Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1935, Page 17

Washirig’ton News PEACE MONUMENT REMOVAL STUDIED IN-SQUARE PLANS Shifting Garfield Statue Also . Considered for Union Development. PROGRAM IS DRAWN FOR HEAD OF MALL Rounding of Capitol Grounds Sought in Suggested Changes. Road Work to Begin. Plans for moving Peace Monument from First street and Pennsylvania avenue and shifting the statue of President Garfield at First street and Maryland avenue southwest to other locations are being considered in the development of Union Square at the head of the Mall. This was revealed today by C. Mar- shall Finnan, superintendent of the National Capital Parks, who declared that this program is being studied by Frederick Law Olmsted, Brookline, Mass., landscape architect, who has been retained by Secretary Ickes as special consultant on the Union Square job. Olmsted has served both as a member of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and of the Fine Arts Commission, and served with the park commission of 1901 that mod- ernized the L'Enfant plan for the Na- tional Capital. Finnan made it clear that the | Olmsted study has not received the approval of the National Capital Parks Office, the Fine Arts Commis- sion, the Planning Commission or the Committee for the Enlargement of the Capitol Grounds, headed by Vice President Garner. The park chief said the moving of the Peace Monu- | ment and the Garfield statue will await the completion of present work, | for which there are funds in hand. | Olmsted’s study would move the Peace Monument and Garfield statue so that the Capitol grounds at those | points could be rounded, and the niches formed by the statues elim- Inated. No definite location for the two monuments has been decided on. “Naval Monument.” ‘The Peace Monument, which is also known as the Naval Monument, is the work of Frank Simmons and was erected by the Navy Department in 1877, and transferred to park juris- diction in March, 1904, Congress by act of July 31, $20,000 for completing the -statue of pegce and providing for the selec- tiop of a site for it. It was paid for’ mpinky by of Navy personnel. et The Garfield statue, whlch shows the” Chief Executive standing, is the work of J. Q. A. Ward. The monu- ment was unveiled May 12, 1887. Congress appropriated $7,500 for the statue by act of March 11, 1882, and by act of July 7, 1884, it appropriated $30,000 for the pedestal. The Society of the Army of the Cumberland sub- scribed $25,000. A call for bids went out today from Finnan for furnishing and transplant- ing trees located in Union Square. The National Capital Parks Office also is preparing to plant shortly some 360 elm trees in the Mall. Roads to Be Built. The Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Agriculture is arrang- ing to call for bids shortly for the construction of osuter roads in the Mall east of the Smithsonian Insti- tutdon. A The ‘Government expects to start shortly the demolition of the old cafeteria and electric light plant in tne center of the vista between the Capitol and the Washington Monu- ment. Connections now have been made with the central heating plant to heat the buildings in that area. Electrical connections will be. made soon, enabling the buildings to be de- molished, Finnan said. . A reminder of old Washington came with the park superintendent’s an- nouncement that bids will be asked soon to lower the sewer that carries the waters of Tiber Creek. This is to be dropped three feet, as it is now too near the surface of Union Square to grow trees and other plant life on top. The Tiber Creek sewer runs in a southwesterly direction from Pennsyl- vania avenue through the north side of Union Square diagonally to Third street. As another index that the work is moving along, Finnan said new drive- ways soon will be constructed in Union Square, carrying eastward the two inner roads that now stop at Third street. The new construction will provide for their ending in the line of Second street, emerging with a drive around the Grant Memorial— an elliptical roadway that will carry traffic to the House and Senate sides of the Capitol. EDWARD W. BRISTOW, FAIRFAX FARMER, DIES Son of Former U. S. Senator From Kansas Will Be Buried at ~ Alexandria. By & Btaft Correspondent of The Star. FAIRFAX, Va, April 1—Funeral services for Edward W. Bristow, 47, Fairfax County dairy farmer, who died in Sibley Hospital, Washington, Satur- day, following a short illness, will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock at the home of his father former Senator Joseph L. Bristown, of Kansas, An- andale, Va. nflewubo in Kansas and moved to Virginia ia 1913. mfiil father was Bristow is survived by his widow, 3 , six daughters and ‘Hospital convalesci he received in an auto accident some time ago. Sarority Meets Thursday. ey |- Saunders, qn“c:n plans for & dinner- unw n Baltimore, * L] Aquarium, Telephones he e WASHINGTON, D. C, Hum With Calls for Mr. Pike, Mr. Fish and Mrs. Guppy. 