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Washington News TRIAL SET JUNE 4 FOR FIVE CHARGED INLYDDANE PLOT Woman Fails to Appear at Hearing—Will Plead Not Guilty. CARNELL IS RELEASED UNDER BOND OF $1,000 Bail Set for Other Men in Mont- gomery Case—Jury Will Hear Evidence. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, May 23.—Trial of Mrs. Anne Lyddane and tue four men charged with her with conspir- ing to murder her husband, Francis, and Mrs. Arthur Beall of Darnestown, today was set for June 4 by Judge Charles W. Woodward of the Mont- gomery County.Circuit Court. The five defendants will be tried jointly before Judge Woodward and & jury of 12 men to be chosen from a picked panel of 48, called during the March term of the Circuit Court. Mrs. Lyddane Not Present. The four men—John H. Carnell, John M., Boland, Harry E. ‘Lnomas and Edwin J. Davis—were indicted with Mrs. Lyddane yesterday by a grand jury and appeared before Judge ‘Woodward to enter pleas of not guilty. Mrs. Lyddane, under bond of $10,000 fixed at the preliminary hearing be- fore Police Court Judge Donald A. De Lashmutt, did not appear in court to- day. Her attorneys indicated she would enter a plea of not guilty. Bonds for Boland and Davis, both of Washington, were set at $5,000 each. Pending the securing of bail, both men were remanded to jail. Following an_extended conference between Judge Woodward and attor- neys for Thomas and Carnell, their bond was fixed at $1,000 each. Car- nell was released shortly thereafter and counsel said they would raise this amount for Thomas’ release during the day. Alleged “Contact Man.” Carnell, erstwhile Rockville bar- tender, is alleged to have acted as contact man between Mrs. Lyddane and others said to have been hired by her to do the killing. ©Of the 10 indictments returned yes- terday by the grand jury, four were against Mrs. Lyddane, three against Carnell and one each against Boland, Davis and Thomas. MOTORMAN’S CASE DELAYED TO JUNE 11 Two Firemen Whose Injuries in Crash Were Blamed to Car Still Confined. A charge against George H. Wil- liams, motorman for the Capital Transit Co., of failing to give the right of way to fire apparatus was continued by Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Traffic Court today, when it was stated that two firemen injured in a crash on Eleventh street on the night of May 8, are still unable to appear in court. The case will be heard on June 11 at 11 am. Charges against Williams were brought after No. 9 Engine Co. of the District Fire Department crashed into the street car operated by Williams. Four firemen were injured and the apparatus was demolished in the col- lision. The most seriously injured were Raymond Creel, 30, 413 D street southeast, and Sergt. George W. Swords, 38, 414 Seward square south- east, BODY FOUND IN BASIN BELIEVED IDENTIFIED| Owner of Automobile Discovered Nearby Is Learned to Be Berwick, Pa., Man. Tdentification of John Heavner, Ber- wick, Pa., as the owner of an auto- mobile abandoned in Potomac Park about 10 days ago has led police to believe he is the man whose body was found floating in the Tidal Basin yesterday. Heavner left home May 2 and failed to return. The first indication his wife had of his whereabouts was when she learned of the finding of his automobile near the John Paul Jones Statue May 14. The doors of the car were locked, but the keys had not been recovered. Harbor precinct police removed the body from the basin after it had been ealled to their attention by Leo Haral- son, 328 Seventeenth place northeast. It is at the Morgue awalting positive identification. 