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A—14 %2 PAYNE FOR QUIZZING IN ARMYLOBBY DEALS Committee’s Futile Effort to Get Business Data Is Disclosed. EXPECTED TO ANSWER . STORY OF SPEICHER Former Assistant Secretary of War to Be Questioned on His Comrpanies. BY REX COLLIER. S CALLED Futile efforts of the House Mili- tary Affairs Committee to delve into business affairs of former Assistant | Secretary of War Frederick H. Payre | are to culminate in a personal ap- pearance of Payne before the commit- tee in connection with its inquiry into lobbying for Army contracts. Disclosure that the commiitee has | made repeated requests for “certain data” from a bank and a manufac- turing corporation with which Payne 1s connected followed a “demand” by | Payne that he be given an oppor- tunity to clarify his activities in deal- ing with Joseph Silverman, jr., so- called “powerful influence” in swing- ing War Department contracts. | Chairman McSwain, who received a letter from Payne charging Mc- Swain had not stated correctly ‘*ie facts about changes made in a Siiver- man contract on the last dav of Payne's tenure as Assistant War Sec- retary, has replied that the stals- ments were made not by the chair- man, but by sworn witnesses. Stories Conflict. “I haven't made any statements mbout Mr. Payne,” McSwain an- nounced. “I merely asked questions. The testimony came from a number of witnesses who have made confusing and contradictory statements under oath to this committee. “As a matter of fact, the issue is not between Mr. Payne and the chair- man, but is one of veracity between Payne and Silverman. For that rea- son, I am sure the committee would be most happy to hear Mr. Payne's testimony in person. I have so in- formed him by wire.” McSwain revealed that the commit- tee on April 25 asked the First Na- tional Bank & Trust Co. of Green- field. Mass.,, to supply certain infor- mation and that the bank replied it would do so. When the information had not come by May 12. the com- mittee instructed the clerk to wire the bank. asking “immediate com- pliance with the committee’s request of April 25." Nothing was heard from the bank, McSwain said, until June 13, when the cashier wrote that the information requested required time to prepare and that because of N. R. A. code hours the working time avail- able for compiling the data was lim- ited. On July 10 the committee again urged that the data be sent. “The committee has not received the information yet,” McSwain de- clared. Fail Again. The chairman said a similar request ‘was made on May 3 of the Greenfield ‘Tap & Die Corp. of Greenfield, Mass., of which Payne is listed as president. When no reply was received, the committee wired the corporation an- other request on June 12. This tele- gram. he said, also remained un- answered, so on July the commit- tee sent by registered mail a long let- ter repeating the request for informa- tion. The committee still is without the data, McSwain asserted. The committee plans to ask Payne not only about his affairs with the bank and the die corporation, but to | question him about testimony by Frank E. Speicher yesterday that Payne told a General Motors repre- sentative at the Mayflower Hotel that he knew Joseph Silverman could be of aid to the General Motors man, and suggested the latter put Silver- man on the pay roll. That was after Payne had left the War Department. WOMAN JUST RELEASED | ADMITS CHECK FORGERY | Accused of Writing Another’s Name So Pair Could Take Trip to Pacific Coast. Released from jail only a short time ago, Mrs. Elvina Howells, 53, of the 1300 block of Clifton street, plea ed guilty to forgdry before Judge Rob- ert E. Mattingly in Police Court yes- terday, and was held under $5.000 | bond for action of the grand jury. Police claim Mrs. Howells forged the name of Mrs. Frances Banta, re- tired high school teacher, on a check for $467.53 to finance a trip to the Pacific Coast for Misses Edith Cor- nelison and Josephine Canavan of the 1400 block of Belmont street, where Mrs. Howells has been resid- ing since the departure of the young women. Her arrest took place there yesterday. Police records show Mrs. Howells was convicted on a fraud charge and sentenced to four years and six months in jail for having staged a similar trip to Ireland for two young ‘women six years ago. The women be- came stranded in Ireland and experi- enced considerable difficulty in get- ting back home. — LAUNDRY FIRM ADMITS BREACH OF LABOR CODE Guilty Plea Made tolchnrge of | Working Women Long Hours. Fine Is $40. The Arcade-Sunshine Co., throughl 1ts president, Harry Viner, 713 