Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1933, Page 13

A POWER 0 EXPEND SURPLUS ON D. C. - NEEDS REQUESTED House Bill Would Permit Commissioners to Act Without Congress. TWO MILLIONS LIKELY TO PILE UP IN YEAR McLeod Points Out Only $1,000 Provided for Emergencies—Asks Leeway on Relief Program. A bill designed to prevent accumu- Iation of surplus District tax revenues | by giving the Commissioners authority to expend such funds for emergency relief and needed public works without congressional approval was introduced in the House today by Representative McLeod, Republican, of Michigan. McLeod pointed out that in the com- ing fiscal year, according to conserva- tive estimates, the District would have & surplus of about $2,000,000 which could be used under the terms of his bill to augment the emergency unem- joyment relief fund if necessary and provide work for unemployed men on street and bridge projects which may be needed but are not authorized in the appropriation bill for the 1934 fiscal year. The surplus also could be used, he said, for various forms of re- Mef work in the event of a major dis- Stresses Emergency Need. McLeod called attention to the fact For Graves T The Foening Shaf WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION of Soldiers CHILDREN TO PAY TRIBUTE TO CIVIL WAR DEAD. HESE flowers, gathered by pupils of the Janney School, will be placed on the graves of soldiers who lost their lives in the war between the North and the South. Mrs. May D. Lightfoot, chairman of the Flower Com- mittee of the Grand Army Memorial Corps, will be in charge when the | Memorial day floral tribute is paid. —Star Staff Photo. WINBLEY NURDER VERDCT 5 LPHELD Court of Appeals Sustains that only $1,000 is made available in the 1934 District appropriation bill to take care of any emergency which might arise while Congress is not in session. “My measure,” he said, “would insure to citizens of the District the maximum benefit possible in public services in return for the taxes they . It has happened in the past that after deducting for all the regularly suthorized expenses a surplus of many of dollars has remained to the credit of the District, which, no matter how great the need for civic improve- ments, the District taxpayers have been unable to realize any benefit therefrom | until action by Congress, sometimes | many months later. “As an {llustration of the need for delegation of such authority to the | Board of Commissioners, the House of | Representatives recently passed the public works bill, which carries an ap- propriation of $400,000,000 to be used in direct grants for construction and | maintenance of streets and highways 2s a means of helping to provide em- | porment. Unfortunately, although the D t is and has been for some time facirz a most serious unemployment p-bem, this form of relief was not ex‘snded to include the District. | *The appropriation bill for the fiscal | y = of 1934 carries an appropriation | D 500,000 for relief work in the! t. About 8,000 families are now | n the city welfare rolls, with new ap- F’ -aticns being received at the rate of 53 or more dally. $50,000 Needed Weekly. “Approximately $50,000 is required weekly to furnish the barest necessi- ties of life to these 8,000 families, ‘which does not include any relief what- soever for the many unemployed single men in the District. If present condi- tions continue throughout the coming year, $2,500,000, instead of $1,500,000, will be required for welfare relief. If, when present funds are exhausted, the Congress is not in session, and a de- ficlency appropriation therefore impos- sible, & serious situation could only be| averted by allowing the Board of Com- missioners to expend the necessary money from the surplus funds of the District, as proposed in my bill. It is most conservatively estimated that this surplus will reach more than $2,000,000 in the coming fiscal yeor. “This bill supplements two other measures I am sponsoring in Congress, ‘which are now pending in committees, one to provide a delegate in Congress for the District of Columbia and the other designed to grant authority to the Board of Commissioners similar to that now held by city councils, so as to te the handling of strictly local airs in the most efficient manner le. “By making available, as the need arises, the surplus funds of the Dis- trict for necessary public improvements, maintenance and