Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1933, Page 17

PEACE CONFERENGE EXPECTED 10 UNITE BONUS FACTIONS Discussions Begun at Fort Hunt by Representatives of Two Wings. SALZMAN FOLLOWERS NOW TOTAL 60, HE SAYS Group Attempting to See President Stopped by Detectives Outside of White House. The “right wing” of the bonus marchers, under Mike Thomas, and the #left wing,” under George Brady, E. J. ‘Williams and A. J. Sellers, were in a peace conference today at the Fort Hunt bonus encampment which it was believed would unite both factions in & harmonious program. The right wing faction elected Whomas, A. H. Milton, and J. P. Dear as their representatives for the con- clave. Harold Foulkrod, whose name was offered first for committee mem- bership, was defeated. The Right Wing Committee took to the meeting the following platform on which they will stand: “To protect our men in camp rulings; promote harmony in camp; arrange for a convention on a satisfactory basis to our people; to carry our verdict in any motive that will promote harmony and enhance the good name of the vet- erans throughout the country; no pre- cedence should be shown any veteran organization, regardless of creed or poli- tics; that our duly elected represent- ative be given concurrent power and representation with all other members of the Veterans' Convention Commit- tee. That all veterans with honorable discharges be allowed to participate in #ll public meetings, and that all mat- ters of moment be settled by the rank and file.” New Name Is Proposed. ‘The move to eliminate the old name “Veterans' National Liaison Cammittee,” and substitute “Veterans' Convention | Committee,” was one of the points in- sisted upon by the Thomas group. | The first mass meeting is expected to get under way this afternoon after the executive mecting of representatives | of the two groups have settled their | aifiorences. Yesterday a reporter from a California paper was chased out of camp because his paper is said to have carried a statement from James Barclay of California to the effect that the California contingent would be sat- isied if President Roosevelt sald it was impossible to pay the bonus at this time Joseph Salzman, leader of the ir- reconcilables who refused to go to Fort Hunt, said his original group of men had been increased to “about 60’ o.er the week end. His followers, he| s3ld. are quartered in rooms—princi- p2lly in the homes of sympathizers— throughout the city. Canvass House Buildings. Salzman and three of his lieutenants started out this morning to lobby, can- vassing the two House Office Buildings. “I've got to get my bonus pretty quick,” said Salzman. “My wife and four children are about to be put out of our home in Brooklyn, N. Y.” He exhibited a letter from his wife, stat- ing she expected to be evicted today or_tomorrow. Some of Salzman’s original 25 went to Fort Hunt yesterday, after Thomas returned to Washington and addressed them “1 don't care if everybody goes to Hunt,” said Salzman. ““I'm not going. I'll sleep in the mud first.” Attempt to See President. | growth (they were clipped for shipping) The ca bening S WITHE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION far WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MAY 15 1933. Winged “Jackasses” Arrive BIRDS SOUGHT FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW AT ZO0O. F IVE laughing jackasses arrived at | the National Zoological Garden | bird house from Australasia late yesterday, and settled down in their cage in the bird house without so much as cracking a smile. | The jackasses are a ies of king- | fisher so highly prized in their native land that Dr. Wililam M. Mann, Zoo director here, has been trying without success for seven years to obtain a few for the Washington bird house. The resent acquisition finally was arranged Ey an exchange of some South Ameri- can oirds the Australasian zoo wanted. In the trade Dr. Mann also received two fine partridge pigeons, which are actually pigeons but have markings like a partridge; three “scaly breasts” little gray birds with feathers ruffied on their breasts like fish scales, and three tufted-crown pigeons and two bronze- winged ones. Three young wallabies, the smaller typg of kangaroo, also rived in the same shipment and were given a cage near the lion house, where they viewed, apparently without per-' turbation, a fierce looking Siberian tiger in his quarters across the way. The laughing jackasses, so called be- cause they give frequent and noisy vent to the avian equivalent of a horse laugh, really are the prizes of the new collec- tion. Australasians are so fond of them they even hate to see any leave the country. They have put the model jackass' face on their 6-penny stamp, laws for their protection and make prize pets of them. Dr. Mann figures the five sent him will make a fine drawing card at the bird house, as they are active, their