Lamont street, today entered a plea of guilty before Judge Robert E. Mattingly in Police Court on a charge of violating the female eight-hour labor law. The company was fined $40 on recom- ‘mendation of the corporation counsel’s office. The company pleaded guilty on three counts, first, that it employed four women longer than eight hours; second, that the women were em- longer than provided in the printed schedule, and, third, that the company failed to keep a time record of the hours put in by employes. Viner informed the court the com- pany had employed the women longer | than usual due to the large number of light Summer suits for which own- ers were demanding their return. Twelve hours of roaming—from noon until midnight—proved about End of an Exciting Day STAR, WASHINGTON, POLLUTION FUND FOR ROCK CREEK TOBE REQUESTED Kensington Sewage Prohlem Attacked by Sanitary Commission. PLAN EXTENSION OF TRUNK LINE C. of C. Assured Planning Group's Support for Other Park Projects. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. KENSINGTON, Md., July 27.—Pub- lic works funds will be sought from the Federal Government by the Wash- ington Suburban Sanitary Commis- sion to correct the pollution of Rock Creek caused by the disposal of sewage from this area, it was learned last night. | Emory H. Bogley, member of the sanitary body, disclosed in a confer- ence with representatives of the Ken- sington Chamber of Commerce that an appropriation would be requested for the purpose of extending the trunk line sewer near the East-West High- all Alex, 8, and Margaret Brooks, 4, could stand. They were asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow when they finally returned to their home, at 149 D street southeast, last night. A carmival at Maryland avenue and F street northeast proved so interesting they stayed all day. Separated from his sister, Alex went home, thoroughly frightened, but Margaret, who had gone in search of a lost shoe, was eventually brought home WEEK END TRAFFIC WATCHED CLOSELY Injury to Colored Child Is by police, INTERIOR BUILDING B F FULLERLOW —Star Staff Photo, Firm Submits $9,284,000 way to connect with outlets opening on the creek near here. Members of the trade body also | conferred with Irving C. Root, chief | | engineer of the Maryland-National | | Capital Park and Planning Commis- | slon, regarding a number of park projects advocated by the chamber and were assured they would receive the support of the planning group. | Trunk Line Extension. | Bogley told the Executive and Ad- visory Committee of the local organ- | ization that the commission proposes to extend the trunk line to a point where the outlets from ‘Woodmont. Forest Glen and Kensington empty into the creek a few hundred yards west of Connecticut avenue. In this manner, he said, pollution caused by the sewage from some 1.800 Second Serious Accident | Quotation on Department’s | homes would be entirely eliminated During Campaign. | Police were ordered today by Supt Ernest W. Brown to concentrate on week-end traffic in and out of the District—to keep down the number of traffic accidents and violations of regulations. The order further instructed the various commanding officers tc see that their men follow closely the seven other special orders issued by Maj. Brown during the week of the traffic safety campaign here which began last Saturday. Meanwhile, the second serious ac- cident during the campaign occurred late yesterday. sending Norman West, 3. colored, 1500 block of R street, to Emergency Hospital with a possible skull fracture. The boy, police say, ran into the front fender of a taxi- cab near his home. His condition is said to be serious. Lyndon Rives, 22, of 2700 Thir- teenth street, the taxicab driver, was | detained by police and later released in custody of his attorney, pending the outcome of the boy's condition. The only other serious injury oc- curring during the week was when another colored child was hurt last Tuesday. Maj. Brown again expressed satis- faction today over the progress of the campaign. From personal observa- tion and reports, he said, it has done much good. Declaring himself a “22-mile-an- hour” driver, Maj. Brown said, “They | don’t try to pass me any more and don't blow their horns for me to get out of the way.” Police records for the 24 hours, | ending at 8 am. showed a total of Structures. eight persons injured in 24 accidents, lthree of them being children. The |ing will include demolition of all re: | colored boy, however, was the only maining buildings on the site, excava- | tion, foundations and superstructure, one whose injuries