Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1935, Page 16

MISS HELM LEAVES POST AT REQUEST OF JUDGE BENTLEY Juvenile Court Transfer Ru- mored to Be Result of Dissension. WELLIVER DETAILED TO JOB FOR MONDAY Unless Some One Is Named for| Police Court Work, Duties Will Be Rotated. Juvenile Court Judge Fay Bentley said today she had requested the transfer of Miss Mae Helm, assistant corporation counsel assigned to the court, because the latter “could not | get along with other attaches.” Judge Bentley said there was “nothing personal” involved in the request for the transfer, which be- comes effective Monday, but that she believed a change would increase the administrative efficiency of the court staff. Miss Helm declined to comment, but said she knew of no trouble between other employes and herself. Judge Bentley, she said, had never com- plained to her of any difficulties. Cites Record as Efficient One. Her last annual report, she said, would show her office has been effi- ciently administered. In other quarters, it was reported dissension between Judge Bentley and Miss Helm was responsible for the transfer. District officials made no statement on the subject of the dispute, but agreed there had been differences of opinion between Miss Helm and the| court over a period of months. Since | the disagreement was apparently irrec- oncilable, Corporation Counsel Pretty- man decided to transfer Miss Helm to his own office. Edward Welliver, assistant corpora- tion counsel, now assigned to Police Court, is to be detailed to Juvenile Court beginning Monday. Prettyman was at home today recuperating from | a cold, but other District officials said that unless one of the other as- sistant corporation counsels are as- signed to succeed Welliver in Police Court, the work will be done by sev- eral working in rotation, it was said. Reports are Miss Helm and Judge THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., B. T E PRUMISES P ARK BUDY VHUES Bald Eagle Found on Highway INI]'EIM[NI l]F ]4 Giant Goes North for Winter With cold weather coming on, this 500-pound green turtle from the trepical Carribean was crated at the Commerce Department Aquarium and shipped to the New York Aquarium, which is better equipped to maintain tropical temperatures in salt-watcr display tanks. 4 Oddly enough, the monster made the trip in a crate upside down, with his hard shell acting as a comfortable cradle for a body too soft to stand the weight of the shell for long periods out of water. According to Fred Orsinger, aquarium director, hotel chefs here have estimated that the turtle could provide 1,500 bowls of excellent soup and at least 250 fine steaks. He proved a comfortable, if not a fast, mount yesterday for Mrs. Effie E. Little, who posed with the turtle before he went into his crate. Transferred Bentley have clashed several times over procedure in handling complaints | filed in Juvenile Court. One report is | that Judge Bentley has refused per- mission for the settlement of cases | except on the court record. | It was recalled that Judge Bentley instituted a series of changes in the | court’s work promptly after she as- | sumed office as successor to former | Juvenile Court Judge Kathryn Sellers. Miss Helm, a native of Kentucky, | ‘was appointed as assistant corporation counsel 18 months ago as one of | three new assistant counsel authorized after the enactment of the District liquor law in order to take care of the increased work placed on the corporation counsel. MORGUE REPAIR JOB! T0 BE FINISHED SOON Extensive Reconditioning Or-| dered by Allen After Sur- prise Visit. Extensive reconditioning of the Dis- trict Morgue, ordered by Commissioner George E. Allen as a work relief proj- ect, is to be completed in about 30 days. The cost is estimated at $1,500. | A section of present quarters is to be partitioned off to provide a sep- arate coroner’s jury room. The en< tire building is to be repainted and & new heating plant installed. Floors | and walls are to be renovated. Commissioner Allen paid a surprise visit to the place at night recently and found the building in a sorry con- dition and lacking many facilities. The place now is heated by a single coal stove. He promised help and directed engineers to plan improve- ments that might be done under the works program. The Commissioners have recom- mended in the 1937 budget provision of an additional assistant to the morguemaster so members of the staff would not have to alternate in shifts of 24 hours on duty. The