111 AN I speak ‘o Mr. Pike, please?” “I'm very sorry, but Mr. Pike is in his bath.” “But this is urgent!” “Yes, lady, and this is the aquarium at the Department of Commerce!” Bang went the receiver and one more sucker had swallowed the April fool bait—hook, line and sinker. It's an old story to Fred Orsinger, the aquarium director—old as the April fool tradition itself, which is lost in the dim legends of the past. Gives Joker a Play. But Orsinger gives the practical jokers a play, although it means he will be a slave to the telephone all day. He kids the victims along and breaks the news to them gently, then invites them to make a personal call on “Mr. Pike” or “Mrs. Guppy” or just plain “Mr. Fish,” as the case may be. Out at the Zoo the telephones in the lion, reptile and bird houses have been disconnected, for the keepers are busy men and a great tide of calls pours in every year—t{oo many to answer and at the same time get their work done. No nice joke, this, to play on visitors, ‘but April Fool clowns must have their fun. Quite a few new- comers looking for hotel rooms today were told to call a certain number and ask for accommodations. The number was that of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. The telephone joker was so active that the Chesapeake & Potomac Co. increased its staff with a large num- ber of boredomproof operators guar- anteed to hold their temper in the face of trying situations to be raised by the clever pranksters. Standard Form of Lunacy. April Fool is a standardized form of lunacy, and the same practical jokes are repeated annually. It all began long ago in pagan days, perhaps at the Hindu's Huli festival or the Ro- man’s Feast of Fools. Whatever its origin, its end is not in sight. Certain April Fool tricks became traditional and are trotted forth each year. Pinning derisive notes tc coat- taiis is an ancient and hallowed laugh- getter. The heather-covered highlands of Scawtland each April 1 resound with the deep and merry roars of Scotsmen doubled up at the prospect of their favorite hoax—“hunting the gowk.” A gowk in Scotland is a simpleton. These innocent numbskulls are sent on long journeys with a note sup- posedly requesting information from some person, but actually reading: “This is the first of April, “Hunt this gowk another mile.” Each person to whom the fool de- livers the note sends him further over hill and dale until some baddie reveals the truth. Day Aided Historic Escape. April Fool enabled a French noble- man and his wife to escape from a French prison in the fifteenth cen- tury. The Duke and Duchess of Lorraine, dressed as peasants, were spied by an idler as they were passing to their freedom through the gates of Nantes dungeon. The onlooker raised a cry, but when the guard appeared the duke gleefully shouted “April- Fool,” and the two went on their way to freedom. But another French April Fool joke worked the reverse and put its per- petrator in jail for a year. A woman identified as the culprit in the theft of her friend’s watch pooh-poohed the matter as a guileless April Fool's joke, but the judge thought other- wise and sentenced her to think up jokes in prison “until the next April Fool's day comes around.” London, too, has had its share of April Fool excitement. There was Lord Brqughton, a gay wag who one year ordered the entire contents of 2 fruit stand sent to a prim old maid at 6 o'clock in the morning. Broughton made himself famous in 1860 when he sent post cards to dozens of London residents inviting them to view the annual washing of the lions at the white gate of the ‘Tower of London. A mob of eager people packed in hansoms tried all day to find the non-existent white gate so that they might watch the washing of the imaginary lions. PROPER LEADERS URGED FOR YOUNG Necessary Part of Com- 1876, appropriated | 12 PERSONS HURT ONNEARBY ROADS Man Crmcally Injured as containing two couples crashed into a disabled ntercity bus on the Balti- more Boulevard at Beltsville, Md. The accident was one of several on nearby Maryland afid Virginia roads which sent ‘12 persons to hospitals over the week end. County Policeman Prince Georges s | Albert Anderson was searching today in training small children is superyision. There is a tremendous need for it today on what few playgrounds the city operates,” sald Mrs. Carroll Johp- son, 3619 Van Ness street, vice chair- man of the commission. 