plumage is attractive when in full Above: Partridge pigeons which ar- rived at the Zoo yestérday from Aus- tralasia. Below: The laughing jackasses which came with the same shipment. —Star Staff Photos. and even in that bedlam of bird calls they would be called noisy. Only one or two of the jackasses have begun their raucous tee-heeing, perhaps because they are not yet accli- mated in the Zoo. They will gmbably be in full cry by tomorrow, however, and keep it up for what the Zoo people hope will be a long life. The five are not full grown, but they are expected to thrive in captivity. They are the only kingfishers that do. GINGER JAKE PROBE. SOUGHT BY GROUP Victims of Middle West Poi- soning Live in Auto Trailer on Congress Visit. Convinced now that they cannot re- | cover, the “ginger jake” victims of the Middle West have sent three of their number to Washington to lobby for a Senate investigation. The representatives, all of whom are permanently crippled, are living in an automobile trailer on Bladensburg road while they carry on their campaign. “We did not come to Washington to ask pensions,” said H. H. Kincheloe of Oklahoma City, president of the Na- tional Committee, United Victims of | Ginger Paralysis Association, “—rather, we came to ask the simple justice of complete and impartial investigation. 30,000 to 35,000 Crippled. The delegation declared that betweer 30,000 and 35000 residents of Okla- homa, Kansas, Tennessee, Alabama and Salzman and a handful of his fol- lowers went to the White House and attempted to see President Roosevelt !cemrday. not knowing the Chief "Ex- utive was away on a cruise. The group was stopped outside the Executive Mansion by ectives J. Patton agnd Guy Rhone, who threal ened to arrest them for parading with- out a permit if they did not disperse. After a conference with Maj. Emest W. Brown superintendent of police, they returned to East Seaton Park, rhird street and Maine avenue. They were not allowed to hold a meeting there, however, because John Newlin, who had obtained a permit for use of the park, had taken it with him to Fort Hunt The twelve hundred men at Fort Hunt spent a quiet day yesterday in preparation for the political activities of this week. The 200 under Thomas and Foulkrod were quartered in tents separated from those which housed the first arrivals. The men listened to a band concert and to speeches by camp lead- ers and Representative Virginia Jenckes of Indiana, and electioneered for their candidates for places on the committee in charge. The parade for today was called off. . —_————— INAUGURAL BALL BRINGS $37,830 NET INCOME Mrs. Dougherty, Chairman, De- clares Money Probably Will Be Given to Community Chest. Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, chair- man of the Roosevelt-Garner inaugural ball, today announced that the net in- come from that function was $37,830.13. “The money will probably go to the Community Chest,” she asserted. “This is at the discretion of the Finance Board, but I hope that the ‘widows and orphans’ funds of the Police and Fire Departments will receive $5,000 each. They have always had this sum or more in each of the three inaugural balls of which I have been chairman.” Gross receipts taken in at the ball were not available today. It is ex- pected that when the general chair- man of the inauguration, Rear Ad- miral Carey T. Grayson, makes his re- port the whole balance sheet will be presented. FINAL REHEARSAL CALLED Choral Society Prepares for May Festival Recital. ‘The final rehearsal will be held to- hight for the May Festival concert to be given at Central Community Center, Thirteenth and Clifton streets, by the ‘Washington Choral Socicty at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow night. Myron W. Whitney is president of Louisiana “are helpless and permanent | cripples” from drinking Jamaica gin- | ger shipped in interstate commerce as a legitimate medical products. The other members of the delegation are H. M. Spillers of Chapter No. 2. Wichita, Kan., and W. J. Herndon of Oklahoma City. They said a number of members of the Senate Agricultural Committee had pledged support for the proposed investigation. : Mr. Spillers explained that while most of the sufferers were stricken in Febru- ary and March, 1930, it was only com- paratively recently that thé conviction of permanent injury became general. Responsibility Not Fixed. “While some distributors have been | indicted in Kansas,” Mr. Spillers said, | “no responsibility has yet been fixed upon the manufacturer of this devastat- ing poison. That is what we hope to achieve in Washington—the exposure of the company which made the orod- | uct and of the wholesaler who shipped 1it from the East.” Mi. Spillers said that because of early reports that “tramps and degenerate persons had been drinking the poison ginger for cheap drunks, hundreds of innocent women and children among the victims are hiding their afliction from the public.” He said Jamaica ginger was one of, the oldest standard medicines sold in the Middle West and was taken by thousands of victims, not as a beverage, | but as a legitimate remedy for stomach | disorders, notably intestinal influenza. S B e 187 Go to Forest Camp. FORT HUMPHRIES, Va., May 15 (Special).