were serious. | There was a total of 315 arrests in | | the 24-hour period, 15 more than on | | the previous day. Of these 82 were for speeding and 7 for passing a red light. AUTO LOSES WHEEL, TIEING UP TRAFFIC, S | GIRL, 15, HURT IN FALL Seriously Injured as Porch Rail- ing Breaks. Fifteen-year-old Doris Boeger was seriously injured last night when she tell through the railing on the back porch of her home at 900 H street northeast. She was taken to Casualty Hospital, where she was said to have a possible broken shoulder and an undetermined back injury. The railing broke under the girl’s weight, police reported, while she was partially supporting herself on a clothes line Coyle Is Ranked Best Announcer In Radio Contest Young Broadcaster Will Be Awarded Cup at Luncheon. ‘Washington’s first radio announcing contest, among approximately 30 staff men of the local stations, has been won by William E. Coyle, one of the youngest in the business, it was an- nounced yesterday. The contest was conducted by the Henry J. Kaufman Advertising Agency and Coyle will be awarded a cup at & luncheon in the Carlton Hotel Tues- day. He was judged for diction, sin- cerity and voice quality. Senator Schall Undisturbed When Machine Wedges on Loading Platform. The loss of a wheel from an auto- mobile in which Thomas B. Schall, blind Senator from Minnesotd, was riding to the Capitol yesterday, landed the automobile on a street car loading platform at Tenth and F streets and resulted in the retarding of traffic for approximately a half- | hour pending the arrival of a wreck- ing crane. Senator Schall, who regarded the incident as humorous, explained he was riding.in an automobile belong- ing to Mrs. James F. Coupal, widow of | Dr. Coupal, personal physician to President Coolidge. Mrs. Coupal is | @ guest in Senator Schall’s home, and the Senator said Miss Sally Krump, his cook, made an appointment down town and offered to drive Him to his office in Mrs. Coupal’s car. No difficulty was experienced until the wheel came off and the car | lodged so tightly on the platform that it was impossible to use a hand jack to lift the vehicle. The Senator remained in the car while necessary repairs were made. TIDAL BASIN VICTIM IDENTIFIED BY-PRINTS [Certificate of Accidental Death Entered for Fred Lynch. Served Term in.Jail. The man who drowned Wednesday night in" the Tidal Basin has been identified by fingerprints as Fred Lynch, 46, of the 1000 block of Mas- sachusetts avenue. A certificate of accidental death was issued by Coroner A. Magruder Mc- Donald. An investigation of records at the PFederal Bureau of Identification re- vealed Lynch had been arrested Oc- tober 6, 1930, on a charge of intoxi- cation and was given a 10-day sen- tence. According to park police, the man was intoxicated before going into bystander shortly before. Lynch, police said, has an aunt, Mrs. New Structure. ‘ The George A. Fuller Co. of this| city and New York, which has erected | several important governmental and | private structures here in Washington, submitted the low bid of $9,284.000 for construction of the new Interior De- partment Building. Eighteenth and Nineteenth, C and E streets. Other bids for this big job, which| were opened yesterday by the Public Works Branch, Procurement Division, | Treasury Department, were as follows: | Consolidated Engineering Co., Inc.,| Baltimore, $9,370,000; Cauldwell-Win- | gate Co., New York City, $9.461,000; | McCloskey & Co., Philadelphia. $9,.- 475,000; John McShain, Inc.. Phila-| delphia, $9,728,000: John Griffiths & | Son, Chicago, $10,498,000, and Carleton | Co., Inc,, New York City, $10,696,191. The bids will go before the Boatd of Award of the Public Works Branch for formal examination, to determine | whether there is sufficient money | available out of the allocation made by the P. W. A. for this building. | Purchase of the site was paid for out| of the allocation of $11,110,000. | The Fuller Co., which without ques- | tion will be awarded the contract as soon as necessary preliminaries are | taken care of, started its Washington building work with construction of | The Evening Star Building at Eleventh | street and Pensylvania avenue in 1898. Outstanding among public buildings since erected by it here are the Lin- coln Memorial, Arlington Ampitheater, Supreme Court of the United States, Archives Building and Department of Justice. This company also built the Freer Art Gallery and many other The contract for the Interior Build- with the exception of elevators, esca- lators and partitions. Otis Elevator Co. submitted low bid for the elevators, with $528496, as