30 Repreation Heads. “How are children to get the bene- fits of sportsmanship if they cannot be taught sportsmanship?” At present the Playground Depart- ment has 30 recreation directors on its staff. In some instances one supervisor has as many as 700 ¢hil- dren to watch out for at one time. Proper direction of effort is impos- sible under such conditions, accord- ing to members of the City-Wide Playground Council. The $751,000 public works program for playground improvement sub- mitted to the Commisisoners repre- sents five years of a six-year im- provement plan evolved by Miss Sibyl Baker, playground chief. Proposal of Dr. William Deviny, chairman of the Central Planning Commission, practically coincides with the tenta- tive public works outline. Criticism Unanswered. But the construction plan provides solely for physical improvement and leaves the criticism of inadequate su- pervision unanswered. “The Capital should try to attract young college graduates to do play- ground work,” .according to Mrs. Johnson. “We need young men and women to inspire the children to recognize sportsmanship and fair play. Eager, interested leadership will produce strong-charactered youths, lower de- linquency and raise the level of citi~ zenry.” ALLEGED ROBBERS HELD UNDER BOND Bail Fixed at $25,000 as Judge Holds Two for Grand Jury Action, Accused of having held up and Tobbed Fred Harper, 1833, New Hamp- shire avenue, last wéek, Rueben Rose, 940 I street, and Frank Acton, 609 Seventh street southwest, were ar- raigned before Judge Ralph Given in Police Court today, waived preliminary hearing and were held for action of :\;; ogo-nd Jury under bonds totaling Fose and Actof Wrire arrested by Detective Sergts. Rébert E. Barnett and Van D. Hughes at"the I street address: several days after the alleged robbery, ‘in which they secured $663. _ |according to police. Acton; who is alleged to have helfl gun during the robbery, was under $15,000 bond and Rose under a $10,000 bond. Police presented the court with long records on both men. Club Will Meet. mn'rs. Md., ADHI munity %ub 'fl‘lmm 8t '.lu of Mrs. Milton Poole, North Decatu: mmm.w.dnudumhuuo'm » for the driver of the car which hit the bus. According to the officer he disappeared after the crash. ‘The other man in the car was rushed to Providence Hospital in an unconscious condition. He is about 35 years old, and hospital authorities sald they believed his last name is Bredy, but do not yet know his first name or address. Driver in Bus. g According to police the bus broke down last night and a relief, driver, Robert Burnell, 1100 block of L street, was sitting inside when the accident occurred. The passenger car first hit the back of the bus, knocking it off a jack which was supporting the rear wheels, and then hit a tree and landed in a ditch. Bertha Cline, 28, of Capitol Heighth, Md., was seriously injured when an automobile operated by her hit a pole on Central avenue, near Largo, according to County Policeman R. Arnold Naylor. Otto Huntt, a pas- senger in the car, escaped injury. Miss Cline is in an undetermined condition at Casualty Hospital. Mrs. Pearl Hancock, 22, 1000 block of Thirteenth street southeast, suf- fered severe head injuries when a car which police said was driven by her husband Benjamin, 27, hit a pole in avoiding collision with another ma- chine on the Marlboro pike, at For- estville. The couple’s daughter Betty Ann, 19 months, escaped with minor cuts, but Mrs. Gertrude Edelen, 50, 900 block of K street southeast, another passenger, sustained a broken arm. Hancock was badly cut about the head. All were taken to Casualty Hospital. FOUR HURT AT GAITHERSBURG. Head-on Collision Injures Three From Hagerstown. GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 1 (Special).—~Four persons were injured in a head-on collision of two cars near here yesterday. They are Mr. and Mrs. Richard Diehl and Miss Made- line Hoover of Hagerstown, occupants of one car, and A. F. Singstock, driver of the other. Singstock was taken to a Washing- ton hospital and the others to a hos- pital in Frederick. WASHINGTON COUPLE INJURED. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Matthews Hurt at Cherrydale. CHERRYDALE, Va., April 1 (Spe- cial) —Mr. and Mrs. James E. Mat- thews of 429 Butternut street, Wash- ington, were treated in Georgetown Hospital, Washington, for cuts received in an auto accident here early yes- ::r;l;y. Matthews is 23, and his wife E, _ HIT-RUN VICTIM DIES. BALTIMORE, April 1 (#).