—One hundred and eighty- seven members of the Civilian Conser- vation Corps, including officers. left Bootleg Whisky In District Drops To 15 Cents a Pint An afdavit stating that the price of whisky in Washington has gone down to 15 cents a pint was filed by a prohibition agent in Police Court today. L. Manning, the agent, stated he had purchased a pint of whisky for 15 cents last Sat- urday at a house in the 1200 block of Six-and-a-half street southwest. In a raid following the alleged “buy” police arrested four colored persons and seized 21, gallons of alleged liquor. Agnes Turpin, colored, 29, was charged with possession of the liquor. CARAVAN TO ATTEND BOARD’S SHAD BAKE 1500 to 800 Expected at Trade Group's Annual -Celebra- tion Saturday. Between 500 and 800 members of the ‘Washington Board of Trade are ex- pected to journey to Bay Ridge, Md., next Saturday for the annual Shad Bake of the organization, for which elaborate preparations are being made. A bus and automobile caravan, headed by an escort of motor cycle police, will leave the District Building shortly after 9 am, arriving at Bay Ri in time for the first serving of plank-baked W. Crosdale Witts, general chairman, and Karl Jarrell, vice chairman of the that arrangements are being completed for an attractive program of sports and entertainment, including the annual base ball game between the Member- ship and Public Order Committees. Tickets for the Shad Bake. materially reduced in price as compared with former years, are obiainab'e at the | headquarters of the Board of Trade. 1886 CLAS.S REUNITES Washington High School Group Holds 47th Reunion. The forty-seventh reunion of the class of 1886, Washington High School, was_held at the Hamilton Hotel Sat- urday night, with Thomas C. Barr, class president, acting as toastmaster. Mrs Dela P. Mussey was elected presi- dent for the coming year. Other new officers are George Herbert | Ross. first vice president: Mrs. Charles |'S. Eisinger, second vice president; Harry W. Dowling, orator; Mrs. Fred- erick O Roman, class poet; Mrs. James Henry Harper. historian, and here last night for the reforestation camp near Skyland, Va. They entrained from Alexandria. | George Prancis Williams, secretary | treasurer. ILIBRARY OF CONGRESS BECOMES The Library of Coni today be- | came the cwner of John Boyd Thatcher collection of books and docu- ments, said to be worth $500,000, through an opinion handed down by the District Court of Appeals. The books and other documents had been placed in the library by Mrs. Thatcher prior to her death, and the collection, subject to certain restric- tions, was left to the Government by her will. + _ Mrs. Thatcher, who lived in Albany, N. Y., died February 18, 1927. The will 000, | of Appeal OWNER OF THATCHER COLLECTION ~ | Will Receive Books and Documents Valued at $500,000 by Appelate Court Decision. been met, the executors of Mrs. Thatch- er's estate sought to secover her de- ceased husband’s collection. The Court Is, however, upheld the finding Court that the | of the District Supreme library had fully complied with the stipulation in Mrs. Thatcher's will The collection consists of the books in Mr. Thatcher’s library and a number of | letters and manuscripts written by “the Kmanund Queens or other rulers of | England Germany, Spain and Italy, in- cluding the Popes of Rome, and the Napoleonic collection, as well as a num- the Choral Society and Louis A Potter® directed the library officials to keep the | ber of books and pamphlets relating to will conduct the chorus of 125 voices. | books and documents in a group to be | the French Revolution.” Eighteen members of the National Symphony Orchestra, including ' the Wi String Quartet, will par- | known as “Collection of John Boyd Thatcher,” and to prepare and publish talogue of the books. 'Wummu The Government was represented on the appeal by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and two of his assistan John W. Fihelly snd John J. Wilson, *| Revocations, in fact, are quite rare. We Shad Bake Committee, announced today gation in ts,| Bahen was treated at wounds, MARYLAND BOARD 10 STUDY AGTION IN ‘OANGER CURE' CASE Medical Examiners to Decide on Whether to Act Against 2 Doctors. | MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE RESULT TO BE AWAITED Testimony Brought Out at Coron- er's Inquest Is Sent to State Medical Group for Probe. An investigation into the death of Mrs. Cora L. Britton will be launched by the Maryland State Board of Medi- cal Examiners to determine whether it should take action against