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DOGTORS ACCUSED IN “CANCER CURE” DEATH SURRENDER D. C. Health Officer Orders Probe of Sanitarium as Result of Charges. PHYSICIANS REPORT TO MONTGOMERY POLICE Bond of $1,500 Each Is Posted. | Preliminary Hearing to Be Held May "24. Dr. H. R. Street and Dr. Sherwood Ferris, charged with manslaughter in the death of Mrs. Cora Britton in a Baltimore hospital last Thursday, sur- rendered to Montgomery County au-| thorities shortly before noon today. | Both physicians were released under bond of $1,500 bond each. They will be arraigned in Police Court at Rock- | ville on May 24 Their attorney, | Leonard Lietman of Baltimore, said they would not waive the hearing Bond for the release of the two phy- | siclans was posted with Frank I Davis, | clerk of the Montgomery County Police ourt. CDT, Street, who conducts the Wash- ington Cancer Sanitarium _at 1414 Girard street northeast, and Dr. Ferris, who lives at Chevy Chase, Md. ap-| peared at the court house shortly after 11 am. and surrendered to Police Chief | A A Moxley. | Meanwhile a special inspection of the | facilities and the operation of ~the cancer sanitarium was ordered by | Health Officer William C. Fowler as a Yesult of charges brought sgainst the | two physicians. i Complaints Received. The institution was issued a license to operate as a private hospital in November, 1913. A number of times gince then, the Washington health | officer revealed, complaints and ques- tions have been lodged with his office concerning the institution. | Each time, he said, health inspectors | visited the place and report found nothing to indicate the health | tional Capital Horse Show at Bradley Farms yesterday. officer should recommend revocation of | the private hospital license. Several | times when the Health Department | agents inspected the place they were | informed the institution did not have | any patients and hac not had any for some time. This was the case during an inspection in 1932 when the insti- 1 n said it had not had any patlents for two ye: After their surrender at Rockville the physicians were closcted with the police head for a few moments and Chie!‘ Moxley then took them to the office of State’s Attorney Stedman Prescott, who yesterday ordered warrants for their arrest. | Mrs. G. S. Patton on Kealnaskolu (upper). and Mrs. John Hay Whitney, on | ed ihey | one of her favorites. taking the jumps in the Green Hunters' Class of the Na- The Foening Sfap WASHINGTON, D. C, —Star Staff Photo. EXPERTS WL AD WELFARE SESSION Maryland-D. C. Conference, BACKS REVAMPING OF THOMAS CIRCLE Utilities Commission Ap- proves Extensive Changes WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION THRE B VENTS AOLDHORSESHOW SPOTLIGHT TODAY Sizeable Crowd on Hand at Bradley Farms Despite Bad Weather. DEGRAW TROPHY CLASS OUTSTANDING CONTEST Touch-and-Out and Handicap Jump Vie With It in Point of Excitement. With three of its most exciting events scheduled for this afterncon, the Na- tional Capital Horse Show swung into| its second session at 1:30 p.m. today at_Bradley Farms, Md. Undiscouraged by bad breaks in the weather, a sizeable crowd of spectators |was on’ hand as the first class was | called. Prior to the opening contest, ' the Junior League of Washington, which 15 sponsoring the show, served |luncheon at its food tent and set in , operation the numerous refreshment | booths, side shows and other features | managed by its members. | The Peter Voorhees DeGraw Memo- | rial Trophy class for local hunters is | the outstanding contest listed today, | ¥ith the well filled touch-and-out class and the handicap jump vieing with it |in point of excitement and interest for | {the crowd. Other divisions to be run |off during the afternoon are for quali- | fied or green hunters, lightweight; for the best saddle horse, ridden by the | owner or a member of his family; for | road hacks: for 5 and 6 year olds suit- | able to become hunters; for park saddle horses and thoroughbred hunters. Victories for Whitney. ‘The opening session of the show yesterday afternoon amounted to noth- ing more nor less than a Whitney day | celebration. | Before the usual light first-day crowd ! of 600 spectators, Mrs. John Hay, Whitney of Upperville, Va. watched her redoubtable string of hunters win exactly 50 per cent of the prizes of- fered during the afternoon. Entered in 7 of the 10 classes, Mrs. Whitney's horses carried off five blue ribbons and | one white. In the division for qual- ified or green hunters, heavy or middle- weight, her famous hunter Bon Diable, winner of the 1933 Middleburg hunter trials, was unplaced | Despite the predominance of Whitney | colors throughout every competition yesterday, the honcrs in each class were | hotly contested. Without exception the quality of performances was better than in any past year of the National Capi- tal, promising keen rivalry in the more important tests to be faced in the { future. Breeding classes for 2 and 3 year olds shown in hand, and 3 and 4 year olds shown under saddle, opened the | | | blessings of perpetual youth. lent