200,000 MOTOR CARS TO0 BE REGISTERED HERE Xeystone Automobile Club Re- ports List Already Is Close to 164,000. ‘With registrations of motor cars this year totaling close to 164,000, the Keystone Automobile Club today esti- mated that 200,000 cars will be regis- tered in the District before the end of the year. Last year's total on December 31 was approximately 170,000 machines and the month-to-month increase this year is expected to increase that num- ber by approximately 30,000, based upon new car sales. Registration of 200,000 will place Washington near the top of the list of cities on a basis of per capita own- ership of automobiles, the club said. Father Hubbard to Speak. Rev. Bernard Hubbard, 8. J., known as the “glacier priest,” will give a 15-minute talk over Station WRC at today. His subject will be ” They were exhibited by Mrs. J. L. 10 MEN INDICTED IN AUTO THEFTS Accused of Taking Stolen District Cars to North Carolina. Ten alleged members of an automo- bile theft ring were indicted today by the District grand jury for vio- lations of the national motor vehicle theft act. The first five counts of the indict- ment charge them with taking auto- mobiles stolen in the District to North Carolina. The sixth count charges a_conspiracy to commit 50 such offenses. The defendants are Ernest Rodgers, Charles E. Smith, Joseph Frederick Raleigh, jr.; Stanley Dade, James Robinson, Roy Burleigh, Douglas Mc- Knight, Frank Deaton, Fred H. Deaton and Karl Deaton. Louis Walter Dove and Charles Patrick O'Brien, arrested during a raid in the 1500 block of K street May 13, were charged with violating the gaming laws. A similar charge against Louis J. Waldron and Frank Crandall was ignored. Homicide Charge Ignored. ‘The jury also ignored a homicide charge against Roy A. Bayne, taxicab driver, whose cab struck and killed Mary E. Dyer at Sixteenth and Har- vard streets May 14. Witnesses said the woman stepped suddenly in front of the cab, which was being driven slowly at the time. Four men were accused of defraud- ing two District residents in connec- tion with an alleged profit-sharing | lime kiln project in Pennsylvania. The | defendants are Harry C. Smith, John | J. Gallagher, A. F. Du Verger and H. C. Moore. The defendants are said to have told Senes B. Passmore and | Willie Hein, both of Washington, they | represented the Cumberland Lime Co., | which already had let 10 contracts for | lime kilns. 1t is charged no contracts had been let, although the defendants allegedly told the prospects subscribers to stock would receive half the profits from the deals. Others indicted, with the charges against them, are: Many Held for Robberies. Harold E. Marsh, non-support; Ed- ward A. Stone, William J. Riley, How- ard J. Baylor and Arthur A. Hawkins, Joyriding; Joseph Baldwin, Wilbur Shipley and John O. Byrd, joyriding and grand larceny; Joseph Matthews, housebreaking; Howard A. -Cobby, E. Williams, George Newman and Eugene M. Jones, housebreaking and larceny; Raymond Potts, Arthur Herndon, Rob- ert Clay, William Weitlauf and Clar- ence To‘\lln, robbery; Lawrence Saun- ders, assault with a dangerous weapon; Maurice Haley and Clara Hall, robbery and assault with intent to kill and assault with a dangerous weapon; Grantly W. Edelen, carnal knowledge; Wallace Kimball and Eliot W. Shreve, violating Harrison nar- cotic act; John Louis Wolarik, forgery, ;nd Floyd Manuel, second degree mur- er. The jury cleared the following of the charges indicated: Elmer Clifton and Paul Marshall, robbery; Johnnie Williams, assault with a dangerous weapon; George H. Augustus, grand larceny; Leonard McBride, joyriding; Frank Fox, Harry Williams and David J. Keppel, forgery and violating section 831, D. C. Code; William T. Dewdney, Cabora Shama, William E. Larman and Claude P. Cool, violating section 865, D. C. Code; William F. Smith and Brice Gabriel, violating liquor taxing act, and Henry G. Kelly, homicide. PUPILS TO GIVE FETE Drama Will Feature Gunston Hall Closing Exercises. Students of the Gunston Hgll dra- matic department will present & May fete Saturday to close the year’s work. The scene will be an English village in the year 1525, Rowena Simpson will play the part of the queen. Others in the cast are Sara Dean Witz, Josephine Willis, Katherine Kleberg, Catherine Ford- ney, Nellle McCain, Douglass Woods, Harriet Freeman, Anne Woolworth, Ruth Ann Cassidy, Katherine Scott and Margaret Chenoweth. AEEC T TR L TRASH BIDS ASKED Arlington Calls for Estimates on Collection Service. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., May 23.