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A—4 =x MORGAN IMPLIES | AIDE GAVE TIP-OFF Brown Orders Bean to Open Inquiry—Shake-Up Seen in Fifth Precinct. (Continued From First Page) Schulte. “I object to your being ac- cused that way if it's not true.” “I told the captain who was doing | the tipping and he hasn't done any- thing about it,” replied Salkeld. Capt. Morgan pointed out, however, | he had told Salkeld about the place in the morning and the rald was made in the afternoon. He mentioned | the fact that & business man on the | block in which the gambling house was located had warned him that he could expect the proprietor to be “tipped off” of any plans for a raid. Former Officer Named. Salkeld implied that the “tipping” might have been the work of a former po\gxce officer named Smith, dismissed on a graft charge, who accompanied another precinct detective named Pearson on his rounds, might have been guilty. Morgan had been ques- tioned about the propriety of the former policeman “palling around with the detective, but he said he saw nothing wrong with such an arrange- ment. Schulte congratulated Salkeld on | his willing, fearless testimony, but | the detective replied rather nervously: “I think I will be black-balled from now on.” “This committee will protect you to its fullest extent,” said Schulte. “You need not have any fear.” | Morgan also was questioned about | other gambling places in his precinct, but more particularly about a state- ment he was reported to have made at roll call one morning in February to the effect that every member of his command was taking graft except one, and he was “too dumb” to be crooked. Denies Statement. Vigorously, Morgan denied he had made such a statement. He explained, he told the members of No. 5 such a story, but had attribtuted it to a rumor emanating from & resident of the precinct. “At a roll call February 20, talk with the men.” *I called their attention to a place on Eighth street, near the Navy Yard, and asked them why they had been unable to get any information about it. I told them of an ugly rumor from a citizen that the proprietor had boasted he had all the officers at No. 5 fixed, except one, who was too dumb. “I said I don't think there is a man in this precinct who would take graft. I didn't accuse any one of taking graft. I merely repeated a statement of a citizen.” Morgan was given a severe grilling about that story as well as the “tip o when he hesitated in giving direct answers to some of the questions of John R. Fitzpatrick, committee coun- sel, Schulte glared at him, and said: “Captain, you might just as well loosen up. We are going to get that information anyhow.” “You are going to get it,” replied Morgan. “I have nothing to hide, nothing to conceal.” Denies He Accused Salkeld. Schulte and Capt. Morgan tangled again when the police officer attempted to indicate he did not suspect Sal- keld of “tipping off” the gambling establishment. The committee stenog- rapher was called on to refer ba(‘k‘ to his statements, but Morgan in- sisted he had not accused Salkeld. “I don’t think Salkeld would violate his oath,” Morgan said, after the stenograph2r had read his previous statement indirectly accusing the de- | tective. Sergt. Bohrer, who accompanied Salkeld when he made a futile raid on the B street gambling house, was | questioned about the raid as well as Capt. Morgan’s roll call speech on dishonesty. Capt. Morgen, according to Bohrer, was “very sore” when he made that speech, and acted “like he really be- lieved it.” Pvt. O'Conrell also was asked about Morgan’s roll call speech, and de- clared he had resented it. “After the captain made that speech,” he said. “I went to his office and said, ‘I don’t like that remark.’ I also told him I didn't think his statement was fair to the men. Fur- thermore, I told him I did not think there is any man in the precinct who is taking graft. Why you can't even get a cup of coffee or a cigar in the cinct without paying for it. “T asked Capt. Morgan to name the man who said we were taking graft. He said the man was reliable, but he | refused to tell me his name.” Lacked Cash to Resign. Schulte wanted to know O'Connell’s reaction to Morgan’s speech, and he said: “Well, if I had enough money I would have handed in my resigna- tion.” Capt. Sheetz joined with several other police officials who have ap- peared before the committee in advo- cating consolidation of the