Dr. H. R. Street, who conducts the Washington Cancer Sanitarium at 1414 Girard street northeast, and his assistant, Dr. Sherwood Ferris of Chevy Chase, Md., it was announced in Baltimore today. Action toward depriving the two phy- sicians of their right to practice in Maryland, however, is expected to be delayed until after the manslaughter charges pending against them in Mont- gomery County as a result of the New Jersey woman's death are disposed of, according to Dr. Henry M. Fitzhugh of Westminister, secretary to the board. Dr. Street and Dr. Ferris were ar- rested and released on $1500 for a preliminary hearing at Rockyille May. 24 after a coroner’s jury in Baltimore held them criminally responsible for the death of Mrs. Britton, whom they treated with an alleged ‘“secret cure” for cancer at Dr. Ferris' home. Mrs. ll\l‘rlt!T died in a Baltimore hospital 8y 4. Sent Board Testimony. ‘The announcement of the Board of Medical Examiners was made after State’s Attorney Herbert R. O'Conor of Baltimore sent the board a copy of the testimony brought out at the cor- oner's inquest together with an offer to assist the board in any probe it might undertake “looking toward the revocation of the licenses or registra- tion of these doctors.” In his announcement that the in- vestigation would be made, Dr. Fitz- hugh, & former president of the Medi- cal and Chirurgical Faculty of Mary- land. said: “The case already is under investi-| gation by the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia and any action that may take we shall dupli-| cate immediately. In the meantime, we | shall make our own investigation. I' already have been in communication | with some of the Baltimore physicians who attended Mrs. Britton after she was brought from Chevy Chase to Balti- more. “But it is an extremely difficult mat- ter, this business of revoking licenses. can proceed only on two grounds. We can revoke a physicians's license if he had been convicted of a crime involv- ing moral turpitude. We can revoke for unprofessional conduct, such as| dope-peddling and performing iNegal | operations. 1 “In the has a risht to a hearing before the ! | board and, if it decides against him | |may appeal within 60 days to the | Circuit Court. Revocation to Be Automatic. “If Drs. Street and Ferris are prose- | cuted in Montgomery County, &s now; seems likely, and convictions result, revocation of their right to practice in this_State will follow automatically. Dr. Ferris obtained a Maryland license a year or two ago. He had been licensed in Washington and he brought to us his Washington credentials. They ap-| peared in good order and he was granted a Maryland license. Dr. Fitzhugh said he ved Dr. Street was licensed in Maryla~d ‘ quite a few years ago.” Both D . Street and Dr. Ferris, according to sta i | ical directories, are graduate Georgetown University Medical School. Dr. Street, until his retirement last De- cember, was for more than 30 years & record searcher in the War Department. STAB WOUND FATAL IN FREE-FOR-ALL Colored Man Victim and Three Are Arrested After Fight of Race Groups. A free-for-all fight between white| and colored men in the vicinity of Twelfth and Q streets last night about | 1 11:30 o'clock ended in the death ofl John Schenck, colored, 24, of the 1600, block of S street, who received a stab, wound in the region of the heart, and blackened eyes, cuts and bruises re- ceived by others of the party. Four persons were arrested and held pending a further investigation of the affair. They were booked as George Jones, 21, of Bates street; George Nor- ris Brewer, colored, 28, 1400 block of Girard street; Alfred Tate, colored, 21, of the 1600 block of K street, brother- in-law of the dead man, and Harry Evans Sengstack, 28, of the 800 block of Marietta place. When the fight was over, and it was found that Schenck, lying on the pave- ment, had been wounded, Condery . Jones, 1514 Twelfth street, drove him to Freedmen's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Tate, Sengstack and Brewer were treated at the same hospital for wounds they re- ceived, before being placed under ar- rest. Two other men were being sought today. According to information obtained by the police, Jones, standing at Twelfth and Q streets with several companions, was playing with a dog when several colored men came along, one of them commenting upon Jones and the dog. {A blow was struck and the fight was on. Homicide squad detectives and po- lice of the second precinct were con- tinuing their investigation today. ; STABBED BY.BEGGAR Walter Bahen Injured When He Refuses Gift of Dime.! Because he refused to give a dime to a panhandler yesterday, Walter Ba- hen, 39, 223 Tenth street northeast, was stabbed three times in the arm and shoulder by the mendicant. Bahen told police he was walking near Fourth street and G place when a shabbily dressed man approached him !and asked for