two assis- tants, J. E. Small and William Estes, now are on duty 12 hours one day and 24 hours the next. All the staff, including J. Bradford McCoy, clerk to the coroner and morguemaster, work overtime, Commissioner Allen learned. JEWISH JUNIOR BOARD HONORS MISS HAHN New Haven Member Elected President—Delegates Received by Mrs. Roosevelt. Miss Beatrice R. Hahn of New Haven, Conn., was elected president of the National Advisory Board of the National Council of Jewish Juniors at the concluding session of their five- day biennial convention at the Wash- ington Hotel Thursday. Mrs. Roosevelt received the Jewish Juniors at the White House. Miss Rachel Hirshberg of Oakland, Calif., was elected first vice presi- dent; Miss Cora Blumenstiel of Ja- maica, N. Y., second vice president; Miss Frieda Kaplan of Boston, record- ing secretary and Norman Heine of Camden, N. J,, treasurer. Miss Hilda Levy of this city was elected one of ten national directors. Mrs. Leonard Schloss, also of Wash- ington, who presided at the installa- tion ceremonies, announced she would retire as national social advisor. She ‘was presented with a trophy, named the Gertrude M. Schloss Trophy, to be presented at each convention to the chapter best carrying out the ideals of the council. —_—— STUDENTS APPOINTED ‘William J. Tobin, jr., 1223 Michigan avenue northeast, will be chairman of the Ring Committee of the junior class in the College of Arts and Sci- ences at Catholic University, it was announced yesterday. ‘Two other Washington students have been appointed to the committee in charge of the junior prom. They are MISS MAE HELM. PUPILS ANNOUNGE PARADE FEATURES Seven Separate Units Will Represent Branches of Community Center. Seven separate units will represent various branches of the Community Center Department in the Halloween parade Thursday night, according to present plans. % A float decorated to Tepresent a life boat manned by sailors, suggestive |of the safety campaign for children during after-school hours, will be en- tered by the Chevy Chase Center. Children from E. V. Brown, Ben Murch and Bancroft Schools will be the sailors, with Miss Ivy Randall as captain. Schoolboy patrols also will participate. Miss Jane Scribner, as- sistant community secretary at Chevy Chase Center, will be in charge of this unit. Center to Enter Band. East Washington Center is expected to enter a band, 'dressed either in Halloween costumes or regular uni- form. Langley Center will be repre- sented by a 45-piece band. A march- ing umit from the Boys' Club of Thomson Center, also will take part. A bugle corps of 50 young musicians wearing appropriate costumes will rep- resent Paul Center, while Roosevelt- Macfarland Center will have a bright red truck decorated with cornstalks, pumpkins and other paraphernalia and carrying a group of young acro- bats from Roosevelt gymnasium groups and clowns from the Macfarland Young Men's Club. They will be di- rected by Leonard Mudd and super- vised by Mrs. Vera Robertshaw. Two Floats and 100 Marchers. Southeast Center’s Community Rec- reational Club, directed by Mrs. H. C. Olson, will enter two floats and 100 marchers. The Southeast group will be in four sections, one representing the court of the Southeast Center, a second featuring the Southeast Com- munity Orchestra and the last two de- picting Halloween in the country, 33D MASONIC DEGREE IS CONFERRED ON 161 Three Washingtonians Among Candidates—Southern Supreme Council Ends Session. 1In a colorful ceremony at the House of the Temple on Sixteenth street last night, the Southern Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry conferred the thirty-third and last degree on 161 candidates, three of them Washingto- nians. They are Austin Jones Leister, Joseph Saloman and John Smith Tassin. With the conferring of the degrees by Grand Comdr. John H. Cowles, the Supreme Council brought its biennial session to a close. The session opened | Willlam at the House of the Temple last Monday. Forum Meeting Tomorrow. ‘The Civic National Forum will be addressed by Prentice Thomas of the Howard University law department at & meeting tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. at the John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church, Fourteenth and Corcoran streets, His Robert K. Steele, 2016 Twenty-ninth street, and F. Ira Wheatley, Hyatts- ville, Md. / subject will be “Tagtics for a Mi- nority Group.” o —Star Staff Photo. GLENN DALE BIS RECORDS PROBED Ickes’ Agent Hunts Trace of Irregularity—Certain