from this is a THURSDAY, MAY 11, DOCTORS DISCUS PITUITARY GLAND'S RELATION T LIFE U. S. Congress of Physicians and Surgeons Devotes Sym- posium to Brain Functions. FIVE SPECIFIC HORMONES REVEALED IN RESEARCH One of Chemicals Secreted in Blood From Anterior Lobe Con- trols Growth. Almost in the mathematical center of the brain is a tiny structure which, secreting extremely minute amounts of powerful chemicals into the blood, plays an almost miraculous part of the regu- lation of life. The American Congress of Physiclans and Sufgeons devoted a symposium to the functions of this tiny mass of brain matter, the pituitary gland, at the Na- tional Museum yesterday. Physiologists are just beginning to understand its complex functions. Study of Hormones. From the front half of it alone, con- ductors of the most recent researches revealed, come at least five potent and specific hormones. There may be two or three more, and the esbsence of any one of them produces striking and far- reaching changes in the behavior of the body. They were described by Dr. Herbert M. Evans of the Rockefeller Institute and Dr. J. B. Collip of Mc- Gill University, both of whom are in the midst of efforts to untangle the strange chemical complex. One of the chemicals secreted into the blood from the anterior lobe of the pituitary controls growth. Without it, Dr. Evans said, growth stops and a | strange sort of dwarf is created whose bones and tissues remain in an in- fantile stage, but without any of the Differ- “fat metabolism hormone,” another chemical which regulates the production of breast milk, still another which regulates the activity of the thyroid gland, and another which seems to control the activity of the adrenal gland. Over- stimulation of another hormone, not yet isolated, is believed to be a causa- tive agent in diabetes. Subject to Tumors. The pituitary, it was pointed out, is | subject to tumor growths, which, dis- turbing its normal secretions, lead to all sorts of strange bodily anomalies. It formerly was believed that the gland was essential to life itself, since per- sons from whom it was excised in- variably died within a short time. It is now certain, however, that these deaths were due to injury to the brain | 1933. Society and General JUSTICE CARDOZO TO SWEAR IN CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION HEAD Ceremony Tomorrow Harks In a ceremony harking back to that day more than 50 years ago when the first Civil Service Commission took dent of the commission, tomorrow will be sworn in by a member of the su-" preme Court of the United States— Associate Justice Cardozo. It is thought likely that the other new appointee to the commission, Mrs. Luciile F. McMillin will take the oath at the same time, but she is not reach- | ing Washington until this afternoon, | and her plans were not known earlier. Back 50 Years Ago, When Oath of Office Was Given. ‘The ceremony will be held in the commission offices at 10:30 o'clock. Records of the commission show that the first commissioners — Dorman B. office, Harry B. Mitchell, new presi- | Eaton, John M. Gregory and Leroy D.| ‘Thoman—received their oath at the Capitol from Chief Justice Waite on March 9, 1883. By custom, the secretary of the com- mission has induced new commission- ers, but when the idea was suggested this time that a member of the Su- preme Court be invited to officiate, Mr. Mitchell ayflaroved the proposal, and Justice Cardozo consented to act. OUSTING CHILDREN FROM GROUNDS HIT Police and School Authorities‘ Deny Any Part in Closing of Play Area. A controversy as to who is responsible for ordering children not to play on the Adams School playground, Seventeenth and R streets, appcared at an impasse today when both police and school authorities said they could not imagine why the playground was closed. un'ess residents of the neighborhood had pro- test>d against its use ‘The question was broached by Thomas E. Lodge, an officer of the American University Park Citizens' Association, at a meeting last night when he an- nounced he had reen a policeman oust youthful ball players from the grounds a few days ago. Unaware of Protests. In reply to an inquiry today Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of District schools, stated he was not aware of any protests originating in his office against the use of the Acams grounds. although the school bui'dirg has been converted into a branch office for the Pranklin School administrative head- quarters. Dr. Ballou said, however, school au- thorities have received protests from residents of the neighborhood who did not wish the Adams grounds used after school hours. These complaints were referred to the Police Department, he said. Capt. ward Kelly of No. 3 precinct said this morning there is no standing | order in his office to prevent children from using the Adams grounds, and so | far as his records show no specific com- ' i plaint on the subject has been received | from the neighborhood in recent months. i The American University Park As- ! sociation has authorized P. H. Lough- | ran, chairman of its Committee on Edu- cation, to