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Wash COMMITTEE 0.KS BILL FOR CLOSING OF MILITARY ROAD McSwain Measure Changed | to Shut Off Portion of It Immgdiately. AMENDMENT OFFERED BY SMITH REJECTED Plea of Arlington County for Delay Pending Substitute Construction Beaten. The McSwain bill, providing for elosing of Military road across Wash- ington Airport, with an amendment to close immediately that portion of the road between the airport traffic lights, was favorably reported to the House today by the Military Affairs Committee. Action on the measure followed a | hearing last week at which witnesses described the closing of the road as an emergency measure necessary for the protection of life and property. The committee rejected an amend- | ment sponsored by Representative Howard W. Smith of Virginia, County Manager Roy S. Braden of Arlington County and members of the county | board, which would have prevented closing of Military road until a sub- stitute road is constructed to carry | Military road traffic around the air- port. @alls for Immediate Closing. The War Department amendment, adopted by the committee, calls for | immediate closing of the portion of the road across the main runway of the airport. The point where the road and runway cross, which would thus be eliminated at once, has becn char- | acterized by famous pilots and air transport officials as the most dan- gerous air irapsport situation in the United States. The effect of the War Department amendment, it was admitted, would be to close Military road immediately to through traffic, and thus defeat the plea of Arlington County for a substi- | tute road prior to the closing of the | present highway. The War Department amendment ' would permit the remaining portion of Military road to remain open and in operation not later than October 1 to give access to several concession stands, a gasoline station and other small places of business along the road, chiefly at the airport end. Has No Military Value. It also is provided in the War De- partment amendment that the right of way of Military road may be sold by the War Department to the State of Virginia or to any subdivision of the State for $1 or that it may be transferred to any department or bu- reau of the Federal Government with- out cost. The War Department in- formed the House group that the road no longer is of any value for military purposes. Should the bill be passed as it now &tands on the House calendar, officials of Washington Airport are expected at once to begin the expenditure of $75,000 for grading, preparation of new runways and moving of conces- sion stands, hangars and cther build- ings in the vicinity of Military road to enlarge the usable area of the landing field. SUICIDE NOTE CAUSES POLICE TO DRAG CANAL Aged D. C. Resident, Jobless, Be- lieved Drowned Near Chain Bridge. A suicide note found attached to a hat on the banks of the C. & O. Canal about half a mile below Chain Bridge, and identified by Mrs. Harry D. Cash- | man, 3616 Connecticut avenue, as | signed by her husband, led harbor po- lice to drag the canal this morning. Mrs. Cashman said her husband left for the boxing matches last night and did not return home. She said Cash- man, who is 62, had been out of a Jjob two years. He was formerly con- nected with a large typewriting con- cern here. ‘The hat and note was found this morning by a resident in the vicinity, who notified police. Detective Sergt. A. M. Tolson is investigating the case. LIQUOR DISPLAYED, LICENSE SUSPENDED ‘Retailer, Thinking “Hidden Bar” Repealed, Shows Bottle in Mixing Drink. The willingness of ene liquor re- tailer to prove to his customers what | and all rooms cleaned for inspec- ington News BY W. H. SHIPPEN, Jr. AKE it from the policeman on the beat, the world's best- behaved college boys live :Nl I No. 2 Logan circle! No whoops, wheeees or whoopees, no midnight harmonies or midnight llght.s‘ issue from the austere windows of that ancient, red-brick residence where 33 students from the four corners of the | United States have domiciled them- selves. No collegiate motor cars clatter up | to those high, antique doors; no noisy parties embark for night clubs to re- turn in the smallest hours and the| tallest spirits. Curfew for radio and piano alike is 10 o'clock and the lights go out 30 minutes later. “Came Here to Go to Work.” “Those guys over there,” said the park policeman, swinging his stick to- ward the pre-Victorian facade of the old dwelling, “didn't come here to go to college—they came here to go to work! Not a complaint have I had | from them, and it's been six months | now!” All of which, it