum’i’. the American Council on Education and the American Education Association. Leaders in education and soclal work from all parts of the coun- try as well as high Government officials are attending the meeting. Idle Estimated at 15,000,000. A family, Senator La Follette de- clared, must “prove absolute deltltuttnlgg ability of any man to picture.’ He said 1leltden and the Deop&e .hugelg guard against overcptimism and poin out that people in high positions in the country have asserted many times that “it will be only a short time umtil the depression is over. We recognize that we face a long period of readjust- ment and work cut a constructive pro- gram to meet the situation™ and help several millions of people who will still be unemployed when the depression is over. He estimated there are approxi- mately 15,000,000 unemployed in the country at the present time. Perkins described the problems which confront leaders in the field of education, and others in the leader- ship of the country in retraining and re-adaptation of people to suit changed conditions. She said more than 1.- 000,000 families have moved from city to country within the last few years, many of whom have no knowledge of their new work. Wider Training Urged. The Secretary of Labor told of the need for versatility in training and emplo) it becat .t.rl: mblen;: get ymen! use they are equl.pped to do but a single type of work. She praised the Exrpc-e of the con- ference and said “it is quite possible that men and women have not thought of vmoclf.lionu education as lu major factor solving emergen: ems.” Dr.wmmwugnprfln;mofthenm session and the leader of discussion. The conference was ned by brief talks by C. M. Miller, of the Vocational Association; Charles R. Mann, of the Education 'Council, and A us O. Thomas, of the Education Association. emergency worl schools of agriculture, home making, commerce, trades and in vocational rehabilitation The speakers included George Ham- brecht of. Madison, Wis.; Dr. Wilson, Paul W. Chapman of Athens, Ga., state director of vocational education; Dr. O. Latham Hatcher of Richmond, Va.; Dr. Ray Fife of Columbus, Ohio, and | Temblor Like War in Many Ways, | The John Aybel Kratz of Washington. Late this afternoon the conference will hear an address from Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, as well as & num- wer of other speakers prominent in national affairs and industry. PERMITS GRANTED FOR BONUS RALLIES Federal Officials to Allow Mass Meetings in East Seaton Park. Federal officials today authorized the holding of bonus mass meetings tomor- row and Saturday evenings in East Seaton Park, Third street and Maine avenue, near site where the fight took place last Summer between the bonus DELEGATES ARRIVE FOR CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PARLEYS Economic Reconstruction Group Opens Sessipns Sat- urday at Auditorium. 5,000 EXPECTED HERE; MEETINGS TWO DAYS 500 to Come From Farm Bodies. New Declaration of Independ- ence Seen as Result. The vanguard of delegations expected to total 5,000 by Saturday morning, was arriving in Washington today for the Continental Congress for Economic Re- construction, which will hold sessions Saturday and Sunday at the Washing- ton Auditorium, The advance guard, according to Marx Lewis, local attorney and one of the leaders of the movement, totals about 400, and is scattered in hotels throughout the city. Arrangements have been completed, Mr. Lewis said, for housing practically all the delegations expected, and in some instances the major portions of :wuls have been reserved for delega- ions. The largest delegation is expected to come from unemployed organizaticns, tion of Unemployed Workers Leagues and its afliates. Another large dele- gation 15 expected from the trade unions, and the Sociailst party, and labor, political and educational groups also are expected to have delegates on hand, including the Farmer-Labor party and the League for Independent Po- litical Action. Under the rules laid down for the conference, each local p Is entitled to two delegates. to come from farm groups. New Declaration Seen. The congress is expected to formu- late a “new Declara! of Independ- ence,” according to Edward Levinson. advance publicity agent. Levinson reported today that spe- cial trains bearing delegates would ar- rive in the Capital from New York shortly before midnight tomorrow night, while a special train is expected to bring 300 Chicago delegates early Saturday morning. A cavalcade of trucks is expected from Western Massa- chusetts. Other delegates are expected in by train, bus, private cars and trucks from the South and Middle West. The sessions will begin at 9:30 am. Saturday. One hour of the opening ses- sion will be broadcast, with the pro- gram including as Ts Senator Rieve, president of the American Fed- eration of Full-Fashi Workers, and Norman Thomas, Social- ist