investigate the matter. Backs Utility Act Change. SEEKS T0 BREAK MRS. ELKINS' WILL Grandson Claims Grandpar- ent Was of Unsound Mind and Unduly Influenced. ' Declaring Mrs. Hallie Davis Elkins, daughter, wife and mother of United States Senators from West Virginia, was of unsound mind and subject to undue | influence in the making of her will, her grandson, Stephen B. Elkins, 3d, today asked the District Supreme Court to set aside the will, which disposes of an estate “wcrth between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000. The grandson charged that Mrs. Elkins' son, Davis Elkins, and George | | F. Snyder of Washington subjected her | being made. Davis Elkins, a former United States Senator, now lives at Morgantown, W. Va. The grandchild, through Attorney Jo V. Morgan, also asserts that the will on file with the ccurt is not Mrs. Elkins' last will. Mrs. Elkins left $50.000 in railroad bonds to the grandchild, but his attor- neys now assert these bonds are worth only $25,000. She left $300.000 in trust to Davis Elkins and directed that the balance of her estate, after several minor bequests, be divided equally be- tween him and her daughter, Mrs. Katherine Elkins Hitt. She also left her jewelry largely to the son and daughter. Another bequest gave $50.000 to the Davis-Elkins College in West Virginia. ORATORICAL WINNER | to undue influence when the will was | AND STUDENT ELOPE. Charles Maynard Brooks and lils: PAGE B—1 ADVERTISING HELPS FIGHT DEPRESSION, EWALD DECLARES Economic Surveys Cited by Speaker at Convention of Association. INTELLIGENT SPENDING HELD KEY TO RECOVERY 150 Delegates at Mayflower Hear Plea to Keep Money in Ac- tive Circulation. Economic surveys indicate that con- sistent advertisers have suffered less from the depression than non-adver- tisers, Henry T. Ewald of Detroit, chairman of the board of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, de- clared today at the opening session of the associaticn’s sixteenth annual meet- ing at the Mayflower, “The economy of intelligent spend- ing must be impressed upon those who still have available funds,” said Mr. Ewald. “As the wheels of industry gather speed, management must realize that only by keeping the money re- ceived in active circulation in the form of wages and salaries can a condition of sound prosperity be developed. The administration here in Washington is doing much to stimulate returning confidence and encourage buving. upward swing is under way. efforts are producing results. Sees Great Opportunity. “Advertising as a business or pro- fession is faced with a great responsi- bility, and I am confident a great opportunity. Advertising has not and cannot_change economic laws, but it has softened the impact of these un- controllable conditions.” Approximately 150 delegates. repre- senting about 100 national advertising agencies, attended the session Others who spoke included Dr. Miller McClintock, Harvard University, on “Studies of Outdoor Traffic C. W Ditman, editor of the Grocerv Trade News, on “Trends in Food Distribu- tion”; Otis L. Wiese, editor of McCall'’s magazine, on “How Does the Consumer ‘Think, Feel, Act and Read?” and Wroe Alderson of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, on “Trends in Drug Distribution.” Favors Better Advertising. Late last night the Executive Board of the association adopted a resolution expressing “sympathy with the an- nounced purpose of the Government to discourage and prevent false or unfaigy advertising, and offering to_co-operaté with any constructive legislation that does not hamper legitimate advertisiag and a reasonably persuasive appeal o the buyer.” The resolution was evolged by the announcement sometime ago The association went on record for that Assistant Secretary of Agricutzre Will Open Tomorrow at U. S. Chamber. | l elimination of the principle of a “go- ng concern” value in determining the valuation of gas companies for rate making purposes. It also advocated amendment of the public utilities act so as to void the right of appeal on questions of fact, limiting appeals on questions of law only. This would take from the court power to act as a fact- finding body. ‘The association asked for lower prices of milk in the city without lowering the present quality. itself in the course of the operation and which improved surgical procedure ‘the | gland can be removed and many of its| functions served by extract inj However, Dr. Evans pointed out, the | body cannot get along indefinitely without this mysterious organ. The| symposium was devoted largely to dis-| cussion of the relations of the pituitary | hormones to child birth problems. The problem was discussed by Drs. | Emil Novak of Johns Hopkins Univer- | sity, Robert T. Frank and Henry A. Riley of New York City, and Carl G. Grace Coakley Wed in Maryland. R. G. Tugwell was drafting an adra‘n- istration bill requiring Government mp- proval of food and drug advertisiry. The board also approved defyaite programs for the advancement of nd.ws- paper and radio advertising. The rf>ws- paper program proposed to study and discourage “uneconomic, forced / com= bination rates”; to continue a'wil en- courage surveys of advertising efnd cir- culation and to promote standardization of column widths and page siz:s ‘The radio program called for the de- Tells of Salve's Use. Dr. Street told newspaper men upon his arrival at police headquarters that the salve which he used to treat Mrs.