Westinghouse Electric Elevator Co. was second with $541,100. The low bid on escalators was submitted by Westinghouse at $93,100 with Otis Elevator second, at $93,942. e project would cost approximately ‘slso 000, according to Bogley. Two road construction projects, one the building of a road from Kensing- | ton Playground to Beach drive nnd‘ the other calling for the completion | of the Jones Mill-Capital View road, | were discussed with Root. | Root said the county commissioners | had indorsed the Park Commission’s | | plan to build a road from the play- ground to Beach drive and the pro- | teenth street, the Times-Herald news- | posal is now before the State Roads’ boys today scored 26 points to win first | Commission. | Completion of the Jones Mill- | Capital View road is dependent upon & resumption of construction work in the country by the State Roads Com- mission, he said. Root declared that work on the road was halted, thereby leaving the third unit of Beach drive discon-| nected from the other park roads, | because of the deficit in the county’s | account with the State highway body. | The chamber discussed with Root | the so-called park area bill advo- | cated Civic Federation during the recent session of the State Legislature and decided to indorse the measure when the General Assembly convenes again. The bill would permit the Park Commission, on the petition of 60 per | cent of the property owners in the af- fected area, to issue bonds for the | construction of public parks in dif- | ferent localities throughout the coun- ty and retire the bonds over a period of 10 years by assessing adjoining property holders. | Members of the county delegation failed to introduce the bill last ses- | sion. Renaming to Be Asked. Root assured the chamber he would request the commission to rename ticut avenue running from Jones Bridge road to Rock Creek, and call it Connecticut avenue. He also prom- ised to advocate the installation of electric lights in the cabin at the local playground. The chamber further urged that the 5-cent fee imposed against chil- dren for use of the tennis courts at the playground be lifted and was told by Root that the commission had already decided to waive the fee dur- ing certain hours. He said no charge would be made in the future for children using the courts between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., except on Saturdays and Sundays. The fee is used to defray the cost of maintaining the courts. . FEDERAL-AMERICAN SUIT REVIEW ASKED Receiver and Controller of Cur- rency Appeal on $2,273 Judg- ment to American Security. The United States Supreme Court has been asked to review a decision of the District Court of Appeals re- quiring the receiver of the Federal- American National Bank and Trust Co. to reimburse the American Se- curity and Trust Co. for $2,273 in taxes paid on an apartment house, formerly owned by the Federal-Amer- ican, but which later became the property of the American Security and Trust Co. in January, 1934. Cary A. Hardee, receiver of the Federal-American National Bank and Trust Co., and J. F. T. O'Connor, con- troller of the currency, filed the peti- tion asking for the review. The court has not yet acted. MISHAP DELAYS TRIP OF PANGBORN PLANE Ship Brushes Wings With One Parked Next to It—Woodring Among Passengers. Apparently misjudging the clear- ance between his new high-speed monoplane, ‘built for a flight around the world, and a Department of Com- merce plane beside which it was parked on the line at Bolling Field, Clyde - Pangborn yesterday afternoon brushed wing-tips of the two ships as he began to taxi away from the with Assistant Secretary of War Woodring and a congressional party aboard. Only slight damage was done to the wings of the two planes, but as ’s Kensington road, a section of Connec- He D. C., SATURDAY, Cab Drivers Picket District Building JULY 27, 1935. UNION GAB DRIVERS PICKET OFFICE OF UTILITIES BOARD Elgen and Keech Targets of Placards in Rate Protest. TAXT GROUP’S LAWYER PREDICTS LEGAL FIGHT Doubts Authority to Rule on Rates—Report of New Strike Attempt Is Denied. | Disgruntled union cab drivers today | posted four pickets outside the Dis- | trict Building in an effort to induce | the Public Utilities Commission to amend its recent zone-rate order so | 85 to permit higher fares | The drivers, each carrying a red- | lettered placard, paced to and fro on the E street side of the building, re- fusing to say anything to questioners and silently accepting the jeers of non- union drivers who parked nearby for their regular car inspections. | Protests of the union drivers