Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1935, Page 16

APPROVAL OF BUS UBSTITUTION FOR TROLLEYS LIKELY Utilities Board Is Expected to Act Monday on Petition. OFFICIAL INTIMATION OF DECISION LACKING Transit Company Proposes Three Services to Be Operated on Connecticut Avenue. The Public Utilities Commission is expected to approve Monday the pe- tition of the Capital Transit Co. to substitute busses for street cars on up- per Connecticut avenue. Although no official intimation as to the decision was given during the | yesterday, | hearing the commission all-day members public of are thought to be favorably inclined to | the proposal. It was announced at conclusion of the hearing that interested persons may present additional arguments or facts in writing Monday or before. No organized civic opposition to the substitution developed vesterday, al- though various individuals and the Forest Hills Citizens' Association pro- tested the change. Edwin S. Hege, president of the Chevy Chase Citizens’ Association, said his organization has taken no action in the matter, Throughout the hearing, he was criti- propases to in- services south from to replace the Twn would con- T and Penn- being an express ¥y & few stops withi he line, ice. The connect the circle i of Calvert Street ninal would be of the com- his service Chevy Chase de luxe coach d be continued. at least u the public known definite! whether 1t the serv Hanna declared During normal periods there would be about 3';-minute intervals be- tween busses, the commission was in- formed, and this would be shortened in rush hours. Traffic Director Willlam A. Van Duzer spoke in favor of the bus sub- stitution. contending it would accel- erate_traffic movement. He said ex- istence of the car line with its center trolley poles is a considerable obstacle to vehicular flow A number of residents of apartment houses along Connecticut avenue were particularly enthusiastic about the change, pointing out that the noise of street cars would be eliminated. $10,000,000 HEALTH DRIVE IS PLANNED 48 States to Be Represented at Meeting Next Week on Se- curity Bill Funds. B the Associated Press. A meeting of health officers from the 48 States has been arranged to decide how the Federal Public Health Service shall go about engineering a £10.000.000 anti-disease drive. The meeting will be held early next week. It will be used by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Roche and Surg. Gen. Cumming to canvass the needs of the States in mapping out the program provided for by the social security bill. That measure, now pending in the Benate. provides $8.000,000 for gen- eral public health work in the States and $2,000,000 for investigation of disease and sanitation problems. High in the latter category is likely to come studies of virus and social diseases. Of the virus diseases, some officials said it was likely that con- siderable thought and attention would be given to a study of infantile paraly- sis increasingly important among the menacing diseases. One of the chief purposes back of the allocation of the $8,000,000 fund was described yesterday as “the de- ‘velopment of a comprehensive Nation- wide public health program in co- operation with the State and local public health authorities.” METEF;S IN TAXIS URGED AS RATE PROBLEM CURE Bchulte, in Radio Broadcast, Op- poses Compulsory In- surance. Bolution of the taxicab rate prob- lem by requiring cabs to opera‘e on a meter basis was advocated last night by Representative Schulte, Democrat, of Indiana in a broadcast over WJSV. Schulte, & member of the House District Committee, declared: “In fairness % all, I believe some | method should he worked out wnereby the taxicabs would be operated on a meter basis, which is the only fair and honest way of conductiug the taxicab business. Then the passenger would pay_exactly for the distance that he is Bauled, which would create a living wage for the driver, who can thereby earn his expenses and estab- iish for himself the social and finan- eial standing that he does not today enjoy.” Schulte also expressed objection to proposed compulsory taxicab iiability insurance, which, he said, would make rates in the District prohibitive. ST RETIRED D. C. POLICEMAN 1S BURIED IN ARLINGTON Charles Ashby McWilliams Died Wednesday at Home in Leesburg, Va. Charles Ashby McWilliams, retired District policeman, who died Wed- nesday at his home in Leesburg, Va., was buried in Arlington National Cemetery this morning. A member of the metropolitan po- lice force from July 1, 1925, to Sep- tember 1, 1933, he retired on account of disability. He was 39 years old. Besides his widow, Mrs. Marguerite Getman McWilliams, he is survived by his father, five brothers and two - sisters, f THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. 