developed later, was on account of strict adherence to the | constitution of Logan Dormitory, resi- | dence of the Volunteer Co-operative | Students of the District Transients’ Bureau, F. E. R. A. The constitution was one of the first tasks of the co-operating stu- dents when they sold their idea to the head of tie Transients’ Bureau last December and received permis- sion to move into the three-story resi- dence, formerly the home of a reli- | gious charity. Only three students were in this | morning to show the constitution to their visitor—the others were attend- ing Summer school classes at Catholic University, at Webster Americaniza- tion School and at various institu- tions throughout the city. Constitution Displayed. The Reception Committee was some- what embarrassed at first. It could not immediately iocate the consti- tution, but at length the original draft. since amended to embody new restrictions, was brought from its resting place in a golden oak dresser which had seen better days. | This document, on the basis of | which the students had set up their | | own government—legislative, judicial | and executive—laid down laws of de- portment violatdd only once in his- tory. The violator was haled before | the Ruling Committee of Five, tried, found guilty and banished from Lo- gan Dormitory. The first paragraph of the consti- tution set the rising hour as 6:30 a.m. This might seem early to some stu- dents. However, the next paragraph clarified, if it did not modify, the | rigor of the first. 1t held this early rising hour nec- essary to allow all beds to be made tion before breakfast. The constitution set up the office of inspector and put teeth in the law. The inspector was authorized to hail violators before the committee, which could deprive them of weekly passes to the movies or, in more serious cases, send them back to the tran- | sients’ bureau. Study Hours Established. Quiet or study hours were estab- lished in morning and afterncon on school days. “No stomping,” the con- stitution proclaimed, “no running up and down the stairs, no piano or radio playin The boys were assigned to policing duty in bath rooms, corridors, furnace room and kitchen. Others waited table, stoked the furnace or helped | the cook and dishwasher. These lat- ter two are the only paid jobs at the | dormitory. The students have done consider- able repair work to the building, such as scraping five layers of wall paper | he Epening Shar WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1935. Officials as Guide. [ “The Logan Circle dormitory” serious students from the Transients’ Bureau. Sandberg, 25, graduate of a Superior, Wis., e (above) is providing a haven for Below: Arthur (Sandy) eachers’ coliege (left) con- gratulates his successor as assistant manager of the dormitory, John Tennant, 21, graduate of the Oak Hill, W. Va., High School. away and painting the woodwork, | but are afraid to go too extensively | into this work because of the un- certainty of the life of the colony. Perhaps the constitution’s strictest provision relates to punctuality. Each student must leave in ample time to reach school before class. May Become Model Plan. Relief officials have been studying | the students’ organization with a vlew{ to instituting it in other transient | camps throughout the country. The students themselves opened the | centrate in the crowded transient | quarters, The ages range from 16/ —Star Staff Photos. to 26 years and the present enroll- ment is drawn from 2€ States. At least a dozen students have “graduated” into real jobs, and an- other, the assistant dormitory man- ager, left for a job with the A. A. A. this morning. In the present group are a dozen high school graduates, at least two college graduates and many who have advanced to their senior high school year. A few are working out their tuition at local colleges while residing at the dormitory. The dormitory’s coat of arms sup- | first dormitory here because they | ports the constitution with the fol- | wished to learn and could not con- | lowing motto: “Knowledge and dis- cipline, and the greatest of these is discipline in life.” 1., WORKERS LIST ADDS 1580 N D. G May Records Show 712,112 in Executive Branches of Government. Despite a dropping off in some quar- ters, the Government machine con- tinued to expand in May, a net gain of 1590 employes being shown in the District and 545 in the fleld, to bring the aggregate in the executive agencies to 712,112, Coincidentally, the pay roll ad- vanced to $108,226,537, an increase of $1,500,000. To these figures can be added about 35,000 special employes in fleld activities of the Department