—Bids for the collection of 1 requested were ot MISS DORIS GAMBLE With a basket of peonies that were awarded a prize in the Woodridge Garden Club Flower Show held inhthhe Sherwood Presbyterian Church. Bishop. < | | he Fnening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, —Star Staff Photo. ROSE-PEONY SHOW DRAWS HUNDREDS 217 Exhibits Shown in Woodridge Garden Club Annual Event. ‘The annual rose-peony show of the | Woodridge Garden Club, held in Sher- | wood Hall, Woodridge, last night, drew | 217 exhibits of roses in singles, vases | and baskets and a large variety of | peonies. Several hundred attended the event. First prize winners in the various classifications were: Radiance, Malinda Kieny; red radiance, A. H. Englebrecht. Other pink varieties, Mrs. O. Strieby: deep pink, Mrs. P, G. Mevitt; white, George S. Marshall; yellow, W. H. Bozarth; salmon to orange, A. R. Hester; red to crimson, J. E. McGeary; other eolors, Mr. McGeary; hybrid perpetuals, Mr. Bozarth; best roses in show, Mr. Bezarth; five blooms, one variety, Mrs. J. L. Bishop; climbing roses, Mrs, M. H. Sutton. In the basket or other container class, the winners of first prizes were: | Six inches or less in diameter. Mrs. Sutton; 6 to 12 iriches,” Mrs, W. H. Gannaway: more than 12 inches in diameter, Mrs. J. A. Gamble. Corsages —roses predominating, George 8. Marshall; other flowers, H. C. Kinner. In the peony show the different classifications and the first place win- ners in each were: White or cream, Mrs. Bishop; light pink, Mrs. J. E. Burr; dark pink, Mrs. Sutton; Japanese, specimen bloom, Mrs. Sutton; 3 blooms, 1 variety, white or cream, Miss E. Meyers; 3 blooms, 1 variety, light pink, A. H. Hester; 3 blooms, 1 variety, dark pink, W. T. Simmons; poppies, Mr. Bozarth; best peony in show, Mrs. Bishop; basket peonies, with other flowers, George Gee; painted daisies, Mrs. T. E. Marquis; columbine, Mrs. Taggart; pinks, Mrs. Marquis; pansies, Mrs. Peterson, and miniatures, H. T. Stowell, NEW WELFARE BODY TO BE CONSIDERED 500 Invited to Session Tonight to Study Advisory Group Plan. Five hundred civic workers have been invited to attend a conference at 8 o'clock tonight at the auditorium of the Interior Department to consider & proposal by the Board of Public Welfare for formation of a District Welfare Association. Invitations to many civic and wel- fare organizations were sent out re- cently by Frederick W. McReynolds, chairman of the Welfare Board. ‘The proposed organization is de- signed to serve as an advisory group on welfare activities by the District and as a clearing house for ideas for improvements in this field. A membership fee of $1 would be charged to defray costs of mailing notices of meetings. This is expected to be sufficient to cover costs for a two-year period. Qualified speakers on welfare prob- lems would be obtamed to address reg- ular meetings of the association. DINNER OF FEDERAL BAR TO HONOR STANLEY REED Stanley Reed, solicitor general, will be guest of honor at the fifteenth an- nual reception and dinner of the Federal Bar Assoclation tonight at the Mayflower Hotel. Ralph William Close, Minister of the Union of South Africa, will de- liver an address, and Justin Miller, special assistant to the Attorney Gen- eral, will serve as toastmaster. Members of the District Bar As- LOGAN PRINCIPAL CHOIGE DELAYED BY BOARD SPLIT Question of Discretion, Rather Than Eligibility, Up Again June 5. PRESENCE DESIRED BY DR. JOHNSON Contention of Dr. Ballou That List Should Be Followed In- volves Colored School. A sharp split among members of the Board of Education, with Supt. of Schools Frank W. Ballou aligned definitely with one group, has de- layed selection of an administrative principal for the enlarged Logan Ele- mentary School for five weeks, al- though the school moved into its new quarters a week ago last Monday and since then has been without an ad- ministrative head. At issue in the appointment, ordi- narily one of minor importance, is the right of the board to exercise a measure of discretion in such selec- tions, rather than always choosing the highest candidate on the eligible list. Discussion of the matter behind closed doors has been frequent and acrimonious during the last month, and at yesterday’s board meeting the problem seemed little nearer solution | than when it first developed. Delay to June 5. The first public intimation of the disagreement came at the session yesterday, when Charles H. Houston, colored board member, sought to bring the appointment into open meeting, but