Metro- politan and park police forces in the | interest of economy and efficiency. He also urged retention of the pres- ent civil service rating system but suggested a change in the formula for determining efficiency Sheetz likewise stressed the need of an increase in the personnel of the tenth precinct. He said 27 addi- tional men, including six motor cycle officers, would be required adequately to man his precinct. Questioned about disorderly houses and gamblers, Sheetz admitted he had a few of each in his precinct, but explained that the gambling was confined to the “numbers” game. Capt. Holmes was asked soon after he took the witness stand about the reputation of Salkeld. “As far as I know,” he said, “it is very good.” First Precinct Discussed. The problems of handling a large precinct like the first, with fés busi- ness district, prostitutes and gam- blers, were described by Capt. Holmes, but he emphasized that at the pres- ent time there are no gambling houses in his territory. He admitted, how- ever, that bets on the races are being taken by some cigar store clerks. Capt. Holmes pointed out that sev- eral hundred prostitutes had been arrested in his precinct in the last two months, some two and three times, and advocated an increased penalty as a means of controlling that situation. He said the penalty for the first offense should be a fine of $100 or nine months in jail. ‘The committee intends to speed up the investigation, and will hold two night sessions this week, in addition to the regular daily hearings. hearings will be resumed at 10:30 am. tomorrow, with night sessions scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday at 8 pm. in a A Morgan said, | on the raid, and at one point | Above: Capt. Joseph E. Morgan (right), fifth precinct, who indirectly accused Precinct Detective Watson Salkeld (left) of tipping off a gambling establishment of an impending raid. Below, left to right: Sergt. Alvin S. Bohrer of the fifth precinct, Pvt. John O'Connell of the fifth precinct, Capt. Ira Sheetz, tenth precinct, and Capt. William E. Holmes of the first precinct. Testify in Police Investigation —Star Staff Photos. . 0.0, KNHAN ONSCHOLFORUN “A Traveler Looks at Rus- sia” Professor’s Topic at Central High. | history at American University, to- | morrow night will deliver the first | address in a series of forums to be conducted at Central and McKinley | High Schools in connection with the night schools of the District. | Dr. Kinsman will discuss “A Trav- | eler Looks at Russia” at Central's auditorium at 8:30 o'clock. On April 1 Morris Edwards of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States is scheduled to discuss “The Attitude of Business Toward the New | Deal.” Discussion by Yaden. A week later James G. Yaden, pres- ident of the Federation of Citizens® Associations, will lead a discussion on “The Responsibility of the Citizen for Government in the District of Columbia.” . Continuing the series through the remainder of April, the following speakers have been scheduled to ap- pear at McKinley High School. J. F. T. O'Connor, controller of the currency, “New Problems in Banking.” Joy Elmer Morgan, editor of the journal of the National Education Association, “A New Deal in Edu- cation.” Page on Schedule. William Tyler Page, minority clerk of the House of Representatives, “Congressional Organization and Leg- islation.” Dr. Leverett S. Lyon, executive vice president of the Brookings Institution, “The New Deal's Attitude Toward Business.” Dr. Lyon formerly was a geputy assistant administrator of N. A Prof. Harold Grifith Sutton, pro- fessor of finance, George Washington 1Universlty, “Current Monetary Prob- ems.” NEW BANK OF CANADA ENDS FIRST FORTNIGHT Gold Reserves Totaling 108 Mil- lions Turned Over to Institution by Chartered Banks. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, March 23.—Crisp new bank notes were in circulation throughout most of the country today as the new Bank of Canada completed its first fortnight as center of the cur- rency and credit machinery of the Dominion. In the first two weeks of fhe bank’s existence, gold reserves totalling $106,534,358 have been turned over to it by the chartered banks on the old par basis of $20.67 an ounce. So far the note circulation has reached only $97,929,992. The statu- tory requirement that the circulation must have a 25 per cent gold backing accordingly permits the bank to greatly increase the present figure. The Central Bank to date has had little preceptible effect on the opera- tions of the chartered banks. None of the latter has borrowed from it. This is largely due to the easy money trend throughout the world and the fact that there are no large seasonal industrial activities at this time, au- thorities said. WILL USE TELETYPE Hotels in Central Chicago to Act Against Criminals. CHICAGO, March 23 (#).