| Britton was identical with that which | had been employed to cure hundreds | of cancer sufferers. He said: proceedings, and coincidentally began Mrs. Whitney's winning streak. She led her 3-year-old Loro, bay son of | Maccay-Humanitarian, into the ring to | capture the lead-out class, and re-| turned for another blue immediately | afterward, riding him in the second cless. T. H. Somerville'’s Wilderkit. a Wilderness colt, was second in the first | class, and Mrs. Ellsworth Augustus’ | Chatter Chat tock the red in the next one. to Cut Tralfic Jams. ‘With authorities in welfare work from | Thomas Circle is to be extensively | New York, Chicago, Baltimore and the | revamped in the near future in a move | “The treatment that was given Mrs. | Capital expected to participate, & joint | to minimize traffic congestion there | ritton was prepared by me and wa: eeting of the Maryland Conference | under plans approved today by the| identical with treatments which 1ad|of Social Welfare and the Council of | Public Utilities Commission. B ed A e O rvmar bt by | Social Agencies here will open tomor-| The proposal, already approved by row morning at 9:30 o'clock at the | Other interested agencies, provides for Charles Maynard Brooks, 23, of Denton, Tex., a secretary in the office of Representative W. D. McFarlane of Texas, and winner of the National, Oratorical Contest in 1929, and Miss | Grace Coakley, 19, a George Washing- | ton University student, eloped to Elli-| me personally and by other registered Green Hunter Class. cott City yesterday and today are on| physicians through me. “The cause of her death was with- out question due to cancer complica- tions which made any treatment inef- fective. Her death was not hastened v treatment. She would have ith or without treatment.” Street declared he could not claim ¢ for having originated the rem- . He declared that it was first used by a prominent physician in the West and passed on to him through a Balti- more woman who had been suffering from a cancer and who had been per- manently cured by the Western physi- cian. Plans for Early Presentment. State’s Attorney Prescott said before the arrival of the two physicians that if the men were held in connection with Mrs. Britton's death when they are arraigned in Police Court, he would present their case to the Montgomery County grand jury as early as possible. ‘The next session of the grand jury is set for November. | The warrants for the arrest of Dr. Street and his assistant were obtained late yesterday by Detective Theodore Vollten of Montgomery County Police Force, following an inquest at Baltimore Tuesday night in which a coroner’s jury found them criminally responsible” for the death of the 39-year-old woman, wife of Dr. Roland L. Britton of Mays | Landing. N. J. Urges Sanitarium Be Closed. Simultaneous with the surrender of the two physicians at Rockville, United States District Attorney Leo A. Rover received a letter frcm State’s Attorney Herbert R. O'Conor of Balitimore, ask- ing that steps be taken to close Dr.| Street’s sanitarium here “in the in- terest of humanity.” Assistant District Attorney William Gallagher had disclosed yesterday, how- ever, that he had launched an investi- gation Into the sanitarium and its operation, following the death of Mrs. Britton. O’Conor, whose office conducted the inquiry,_that led to the coroner jury’s probe of the New Jersey woman's death, pointed out in his Jetter that while the Jjurisdiction in the Britton case might more properly be in Montgomery Coun- ty, the treatment held responsible for “the woman's death was arranged for at the local sanitarium and, as far as the investigation has revealed, was the same as that regularly administered at the sanitarium. “I think it would be in the interest of humanity for steps to be taken to close the institution if it exists for the administration- of such treatment as brought about the death of Mrs. Brit- ton,” O'Conor wrote. May Save Other Lives. “While nothing can be done” his Jetter continued, “to rectify the grave injustice which has been done to her, effective steps to break up such prac- tices, described by leading medical ex- perts of Baltimore as homicidal and quackery, might prevent other persons from being subjected to the same ordeal. “Possibly the lives of persons might be saved which would otherwise be Jjeopardized through the grossly im- proper treatment such as was manifest- ed in this case.” Summarizing for Rover the testimony brought out at the inquest held in Baltimore, O'Conor wrote: “It was disclosed that Mrs. Britton died in Baltimore City, on May 4, 1933, .result of treatment which had administered to her for an alleged cancer Dr. Street and Dr. Ferris; that the treatment consisted of constant applications