agreed to have it deferred to June 5, after Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, vice president, objected that Dr. Hay- den Johnson, president of the board, who was absent, was anxious to be present when it was considered. Logan is a colored school located at Third and G streets northeast. An addition was built this year, giv- ing it 16 rooms. All schools of this size have ad- ministrative principals, while smaller institutions are directed by teaching principals. The present teaching prin- cipal is not eligible for the promo- tion to the higher grade and it be- came essary to select an adminis- trative principal from the eligible list. In similar appointments in the past, the superintendent usually has recom- mended the person at the top of the iist and the board has confirmed the selection without question. However, in this case, several members de- cided that the person fifth on the list should be named to the post, while Dr. Ballou contended the usual procedure should be followed and the highest eligible appointed. 2 Leeway on Principals. Although rules of the school sys- tem require that appointments of teachers must follow strictly the elig- ible list, considerably more leeway is allowed in chosing principals. It is pointed out by some members that this discretion is conferred »0 that the person best fitted for the job in other particulars than official profes- sional standing may be selected. The rules specify that the board may not appoint except on the writ- ten recommendation of the superin- tendent, but say that he may recom- mend the person within the highest group of five “who in his opinion is best fitted for the existing vacancy.” A search of school records shows that this privilege of not appointing the highest eligible has been invoked three times in the colored divisions, but never in the white. The eligible lists are compiled by the Board of Examiners which the law requires the board to appoint annually on the recommendation of the superintendent. The matter of the Logan appoint- ment first was scheduled for the board meeting of April 17. Four meetings have been held since then, but in- ability to compose differences of opin- ion has prevented a final decision. et SO e R MERCHANT MARINE PLIGHT IS DEPLORED Dr. Healy and Father Walsh Ex- hort Action in Speeches Be- fore Propeller Club. A gloomy picture of America’s pres- ent merchant marine was drawn by Dr. Thomas H Healy, chairman of the National Defense Committee of ‘the American Legion and assistant dean of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, speaking last night before the Propeller Club of Washington in honor of National Maritime day. At the same gathering Rev. Tdmund A. Walsh, 8 J., vice president of Georgetown University and regent of the School of Foreign Service, de- clared that complete Government ownership and operation of all mer- chant shipping would be a “calam- ity.” The session was held at the Indian Spring, Md., Country Club. “At the, present moment our mer- chant marine is definitely inferior,” sald Dr. Healy “It is well known that it is deficient in types, numbers and speed of vessels to serve as a balanced unit with our Navy. Unless sociation, the Women’s Bar Assocla- tion, the American Bar Association and the American Law Institute also will be guests. z The reception will begin at T o’clock, according to Ralph G. Cornell, dinner will be an President garbage, rubbish and ashes for the| pointed Anning APPOINTED TO F. C. C. Anning 8. Prall of New York Is Named by Roosevelt. t Roosevelt today reap- 8. Prall of New York 1o the Federal CommuniZations Com- for & term of seven years, something drastic is done within the space of approximately seven years most of our merchant marine will be completely out of the picture, both for national defense and commerce. “While foreign ship yards are busy and passenger vessels, adaptable to defense and commerce, we content ourselves with bulilding & few tons of tow boats, barges, scows and the like. This is indeed a tragedy for a great Natfon whose prosperity and security necessitates, for many reasons, the maintenance of reasonable sea power.” Father Walsh pictured the Amer- ican merchant marine as “a huge pub- lic utility” in competition with heavily subsidized foreign competitor. “If subsidy be ended because unsocial possibilities attaching use of it,” Father Walsh told the peller Club, “we must embark long series of ever-widening bitions.” THURSDAY, MAY / BY REX COLLIER. Veteran special agents of the Fed- | eral Bureau of Investigation, here for & course of retraining in scientific icrlme detection, are renewing ac- | quaintance with “Old Beulah,” whose | modest. services in finger-print study have enabled the Department of Justice to solve some of its most im- portant cases. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the bureau, with a show of feeling, paid ranking her alongside “Oscar,” the training school’s wax murder victim, |in the esteem of the bureau’s crime war forces. This “college widow” of the bu- reau’s criminological “university” is well upholstered, but lacking in mod- ern streamline design. She has a weather-beaten complexion which faded paint does not enhance. “Beulah” is a venerable Packard sedan, whose services were obtained & good many years ago for the nom- inal sum of $10. An agent who admitted he owes high tribute to “Old Beulah” today, | 23, 1935. much to the “old dame” indulged in some fond reminiscences as he placed |a firm palm print on “Beulah’s” | Justice Department Building. “Thankful is every agent who has | made her acquaintance,” “when, during the course of a crim- inal investigation, he applies his finger-print lore to find and lift latent | prints that will link & suspect with | the scene of a crime. “On such occasions he recalls how, as an embryonic agent, he acquired from ‘Old Beulah’ the ‘fingerprint ‘ex- | pertness demanded of every special | agent before he is released from the bureau’s training school for field in- vestigations. | “Forlorn but not forgotten, ‘Old | Beulah’ waits in docile patience for the recurring visits of old and new agents who come to her to test their | skill. Eager fingers leave their im- | pressions on her hood and on her glasses. Whorl and loop patterns are | imprinted on her silver plated acces- sories. Her windows are marred by Special agents in training at the Department of Justice examining “Old Beulah” for latent fingerprints and recording data for identification. | y hands. Yet she utters no com- nt. | “When the fingerprint-applying chassis today in the basement of the | group has departed, along come other | oup, | agents laden with powder-atomizers, bottles of These agents search all over ‘Beulah’ | to find the prints left upon her body. | Each print, when revealed, is brushed | or sprayed with powder until the ridges appear distinct. Gummy tape is applied and the print is lifted off. | Agents with cameras ‘shoot’ the finger- | print smudges from various angles. | Finally, the agents hurry upstairs to the technical laboratory to print and develop the impressions. “For ‘Old Beulah’ there comes a | temporary respite. Creaky at the joints, she is wheeled groaningly back to her berth, there to wait another class of trainees.” ‘With a sigh, the veteran agent gave “Old Beulah” a resounding smack on her tonneau. “A grand old gal” he commented, with finality. “She knows how to take it.” FOR POLICE J0BS Civil Service Will Receive Applications for Vacan- cies Until June 1. ‘The Civil Service Commission to- day announced examinations to fill vacancies in private class 1, Metro- polian Police Department, and for park policemen, class 1, National Park Service, for duty in Washington and on the Mount Vernon Highway. Ap- plications will be received by the com- | mission at Seventh and F streets until June 1. ‘The examination is the first the commission has held in nearly five | years. According to commission ad- visors, there are 10 vacancies in the Metropolitan Police Department and | & bill pending in Congress to pro- | vide 55 new places. vacancies, but it was said there this morning these cannot be filled because of lack of funds. That force has been under its established quota of 80 men since the first economy act of 1932 brought about retrenchment. The entrance salary for both police jobs is $1,900 and the pay ranges up to $2,400 for & private at the end of five years. For the metropolitan police, the applicants must be residents of the District and those appointed must continue to maintain residence here. For the,park police, appointments will be made in Alexandria, Arlington and Fairfax County, and Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties, but ap- pointees will be restricted to duty in the State in which they reside. Applicants must be at least 22 years old, but not more than 32, but these age limits are waived in the case of the park police if they have veteran preference, the only restriction im- in this connection being that they must not have reached retire- xent age. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF' TODAY. Dinner, Federal Bar Association, Mayflower Hotel, 7 p.m. Bingo party, Nativity Parish Hall, Fourteenth and A streets southeast, 8 pm. Dinner, auditors’ section, District of Columbia Bankers, Hamilton Ho- tel, 6 p.m. Meeting, Personnel Transfer Com- mission, Hamilton Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, F. H. Edmonds Post, Vet- erans of Foreign Wars, Ambassador Hotel, 8 pm. Meeting, General Electric Co., Am- bassador Hotel, 4 p.m. Meeting and supper, Gulf Refining Co,, Willard Hotel, 8 p.m. Dinner, Chevrolet Sales Associa- tion, Mayflower Hotel, 6:30 p.m. TOMORROW. Luncheon, American Trade Execu- tives’ Association, La Fayette Hotel, 12:30 pm. - Dance, Stenographers and Typists’ Association, Mayflower Hotel, 9 p.m. Bingo party, St. Martin’s Church Hall, North Capitol and T streets, 30 p.m. Bingo party, Holy Name Society, St. Francis de Sales Church, Twentieth street and Rhode Island avenue north- east, 8:30 pm. P Bingo party, benefit scholarship fund of the Curley Club, St. Peter’s Church, Second and G streets south- 3 TESTS ANNOUNCED. In the park police there are six’ 'Hazen Considers Plan to Establish | Farmfor ‘Drunks’ City’s Habitual Offenders Would Be Removed From Temptation. Development of a “drink-cure” farm for Washington’s habitual inebriates is being given some consideration by Commissioner Hazen, but he himself is a bit dubious sbout success of the plan, he said today. The idea would be for the Dis- trict to buy a tract of at least | 2,000 acres of Maryland or Virginia farm land, erect there a series of cottages or dormitories where the | “down-and-outers,” particularly the | habitual drunks, could be put to work away from temptation. | Such farm land could be had for | s little as $5 or $10 an acre, the Commissioner said. The thought of such a development came to him, he | revealed, while visiting the jail, the | precinct stations and the reformatory. His point is that many drunks, given brief sentences for their short- | comings, return to old habits as soon | as released. The thought is that many might be permanently rehabili- tated if given a chance.to work on a farm where legal confinement did not overshadow their residence, as it does at the jail or reformatery. Hazen said he might call into con- ference a group of civic workers to discuss the plan. “It is just an idea,” he said, “and I don't know if it could be worked out.” DE FORD IS CHOSEN BY HEBREW GROUP Succeeds Harold P. Ganss as President of Congregation Brotherhood. Allen V. De Ford, Broadmoor Apartments, was unanimously elected president of the Brotherhood of the Washington Hebrew Congregation at the annual election last night in the vestry rooms.of the congregation. He succeeds Harold P. Ganss. Other officers elected are Harold Strauss, first vice president; Sidney Lust, second vice president; Dr. Ber- nard A. Baer, treasurer; Allen G. Stern, recording secretary, and Leon Strauss, financial secretary. Five directors to the board of the brotherhood were elected for a two- year team. They are Charles Lulley, Albert Small, A, D. Frank, Arthur T. Weil and William Bush. Two were elected for a one-year term, Milton Korman and Morris Konigsberg. Others on the board are Dr. David Davis, Burnett L. Baer and David Hornstein. After the election & town-hall dis- cussion of Jewish social justice was led by Rabbi Edward Israel of Balti- more. Participants were Sidney Hech- inger, Irving Diener, Philip Rosenfeld and Lawrence Koenigsberger. Musical selections were given by the Samuel Bogatch Jewish Chofr. The annual father-and-sbn banquet of the brotherhood will