were | aimed specifically at Chairman Riley | E. Elgen and Commissioner Rich- | mond B. Keech, but neither of the ioml:mls knew the pickets were out- side their offices until reporters’ in- quiries informed them of the fact. They declined to comment. Posted by Hohensee. These four union cab drivers, walking in pairs, today picketed the District Building to protest the Public Utilities Commission’s recent zone-rate decision He is standing beside the parking space reserved for official cab inspections and severai there to keep order. In the background may be seen the lone policeman posted times in the forenoon forced non-union cab drivers to “move along” when they began “kidding” the pickets, -—Star Stafl Photo. JOHN FLETT WINS Times-Herald Newsboys Take First Place in City-Wide Meet. Led by John Flett, 17, a freckle- | faced youth who lives at 2501 Four- place in a city-wide swimming meet at the Maryland Club Gardens. Flett, competing against 30 other | tion meets held by each of the news- | papers in the District, won first places in the 40-yard free style, the 40-yard back stroke and the high board diving events. He also was a member of the Times-Herald team which won the 80-yard relay race. Wins Second Heonors. Second for individual honors was William Riedel, 17, Post newsboy. who by the Montgomery County | gon the low-board diving competition | with an exhibition which lifeguards at the pool declared was “as pretty as any youngster has ever given here.” Closely pressing the Times-Herald newsboys for team honors, the Post swimmers scored 23 points. The team of The Evening Star carriers placed third, with 5 points. The winners of the low-board div- ng contest were awarded medals at the pool. Other winners will receive similar recognition next week, a cording to George A. McKanzie, di- rector of the meet. ‘The summaries: 40-vard _breaststroke — Pirst (Post); second. Holben (Star); Powell (Times-Herald) 40- ree style—First, Plett (Times- eral nd, Cook (Post); third, Mil- ler (Times-Herald). 40-yard backstroke —First. Plett (Times- Herald): second Miller (Times-Herald): *hird. Matera (Post). w-board diving—Pirst. Riedel (Post): second, Waldeman (Post); third, Holben (Star) High-board diving—Pirst, Flett (Times- Frsis; secena. Rledel (Post); third, chlieder (Times-Herald). R0-yard relay — Pirst, Times-Herald (Powell-Reed-Milier-Flett): _second, _Pos (McGehee-Riedel-Popowsky-Cook); third, Star (Becker-Nevius-Reed-Orcutt). ALABAMAN IS NAMED AS ALBANIAN ENVOY Matera third, Nomination of Hugh Grant, Black’s Former Secretary, Sent to Senate. By the Associated Press. The nomination of Hugh G. Grant of Birmingham, Ala. to be Minister to Albania was sent to the Senate yesterday by President Roosevelt. Senate confirmation will make him the first Alabaman to serve as Min- ister in the foreign service since Han- nis Taylor was Minister to Spain 42 years ago. Albania has been independent since 1912 and now is a kingdom, rulec by King Zog. * Grant, a native of Birmingham, has been a newswriter, teacher, sen- atorial secretary and State Depart- ment employe. He is president of the Alabama Society of Washington. He first came to Washington in 1927 as secretary to Senator Black of Ala- bama and entered the State Depart- ment in‘1933. He holds degrees from Howard College, Birmingham; Har- vard University and George Wash- ington University. Before leaving for Albania the .new Minister will take a month’s special course required by the State Depart- ment of all appointees tc important foreign posts. He will be accompanied abroad by Mrs. Grant and their daughter, Louise. POLICEMAN FACES TRIAL C. D. Cunningham to Be Tried on Misconduct Charge. | Senate Finally Ends ‘May 13’ Discussions By an Adjournment The Senate finally caught up with the rest of the world last night by adjourning instead of recessing, and thereby ending the “legislative day of May 13.” As long as the Senate recesses the same date continues, from a legislative standpoint. That branch of Congress frequently goes along for a week or two | | without adjourning, because a recess in the evening expedites progress of the pending measure the next day. Following an ad- | | journment, the first two hours the next day are set aside for routine bills, thus delaying what- ever major measure is pending | | as unfinished business. ‘SHARE THE WEALTH ;Al|en Acts on Hurja’s Com- | plaint on Activity in Veterans’ Home. Commisisoner George E. Allen today dismissed as a “matter of no great mo- ment” charges that a number of let- ters espousing the “share-the-wealth” political philosophy of Senator Long | of Louisiana had been