Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1935, Page 17

Washington News “HDDEN BAY BAN AL APPROVD BY HOLSE COMMITTEE Dirksen Measure, Favorably Reported, Would Make Beverages Visible. INCREASE OF 141 MEN FOR POLICE FAVORED Group Assents Also to Bill Mak-| ing Utilities Body Value Arbiter. The Dirksen bill, designed primarily to abolish Washington's so-called “hid- den bars,” was tavorably reported to- day by the House District Committee. A bill making the Public Utilities Commission the final arbiter in ques- tions of fact in valuation proceedings | and rate cases also was favorably re- ported. In addition, the committee | approved the preliminary partial re-! port of the Special Crime Investigat- | ing Committee recommending an in- | crease of 141 in the personnel of the | Metropolitan Police Department | Aside from abolishing “hidden bars,” | the Dirksen bill as reported carries an amendment which, it was developed, would close on Sunday all delicates- sens and drug stores which hold Class | B off-sale liquor licenses. The meas- | ure also gives the Commissioners au- thority to limit Class A retailers of bottled liquors, one to each 1,500 resi- | dents. i Full View Is Demanded. | The provisions abolishing the “hid- | den bars” reads: “All alcoholic bev- erages offered for sale or sold by the holder of such:license shall be dis- | played and dispensed in full sight of the purchaser.” The public utilities bill, drafted by William A. Roberts, people's counsel would change the procedure in cases appealed from the commission to the District Supreme Court. As a result of an appeal from the commission to the court, the action of the court would constitute a judicial review, which is to say, the court would not yeceive any further evidence, but would consider only the records made before the commission The Crime Committee’s report was ®pproved at the request of Chairman Randolph, who explained a special consideration had been given the Po- lice Department because of the urgent need of an increase in the force. Failure of the House to provide the | additional officers when the 1936 District supply bill was under con- sideration led to a discussion of the need for a change in the make-up of | the Appropriations Committee to give | the District better representation. | Would Add Member. | Representative Palmisano, Demo- crat, of Maryland, acting chairman in the absence of Representative Norton, #aid he believed the chairman of the District Legislative Committee of the House should be an ex-officio member | of the Appropriations Committee. | Representative Ellenbogen, Democrat, ' of Pennsylvania, said either that | =hould be done or else the Legislative Committee itself should be empowered to handle the District supply bill. In connection with the crime report | Randolph made public letters he re- | ceived from George W. Offutt, chair- | man of the District Alcohol Beverage | Control Board, and J. Lewis Gelbman | of the Boy Scouts. Offutt indorsed | the Crime Committee’s actions in rec- | ommending an increase in police per- sonnel, while Gelbman said the Troop Committee had gone on record as op- | posed to the reported statement of | Police Inspector Albert J. Headley that | the Eleventh precinct was “third class.” Offutt declared the Crime Commit- tee's action would materially aid the A. B. C. board in its work “and in addition would bring about a far | better enforcement of the laws and | regulations in the District of Co- Jumbia.” | “As a citizen of Washington,” he | #added, “I want to thank you for the kind and generous consideration that | you have given to the ills of this city | &nd feel that we are in good hands.” | Gelbman said the Boy Scout Troop | Committee had the highest regard for | the personnel and officers of the | eleventh precinct and believed “that | with a different supervising inspector this precinct need never be called | third class again.” “We fully believe,” Gelbman said, | “that all records will show that the | eleventh precinct is freer from cor- ruption, vice and crime than many | other precincts in the city.” —— Comment Club to Meet. FOREST GLENN, Md. April 3 (Special).