repair work and emergency enterprises, an important step will be taken toward the attain- ment of maximum efficiency in the lo- cal government of the District.” The bill was referred to the District Committee where Mr. McLeod hopes st will receive consideration before the end of the week 50 it can be placed on the House calendar. FARM RELIEF WORK 70 BE CONCENTRATED| Number of Government Units will | Be Moved Out of Rail- road Building. Moving of & number of Go units, designed to concentrate lief agencies in the old Southern way Building, 1300 E street, was cided upon today at a special mee of the Public Buildings Commission Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, the com- | mission’s_executive officer, announced | that on Wednesday the move will be started to transfer the Bureau of Pro- hibition from its present quarters at 1800 E street to 1825 H street, the old Commerce Department Building. This will be done as soon as the Federal Parm Loan Bureau is moved into 1300 E street from the H street building ‘The Bureau of Agricultural Engincer. ing will vacate the old railw ing to temporary building C. is will start Wednesday. The Bureau of Pub- lic Roads lkewise will be moved from the same building into the Winder ent | di Bulilding, 17th and F streets, into space vacated by the Bureau of Efficiency The commission decided to p the Bureau of Customs of the Trea: Department to remain in the Southern Railway Building, because that fireproof structure is better ted o the preservation of the organiza- tlon’s valuable papers. Originally, it was intended to move the customs unit into one of the temporary buildings on the Mall. ¢ rmit sury old BRIDGE LOAN GRANTED $135,000 Is Authorized for Rap- pahannock Span. The Reconstruction Finance Corpora- Saturday authorized a loan of $135,000 to the James Madison Memorial Bridge, Inc., for spanning the Rappa- River between Froni Royal and Port Conway. | duct. Conviction in D. C. Supreme Tribunal. The conviction of Harry C. Wimbley of second degree murder in connection with the drowning of his wife and baby in 1931 was upheld today by the Dis- trict Court of Appeals. The evidence at the trial showed that Wimbley had taken out an acci- dent policy on his wife prior to the drowning. The court refused to admit the policy in evidence on the ground that it had been improperly seized by the police, but did permit represen- tatives of the insurance company to testify. Counsel for Wimbley claimed this was error. His attorney also ob- jected to the admission of & statement from John M. Crowder, who was con- victed with Wimbley. This statement was in substance that Wimbley planned to drown his wife. The higher court, however, held that the District Supreme Court had acted properly in admitting this evidence. The Government was represented on the appeal by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and two of his assistants, William H. Collins and John J. Sirica. | CATHOLIC CHURCHES HOLD MAY PARADES Processions Held at i‘rinity, St. Francis Xavier, St. Paul's and St. Cyprian. May processions were held by four ‘Washington Catholic churches yester- day. Miss Margaret Mary O’'Connor was crowned queen at Holy Trinity Church. The queen was assisted by Miles Tor- reyson and Joseph Smith, train bearers; Thomas O'Neil, prince; Delores Pepin and Virginia' Dixon, angels. The mem- bers of the court were: Mary Collins, Elizabeth Floegal, Helen Donovan, Flor- | ence Crock, Hazel Kelly, Caroline Kloss, | Loretta Ehrmantrout, Louise Ryan, Lil- | lian Gartland, Catherine Krug, Mary Jane Schell, Frances Sebastian, Katha- rine Sulli-‘an and Teresa McClellan, A wreath was placed on the statue of the Blessed Mother of God. Members of the Holy Name Society and John Berckman Society participated in the procession. The Elks Band rendered selections. Rev. Father McEmeany, pastor, preached the sermon. At St. Francis Xavier Church divi- sions symbolizing the 15 mysteries of the Blessed Virgin led the march. Miss Elizabeth Bowles, the queen, had 24| attendants. Rev. Joseph V. Buckley, | the pastor, preached the sermon. | Miss Martha Davis was queen in the | procession at St. Paul's Church, with | seven attendants. Rev. Cornelius Dacey, | pastor, delivered the sermon. At St. Cyprian's Church there were | more than 600 children in the proces- | sion. Liliian Curtis was May queen and was attended by Irene Smith and | Dorothy Bouie. The train bearers