—Mrs. b- telle Hunt, 57, of Baltimore, early today in & hospital after helnl struck by a hit-and-run driver shortly after midnight. Police have arrested Louis Roch, Jr., 27, as the alleged driver of the death machine. fl drivély CROWDS REMAIN IN SPITE OF RAIN 80,000 Brave Downpours " Yesterday to Visit Po- tomac Park. BLOOMS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH WEEK Exhibits of Japanese Art Ar- ranged in Galleries, Museums and Libaries Praised by Hazen. The rain-splashed blossoms of the Japanese Surugdai-noioi and Someei- yoshimo, fruitless cherry trees that fringe the Tidal Basin, were expected again_ today to jam Potomac Park with tourists drawn from all corners of the country to view the matchless sight. Yesterday 80,000 persons in 19,279 cars braved the downpour to see the lush splendor of the downy-white tree flowers that seemed to form a natual lei for the round water-basin. From 9 am. to 6 p.m. park police counted a steady stream of cars crossing the Inlet Bridge after slowly circling the blanket of blossoms standing as a gorgeous reminder of the generosity of the Japanese, who presented the Capital with trees from the royal gardens in Tokio. While the Weather Bureau fore- cast more rain this afternoon, to- night and tomorrow, David Saunders, horticulturist for the National Cap- ital parks, announced the blossoms were so far unharmed by the per- sistent downpour. He declared the cloudlike single blossoms will remain until the end of this week, or perhaps even into next week, if they escape high wind and frost. The mercury sank to a cool 40 early today and rose only slightly through the forenoon, but there seemed little likelihood of a freeze to blight the blooms. ‘While chilly beauty-lovers ogled the snow-cup blossoms, the Citizens’ Cherry Blossom Committee today ar- ranged a special indoor observance of the blossom season. Special exhibits of Japanese art are being arranged in the galleries, mu- seums and libraries of Washington, and the committee hopes through lectures to bring the people here an | increased knowledge and understand- | ing of life in Japan. ‘The program originated with the District of Columbia Committee on the Cause and Cure of War and with the Washington Council on Interna- tional Relstions. Mrs. Esther Caukin ,Bnnuur chairman of the Citizens’ Committee, is in chma of arrangements for the project. Helping her are Mrs. Florence Brew- er Boeckel, Mrs. Lawrence Koenigs~ berger, Mrs. E. R. Haas, Mrs. H. Chal- mers, Mrs. Henry F. Sawtell, Miss Margaret Jones, Miss Adele Ritzen- berger, Dr. Charles Carhart, Mrs. J. Austin Stone, Mrs. D. E. Yarnell and Miss Clara Saunders. President Melvin C. Hazen of the District Board of Commissioners hailed the idea and said: “Every Spring the people of Wash- ington and thousands of other Ameri- cans who visit the city are given great and unusual pleasure by the beauty of the Japanese cherry trees, presented by Tokio to this city in 1912. This year I am very glad to know that a committee of citizens is planning to express appreciation of this gift by arranging special exhibits of Japanese art and literature in the galleries, museums and libraries of the city, and that there will be spe- cial talks on life in Japan before many of the organizations of this city.” The blossom-time crowds yesterday came for the most part in private cars and taxis. Three hundred pedes- trians scorned the deluge. The traf- fic was handled perfectly and the day saw no accidents and no arrests. Rubber-coated Metropolitan police- men, at Fourteenth and Water streets, checked off 2,444 cars during the mid- day hour, when the traffic rose to its height. Many hundreds who made the pil- grimage to the famed beauty spot parked their cars and stood, heedless of the rain, under the flower-canopied trees. Some, playing safe, raised um- brellas. Even with clouds obscuring 8 sun that had no chance to shine, amateur photographers snapped roll after roll of film in their eagerness for a lasting reminder of the scene many had traveled thousands of miles to see. Trains, busses and planes bound for the Capital were jammed with visitors. Special excursions were held from New York, Philadelphia and Balti- more. Crowds overflowed hotels and tourist camps. —— GAS BILL DISCOUNT ORDERED CONTINUED Public Service Commission Ex- tends Cut in Montgomery to June 30. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 1.—The order of the Public Service Commission call- ing for an 8; per cent discount on all gas bills of the Washington Gas Light Co. in Montgomery County and the Georgetown Gas Light Co. in Mont- gomery County, which expired yester- day, has been extended to include all meter readings up to June 30. . The order applies to all bills for gas, except as to the authorized mini- mum bills under schedules of the two companies. The original order for the discount was first issued by the Public Service Commission in" August, 1932, and was to expire on January ', 1933, bnt hu been extended. by sublequent orders. —_— Licensed to Marry. FAIRFAX, Va., April 1 (Special).