candidate for President in the last d John Simpson, president the Farmers' Union. The broadcast will be from 10:30 to 11:30 o'clock. Communication to Reno. ‘The National Coml‘nl:tt:m!od:’ fl! the following communica 0 o Reno, head of the Farmers’ Holiday Association, at Des Moines, Iowa: “The Committee of Correspondence of the Continental Congress for Eco- nomic Reconstruction hails the fighting spirit of the Iowa farmers as another sign that the working people of the city and country will no longer endure the oppressive rule of big business and the banks. We pledge all ible as- | sistance in the defense of the Iowa | farmers. “EMIL RIEVE, C! i The c will hold & mass meet- ing Saturday night to which the pub- lic will be invited. !SANFORD BATES TALKS including representatives of the Federa- grou] About 500 of the delegates are expected | | speake! | des; Lynn J. Prazier of North Dakota, Emil | on: joned Hosiery | does not exist THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1933, HUGHES PROMISES LAW INSTITUTE 10 EXPEDITE APPEALS Chief Justice Says Criminal Cases Delay Is Reproach to Justice Machinery. GROUP CONGRATULATED ON SIMPLIFYING PLAN Former Attorney General Wicker- sham, Head of Organization, Describes Work Under Way. Less delay on appeals in Federal criminal cases was promised by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes of the United States Supreme Court today in an address before the American Law Institute at the Mayflower Hotel. A large crowd packed the hotel ball room to capacity to hear the Chief Justice’s speech. It included leaders of the bench and bar from many sec- tions of the country. Pointing out that the Supreme Court is still “master of its calendar,” the Chief Justice said that much of the delay between the return of a verdict and the final decision of the highest court is attributable to the courts of first instance. The Supreme Court proposes to end this, by exercising pow- er recently granted it by Congress to make rules in Federal criminal cases similar to_the power exercised by tne court in drawing up the equit; i p equity rules Delays Hardly Necessary. “After a case has been tried,” Chlef Justice Hughes said, “there is little f any excuse for delay in bringing on appeals. One who has been con- victed and is out on ball is ordinarily not anxious to expedite a decision which may compel him to serve his sentence. It may be that the prosecut- ing attorney, having won the convic. tion, is occupied with other contests. Stipulations for delay are too readily obtained and sanctioned. Probably there is no greater reproach to the ad- ministration of justice in this country m:sj the delay in criminal appeals. @ Now propose, so i w’:nd how rep;;ose S0 far as possible, le congratulated the institute on the furtherance of its project to restate the common law in simple, clear terms. He particularly noticed that in the first definite work which the institute has lg.unh’ll&h!d there are no dissenting opin- Place in Ordered Society. Saying that clarity and certainty are desirable ends, the Chief- Justice y'rnt “The law is nnot an e'nd in itself; it mply for the play of wits. The law governs the nhgonys of men and women in ordered society. They are entitled to know the rules that govern them and to have ‘these rules applied consistently. The quest of cer- tainty may be endless and the goal may be unattainable, but progress is prac- ticable.” George W. Wickersham, former At- torney General and president of the institute, described its work during the 10 years of its existence. He said the restatement of the law of contracts, only recently published, has proved to be the fastest-selling law book in the country. This restatement will be fol- lowed by others on the law of torts, real and personal property and trusts. At this meeting a restatement of the law of agency Is under consideration. CAPITAL MAN CHOSEN T0 GAS GROUP BOARD ON JUVENILE PROBLEMS |2ager Morrs 1o Eieeted by Sonth- U. 8. Prison Chief Outlines Meth- ods for Reducing Delinquency on Rotary Club Program. ‘Ways and means of reducing juvenile Rotary Club | observance of National Boys' week. Boy Scout James Seiler of | delivered a | de the -aim of to approach in handling boys and girls was through family and community ef- and correctional institutions. “Our real job,” he said, “is to con- | do to provide the proper environment?” —_— CONSTRUCTIVE EFFECT good boys E Bates declared the normal | S. | ern Association at Final Session. Edgar Morris of Washington was delinquency were discussed before the | efected to the Board of Directors of the lub yesterday at the Willara | Southern Gas Association at the closing Hotel by Sanford Bates, director of |general session of its three-day con- Pederal prisons, during s program in |vention at the Shoreham Hotel this morning. B. B. Ferguson of Ports- 72| mouth, Va., was elected president