—A mod- ern teletype system is to be installed in hotels in Chicago’s central business district as a crime-preventive measure, Edward Boroff, treasurer of the Chi- cago Hotel Credit Men’s Association, said today. “The depredations of forgers, bad- check writers and ‘skippers’ have reached such proportions,” Boroff said, “that this speedy manner of inter- communication will be installed im- mediately. We estimate it will save as much as $200,000 annually to hotels and stores.” Art Institute Founder Dies. LIS, March 23 (#)— MINNEAPO! The | John Russell Vanderlip, 75, president and one of thé founders of the Min- neapolis Institute of Art and a Min- neapolis attorney more than 50 years, died today from heart disease. ) | Dr. Delos O. Kinsman, professor of | April Fool! POLICE COURT SIGN OPENS SEASON EARLY. TAP AT 13 P.M, Bt | DUExD.J. PR) ATTACHES PROWIBITTED 10 BID ‘Washington's first April fool joke mysteriously appeared last night on the front of the Police Court Building, proclaiming that ancient structure for sale by auc- tion at “I3 p.m. April 1, due to the D. J. probe.” Possibly the joker had in mind the recent stir over the report that the Depart- ment of Justice was investigating alleged irregularities in the hand- ling of Police Court records. —Star Staff Photo. MELLON IS HAPPY ON 80TH BIRTHDAY Looks Forward to Return of Son and Bride to Occupy Mansion. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, March 23.—Andrew ‘W. Mellon goes into his 81st year hale, hearty and happily preparing for a new generation to carry on the family traditions in the old stone mansion that banking millions built. His home, atop a hill on Pittsburgh's Fifth Avenue, is being put into readi- ness for the return of Paul, 26-year- old son, who is honeymooning abroad with his bride, the former Mary Con- over Brown. The young couple will make their home with the father upon their re- turn in three weeks. Shortly before the noted financier entrained to spend his 80th birthday anniversary tomorrow with his daugh- ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. David K. E. Bruce, in New York, a close associate said: “Mr. Mellon is keenly anticipating the return of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon.” The marriage took place in New York on February 2. Paul Mellon is associated with his father in Mellon enterprises and is expected to take over many of the family responsibilities, inasmuch as the elder Mellon has said he does not expect to return to active business pursuits. In an interview he said: “America is going through a bad quarter of an hour, but present condi- tions, however distressing, especially in terms of human suffering, reflect only a passing phase in our history. New generations are coming on and new inventions and the advance in human intelligence will solve many problems that now seem insurmount- able. “Even at 80 one does not acquire the gift of prophecy, but I look forward to seeing a return of normal conditions again within my own time.” e DRAMA ON WHEELS Chicago Mayor Announces Free Show Boat on Land. CHICAGO, March 23 (#)—Drama will be trundled through the streets of Chicago on wheels next Summer. Mayor Edward J. Kelly today an- nounced plans for a “show boat” on land, a trailer chassis on which Peri- patetic players will move through their comedy and pathos for the bene- fit of street corner crowds. The shows will be free. Unemployed workmen will build the properties and drama groups and ac- tors “at liberty” will tread the boards. ‘The mayor plans to finance the ven- ture by popular subscription. Boy Held in Father’s Death. KANSAS CITY, March 23 (®)— George Shepherd, 14-year-old high school student, was held by police to- night after his father, Hartley Shep- D.C. IS INCLUDED INWORKSMEASURE King’s Amendment Insures | Equal Rights on Loans for Projects. Before passing the work-relief bill | yesterday afternoon, the Senate adopt- ed an amendment offered by Senator King, Democrat, of Utah to make sure the District of Columbia would be