Papers “Missing.” Discovering certain papers were | “missing” from the files of the Public Works Administration, an agent of Secretary Ickes, P. W. A. head, is in- vestigating to determine if there were any “irregularities” in the opening of bids on one unit of Glenn Dale tuber- | culosis center. This was disclosed today after the | Ickes agent had made the rounds of several offices in the District Build- ing. It was said he found none of the District government files missing from any of the District government offices. District officials opened the bids IMPROVED SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY Chevy Chase Committee Chairman Reveals Pledge Made at Parley. TWO BUSSES PER HOU TO BE ADDED ON ROUTE Hanna Also Declares Elimination of Congestion at Circle Is Being Sought. Improved bus service north of Chevy Chase Circle has been promised by the Capital Transit Co.,, Miss Beatrice A. Clephane, chairman of the Citizens’ Gommittee of Section 2, Chevy Chase, Md., announced today following a con- ference with company officials, who now propose to add two busses per hour. This will mean that instead of the present schedule of a bus every 15 minutes, there will be one every 10 minutes. During the rush hours, there will be more, Miss Clephane said. John H. Hanna, president of the transit company, said the firm is preparing to go before the Public Utilities Commission here with a new schedule designed to eliminate some of the lay-overs at the circle. Miss Clephane said “the matter of erection of a walting room on the Maryland side of Chevy, Chase Circle is now a closed incident—there won't be any.” Others Join in Conference, ‘The conference yesterday was par- ticipated in by Miss Clephane, Hanna and W. B. Bennett, assistant to the president—the two men who were spokesmen for the carrier; Arthur W. Defenderfer, secretary to the Citizens’ Committee of Section 2; Edward S. Northrup, newly-appointed superin- | tendent of public service of Section 2; | George Ferris, member of the com- mittee; Sydney R. Prince, general counsel of the Southern Railway, who | resides at 5 Chevy Chase circle and | is well acquainted with public utilities problems, and Elmer M. Pusey of Section 4 of Chevy Chase, Md. The citizens’ group was told the traffic has not warranted additional service, for the Capital Transit Co. has made a check of the busses north of the circle and found that they were not full. Miss Clephane said she is satisfied the carrier is “willing to co-operate in this situation,” but the problem of a terminal will never | be solved until it is constructed some- where on an off street in the vicinity of the circle, she was informed. The | Capital Transit Co., she said, does not | feel that the use of the old car barn |at Chevy Chase Lake is justified at this time. Will Ease Bottle Neck. ‘The conferees discussed the present SATURDAY, HOUSING PROJECT AT MARYLAND LINE Recommends That Rezoning for $5,000,000 Set-up Be Refused. 500 HOMES PROPOSED JUST OUT OF DISTRICT Planning ' Commission’s Action Follows Storm of Protests by Residents. Plans for development of the pro- posed $5,000,000 eommunity housing project at Wisconsin avenue and the District of Columbia line suffered a major setback yesterday afternoon when brought before the Maryland- National Capital Park and Planning Commission. A recommendation that the rezon- |ing necessary to carry out the proj- ect be denied was reached by mem- bers of the planning group and will be presented to the Board of Mont- gomery County Commissioners at its session in Rockville on Tuesday. Action Expected. ‘The planning commission’s action followed a hearing at which nearly 150 Maryland residents appeared be- fore county officials in Bethesda Mon- day night and lodged a storm of pro- test against the proposal, and it had been expected that the commission would vote to disapprove the rezoning application. Opponents of the project, led by Hugh M. Framton and Frederick W. Stohlman, charged the development would be a “cheap proposition” that would “lower the housing standards” | of the neighborhood, and pleaded with officials to deny the necessary zoning changes. The 60-acre tract which it is pro- | posed to develop is located directly | across the Maryland line from the Capital and residents of many neigh- ‘bonng communities, including Friend- | ship Heights, Somerset, Drummond, | Chevy Chase and Bethesda, appeared at the hearing. o 500 Homes Planned. Some 500 homes, costing about $5,500 to construct and