of Agri- kind of liquor he was selling them today caused a 24-hour suspension of his license. Congress has passed a bill to do eaway with the “hidden bar” and the President has indicated he will sign it, but has not yet done so. D. G. Harsoulas, 1003 E street, found customers complaining they didn’t know what brand of liquor he was selling them, he explained today to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. Hearing about the new bill passed by Congress, Harsoulas acted on the theory he could now display the bottle and did so prior to mixing & drink. Evidence of his operation was filed with the liquor board by an agent who said he saw the display. ‘The board meted out a 24-hour sus- pension, beginning at noon today, in lieu of outright revocation of the permit, believing the proprietor’s story that he thought he was acting within the law. Licensed to Marry. LEONARDTOWN, Md., July 2 (Spe- elal) —Marriage licenses were issued here to James Lafayette Graves, 43, and Miss Virginia Helen Williams, 19 both of Laurel Grove, Md.; James Alexander Forrest, 24, of Ridge, Md. and Harriet Ann Swailes, 20, of Leon- ardtown; Francis Henry Clayton Wis- non, 30, of Mount Vista, Md., and Il;.ry Sue Hamilton, 30, of Parkville, M culture, with a pay roll of a million and a quarter dollars. Totals Listed. The employment totals for the month were: In the District: Permanent or emergency. Temporary .. 92,283 . 10,256 Total .....ee0000000.000.. 102,539 Outside: Permanent or emergency. Temporary .. Total ....... tessesesanss. 609,573 The largest permanent increase locally was at the National Emergency Council, with 296 new employes. Ag- riculture added 254 permanent and 140 temporary; War, 233 and 28, and Commerce, 54 and 30. The emergency conservation permanent staff at War was reduced by 475, and the tempo- rary increased by 521. Many Shifts Noted. Treasury added 135 permanents, | but dropped 183 on the temporary rolls; Interior lopped 201 off of both, all but & small number from the for- mer; the A. A. A. dropped 198 perma- nent workers, but added 340 for tem- porary service; Labor's permanent force was decreased by 161, and tem- porary boosted by 223; Public Works dropped 166 of the permanent staff, and took on 30 for the temporary; the N. R. A. permanent force was in- 515,001 94,572 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Banquet, P. E. O. Sisterhood, May- flower Hotel, 7:30 p.m. il Meeting, Washington Chapter, Catholic Daughters of America, Wil- lard Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Meeting, Oriental Council, Arcanum, 930 H street, 8 p.m. Meeting, Socialist Labor party, An- napolis Hotel, 8 p.m. ‘TOMORROW. Luncheon, Optimist Club, Hamil- ton Hotel, 12:30 p.m., Luncheon, Rotary Club, Willard Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Royal Luncheon, Zonta Club, Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets, 1 p.m. Luncheon, Kiwanis Club, Mayflower | Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Lions Club, Mayflower Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Meeting, District Council, Loyal Ladies of the Royal Arcanum, 930 H street, 8 pm. Meeting, Photo-Engravers, Hamil- ton Hotel, 8 pm. _— P..0. CLERK EXPIRES James Cook, 61, Was Employe for Thirty Years. James Cook, 61, & clerk in the City Post Office for 30 years, died early today at Casualty Hospital, where he was taken yesterday after he col- ! lapsed near his residence at the Capitol Park Hotel. 1t is belleved that death was due to 8 heart attack. The coroner is in- vestigating. Mr. Cook was a member of the Finance Committee of the National Association of Post Office Clerks. A sister, Miss Elizabeth Cook of St. Paul, Minn., had been notified of his illness was the time Tennessee Valley, Navy, Treasury, Home Owners’ Loan and Commerce showed big gains in the permanent forces in the fleld. Post Office and Interior losk RULING ON BARNES AGTIVITIES ASKED Music Teacher Protests Position of Public School Department Head. ‘Whether Dr. Edwin N. C. Barnes may continue both as head of the public schools music department and president of the Washington Musical Institute is up to the Rules Commit- tee of the Board of Education. Mme. Marie von Unschuld, who also conducts a private music school, has complained that the dual positions held by Dr. Barnes gives the Wash- ington Musical Institute an unfair ad- vantage over other private music schools. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, takes the stand that the present rules of the board do not place the matter under his super- vision and that outside activity of a teacher is permissible so lang as it does not interfere with his “proper performance in school service.” 