of massage on Boys' Week, | the association, succeeding J. J. Bren- Q.ha'_movemmt is | nan of Memphis. Other officers elected were Edmund Dickey, Baltimore, Md., first vice president; W. W. Winters, Atlanta, Ga., second vice president, and S. L. Drumm, forts rather than through public homes | New Orleans, secretary-treasurer. Other members of the board of directors Street Russell and W. L. Plumm.el;-e, sider first how do we rate as parents, | Atlanta; L. H. Hungate, 3 |and second, what can the communtty | Ridgely, oL Nashville; C. B. Gamble, Bir- mingham; J. F. Orr, Houston, and C. M. Ro'xg;rl, New Orleans, e convention is scheduled to cl with sales conferences and techmz: OF EARTHQUAKE FELT | The ammuat msgue sy masvne Dr. P. G. M. Austin of Long Beach Declares. An earthquake, like a war, has & permanent constructive effect upon the mind of the le.. Rev. Dr. Perry G. M. Austin of Long Beach, Calif, who has had experience with both, declares that men and women never are psychol the same after having passed h either variety of ca- tastrophe. A visitor in Wi s - rday compared ipressions of u;pmchnromh quake of March 10 with the final phases of the . Rector of St. Luke's Church, Long Beach; chaplain to the Bishop of Los Angeles and secretary of the diocese, he served as chaplain of the 89th Division of the A. E. F., 1917- 1918. . “My first thought,” he said, “when I lnwunymr town falling in ruins was of ‘the fact that an earthquake and a war {have much in common. But in many ':l’l an earthquake is a more impres- ve phenomenon.” He will speak on “The Human Side | of an Earthquake” at Epiphany Parish House tomorrow his lecture with motion immediately after the public is invited. B CITIES BILLS OPPOSED - | Bar Against Bankruptcy Plan of Scaling Down Debts. ‘The Executive Committee Association has illustrating | cil of Social t night, with George Bean of nultc’z’-;r = !:nmuten assoc vot hold 1 meeting in Memphis. e . SIGMA NU PHI SMOKER National U. Law Students Ad- dressed by Justice Luhring. Sigma Nu Phi Legal Praternit National University Law School, hoia’s smoker last night at the Hay-Adams| been and were addressed by Justice R. Luhring of the District Su- preme Court. John C. White, frater- nity chancellor, acted as master of b5 Profs. Godts L gene R. WOodm:{ e S SOCIAL WORKERS CONFER First of Series of Conferences Is Conducted This Morning. The first of & series of intensive case conferences for volunteer social work- ers was held thi§ morning at the Y. W. C. A. under the a of the Coun- House Oscar bening Sfap $¥P ZOO’S PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS PROVES TO BE A BAD MOTHER Maternal Instincts Lacking as Parent Turns Over on Youthful Offspring and Kills It. \ The female pygmy hippopotamus at the Zoo is one of those freaks which nature ironically produce sometimes— & bad mother. ‘The pair of hardly handsome, but completely engaging little hippos which have become great favorites through their propensity.for begging for pea- nuts and popcorn, had a youngster the day before yesterday but the mother hippo, a few minutes after giving birth to her youngster, rolled on it and killed & repetition of two former %0 get a baby pygmy hlg Zoo here, to 3 M. , director of the Zoo. “She’s just a bad mother,” said Dr. Mann today. “She kills her young al- most as soon as they are born.” The male pygmy hippo was born in captivity, while its mate was a gift from Harvey Firestone, rubber magnate, to President Coolidge. Mr. Coolidge, having no place at the White House for a hippopotamus, sent it out to the Zoo where it was gladly received and immediately provided with a mate. It was caught on the Firestone planta- tions in Africa. Dr. Mann said these little which grow to only a fraction of the size of the better known hippos, usually breed and raise their young well in captivity. VENDERS OF BEER PAY TAX SLOWLY Only 272 Meet Requirements Despite Warning Issued by Commissioners. Venders of beer here continued to- day to make haste slowly in paying | taxes on the amount of the beverage they sold last month, despite the warn- ing by the Commissioners their permits would be revoked unless the sales taxes were paid by next Wednesday afternoon. By noon today, only 49 additional re- tailers had reported, bringing the total | to 272, out of the more than 1,600 establishments which have been li- censed to sell beer. The sales reported this morning amounted to 492 barrels, making the total so far reported, 2,487 barrels. Tax officials today said that if there is & last-minute rush to pay the tax, &S NOW appears very probable, many of the permit holders may not be able to complete their reports and pay their | taxes within the time limit set by the | beer act, and thus find themselves next Thursday without licenses. The C loners, on the basis of an opinion by the corporation counsel’s office, also have ruled that permit hold- ers