were Alfreda Miles and Helen Curtis. Rev. Henry F. Graebenstein delivered the sermon. SENT TO GALLINGER . Suffering from wounds received, both before and after his arrest, Frederick Brooke, 23, of the 2300 block of O street, was taken to Gallinger Hospital short- Iy before 11 o'clock last night. He was ot dangerously wounded, police re- ported, but was detained in the hospital after receiving first aid. Brooke was arrested in a house near Sixth and B streets southwest for al- leged intoxication and disorderly con- police_reported, and he caused Policeman H. B. Thompson of the | fourth precinct so much uneasiness that the latter used his baton on the prison- er's head. Brooke had been in an alter- cat and had received a scalp wound and in- over his right eye. COUPLE RESCUED on before his arrest, police reported, | SCHOOL CHANGES AWAIT CONGRESS Reorganization Work Wil Follow Action on Ap- propriation Bill. Final plans for reorganization of the school system in accordance with the cuts in the 1934 budget will await pas- sage of the appfopriation bill, it was announced by the Board of Education, whose members sat as a committee of the whole this morning. Until the appropriation bill is passed and the actual money carried in it is known, the School Bcard also will de- lay conducting a public meeting. School Board action can be taken only at public meetings so that no definite solution to the problems created by the cuts in appropriaticns can be :;A:‘md until the board’s next open on. ‘The board had held two meetings of Committee of the Whole prior to the session which began at 11 o'clock this morning. A report was framed at the first of these sessions for presentation at a public meeting, indicating that no teacher not already apprehensive of her position will be dropped. The $90,000 which the board must save in teachers’ and librarians’ salaries, it is believed, can be saved through retirements, resig- nations and deaths, and the separations from the service of teachers whose rat- ings are not satisfactory. The board, however, still is con- fronted with the task of providing edu- cation for Washington's school children with fewer teachers than were avail- able last year, despite the normal in- crease in the student body. This prob- ably will be met by establishing larger lasses With the exception of Dr. Abram Simon, who now is recuperating from a serious and long illness, the sessions of the board’s Committee of the Whole has been attended by the full member- ship of the board. POLICE STILL SEEK PROF. ERNEST DURIG Swiss Sculptor Believed to Have Met With Foul Play or Suffered Amnesia. Washington police continued their search today for Prof. Ernest Durig, 37, Swiss sculptor, who has been miss- ing from his home at 1536 Connecticut avenue since Friday. Last night an- other lookout for him was broadcast, but no definite clues have been de- veloped. Prof. Durig left home Thursday night to attend a social function, but never.| arrived at his destination. Mrs. Durig did not report his absence until Sat- urday morning when she called In- spector Frank S. W. Burke, chief of detectives, and appealed for aid. Police are working on alternate the- orfes. One is that he met with foul play and the other is that he is a victim of amnesia. Last night police communicated with authorities in other cities to aid in the | search. When the missing man was last seen ! he was wearing a dark gray suit, tan shoes, blue shirt with white collar, green and white cravat and a derby. He was partly bald, but the hair on the back of his head was extremely bushy. GRAVES DECORATED | Firemen Mark 27th Memorial Day of Department. The graves of 219 firemen were dec- orated with specially designed silk flags today by members of the District Fire Department in recognition of the twenty-seventh Memorial day of the department Special details of firemen were ap- | pointed to decorate the graves. IN POTOMAG; UPSET CANOE CHANGING SEAT: Cling to Craft Until Arlington Bridge Attendants, Hear- ing Shouts From Darkness, Arrive in Beat. The cries of a young couple whoseeast, were pulled from the water and cance had capsized in the Potomac |given dry wraps in the locker room of about 11 o'clock last night brought the draw span. Arlington Memorial Bridge attendants| Eury, 23-year-old salesman, explained to their rescue after one of the|that the canoe upset when he and his canoeists had been rendered helpless