'Essay Winners Await Finals Three of the elght finalists in the national educational better housing essay contest. sponsored by the Federal Housing Administration, are shown above with Representative Casey, Democrat, of Massachusetts, as they awaited the contest finals, which will be held this evening at 8:30 o'clock in the United States Chamber of Commerce auditorium. Left to right: Allan Brown of Western High School, the lone Wash« ington entry: Representative Casey, George Louma of Clats-Kamie, Oreg., and Marion Higgins of Chelsea, Mass. The finals of this Nation-wide con= test are being held here in conjunction with the celebration of Better Housing day —A. P. Phote. NEW HOMES BEGIN FLAG DAY APPEAL URCES REVERENCE -~ ONHOUSING DAY Celebration Here Featured’Randolph Says Fate of Na- by Capitol Program and tion Rests With Present Ground Breaking. While Washington was preparing to | celebrate Better Housing day with ceremonies at the Capitol and the breaking of ground for 10 new homes, in & thousand cities and towns throughout the country work was be- ing started on 3426 other model homes as a part of the Nation-wide cbservance to focus attention on the program of the housing administra- | tion and local better housing units. program at the Capitol was to include the presentation of a silver spade by Speaker Byrns to Mrs. John S. Bennett, chairman of the Women's Division, better housing program. The spade will be used later today in breaking ground for the 10 model homes here in the District and in nearby Maryland and Virginia. Fletcher Among Speakers. Other speakers at the local celebra- tion were to include Senator Fleicher of Florida, Representative Norton, chairman of the House District Com- mittee, and Stewart McDonald, acting | head of the P. H. A, | During the ceremonies, which be- | ! gan_at 11:30, the eight finalists in the National Educational Better Hous- | ing Contest, who won awards for essays written on the subject, “Better Housing and the Homes,” were to be | presented. The program was to be broadcast. | Similar Celebrations. [ Widely scattered communities in continental United States and Hawaii were holding similar celebrations to | | stress the benefits afforded by the na- | tional housing act. Original plans had called for beginning work on a thousand homes, but this quota has| been more than tripled. Since lhe\ | housing act was passed by Congress | last year, 7,997 community chairmen | | have been appointed to open Federal- | guaranteed building programs, | After the inaugural ceremonies, Mrs. Bennett, members of her division and officials of the Federal Housing Administration, will go about the ground breaking sites in automobiles decorated with banners and accom- panied by two floats. The contest finals will be held this | evening at 8:30 o'clock in the audi- torium of the United States Chamber of Commerce. More than $3,500 in prize money awaits the winners. OFFICERS ELECTED Special Dispatch to The Star. MCLEAN, June 15.—Officers of the McLean Community Library Associ- ation have been elected as follows: Mrs. Randolph Leigh, president; Miss May Walters, vice president; Mrs. J. D. K. Smoot, secretary; Mrs. | Stewart Terrett, corresponding secre- | tary; Mrs. J. Hunter Mack, treasurer; Mrs. Albert Mack, librarian, and Mrs. | | Adrian Busick, program chairman, ! July 6. Generation. A Flag day appeal for support by the youth of the country of all for | which the emblem stands was made last night by Representative Randolph of West Virginia at a special Flag day service in the Raleigh Hotel unde: auspices of the Intercollegiate Organ- | ization of America. Representatives of a large number of universities and colleges were in attendance | Randolph declared the burden of | carrying on the werk of “our fore- | fathers” in meeting all crises with understanding and strength has been | passed on to the present and future generations, in whose hands rests the fate of the country. Others who took part in the pro- gram were Representative Quinn of Pennsylvania, Linn C. Drake, local