included, along with the States and Territories, in the section relating to loans or grants for public projects. It has been the general intent of the measure to apply to the District as well as to the States, but since the term, “States and Territorles,” had | been used in this particular section, Senator King felt it would remove any possibility of misinterpretation if the District of Columbia were included in the phraseology. As chairman of the District Com- | mittee, he proposed a clarifying amendment, and Senator Glass, Demo- crat, of Virginia in charge of the work-relief bill, agreed to its adoption. ‘The section in question authorizes the President to allocate part of the fund carried in the bill to make loans or grants for public projects throughout the country. Earlier in the week the Senate | adopted the Hayden amendment, pro- viding that whatever amount the President sets aside for a Federal-aid | highway program shall be appor- tioned on the same formula followed in the emergency leglislation of the past two years, namely, according to area, population and mileage of rural mail routes in each jurisdiction, in- cluding the District. The Hayden amendment also provided that any money allocated for railroad grade crossing elimination shall be appor- tioned to the States and the District on a deflnite formula, according to population, area and mileage of rail- roads in each jurisdiction. _— SPRING THAWS SEND RIVERS OUT OF BANKS Trafic Is Disrupted in West Cen- tral Wisconsin Due to Ice Jams. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, March 23.—Traffic was disrupted in West Central Wis- consin today as ice loosed by Spring thaws piled up in river narrows and sent streams out of their banks. Mosinee and several other Mara- thon County towns were without rail service, the Wilwaukee road trains having been routed by way of Wausau and Green Bay because the road- bed was under water at Finley and Cranmoor and at a spot just north of Mosinee. Ice jams in the Wisconsin River were causing the trouble. Tributaries swollen to flood stage by fast melting ice and snow added to the menace. Ice dammed the Chippewa River at Cobban, 18 miles northwest of Chippewa Falls. . THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 24, 1935—PART ONE. WORK-RELIEF BILL || How Senate Changed Bill ||GORCORAN EXHIBIT - PASSEDBY SENATE Silver Rider Written In, but Is Expected to Die in Conference. (Continued Prom First Page.) Senate, if not in the House. The Pat- man bill, with its currency expansion plan for the payment of the bonus with “greenbacks,” has never before reached first base in the Senate, where it has been defeated twice. Bonus Hearings Soon. Senator Harrison, chairman of the Finance Committee, said his com- mittee might hold hearings on the bonus bill this week or next. He does not look for action on the measure, however, until after the President has returned from his pro- jected trip to Florida. Officlals of the Veterans’ Administration, of the ‘Treasury Department, and representa- tives of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and other veteran organizations will be among those heard by the committee. The Thomas silver rider to the work- relief bill directs the Secretary of the Treasury to “issue silver certifiates against all silver bullion now held or hereafter acquired at its monetary value, and such silver certificates shall be placed in circulation immediately through the payment of maturing (Government) ' obligations.” The amendment further provides that the Secretary of the Treasury shall reissue all silver certificates that reach him and thus keep them in cir- culation. The silver purchase clause of the Thomas amendment was eliminated, Seaator Thomas saying that the in- formation now at hand showing that the Treasury is now purchasing silver bullion at a monthly rate acceptable, made it unnecessary. However, his amendment authorizes the Secretary | of the Treasury, in his discretion, to “exchange gold for silver on a fair and equitable basis of price” and sil- ver certificates shall be issued imme- diately against all silver so acquired. The amendment authorizes the Sec- retary of the Treasury also to accept silver at an agreed price in settlement of any balance due the United States. Powers Stricken Out. ‘The Senate, during its consideration of the relief bill, struck from the measure many of the extraordinary powers granted the President in the