Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1933, Page 17

| i | { { | | ) DISTRICT NATIONAL ASKS DEPOSITORS T0 HELP NEW BANK 6,000 Receive Appeals for Co-operation in Buying New Stock. RECEIVER IS DECLARED ALTERNATIVE OF PLAN Committee Hopes to Make Avail- able Immediately 50 to 60 Per Cent of Unsecured Deposits. Following the District National Bank's proposal for the organization of an entirely new bank, which was mailed to all stockholders late Satur- day, the bank today sent a letter to all depositors in the bank, about 6,000, requesting their co-operation in the new move and urging them to apply at least 10 per cent of their deposits to the new stock which must be sold in order to supply new capital. The letter sent out today by the Re- organization Committee of which Chester Wells is chairman, expresses the hope that the new stock will be taken at once, as “this will make avail- able immediately 50 to 60 per cent of the unsecured deposits as of February 28, 1933.” Capital of $1,000,000. To make these deposits available it is proposed to organize the new bank with a capital of $500,000 in common stock which is now being offered to the stockholders, depositors and the public, and $500,000 to be subscribed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. ‘The new bank would take over all the prime assets of the present District National at face or market value. Chairman Wells states that in order to carry out the plan it will be neces- sary that subscriptions be made promptly for the capital stock in the new bank. The stockholders will be ex- pected to subscribe for 50 per cent of their present holdings. However, not all can do this and minors and trustees will not be permitted to subscribe. For | those reasons, it is necessary to call upon the depositors to help in making the plan successful. The Reorganization Committee makes it plain to the depositors in today’s com- munication that this is the only plan by which any substantial amount of deposits can be immediately liberated. “If the plan is not perfected,” the letter says, “a receiver must be appointed who will collect assets when and as he is able, and make distributions when col- lections are made. But little could be expected for a number of months, and | then only in small installments.” Depositors are requested to subscribe for stock in the new organization in amount to at least 10 per cent of their respective depcsits. The letter states that the new bank will start with prime interest-bearing assets of $4,222,092, in addition to its capital stock of $1,000,~ 000. All “frozen, slow or doubtful as- sets” are to be retained by the present bank, to be liquidated as favorable op- portunities afford. Reception Encouraging. Chairman Wells said today that the proposed plan of reorganization sent to the stockholders Saturday had already met with a most encouraging reception. Up to noon today many stockholders had already expressed a willingness to take their full share of the new stock. The plan requires the sale of 20,000 shares of common stock at $25 per share. It will have a par value of $20 and be sold at a premium of 25 per cent, to total the required $500,000. District National officials hope that some of the other closed banks will eventually join them in some kind of a merger. They see added strength in such a move. It is reported that the recent proposal made to depositors in the Franklin Na- tional Bank in an effort to reopen, has aroused wide interest among the customers of this bank. Other banks that have made special reopening drives are the Potomac Sav- ings Bank, the Northeast Savings Bank and the Industrial Savings Banks. ‘While others are working hard toward the same end, they have not yet sent out any definite proposals for the ac- ceptance of their clients. MORE THAN HALF FAIL T0 PAY TAXES ON BEER Rush Expected Before Wednesday to Avoid Cancellation of Licenses. Considerably more than half of the 1,600 retailers of beer in the District had failed up to noon today to ng the sales tax on the beverage dispensed here last month. This_increased prospect of a hectic eleventh-hour rush for the necessary peyment of the tax, since the beer permits of those who have not submit- ted their sales reports and paid the tax by close of business Wednesday automatically are to be revoked by the District