must account for every bottle or other quantity of beer they dispose of each month, whether they give it away or whether they sell it. Members of the Beverage Board have found that licenses issued to establish- ments in the vicinity of Central High School are not closer than 200 feet to the school and therefore are not in violation of the beer regulations. Grant- ing of permanent licenses to these places had been Dby members D{.;:‘hl Columbia Heights Citizens’ Asso- ciation. E. G. LORENZ DIES; C.P.A. FOR 19 YEARS Funeral Services to Be Held Satur- day Morning at St. Ann’s Catholic Church. E. G. Lorenz, one of the first certi- fled public accountants in Washington, died yesterday at Emergency Hospital. He had been in the profession here for 19 years. Funeral services will be held at St. Ann’s Catholic Church Saturday morn- ing, followed by burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will include Howard P. Foley, Bancroft T.| Foley, Walter A. Gawler, Alfred B. Gawler, Edward Costigan, W. A. H. Church, P. T. McDermott and Hugo A. Mattill. Mr. Lorenz was & member of the D. C. Institute of Certified Public Ac- countants, the American Society of Public Accountants, the Washington Board of Trade and the Elks. He was secretary of the Howard P. Foley Co., Inc, and vice president-secretary of W. A. H. Church, Inc. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Catherine B. Lorens; two daughters, Frances Barbara and Catherine Gretchen, and a son, Fugene Hurdle Lorenz. 2 QUIETS CONTROVERSY OF YOUNG DEMOCRATS ‘Washington Group Decides to Await Kansas City Meeting for Constitution Action. Controversy over the pr new national constitution for the Young Democrats’ Club of America was quieted temporarily last night by the Wash- ington organization when it was de- cided to await action by the national,of convention in Kansas City next month. Decision not to go on record for or inst the constitution was reached it had been reported a majority of the Young Democrats’ Clubs throughout the country had ratified the document. The argument, which arose at last month’s meeting, centered about the legality of its submission for ratifica- tion to the clubs, while another argues that either method is legal. As a result of the controversy, & number of members resigned after last month’s meeting and are reported to have organized a separate club. BULLET INJURES BOY Colored Youth, 12, Hit After Throwing Two Into Fire. hus T. Lee, 13-year-old colored street Wwas | his head on a rock Orators BOYS WILL CONTEND IN SOUTHERN MEET. Two more Southern zone finalists were announced today by the Tenth Na- tional Oratorical Contest headquarters. They are: Upper—Erle Wright of the Barnes High School of Pranklin, Ky. Lower—George Oliver of the Lake Wales High School of Lake Wales, Tenn. The boys will compete in the Southern 2zone finals at Birmingham, Ala., May 12, and the winner of the meet will speak here in the national finals May 20. COLONIAL DAMES AGTIVITIES SHOWN Report of Accomplishments of National Society Given to 21st Biennial Council. A report covering activities and ac- complishments of the National Society, Colonial Dames of America, was pre- sented to its twenty-first biennial coun- cil holding its third day's session to- day in the Carlton Hotel. The report was given by Mrs. James P. Andrews, Hartford, Conn., national She told the 200 delegates that their cipal purpose was to keep alive the American spirit which, she sald, “is an emanation of cour: Among accomplishments of the so- clety she mentioned erection of a Spanish-American memorial shaft at Arlington, the restoration of a church 8t Jamestown, Va., and the marking of many historic sites throughout the country. Mrs. Andrews said plans have been completed for the formation of circles Colonial Dames in foreign capitals. Officers of the National ‘Society will be elected late today after a report of the Nominating Committee. ‘Tonight, the soclety’s Fatriotic Serv- ice Committee will present an illus- trated lecture giving the historic out- line of the various member States. Mrs. Arthur T. Holbrook of Wisconsin, is chairman of the committee, POLICE PROBE FATALITY Workman Victim of Broken Neck as Result of Reported Fall. Police today were continu! an in- vestigation into the death o‘tn‘ Clementi Amodia, 54, of the 4500 block of Con- duit road, in-Georgetown Hospital yes- terday from a broken neck, said to have been recelved while he was working for 8 construction company on Reservoir road, near Conduit road, April 2. byln{ormmn on obts late yesterday ice was e effect that Amodia brogg his neck when he {:1]11: and struck wi dodge a falling tree limb. i ais INTERNATIONAL NIGHT G. W. U. Student Society Will Give Entertainment. An International night entertainment by the International Student Soclety of George Washington- University will be held at the Acacia 1707 Massacht will | the' 900 PAGE B—1 TWO-GUN BANDITS STAGE DAYLIGHT HOLD-UP IN STORE Pair Truss Up Employes, Take $450 and Leave by Rear Door. .