of a black-looking salve or ‘ointment. Hold Salve Killed Woman. ., _ “The physicians who attended Mrs. + Britton after she was brought to Balti- the doctors Who ISUNDAY SCH(:JOL SESSION United States Chamber of Commerce | Building. ‘The two-day session will focus atten- | tion on many problems now confront- ing welfare and relief organizations. | Mrs. Huston Thompson is chairman of | a cqmmittee making arrangements for | the conference, and has planned lunch- | eon and dinner meetings for the event. Notable in this year's conference will be the free consultation services avail- able through the co-operation of a ma- jority of national social organizations. “Twenty or more or these national bodies are sending experts on all phases of social work who will discuss with local workers any problem on which they need help,” announced Ray H. Everett, chairman of publicity. “Sup- plementing these advisorw services will | be exhibits illustrating modern trends in relief, health and character building fields.” In addition to professional social | workers, registration will be open to board members and volunteer workers of the District's social welfare agen- | cies. “The program is particularly well adapted for increasing the value of vol- | unteer workers,” Mrs. W. A. Roberts, executive secretary of the Washington | Council of Social Agencies, announced, | “and will serve admirably to further the course recently completed which | was so largely attended by members of | the Junior League and others fitting | themselves to help during the present | period of grave need.” PROGRAM ARRANGED By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., . The following program has been ar-| ranged for the Northeastern District | Sunday School Convention, to be held | in Columbia Baptist Church here next Tuesday: “How to Induce Sunday School Schol- ars to Attend Preaching Services,” by Rev. Ryland T. Dodge, at 10 o’clock. “Preparing the Sunday School Les- son,” by Rev. P. C. Duborg, 10:40 o’clock. “The Sunday School as a Recruit- ing Station of Church Members,” by Rev. Clarence Stuart McClellan, 11:20 o'clock. “The Value of a Religious Census in Sunday School Enlargement,” Mrs. J. L. McCutcheon, 1:20 o'clock. “Training of Sunday School Officers and Teachers,” by Mr. E. T. Fenwick, 2 o'clock. ’ the autopsy, testified that unquestion- ably this salve, which had been applied to her body, was the direct and proxi- mate cause ~f bz death; that this treatmer.. was barbaric, homicidal, against all tenets of modern medical practice and quackery of the worst kind. “The application of this salve was characterized by one of the doctors as an ‘overt act of srelt, gravity.” “Witnesses testified that Mrs. Britton had been led to believe that this so- called ‘secret medicine’ devoured can- cer. That it attacked malignant tissue but did not touch live or healthy tis- sues. “That these applications were given without an incision being made or a section taken of the growth in Mrs. Britton's breast, without which, the doctors most emphatically testified, it could not be ascertained whether a cancer was present. “In fact, it was their conclusion that had a malignant growth of the size and character maintained by Drs. Street and Ferris, it would have disclosed AR relocation of the street car tracks, which now run along the outskirts of the circle park, so that they would run through the circle, on either side of the landscape development in its center. Two Roadways Planned. The plan also involves the laying of two roadways, for north and south bound vehicular traffic, just outside the line of the new street car tracks. The general outline of the present circle, however, would be preserved to| a large degree by development of two long and narrow islands of parking on the east and west sides of the circle. ‘The present curb lines of the property | surrounding the circle are to be moved back some feet at all points around Thomas Circle. Small triangular islands are to be developed on Massachusetts avenue on_ both sides of the circle | where it first intersects the present roadway running around the circular park. City Heads Act Tomorrow. The District Commissioners are ex- pected to pass upon the proposal at their board session tomorrow. Plans for the revamping of the circle already have been approved by the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion, the District Highway Department and by the Capital Traction Co., whose street car lines operate on Fourteenth street at this point. In preparation for this move, the Utilities Commission recently rerouted the Rhode Island avenue bus line, which formerly ran through the circle. This line now is routed west along Rhode Island avenue to Fifteenth street. Held on Possession Charge. Ira Cline, of Dumfries, Va., was ar- rested yesterday in Northeast Washing- ton for transportation and possession of 24 quarts of alleged whisky and driving without a permit. He was re- leased on $1,300 bond. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY Card party, Good Will Chapter No. 36, 0. E. S., 144 Uhland Terrace north- east, 8:30 p.m. Meeting. Chemical Society of Wash- ington, University of Maryland, 8:15 pm. Dance, Wisconsin Shoreham Hotel, 9:30 Meeting, American - Association of Engineers, Shoreham Hotel, 8 p.m. Card party, Congress Lodge Chapter, O. E. S, Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, 8:30 pm. Card party, Tadies’ Auxiliary, Lamb- skin Club, Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, 8:30 pm. ’ Card party, Catholic Mission of Ta- koma Park, Willard Hotel, 8 p.m. United Lodge of Theoso- 1 Building, 8:15 p.m. TOMORROW. Meeting, Association for Preservation of Virginia Antiquity, Willard Hotel, 2:30 pm. Luncheon, Phi Delta Phi Fraternity, University Club, 1 p.m. Luncheon, Round Table, University Club, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Club Co 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Advertising Club, Raleigh Holel, 13:30 pa ) State Society, pm. Meet! phists, C essional Country ittee, University Club, The class for green hunters, middle and heavy weight, only meant another blue to Mrs. Whitney, for her 4-year- old Nobody's Fool won handily over Miss Mary Ellen Corby’s Sciota. Clifton Farms’' Master Eclipse, one of the better performers of the day, was third. In the interim between hunter | classes, two saddle-horse divisions were run off, with Mrs. George P. Plum- mer's Clearanfast victor over five other thoroughbred saddlers, while Vernon G. Owen's aged Harriet Lee won the round { for local saddle horses. Mrs. Whitney sent in her fourth winner in the lightweight green hunters, which went to the 3-year-old Spring | Hope, by Mad Hatter out of Cullinan. | Miss Evelyn Walker's B'wana Muki was second and Mr. Somerville's Sargent third. This class brought the first fall of a series that occurred during the afternoon, when Miss Persis Chase Myers' Ticonderoga bucked her off as she entered the ring and, after she had remounted, threw her again with a blank refusal at the first fence. She was uninjured. Clearanfast, Mrs. Plummer’s chestnut, which won the 1932 reserve champion- ship at this ground, scored a well earned victory in the division for qualified or green hunters of the heavier sort. Win- ning, despite two light faults in per- formances over the seven jumps, and also in spite of excess fat, tending to| conceal his excellent conformation, Claranfast was first choice over Mrs. Cary Jackson's Sand Den, a handsome 5-year-old. inclined to be overcautious at’ his jumps. Jack Rhinehart’s Decanter was third. Fifth Blue Ribbon. By the end of the class for hunters other than thoroughbred, Mrs. Whitney virtually had placed herself in a posi- tion to say to the judges, “Stop me if | this bores you.” Heavy turf and slip- pery going nothwithstanding, she rode her own Hopeful Jim to a clean per- formance over the outside course, and | thereby collected a fifth blue ribbon for her trophy room. There were seven . faultless jumping exhibitions in this class, and the judges considered and reconsidered the score of entries before final awards were made. Master Eclipse took second place for Clifton Farms, while F. M. McConihe’s steady mare, Easter Sunday, ridden by Miss Evelyn Walker, was third. Planned as a climax to the day’s sport, the modified Olympic class proved too much of a test for all but one horse among thirty starters. Miss Julia ‘Whiting’s Quicksilver, a veteran of many campaigns on the Eastern horse show circuit, turned in the only clean round over the special course, and Ernest Woolf's noted Jumping Fool was sec- ond. Stanley Green of Leesburg gave Quicksilver a perfect ride over the eight stiff jumps, all of them four feet and over. The tricks which caught all but the wary Whiting grey were two apparently innocent brush jumps with bars concealed on either side. Almost any horse that has jumped brush has formed the habit of going through the tops, but those that did yesterday promptly scored a disastrous knockdown on the bars. ‘Two dangerous falls occurred in this class, both luckily without injury to any one. Allen Hechter of Baltimore took & spill over the second fence of the in-and-out when he jumped the barrier, but his horse did not, and Mrs. Robert Winmill's Cin Quidado slid and crashed into one of the plank fence jumps shortly afterward, hurling his rider beneath him. Results in All Classes. Results in all classes were: Class 21, 2 and 3 year olds suitable to become hunters—First, Loro, b. g..3, Mrs. John Hay H g Hartman of Baltimore. At the conclusion of the session the Keyes medal, a new award for out- standing accomplishment in surgery, was presented to Dr. Alfred Newton Richards of the University of Pennsyl- vania. The presentation was made by Dr. Harry A. president of the American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons. MAN CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO CARS AT RIVERDALE Fred Augstead, 51, Is Removed to Washington Hospital Fol- lowing Accident. Crushed between a passenger car and a 3-ton truck, Fred Augstead, 51, an employe of the First Maryland Building and Loan Association, was seriously in- jured at noon today on the Baltimore Boulevard at