Commissioners. Eighty-nine additional retailers brought their reports to the District assessor this morning, making the total 685. Retailers have reported, in all, ihe sale last month of 6,610 barrels of beer. At the rate of $1 a barrel, the tax collections would be $6,610. Contempt Action Threatened to Aid Divorce Counsel Husbands Will Be Farced to Pay Attorneys’ Fees, Appeal Court Says. District courts may resort to con- tempt proceedings to force recalcitrant husbands in divorce actions to pay their ‘wives' attorneys’ fees, the District Court of Appeals ruled in a decision published Boardman, ‘P. Carey, for- partment _employe, cousel fees awarded him by the District Supreme Court following his wife's suit e;r gllvmyom in 1':‘4. Themw\!:“ Julie B , Was not granted a divorce, but was awarded permanent mainten- ance, custody of an infant child and taxable costs, ‘The court directed Carey to pay his wife's attorney $150 as his fee in the case. This is alleged to have re- fused to do and the District reme Court upheld him in his re , de- ciding that it could enforce its award of counsel fees pending disposition of & divorce case, but mnot after the final decree was entered. ‘The decision of the appelate court today reverses this decision and renders Carey subject to a contempt decree unless he pays the $150 fee. TREASURY ENPLOYE TAKES OWN LIFE Despondency Over Ill Health Is Given as Reason for Man’s Suicide. Clarence Kibbey, 33, an employe D’én ex, - partment, shot himself in the head this morning at his home, 615 Webster street. Acting Coroner A. Magruder g‘ncDonnld issued a certificate of sui- de. Police sald they were told by mem- bers of Kibbey's family that despond- ency over ill health was the reason for his taking his life. He had been suffer- Ing for months with chronic indigestion and about a week ago nearly died, ac- cording to police. Kibbey waited until his wife had left for work and his 11-year-old son had gone to school before shooting himself. He went to the front bed room of his home, seated himself on the steps lead- ing to the attic and pulled the trigger. Herbert Pillow, a roomer in the house, in a back bed room at the time, heard the shot and rushed into Kibbey's room. ngiw ;n,ltlmdlmd desd.h B left no notes explaining act. However, he left a will, deeding his property to his widow, and a list of his debts and assets. The only sur- vivors_known to %uee are the widow, Mrs. Marguerite Kibbey, and the son. His father and mother were said to have been killed in an automoblle acci- dent about six months ago. MALLOY NOMINATED AS CUMMINGS AIDE {Kentuckian Slated for Canal Zone Judge—Two Other Appointees Approved by Senators. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt today nominated Pat Malloy of Oklahoma as Assistant Attorney General and Richard C. P. Thomas of Kentucky to be district judge of the Panama Canal Zone. Malloy, & Tulsa lawyer, made a repu- tation in the State while prosecuting attorney. One of the outstanding Roosevelt supporters in Oklahoms be- fore and after the Chicago convention, he was indorsed by Senators The and Gore and the delegation in the House. Meanwhile, & favorable report on the nomination of Robert H. Gore of Flor- ida and Chicago to be Governor of Puerto Rico was ordered today the Senate Territories Committee s brief hearing. The nomination of Henry H. McPike to be Federal attorney for the north- ern district of California was approved | sqp by the Senate Judiciary Committee. A subcommittee of three, Senators Stephens, Democrat, Mississippi; Mc- Carran, Democrat, Nevada, and Robin- son, Republican, Indiana, was appointed to consider the nomination of Francis A. Garrecht of Washington State to be a judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The committee approved a bill by McCarran for an additional judge in the ninth circuit. 