|SAY THEY WERE AFTER “COMPANY MONEY” ONLY Manager’s Strategy Fails When Gun Jab Forces Assistant to Open Safe. Proclaiming they wanted only “com- pany money—insured money,” a pair of two-gun bandits strode into the Western Auto Supply Co. Store at 911 H street northeast at § o'clock this morning, trussed up five male employes with wire, ordered a girl office worker to “sit tight,” robbed the safe and cash register of about $450 and escaped through a rear door. The stolen money represents receipts of sales made last night and after the opening of the store at 7:30 o'clock this morning, and the store’s cash re- serve. According to H. E. Clark, m: of the establishment, the zk‘-zo andits walked into the store and asked R. Crotts, a clerk, for the manager. The men, one of whom was about 28 years old and the other about 20, were di- rected to the stairway leading to the balcony on which the office is located, Clark said he immediately recognized the older man as the same who visited the store late yesterday to inquire about credit on a set of tires. Whips Out Two Revolvers. “Well, did you get fixed up on the tires?” Clark asked him. = = “This is a stick-up!” the man re- E!ed. whipping out two revolvers and veling them at Clark and his as- sistant manager, R. L. Wastler, ‘What do you mean, ‘stick-up'?” W’sfler asked with a laugh. ‘Mean business. Get back up there!" the bandit answered with a kick on ‘Wastler's shin. Then the other employes of the store were rounded up on the balcony. J. Trent and Joe Miller were lined up with Crotts. Miller was ordered by the bandits, each of whom displayed two that time, to truss up the em- 3 I’Iruh"v"' was told to g e manager stalled for time, plmding‘ghe s:‘:l ’:; nervous he was unable to open the safe. The bandits then released Wastler and wired up Clll’kw m;dl:tnng Wastler to 3 ast said he di know the combination and Cl!rg x!lgf cited a list of false numerals. Sensing ;:Im&t{:’: older of the bandits Pistols 1 ‘astler’: ribs with the wden 2 4 “Open it!” Wastler did. Customers Enter Store. Meanwhile Mrs. Dorothy E. White of 1606 Isherwood street northeast, office clerk, came in. The bandits fi'st as- sumed she was a customer and ordered one of the clerks who was not yet trussed up to “talk to her.” This took too much time to suit the bandits and they ordered the girl to the balcony and told her to “sit tight.” Some cus- tomers came in and one of the bandits, in the role of clerk, told them to come back later. Two customers, however, W. W. Hazer of 614 Pifteenth street northeast, and K. Nicoson of Rosslyn, Va., were forced to lie on the floor with the store employes. After robbing the safe, one of the bandits opened the cash register, scooped up its contents with the explanation that they wanted “only company money —money that’s insured.” The bandits then yanked out, the office telephone e e e otk So0rmio : ey overlool another telephone on the first floor and through that the victims of the hold-up sum- ™ Acting on a tp the pair on & tip the pair had escaped from the city on a Washington, Balti- more & Annapolis Railway train, Wash- ington ::ke? lk;nltlmerret hluthor- on the lookout for the men. Detective Capt. John H. Mintiens of Baltimore met all W., B. & A. trains this morning, but had not found the men shortly after noon. A lookout is being kept in that city, however. FRANK HAWKS PREPARES FOR LONG PLANE TOUR Trip Will Take Flyer Over Thou- sands of Miles of Ocean, Jungle and Mountains. After months of retirement, Prank M. Hawks, holder of speed records in all parts of the world, is about to take the air in his new long-range high-speed monoplane on a trip which will take him over many thousands of miles of ocean, jungle and mountains in Cen- tral and South America and the West Indies. Arrangements for the flight are now being made h diplomatic chan- nels, it was learned today, and the trip Pprobably will begin as soon as the con- sent of the various countries on the itinerary has been obtained. Hawks, now a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve Aviation, probably will leave the United States from Mi- ami and expects to go direct to Port au Prince, Haitl. From Port au Prince his course will lie the West Coast of Colombia. From the Colombian Coast he wir continue south to Lima, Peru, and inu Northern Chile, then across the Ande: to Buenos Aires. necessary passports. He mmmmwmum Miami, tween June 20 w the United States be- and 30. HELD TO GRAND JURY Suspect Faces Action of Charge of Bhooting Carpenter. Louis I. Scharft, 38, 300 block of Third dmmm. was held for actior jury today on a chargt of -—&'Mm intent to kill in con nection with the shooting of Gus Ma son, & carpenter, in an apartment h block of New York avenue last February 14. On the recommendatior