Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1935, Page 13

Washington News ELABORATE FETES 10 MARK FOURTH IN CAPITAL AREA Colorful Fireworks to Cli- max Events Beginning at Dawn. PARADES AND SPEECHES LISTED ON PROGRAMS Seats for Pyrotechnic Exhibition, Starting at 8:35, on Sale at 25 Cents. The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, Blast Blamed on Short Circuit; Deaths of 4 Held Accidental Thermometer Tubing Made Contact With Transformer Casing, Engineer Says in Report on Explosion. A short circult established acci- dentally during work on a thermome- ter caused the explosion of the power- ful transformer in the basement of the Potomac Electric Power Co. Build- ing last Saturday, which resulted in the death of four men and the in- jury of others, investigating officials reported late yesterday. The report was submitted to_ the Public Utilitles Commission by Fred A. Sager, its chief engineer. Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald concurred in the finding and declared the deaths accidental. He waived the holding of inquests. Walter E. Kern, District electrical engineer, and J. S. Zebley, chief elec- the thermometer in sufficieni volume as to ignite and cause intense heat throughout the vault and in the base. ment of the building, with disastrous result as to the lives of those javolved in the accident.” Circuit Breaker Acted. Sager also found that further dis- aster would have resulted had not & circuit breaker controlling the trans- mission feeders operated promptly to cut off the power supply. This cir- cuit breaker was found to have func- tioned in three-fourths of a second. The transformer is used to change | power from direct to alterrating cur- rent. Similar transformers are in | service at various points in the city. The National Capital will celebrate | trical inspector, also made the same wrhe transformer was immersed in oil, the 159th anniversary of the signing | of the Declaration of Independence | tomorrow with one of the most elab- | orate programs in years. finding. Situation Re-enacted. Officials found evidence to believe | the oil being used for cooling the | equipment and also for insulation pur- | poses. The thermometer is used to | Ithat a short circuit resulted When|show the temperature of the ofl which | Numerous community celebrations, | the tubing attached to a thermometer | becomes heated whea a heavy current | with sports and athletic contests as|accidentally touched the case of the|is carried. The oil is under pressure | features, will precede the grand climax that evening when thousands will gathér at the Washington Monument Grounds to witness the gigantic fire- | prior to the blow-up, officials found | works display. Eight thousand chairs | will be provided on the north slope. Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Vir- ginia will deliver the principal ad- | dress, which will be broadcast, shortly after 8 o'clock. The program officially opens at 7:15 p.m. with a Marine Band | concert and procession of flags at Six- teenth street and Constitution avenue. | Tifty-two organizations will partici- | pate in the flag ceremonies. The | spectacular fireworks display begins | transformer case a short circult of | at 8:35 pm. Oldest Inhabitants to Celebrate, | The annual celebration arranged by the Association of Oldest Inhabitants will take place at 10:30 am. at the association's headquarters, Old Union Engine House. | Tentative plans. Secretary J. Elliott Wright, jr., explained, include a pa- | triotic address by Col. Francis Scott Key-Smith and a reading of the Dec- | laraticn of Independence by William | Spencer Armstrong. Selections by Miss Dorothy Sherman Pierson. so- prano, accompanied by Miss Katherine | Cullen. and the reading of an orig- inal poem by John Clagett Proctor will be features of the program. Civic, veteran and business organiza- ! ns will participate in the all-day program at Takoma Park, which will | start with the booming of cannon at | sunrise and end with a fireworks pro- gram at sundown. The elaborate Takoma program calls r a street parade in the morning, g raising and dedication of the new munieipat playgrounds on the Mary- land side of the town, lying in Mont- gomery County, and athletic field | contests and swimming meets through- out the afternoon. The finish of the | 10-mile marathon for The Evening | Star trophy is included in the sports | program. The run will end at the Takoma Recreation Center at 2:30 pm. Army Band in Parade. The United States Army Band, | under direction of Lieut. Thomas F.