—Howard P. Bailey will ‘be the guest speaker at a meeting of the | Current Gommeat Club tonight at the | home of Miss Louise Engel. Miss Margaret Fox, president, will preside at the business session. Red Cross Teams Will Offer Unique | Water Spectacle Submarine Adaptation of | “Seven Ages of Man’® Set for Wednesay. ‘Ten teams of divers and under- | water dancers will present a subma- rine adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Seven Ages of Man” in the Shore- ham Hotel swimming pool next Wed- nesday evening, the American Red Cross annouficed today. The innovation is the product of Commodore W. E. Longfellow of the Red Cross life saving and first aid service, who calls it “Swimming Through Life.” Actors will put on a general water carnival and pageant as well -as the play for the benefit of delegates to the American Junior Red Cross con- vention. ‘The water carnival will be devoted to canoeing, safety tests and the latest life-saving methods. Interpretive dancing directed by Donna Tygart and a water ballet by ‘Wilhelmina Haley, director of swim- ‘ming at Marjorie Webster School, are on the program. \ | dispensaries. Such of these sites not ) HOSPITAL CENTER PLANIS SUBMITTED 10 VARIOUS. UNITS Professional and Civic Bodies Are Questioned on $6,000,000 Proposal. FAVORABLE COMMENTS REPORTED BY CORBY Chairman of Committee Meets With Other Members to Map Future Action. Commissioner Allen’s proposal for development of a Washington medical center to combine the facilities of the various private hospitals here and to be operated on a non-profit basis by groups representing the existing hos- | pital and medical school piants, to- | day was submitted to professional, civic and hospital bodies for their | reaction. i A series of questionnaires is being distributed to these groups seeking answers on all phases of the matter, financial as well as medical. The re- plies are sought within two weeks so a meeting may be held within three | weeks to determine whether the Citi- zens' Committee shall proceed with details of the plan. | It is proposed that the new unified | hospital center be built as a self- liquidating project under financing by the Public Works Administration. The cost has been estimated roughly at $6,000,000 for conotruction of the| plant to replace facilities of the pri- | vate institutions. | Allen’s idea in his suggestion is to | make hospital care available to fami- | lies having average ircome, while | stimulating advance in the medical profession through a pooling of medi- | cal school and hospital 1esources and | at the same time providing for em- ployment in the building of the new institution. | Corby Optimistic. | Karl Corby, chairman of the board | | of trustees of Emergency Hospital, | who is chairman of the Citizens’ Com- | mittee, was optimistic as the result | of a private conference with other | committee members today in Com- | missioner Allen’s office. He said con- siderable favorable interest was ex- pressed. He said he had received hundreds of telephone calls from resi- | dents expressing hope the plan might be successful. Distribution of the questionnaires started immediately after the meet- ing. They are designed to indicate | clearly whether public sentiment is in favor of the project. Hospital in- | terests are asked to state a descrip- tion of their present properties, in- | cluding the cost of the buildings, | the value of real estate held for future expansion and the indebtedness of the institution. Specifically, the hospital owners are asked, in a series of questions, if a medical center combining the efforts | of the separate units, would serve | as an advance in all phases of med- ical work and if the institutions favor the principle of the proposal. Civic Interests Questioned. The civic interests are asked, in a | separate list of questions, if they re- | gard the establishment of such a medical center as “sound and sensi- ble” from the viewpoint of civic development. More technical questions are asked | physicians, dentists and nurses in regard to the proposed operation of the center. Among those attending the meet- | ing were Dr. A. B. Bennett, president | of the District Medical Society; Dr. Earl B. McKinley of George Wash- | ington Hospital, Right Rev. James E. | Freeman, Bishop of Washington: Dr. William Charles White of the Wash- ington Tuberculosis Association, Dr. George C. Ruhland, District health officer; Clarence Phelps Dodge, presi- dent, Community Chest, and repre- sentatives of other medical groups. Corby’s Statement. Corby made this statement: “It is proposed that the 11 exist- | ing community hospitals come to- gether to form a medical center chosen from their respective boards. All pres- ent hospital structures would be re- leased or some of these sites would be used for a system of community selected for these dispensaries would be used as tangible assets to be ap- plied in securing funds for this project. “Much of this property could, in time, be liquidated and freed from debt. Each hospital unit, with its own administrative