head of Boy Scouts: Harold L. Mos- kovit, founder of the intercollegiate organization, and its New York presi- dent, and Eric Lioyd and Leon Sclawy, cochairmen of the District division. Music was furnished by the or- chestra of the Ninth Street Christian | Church. Miss Helen Marks led the singing. FUULU'S REMUVA‘. F.E.R.A. Moves Into Wa EFFORT RENEWED BY HOUSE MEMBER Rogers Says Dern’s Repri- mand to Air Chief Is Insufficient. CASE TO BE REOPENED BY SUBCOMMITTEE Statements of War Secretary in Letter to Officer Held Evi- dence for Quster. By the Associated Press. A'new attempt to obtain removal of Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulols as chief of the Army Air Corps was con- sidered today by some members of the House Military Committee. Representatives Rogers, Democrat, of New Hampshire, and Hill, Demo- crat, of Alabama, asserted they did not- believe Secretary of War Dern had gone far enough in merely repri- manding the general. A subcommittee headed by Rogers recommended a year ago that Foulois be relieved, declaring he had been guilty of “violations and evasions of law and Army regulations” - and “gross misconduct and inefficiency.” At the first meeting of the full committee, Rogers said, the Foulois case would be reopened “to see what can be done.” He talked of taking the battle against the general to the House flogr. An independent investigation by the Army inspector general cleared Fou- | lois of the accusations of breaking the law which were made in connection with purchase of Army planes. But Dern, in a letter to the com- mittee, said Foulois had been repri- manded because the investigation “affirntatively established that Gen. Foulois violated the ethics and stand- ards of the military service in making statements before your committee which were not only unfair and mis- leading, to the committee itself, but which also seriously reflected on the integrity of his brother officers * * *.” Rogers and Hill contended that tatement alone was justification for ousting Foulois. “I think.” Hill asserted, “that this statement of the Secretary is the best possible evidence of the general's un- fitness to be chief of the Air Corps and absolutely sustaips and confirms the findings of the committee.” Gen. Foulois, whose term as Air Corps chief expires in December, was cleared of the major charges against him in a detailed and voluminous re- port made by Maj. Gen. John F. Pres- , inspector general of the Army. It was submitted to Dern Thursday when he returned to Washington from graduation exercises at West Point. Dern promptly wrote his reprimand to Gen. Foulois and transmitted it to the adjutant general for delivery to the chief of Air Corps. The War Department, however, de- clined to make public the text of the SATURDAY, boxes of records. McSwain. GREEN SENTENED T0 2YEAR TERN Pleads Guilty to Simple As- sault So Woman and Babies Can Leave Jail. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., June 15. —Robert Hensor Green, 27, Ardmore JUNE- 15, 1935. hington Auditorium One of the scenes as the Pedcral Emergency Relief Administration moved into its new quarters in the Wash- ington Auditorium today. Some of the girl employes of the Education Department are shown checking up on their Left to right: Gladys Williams, Leah V, Barr, Charlotte Brooks, Mrs. Sarah Pitt and Claudia —Star Stafl Photo, Katrina M’Cormick to Marry New York Man at Cathedral Bishop James Freeman Solemnizes Wedding This Afternoon. Reception to Follow for Descendant of Mark bricklayer, today began a two-year Hanna. | sentence in the Maryland House of Correction for beating his 3-year-old daughter, Norma Jean, last April. | viewed with irterest the marriage this Although indicted on charges of as-| afternoon of Katrina McCormick, sault with intent to kill, Green was descendant of a famous Republican | permitted to plead guilty to simple as- | family, sault before Police Court Judge George| The wedding of Miss McCormick to B. Merrick here yesterday afternoon. Courtlandt Dixon Barnes, jr., of New The arrangement for him to plead| york, was to take place at the Wash- guilty to the lesser charge was made| ington Cathedral at 4:30 pm. with | between Defense Counsel John 8.!Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop White and State's Attorney Alan| of washington. officiating. Bowie so that Norma Jean, her mother| The ceremony was to be followed by and month-old baby sister could be| g reception ac the home of the bride's Political and social Washington ' !r-lmed from the Hyattsville deten- tion room. Held as Witness. | The mother. whose name appears | on police records as Marie Bracey, had | been held since June 4 in default of $500 bond as a State witness, and if it had been necessary to try Green on the indictment she probably would have been kept in custody until the next Circuit Court term in October. Defense Attorney White stressed this Point in a statement to the court Patriotic services were also held reprimand. on the ground it vas part | martyr, pleading guilty through chiv- on the east steps of sponsored by the G. A. R. and the Woman's Auxliary. At this cere- mony a tribute to the flag was paid the Capitol | of the officer'’s personal record, and | alrous motives not a public punishment. The department previously refused to make public a letter of censure 50 Mrs. Green and the children who stayed with her could be released. “Green and this woman are legaily by Senator Joseph C. O'Mahony of from Dern to Col. Joseph 1. McMullen, | married, but not to each other.” the ‘Wyoming. ; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION | WILL FEATURE MEETING but the text was given later to the House committee, which gave it to the press. The Military after Committee, | nearly a year's investigation, charged | that Foulois had purchased planes by | negotiated contract instead of through Talks to Be Given at Quarterly Session of County Farm Bureau. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BADEN, Md, June 15—Talks on rural electrification will feature the | quarterly meeting of the Prince| Georges County Farm Bureau here | A. V. Krewatch of the University of Maryland Extension Service, who conducted a rural electrification sur- | vey in Maryland, will be one of the | speakers. The other will be a repre- | sentative of the Federal Division on Rural Electrification. Both the Prince Georges County Grange and the Farm Bureau have indorsed efforts to obtaih extension | of the rural electric lines in the county. e Sl el e Chest Service Tomorrow. .WOODSIDE, Md. June 15 (Spe- cial).—A Joash Chest service will be held tomorrow at 11 am. at the| Woadside Methodist Episcopal Church | when the congregation, led by 30! women dressed in white, will deposit | their free-will offerings in the Joash | Chest. Dr. Ralph D. preach. | misleading statements.” open competitive bidding. Charges of Committee. The committee also charged that Foulols, when confronted with the facts, had given “incorrect, unfair and ‘The flying general was reprimanded on that charge for departing “from the ethics and standards of the service by mak- ing exaggerated, unfair and mislead- ing statements.” The charge resulted from testimony by Foulois which conflicted with that given by Harry H. Woodring. Assistant Secretary of War, and other War De- | partment officials and officers. ‘The inspector general's report, ap- proved by Dern, cleared Foulois of | wrongdoing by finding that “ths evi- dence adduced did not establish that | Gen. Foulois violated existing laws in the purchase of airplanes and air- craft materials.” House Members Entertain. Representatives Mead and Beiter of New York are entertaining the Buffalo Club of Washington this aft- ernoon with an outing on the Potomac. The club was to assemble at the Vir- ginia side of the Fourteenth Street Smith will | Bridge, near the airport, at 1:30 p.m,, | to be taken down the river by boat. the Girl Scouts’ Little Scouts present the con- —A. P, PQoto. attorney informed Judge Merrick “Mrs. Bracey is the only one who has | given Green anvthing like a square | deal, and it is out of consideration to | her and the children that he pleaded guilty.” Return to Washington. Although she had been held as a State witness, Mrs. Bracey remained | in the Hyattsville lock-up while Green l was being tried here. She and the children were released and returned | to Washington immediately after the | trial. ‘The only witness called by State's Attorney Bowie was Police Sergt. | Ralph Brown, who told of the posse\ | of neighbors who searched the woods | near Ardmore for Green after learning | of how Norma Jean had been beaten with a belt and taken to Casuaity| | Hospital for treatment. The beating occurred, Sergt. Brown said, because the child faltered over the spelling of the word “patty.” The man was sought by police for | two_months, finally