| Darcy, will lead the parade, scheduled | to start at 9:30 a.m. from the Mary- | land portal of the Piney Branch Park- | way. Other activities intersperse the | day, with a sports program at 3 pm., | presentation of awards at 4:30 p.m. | and fireworks at 8 o'clock on the Maryland municipal playgrounds on | Philadelphia avenue. Judge Herman C. Heffner is chairman of the Ar- rangements Committee. Boy Scouts, | Girl Scouts and community officials | also will take part. Senator Bennett Champ Clark will | be guest speaker at services planned by | the Jewish War Veterans and District Citizens’ Committee at the Arlington National Cemetery amphitheater at 11 am. Capt. William Berman, commander in chief of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States, also will speak. ‘The United States Navy Band will present a concert. Others participat- ing in the program will be Rabbi Sol- omon H. Metz, Ivy A. Pelzman, com- mander Washington Post, No. 58, J. ‘W. V.. Miss Dorothy Reddish, Rev. John C. Palmer and Col. Julian E. ‘Yates, chaplain, Fort Myer, Va. Portraits in Fire. ‘The Monument Grounds fireworks display will be featured by some in- tricate pyrotechnic portraiture of George Washington and President Roosevelt. 1t 1s expected the President and his family will witness the colorful sight from the south portico of the White House. Bombs, rockets and shells of multi- ple colored smoke and fire will be hurled high into the air and can be seen for miles. Heading the Fireworks Committtee is Edgar Morris, assisted by Fred A. Smith. Harry H. R. Helwig, Wallace Robinson, Thomas L. Eagan and John Scharf. > Speakers and honor guests will oc- cupy stands already completed on the North Monument Grounds. The Dis- trict Commissioners, a number of Senators and Representatives and members of the President’s cabinet have been invited to witness the dis- play. The Marine Band will play and the Drum and Bugle Corps of Cos- tello Post, American Legion, will per- form intricate drill maneuvers. 25 Cents for Seats. Seats for the public will cost 25 cents apiece. Tickets are available at downtown department stores, hotels, newspaper offices and at the Com- munity Center Department, Franklin School Building. They may also be purchased at the Monument Grounds tomorrow morning. Ushers and aides for the evening ceremonies will be District of Colum- bia National Guardsmen, under di- rection of Maj. Ralph Childs. Besides Senator Byrd, who will be introduced by C. Melvin Sharpe, executive secretary of the Potomac Electric Power Co.; Col. Edwin A. Halsey, secretary of the Senate, will read the “Declaration of Independ- ence.” Sharpe is president of the Citizens’ Fourth of July Committee. Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, new presi- dent of Georgetown University, will deliver the invocation before the fes- tivigies commence. transformer and one of the high tension terminals inside the case. Re-enacting the supposed situation burned spots on the thermometer tube | and’ the case and terminals in con- tact when the instrument was held at an angular position. Sager informed the commission: “From the inspections of the equip- ment and from the operating records and conditions noted, I conclude that as a Tesult of the accidental ccntast of the metallic thermometer tube with one high - tension terminal and the large amperage occurred, resulting in volitization of oil in an explosive man- ner, burning of the metallic parts ana resulting metallic vapor spreading the short circuit to all three terminals of the transformer, thus increasing the heat and with increased volitization of oil and ignitica of oil vapor or gas, resulting in the explosion, the oil spraying out of the hole prepared for | of as much as 10 pounds when 1t ex- | pands and compresses at the top of | the case. { ‘Workmen on the transformer, which | had been installed and tested a few hours prior to the accident, were attaching an electrical relay to the | thermometer, to operate in starting a fan to blow a current of air over the | | cooling coils on the side of the trans- | former whenever the temperature of the oil reached a specified point, Sager said. In this work the ther- mometer was unscrewed from the case. Previously power had been ap- plied to the transformer and the high- tension coils were “alive.” ‘The explosion was so great it lifted the transformer a few inches and set it down on the foot of one of the workmen and an intense flame filled the whole vault. The flame