board, adminis- tration and assets in the form of en- dowments and good-will, would move into a new home constructed along the most modern lines of hospital development and would, if it so de- sired, retain its own name.” Corby said the size of the proposed center would depend upon the num- ber of units joining in the project and | that any number or all of them might be included. He emphasized that; under such joint operation, great | economies could be effected. FEDERAL WORKER ENDS LIFE WITH GAS Mrs. Mary D. Reilly Believed Despondent Over Being Es- tranged From Husband. Believed despondent over being estranged from her husband, Mrs. Mary D. Reilly, 29-year-old Govern- ment clerk, ended her life last night with illuminating gas at her apart- ment in the 1100 block of Thirteenth street. The woman’s husband, Edward J. Reilly, 1900 block of Park road, who police said had been visiting her sev- eral times a week, found Mrs. Reilly’s body on the kitchen floor, with gas flowing from all the stove burners. Reilly summoned employes of the building when he found the kitchen door blocked. The woman’s body had fallen against the door. Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald issued a certificate of suicide, B @he Fpen WASHINGTON, Dancers Greet Dawn Under Cherry Blooms [ 4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. . C, WEDNESDAY, ng Star APRIL o bA o 000 BRAVE RAN TOWINESSRITES ys Ruth Must Win To Pack Cro Former National League President Claims Babe Must Go Places. Happy to Be Free Again and See Country for First Time. ABE RUTH may not pack ’em in as people believe he will. It all depends on whether the Boston Braves have a win- ning team. ‘This is the opinion of John Heydler, retired president of the National League, who paid a visit today to the sports department and composing room of The Evening Star, where for years he had been a member of the printing staff. Later he was sports editor of The Post. Heydler said Ruth might “knock all sorts of home runs for the Braves and not be a big gate attraction unless | the fans feel the club is going places.” | Looking nowhere near his 65 years, Heydler nevertheless is happy to be out of harness, he said. “For the first time in my life,” he explained, “I feel like a truly free man, For the first time, too, I'm see- ing our country. I was oorn and reared in New York, but never have seen the upper part of my home State. I've traveled a lot, yes, but it's been mostly around the circuit of the Na- tional League.” Heydler is thoroughly confident in the ability of his successor to the presidency of the league, young Ford Frick, former newspaper man and radio speaker. “Prick is a bright, enterprising young man,” said he, “and he has had more business experience than gen- erally is known. And he has a great assistant in Harvey Traban, who was my secretary.” The financial worries of base ball magnates are not clearly understood by the public, in Heydler's opinion. vd In for Braves | | | This picture of John Heydler was taken today as he visited the club | room of The Star. “During the depression,” he said, “it | the league together. Club owners, in | some instances, almost have had to | mortgage their homes to keep their | teams going.” | Taxes and other overhead on big | league parks must be paid for 365 days of a year, he pointed out, and the income from attractions other than base ball is nothing to cheer "ov‘t‘; for most of the magnates, he | said. In recent travels, mostly in the South, Héydler was impressed with a growing interest in base ball. He believes it to be a natural growth of the game, but conceded the epic deals of the last Winter have had a marked affect. Heydler stopped over in Washington en route from Florida, where he ac- home in New York. SOUTHEAST SEEKS HOUSING PROJECT | Citizens Join Business Men in De- manding Share in F. H. A. Program. The Southeast Citizens' Association has united with business men of that area in demanding that the Federal Housing Administration establish a model housing project in the lower southeast area—a project which the citizens declare has not been included in the local housing program. At a meeting last night, the Execu- tive Committee of the citizens' group adopted a resolution demanding that such a project be established some- where in the area bounded on the west by South Capitol street, on the east by Seventh street, on the morth by G street and on the south by O street. The Executive Committee of the Southeast Business Men's Asso- ciation adopted a resolution recently favoring the same area for the re- habilitation program. President William A. Maio