being recognized |in Washington by Detective Sergt. | | Prank Alligood as he was walking | along Maryland avenue with Norma | Jean. | Green still faces desertion and non- | support charges preferred against him last week by Mrs. Catherine Green, | 1200 block of Oates place northeast, | Washington, who claims to be his | “legal” wife. They will be probed by | the October grand jury, State's At- torney Bowie said. e LIGHTS OF PARADE TO GO ON TONIGHT Shrine Illumination Held Over for Benefit of Those Who Missed Spectacle. For the last time the gorgeous red, yellow and green {llumination of the Shrine parade route along Pennsyl- vania avenue will blaze tonight. By special order of Director General Robert P. Smith, the night illumina- tion of the parade route was extended for two days, both Priday and Satur- day, for the benefit of the many per- sons who had been unable to see it, and had requested that the illumina- tion be continued. There will be noth- ing after tonight. Workmen were busy tearing down parade grandstands along the Avenue today, and Smith, who is potentate of Almas Temple, hopes to have the temporary construction throughout the downtown area removed by Tues- day. Congratulations today continusd to pour in by mail and by personal call to Smith, to F. Lawrence Walker, re- corder of Almas Temple, and others, for the success of the 1935 conclave. W.C.T.U. R&LLY HEARS REPRESENTATIVE GUYER Music and speaking occupied the at- tention of the District of Columbia ‘Women's Christian Temperance Union at its quarterly meeting yesterday in the Fifteenth Street Christian Church. Representative Guyer, Republican, of Kansas, was guest speaker. Mrs. Ethel H. Reed was in charge of the musical program which included songs by Alice Graves Carver, Ruth Farmer Vanderslip being the ac- com| Ann Goodrich mother, Mrs. Albert Gallatin Simms, 1224 Thirtieth street, The event arcused memories of the days when the name of the bride's grandfather, Mark Hanna, symbolized political power, and old family friends of Miss McCormick’s mother, the for- mer Ruth Hatna, and of her god- mother, Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long- worth, came from many places to a tend the wedding. The parents of the bridegroom, Mr. MISS KATRINA McCORMICK. —Bachrach Photo From A. P. of Washington. Her flower girl was her godchild, Paulina Longworth, grand- daughter of President Theodore Roose- velt. The best man was the bridegroom’s in which he pictured his client as a | | hours wili be towed away by police. and Mrs. Courtlandt Barnes of New brother, Tracy Barnes. The bride's York, were here for the ceremony. brother, Medill McCormick, was select- The bride had chosen as maid of ed to give her away. honor her younger sister, Ruth Mc- With characteristic individualism Cormick. The bridesmaids were chiefly Miss McCormick had remained at her ! close friends of school days—Mrs. J.| own farm at Middleburg, Va., where Reaves of New York; Mrs. Harris Ward she has won much fame as a horse- of Washington, Mrs. Tracy Barnes of woman. until time for her pre-nuptial New York, Miss Margaretta Rowland ' parties to begin. giving her mother and of nearby Virginia and Miss Abby Sard | godmother ail the fun of planning. 4 VISITORS HOLD Shrine Conclave, Seeks |Stories and Discussions to to Improve Traffie. Climax Day Devoted Delayed by the Shrine convention, ta Reuflions, the automobile impounding experi- Crackling flames of a bonfire will ment will begin Monday. Cars parked in restricted zones, be- | light the west end of the Mall tonight tween the curb and street car loading as members attending the ninth an- platforms, near fire hydrants and on nual 4-H Club encampment form streets closed to parking during rush ! circle for stories and discussions be- fore taps sound for bed Machines will not be impounded for, The campfire will climax a dey de- simple violations of overtime parking voted to reunions at the Capitol, where regulations. the 160 boys and girls, with their State Offending motorists will have to pay leaders, were to spend the day watch- $3 minimum collateral, and more for ing their Representatives and Sen- flagrant violations. ators in action. Police will make no charge for tow- They were to go to Folger Library ing cars to police stations or the and the new Supreme Court Building Traffic Bureau, the collateral merely as well before they call at the offices being for violation of the