wife started to change seats. Eury was by_cramps by the chilly water. seized by cramps, but managed to hold J. F. williams and F. A. Striplin|on to the overturned canoe. were on duty at the draw span when| Eury and his wife, 18 years old, were they heard shouts rising from the taken to Emergency Hospital, where darkness below the bridge. They hur- | they were treated for shock. —The riedly obtained a motor boat and,|United States Jack police responded to guided by the cries of the canoeists,|a call for aid from the bridge and found the pair clinging to their over- | recovered the canoe. They said the turned craft. |action of Willlams and Striplin un- The couple, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Eury | doubtedly saved the lives of the of 1717 West Virginia avenye north- | canoeists. WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT T0 JOIN ARLINGTON THRONG HONORING U.S.DEAD Secretaries of War and Navy Will Deliver Addresses at Rites Tomorrow. DS Ey ENTIRE NATION TO HEAR TRIBUTES OVER RADIO G. A. R. to Head Parade in Morn- ing—Woodin and Bankhead Speak at Engraving Bureau. For the first time in many years, the President of the United States and the Secretaries of War and Navy will at- tend the annual Memorial day services in the amphitheater at Arlington Na- tional Cemetery tomorrow, which will bring to a climax the Nation's tribute to its defenders on land and sea and in the air. At various cemeteries yesterday the graves of men who died in past wars were decorated by their comrades, while at noon today the principal service was held in the rotunda of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Secretary of the Treasury Woodin and Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama were the orators on this occasion, each paying tribute to the memory of former employes of the bureau who gave their lives in the World War. The program at Arlington tomorrow, which will be broadcast to hosts of vet- erans assembled in cities and towns throughout the country, will be the Na- tion’s official tribute to its heroic war dead. President Roosevelt will attend the exercises, a feature of which will be a memorial service for the men who re- cently lost their lives when the naval dirigible Akron was destroyed at sea. George H. Dern, Secretary of War, and Claude A. Swanson, Secretary of the Navy, will deliver the memorial ad- dresses. Veterans of all wars will be represented. A Pershing to Attend. The Arlington services will be con- ducted under the auspices of Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Day Corporation, which is composed of the Grand Army of the Republic, United Spanish War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and Disabled American Veterans of the World War. Gen. John A. Pershing, who commanded the American forces in the World War, will attend the Ar- lington services, as also will Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. At 9:30 o'clock in the morning con- tingents of the veterans' organizations will form at Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue for their annual parade. They will be headed by the small, remaining_group of blue-clad defenders of the Union in the days of '61-'65. The parade will proceed around the Treasury and Executive avenue to Pennsylvania avenue and west on Pennsylvania avenue to Seventeenth street. There most of the veterans will disband and proceed to Arlington. A total of 100 tickets have been set aside for relatives of the Arkon's vic- tims to attend the services. In line with President Roosevelt's suggestion, general reference will be made to the Tecent mishap, one of the most dis- astrous in the Navy's history. A bugler of the Marine’ Band will sound the assembly at 12:45 o’clock out- side the amphitheater. John H. Shep- herd, department commander of the G. A. R, will call the great assemblage to order and Rev. V. O. Anderson will deliver the invocation. Shepherd will introduce the presiding officer, James G. Yaden, president of the G. A. R. | Memorial Day Corporation. Unknown to Be Honored. Following the singing of the national anthem by Jeanette Elizabeth McCaf- Gen. Logan's order establishing | Memorial day will be read by Joseph A. Ashi. Gertrude Lyons will then sing “Out of the Night the Bugle Blows and Harlan Wood, past department commander, American Legion, will read | Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. “There |Is No