1If the board does not approve of Dr. Barnes’ outside work, it must change its rules to give him authority of such matters, Dr. Ballou declared. Con- sequently the case was referred to the Rules Committee, composed of Mrs. Mary A. McNeill, chairman; Henry Gilligan, and George M. Whitwell. Action may be deferred until next Fall. Mme. von Unschuld charged that Dr. Barnes conducts a “normal course of public school music” in his private school, and that, because of his posi- tion in the school system, this course attracts pupils who ordinarily might enroll in other institutions. The Rules Committee was informed by Dr. Ballou that Dr. Barnes does not receive compensation as presi- dent of the institute, to which posi- tion he recently was promoted, but is paid for teaching there. Coal Miner Is Liberated. BEUTHEN, Germany, July 2 (#).— A coal miner who was imprisoned in & narrow corner of & shaft 10 days ago by & mud cave-in was rescued yester~ day. Although weak from hunger, he 'was in good spirits. College Transients’ Abode May Be Model EMPLOYES BACK Dormitory Without Noise Is Studied by Relief OPTIONAL SET-UP FOR RETIREMENT House Committee Hears Leaders Urge Plan to Benefit Workers. COUNCIL ALSO URGES ANNUITY FOR WIDOWS ‘Would Extend Rights to Those in Legislative Branch of United States. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. ‘Unqualified support for optional re- tirement of Government employes after 30 years of service at the age of 60 was presented in the House Civil Service Committee today in testimony by representatives of the largest asso- ciations of Government employes. Luther C. Steward, president of the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes, spoke for the National Legis- lative Council of Federal Employes, organizations made up of the National Federation of Federal Employes, the United National Association of Post Office Clerks, the National Association of Postal Supervisors, the National As- sociation of Rural Carriers, the Na- tional Association of Motor Vehicle Employes and the National Association of Post Office Laborers. The Civil Service Committee has re. ported about 20 bills covering various stages of the retirement questions and the hearing today was general on the subject of retirements rather than on any particular bill. The National Legislative Council urges legislation for the introduction of the so-called “widows’ annuity” and backed extension of the retirement system to employes of the legislative branch including Capitol employes. U. J. Diller, national vice president of the National Federation of Federal Employes, an authority on retirements, laid before the committee an exhaus- tive study of retirement systems with data on various plans, which is to be printed as a handbook on the sub- Ject of retirements. Others representing organizations of Government workers were Robert Al- corn of the Joint Retirement Confer- ence, E. Claude Babcock, representing the American Federation. of Govern- ment Employes; M. P. Alifas, repre- senting navy yard workers; Bill Hyatt, representing post office clerks, and Edward Gaynor, representing the Let- ter Carriers’ Association. BOLLING WILL GET 35 PCT. INCREASE 130 More Men Allotted to Air Corps Post in Army Expansion. Enlisted strength at Bolling Field will be increased approximately 35 per cent as a result of the increase in the standing Army authorized by Con- gress, for which Nation-wide recruit- ing began yesterday. The local Army Air Corps post is to receive 130 of the 1,442 new enlisted men allocated to the Air Corps under the expansion program. It also will receive 11 men from the Quartermaster Corps. 7 men frgm the Signal Corps and 7 men from the Medical Corps, or a total of 152 new men. Present enlisted strength at the fleld totals 440 men. The Air Corps increase will bring its total enlisted strength to 16,000 men, including 365 flying cadets. In addi- | tion, 344 Quartermaster and Signal Corps men will be transferred to Alr Corps stations. The station complement at Bolling Field is to receive the largest share of the new recruits, 80 men having been authorized for addition to the comple- ment strength. The eomplement, in charge of maintenance and operation of the local Air Corps post is com- manded by Lieut. Col. Martin F. Scan- lon. Fifty of the recruits will go to the newly organized 100th Service Squad- ron at Bolling Field. The new quar- termaster men will be added to the Quartermaster detachment at the post. The Signal Corps men will go to the Bolling detachment of the 16th Signal Service Company. A detachment of the 16th Signal