money. When Bahen refused, he said, the man pulled out a \large pocket knife and stabbed him. Policeman R. E. Turner of the Traf- fic Bureau later arrested Steve 42, of Los Angeles, Calif, for investi. connection with the mb!;g-c‘. | pital for his woun T ALLEY DWELLINGS TAX LOSS T0 CITY, SAYS COL. GRANT Rehabilitation of Blighted Areas Would Improve Val- ues and Employ Men, SUBCOMMITTEE SOON TO REPORT IN SENATE —_— Municipal and Social Waste Part of High Cost Which Is Not Under- stood by Taxpayer, Says Official. The District government is losing much taxable revenue in the city's al- ley dwellings, inhabited by about 12,000 persons, Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, asserted today. While the so- cial side of the question has been stressed, Col. Grant said, the economic phase needs attention, pointing out that elimination of the alley dwellings not only will stimulate employment, but rehabilitate the blighted areas and im- proved the assessed values for the Dis- trict government. At the present time a subcommittee of the Senate District Committee is at work on the problem of the alley dwellings. It is expected that the question will come before the full com- mittee tomorrow. Col. Grant's re- marks were indorsed by John Nolen, city planner of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and by Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of plan- ning for that body. The colonel said the city’s parking problem might well be solved in large measure by convert- ing present alley dwellings -into park- ing garages by razing the present un- sightly structures and erecting mod- ern garages thereon. In the vicinity of the Capitol, for instance, he said. there are alley dwellings which could be wiped out, and in their stead garage accommodations for five hotels in that neighborhood created. Municipal, Social Waste. Col. Grant said the inhabited alleys are a form of municipal and social waste, uneconomical in fact. because ex- pensive and unproductive of any finan- cial or other return to the public, “The taxpayers of Washington,” Col. Grant asserted, “as well as the financial supporters of social welfare work, have failed utterly to comprehend the high cost of inhabited alleys. An impartial consideration of the facts reveals the tax return on inhabited alley property is but @ fraction of the total com- munity expense incident to their use as habitations for 12,000 or so people liv- ing at the lowest economic and social level. “The progressive but speedy elim- ination of alley dwellings at moderate capital expense along constructive lines, can be justified from an economic point of view. “Recent investigations and analysis of the situation by welfare workers and the latter cases. the physician | National Capital Park and Planning | Commission support _this _contention. The average alley dwelling of four rooms is assessed at a value from $500 to $1,000, depending on the land value in the section of the city where located. ‘With land varying from 20 to 60 cents a foot, and improvements from $300 to $600, it is probable that a total assessed value of $600 represents a fair average for an alley habitation. Upon this value the city gets a return of but $10 in taxes annually. Purthermore the assessed values are largely static, regis- tering little, if any, increase over & period of years, notwithstanding incre- {ments in value of nearby street prop erties. Moreover, there is no contribu- ticn to the utility taxes, there being no ges or electricity in the average alley house. Inhabited Alley Example. “What this low tax income means in the community balance shect may be best illustrated by taking a specific in- habited alley for example. This alley has been recently surveyed, is centrally located with highly developed street property in the same square. The alley dwelling property in this square brings a tax return of $360, in contrast to nearly a hundredfold greater return from the surrounding street property. Twenty-eight of the 33 alley houses are occupied, and 127 people, including 37 hje children, reside on one-third of an acre. “Set against this scant financial re- turn to the city treasury, the cost to the community is measured in direct and indirect expenses. First are the nearly 20,0000 annual inspections of alley habitations by the District health officer, average about 10 per dwelling, or a quota of 330 inspections for the alley in question. One-eighth of all inspections warranted the serving of notices for correction of insanitary con- ditions. “Add to this expense the incessant visits of welfare workers and other Dis- trict agencies for refuse and trash re- moval, collection of garbage and sweep- ing of the alley. The costs are higher than for similar services on streets be- cause of the narrowness and inaccessi- bility of many of these hidden com- munities. They further add to the cost of police supervision, for