— Marriage licenses have been issued here as follows: Stanley B. Aylor, 23, Carter, MOND Zoo—Apanool CHERRY BLUSSUM ening Sfap Y MORNING EDITION AY, APRIL 1, 1935. L& Another Way to Look at Them Despite today’s rain and mists the cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin presented this unusual photo- graph. Few spectators were in evidence. City Parks’ Recreation Funds Cut Nearly Half in Two Years Reduced Schedule of Activities Forced With Jurisdiction Change Despite Added Population and Acres. Appropriations for recreational ac- | tivities in Washington's parks, which have now been under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service of the | Interior Department for almost two | years, have been cut nearly in half | since the change has taken place. This was revealed today, {ouowmgv a study of the funds available in the park system for recreation, now that the subject has come into public focus again, with increasing demands for the providing of additional swim- ming pools and play opportunities | generally; Senator King's investigation of the whole subject, and the move- | ment of the newly-organized District of Columbia Recreation Committee to- ward getting a competent superintend- ent to unify scattered activities here. Punds for recreation in the parks have been dropping lower with each | succeeding year, since the National | Park Service took charge, and this has come about in the face of a great- | ly increased population since the New | , | Deal moved into Washington and the | that additional land is being | added to the park and playground sys- | fact, tem here by purchasing activities of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission. Formerly the parks here were under the independent Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the Na- tional Capital, with a director respon- sible only to the President. In June, | 1933, President Roosevelt issued his famous executive orders for the re- organization of the Government here, and this became effective in August, 1933, sending the old Office of Public | Buildings and Public Parks into the National Park Service. For the fiscal year 1933 general ex- penses for recreation totaled $38,000, with $21200 for salaries, aggregating $59,200. For the fiscal year 1934 gen- eral expenses were slashed to $20,000 and salaries to $20,600. For the fiscal year 1935—the present one—general expenses were $20,000, while salaries | were cut to $14.900—a total of but $34,900, compared with $59,200 two | years ago. This retrenchment has resulted in a. | curtailment of recreational opportuni- ties afforded the puklic, officials re- | veal, such as the inability to provide attendants at tennis courts and to | give Washingtonians other services during the late Fall and Winter | months. | The Natfonal Capital Parks Office is now preparing to eliminate tennis courts at Henry Park in conjunction with the Mall development. Further, recreational activities at Seventeenth street and Constitution avenue—in- cluding swimming pools and tennis courts—are slated to be abolished shortly, when the Government officials start to construct a dyke as part of the Federal flood control system here. Officials concede that there are no im- mediate plans to replace all these facilities, although they have asked Secretary Ickes for new swimming pools, under the public works sét-up. MOTORIST TO SERVE 120 DAYS IN JAIL Drunkenness and Leaving After Accident Charged to Col- ored Man. One charge of driving while drunk and two charges of leaving after col- liding resulted in sentences totaling 120 days in jail today for Henry A. Jordan, colored, 24, 6900 block Blair road. Sentences were imposed by Judge John P. Mcmhon in Traffic Court. Policeman J. F. Hasty testified that Jordan first backed the oil truck, which he was driving, into a parked car at Seventh and O streets and later fled after colliding with another auto- mobile at Seventh street and Rhode Island avenue. Despite the weather yesterday, which ordinarily reduces the number of cases in Traffic Court, 73 persons were on the collateral list alone in Trafic Court today. Seventeen of these were charged with speeding; one, William L. Harris, 5411 James place northeast, paid a fine of $15 on a second charge of speeding. Other fines ranged from $5 to $10 in each case. COURT APPROVES PLAN TO REORGANIZE CLUB New Racquet Set-Up Calls for Issuance of $575,000 in Re- funding Bonds. A plan for reorganization of the Racquet Club, 1135 Sixteenth street, was approved in District Supreme Court today. The club property has been liable for the payment of $575,000 in first mortgage bonds, bearing interest at 7 cent. This bond issue went lnw default in 1931, The mnlnlntlon plan calls !ar M. E. CONFERENCE OPENS WEDNESDAY Will Attend Hyattsville Sessions. . Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, April 1.—Ap- proximately 250 clergymen and dele- gates are expected to attend the Washington District Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South Wednesday and Thursday in the First M. E. Church South of Hyattsville. The district embraces the District of Columbia and nearby Maryland and Virginia. The conference will open Wednes- day at 9 am., with Dr. J. Howard Wells of Washington, presiding elder of the District, in charge. Bishop Edward D. Mouzon of Charlotte, N. C., will preach at 11 am. and prob- ably will preside at some of the ses- sions.: At 8 pm. Rev. W. D. Keene, pastor of Calvary M. E. Church South of Washington, will preach. Sessions will be resumed Thursday at 9 am. and at 11 o'clock Dr. W. Angie Smith, pastor of Mount Ver- non Place M. E. Church South, will be the preacher. Dr. H. H. Sherman, executive sec- retary of the Board of Education of the Baltimore Conference, is sched- uled to speak during the conference, but the time has not been set. Visiting clergymen and delegates will be entertained Wednesday night in the homes of members of the host church and will be served breakfast Thursday morning. Luncheon will be served Wednesday and Thursday and supper Wednesday by the women of the host church. Rev. George G. Oliver, pastor of the First M. E. Church South here, has named a general committee on ar- rangements to arrange for the various details. It comprises Mrs. James Severe, chairman; Prof. K. J. Morris and Mrs. B. L. Malone. Judges to:Confer. ‘The Committee of ‘Judges to select the put paper submitted by the liter- ary sections of the affiliated cluhl, under the District Federation of Wom- emomu.wmmmwmmemmu chairman at the home of Mrs. Ellis Logan, mx Crescent place, Wednes- day at 2 ¥ 250 Clergymen and Delegates —=Star Staff Photo. RUM MEN WARNED AGAINST GIFTS Retailers Given Until April | 10 to Dispose of Signs and Loans. Retail - liquor dealers today were given until April 10 to dispose of any signs, loans or gifts advanced to them by wholesale distributors or manufac- turers, or face prosecution for violat- ing the alcoholic beverage control act. A warning to all retail license hold- ers was sent out today. A similar warning to wholesalers against mak- ing loans to their customers was giver about a week ago. Law Violation Seen. George W. Offutt, chairman of the A. B. C. Board, said that such gifts or loans are in violation of the law and warned that licenses may be re- voked for such offenses. He also said that such property now in the hands of retail dealers cannot now be sold to them. Offutt pointed out that had been supplied retailers without cost by both wholesalers and manu- facturers. “All of these violate every purpose of the alcoholie beverage control act,” his warning stated, “and will most surely result in the revocation of the license of every licensee found guilty of such violations. - “If you have any signs, or property of any kind in your establishment, loaned or given by a manufacturer or wholesaler, or sold at less than its fair market value, you are warned to have the same removed from your premises on or before Wednesday, April 10, 1935, as after this time the board in- tends to prosecute each and every licensee who after the date of this letter has violated the act in this wise, or who, having heretofore thus violated the act, has failed to have property to the licensee will not be permitted.” Cash Gifts Reported. Offutt's statement also said that some of the cases already investigated indicate that retailers have accepted cash gifts in the shape of rebates and that in some other cases solicitors have made small purchases, given a bill to the dealer and told him to keep the change. Another class of cases include those in which the licensee and the manu- facturer or wholesaler have con- tributed to the cost of advertising. —_— CELEBRATION ATTRACTS " IRISH ORGANIZATIONS Travelers’ Club of Catholic U. to \ Sponsor First Program in Series of Events. All Irish organizations of the city have been invited to attend “A Night in Ireland” celebration Sunday eve- ning by the Travelers’ Club of Cath- olic University. The program, which will be staged in the Knights of Columbus club house, Tenth and K streets, is the first of a series of similar presenta- tions scheduled at three-week in- tervals. Dr. Patrick J. Lennox, professor of English at Catholic University, will be the guest speaker. Michael MacWhite, Minister from the Irish Free State, has been invited as guest of honor. EXAMINER TO SPEAK Banking Board Chief Will Dis- cuss New