Service Company at Fort Humphreys, D. C, will receive three additional men under the program. $150,000 SOUGHT FOR WATER PLANT Senate Group to Get Last-Minute Amendment to Appropri. ation Bill. When the Senate Subcommittee on the second deficiency appropriation bill meets this afternoon it will have before it a last-minute supplemental estimate from the Budget Bureau for $150,000 to enable the District Water Department to replace three old pumping units at the McMillan Park filtration plant. ‘The Budget Bureau advised the Senate the equipment has been in service so long thdt to wait for next year’s regular District bill might jeopardize the continuous availability of the water supply for the downtown area of the city. The expenditure will come from the separate water revenue fund. The bureau also submitted yester- day a supplemental estimate of $1,- 050,000 to go forward with housing facilities authorized for the Marine Barracks at Quantico, Va. Among the questions remaining to be decided by the subcommittee 1s ‘whether to approve enlargement of the old Pension Building in Judiciary Square, for the General Accounting Office, or provide for a new building for that agency on another site. Witnesses at a hearing last week pointed out that to remodel and ex- tend the Pension Building would pre- vent the carrying out of a proposed plan to use that site some day for a new District Supreme Oourt Bullding. “Fortune” Found and Lost Colored Woman Claims Coins Amid Protests of Excited Children. woman. They are shown with Capt. sell of No. 4 precinct. | | citing but less costly than the banking holiday which turned her into a sort of “walking cash box.” It was a panic for the thrifty colored woman and & boom for the juvenile | population when she lost two bags and | two envelopes of nickles, dimes and ULU COLBERT'S latest finan- cial reverse proved more ex- street southwest this morning. Harry Daras, 12, and Raymond Arduini, 9, ran home to the 800 block of F street southwest with the “for- tune” ($47.60) and telephoned police. ‘The boys, amid some excitement, told how they found “more money than they ever saw before” and how & colored woman had snatched one of the bags from them. Police brought the boys and the | money to No. 4 precinct. Rumors of | the treasure find preceded them and the precinct was soon jammed with anln!rl in the 400 block of Eleventhl Raymond Arduini, 9, and Harry Daras, 12, of the 800 block of F street southwest, found $47.60 in small coins this morning. much to the excite- ment of their young friends, but the money was claimed by a colored J. A. Sullivan and Officer J. G. Rus- | the juvenile population of the neigh- | borhood. The youngsters filled the precinct and climbed on automobiles outside to get a view of the lucky “finders | keepers.” ‘The colored woman, who lives in the | first block of K street, soon arrived, | however, to an accompaniment of pro- tests and a further clink of coins. | Concealed on her person, in bags, | boxes and paper envelopes, were un- ' counted coins and bills, the result of ymuch honest toil. She was able to | identify the money the boys found |and it was returned. | The woman said, “I carries my money around with me now. Them banks closed up and took every penny |T had. I made it all honest, just doing jobs where I found them. I | don't see why folk's don’t leave other folks' things alone!” | The finders, for a time anyhow, were the heroes of the neighborhood. | D.C. PAROLE LAW CHANGE OFFERED Prettyman Sends Reed Plan to End Indeterminate Sentence. Corporation Counsel Prettyman to- day placed in the hands of Repre- sentative Reed of Illinois a proposed | revision of the District parole law which would do away with its inde- terminate semtence and bring the law into line with the Federal parole system. The development was & result of studies by the House Crime Commit- tee of the present parole system, in which numerous officials objected to the indeterminate sentence. Now Assess Two Penalties. Under the proposed revision a pris- oner would have to serve one-third instead of one-fifth of his sentence before becoming eligible for parole. Under the indeterminate sentence law judges now assess two penalties, one & minimum which cannot be more than one-fifth of the statutory maxi- mum, and the other & maximum sen- tence. Under the proposed revision a judge would give but one sentence and the prisoner would have to serve one-third of this before he was eligi- ble for parole consideration. Prettyman also forwarded a personal suggestion that the chairman of the District Parole Board be made a salaried official and that the other two members be