declared much of the property in this area already has been condemned as unfit for occupaticn. He asserted the F. H. A. could start the work imme- diately since “the. section: already is provided with water, electricity, sewers and gas. e $1,500 LIQUOR HUNTED Truck and Cargo pepo}'ted Stolen From 1500 Block H Street. A truck containing $1,500 worth of liquor . was the. object. of & police search today. Milton Kronheim, wholesale liquor dealer, told police the truck was taken from the 1500 block of H street north- east while the driver was making a delivery. Police are working on the theory that the truck was driven into nearby Maryland or Virginia and abandoned after_the. cargo -was unloaded, - has been a tremendous task holding | quired a heavy coat of tan, to his| MEETING CALLED T0 PROTEST RENTS Joint Action Taken by Union i and Federal Workers’ I Organization. | A mass meeting to protest high ! rents in the District is being planned | the Washington Central Labor Union | and the District Department of the | American Federation of Government | Employes. ‘The committee plans to have Rep- resentative Ellenbogen, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, and a Senator “who is sympathetic to our cause” address the meeting. The committee plans to disclose at the meeting the findings of a group of engineers and architects who are studying the rental and housing prob- lems of the District. Questionnaires are being sent out to all union mem- bers in the District regarding their individual problems. Additional copies of the questionnaire may be obtained from the office of the American Fed- eration of Government Employes in the Ouray Building. Informatien gathered by the com- | mittee will be turned over to the Rent | Investigating Committee of the House. Members of the committee arrang- ing the meeting include: Clem Maples, chairman; John L. Donovan, Louis Tuckerman, Eleanor Nelson, C. E. Sand, Anton Dekon, Henry Rhine, P. Simpson, John Young, A. R. Hes- | John Delaney, Ingrid Larson, Jessie | Buck and Margaret Hughey. W. W. | Keeler heads a Funds Committee. ter, A. L. Williams, Willy Arnheim, | 1935. FHH Group of Evelyn Davis Dancers holding sunrise service under the Japanese cherry trees at the Tidal Basin this morning. Photos taken just at dawn and in a slight rain. —Star Staff Photos. Dancers, in Oriental Garb, Lead Cherry Blossom Fete at Basin. Undaunted by a drizzling rain and darkly overcast skies, more than 3,000 Washingtonians and visitors attended the sunrise services this morning under the Japanese cherry blossoms | that skirt the shores of the Tidal Basin. In view of the weather. no such crowd was anticipated, but officials |of the National Capital parks es- | timate the attendance was larger than |last vear when the community cele- bration of cherry blossom time was ‘s(aged on a more elaborate scale. Chairs had been provided for about 1500 persons, and although the serv- ices did not begin until 6:30 o'clock, some of the seats were taken almost an hour earlier. Suffer From Rain. The trees had suffered slightly from the overnight rain and the crisp winds of late yesterday, but the blossoms, nevertheless, supplied an amply col- orful background for a series of num- bers presented by the Evelyn Davis dancers. Accompanied by the Marine Band, the dancers greeted the sunrise, al- though the sun failed to peep from behind the clouds. This was followed by a legendary Japanese dance, “The | Sun God Chooses a Bride,” in which the dancers appeared in Oriental cos- tumes and masks The services were sponsored by the National Capital Parks, munity Center Department and the Greater National Capital Committee of the Washington Board of Trade. | €. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of the Capital parks; Arno B. Cammerer, | director of the National Park Service, | and Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peeples, director of the Community Center Department, were among officials present. Display at Peak Today. Parks officials believe the annual Spring display will pass its peak today, and that while some blossoms will be left on the trees through Sunday, they probably will present a rather ragged appearance. On the double-blossom trees extend- | | for about April 20 by a committee of | ing to Hains Point in East Potomac | | Park, the first bits of color are ap- pearing. It is estimated they will be in full bloom within the next 10 days or two weeks. meantime may hasten their maturity. Tomorrow at 6 p.m. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ambassador Hirosi Saito of Japan are scheduled for a | | joint radio broadcast under auspices | of the Citizens Cherry Blossom Com- | mittee of which Mrs. Esther Caukin | Brunauer is chairman. The speakers | will discuss the mutual interests of the | two couutries and the broadcast will | conclude with the presentation of the national anthems of the United States | and Japan. PERMITS REVOKED { _The Alcoholic Beverage Control | Board has ordered the revocation of | two permits held by the Sacks Drug | Co., trading as the Keystone Phar- | macy, 2150 Pennsylvania avenue, on | finding that the licensee was guilty of selling one pint of whisky on Sunday. J.| The establishment had a license for. the sale of liquor on prescription as | well as a permit for the general retail | sale of bottled liquor. Both were or- | dered revoked. The permits are to | be taken up Monday night. D. C. Man, Byrd Base Postman, 'Returns Home, Glad Job Is Over The history of America's most re- mote post office, set up on the ice bar- rier at Little America, closed today with the arrival in Washington of Charles F. Anderson, postmaster at the Byrd base in the Antarctic. While the ice barrier was smashing up under the blows of Antarctic , Mstornis and the members of the expe- dition fought to save equipment and load the expedition ships, Anderson set up a temporary post office in an ice hut and canceled 70,000 pieces of philatelic mail, now on the way to col- 2 lectors in all parts of the world. ong his im- pr:sflons of the Antarctic were the belief | that seal meat is not all it is reputed to be, that pen- guins are the world’s . greatest chiselers and that home is a pretty good place after > all, Anderson ' said. A First member of the Byrd expedition to arrive in Washington, Anderson was met at C. F. |-Union Station by postal and National ! | Geographic Society officials, among | them Clinton W. Eilenberger. Third Assistant Postmaster General; Smith W. Purdum, Fourth Assistant Post- | master General; Robert Fellers, chief | of the Philatelic Agency, and Donald Shook, in charge of Byrd expedition affairs for the Geographic Society. Anderson’s home is at 1332 Montague street. Anderson left the Byrd expedition at Dunedin, New Zealand, returning to the United States by passenger steamer with the mail. He landed in San Prancisco last week, where all the mail was recanceled to show time | of arrival in this country. “Byrd has done a wonderful job on this second expedition,” Anderson told Ppostal officials. —_— RELATIVES SOUGHT Police today were seeking relatives of Anthony O’Malley, who late yester- day received serious head injuries and of steps at 209 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Semi-conscious since taken to Cas- ualty Hospital for treatment, police have been unable to learn his age or address, Hospital authorities said to- d’z he appears to be about 50 years ol 4 the Com- | Warm weather in the | & wrist fracture in a fall down a flight | also ! record of " |CHARACTERCLASS | PUBLICITY URGED ASFUNDIS VOTED Witnesses Tell Senate Group City Is Not Informed on Work. LACK OF TIME SEEN CAUSE OF COMPLAINT Experiment Is Praised by Officials in Explaining Aims to Committee. BY WILLIAM S. TARVER. Substantial progress has been made in the District’s character education experiment since its inaguration last Fall, but the people of Washington should have been taken more into the confidence of those conducting it, witnesses testified at a recent Sen- ate hearing. This was disclosed today with the report of the Senate Appropriations Committee recommending that the item for character education, which was stricken out by the House, be restored to the District appropriation bill. Testimony before the subcommit- tee, which held a hearing on the matter March 15, was unanimously periment, witnesses holding that at least three years must elapse before the program can be reasonably ex- pected to yield returns ir child char- | acter development. Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York, at whose instance the experi- | ment was begun, acted as chairman | of the subcommittee during the hear- ing. Presentation of testimony was in the hands of Dr. John A. Randall, executive secretary of the Education and Law Conference, which was set up by Senator Copeland’s Subcom- mittee on Crime and Criminal Prac- tice to act in an advisory capacity for the various character education programs. Dr. Randall is president | of the Rochester Athenaeum and Me- chanics’ Institute of Rochester, N. Y. Need for Publicity. It was he who emphasized the need | for widespread publicity to enlist the | support of the entire city behind the | | experiment. He also stressed the “in- | adequacy in the District of Columbia | for caring for the physical well-being | of the children.” Other important points made by witnesses included the following: 1. The character education appro- priation should be a lump sum to make possible greater administrative | flexibility. | 2. The District lagks sufficient ‘ulthen and facilities to furnish as | wide a variety of courses as is desir- | program. 