suppression of all manner of disturbances, crime and vice, so prevalent in the alleys. These conditions demand police inspection, wl!.hedo"fben two or more officers re- COE IS NOMINATED PATENT OFFICE HEAD Roosevelt Also Sends Senate Name of F. W. Johnson as Land Office Commissioner. President Roosevelt today sent to the Senate the nomination of Conway P. Coe of Maryland to be commissioner of ‘W. Johnson of Rock Springs, Wyo., to be commissioner of the General Land Office. Mr. Coe is appointed to ‘Thomas E. Robertson of Chevy Md., who was appointed President Harding. Mr. Johnson will succeed Charles C. succeed Chase, Moore as_commis- sioner of the General Land Office. ~Mr. Coe is & native of Maryland and for a number of years has been living at 115 Oxford street, Chevy Chase. He is & neighbor of Commissioner Robertson, whom he will succeed. He was educated Police Baffled by Beqs Decide to Turn Over Job of Routing Big Swarm From Blockaded Capital Home to Fire Department. PROBLEM new to Was presented to the munt this afternoon when Mrs. J. J. Gall, 1432 Fairmont street, asked them te do some about & swarm of thousands of bees that gathered about the front of her house and kept the Gall family out. So the police turned the matter over to the Fire Department. Mrs. Gall was attracted outside the front of her house by a buzzing shortly before noon. She dashed through hun- dreds of swarming bees to the sidewalk in front. The door slammed behind her and she was unable to get back. The bees were lighting on a pipe that ran up the side of the house. Then a couple of veteran beekeepers, who live on either side of the Galls, J. C. Snyder and R. .H. Stuart, came to the assistance of their neighbor. They tried for half an hour to lure the queen of the pack into a bread box, but without success. Snyder went to & balcony near the top of the house and held a tree limb in front of the swarm, and headed off their cnwnn& advance upward. Battalion Fire Chie C. C. McKay finally became with the efforts to corral the bees and ordered out a hose wagon to drive them off. | | d | borhood said the and Stuart showed unususl in their attempts to round up and frequently. stuck their heads near the largest pile of the in- et D "amai the Five Departments al 3 unt ment’s had arrived not one mn.l ‘The Fire ent won the first skirmish with the bees as the men of No. 11 Engine Company pulled out a hose and washed most of the insects from the wall. Thousands of them were knocked unconscious, but they were their forces for an at- tack on the firemen. The firefighters after they had unloosed a stream of water followed it up with small cans of insect sprays and flitted the bees indi- vidually. When the war was officially declared residents of the section who had been giving their advice on how to get rid of the problem took cover. No casual- ties were announced, although numer- ous angry bees were buzzing about the locality. The Galls recently moved into the house, but old residents of the neigh- e bees congregated in- side the place last year, and the owner was forced to tear our partitions and destroy them with poison. CONFEDERATE VETERAN * MARKS 95th BIRTHDAY Retired Farmer of Frederick Coun- ty Receives Friends’ Con- gratulations. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., May 15.—Daniel P. Miller, retired Frederick County farmer, was in town today receiving congratulations of numerous friends on his 95th birthday anniversary. A son, Charles Miller, who is engaged in busi- ness in Chicago, called by telephone to extend greetings. Mr. Miller, who served in the Con- federate Army throughout the Civil| War, said he never followed any pre- scribed course of longevity, and did not know why he did not show the effects of old age. TWO GROUPS TO HEAR BISHOP J. E. FREEMAN Hyattsville and Broad Creek Epis- copal Meetings to Hear Washington Cleric. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, is scheduled to speak at two important Episcopal Church meetings in County this week. The bishop will deliver the opening address at the Spring meeting of the Northern Convocation of the Diocese of Washington to be held in Pinkney Memorial Church, Hyattsville, Wednes- day, while on the following day he will | confirm a class and deliver a sermon (at the 210th anniversary celebration | of St. John's Church, Broad Creek. Rev. Malcolm Taylor of the Na- | tional Commission on Evangelism, and Rev. Charles H. Collett of the Speak- | ers’ Bureau, National Council. are also on the Pinkney Church program. Busi- ness to be transacted there includes the election of clerical and lay dele- gates to the Executive Council of the diocese. Numerous brief felicitatory speeches by clergymen from Washington and Prince Georges County will be deliv- ered during the of afternoon the Broad Creek celebration. ‘MOURNING PERIOD | { IN ETHIOPIA SLASHED | Three Days Instead of Forty Fixed for Weeping, in