regulations. of the men whc make the wishes of This drastic move is expected by the people back home felt at the police to break Washington motorists Capital. of bad parking habits. | The boys and girls entertained Mrs. bt SR Roosevelt yesterday after a trip to the White House, where the First Lady took them in charge. PUPILS TO OBSERVE The farm youths had hardly re- turned from the Executive Mansion to Children’s day will be observed | their camp, in front of the Agricul- Sunday at the Church of the Atone- | ture Department, when the President’s ment at 10:15 a.m. After records are | wife drove up in her own car. completed the entire school will pro- | She toured the tent city, met the ceed in procession into the chapel for | leaders, talked about the gardening morning worship. Pastor Snyder will | and homemaking problems that inter- deliver & special sermon for children | est the visitors and posed several times on the subject of “Loyalty.” for photographers. The annual picnic of the Bunday school will be held next Saturday at Plerce Mill, Rock Creek Park, from 10 am. to 7 pm. CHICAGO, June 15 (#)—Directors Pastor Snyder will speak at the ves- | of the American Association of per service on “The Meaning of Sac- | Creamery Butter Manufacturers yes- The Men’s concert in the parish hall June 27. Funds’ Lack Prevents Paying Auto Impounding In Parking Cases To Begin Monday Would Keep N. R. A. Pay. Giee Club will give l‘t.ry retain wage and hour scales es- | tablished. under N. R. A. codes. Freed Convicts $10 Gratuity “Our only recourse is to refer them to the relief agencies or to the Tran- | stent Bureau.” Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintendent | of District penal institutions, said ap- | proximately 25 men had been released | since funds for gratuities ran out.| Due to a shortage of funds, prisoners | released from Lorton Reformatory at the expiration of their terms since the | latter part of May have not received | their usual $10 gratuity. This was revealed today in a letter from the Parole Board to the District terday recommended that the indus- | PAROLE REFUSED TWO AT LORTON; LAW CRITICIZED - Brinker Brothers, Jailed for “Blackmail,” Cited as lllustrations. YOUNGER OF PAIR GIVEN HOPE OF LATER RELEASE Large Families of Men Noted in Decision, but Terms Seen Inadequate. The Parole Board last night turned down the applications for parole of Richard J. and Charles E. Brinker brothers, who are serving terms of ftom four months to two years in Lor- ton Reformatory on conviction of con- spiracy to defraud the Catholic Church of Forest Glen, Md., of large sums of money. Both have served five months. In the case of Charles, the younger brother, the board concluded he was “more or less drawn into this offense by his brother Richard” and indicated they might act favorably on an appli- cation for parole after he has served half the minimum term. No such statement was made concerning Rich- ard. In announcing its action, the board again took occasion to criticize the District’s indeterminate sentence Jaw which requires a judge to impose a | minimum sentence not greater than one-fifth of the legal maximum. It has recommended the law be changed to conform with the Federal statute which provides a minimum szentence of one-third the term actually im- posed. Both Families Large. Richard Brinker has a wife and nine children and Charles has a wife and eight children. Taking notice of this, the board stated it realized the families undoubtedly are suffering. “The board is not without sympathy for the families of the prisoners, and realizes that altogether too often it is the innocent relatives who suffer the most from wrongdoing, but it is equally obvious that no prisoners would remain in the reformatory if sympathy for relatives were deemed controiling in the matter of parole,” it stated In justifying its refusal of parole, the board said of the prisoners: “Their dealings were with an aged priest, and they pleaded guilty to pyramiding the costs of repair work by many thou- sands of dollars. The court com- mented upon it at the time of the trial as a flagrant case of blackmail.” Neither of the brothers had a previcus criminal record, the board found. | “Considering the nature of the of- | fense, the minimum scntence of four | months is obviously short, and is probably explained by the fact that under our parole iaw the court was obliged to impose & minimum sen- tence not