be held May 29 at the Mayflower Hotel. WINS BEAUTY CONTEST Special Dispateh to The Star. SPERR' women from the counties of Warren, Raj and Page at a contest held in the Washington, Va., school Miss Ruby Goiden of Castleton received second, and Miss Katherine Bowersets-of Fiint Hill, third, POLICE LENT CITY FOR SHRINE RALLY 150 of New York’s Finest Among Officers Coming for Conclave. Picked police from many Eastern cities, including 150 of New York's “finest,” will come to Washington for | the Imperial Shrine conclave June 9 | to 15 to help handle the huge crowds expected. ¢ This was announced today jointly | by Director General Robert P. Smith | of the Shrine convention and Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police. Word of the New York contingent | was brought to Washington personally by Mayor La Guardia, who said he will | loan 150 selected men from the New | York force. Philadelphia will send 100. motor cycle police from the State force. In honor of Dana S. Williams of Lewiston, Me., Imperial Potentate of the Shrine, the State will send four | motor cycle police as a special escort to | accompany the potentate as he drives in the National Capital. 75 Detectives to Come. ‘To help cope with any pickpockets and others who may be attracted to the city, Maj. Brown has obtained the services of 75 special detectives from several Eastern cities to augment the force here in Washington. One of the outstanding musical features of the conclave, Director General Smith announced today at his morning press conference, will be a massed band concert Wednesday afternoon, June 11, on the Ellipse south of the White House to precede elaborate Army day exercises. More than 3,000 musicians from more than 100 Shrine bands will be massed for the concert. They will be directed by Frederick Wilken, leader of the Almas Band. Guest conduc- tors will include Capt. William J. Stannard of the United States Army | Band, Thomas F. Darcy of the Army Band, Lieut. Charles Benter of the Navy Band, Capt. Taylor Branson of the Marine Band and Louis Yassel, assistant leader of the Almas Band. “Uncle Ezra” Also Coming. John C. Koons, vice president of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., who is chairman of the Shrine Convention Entertainment Commit- tee, announced that one of the en- tertainment features will be “Uncle Ezra” of radio fame, who in private life is Pat Barrett. He will bring his Hoosier Hot-Sbots’ quartet and band for the banquet of the imperial po- tentate at the Willard Hotel Tuesday night, June 10. Ample housing facilities will be available for all visitors, it was an- nounced last night by Stanley D. Wil- lis, chairman of the Hotel and Hous- ing Committee. In a radio address Willis said the Capital would be ready to take care of as many as 150,000 outsiders instead of the regularly an- ticipated 100,000. Although about 80 per cent of the hotel capacity of the city is said to have been sold out, the Shrine has registered, inspected and examined more than 8,000 homes which can take care of from 15,000 In addition the 10,000 cots in Philadelphia which can be rushed here in an emergency. Gov. Pearson Flies for U. §. ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands, May 23 (A).—Gov. Paul M. Pearson left yesterday by plane for the United States in connection with his appli- cation to Washington for $2,000,000 to carry on & new work-relief pro- P @ e vari-colored powders, | he said, | brushes, gummed tape and csmeras. | Pennsylvania has assigned 20 crack | DECLARED ON PAR WITH OTHER CITIES Assessments Nearer Market Value, Richards Tells Voteless League. PER CAPITA BURDEN CALLED TRUE TEST District Rate Found to Be $34.04, Compared With $29.81 for 20 Other Municipalities. Because real estate assessments here are as close to market value as it is possible to make them, the District's per capita tax burden compares favor- ably with that of other cities of the country, Assessor William P. Richards last night told the Voteless D. C. League of Women Voters. This has been revealed clearly time and again, he explained, in different studies of comparative tax burdens. Cities having a much higher realty tax rate, but assessments far below market value, are found to have