Death” will be sung by Elsie | Jorss Reilley. Next will follow the memorial ad- dresses of Secretaries Dern and Swan- son, Maj. Charles T. Tittman will then |sing “Eternal Father Strong to Save, and the exercises will close with a bene- diction by Capt. Sydney K. Evans, Navy aplain | aths will be placed before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier before the amphitheater exercises begin by the District Department of Veterans of For- eign Wars, O. W. Hollingsworth, depart- ment commander, presiding: the Ameri- can Legion, Norman B. Landreau, de- partment commander, presiding, and by Disabled American Veterans of the World War, Joseph A. Ashi, department commander, presiding Cimilar tributes will be paid at the mast of the U. S. S. Maine and before the tomb of the unknown soldiers of the Civil War, as well as in the World War section of the cemetery. In addition to Secretary Woodin and Senator Bankhead, employes of the Bu- reau of Engraving and Printing today heard Alvin Hall, their director; Rep- resentative McCormick of Massachu- setts and Comdr. Landreau of | American Legion and Capt. Evans, Navy chaplain, The Marine Band Or- chestra played at the service in the Irotunda, which was decorated with flags. This is an annual memorial event at the bureau. Mrs. Page Bur- roughs sang Rites Planned at Point. At 10 o'clock tomorrow exercises will be held at Hains Point under auspices of the Robert E. Peary Ship of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Nav; yard Band will play and an anchor of poppies will be cast upon the Poto- mac by Secretary of the Navy Swanson. Secretary of Commerce Daniel A. | Roper will speak at th Battle Ground | Cemetery tomorrow. These exercis rranged by the Grand Army of Republic and the Brightwood Citizens’ Ascociation, will start at 3:15 p.m. Vincent B. Costello, first employe of the District government killed in action in the World War, will be honored to- morrow morning at his grave in Arling- ton. Department Comdr. Landreau of |the American Legion, Rev. Ignatius Fealy of Catonsville, Md., and Repre- sentative Paul J. Kvale of Minnesota will speak. At the Georgetown University Law School tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock | the senior classes will conduct a me- morial service in the law library for Georgetown men who died in the armed | services during the World War. Brig. | Gen. George Richards of the United States Marine Corps will be the princi- | pal speaker. There also will be ad- | dresses by Dean George E. Hamilton |and representatives of the various 1 | | | | | classes. A students’ ccmmittee will decorate the memorial plaque honoring their dead comrades. The Lido Civie Club placed a wreath yesterday cn the Tomb of the Unknown (Continued on-Tenth Page.) the | MONDAY, MAY 40,000 FORESTERS T0 GET TRIP WEST Army From This Section Will Be Sent to Utah, Nevada and Colorado. Some 40,000 forestry army recruits are going to get & free train ride three- fourths of the way across te country this Summer. ‘The youths, enrolled from the East and Middle West, are to be sent to the Far West in special trains for work in the National and State forests in Utah, Colorado, Nevada and other States this side of the Pacific Coast, it became known today. - Decision fo send them into the West was reached after a survey disclosed that there were more men enrolled from the East than could be’ employed on approved work projects. In the West, however, there are more projects than there are enrollments. Dead Line Wednesday. Robert Fechner, director of Emergency Conservation Work, announced yester- day during an inspection tour of the camps in the Shenandoah National Park that no further applications for | enrollment in the Civilian Conservation | (j?orps would be accepted after Wednes- | ay. Director Fechner also revealed that the number of forestry work projects would have to be reduced and that probably about 200 tentatively approved camps eliminated. This was necessi- tated by the fact the survey showed the projects would require the employ- ment of 345000 men, whereas only 300,000 are authorized to be hired. Fechner was particularly interested yesterday in the type of toilet sets issued to the men at the Skyland and Big Meadows camps. Under fire from Capitol Hill because he let a contract for 200,000 kits at $1.40 each, he ex- amined closely the sets issued through gl'-e! Army to the civillan