4 ‘The nomination of George E. Hoff- man to be Federal attorney for the northern district of Florida was re- ferred to & subcommittee including Sen- ators Dill, Democrat, Washington; Black, Democrat, s, and Hast- ings, Republican, Delaware. CYCLIST FALLS IN BASIN Four-year-old Jackie Lynch had some- thing to tell his playmates about today. Jackie was riding his bicycle around the Tidal Basin wall yesterday when he hit an obstruction in the rock- work and was catapulted into the water. | in Arlington His mother, Mrs. Dorothy Lynch, sum- moned park police, and after rescuing the child Sergt. H. T. Miskell took mother and son home in & police auto- mobile. SECRET CODE BILL RECONSIDERED AFTER SENATE VOTES APPROVAL Johnson Seeks to Amend Measure Designed to Prevent Publication of U. S. Documents. By the Assoclated Press. The Senate today passed and then reconsidered the modified bill to pre- vent publication of secret code docu- ments ohtlnned fraudently by Govern- nt loyes. D he fovorabie vote had been taken without debate, but Senator Johnson, Republican of California, had his way a moment er so later when he sought reconsideration. The Californian said he had no de- sire to delay the bill, but wanted to offer an amendment. Senator Robinson, Democratic leader, indicated it would be considered later in the day. Simplified to overcome protests that, as passed by the House, it might inter- fere with freedom of the press, acceptance of changes, once it is Re‘guoed to one paragraph, “That whoever, by virtue ployment by the United g!luln from :':oflul;nor or access to, of of or access to, any official code or any matter such code, or which wilfully, without suthorization or com- petent authority, publish or furnish to another any such code or matter, fore! mfl%usum shall be fined not more than $10,000 or impris- oned not more than 10 years, or both. the, seasure must ga back to that body for Johnson did not at once state the nature of his proposed amendment, @he Foe WASHINGTON, D. C, THREE LOSE LIVES INAUTO ACCIDENTS IN AND NEAR CITY Six Others Injured, Two Seri- ously, in Series of Week End Crashes. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION AMATEUR AIR MEET AT GOLLEGE PARK IS ATTENDED BY 30000 Permanent Local Club Is Ex- pected to Result From Success of Contests. FATALITIES INCLUDE TWO WASHINGTONIANS Man Impaled on Shattered Timber Lives Five Hours After Emergency Operation. Including an accident on the Wash- ington-Richmond highway in which a ‘Washington man was pinned to the seat of his automobile by a piece of guard rail that penetrated his chest, automobile crashes in Washington and nearby Virginia and Maryland roads over the week end resulted in the death of three persons, serious injury of two and minor hurts to six others. ‘The man who lost his life in the freak Virginia accident was Roland Ivey, 27, an employe of the Capital Ga- rage. He died at Memorial Hospital, Richmond, at 3:45 o'clock this morning following an operation for the removal of a plece of guard rail 6 by 2 inches and 14 inches in length. Two Richmond firemen gave their blood in an effort to save his life. Crashes Into Guard Rail. Ivey's car crashed into a guard rail as he was rounding a curve near Dos- well, Va., the plece of timber running through the radiator and penetrating his left chest to pin him to the back of the seat. He lived for five hours with the timber still in his chest. According to information gathered by Virginia State police, Ivey was return- ing from his old home in Benson, N. C., where he had taken his wife and child to spend the Summer with relatives and where the body will be sent for burial. Two other occupants of Ivey's car escaped with minor injuries. They were George E. Thompson, Washington mail carrier, and John H. Wheeler, also of Washington. Wheeler w: inder treatment today at Grace Hospital, Richmond, while Thompson was not taken to a hospital. Early today Jesse F. Shipley, 24, of 1650 Avon place, was killed and two companions, Harold A. Shinn, 22, Cot- tage City. Md.. and Walter H. Allison, 15, of 2912 Twelfth street northeast, injured when a roadster in which they were riding and a taxicab driven by John C. Price, 35, of 312 Indiana ave- nue, collided at Thirtieth and Q streets. Hurled From Vehicle. ‘The roadster was reported moving north on Thirtieth street, its occupants being on their way to Shipley’s home, while the taxicab, with two passengers, was going west on Q street. Overturn- ing of the taxicab did not result in injury to driver or passeng:rs, but Shipley, riding in the rumble seat of the roadster, was hurled frcm the vehicle and his skull fractured. Price’s taxicab passengers, two men, left the scene without disclosing their identity, police reported. Shipley and his two companions, in the employ of an P street parking service, were re- turning from