selling trom $7,500 to $8,000, would be located in the tract, which is owned by Mrs. | Benjamin W. Parker and Donald ‘Woodward. The iand is classified as residential “A” at the present time. It would be OCTOBER 26, 1935. DEATH OF NURSE ORDERED PROBED {Miss Thelma Porter, G. W. | U. Hospital Graduate, Be- lieved Poison Victim. An autopsy was to be held at the | morgue today over the body of a | young graduate nurse who was fouad | | dying last night several hours after | she slipped away from her friends, rented an “upper floor rear” room in | the 1300 block of Vermont avenue| | under an assumed name, and retired | to read a book entitled, “The Empty | House.” | The young nurse, later identified as | Miss Thelma Porter, 24, rented the| | room from a maid about dark last | night, paying $5 and explaining that | she was “Mrs. Jones.” Several hours | later, other roomers heard her groans | and hurried to investigate. Joseph Todd broke open the door, necessary to change this to residen- and the roomers found the girl con- | | tial “C” to provide for the group vulsed in agony. An ambulance was | homes and commercial “D” for the summoned and she was pronounced | commercial area in which stores to| dead on arrival at Emergency Hos- | serve the residents would be con- | pital. structed. Miss Porter lived in the 1200 block | of Massachuseits avenue and was a graduate of George Washington Uni- versity Hospital. Her body was re- October™ for construction of sewers | Situation thoroughly, both at Chevy to serve tuberculosis hospital build- | Chase Circle and the service from ings being erected at Glenn Dale. The | that point north to Chevy Chase Lake. projéct is being financed out of a P. W. A. loan to the District, 70 per cent of which must be repaid with interest at 4 per cent. Ickes has insisted on a close control over each step in the development, requiring his approval for the design- ing of each unit, a check of the bids received, approval of the award of contract, as well as setting dates for completion of various steps of the work. Reports are that some one at P. W. A. headquarters discovered the P. W. A. did not have a representative at the October 7 bid opening and lacked any record of it. After a search was made at P. W. A. headquarters for papers concerning the bid opening, the Ickes agent then went to the Dis- trict Building and was reported to have stated: “What I want to know for one thing, is whether there was anything irregular in the opening of bids Oc- tober 7.” District officials made no statement about any phase of the matter. BURNED INVENTOR TO CONTINUE WORK Greek Is Recovering in Hospital as Triphibian Is Charred Wreck. While Constantinos Vlachos was recovering in Casualty Hospital today, the triphibian in which he had hoped to travel on the ground, in the air and on water was little more than a charred wreckage. ‘The 38-year-old Greek who visioned & great invention in his craft was burned about the head, shoulders and hands yesterday when the contraption burst into flames during a demon- stration on the lawn of the Congges- sional Library. Encouraged by the news his burns were not serious, Vlachos said he will continue his experiments on the ve- | hicle when he leaves the hospital. Vlachos, who lives at 1007 Twelfth street, was pulled from the burning machine by Policeman J, E. Baker, ninth precinct. Mrs. Bertha Vlachos, who witnessed the ill-fated demon- stration, said her husband’s tri- phibian has never been in the air. A short circuit is believed to have caused, the fire, which consumed an umbrella-like overhead structure on the craft. RUHLAND NAMES AIDES Eight Chosen to Advise on Tuber- culosis Project. Health Officer George C. Ruhland has appointed a committee of eight to advise on procedure and policy in the tuberculosis ~case-finding program, which is being financed out of an allot- ment of $99,000 as a works project. The following members are to meet with Dr. Ruhland at 11 a.m. next ‘Wednesday: Dr. John Minor, Dr. Herbert Ramsey, Dr. Arthur C. Chris- tie, Dr. J. Winthrop Peabody,- Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, Dr. James C. Cum- ming, Mrs, Ernest R. Grant and Dr. Charles White. British Editor Speaks. In Washington to advise the staff of writers compiling a Federal register for the United States, Cecil T. Carr, British government editor, lectured yesterday before the public adminis- tration class at the Georgetown Uni- versity School of Foreign Service. The register, which he described to the class; is n»promun ‘Works Prog- ress Administrad ‘The transit company is taking steps to relieve the situation at the circle to cut down the lay.off periods, Miss | Clephane said. The company pro- | poses to stop busses at other points on "the circle, to relieve the present | bottle-neck condition at Connecticut avenue, | Hanna said today his company ex- | | plained its position to the citizens of | ;Msryland and is going ahead with | plans to appear Monday in Baltimore | before the Maryland Public Service authorities to protest imposition of a | tax on the company’'s busses running | morth of the circle. He explained he hopes to be able to convince Maryland authorities this levy should not be imposed. He indi- cated that if the tax levy is pressed it will mean the curtailment of service in Maryland, insisting the company is not able to afford to pay it. Incon- | venience to the public will result, he | asserted. A new schedule is being prepared, he revealed, to give more service to Chevy Chase Lake and to eliminate lay-overs at Chevy Chase Circle. Must Be Nearby. “We are trying to solve the terminal problem and hope to get one jn the District,” Hanna said. “To be any good, it will have to be within a block of Chevy Chase Circle.” ' Hanna declared the company can not use the terminal proposed for erection near Wisconsin and Western avenues, at the District Line, for to run busses there from Connecticut avenue would cause needless expense. His officials will go before the Public Utilities Commission and present plans for a new schedule, shortly, he said, for the company is working with the authorities right along. ‘With reference to published reports that Maryland interests are proposing to start a bus line in Montgomery County, Hanna said he was curious to know where the money was coming from. He declared that “it is going to be operated at a loss” because he does not think that “traffic is suffi- cieat to justify it.” - ST. DEMETRIOS’ DAY SERVICES TOMORROW Archbishop to Officiate at Greek Church—Tribute to Minister Sicilianos. Services in observance of St. De- metrios’ day will be held at 11 am. tomorrow in the Greek Orthodox Church of Sts. Constantine and Helen, 186 Sixth street southwest. Archbishop Athenagoras will offi- ciate. In accordance with a Greek custom to honor on a saint’s day those whose names are the same as the name of the saint, ‘the celebration will honor Demetrios Sicilianos, Greek Minister to the United States. Invitations to the mass have been sent all Greek societies in Washington and nearby Maryland and' Virginia. EMPLOYES ADD UNION 542 Locals in Federal Federation ‘With Little Rock Joining. With the addition of a chapter at Little Rock, Ark., the National Fed- eration of Federal Employes today announced its total number of local unions at 542. Other unions to join recently are those at Petersburg, Va.; Allentown, Pa., and Long Beach, Calif. A Na- tion-wide membership of 100,000 per- sons and 1,000 unions s announced by the secretary, as the goal of the drive, Commission and the motor vehicle | 'COTTON CLUB GETS HEARING ON LICENSE A. B. C. Board's Order for Revoca- tion Is Suspended by City Heads. ‘The Commissioners yesterday sus- pended the order of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for revoca- | tion of the liquor license of the Cot- ton Club, Tenth and U streets, on appeal flled with them by Sam Hur- witz, proprietor. A hearing on the case will be held at 10:30 a.m. November 1 by the Com- missioners to determine if they should sustain the revocation order. ‘The license was to be taken up next Tuesday midnight. The A. B. C. Board found the establishment guilty of -permitting a disorderly place, sell- ing drinks to persons apparently in- |toxicated and permitting ~drinking after legal hours. One of the disorderly charges was that the establishment had staged performer was billed as “Sepia Sally,” and did a fan dance. GUFFEY ACT ATTACK RENEWED BY CARTER Coal Company Head Applies to D. C. Supreme Court for Preliminary Injunction. In another move to prevent applica- tion of the Guffey coal act to his concern, James W. Carter, president of the Carter Coal Co., has applied in District Supreme Court for a prelimi- nary injunction. He recently was denied this redress when the court held that the act was not in operation and that conse- quently, his suit was premature. Hearing in this action will be held at 1:30 Monday concurrently with that on application for a permanent injunction which Carter also has pending. He points out