mailed out by veterang lodged at the Temporary | Home for Soldiers, Sailors and Ma- rines. | An affidavit alleging such activities | was forwarded to Allen recently by Emil Hurja, assistant to Chairman | Farley of the Democratic National | Committee. Allen today sent a letter | to Hurja, agreeing 1t would be wrong | to use the home as an “office” for dis- | | semination of any propaganda. Or- | ders have been fissued to prevent any | such happenings in the future. | Debate Ban Looked Into. While insisting that a few letters telling of Long’s share-the-wealth pro- | gram did not constitute “a matter of | any tremendous international impor- [ETTRS BANNED WORKS PROGRAN 10 FORGE AHEA Allen to Begin D. C. Jobs Thursday Even if Treasury Delays Plans. Commissioner George E. Allen was completing arrangements today 1o | start the District works program next Thursday, even if the Treasury De- | partment has not completed the pay- roll machinery by that time. | He planned to pay the men to be engaged in the first of the continuing series of work programs out of the District’s relief allotments if the Treasury pay-roll mechanism was not put into operation in time. | At least, this was Allen’s idea today, as he indicated a determination to | “take the bull by the horns” in ref- | erence to the lengthy trail of regula- | tions as to how pay rolls are to be set up and how the men are to receive security wages. | Five highway projects, forwarded to the Works Progress Administration weeks ago, have been approved and at the beginning of this week, officials of | the Treasury Department in charge of | works fund disbursements advised the | Commissioners an allotment of $1,- | 236,713 was available for use. While details of the pay roll plan has not been completed. Allen is convinced he now has authority to start the pro- |gram. He said he still might be stopped by some legal ruling or other, but believed he could pay the men out of relief funds should Treasury pay roll machinery be not set in motion | next week. | ‘The five highway projects are de- signed to employ about 2,500 men. | ‘These projects would scatter improve- | ments of a wide variety over a long | list of Washington highways. They | range in type from repairs to streets and construction of shoulders to roads to roadside beautification and similar work. 'BIGGS RULED LIABLE T0 LOSE TRUST JOB Adolph Hohensee, business agent of the Cab Drivers' Protective Union who ordered the picketing, earlier in the day had issued a statement through the union's attorney, Carey E. Quinn, disclaiming any intention of picketing the Public Utilities Com- mission and saying the fight again<t the 20-30-50-70 cent rate would be handled through the courts “I don't know what said,” Hohensee declared responsible for that.” The pickets were instructed to to no one. Th 0 continue rth un ur lawver I'm no fol ent statements. “The taxicab drivers demand the removal of the public utility commis- sioners for following the orders of the cab-selling and cab-renting racket- eers,” declared one. The others bore the lettering: “We want real men as public utili- ties commissioners.” “Commissioners Elgen-Keech dou- ble crossed the cab drivers.” “We demand a decent rate. Fair to the public. Fair to the cab driver.” Kidded by Others. Non-union drivers were loud in their comment on the demonstration “Who's going to buy you shoes?” they called. Raucous laughter replied “Where's your business agent? Why doesn’t he walk?” they demanded. But the drivers pulling in for inspec- tion were ordered to move on as soon as the offictal check-up was completed They were not allowed to remain long- er than necessary. The statement issued for Hohensee earlier by Attorney Quinn said: “Just now we plan to conduct a legal survey of the cab rate situation and g0 into all angles of it. We do not be- lieve the Public Utilities Commission has the right to fix taxi rates, anyhow. “We are going to thresh the matter out in an orderly, legal fashion.” Quinn sought to quiet reports that another cab drivers’ strike was in the offing. BASE BALL FEATURES MASONIC FIELD DAY tance,” Allen did take somewhat seri- | ous note of a warning posted at the | Former Solicitor General Is Sub- Sam Rice to Don Uniform and home of Capt. Thomas Hudlow, super- intendent, banning argument about | anything political. Allen was informed that after a first complaint about the share-the- wealth letters had been forwarded to | Hudlow, he posted a sign at the insti- | tution, at 921 Pennsylvania avenue | southeast, which stated that any one | hearing any occupant of the home making any derogatory remarks