a trip to Glen Echo when the accident happened. Charles Murray, jr., of the 2500 block of Georgia avenue, took Shipley to Emergency Hospital, where he was pro- nounced dead on arrival: Shinn and Allison also were taken to the hospital, where Shinn was treated for a severe laceration of the scalp, while Allison wmu treated for a.slight injury to his e. Price and Allison were booked as being held for the action of the coroner. The third man fatally injured was Willlam Lawson, 21, of Beaver Falls, Pa., who suffered fatal hurts when a motor cycle on which he was riding crashed into an automobile on the Rockville pike at Garrett Park, Md. Riding on Motor Cycle. ‘The Pennsylvania youth was riding on a motor cycle operated by Robert E. Johnson, 22, also of Beaver Fails, when it struck the automobile of S.¥. Farmer of 1345 Jonquil street, Washington, in a -on collision. Lawson died en route to the George- town University Hospital in a Bethesda Fire Rescue Squad wagon, while Johnson suffered a factured right leg, several broken ribs and possible internal in- juries and was taken to Georgetown Hospital by the Kensington Fire Rescue uad. The two youths were on their way to the Capital on a sightseeing trip when the accident occurred. Farmer, who was driving in a motorcade en routq to a Knights Templar outing at Gettysburg, Pa., said Johnson appar- ently lost control of his motor cycle while traveling at & high rate of speed. ‘Woman Cyclist Injured. When & motor cycle on which she and her husband were riding and an automobile collided at the intersection of Russell road and Mount Vernon ave- nue in_Alexandria last night Mrs. Beulah Driggers, 23, of the 900 block Twenty-third street, Washington, sus- tained slight injuries, according to Alex- andria police. Neither machine was and the man and woman pro- ceeded on back to Washington, the po- lice said. Doris Ward, 15-year-old daughter of H. E. Ward of Falls Church, Va., was taken to Georgetown Hospital with seri- ous head injuries after she was thrown from a machine in which she wes rid- ing, in a collision on the Lee Highway County. The extent of her l&}‘uflu had not been fully determined ‘morning. Mrs. Gladys H. Elliott of the 1400 block Ingraham street, who is said by police to have been driving the car which struck the automobile operated by the girl's father, was ordered to ap- pear in the Arlington County Police Court today. An attempt was to be made at fl’mt t}t‘imeh'é) fix the re- sponsibility for the mishap. Robert H. Holt, 60, of Soldiers’ Home, was treated at Garfield Hospital for lacerations and bruises to his face sus- tained when an automobile in which he was flllmt left the road near Bladens- HOSPITAL STUDENT KILLED. Auto Skids Off Road 10 Miles From Lynchburg. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va, May 8—Miss Prances Virginia Travis, 21, of Har- , who had been in training at llmu“ls Hospital here for three years, was lnnunumled late Saturday night when an auto skidded off route 29 10 miles north of Lynchburg. Three othe: passengers in the car were unhurt. Miss Travis suffered a fracture of the skull. Piedmont Field Trials Set. LYNCHBURG, Va., May 8 (Special). —The fourth annual fleld trials of the Pledmont Fox Hunters' Association will be held during the second week of next November at A ttox, according to snnouncement by J. M. B. Lewis, sec- setary. 38 SPORTSMEN PILOTS COMPETE IN EVENTS Steps to Be Taken Scon for Forma- tion of National Capital Avia- tion Country Club. Before a crowd estimated at nearly 30,000, said to be the largest attend- | ance at any amateur air meet in the country, 38 sportsmen pilots from the National Capital and Atlantic Seaboard States yesterday afternoon at historic College Park Airport, College Park, Md., competed in a meet which is expected to result in the creation of a perma- nent local club for private airplane owners and pilots. Encouraged by the success of the meet, Chester H. Warrington, local gov- ernor of the United States Amateur Air Pilots’ Association and president of the Washington _Air Derby Assocation, which the Greater National Capital Committee, sponsored the affair, an- nounced that steps will be taken to or- ganize a local aviation country club for ! the National Capital in the near fu- ture. | After a day of thick weather Satur- day, which prevented a number