conservation- Holds Kits Better. The kits now in use consist of a razor and two blades, toothbrush, shav- ing brush, comb and soap. The sets for which Fechner contracted include a razor and five blades, shaving brush, tooth brush, shaving soap, tooth paste, comb, mirror and sewing Kit, all packed in a waterproof box. Senator Carey of Wyoming recently introduced a resolution demanding to know why the emergency conservation work director had paid $1.40 for toilet sets when the Army paid less than half that price. Fechner declined to comment on the controversy, but it was learned that in case of an inves- tigation he will seek to prove that the kits which he bought are of better quality and contain more articles than the regular Army issue. Fechner was accompanied on the in- spection trip by H. K. Bishop, con- struction chief of the Bureau of Pub- lic Roads, who supervised the construc- tion of the Skyline Drive, on which the two camps are located; J. J. McEntee and Charles H. Taylor, assistants to the director; Guy McKinney, publicity director of the C. C. C, and W. Austin, resident engineer of the drive. OKLAHOMA BEER BILL PASSED UNANIMOUSLY Whould Allow Beverage to Be Sold if Voters of State Show Majority for It. By the Associated Press. The Hastings bill to permit the sale of 32 per cent beer in Oklahoma if the forthcoming election shows & ma- jority for the beverage was passed today by the House and sent to the Senate. There was not a single dissenter after | Representative Hastings, Democrat, of Oklahoma, explained that prior to state- hood, when Oklahoma was Indian ter- ritory, Congress passed a law specifying | that no alcoholic beverages should be | sold in the Indian Territory. “Without this bill,” he explained, “the election in Oklahoma shortly on_the question of legalizing 3.2 beer will have no_effect. “Even though the Oklahoma_ voters | | voted for beer, they could not have it | | under existing’ Federal law.” | | 'HOLIDAY Y IS ORDERED AT NAVY YARD TODAY Civilian Workmen Laid Of by Commandant for Economic Purposes. The 3,700 civilian workmen at the Washingfon Navy Yard are on a holi- |day today. Rear Admiral Henry V. | Butler, the commandant, taking advan- | tage of a recent Navy Department | order, decided that it was uneconomical |to open the yard today, which inter- venes between a Sunday and a holiday. Accordingly, the local navy yard is | closed industrially and employes who have leave with pay are reaping the | benefit of that arrangement, but those who have already used up their leave are taking a payless holiday. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Henry L. Roosevelt issued an order di- | recting_that navy yards and stations could be shut down today, if in the opinion of the commanding officers this would be advantageous to employes and 29, 1933. ——— during & lively practice workout. licans for the lacing they receiv i 10. Above, left to right: Martin Duncan of Missouri. Back row, left to Millard Caldwell of Florida, Ji Cannon of Wisconsin and Johi Cronin, manager for the Nationals. House Democrats Out for Base Ball Comeback VOW REVENGE ON REPUBLICANS IN ANNUAL CHARITY CLASH JUNE 10. HESE House Democrats were snapped at Griffith Stadium this m orning They hope to get back at the Repub- ed last year. The game will be played for benefit of Washington unemployed at Griffith Stadium Saturday, June F. Smith of Washington, Jennings Ran- | dolph of West Virginia, Thomas S. McMillan of South Carolina, Edward A. Kelley of Illinois, manager; Russell Ellzey of Mississippi, captain, and Richard M. right: Dick Richards of South Carolina, Mead of New York, Milton West of Texas, Roy Y. Brown of Kentucky. The small boys seated are Bobby and Edward Kelley and “Sonny Boy” Ellzey, who turned out to watch their fathers practice and offer a few pointers. atives McMillan and Elizey are receiving instruction on batting form from Joe In the lower picture Represent- —Star Staff Photos. PAGE B—1 HAMILTON BANK'S UNITS PUSH DRIVE FOR SALE OF STOCK Momentum Gains, Sponsors Hope for Success by Saturday Night. COOPER PRESSES OPENING OF. U. S. SAVINGS ALONE Plans to Resume Business at Franklin National on Independ- ent Basis Carried Forward. ‘With seven member banks now in the merger to form the new Hamilton Na- tional, a campaign to complete the sale of $1,250,000 wor'h of stock in the new consolidated institution gained mo- mentum today, which its sponsors hope