was so intense it burned and later caused the death of two workmen who were standing about 20 feet from the vault, Sager said. D.G. GUARDS LEAVE FOR FORT MONROE Advance Party to Prepare for Arrival of Artillery- men, An -advance party of the 260th Coast Artillery, ict National Guard, moved out of Washington during the early morning hours to- day headed for Fort Monroe, Va., where the troops will train this Sum- mer. The detachment will prepare the quarters assigned to the local artil- lerymen, who will arrive in force Sat- urday for a two-week training period. In command of the advance party was Lieut. Carl Santilli, supply officer. He and his men traveled in five trucks and were to proceed by way of Rich- mond. The movement is the first real test of the regiment’s new motorized equipment. The main body, under command of Maj. Walter W. Burns, will mobilize Saturday morning and leave the city at 6 am. Their transport consists of 27 new 1!i-ton trucks and 3 station wagons. Passing through Richmond late in the morning, they are expect- ed to reach Fort Monroe at 5 p.m. Maj. Stewart M. Grayson, senior medical officer, will accompany the! troops and command the medical de- tachment. Anti-aircraft guns assigned to the unit will not be taken to the Summer encampments, since armament at Fort Monroe will be available for training. Clarence F. Donohoe, president of the Southeast Merchants’ Association, is expected to visit the regiment July 13 to present the silver cup won by its buglers and drummers in competi- tion with other local military musical units in the parade of the Veterans of Foreign Wars June 24. — DELIVERY MAN ROBBED $7.54 Taken From Man With Liquor for Apartment House. Lesser McCoy, colored, was robbed of $7.54 last night when he was held up by a man while making a liquor delivery in an apartment house in the 1900 block of Fourteenth street. The robber had called the store Lesser worked requesting the and change for a $10 bill. Another robbery was reported to po- lice last night, the victim, William Earl Bryan, of 1006 Park road, report- ing that two men held him up at Eleventh and Lamont streets and robbed him of $26. “ere' uor ENLARGING SYPHAX SCHOOL 1S SOUGHT Washington Housing Group Sees More Pupils in Hogs- ing Project, Enlargement of the Syphax School to provide for expansion of the school population in its vicinity expected to | result from the Government's low-cost housing project in Southwest Wash- | ington should be started in the Fall, the Commissioners have been advised | by the Washington Committee on IHouslng, a civic group of which Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is honorary | chairman. | The new low-cost housing for col- | ored families is to be built in the area | bounded by Half, Canal, P and M | streets southwest. The committee told | the Commissioners the development is expected to add 250 more colored families to the section, resulting in an addition of about 200 children to the enrollment of the Syphax and the Anthony Bowen Schools. In a letter signed by Clarence Phelps Dodge, chairman of the Hous- ing Committee, the body proposes that the Commissioners ask Congress for a supplemental appropriation to provide six additional class rooms, two rooms for industrial arts and crafts, a gym- nasium, an auditorium with a seating capacity of between 300 and 400 and six small administration and equip- | ment rooms, as an addition to the Syphax School. Commissioner Hazen is inclined to believe the housing project will not increase school population of the sec- tion as much as now estimated and that the new housing may not be fin- ished and occupled as soon as plan- ned. He believes the Commissioners should consider expansion of the school in development of the 1937 budget, rather than to ask Congress now for a supplemental appropriation. WARNING TO FISHERMEN Roaches Run Anglers to Be Ar- rested, Gartside Announces. Those who are fishing illegally i in Roaches Run on the Mount Ver- non Memocrial Highway were warned yesterday by Frank T. Gartside, acting superintendent of the National Capi- tol Parks, that they would be arrested and taken before the United States commissioner at Alexandria, Va., who will impose sentence upon them. Gartside has received numerous complaints recently about persons fishing in Roaches Run, despite the “No Fishing” sign displayed there. Traffic Rules for Celebration Tomorrow Evening Announced Traffic regulation changes in the Washington Monument Grounds and vicinity, the better to handle the hundreds