that the Bituminous Coal Commission now is in operation, and that he has been called upon to meets its representative in Beckley, W. Va., next Wednesday. ‘The act will damage irreparably his concern, it is contended. The preliminary injunction is sought as & safeguard against possible delay i;m obtaining the permanent injunc- PLAN SPLASH PARTY Junior Y. M. C. A. Swimming Club to Hold Event Tonight. ‘The Junior Y. M. C. A. Swimming Club will hold a Halloween splash and dance party for boys and girls in the Y. M. C. A. Boys’ Building, 1732 G street, tonight at 8 o’clock. All members and friends of the Boys' Y. M. C. A. are invited to at- tend. There will be a program of seasonal stunts and other novelties. Committee chairmen in charge « f the entertainment are Kenneth Kinsella, Christopher Mullady, Emmett Brown, Richard Baker, Catherine McHenry and John Sumner. WILL BE HONORED Charles T. Nehf, who donated the “Vigo County (Ind.) pumper fire engine” to the Smithsonian Institu- tion two years ago, will be presented with an honorary membership in the City Fire Fighters’ Association at its meeting in the Hamilton Hotel Tues- day night. Nehf is father of Art Nehf, former Ipitcher for the New York Giants. last Spring an “indecent” dance. The | moved to the Morgue, where it was | identified by a friend, Miss Grace Bell, 1717 G street, and later viewed by the father and mother, Mr. and | Mrs. John H. Porter, Frederick, Md. Miss Porter came to Washington from Frederick about seven years ago to go in training, and since has prac- ticed her profession here. Dr. A, Magruder MacDonald said there were indications that the girl | had swallowed a quick-acting poison. The young women left no message in the rented room, investigators said. ' “TRAFFIC SCHOOL” PROPOSAL INDORSED { Board of Trade Plan for Violators Wins Approval of Van Duzer. The Board of Trade's proposal for | a “traffic school” for violators ap- pearing in court has been indorsed by Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer, who expressed the opinion po- lice and Traffic Court judges would lend their support in establishing such a system. In a luncheon meeting at the Har- ington Hotel Thursday six of the nine proposals submitted to the Traffic Committee of the Board of Trade were adopted. All dealt with prob- lems affecting pedestrian safety. A propsal to add one or more plain clothes men to police force for con- trolling traffic in suburban areas was defeated on the ground bandits would take advantage of the opportunity to stop cars under the guise of officers. Proposals adopted included a ban on parking at all corners within 25 feet of the building line; a 15-minute illustrated talk on pedestrian safety, to be made monthly in every school in the District, and converting a num- ber of downtown streets into one-way thoroughfares. —_— TOTAL OF $155 FINES James H. Raymond Alleged to Have Fled After Accident on Thirteenth Street. James H. Raymond, 423 Ingraham street, pleaded guilty before Judge z-mr J. Casey in Traffic Court yes- y on charges of driving while drunk, leaving after colliding and operating with bad brakes. He paid a total of $155 in fines. Raymond is alleged to have fled after striking Mabel Pryor, 45, of ‘120 U street, in the 700 block Thirteenth street Thursday. He was stopped by John Andrews, 2534 Knox street south- east, who followed him to Thirteenth and H streets and called a policeman. Changing his plea to guilty, William G. Pond was sentenced by Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Traffic Court to pay fines of $100 or serve 60 days each on charges of leaving after colliding and operating without a permit. The sen- tences are to run concurrently. POLICEMEN CLEARED Coroner Tod Burton Fired as Col- ored Man Attempted Draw. A coroner’s jury late yesterday ex- {John L. Donovan, ARE PAID BY DRIVER}| onerated Policemen Lucian D. Peyton and Philip Burton of the eleventh precinct in the fatal shooting Monday night of Andrew Evans, colored, 5300 block Hayes street northeast. Evans died in Casualty Hospital Wednesday. It was testified at the inquest Bur- ton shot the colored man when the later af pted to draw a pistol as the arrest A young bald-headed eagle, measuring 7 feet from wing tip to wing tip, is enjoying life today at the National Zoological Park, eating heartily and recovering from a bad case of malnutrition. The bird was found on the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway Thursday afternoon by Robert Holland, landscape foreman for the