per capita tax burdens only comparable to that of the District, he said. | Richards recently made public & | study of 20 cities showing property ers here have a per capita city burden that exceeds the average for 19 cities of the country. The per capita tax levy here was found to be | 834.04, as compared with an average of $20.81 for the 20 cities, including Washington. | Per Capita Tax Stressed. All his studies prove that the per | eapita tax burden and the per capita | realty assessment for cities is the only | test of comparable taxes that proves anything conclusively, he told the | league. Asked about the tax study made by Treasury Department experts, Richards asserted it should not be weighed against other studies because it did not consider the per capita tax burden, the only fair test of the bur- den of taxes. The Treasury experts used an “adjusted” tax rate as their | guide. | To prove his point, Richards took a list of six cities in which assess- | ments are made to approach full market value. He found that by di- viding the populations into the realty assessments in each case the per capita assessment was found to be $2.400. “Th | tax is study. just as other studies have shown in the past.” Richards said, “proves there is a relation of population to assessments. In these cities the requirement of 100 per cent l(ull market value assessments is seri- ously followed.” Chicago Rate Cited. The fallacy of following only the tax rates is conclusively shown in other studies, Richards added. Tak- ing Chicago as an example, he told the league the tax rate there is $7.50, much higher than in the District, but that when the population was divided | into total real assessments the per | capita assessment was found to be | but $600. | Pigures for 1934 were used in this case. In that year the per capita realty assessment in the District was $2.360. “If you are to make a fair com- parison of tax burdens,” Richards concluded, “you cannot get away from the difference in assessments, tax rates, alone or adjusted, do not tell the story. Many cities by 14w ree quire 100 per cent full market value assessments, but this is not the actual practice in many of these same cities. It is true here.” Annual reports of committees were made at the meeting and the follow- ing officers were elected: Mrs. Wil- liam Kittle, president; Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Priedman, second vice presi- | deat; Mrs. Ben McKelway, treasurer, | and Mrs. Ernest Harkinson and Mrs, | Clara Byer, directors. LT 'CHARLES MILLER INJURED BY AUTO 71-Year-0ld Man Seriously Hurt. Mrs. Alberta Fritz Free on $1.000 Bond. ! Charles Miller, 71, of 720 Thirteenth street, was seriously injured last night when struck by an automobile at Thirteenth and H streets. At Emer- gency Hospital, where he was taken by James M. Dunton, a taxi driver, he was said to have a compound fracture | of the right leg. sprained right arm | and possible internal injuries | _ Mrs. Alberta Pritz, 22, of Woodland | Beach, Md., driver of the car, was | eharged with reckless driving. She | was released on $1,000 bond In another accident last night, Nathan Herndon, 68, of 107 Carroll street southeast, received head in< | juries when struck by a machine on Pennsylvania avenue between Second and Third streets southeast. He was treated at Providence Hospital. Police | said the car was operated by Irving | North, 22, Receiving Station, Navy | Yard. |LOADED DICE CHARGE | HOLDS MAN FOR PROBE | Grand Jury Given Case of Paul Rivnack, Arrested on Board of Trade Outing. Paul Rivnack of Hartford, Conn., one of two men arrested and charged with grand larceny as a result of the use of alleged loaded dice on the Board of Trade outing last Saturday, was held for action of the grand jury late yesterday by Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court. Similar charges against the other man, Arthur W. Mister of T. B., Md., were dismissed. Charges against the men were brought by Harry M. Nelson, 1624 I street, who told the court he lost $60 in a dice game. Probe Fund Is Voted. An appropriation of $2,500 was voted by the House yesterday for the in- vestigation it has ordered into the National Retail Federation, of which Col. C. O. Sherrill is ”"