of motorists expected to witness the Independence day cele- bration tomorrow night, were an- nounced today. Automobiles will not be permitted to through the Monument Grounds after 6 p.m., with the ex- ception of the south roadway, north of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, west of Fourteenth street, where traffic will be permitted west- bound along the Fifteenth street road- way in rear of the bureau. Parking will be permitted on both sides of the Fifteenth street roadway at this point. One-way traffic will be in effect from the east side of the Tidal Basin from Fourteenth street, west to the John Paul Jones Statue; Seventeenth street from Constitution avenue south to John Paul Jones Statue will be two- way traffic; traffic southbound from Constitution avenue will be directed west around Tidal Basin. Parking will be allowed on both sides of the Tidal Basin roadway, the Polo Field, Con- ggitution avenue west of Seventeenth street to the river, and in the rear of the Navy and Munitions buildings. The Ellipse in rear of the White House also will be one way, with parking permitted after 6 p.m. An ambulance will be stationed on the Sixteenth street roadway in the ‘Washington Monument Grounds, with another stationed at the grounds and Fifteenth street. Fourteenth ‘street south, and the Arlington Memorial Bridge route will be open for direct traffic into Virginia. Holders of reserved parking tick- ets, which police say should be displayed clearly on the windshield, are asked to enter the Monument Grounds from FPourteenth street .at the roadway north of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, continue west through the grounds, past the Sylvan Theater, to the Sixteenth street road- way, where policemen will direct the parking. These temporary trafic changes were made public by Frank T. Gart- side, acting superintendent of Na- tional Capital Parks, and Capt. P. J. Carroll of the United States Park s Police, ] WOODROW WILSON HIGH MAKES PLANS FOR 300 STUDENTS Staff of 30 Teachers to Relieve Crowding at Western High. PUPILS LIVING IN AREA TO GO TO NEW SCHOOL Kramer Expects 1,500 to 2,000 in Year or So—Anacostia Plans Wait Upon Building. Organization plans now being made for the new Woodrow Wilson High School call for an institution this com- ing year which will care for 900 pupils and be staffed by about 30 teachers. Pirst Asst. Supt. of Schools Stephen E. Kramer and Norman J. Nelson, re- cently appointed principal, have been | hard at work for several weeks map- ping out details of pupils’ and teach- ers’ shifts and staff organization. A. territory bounded on the north by the District line, on the south and west by Massachusetts avenue and Woodley road, and on the east by Rock C Park, has been assigned to the scfool. The requirement that pupils in that area attend the Woodrow Wilson School will be rather rigidly enforced because of overcrowded con- ditions at Western High Schoal, Kramer said. He added, however, that considerable latitude will be allowed pupils from other areas who wish to go to Woodrow Wilson. 1t is expected to transfer about 400 pupils and 15 teachers from Western to the Woodrow Wilson, since this number of Western students now live within the territory assigned to the new school. 500 Others Expected. In addition about 300 pupils who were graduated from the Alice Deal Junior High School last month will be enrolled, approximately 100 students will be transferred from Central High School and school officials estimate that approximately 100 children not previously accounted for will be on hand when the school opens next September. For the first year there will be only two grades, the tenth and eleventh, but thereafter the school will operate on a regular three-year basis. The current appropriation act pro- vides for the salaries of only 15 addi- tional teachers to staff the Woodrow Wilson, making necessary the shift of teachers from Western, which will furnish the largest contingent of puplils. Dr. Kramer said he expected that the new high school will grow rapidly, reaching an enrollment of 1,500 or 2,000 students within & year or so after its opening. With only 30 teachers, classes at the Woodrow Wilson will be somewhat larger than the average for the white high schools here. Each teacher would be required to instjuct about 30 chil- dren, whereas the average is 28 and the ideal is figured at 26. Other Teachers May Be Shifted. All the teachers at Woodrow Wilson will not necessarily be new to the school system or transfers