Riverdale. Augstead was removed to a Washing- ton hospital by the Bladensburg rescue squad. Witnesses told police Augstead left the office of the building and loan association and started across the boule- vard for lunch when he aparently be- came confused and was caught between the two cars. According to police the truck was op- erated by Fred C. Le Fevere, 32, of West Grove, Pa. The officers said a car driven by George I. Zorn, 50. of the 600 block of Madison street, Washing- ton, skidded into the truck in an effort to avoid hitting a third car which made | a sudden left turn into Jefferson ave- ;l"l‘l’e. Riverdale. This third car did not P. erkit, br. g., 3, T. H. Somerville; third, Chatter Chat, ch. g, 3, Mrs. Ellsworth Augustus, Class 22, 3 and 4 year olds, suitable to become hunters, shown under saddle —First, Loro, Mrs. Whitney; second, Chatter Chat, Mrs. Augustus; third, Sir Grey Stone, gr. g, 3, George K. | Slater. Class 27, green hunters, middle and heavyweight, over course No. 1—First, | Nobody's Fool, b. g., 4, Mrs. Whitney; second, Sciota, b. 6, Miss Mary Ellen Corby; third, Master Eclipse, br. g., 7, Clifton Farms. Class 17, thoroughbred saddle horses Clearanfast, ch. g. 6, Mrs. George P. Plummer; second, Capt. Law- Mrs. Augustus; third, Lord , 5, Mrs. Cary Jackson. local saddle horses—First, Harriet Lee, ch. m, 10, Vernon G. Owen; second, Jack Lightning, ch. g, 5, Mr. Owen; third, Sonny Boy, ch. g., 6, Hubbert R. Quinter. Class 26, green hunters, light weight, shown over course No. 1—First, Spring Hope, b. m., 3, Mrs. Whitney; second, B'wana Muki, ch. g, 3, Miss Evelyn Walker; third, Sargent, ch. g., 4, Mr. Somerville. Class 29, qualified or green hunters, heavy or middle weight, shown over course No. 2—First, Clearanfast, Mrs. Plummer; second, S8and Den, ch. g, 5, Mrs. Jackson; third, Decanter, ch. g. 6, Jack Rhinehart. Class 1, hunters other than thor- oughbreds, shown over outside course— First, Hopeful Jim, br. g., 6, Mrs, Whit- ney; second, Master Eclipse, Clifton Farms; third, Easter Sunday, ch. m,, 6, F. M. McConihe. Class 43, modified Olympia, shown over special course—First, Quicksilver, gr. g., aged, Miss Julia Whiting; second, Jumping Fool, br. g., 9, Ernest Woolf; third, Miss America, b. m., aged, Fort Myer horse show team, ridden by Lieut. Col. C. P. George. Fourth ribbons also were awarded in each class, . Fowler of Washington, | 'WHITEHURST TAKES ROAD BUILDING POST| District Director of Highways to, Be Installed by National Association. Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, director of | highways in the District, was to be installed as president of the American Road Builders' Association at the an- nual meeting of directors and members of Divisional Executive Committees this afternoon in the association’ headquarters at the National Press Building. Capt. Whitehurst, a former president of the city officials’ division of the as- sociation, has been active in the or- ganization for more than 10 years. He Succeeds Thomas Cutler, chief high- | way engineer of Missouri, as national | president. Visiting officials of the association will make their headquarters at the i Willard Hotel. A feature will be a | “Dutch supper” at the National Press | Building tonight. The meeting will adjourn after business sessions tomor- ToW. Under leadership of Capt. White- hurst, the association will emphasize | the economic benefits derived from | modern highways. 32 ARRESTED IN RAIDS Police Robbery Squad Seizes Col- ored Men in Pool Rooms. ‘Thirty-two colored men were ar- rested late yesterday in pool rooms and other places along upper Seventh street by a detective squad headed by Detective L. A. O'Dea, chief of the robbery squad. A similar raid was made upon similar establishments on Ninth street earlier in the week, which resulted in the arrest of more than a score of white men. Explaining why yesterday’s raid was made during the daytime, Detective O'Dea said he realized that many ‘workingmen visit pool rooms after working hours and it was not his in- tention to do such persons an injustice. The men arrested yesterday were booked for investigation. P.-T. A. ELEC.TS OFFICERS Clarence Collette Is Named Presi- dent at Brentwood. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BRENTWOOD, Md., May 11—Clar- ence Collette was elected president of the Mount Rainier-Brentwood Parent- ‘Teacher Association at its annual meet- ing. Edwin Shepherd was chosen vice president, Mrs. Mary Moffett, secretary, and Mrs. C. J. Dalzell, treasurer. FACE GAMING CHARGES Jack Miller, 27, and Lewis Russell, 31, were arrested yesterday on charges of permitting gaming in a cigar store in the 1100 block of Fourteenth street, ‘where police allege race bets were ae- | J. cepted. . They were released on $500 bond each. Lieut. N. O. Holmes, c.a;lt-‘ | and college & honeymoon trip to New York. They met a year ago in the office of Representative McFarlane. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Irving Coakley, 5029 Illinois avenue. She is a Central High School alumna, a sophomore at George Washington, where she will continue her studies, and is well known in dramatic circles. Brooks holds the outstanding record in high school and college debating, ac- cording to records of the National Forensic Society. He won the national college debating championship in 1931. He has participated in 154 high school debates and lost only three, while four were non-division con- tests. He graduated with high honors from Rollins College, Winter Park, Fila. in 1931, and is now a law student National University. He has been liv- ing at 601 Farragut street. ‘The Brookses were acocmpanied on their elopement by Miss Margaret ‘Thompson of 3026 Forty-fourth place, and Theodore Tiller, jr., who were wit- nesses to the marriage ceremony. They plan to live in Washington. ASSESSOR CHECKS BEER TAX RETURNS Few Retailers Here Expected to Fail to Submit Reports of Sales. Officials of the office of the District assessor of taxes today are making a final check to determine the identity of retailers of beer here who failed to pay taxes by last midnight on the amount of the beverage they sold here last month, as required by the beer law. While 170 had failed to appear in person before the close of business ves- terday to make their returns, a large number of retailers filed their reports by mail, postmarked yesterday, which were recelved by the District _this morning. It was estimated only a compara- tively small number will be found to have failed to pay the tax. Those re- tailers found not to have made their returns will be subject to revocation of license, which the Commissioners are expected to order tomorrow. The Beverage Permits Board today started its work of preparing to issue annual licenses for the sale of beer in the District which will replace tempo- rary permits under which merchants now are operating. CABIN JOHN RESIDENT DIES SUDDENLY AT HOME Special Dispatch to The Star. CABIN JOHN PARK, May 11— Charles N. Whelan, 42, for the past 16 years connected with the United States Veterans’ Bureau, Washington, died at his home here. Although he had been in poor health for about . year, his death was sudden and un- expected. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Frances M. Whelan, formerly a, Miss Lynch of Cabin John neighbor~ hood, and two sons, Charles N. Whes lan, jr, and Robert G. Whelan. The funeral took place this mornirig from the Chapel of the Little Flower, Glen Echo, the pastor, Rev. Edward . Mihm, conducting the services. Burial was in Holy Rood Cemetéry, Georgetown. Blick and John &fl cuatody, o { velopment of an independent, bureau, supported by stations, advertisers and agencies, to study radio coverage. The annual membership cAyiner will be held tonight. ! John Charles Thomas, Nfetropolitan SO-CALLED “GA&” BILL PASSED BY SENATE Measure Would Injgo;e Heavy Penalties for Urmuthorized Publicatipns. By the Associated Press., A modified House tMll imposing heavy penalties for unautiarized publication by Federal employes' of code informa- tion was passed yest:j-day by the Senate amid cries of “gag” find claims that the Government’s dip’pmatic code about to be violatec The measure was ‘reduced to one para- ph in “view o/ protests that the longer bill apprijved by the House wonld encroach op the freedom of the press. Pressed for an jexplanation of the bill by Senator Joliison, Republican, of California, who ‘aid it “made no sense,” Chairman Pittmrgn of the Foreign Re- lations Committre said it would only apply to Government employes who were “guilty of hreach of confidence al- most verging ¢4y treason.” Senator Roljinson, Republican, of In- diana, chargoid it was an attempt 0 “gag the Ampiican people with respect to foreign a [Pairs, with the debts and tariff questiins coming up.” The Indiegian read a long telegram from Herberk O. Yardley, whose plans for & book rwere said in some Capitol circles to Fmve prompted the bill, say- ing the pyblication he had in mind “could not' injure this Government be- cause it Jgroved we no longer stooped to this folkn of espionage.” Yardley referred to the practice of decoding j communications sent by for- eign godernments to their missions here, t, which 1 the bllL, SIDVWELL TO BE HONORED A,i\' JUBILEE TOMORROW / . 50th Year Anniversary of Friends Bchool Celebration at 3901 | Wisconsin Avenue. "'he golden jubilee celebration of Sid- wells' Friends Schodl, honoring the was unauthorized publication or would be prevented under of | Md., d Irene e Smith, 18, Mit< fcynder and principal of the school, n:.omu W. Sidwell, will be held to- brrow from 2 until 6 p.m. at 3901 R cehietton. i i e tion illustrating hlights of the 50-year history of lhehljghotgl 1= being sponsored by faculty, pupils and Members of the primary, in- tm“edhm mr‘t’l 1hlih mlvi:l’lool depart- ments will participate the pre . Flags of countries which h:’v:';:: represented in the student body will be displayed. Marlboro Marriage Licenses. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., May 11 (Special). — Marriage licenses have been issued here to the following: Cal- vin Thomas Rawlitt, 22, Alexandria, Va.. and Mildred Martin, 19, Washing- ton; Herbert J. Canter, 22, Landover, . -