will meet success by Saturday night. The seven member banks resorted to various means of pushing their sale of stock and some were planning meetings to be held The Federal-American National Bank & Trust Co. has sent out an invitation to stockholders of that bank to attend a meeting at the bank, Fourteenth and G streets, Wednesday, at 8 pm., in connection with the stock sale cam- paign. Officials of this bank hope there will be sufficient assets not only to pay all depositors in full but also to have some resources left for the stockholders. Cooper Continues Fight. Meantime, Col. Wade H. Cooper, president of the United States Savings Bank, which joined the merger Satur- day, continued with his efforts to get Treasury approval for a plan to reopen the bank individually. Col. Cooper said his plan was de- signed to make available for depositors 75 cents on the dollar instead of 50 cents. The 25 per cent of depositors’ funds would be trusteed to help reopen the bank. Stockholders, under Col. Cooper’s plan, would either make a con- tribution to the capital stock of the reopened bank or would trustee all of their stock for the benefit of depositors. At the time this bank was closed, Col. Cooper said, it was “on the border line,” explaining that it was in such condi- tion that the Government could either have closed it or kept it open. The United States Savings Bank, however, has officially joined the move- ment to become a member of the Hamilton National. W. H. Zepp, con- servator and vice president of the bank, has agreed to sign a contract which would place this bank in the merger. Under the plan for consolidation, $900,- 000, which is one-half of the total de- Pposits in the bank, would bexmade avail- able to depositors. Meantime the Franklin National Bank went forward with its own plans to reopen as an independent institution and was obtaining waivers from its depositors. '65TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHURCH OBSERVED FIRST LADY T VIEW SUBSISTENCE LOTS Will Make Trip to Gardens for Unemployed To- morrow Morning. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will make | an inspection of the Subsistence Gar- dens operated by the District of Co- lumbia Committee on Employment, at 11 a.m. tomorrow, it was announced to- day at the District Building. ‘The gardens, conducted for the bene- fit of unemployed families in the Dis- IANACER ROBDED WHLE NG B0 Colored Bandit, After Way- laying Store Head, Gets $622. A colored bandit broke into a Sanitary Grocery Co. store at 6918 Fourth street | early today and, waylaying the manager | when he reported for work, forced him into a vegetable refrigerator after rob- bing him of $622 of the concern’s money. The manager, H. L. Compton, 20, of 7204 Arlington avenue, Bethesda, Md. told sixth precinct police the robber suddenly confronted him when he step- trict, are located at Twenty-sixth street and Benning road northeast; First and | K streets southwest; Tunlaw road and | Thirty-ninth street, and at Forty- | eighth street and Conduit road. | Mrs. Roosevelt will be accompanied by Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, chairman | of the Garden Subcommtitee of the | Committee on Employment; Mrs. Ernest H. Daniel, chairman of the Committee on Employment, and Maj. Daniel J.| Donovan, District auditor and commit- tee director. More than 100 acres now are under cultivation. More than 500 gardens | have been supplied without cost by the | committee. It is estimated that as| much as $50,000 worth of produce may | be raised in these enterprises. | The land under cultivation has been loaned to the committee without cost | by the office of Public Buildings and | Public Parks, the Glover Estate, Sena- | tor Gore of Oklahoma and the Griffith- | Consumers Coal Co. ‘ — e Gaithersburg Club to Meet. GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 29 (Spe- | cial).