3. Re-training of teachers in char- acter-building methods is a slow and | evolutionary process and cannot be | expected to be achieved overnight. | 4. Curricula should be broadened and their requirements made flexible to meet individual needs and situa- | tions. | 5. “Academic respectability,” as | judged by accrediting organizations | which require certain ‘“credits” of graduates, hampers development of | character or social education, Omission Unavoidable. Although criticizing the failure here to enlist the support of Washington's | civic organizations and citizens before embarking on the character education program, Dr. Randall termed the omission “unavoldable” because of the lack of time between authorization of the experiment and the date for its beginning. the preliminary planning for the proj- ect has left room for misunderstand- ings. he declared. . “The essential step omittgd in Wash- ington was the formulation and adop- tion, through the co-operation of rep- Tesentatives from all of our principal civic units, of a current statement ot 1esults desired from education in the District of Columbia, * * *,” the edu- cator asserted. He disclosed that a committee of selected to aid in the experiment, has offered its services to the Board of Education in calling informal meet- ings of representatives of civic organ- izations here to secure public under- standing of what is sought, and to aid |in preparing a statement of “Goals | of Education in the District of Co- lumbia.” It was intended that this | statement should serve as a guide to the Board of Education in its policies, and as a “platform for future public relations conferences by the board,” he_said. Local school officials said today that no concerted effort has been made as of civic bodies. Seen as Constructive. Dr. Randall said, “Congress should interpret discussions of difficulties at this time as constructive features of the demonstration and should con- tinue to do so unless their volume grows into a threat of failure,” and concluded with the following state- ment: “After observation of the District schools I have formed the opinion that substantial progress has been made in the direction intended by the Congress. The Congress asked the public schools to break deep- seated traditions and habits, think in new terms, seek new objectives, get new results. In exploring this field it is inevitable that there should have been some differences of opinion and misunderstandings in an organization containing upward of 3,000 employes, with a program involving upward of 5,000 students and 10,000 parents. These are growing pains. “I find po official or teacher in dis- agreement with, or out of sympathy with, the basic intent of the Con- gress” ‘The program, he told the subcom- mittee, should be viewed primarily as a national demonstration. “I feel strongly that the Washing- ton public should know more about this experiment,” she said. Although making no direct reply to the statements that more publicity is needed, Dr. Frank W. Ballou, super- intendent of schools, submitted a long addresses and articles con- 4 in favor of continuance of the ex-| | able under the system of individual | | treatment which is the essence of the | This lack of public participation in | the American Council on Education, | yet toward securing the co-operation | Society and General PAGE B—1 ADDED GONGESTION BY TRACK CHANGES DENIED BY' ELGEN | Utilities Commission Chair- man Answers Criticism of Roberts on G Street. CITES INDORSEMENT OF TRAFFIC DIRECTOR Plan Contemplates Complete Elim- ination of Turns at Four- teenth and G Streets. Answering criticism voiced by Peo« ple's Counsel William A. Roberts, the Public Utilities Commission today in- sisted the changes in the trackage of the Capital Transit Co. in the downtown section, voted yesterday by | the commission, would not increase traffic congestion. Riley E. Elgen commission chair- man, said its view was supported by positive declar s by Traffic Di- rector William A. Van Duzer, who made technical studies of the matter. The dispute revolved around the commission’s plan for the construc- tion of street car tracks to make a into Fif- with in connection