from West- ern, since shifts also may be made involving individuals at other high schools, Dr. Kramer said. A paradoxical situation developed in this regard when several McKinley High School teachers requested a few days ago to be transferred to the Woodrow Wilson in order to be re- lieved of the added burdens incident to administration of the character education program at McKinley. Im- mediately upon the heels of this re- quest, the Board of Education voted Monday to transfer the character education program itself from McKin- ley to the Woodrow Wilson. No organization plans have yet been made for the new Anacostia Junior High School because school officials do not believe it will be ready for occupancy until the beginning of the February term. The Anacostia opening originally was scheduled for September, but school authorities are | afraid construction delays will neces- sitate the postponement. —— POLICING PLANNED FOR VIRGIN ISLANDS Natives Would Be Organized and Trained by U. S. Service Contingent. The Roosevelt administration has under consideration & program to es- tablish a native constabulary in the Virgin Islandst This was learned today, as a Senate committee prepared to delve deeper into the tangled affairs of the Carib- bean group. Under the plan being studied, United States Marines, off- cers and enlisted men, who have had experience in that recently-acquired domain of Uncle Sam, would be sent down to whip into shape a native force. This would be similar in char- acter to what the Marines already have done for Haiti, Santo Domingo and Nicaragua. Half a dozen officers and around 20 non-commissioned Marines would be sent down to St. Thomas and St. Croix, under the tentative program, to comence the building up of the con- stabulary, which would be confined to natives of the Virgin Islands. It is known that the Bureau of the Budget has been studying the proposal in the past few days. According to ' advices reachieg Washington from the islands, the lo- cal police force has fallen into disfa- vor with certain leaders and there is a strong element there that desires a native constabulary, so that the islands may be more efficiently policed. There are many Marine Corps officers and enlisted men in Washington who have fgen service in the Virgin Islands, which were under control of the Navy Department, from the time they were purchased from Denmark in 1917 un- til former President Herbert Hoover transferred them to the Interior De- partment. [y WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, ,1935. PAGE B—1 D. . DIVORCE BILL STATUS IN DOuBT FOLLOWING ROW Parliamentarians Debate Issue of Whether Ap- proval Given. FULL COMMITTEE PLANS MEETING ON JULY 10 If Majority 0. K. Was Reached Prior to 11 AM., Action May Be Binding. 1 The question of whether the bill | to liberalize the District divorce laws ‘hns been reported cut of the Judiciary Subcommittee of the House District Committee continued today to puzzle | parliamentary authorities at the Capi- tol. | Two members of the subcommit- | tee—Representative Carpenter, Demc. crat of Kansas, and Brewster, Repub- | lican of Maine—insist the measure is ready to go before the full District | Committee as a result of their indorse- ment. Representative Palmisana, Democrat of Maryland, chairman of the subcommittee, however, insists Left: Mary Sklerakis, who lives on the top floor of the apartment at 500 Third street, was taken down the Right: Three more occupants of the fire escape early today when a small blaze filled the building with smoke. building who fled, Barbara Jean Grantell and Blackie and Freddie. CHILDREN SAVED IN EARLY BLAZE Third Street Fire.Causes Little Damage—Woman, Sick, Guarded in Bed. Several children were rescued from a smoke-filled apartment at 500 Third street early today by parents and fire- men when a small fire in the boiler room filled the building with smoke. Some 70 occupants of the building made fheir way to safety, most of them via fire escapes. Nine-year-old Mary Sklerakis, oc- cupying a fourth-floor apartment, was taken down the fire escape by a fire- man. Meanwhile, her father and sev- eral firemen guarded her grandmother, Mrs. Nina Hadoukosta, 56, who was sick™ in ‘bed. Although ble smoke went into the apartment, fire- men finally decided it would not be necessary to remove her. Family of Three Safe. Harry Grantell, 30, and his wife, Mrs. May Grantell, 24, went down the fire escape from the third-floor apart- ment with their 4-year-old daughter Barbara Jean. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Taft, occu- pying a fourth-floor apartment, went out on the fire escape with their five young children, spanned an areaway and took the children to safety through the window of an adjoining building. Mrs. Annie Wells, occupying a base- ment apartment with her daughter, Miss Viola Wells, was taken from the building by firemen. Rescues Two Cats. Mrs. Dorothy Williamson, occupying an apartment on one of the upper floors, rushed back into the smoke- filled structure with firemen to rescu® her two Persian cats, Blackie and Freddie. * Mrs.. Margaret Perry led her 8- year-old son to safety. The blaze was discovered by the colored janitor, J. C. Smith, who sounded the building alarm. Two fire alarms were turned in immediately afterward. Police placed an early estimate of the damage at only $150. COAST GUARD SCHOOL TO BE ESTABLISHED Classes Designed to Coach Candi- dates for Entrance to Naval Academy. Naval enlisted men are to be given an opportunity to become officers in the Coast Guard and to be trained at the service’s own Naval Academy Preparatory School. This was announced yesterday by the Navy Department, which made public a letter to all ships and sta- tions, from Rear Admiral William D. Leahy, who has just been relieved as chief of the Bureau of Navigation. To get the benefit of this training, the enlisted men will have to present to their commanding officers an applica- tion, approved by the commandant of the Coast Guard, for authority to take the cadetship examination. Under the procedure outlined the commanding officer will ask the Bu- reau of Navigation to send the men to the ' Naval Academy Preparatory School. Candidates for the Coast Guard Academy will be itted to remain at the Naval Training Station at Norfolk, Va., until after -they have been examined for entrance to the academy and the results have been made known. Candidates found qualified will be discharged for entrance to the acad- emy, while those failing will be or- dered back to their naval duties. BANDIT REWARDS OFF The Justice Department has quit putt a price on public enemies huntefl by the “G-men.” One year 8go, Congress handed Attorney Gen- eral Cummings $25,000 for this pur- pose. Since then, $5,000 has been paid—for the death of John Dillinger. At present, at least 14 kidnap sus- pects are being sought, but aides of the Attorney General say there are no plans to offer public rewards from the $20,000 fund. They assert there is some doubt whether it could be used now, for a new fiscal year has started since it was made available June 23, 1934, » . \Pitcher W eaver ' Buys Apartment | . House in Capital Irving Street Property Mere Investment of Na- | tional’s Former Star. Monte Weaver, erstwhile star right- handed pitcher of the Nationals, who was sent to Albany, was disclosed to- | day as the purchaser of a four-story | apartment house at 1473 Irving street. Monte, according to all reports, and | as indicated by stamps attached to pa- pers filed with the recorder of deeds, | has made an $80,000 purchase. It | was said he planned to hold the prop- erty as an investment. | _The deal was handled by the H. L. (Rust Co. and the Wm. H. Saunders | Co. for the purchaser and for Joseph { T. Sherier and Stanley D. Willis, trustees, who sold the property. ‘The building was erected about six | vears ago by Harry M. Bralove, build- er. The building contains 30 apart- ments. Local real estate agents said they | did not believe the transaction indi- | Weaver to quit base ball. 'BOARD TO CONSIDER 31 LORTON PAROLES Applications for Release From Reformatory Will Be ‘Weighed Monday. | 31 prisoners will be considered by the | Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole meeting next Monday at the | Lorton Reformatory. The board announced today the fol- Ewmg were up for parole considera- on: Roosevelt Baker, George Hammond, Samuel Thomas, Louis I Scharff, Walter Stith, Ralph H. McCalip, James E. Dews, Tommy A. Conley, Leon Bolden, John Taylor Washing- ton, Henry Joseph Saunders, Joseph W. Little, Thomas Williams, William Johnson, Henry M. Carter, Jeff His- ton, Alfred F. Nelson, Frank Spriggs, | James Benson, Larry E. Allen, Lo- renzo Robertson, Manon Turner, James S. Howell, William Henry | Lacey, Henry Gray. John H. Fowler, Sylvester L. Gray, George C. Thomp- son, Graham H. L. G. Farrell, Law- rence Bias and Robert Downey. CAPITAL LEADS NATION IN FOOD PRICE DROP 0.8 of 1 Per Cent Recorded Here for Two Weeks Ending June 18, Says Bureau. Food prices in Washington declined