greater than one-fifth of the maximum,” tze board added Frank R. Jelleff, member of the Parole Board, touay took cognizance of reports that the procedure in the case of the Brinker brothers was not the same as that followed in ihe case of Edmund D. Rheem, former Wash- ington broker. Jellefi denied this, savirg Rheem tvice had been refused application for parole and then was granted only a provisional parole 1After he had served all but 10 months | of his sentence. Rheem'’s parole is | contingent on ihe condition that he | remain away from Washington. This is the first application of the Brinker | brothers. SEA SAFETY DRIVE | BY U. S. EMPHASIZED Bureau of Navigation Director Addresses Social Work Par- ley in Montreal, By the Associated Press. MONTREAL, June 15.—Joseph B. Weaver, director of the Bureau of | Navigation and Steamboat Inspection | Washington, D. C., told the National Conference of Social Work vesterday his bureau was doing everything pos- sible to avert sea tragedies by im- proving ships' personnel. “The United States Government.” he seid. “has a decidedly grave re- sponsibility in building up a merchant marine personnel that will react fa- vorably to circumstances and carry on 50 that human life will be protected at sea.” Lea D. Taylor, head resident of the Chicago Commons, described work done by group agencies who assist unemployed and outlined the develop- ment of workers’ committee on un- employed C. A. Perry, associate director of the Russell Sage Foundation, New York, said authorities would have to be constantly vigilant “if new devel- opment for slum families are to be surrounded with a wholesome nefgh- borhod énvironment.” | NAVAL HERO IS BURIED {IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY | Martin T. Torgerson Was Award- ed Congressional Medal for Dis- tinguished Service in China. Martin T. Torgerson, former third- class gunner’s mate, U. 8. N., awarded the Congressional Medal of Honer for distinguished service during the Boxer Rebellion in China in June, 1900, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery this morning. Services were conducted by Lieut. Comdr. §. W. Salisbury, Chaplain Corps, U. 8. N, with full military honors. Born in Oleesen, Norway, November 7, 1875, Torgerson entered the Navy 25 a seaman in May, 1898 at Norfolk, Va. He was honorably discharged be- cause of physical disability in Decem= ber, 1000, aboard the U. 8. 8. Vermont | now receive consists only of what they panist. Dorothy gave two violin solos, accompanied by Adele Bush. Mrs. Maude E. Harter directed a children’s playlet, with Mrs. H. T, Morse a5 DAITSIOR, Commissioners asking that some ac- tion be taken to provide the needed money. “The small amount these prisoners | have earned during their incarcera- | tion, and is not sufficient to keep them in food and shelter until they can se- cure employment,” wrote Wilbur La Roe, chairman of the Parole Board. La Roe said the board is interesting itself in the matter because it has jurisdiction over prisoners until the expiration of their full terms, even though they are released before that time. “We find that the failure to pro- vide them with this $10 gratuity is making very difficult their rehabilita- con! This payment amounts to approx- imately $3,000 a year. The shortage was caused by the in- crease in the cost of supplies pur- chased by the reformatory and amounts to approximately $75,000, District Auditor Dsniel J. Donovan disclosed. “Since we ran out.of money we have been operating on credit, but this situation made it impossible to give the released prisoners their cash gratuities,” Donovan declared. He said a $60,000 deficiency bill to cover the shortage is now pending in Congress and probably will be reported out by the House Appropriations Com- mittee next week. The committee has been asked to raise the amount to $75,000, Donovan asserted. He said all prisoners released since May will be paid the money owed at New York City. PRSI {COL. WILLIAM TAYLOR, RETIRED, SUCCUMBS Col. William Taylor, U. 8. A, re- tired, of 2301 Connecticut avenue, died yesterday at his home. Born in Anderson, Tenn., Col. Tay- lor entered the Army as a captain in the 4th Tennessee Infantry in the | Spanish-American War. He was re- tired for age in February, 1932. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Margaret G. Taylor, and a son, Lieut. John M. Taylor, U. 8. N. Funeral services will be held in Ar- Monday at A