—Mrs. Z. M. Cooke of Galthers- | burg will speak at a meeting of the! Gaithersburg Woman's Club at the home of Mrs. Willlam S. Caufield, Clop- pers, Md., on Thursday afternoon. ped into a storage room at the rear. Covering him with a revolver, the bandit forced him to hand over the Saturday night receipts, he said. and then ordered him into the ice box. “I stepped into the vegetable box.” he said “and waited until I heard the out- side door click. Then I came out and telephoned the police.” The robber had gained entrance by forcing a rear door. He made no at- tempt to break open the company’s safe, apparently preferring to wait for some employe to report for work. Compton said the bandit was about 6 feet tall, weighing about 180 pounds and had a scar on the right side of his face. The description was flashed to all precincts, with instructions to be on the lookout for the robber. AGREES TO TAKE UP BILL The House today agreed to take up the administration’s new farm credit bill tomorrow and ready acceptance of it is expected. Under the procedure ac- cepted unanimously, there will be only two hours of debate and the proposal— asked by the President to expedite the consolidation of all Federal farm lending agencies under one head—will be open to amendments. Species Escaped A Discovery of a glant clover with seven leaves, described as “one of the most remarkable plants found in the United States in recent years,” has just been reported to the Washington Academy of Science by C. V. Morton, botanist of the Smithsonian Institution. How such a large and conspicuous plant species has escaped attention for so long is & to Smithsonian botanists. found growing on sage slopes in the State of Wash- ington and was sent to the Smithsonian for identification. The new plant the clov: dreds of species to the Government and would not delay necessary work, GIANT CLOVER WITH SEVEN LEAVES GROWING ON 8-INCH STEMS FOUND; {Smithsonian Botanists Wonder Why Such a Conspicuous ttention So Long. Most clover leaves are on short stem leaves close to the main stem of the plant. The leaves themselves are long and narrow, like fingers. Those on the plant studied were approximately a quarter of an inch wide and nearly 3 inches long. This may be one of the last con- spicuous new plants to be discovered in the United States, because nearly every of the country has been|the “bmnfi”dmnbyexmmeom- t amateurs. New varieties come light from time to time, but their tiating charact obviously belonged to | differen er group, which includes hun- | obscure growing Dr. James H. Taylor of Central Presbyterian Preaches Birth- day Sermon. The sixty-fifth anniv of the éoundm of Central m?rub Dr. James H. Taylor, pastor of the church since 1906, delivered the anni- versary address at the morning services in which he spoke of President Wood- row Wilson having been a member of the congregation while in the White House and of laying the corner stone of the new building in December, 1913. Rev. Wade H. Allison, who entered the ministry from this church and now pastor of a church at Leaksville, N. C., and Pred V. Poag, from Union Theo- logical Seminary, assisted in the serv- ces. ‘The church was organized in the Co- lumbia Law Building on Fifth street mnorthwest May 31, 1868, by Dr. A. W. Pitzer. In June, 1872, a chapel was begun at Third and I streets and completed in January, 1873. Here services were held for several years until & church was built at that same location in 1885. For 30 years this was the only church in the District of Co- lumbia connected with the Southern Presbyterian General Assembly. Dr. Pitzer continued as pastor until 1906, when he resigned and moved to Salem, Va., his early home. He was made pastor emeritus. In September, | 1906, Dr. Taylor was calied as pastor. | Property was purchased at Thirteenth {and Monroe streets, where a portable | chapel was erected. Later this site was sold and the corner of Fifteenth and Irving streets purchased, on which the present church was erected. COLORED MEN SNATCH PURSES FROM WOMEN One Victim Threatened With a Knife; Another Thrown to Ground by Robber. A colored man leading a large red dog snatched a purse from the arm of Miss Chloe Dixon, 1122 Sixteenth street, last night and escaped after threatening with a knife a man who came to Miss Dixon’s assistance. The pocketbook contained $6. Miss Dixon told police she was walk- ing along Sixteenth street near M when the robbery occurred. She described the robber as being about 25 years old and very shabbily dressed. Another pocketbook snatching was reported by Miss Leona Stevens, 935 New York avenue, who sald she was thrown to the ground by a colored man, who seized her from behind while she was walking on Ninth street between M and N streets. When he grabbed Miss Stevens’ purse and ran into an alley, Mrs. C. D. Mudd, Miss Stevens’ com- fon, saw him drop his booty in his urry to escape. She recovered the purse with its contents. Licensed to Marry.