House bill. It inserted in the bill a provision allocating the money to vari- ous classes of projects, but leaving the President free to use 20 per cent of the total amount, or $800,000,000 to in- crease the allocation for any one or more of the classes of projects. The Senate also wrote into the bill | amendments extending the life of the Public Works Administration for two years, and of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration for one year. An amendment offered by Senator McCarran provides for the appoint- ment of State administrators of work relief by the President to be confirmed by the Senate. Senate confirmation is made necessary for the appoint- ments of any officials receiving $5,000 & year or over, who are to be paid out of the work relief fund. Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis- | souri, after the bill had been passed gave notice on the floor that if the bill was reported back from confer- ence stripped of the McCarran amend- ment, there would be a long, hard fight. To which Senator Glass replied that if such threats were to be in- dulged in, the bill might be delayed. Recess Until Tuesday. Senator Glass moved to take up the Treasury and Post Office appropria- tion. When his motion had been adopted, he announced that he would not ask for consideration of the mea- sure until tomorrow. Senator Robinson, the Democratic leader, interrupted with a motion to take a recess until Tuesday at noon. “Tuesday,” repeated Vice President Garner, in the chair, apparently in | surprise. “I mean Tuesday,” said the majority leader emphatically, but with a smile. And so the Senate will have Monday | off as a recompense for working on Saturday. FIVE-YEAR LITIGATION OVER MILL REOPENED Contestants in $2,300,000 Dispute Appeal Payment of Special Account. By the Assoclated Press. BENNINGTON, Vt, March 23— The five years' litigation in connec- tion with the $2,300,000 will of Ed- ward H. Everett has been reopened by ' three original contestants, who filed an appeal from the decree of Probate Judge Mary H. Adams order- ing payment of the special adminis- trators’ account totaling $104,000. The contestants, Mrs. Lucius A. Wing of Great Neck, Long Island; Mrs. Gulio Turri of Florence, Italy, and Mrs. James S. Selden of And- over, Mass., filed the appeal yesterday. They are daughters of the late retired bottle manufacturer. Their petition asserted the allow- ances to the special administrators were excessive and should not have been ordered paid. It added that the decree failed to transfer all the assets of the estate to the executrix, Grace Burnap Everett, and an administra- tor, Warren R. Austin, in accordance with an agreement made last July by counsel. 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Here are the essential changes the Senate made in the $4,800,000,000 work-relief bill, and which must be adjusted with the House in confer- ence: The defaltiop of the general pur- poses of the measure was simplified sad x’nrrvnd dowr: to relief and work relief. The Senate wrote in a series of specific classes of work to be under- taken, with approximate allocations for each class, but subject to the dis- cretion of the President, as follows: For highways, streets and elimina- tion of railroad grade crossings, $800,- 000,000; loans or grants for public projects of BStates, Territories and the District of Columbia, $900,000,- 000; rural rehabilitation and relief of stricken agricultural areas, irrigation, reclamation, water conservation and trans-mountain water diversion, $500,~ 000,000; rural electrification, $100,- 000,000; projects for ‘white collar” groups of professional and clerical workers, $300,000,000; housing, $450,- 000,000; Civilian Conservation Corps, $600,000,000: prevention of soil or sea- coast erosion, sanitation. reforesta- tion, forestation, flood control, rivers and harbors and miscellaneous proj- ects, $350.000,000; to assist the States in keeping public schools operating for the remainder of the present school year, $40,000,000. ‘Transfers Possible. ‘The President would have the dis- cretionary power to allocate the funds, up to the limits indicated. There is further provision, however, for the transfer of funds from one purpose to another. Whatever sum the President uses for highways and grade-crossing elim- ination would have to be apportioned according to a definite formula, taking Into account population, area, mileage of rural