of en- trants flying to Washington, the meet. No mishaps of any kind, on the ground or in the air, occurred to mar 3 Siccesstul afternoon of fiying compe- tition. List of Events and Winners. ‘The various events, winners and don- ors of the trophies presented them, were | as_follows: Event A, 30-mile race for sportsmen | pilots flying planes having a manufac- | 115 miles per hour: First, C. H. Clem- ents, who formerly flew at Congres- sional Airport, 12 minutes, 19.8 seconds, { kin C. Floyd, Norfolk, Va., 12 minutes, 309 seconds. District Motor Company trophy; third, James A. Foote, Wash- ington, 13 mintes, 42.7 seconds, R. Harris Company trophy. Event B, 30-mile sportsmen pilots’ race for planes having a maximum |rated speed of 125 miles per hour— First, Larry P. Sharples, Wingfield Fly- ing Club, Philadelphia, 10 minutes 56.1 scconds, Quality Lubricants Trophy; second, Richard Bircher, Norristown, Pa, 10 minutes 57.8 seconds, Lee Butler Trophy; third, R. D. Morgan, Newcastle, Del., 11 minutes 26 seconds, Credit & Finance Trophy. | Event C, 30-mile sportsmen pilots® race, planes having maximum rating of 140 miles per hour—First, H. A. Little, jr., the Pylon Club, Philadelphia, 10 minutes 14 seconds, the Packard- ‘Washington Trophy, and second, Hol- land Duell, Larchmont, N. Y., 11 minutes 183 seconds, Trew Motor Trophy. Event D, 30-mile free-for-all handi- cap race—First, C. J. Wilke, Baltimore, flying a plane entered by his sister, Miss Frances Wilke of Baltimore, 8 minutes 46 seconds, The Evening Star | Trophy; second, H. A. Little, Phila- delphia, 9 minutes 11.4 seconds, Palais Royal Trophy; third, E. C. Floyd, Nor- folk, 9 minutes 26.8 seconds, H. A. L. Barker Trophy. Afrobatic Competition. Event E, acrobatic contest, open to any type of plane—First, Larry Shar- ples, Standard Oil Trophy; second, Richard Bircher, —Kempton-Cadillac Trophy; third, J. B. Purnell, Harris- burg, Pa.. George Brinckerhoff Trophy. Event F, “slow race,” the prize going to the pilot taking the longest time to fly a 20-mile course—First, R. L. Baber, Washington, 20 minutes 32 sec- onds, Washington Board of Trade Trophy, and second, Clarence S. Bruce, Bureau of Standards, Washington, 19 minutes 40 seconds, H. B. Leary Bros." ‘Trophy. Event G, 20-mile race for planes powered with war-time OX-5 engines— First, L. N. Jordan, Washington, 8 minutes 27 "seconds, Shah & Shah Trophy, and second, W. F. Henderson, ‘Washington, 8 minutes 29 seconds, Standard Automotive Supply Co. Trophy. Event M, “dead-stick” landing con- test—First. H. A. Little, jr. Philadel- phia, 8 feet 37, inches from the mark, Chestnut Farms Trophy; second, C. J. Wilke, Baltimore, 19 feet 111, inches, Allie May Smoot Trophi'; third, E. C. Floyd, Norfolk, 25 feet 11, inches, Gar- finkle Trophy. Event L. scale model airplane con- test, non-flying—First, Richard Hooper, Washington, Betty Jane Jullian Trophy. Even M, 30-mile handicap race for women pilots—First, Miss Helen Mc- Closkey, Pittsburgh, Pa., 12 minutes 24 seconds, Aero Club of Washington Trophy; second, Miss Johanna Buse, Washington, 13 minutes 22 seconds, American Oil Co. Trophy; third, Miss Grace Raezer, College Park, Md., 14 mlnurdm 16.6 seconds, Harris & Ewing award. Event N, sandbag “bomb” dropping contest, C. H. Clements, C. H. Warring- ton Trophy. Trophies Given Winners. .immted.huly following the close of the meet. Differences between the sponsors of the meet and the National Aeronautic Association were adjusted at an eleventh-hour conference Saturday aft- ernoon, the meet being held under offi- cial sanction of the association. The sanction was granted following modifi- cation of the rules governing the “slow race” and the race for OX-5-motored planes to meet criticism that these races were “unnecessarily dangerous.” Among the race officials and specta- tors were Federal and civil aviation leaders. John S. Thompson, donor of the famous Thompson Trophy, compe- tition for which last year resulted the establishment of new world land- plane speed records, came from Cleve- land for the meet, as did “Pop” Cleve- 1and, for many years contest director of the National Air Races. FIRST LADY IS SPONSOR | Lead$ List for May Festival Con- cert of Choral Society, May 16. Mrs, Franklin D. Roosevelt leads the list of sponsors for the May Festival concert of the Washington Choral So- ciety, to