from G street teenth street so as to connect the Pennsylvania avenue tracks front of the Treasury. This was ordered as part of the plan to remove one pair of tracks on New York avenue between Fifteenth and Fourteenth street and one pair on Fourteenth street between New York avenue and H street Shuts Off Autos. Roberts contended the change, which will bring G street cars through the intersection at Fifteenth street, New York and Pennsylvania avenue to such an extent as to destroy the use of Fifteenth street as an auto- mobile thoroughfare. Elgen explained that a part of this plan calls for an elimination of the tracks for north- bound cars now making the right turn from Fifteenth street into New York avenue. Elgen also explianed that after the changes are effected street cars no longer will make any turns whatever at the intersection of Fourteenth and G streets. The plan is to have straight crossovers there and to elim- inate turns now made which cause the confusion . of automobile and street car movements. The curves in the tracks there have not been or- dered out, but have been retained for use only in cases of emergency, Elgen said. He believes other changes made possible by the track changes will im- prove rather than further congest traffic on the downtown streets. Explains G Street Plan. In selecting the G street connection plan, in preference to proposals for laying of tracks on Fifteenth street. between New York avenue and H street, or on H street between Four- teenth and Thirteenth strets, and new tracks on Thirteenth street to make a connecion with F street, the commission said: “The G street proposal would not require street widening or the laying of a substantial amount of new track. nor was it the subject of serious opposition from interested persons. In fact, a slight extension of tracks on G street to Fifteenth street would not cause a radical change in con- ditions in the block. Owners and | occupants of adjacent property and the public have been accustomed to the situation on G street for many | years. “The use of G street as proposed would permit retention of established delivery points and the maximum use of transfer privileges. The use of G street was proposed in one or more of the plans of all the experts appearing in this case, including those of the National Capital Park |{and Planning Commisison, the Utili- ties Commission and the company In addition. the director of vehicles and traffic unqualifiedly indorses this proposal.” POLICEMAN DISARMS MAN BRANDISHING GUN While fellow officers stood by out- side prepared to use tear gas, Police- man A. S. Douglas of No. 1 precinct hid in a hallway in the 200 block of E street early today and subdued an | armed man who is said to have threatened shoot any one Wwho touched him Douglas spotted the man. identified | as Frank V. Pennington, 70, as the latter started down the hall, knocked him to the floor and disarmed him The pistol dropped to the floor as Pennington fell. The policeman also took a knife away from him. Responding to a call to the E street residence police say they found Pen- nington in the hall brandishing the | two weapons and declaring some one | had taken his wine. Tear gas was ordered to the scene before Douglas effected the capture. Pennington, a | Spanish War veteran, was taken to | Gallinger Hospital for observation. to —_—mmmm Iccmlnz the experiment. Included in [ the list were numerous addresses by | himself, Senator Copeland and Miss Bertie Backus, director of the charac- .er education program here. He gave many details of the con- | duct of the experiment, laying par- | ticular emphasis on the need for more | commercial studies, notably type- | writing. He revealed that the school system is now seeking an additional | appropriation to provide added facil- | ities for typing and stenography stu- | dents, the number of whom has greatly increased this year. Maj. | Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor, said an estimate in the pending sup- plemental budget calls for about $15,700 for this purpose. Turning to the question of medical facilities, Dr. Ballou said, “Washing- ton is so far behind all the large cities in this country in the m of routine physical examinations that I really am ashamed of it. Others who testified included Prof. Ben D. Wood of Columbia University, Dr. Charles R. Mann of the American Council on Education, Dr. Cloyd H Marvin, president of George Wash- ington University, and Dr. J. W Crabtree, secretary emeritus of the National Education Association, all of whom warmly advocated continue ance of the character education } program. 4