about the President, members of Congress or Federal or District officials should report back immediately to the super- intendent, and that any argument— | political, racial or factional—also should be reported, together with the names of those making the argument. Inguires as to Rule. “That is wrong,” Allen told report- ers today. “If you want to provoke argument about share-the-wealth or the bonus, that is a sure way to start it.” : He immediately asked Welfare Di- rector Elwood Street to determirme if the managers of the home had any such definite rule. He was told there was no such rule, but that the warn- ing had been posted after Hurja com- plained about the share-the wealth letters being mailed from the institu- tion. The affidavit regarding the letters was attributed to Charles Francis Barrett, World War veteran. Welfare officials reported Barrett was dismissed from the home April 19, on charges by Supt. Hudlow that the man had re- mained away from the institution for three days and otherwise had violated the rules. Officials said Hudlow also had charged that Barrett had come home late one night and that an assistant had reported he had smelled - | the odor of beer on the man’s breaih. BURGLAR ALARM FALSE Rusted Wire Breaks in Coal Bin in Home of Justice Hughes. ject to Removal by Play in Shrine-Grotto I. C. C. Order. Game. By the Associated Press. | The Shrine-Grotto base ball game J. Crawford Biggs, who resigned as | Will feature the annual Masonic field solicitor general in March and be- | day this afternoon at Griffith Sta- came trustee of the New York, Chi- | dium. cago & St. Louis Railroads’ holdings | Sam Rice, former Washington ou‘- of Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad | fielder, will don a Shrine uniform and shares, today was made subject to re- | cavort in right field. It will be Rice's moval from his trusteeship in an In- | first appearnce here as a ball player terstate Commerce Commission order. | since he was given his release by the cation of the trust agreement, by| Scheduled to get under w: which he could be replaced by a ma- ‘? o'clock, the program will be preceded jority vote of holders of certificates | by a 45-minute concert by the Kalli- on deposits of the stock. | polis Grotto Band. The festivities | will be opened with a parade led by Msj. Gen. Amos A. Fries and will be followed by flag-raising ceremonies ir: centerfield. The field day is sponsored jointiy by the Association of Worshipful Mas- ters, 1935, and the 1935 Matrons and Patrons’ Association. The proceeds will be used to operate the Masonic and Eastern Star Home. Robert S. Regar, grand master of Masons in the District, who is offi- cial head of the 45 Masonic Lodges here, and Mrs. Helen L. Brashears, worthy grand matron, Grand Chap- ter, O. E. 8, will participate in the flag-raising exercises. Clark Griffith will present a cup to the wirning base ball team and another trophy will be given to the Eastern Star Chapter selling the most fleld-day tickets. —— HELD ON CHECK CHARGE William Moffat of Washington Arrested in New York. Willlam Moffat, 46, described as a Washington broker, who, police ree- ords show, is a paroled prisoner from the District penal institution at Lor- ton, Va, has been arrested in New York on a charge of passing a $200 worthless check at a hotel there, ae- cording to an Associated Press dis- patch. 1 Records here show a Willlam Moffar was paroled in 1933 after serving ap- proximately two and a quarter years of an eight-year term for embezzle- ment and false pretenses. At the time of his arrest in New York he was out on bail there on a grand larceny charge. It was reported the action was| taken at the request of the Recon- | | struction Finance Corp., to which is | | pledged all holdings of the New York, | Chicago & St. Louis—known as the Nickle Plate—in Wheeling stock as| collateral for a loan. At the time of his resignation as solicitor general, Biggs indicated it was a move to mend his private for- tune. As railroad trustee he is paid $10,- 000 a year, R. F. C. sources said. He also has been named as a special as- sistant to Attorney General Cummings in a Government land title case at $9,800 a year, $200 less than he made as solicitor general. ’36 TAGS BLACK, YELLOW Colors Used Last Year Selected for D. C. Licenses. ‘Washington's 1936 automobile tags will have black letters and numerals on a chrome yellow background, the identical coloring of the 1934 tags, it was learned today. Maryland’s new tags will reverse the coloring of present Virginia tags, hav- Street Carnival to Continue. The Holy Comforter Church will ' N