National Capital parks. It was listless and ill, and park autherities took it te the Zoo, where Head Keeper W. H. Blackburn diagnosed the case as malnutrition. are Malcolm Davis, who has charge of the bird house, and Fremont Davis. In the photo (left to right) —Star Staff Photo. FREE D. C. PARKING URGEDBYA.F.G.E Federal Facilities Favored for Residents—Light Changes Proposed. Government maintenance of free parking facilities for District resi- dents was favored last pight by the District Department, Afflerican Fed- eration of Government Employes. The decision followed discussion of the advisability of Government con- struction of garages, a proposal lhat‘ has been considered by various parties interested in the traffic and parking problem in the District. During the debate, it was pointed out that many | Government departments already have | provided such facilities for their em- ployes and the rest should be ac- corded like treatment. A change in the traffic light sys- tem on Constitution and Virginia ave- nues also was proposed. James G. Yaden, president, nounced the following chairmen: George A. Warren, legislation; F. G. Frazer, finance; Charles F. Shar- key, credentials; Charles I. Stengle, civic affairs; Ira Y. Bain, ways and means; Charles T. Hoffman, consti- tution; David R. Glass, educatio union label; Thomas J. Breslin, organizatiol Ralph C. Howard, laws; E. Glen Hun- ter, resolutions; Michael D. Schaefer, | adjustments; Miss Inez Justus, pub- | licity; John P. Simpson, election, and Miss Helen M. McCarty, forum. HOTEL LIQUOR SALE RULE IS ADOPTED Commissioners Require Strict In- terpretation of Dining Room “Guests.” The Commissioners yesterday for- merly adopted a regulation forbidding the selling of liquor on credit to cus- tomers of hotel dining or other hotel eating quarters unless the customers were in fact registered hotel guests who had rented hotel rooms. The action was taken In adopting an opinion by Corporation Counsel Prettyman, rendered on an argument by the Washington Hotel Association, which contended that regular hotel dining room customers were hotel The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board recently fdund it was the uni- versal practice of hotels to permit reg- ular guests of their dining rooms to sign their checks, including cases in which they bought liquor with their food. The board then announced it would prosecute in such cases if th Commissioners found that a restau rant guest was not a bona fide “regis- tered” guest of the hotel under the meaning of the liquor act. Previously the A. B. C. Board de- cided that it was clearly a violation of the law for restaurants, other than an- those in hotels, to permit guests to| sign checks in which liquor sales were involved. STORE OWNER FINED FOR SHORT WEIGHT John H. Burns Pleads Guilty and Pays Fines of $5 to $50 on Four Charges. ‘The largest fines imposed in the drive by the Department of Weights and l::arum against merchants sell- ing f short-weight were paid in Police Court today by John H. Burns, operator of a store at Eighteenth street and Columbia road. Burns paid $5 to $50 each on pleas of guilty to four charges of selling chickens weighing less than amount for which paid. Inspector W. C. Diller was complainant. He charged one offense on July 13, two on August 14 and one on September 13. The fines were imposed by Judge ‘Walter J. Casey upon recommenda- tion of the corporation counsel's office. SUPREME COURT BLAZE Bucket of Trash Found Afire in New Structure. ‘The new $11,500,000 Supreme Court Building was the scene of a fire yester- day, but damage was limited to smoke on the ground floor and a scolding for a colored janitor. ‘Workers noticed smoke from an air vent. The force of uniformed guards went into immediate action. They had difficulty in locating the fire. After muech scurrying about the blaze was discovered in a janitor’s closet nearby. A worker, who had stepped in there for a forbidden smoke, accidentally had set fire to & bucket of trash. Smoke was carried from the closet by the ventilating system. committee ASKED IN ALLEGED OIL ROYALTY CASE One Washington Resident Is Asserted to Have Lost $60,000. UNEARNED DIVIDENDS HELD PAID INVESTORS Using Mails to Defraud and Cone spiracy to Do So Are Charges to Be Presented. A reputed oil swindle centering in Washington, which has cost investors thousands of dollars, will be presented Monday to the grand jury, which will be asked to indict 14 men here, in New York and in Oklahoma City. Among the victims