Proclamation of Emperor. By the Associated Press. Haile Selassie the First, “annointed of God, lion of Judah” and Emperor of Ethiopia, much grieved over the death of a beloved daughter, has broken with the past and ordered that henceforth in nd death shall be mourned three days and not 40. Furthermore, Ethiopians may weep, silently or loudly, and may put a ‘bllck band on their clothes, but they ishall not scratch their faces, leap, take off their clothes or dye their costumes either black or yellow. A proclamation to that effect has reached the American Capital from the ancient Christian African empire, | with an explanation that this modern- izing will do away with very elaborate emotional practices, the loss of which will be much regretted by conservative elements of the population. Part of the Ar‘l:' :::es follow: “After three days (of mourning) have elapsed, those relatiyes and friends who come to visit the bereaved, should leave their cards or should sign in & book especially prepared, to indicate their visit. The visitors, who, after the third day come and sit with the ! mourners, are wasting time, because the ;,beraaved feel that they must weep with | each visitor. This is prejudicial. There- | fore, let it be abolished:" RELIEF EMPLOYES FREED FROM CUTS McCarl Holds Workers Here Not Subject to Economy Reductions. Employes in the emergency relief | fund organization of the District are not subject to the wage cut provided under the economy act for Pederal and District employes, Controller General McCarl today advised the District Com- missioners. ‘The controller general also said that where deductions had been made from the pay of these workers, with the un- derstanding that the action was taken subject to a ruling from the controller general, that they were entitled to a' refund; if, however, they were hired with the understanding that their pay was subject to cut they are not to be reimbursed. 106 Persons Employed. ‘This organization has 106 employes, the bulk of whom get less than $1,000 & year. Generally, the salaries are $780 and $900 annually, though there are some in higher brackets, includ- ing one at a top of $2,000 and some in lower, down to $720. the Commissioners said, propristion was made, the Board of Public Welfare with the ap- proval of the Commissioners, set up their organization and fixed salaries considerably lower than the level of classified salaries for comparable work, even with the 15 per cent wage cut applied. At that time, with the first economy act applying an 8'3 cut in effect, this deduction was made, it was explained, although, it was added, the workers were informed that it only should be temporary until the controller general should rule if they came under the cut. “Unfortunately,” it was added, this question was not brought to the atten- tion of the controller general and re- cently when the new economy act v.:‘zmc:t to 15 per cent, it again came to McCarl's Opinion Asked: ‘The Commissioners said that under, the law they believed they had a rlshll to fix salaries and exempt these wel- fare workers from the cut in view of the scale which they were paying, and asked McCarl's opinion. They also asked if they could make refunds and said if his ruling was that the 15 per cent cut shouid be applied, could they raise salaries to bring them to the level of those provided under the personnel classification act. It was on this basis that McCarl said that “any amount withheld because of uncertainty can be paid back.” He ex- plained, however, understood th make any increase in com; tion ef- fective retroactively, as thmd “be in the nature of a gratuity.” ACCUSED OF SWINDLING Two Charged With Taking $1,000 From Colored Women. John Irving Haskins, 34, and James Berry Martin, 37, both colored, were held by police today on charges of swindling two colored women out of more than $1,000 by means of the old “lost pocket book” trick. They were arrested in Philadelphia and brought here last night. —_— Church Class to Meet. BALLSTON, Va., May 15 (Special). — The ive Woman's class of the Ballston Christian Church will hold |its regular meeting at the home of | Mrs. R. M. Post, Glebe road, Wednes- day afternoon. |[FAT MAN EATS §13 .98 WORTH OF FOOD AT PENNY RESTAURANT Tiny Williams, Weighing 406 Pounds, Becomes Knife and Fork Champio The new knife-and-fork champion of | Washington spent last night trudging |8 chair and several knives and forks.) Harbor Officers Pull the streets in an earnest effort to forget, He circled blocks, hour on hour, but he couldn’t shake off that he, 406-pound Tiny Williams of by the late | homet in the public schools here and graduated | the waiters from Central High School. He later graduated from Randolph Macon Col- lege and George' Wi e uten prachicng a5 3 patent, sHor- has as a pat al ney in this city, with offices in the Na- Press Building, University. | Tiny n of Washington. ‘Tiny was on hand