be held Tuesday night, May 16, in Central High School auditorium. The 100 voices of the choral society will be accompanied by an orchestra com- posed of members of the National Symphony Orchestra. The program includes cantatas, madrigals, piano and organ music and selections by the orchestra and the ‘Washington "String Quartet. The lst of sponsors includes many prominent music Jovers of the city, weather cleared and was ideal for the | | turers’ rated top speed not exceeding | | Hotel Washington trophy; second, El- | MONDAY, MAY 8, 1933. EVERAL tee of race, and Elkin C. Floyd, who Upper right: Tony Little, w Mrs. George Brinckerhoff. ning Staf * ured several prizes. ‘won two events and placed second in another, receiving three trophies rmm} Lower left: Miss Grace Raezer, University of Maryland co-ed. who participated in the races. Lower right: Group of woman pilots. Left to right—Miss McCloskey, Johanna Busse, Miss Raezer and Frances Wilke. | groups of pilots who flew to victory in the air races sponsored by the Greater National Capital Commit- the Washington Board of Trade at College Park yesterday, posed for the cameraman with their trophies. ‘Upper left: Richard Hooper, winner of the model airplane contest; Miss Helen McCloskey, winner of the ladies’ —Star Staff Photos. UTILITY PARLEYS NEAR GOMPLETION Hearings on Values of Gas Firms Expected to Be Re- sumed Next Month. Conferences between experts of the Public Utilities Commission and the ‘Washington and Georgetown Gas Light month, making possible resumption of hearings on the values of the two com- panies, Riley E. Elgen, vice cl of the commission, said today. ‘The experts of the companies and the commission today began a check of on the estimates of values on All trophies were presented to winners | Thy Jand owned by the companiss upon completion of their work on structural valuation Following completon of inventories of the properties at the end of 1933, the commission directed its engineers and accountants and those of the gas companies to confer over their finding in order to limit as much as possible controversial points to be debated at the hearings. The experts were directed to check their separate figures ai these conferences as to facts, but to leave all questions of valuation policies for de- cision by the commission. ‘When the hearings first were opened in March, the companies, which are in common ownership, announced their in- tention of claiming a joint valuation of about $30,000,000, or about $10,000,0 more than that carried on the books of the commission, on the basis of a 1914 valuation plus net additions since then. ‘The e is drawing near also for an announcement of some decision as to the proposed merger of the street car companies. The enabling legislation passed by Congress provided that with- in six months after the law went into force the companies must have sub- mitted to their stockholders a proposal for merger, invelving financial questions. ese plans must be placed ‘before the stockholders by July 14. REFUSAL TO ISSUE PATENT IS UPHELD Court Holds Public Rights Would Be Denied in Oil Recav- ery Process. A decree of the District Supreme Court refusing to compel the United States commissioner of patents to issue to Henry L. Doherty, head of Citles Service Corporation, a ‘umt for an invention for recovering ol from partly depleted wells, was upheld to- d:yAin a ':ecmun of the District Court o . had claimed the invention was an improvement over another method, which was patented in 1914, but which patent had expired. ‘The Court of Appeals held that, since the previous patent had expired, the companies may be completed early next | Seven-Story Fall Slightly Injures i Carpenter’s Helper A seven-story fall down an ele- vator shaft on the new Labor Department Building at Four- teenth street and Constitution avenue resulted in only slight in- Carnahan, 43, a carpenter’s helper. ‘The workman, who lives at 615 A street southeast, was picked up, atill consclous, following his plunge, and at Emergency Hos- pital he was described as having ;mly minor hurts to his back and legs. . MEDICAL CONGRESS BEGINS MEETINGS Amerioan Physicians’ Group Proceedings to Include 14 Sessions. ‘The Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons, together with its com- | ponent societies, opened its meetings | here today