mail routes. In regard to grade-crossing allotments, the rail- road mileage of each area would have to be considered. A Senate amendment prohibits use of the fund for enlarged national de- fense, but would allow for improving buildings at military posts. Another Senate amendment author- izes loans to finance in whole or in part the purchase of farm lands and equipment by farmers, farm tenants or croppers, subject to terms approved by the President. Extends Emergency Agency. In its present form, the bill would extend the Emergency ‘Relief Admin- istration for one year, from May 12; extend the Public Works Administra- tion for two years from June 30, and extend the Civilan Conservation Corps for two years. Public buildings, reclamation and river and harbor projects would have to be handled through the regular executive departments ordinarily in charge of such work. The President would be authorized to make regulations to carry out the program, with a $1,000 fine for viola- tion of the regulations. The bill also fixes penalties for| fraud in obtaining contracts, Relief' Roll Call Eleven ' Republicans Join 55 Democrats in Ap- proving Bill The Senate roll call on the re- lief bill yesterday follows: FOR THE BILL—68. Republicans—11. Austin (Vt.) Johnson (Calif.) Borah (Idaho) Capper (Kai Nye (N. Dak Democrats—55. Adams (Colo.) Maloney (Conn.) Gibson (Vt.) Bachm Bafley (N.'C)) Bankhead (Ala.) Bi Minton (Ind.) Murphy (Iowa) Burke (Nebr.) Clark (Mo.) Connally (Tex.) Goolidge (Mass.) Copeland (N. ¥.) Russel ) Costigan (Colo.) Schwellenbach GLASS PILOTS BILL TO SUCCESS BUT VOTES AGAINST IT (Continued From First Page) President Roosevelt desired in ad- ministering the fund. His argument was that a Congress willing to vote the executive nearly five billions of | dollars should have confidence enough | to leave him unfetteted in spending it. | “I saw nothing fundamentally wrong with it except the appropriation of $4,880,000,000," he seid. Then the roll was called. His stand had not changed about that big sum. | He voted “no.” As Chairman Glass cast his vote, Senator Robinson, Democratic leader, turned and smiled at him. Glass re- plied with e wave. | Senator Barkley, Democrat of Ken- | tucky, coming into the chamber, went through the motions of leading col- | lege cheers for Glass as the sanaw‘ voted. Senator Copeland, Democrat of | Dieterich (TIl.) Dufty (Wis.) Fletcher (Fla.) George (Ga.) Gerry (R 1) Guffey (Pa) Harrison (Miss.) Hatch (N. Mex.) Hayden (Ariz.) Wagner (N. Y. King (Utah) Walsh- (Mass.) Lonersan (Conn) Wheeler (Mont ) Progressive—1. La Follette (Wis. (Wash.) Sheppard 'lgr‘x ) Van Nuys (Ind ) Fai Shipstead (Mini AGAINST THE BILL—16. Republicans—10. Barbour (N. J.) Schall (Minn.) Dickinson (fowa) Stetwer (Oreg ) Hale (Me.) Hastings (Del) Keyes (N. H) Democrats—8, Bulkley (Ohlo) Glass (Va.) Byrd (Va.) Gore (Okia.) Dogahey (Ohto) Trdings (Md) nators. absent or paired, who were announced as favoring the bill were Cara- way (Ark). Lewis (IL), Logan (Ky.) Byrnes (8. C.). M N. J)._ Democrats, and Cutting (N. Mex) and Davis (Pa.). Those against etcalf ( g T | . and the nineiy-sixth Rush Holt Democrat (W. Va.). | been’ seated. EDITOR AND POET WED not an- Senator has not 111, Bride of Douglas Malloch. CHICAGO, March 23 (#).—Helen | Miller Stanley of Elgin, editor of Juvenile publications and Douglas Mal- loch, Chicago poet, were married this afternoon at the home of the bride’s sister in Elgin. They will reside in Chicago. Malloch for several years was president of the Society of Mid- land Authors. Malloch, whose first wife, Mrs. Ber- tha Malloch, died in July, 1933, be- gan his literary career on the staff of the Muskegon (Mich.) Daily Chron- icle. Y\I-Ielel:l Miller Stanley of Elgin, | New York, casting his vote for the| | bill, turned to Senator Wheeler, | | Democrat, of Montana, and showed his | fingers crossed. | After it was all over, Glass remarked | to friends: “Well I got it through be- | fore Long gct back anyway.” | | As the Senate recessed {friends flocked around the popular Virginian | to shake his hand in congratulation. One Senator told him he would have f'voted against the bill but’ he would | have “caught hell.” | | “Youll catch hell anyway, when ! you have to vote taxes to pay for it,” lGlusa replied. — e | STORE CLERKS STRIKE | | Gimbel Bros. in Milwaukee Oper- ate Despite Pickets. | MILWAUKEE, March 23 (P.