given a per diem payment of $15 for each day spent in parole work. He left it to Reed to decide whether to write this into the bill. Bribery Law Proposed. The corporation counsel also for- warded to Reed a proposed bribery law which would make the acceptance of a bribe by any officer of the Gov- ernment & felony and providing for sentences of from six months to five years. Prettyman also is drafting a third amendment of the criminal code which would be an “habitual criminal” law to provide for a heavy step-up in penalties for a person convicted & second time of a major offense, such as robbery, housebreaking, forgery or arson. The second time a person was charged with such an offense he would be faced with a double charge, one, for instance, of robbery,-and the other of “second robbery,” under which the maximum penalty would be, say, 20 years. GUILD EDICT DELAYED ELYRIA, Ohio, July 2 (#).—Com- mon Pleas Judge Guy B. Findley post- poned to July 29 a hearing yesterday on the temporary injunction obtained by the Lorain Journal against the Cleveland Newspaper Guild. Hearing on the guild’s petition to dissolve the temporary injunction was scheduled for yesterday. The injunction was obtained by the paper to restrain mass picketing and other activities already engaged in by the guild as the result of a con- troversy involving dismissal of several editorial employes. FIGHT T0 AGQUIT Newspaper Company Pays Herald Fine of $5,000 in Contempt Case. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 2.—A legal fight to escape the 90-day jail sen- REPORTERS STARTS Society and General PAGE B—1 CHARAGTER WORK SHIFT ADVANTAGES SEEN BY OFFICIALS Benefits Gained at New School Expected to Com- pensate for Losses. HIGH SCHOOLS DECLARED UNSUITED FOR PROGRAM Year's Work With More Than 1,000 Children Lost Through Change in Plans. Transfer of the character education experiment among high school stu- dents from McKinley to the new ‘Woodrow Wilson, ordered yesterday, means the cumulative effect of a year's work with more than a thou- sand children will be lost, so far as the pupils themselves are concerned. Dr. Frank W. Ballou repeatedly told the Board of Education that results from work so far completed are so fragmentary as to fail to indicate whether satisfactory results are being accomplished. May Have Made Mistake. School officials readily admitted to- | day the loss of time and effort. whi'e emphasizing the gain in greater effi- ciency through reduction in the num- ber of pupils which will accompan: the transfer. “We probably made a mistake ir selecting so large a school as McKinl in the first place,” said Dr. Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintend- ent of schools. “Many factors make it more diffi- cult to carry on the character educa- tion program in high schools than in the lower grades. The students them- selves are more static in their reac- tions than younger children, and we have a departmental system of in- struction which adds to the difficulties of administering the character work.” Dr. Kramer said original plans for I the character education work called | for applying it to last year's tenth- grade pupils during their entire prog- | ress through high school. From this | comprehensive treatment definite find- ings as to the value of the work and the best methods of developing the in- dividual child were expected to ac- crue. Observation Must Cease. The transfer of the character edu- cation program from McKinley to the ‘Woodrow Wilson High School, forced by the poor health of the McKinley principal, Prank C. Daniel, means that the character education administrators will be unable to observe the cumula- tive effect of three years under the program in the 1266 McKinley stu- dents with whom they started last September. There are important benefits to be gained, however, by the transfer, Dr. Kramer asserted. “Woodrow Wilson is a new school and the entire atmosphere will be new and receptive to the advanced ideas of the character education work,” he said. “In addition the en- tire school will have an enrollment of only about 900 students, which is about the same size as the tenth grade at McKinley, which came under the character education program.” He stressed the point that the value of the experiment lies in the experi- ence and knowledge gained by the in- structors as well as the beuefits to the children. Norman J. Nelson, recently named as principal of the new high school, which will open for the first time in September is a capable man, well tences handed down upon their con- viction for contempt of court was begun by two Washington Herald re- porters late yesterday as the