Problems. Leo H. Paugler, chief Federal Re- serve Board examiner, will speak on “New Problems in Banking” at Cen- tral High in tonight’s session of the series of public forums being conducted by the night schools of the District. Harold Grifith Butwn professor of electric | signs, boxes, furniture and so forth | such property removed. A sale of such | Society and General PAGE B—1 D. C. AUDITOR ASKS 0602 10 MEET DEFICIENCY NEEDS Estimates Transmitted to Budget Bureau for Fiscal Year. LARGEST ITEM $100,000 FOR SEWER EXTENSIONS Funds for District Penal Mainte- nance and City Hospitals Listed. Deficiency appropriation estimates totaling $480,602 have been trans- mitted to the Bureau of the Budget by Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor, it was learned today. The funds are requested for the current fiscal year. The largest item is a request for $100,000 for sewer, assessment and permit work. This fund is needed to make water extensions to recently constructed homes. Three Penal Requests. Maintenance of District prisons and reformatories will require three items as follows: District Jail, $14,800; work house and reformatory, $75,000, and National Training School for Boys, $63,000. A total of $48,000 was asked to sup- ply fuel, gas and electricity for the public schools for the remainder of the school year. Hospital needs were included in the following items: Children’s Hospital, $45,000. Emergency Hospital, $40,000. Casualty Hospital, $20,000. ‘Tuberculosis Hospital, $15,000. Children’s Tuberculosis Sanatorium, $5,000. Gallinger Municipal Hospital, $10,000. Isolation ward at Garfield Hospital, $18,000. Other Items in List. Other items included in the list were as follows: Employes’ compensa- tion fund, $7,000; collection and dis- posal of refuge and street cleaning, $14,600; fuel for the Fire Department, $4,000; jurors for Juvenile Court, $702; division of child welfare, $10,000; re- pairs for the Industrial Home School for Colored Children, $2,000; main- tenance of the Industrial Home School for White Children, $2,500; Home for the Aged and Infirm, $12,000; medi- cine for the relief of the poor, $2,000. The Commissioners asked for early consideration of these items in order that they may be transmitted to Cone gress for inclusion in the pending de- ficiency bill. CITIZENS OPPOSE DOG RACING BILL | Prince Georgians Start Campaign to Defeat or Modify _ Pending Bill. | e By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md,, April 1.— Fearing conversion of the La Fontaine property into a dog-racing track, citi- zens of this vicinity today moved to block passage of a bill legalizing such track in Maryland. Resolutions asking that the meas- ure be defeated, or at least amended to provide for a referendum on such a sport in Prince Georges County, were pased by church congregations here last night and forwarded to Delegate Egbert F. Tingley. Today clergymen are meeting in St. John's Episcopal Church here to make preliminary plans for a mass meeting of protest against the bill. If, as is expected, the proposal passes before the General Assembly adjourns at midnight tonight, the mass meet- ing will frame a plea to Gov. Nice to veto the bill. Although the measure was almost “slipped over” on the House as an amendment to a Senate bill, it re- ceived a substantial majority on a test vote and is now on the third- reading calender. It may meet stiff opposition when it “comes up for final pasage, how- ever, for the motion picture theater owners of the State went into action over the week end and expect to have a powerful lobby working against it today. s INQUEST HELD TODAY FOR DICE GAME VICTIM Police Say Colored Man Admits Shooting—Murder Charge Filed. A coroner’s inquest was being held today in the case of John Mickins, 31, colored, 111 K street, allegedly murdered early yesterday by William Taylor, alias Morgan, 27, colored, 300 block of L street, during an argument over a craps game. Taylor, police say, admitted shoot- ing Mickins in the 1100 block of Third street, and also confessed wounding theee other colored men in another gun battle in Myrtle street early Saturday. Taylor, who is being held on a murder charge, said both shootings were the aftermath of a “crooked” dice game into which he was enticed after he had won considerable money in the “numbers” game. He was ar- rested yesterday .at the home of rela- tives by Detectives J. J. Flaherty, B. P McAllister and R. E. Williams. TRAINS TO BE IMPROVED Southern Will Install Air-Condi- tion Apparatus: A $1,200,000 program of air-condi~ The work of installing air-condi- tioning equipment in 150 sleeping cars, at a cost of approximately $8,000 a car, will be done in the Pullman shops. In addition, the railroad said