promptly. He took ) The first chair broke, and Tiny took two chairs after that—a safety pro- vislon Mr. Harr upon, m PAGE B—1 {CANNON AND AIDE FACING TRIAL ON CAMPAIGN GHARGE D. C. Appeals Court Upholds Indictment of Pair on 10 Counts. CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT HELD CONSTITUTIONAL Associate Justice Van Orsdel Hands Down Opinion Dissenting From Other Three Judges. Bishop James Cannon, jr., and his secretary, Miss Ada L. Burroughs, must stand trial in District Supreme Court for an alleged violation of the Federal corrupt practices act under a decision today by the local Court of Appeals. Bishop Cannon and his secretary are charged with failing ‘to report to the clerk of the House of Representatives & $58,000 contribution to a political committee which was active during the 1928 presidential campaign. Will File Appeal. Robert H. McNeill and Levi H. David, attorneys for Bishop Cannon, al nounced that they would appeal the de- cision to the Supreme Court at once. They issued the following statement: “We intend to appeal immediately for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States in order that the whole matter may be reviewed }\nldlly by the highest tribunal in the land. “We take this action especially be- cause we think the views of Justice Van Orsdel dissenting from the majcrity Court opinion states the law correctly and further we believe just as strongly now as we ever have that the corrupt practices act itself is a direct violation of the Constitution of the United States. “We have every confidence that the Supreme Court of the United States will so hold.” Gives Dissenting Opinion. Assoclate Justice Van Orsdel handed down a strong dissenting opinion, in which he contended the indictment merely charged that the contribution was made by E. C. Jameson and did not allege that the money ever came into the possession of the committee or either defendant. Under these circum=- stances. he declared, it cannot be said the indictment charged the crime de- fined in the statute. The indictment, which was in 10 counts, was attacked by counsel for the defendants on the grounds that the act itself is unconstitutional, and that the indictment fails to allege that Miss Burroughs, as treasurer of the commit- tee, had knowledge of the Jameson contributions. The District Supreme Court supported this latter contention and held the in- dictment was invalid. The Government appealed from this decision to the Court of Appeals. Counsel for the de- fendants, however, filed a motion to dismiss the zppeal on the ground that it should have been taken directly to the United States Supreme Court. The question was placed before the Supremse Court, and that body decided that the Court of Appeals had jurisdiction over the issues presented by the appeal. Act Not Unconstitutional. In passing upon the appeal, the aj peliate court held first lh‘;‘ the ml'ru’;t practices act is not unconstitutional as alleged by the defendants. Pointing out that the indictment tharged Miss Burroughs with “wilfully” failing to file the return, the Court of Appeals held this was a sufficient allegation thet 3he had knowledge of the catribution. The Government was represented on the appeal by United States Attorney Leo A Rover and John J. Wilson, James R. Kirkland and Roger Robb, three of his assistants. The opinion was written by Chief Justice Martin, with the concurrence of Associate Justices Hitz and Groner. CAPPER TO SPEAK AT RENTS MEETING Second Session Backed by A. F. of L. Will Be Held at Central High Wednesday Night. The second mass meeting of the Dis- trict Department of the American Fed- eration of Labor in protest against high rents in the District, to be held jn Cen- tral High School auditorium Wednesday night, will be addressed by Senator Ar- thur Capper of Kansas, it was an- nounced by the committee arranging the event today. Senator Capper, former chairman of the Senate District Committee, who di- rected an investigation into the rent situation during the last Congress, was the principal speaker at the t mass meeting in McKinley High School & month ago. He will outline plans he € | has been studying for bringing about readjustment in housing costs. presentative Jennings Randolph of West Virginia, a member of the House Rents Subcommittee, also has accepted an invitation to address the gathering, John P. Simpson, chairman of the Civic Affairs Committee of the department, announced. Leo E. George, president of the Na- tional Association of Post Office Clerks, will analyze the burden of housing costs borne by w-&e earners generally and will present the views of the American Federation of Labor on the matter. POLICE FAIL TO IDENTIFY BODY OF RIVER VICTIM Corpse of Well-Dressed Man From Po- tomac Near Belleview. not been successful in identifying the body of a well dressed man, about 60 years old, found float- ing in the Potomac River near Belle-