eight-tenths of 1 per cent for the two weeks ending June 18 and a food price decline of six-tenths of 1 per cent was registered for the same period for the entire country, accord- ing to the price index issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The greatest drop in any one food item for the period was on cabbage, which is now selling 10 per cent less, and bananas were next with a cut of 2.7 per cent. Butter declined 2.5 per cent. Almost without exception beef changed to slightly lowered prices, with rib roast taking the biggest cut—1.3 per cent. Sliced bacon in- creased 1.3 per cent and pork chops went up 1.4 per cent. These percent- ages are for the country as a whole and vary slightly in Washington. M’CORMACK BILL 0. K'D House Committee Approves Move to End Watch Smuggling. Drastic steps to break up the watch smuggling racket were approved yes- terday by the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. It submitted for House action the McCormack bill, providing for destruc- tion, instead of auction sales, of hun- dreds of thousands of smuggled watches seized annually. As described by Representative Mc- Cormack, Democrat, of Massachu- setts, the racket is to order lots of non-duty paid watch movements, tip off customs officials, and buy the seized goods at Federal auctions for less than the duty. | cated any intention on the part of | Applications for release on parole of | + just as strongly that the measure is still in an unapproved state Meeting Set for July 10. —Star Staff Photo. As the situation now stands the status of the bill is not expected to be definitely settled until July 10, when the full District Committee holds its next meeting and Carpenter and Brewster attempt to make a favorable report. At that time Chairman No:- | ton will be forced to make a rulng. PUBLIG WELFARE HEADS RERLECTED =i | Ject to appeal and it is possible that the committee may override it The solution, it seems, now rests on the actual time that Carpenter and Brewster decided to report the bill favorably. Parliamentary authori- ties have held that if the action was taken prior to 11 a.m., the time the House convened yesterday, then the measure is ready to go before the full District Committee, despite the fact that the chairman was not present. But if their decision came a second after that, then their action is auto- Number of Committees Is| Cut From 8 to 4 in New Organization. Frederick W. McReynolds has been | re-elected chairman of the Board of Public Welfare, Elwood Street, director, announced today. Other officers of the | body also were we-elected. matically nullified by House rules Judge Michael M. Doyle will serve ' Which forbid committees from offi- another term as vice chairman and | Ci8lly passing on bills after the House Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith another | CONVenes without first having House term as secretary | sppeaval. The number of committees of the | Time Important Factor. board has been reduced from eight to| Whether a time check was kept on four, with a consequent rea.lx[mment“he meeting is not known. Carpen- of institutions under their supervision. | ter, nevertheless, expects to produce The four new committees are Public Witnesses to show that their decision Assistance, Penal and Correctional In- | Was reached before 11 a.m. stitutions, Child Welfare and Medical The controversy over the status of Service. The four other committees | the bill is due to Palmisano’s action which have been abolished are Home | in abruptly adjourning a hearing and Care for Dependent Children, Feeble | ¥alking out of the committee room in Minded and Insane, Miscellaneous In- | Protest against what he described as stitutions and Social Conditions Com- | the attempt of Carpenter and Brew= mittees. ster to “railroad” it out of the sub- The following were assigned to the committee. four new committees: Public Assist-| Palmisano has been charged by ance, Mrs. Goldsmith, chairman, and | Carpenter with dilatory tactics in Dr. Frederic W. Perkins, Mrs. Spencer ' handling the bill. Gordon, Dr. H. J. Crosson and Mrs. | Coralie Franklin Cook; Penal and Correctional Institutions, Judge Doyle | chairman, and Dr. Worth B. Daniels| and Mrs. Gordon; Child Welfare, Dr Perkins, chairman, and Mrs. Goldsmith, | SCHOOL TO TRAIN Mrs. Cook and Dr. Crosson, and NAVY BAND PLAYERS man, and Dr. Danels and Judge New Institution to Have 80 in e. N - ’I):be Pibiic ‘Annhis. Conmitise First Class, 40 Graduating will have superyision over the public in