Ameri- can Newspapers, Inc., paid a $5,000 fine imposed in the same case. against the reporters, Pat Frank and David Lee, were filed in the Circuit Court, while an appeal from the local court’s decision was filed at the same time with the State Court of Appeals. The contempt cases grew out of the Herald's publication of the Circuit Court’s “secret” deliberations in which John M. Boland, Washington police to murder Francis S. Lyddane, young Rockville bookkeeper and the husband of Mrs. Anne Lyddane. Lack of Evidence Claimed. It was set forth in the dismissal motion that the judgment, the verdict and sentence were not based on any that there was no evidence to sup- port them. They further pleaded that the defendants were illegally cited by the court and that judg- ment was had without petitions, af- fidavits or other papers accusing them | of the act. ‘The motions also held that the judg- ment and sentence violated the con- stitutional rights of the reporters by depriving them of their liberty with- out due process of law, that they were deprived of their right to trial by jury without their consent and, in conclu- sion, that the evidence in the case did not prove them guilty beyond a rea- sonable doubt. Lawyer Pays Fine. and appeals were flled on behalf of the reporters, Elisha Hanson, counsel for American Newspapers, Inc., pub- lishers of the Herald, appeared at the office of Sheriff G. Edington Bell and paid the $5,000 fine imposed by the court against that concern. Former Gov. Albert C. Ritchie and his law partner, Stewart S. Janney, have joined with the local law firm of Peter & Simpson in the legal battle to have the decisions against the two newspaper men set aside. —_— KNIGHTS END SEASON ‘Washington Council, Knights of Columbus, gave an entertainment last night at the K. of C. Hall, wind- ing up its social affairs for the Summer. John B. Coyle, lecturer of the council for the past two years, was in charge of the affair. The appoint- ment of Alfred Paul Neff as iecturer for the coming year was announced by Alfred McGarraghy, grand knight of Washington Council. Pupils of the Anna T. Mitchell School of Dancing were among the entertainers. | Motions for dismissal of the cases | character, was convicted of conspiring | charges against the defendants and | Shortly after the dismissal motions | fitted to take over the work, which | had proved too great a burden on | the health of Mr. Daniel, Dr. Kramer | said. H Ballou Urged Transfer. | Indication that school officials may | consider carrying on of the character | education work in any high school too great a burden was implied by Supt. of Schools Ballou in his re- port to the Board of Education yes- terday recommending the transfer to the Woodrow Wilson School. “Since the carrying on of this ex- periment not only involyes individual work with pupils, but likewise much | individual work with teachers, it is the consensus of those in charge of the character education experiment that the number of pupils and the number of teachers included in the experiment in the senior high schools is too large to make satisfactory progress with the project.” On Dr. Ballou’s recommendation | the board yesterday also ordered dis- | continuance of the character educa- | tion work in the night high schools, beginning with the term of Septem- | ber, 1936. The board agreed also to | & slackening of the work during the | coming school year. This action was taken after Dr. Ballou stated it was necessary to free teachers from the burden of the program for their duties as instructors and that the purpose of the experiment in the night schools would have been accomplished | substantially by 1937. This, he said, | was a study of the interests, capacities and attitudes of the night school students rather than actual character education. . TRUCIEE!S END SESSION William E. Humphreys Named Chairman of Group. Favoring fair and effective regu- lation of the trucking industry, about 100 operators of interstate trucking concerns today completed a confer- ence of several days at the Mayflower Hotel. William E. Humphreys of this eity was named chairman of the group at yesterday’s session. The stand of the conference upon national legislation was for regulation of all competing types of carriers, a definite and strong rate structure and provisions requiring certificates of public convenience and necessity. Advertising Man Dies. ROCHESTER, N. Y, July 32 (®).— Luther Bayard Elliott, 68, former member of the faculty of Iowa Uni- versity and well - known advertising man, died after a brief illness in the General Hospital today. He was born in Glenwood, Tows, July 13, 1867. ]