with some of the foremost 00 | medical men in the United States in attendance. ‘The proceedings will be conducted in 14 group meetings-of the American Pediatric Society, the American Asso- clation of Pathologists and Bacteriol- ogists, the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the American Op- thamological _Society, the American Otological Society, the American Neurological ~Society, the American Gynecological Society, the American Laryngological Association, the Ameri- the Association of American Physicians, the American Association of Genito- urinary Surgeons, the American Ortho- F;ed!l:: Association and the congress Most of the socleties will start their y. opening g Congress itself will be at the National Museum auditorfum tomorrow night with the presidential address of Dr. Harvey Cushing of Boston on “Medicine at the Cross Roads.” It will continue come from mmurymdnmemume ‘The American Pediatric Soclef opened its session at the Carleton Hotel today with some of the country’s fore- most child lists in attendance. secrets of the patent were open to the | jnfect public and the granting of the Doherty patent would deny this public right. SEEKS RE-ELECTION Special Dispatch to The Star. D. Va., May 8—John W. Carter, jr, commonwealth’s attorne; torD.nvlflelormyunngbeh‘: announcement. He is Attorney Bendall tional this morning and will start its scientific sessions this afternoon. Among those who will ad- dress the meeting tomorrow are Charles H. Mayo of Rochester, Minn., who will present new aspects of in- testinal surgery. Newer methcds in bone surgery were at the sessions of the American Ortho- at Walter Reed Hos- meetings will continue ':pl“hl. ‘where the three days. ’ | Dr. | Mrs, 4 DENIES MANDAMUS ON ROSSLYN WHARF Supreme Court Refuses to Force War Secretary to Give Permit. By the Associated Press. Lucien H. and Rebekah 8. Greathouse | were denied permission today by the| Supreme Court to maintain mandamus against the Secretary of War to compel him to permit them to erect a wharf in the Potomac River at Rosslyn, Va., below the Key Bridge from land they owned in Virginia. The District courts had refused to grant them a mandamus to compel the Secretary of War to issue the permit after the chief of Engincers had held the wharf would be no obstruction to| navigation. The land owners declared they had a contract to lease their lands to the Sun Oil Co. conditioned on ob- taining a permit for a wharf. ‘The Government contended the Sec- retary of War had acted within his legal discretion in withholding the per- mit on deciding the wharf would in- terfere with the development of the George Washington Memorial Park- way, authorized by Congress. P.-T. A. to Hear School Head. BOWIE, Md, May 8 (Special)— Nicholas Orem, Prince Georges County superintendent of schools, will address the Bowie Parent-Teacher Association tomorrow night in the school. Nomina- tions of association officers for the com- ing year will be made and a one-act sketch, “Three Strikes and Out,” will be given by students of the high school. PAGE B—1 BONUS MARCHERS ARRIVE TOMORROW, OTHERS SATURDAY Party of “Several Thousand” Expect to Leave Balti- more at 6 P.M. CALL AT WHITE HOUSE PLANNED THURSDAY Levin Contingent of 8,700 Will Be Quartered Here by Government. The first massed descent of bonus- seeking World War veterans upon ‘Washington for the season is due to- morrow evening. Plans were being rushed here and in Baltimore today for a party of “several thousand” to start from the latter city toward Wash- ington at 6 o'clock. When the veterans get here, accord- ing to John Newlin of Pittcburgh, na- tional adjutant of the B. E. P, Inc, the plan is to “dump them on Con- | gress’ doorstep and say: ‘Now here | they are; take care of them.'” 8,700 Due Saturday. | . This gathering is shortly to be fol- lowed by a second conclave of 8,700 | veterans who will arrive Saturday and stay until at least next week Thurs- | day. The second group will be guests ID! the Federal Government when they | arrive, under an arrangement worked out with the White House by the Vet- erans’ National Liaison Committee. | One of the gulding spirits of the sec- | ond gathering is Emanuel Levin of the Workers’ Ex-Service Men's League. He claims that his group speaks for all veterans. Harold Foulkrod, senior na- tional vice commander of the