— | Pickets marched before Gimbel Bros. | Department Store today in support of a strike of union employes for in- | creased wages and recognition of | their organizations as collective bar- gaining agents. The store operated as usual. Em- | ployes reporting for work passed un- molested through the picket lines. The demonstrators confined activities | | to pleas for the workers to join their | ranks and asked the public to support the walkout. It was the second department store strike here in four months. It was called as the pre-Easter shopping | Tush was beginning. A strike at the Boston Store last Winter began just | before the Christmas shopping season. —— Send Esperanto Delegates. Thirty countries sent delegates to | this year's Universal Esperaton Con- | | gress at Stockholm, Sweden. | WILL OPEN TODAY Dignitaries Attend Private Showing of Art Gallery’s Largest Display. A comprehensive review of the exhibition by Mise Leila Mechlin, The Star’s art critic, will be found on Page 4, Part 4, Special Feature Section, of today’s Star. A page of photographic repro- ductions of some of the paintings will be found on page 2 of the Gravure Section, (Continued From Pirst Page.) the Corocoran bronze medal, and Ken- neth M. Adams’ “New Mexico Land- scape,” winner of fourth Clark prize of $500 and the Corcoran honorable mention certificate. Colorful Social Event, ‘Trustees of the gallery and Direc- tor Minnigerode were hosts to the fashionably garbed throng, which wandered informally from room to room while a string orchestra in the left atrium played a varied program. Laurel roping decorated the marble columns and the exhibition rooms and palms and ferns lined the grand stair- case. It was, withal, an outstanding so- cial event, with the striking colors of women's gowns rivaling the array of pictures themselves. A number of the 353 artists, whose works were accepted for the exhibi- tion, were on hand to view their paintings on display and to listen, per- haps, for the comments of the guests The tour began in galleries A, B, C and D, to the west of the Clark wing, which had been added to the customary exhibition space in the main building because of the unpre- cedented number of pictures in the current show. There were 85 more paintings than in the last show. Clark Collection Viewed. From these rooms the guests passed through the Clark galleries, housing the priceless art collection of the late Senator W. A. Clark of Montana who, with his widow, provided endow- ments, which make it possible for the Corcoran Gallery to award the Clark prizes and hold the biennial exhibitions. In a place of honor, in the center of Gallery I on the Seventeenth street side, hung a portrait of President Roosevelt, done by Mrs. Ellen Emmet Rand of New York. President and Mrs. Roosevelt were unable to attend due to the serious illness of Col. Louis McHenry Howe. All the paintings are by living American artists and have not pre- viously been exhibited publicly in Washington. The gallery will aid the artists in selling any of the pictures in the show and will charge no com- mission for this service. From 13 prior exhibitions, a total of 318 pic- tures have been sold, netting the art- ists, in the aggregate, more than haif a million dollars. Mrs. Mose Is Hostess. Surplus income from the Clark en- dowments may be used, in the discre- tion of the gallery trustees, for pur- chase of works of art by American artists. A number of paintings former shows have been acquired for the gallery’s permanent collection. During the remainder of the exhi- bition Mrs. Carl Mose, wife of the former instructor in sculpture at the Corcoran School of Art, will serve as hostess and guide for groups of stu- | dents or other interested persons who apply for this service to the gallery. The show will be open to all visitors today from 2 to 5:30 p.m. and each day thereafter through May 5. Hours on Mondays will be from noon to 5:30 p.m., except on Easter Monday, when they will be from 9 am. to 5:30 p.m. On all other days the show will be open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. —_— Walks Backward to Death. Having developed the abnormal habit of walking backwards, a child in Auckland, New Zealand, was fatally scalded when it fell into a bucket of boiling water. Mattresses s Remade The Stein Bedding Co. 1004 Eye St. NNW. ME. 9490 $22.85 Suit or Top Coat It’s futile to even attempt to match the values that we offer this week. 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