named is a local man who is said to have lost $60.000, In another case, an Ellicott City, Md., woman is said to have been defrauded of $15,000. The case will be presented to the grand jury by Assistant United States Attorney Henry Schweinhaut. The poslal inspection service has been working on the case for a year, and two of the principal witnesses will be Inspectors Maurice Foster and Leo Love of Oklahoma City, who have been building up evidence. Oil Royalties Are Basis. Horace H. Hagen, Oklahoma City attorney, has been designated as a special assistant to the Attorney Gene eral for the prosecution. The scheme is reported to have ine volved the sale of oil royalties. That is, the promoters are said to have pur- chased royalty interests of oil land owners and to have based their opera tions on these. In some instances, vestors were paid unea | dends” to persuade them to invest more heavily, and in cthers it is | alleged that other forms of misrep- | resentation were used. The land | which the Government will charge | was involved is located in Potta= watomie County, Okla, and Bee County, Tex. The technical charge against the | mern is using the mails to defraud | and conspiracy to use the mails to defraud. Five Men Investigated. The oil royalty cases have been under investigation by the Better Business Bureau here for several months. A group of five men, using a post office lock box as their “office™ | and living together at a local hotel, | have been the subjects of a number of inquiries. They purported to “investigate | royalties offered for sale to clients by mail. Recently one of the number, J. N. Corbett, was arrested in New England on a fraud charge while he was preparing to return to Washe | ington. Numerous warnings to the public involving the sale of oil royalties were issued by the local Better Business | Bureau, and Louis Rothschild, direce tor, said royalty schemes had become | widespread in the East during the past year. PLEADS NOT GUILTY Having previously been held by & coroner’s jury, Jordan Trollinger, co! ored, 1615 Twelfth street, was raigned before Judge John P. Mc- Mahon in Police Court today on a charge of negligent homicide. He pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial. Trollinger is charged with having struck and fatally injured Adam Abrahams, 1014 I street. Abrahams died on October 16. NAVY PREPARING HUGE CELEBRATION | Radio Addresses Will Be Made by Assistant Secretary and Other Officials. ‘The Navy was preparing today for a monster country-wide demonstration Monday to celebrate Navy day, with | radio addresses as a preliminary to | the main program scheduled for to= morrow by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Henry L. Roosevelt and highe ranking naval authorities. Ordinarily, October 27, anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt, a great friend of the service, is cele= brated as Navy day, but since the day falls on Sunday this year, the celebration has been moved to Mone day. “Open house” will be observed at the Washington Navy Yard, the Naval Observatory and the Naval Air Sta- tion at Anacostia, and thousands of visitors are expected. Outstanding in the Nation-wide celebration will be the launching of the destroyers Cassin and Shaw and the laying of the keel of the heavy cruiser Wichita at Philadelphia Navy Yard. Secretary Swanson will send & message to radio amateurs throughe out the country. While the fleet is on the West Coast, there will be some warships in Eastern ports and the Navy day celebration will center around these. RANDOLPH SCORES COMMUNISM RULING Protests to School Board on Ale lowing Teaching About Relief. Representative Randolph, Demo- crat, of West Virginia, has taken issue with the Board of Education on its ruling that Communism may be taught in the District schools. In a letter addressed to Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president of the board, Randolph yesterday expressed “disap~ pointment” over the ruling and said he felt a “grievous error has been made which is more far-reaching in its damaging consequences than we at this time can possibly know.” Representative Randolph said he would make every “right and proper attempt” to focus the attention of his colleagues on the need for corrective legislation if necessary at the coming session of Congress. The letter, written from his home in Elkins, W. Va, stated its" writer would soon return to Washington to <arry a fight against the ruling before 0ol heads and the Board of Educa= o =