Year. g‘:n':'y“n::uez"“:;’:me“z’:‘r:m;‘ vision | A mew school to train young men Tiinleal T dithe’ hose s ’n’:‘ | for the bands of the Navy, under com- il Homeg o Ex-l;oldner:; mand of Lieut. Charles Benter, leader Sailors and M: 5 The Penal/Com | of the Navy Band, has just been estab- mittee will sy me.' th i, “ | lished at the Washington Navy Yard, pervise the jall, work| . Nayy Department today an- }m, reformatory and the National | ;o0 cog b vy e e | of Music, the institution will have 80 S TETal T ’;“’;’" in its first class, of whom 40 will i st it 00l for| orgquate the first year. These men Children, an e Recelving| gre enlisted as “apprentice seamen, musicians.” Home for Children. The Medical| Service Committee will supervise Gai-| The department said that applicants for this school must be between 17 linger Hospital. Tuberculosis Hospital, Children’s Tuberculosis Sanatorium, and the permit office. DR. NEVILS AWAITING Former G. U. President Leaves for New Post Soon After Ar- rival of Successor. Dr. Coleman Nevils, S. J., former president of Georgetown University, was in New York City today awaiting detailed instructions as to new duties he is expected to assume there. He left Washington* unexpectedly yesterday afternoon soon after his suc- cessor at Georgetown, Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, S. J., formally took over the | office of president. He had not expect- ed his orders until today, but word came assigning him to the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, one of the most important Catholic parishes in New York. Affiliated with it is the Loyola School, exclusive Jesuit preparatory school, and the Regis High School. The announcement received here yes- terday did not specify his duties. Dr. Nevils weat direct to his home in Philadelphia to spend :he night, leaving for New York tnis morning. He was accompanied by his secretary, Dr. John G. Bowen, who is to return here in a similar capacity with the new rector of Georgetown. ‘The former rector, if he remains per- manently at his new assignment, will be in the midst of many Georgetown alumni who are members of St. Ig- natius parish, including James A. Far- rell, ex-steel magnate and financier, who is a member of the university's Board of Regents. — s Church Plans Parade. ‘The annual street parade will for- mally open the St. Gabriel's Church carnival Monday night, it has been announced by James W. Gessford, di- rector general of the carnival, which will run through July 20. Thomas A. McNamara of Baltimore is attending to details for the parade. The car- nival will be held on' the school grounds, just off Cyant Circle. District Training School for Feeble Minded, Home for Arged and Infirm ORDERS IN NEW YORK and 22 years cld, either graduates of a high school or with training and experience equivalent to high school education and with former experience either in band or orchestra. Under the new program, successful applicants are to be enlisted for six years, two of which are to be devoted to a com- prehensive course of training in theory, practice and ensemble playing. When the students graduate from the Navy School of Music they will be assigned to bands of the fleet to serve four years. In announcing the new school, the department declared that in addition to .affording young musicians an op- portunity for developing their talents, the service also offers “many other advantages, such as travel, recrea- tional facilities, healthful surround- ings, good pay and retirement with pension.” Lieut. Benter will be glad to supply further information to those inter- ested, the department said, by writing him at the Washington Navy Yard. ART TREATY RATIFIED Senate Action Perfects Agree- ment for Protection in War. The Senate today ratified a treaty signed April 15 by the 21 American republics looking toward protection of libraries, art galleries, cathedrals and other artistic or scientific institutions or historic monuments in time of war. The treaty embodies the “Roerich pact,” initiated by the Roerich Mu- seum of the United States, providing for the universal adoption of a flag to preserve all nationally and pri- vately owned immovable monuments in time of danger. X-RAY AIDS “G-MEN” The “G-men” do not intend to be blown up if modern science can pre- vent it. Director J. Edgar Hoover of the Federal Bureau of Investigation demonstrated today an X-ray eye which detects bombs or guns in pack- ages without the danger of opening them. 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