B. E. F., Inc, however, claims that the Levip group is Communist-inspired, and says the B. E. F., Inc., will have nothing to Both groups, however, are united on the proposition of coming to Washington to demand that Congress | shall pay the bonus in full and re-es- tablish ‘disability allowances. Will Call at White House; The first large group to arrive in Washington will embark a the B. E. F. | Home in Baltimore, in the 1700 block of | Ridgely street, in trucks and automo- | biles. Leaders of that group here would | not announce the route over which they | would travel or the exact destination in apparen to et e | or the camp of the second group is now being selected eN'l?ndmm nfon. by the Vet~ ewlin said today that s will call at the White House at 3 o'lock Thursday and once more discuss their demands. The committee Maj. E. W. Brown, superintendent of Ppolice, said police information was the | 8roup of bonus marchers coming from | Baltimore tomorrow night would be quite small. Some of the B. E. F. lead- ‘;rz’ ::ldnuumnld t.bu it bl: 5,000, but Maj. e number - ’udlz‘:bly less than that, o D n sald the committee had decided x‘-ng;u‘v.omr:nke any information public ga ‘r;“p‘ "“flfllb_" lelm.'?’ that e said sub-committees up and the entire affair wum“mb.hhm dled just as any other convention. HOST TO B. E. F. Railway Junction Town Receives Con- tingent of 75 Men. EAST RADFORD, Va., May 8 (P).— | This rallway junction town is involun- tary host this morning to about 75 men, who claim they are of the new bonus army movement toward Wash- ington. They were ejected from a Nor- folk & Western freight train about 9:30 Iwhall it came in from Bristol. They say they will catch another train or re- main until the railroad moves them out. 2 Sction was taken Irumcdiatesy b7 toy lon was taken th nu%onuu i S e men, some of whom have showing discharge from the 53!1. lers’ Home at Johnson City, Tenn., charge | that their ouster was due to the vet- | eran economy move. EXPANSION PLANNED Houses to Be Razed for Banneker | Recreation Center. Eleven dilapidated houses are to be torn down shortly to make way for the expansion of the Banneker Recreation Center near Howard University. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, today called for sealed bids, be opened at 11 am., May 16, in_room 1615, Navy Building. The job will call for the demolition of 11 two-story frame and brick houses, located in the vicinity of the southwest corner of Georgia avenue and Euclid streets. |REDUCTION OF STREET CAR NOISE NEAR HOUSE BUILDING PROMISED Utilities Commission Chairman Informs D. C. Group Changes Will Be Made to, End Disturbance. Chairman Patrick of the Public Utilities Commission today promised the House District Committee to do everything in the power of the com- mission to minimize the noise caused by street cars at the intersection of First and B streets southeast. Chairman Norton of the District Committee had complained to the com- mission that the noise disrupted mem- ty | bers of the House, whose offices are in the old House Office Building. One of the principal objectors was Represent- ative Sumners, Democrat, of Texas, who said the Judiciary Committee, of which he is chairman, had difficulty in conducting hearings because of the noise. ‘The Judiciary Committee room is in the northeast corner of the old House Office Building near inter- section. “I have personally observed condi- tions there and the commission will do everything in its power to lessen the annoyance in question,” Patrick wrote . Noi L “At its meeting on the fourth of May the commission ordered the removal of the switches at the end of the car track between the southbound track on First street and the westl street. The const: of straight ?&hphuolthmlvluhu;fll.fi | ducing this noise. “Some of this noise is caused by the speed at which the street cars are oper- ated. Both the street rallway companies have been directed to the moderate rate of speed over this cross- ing and to take ’:every precaution against olse. mlt bg possib] suggest, “It may as you to re-route the urs’f' .nm!:aun. and changing the track layout. Anything of this kind involving the removal of tracks or building of new tracks, I think, will have to await the merger of the two street railway companies. “There will, no doubt, be changes under unified operat! on B| and,