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Washington News — NORTH AMERICAN WILL BEAR MAIOR SHARE IN DEAL Will Revise Plan for Divest- ing Itself of W. R. & E. Control, Says McClellan. UTILITIES COMMISSION IS ADVISED OF PLAN| Holding Company Will Pay Ex- penses Incidental to Deposit of Stock. | self in “dead earnest” to the question he Fy WASHINGTON, D. C, Adelaide Moffett Begins Study Of Medicine 3 Gives Up Singing Career | in Favor of Becom- ing Doctor. Adelaide Moffett, attractive and talented daughter of former Federal Housing Administrator James A. Moffett, after several false starts to- ward careers and marriage, today is turning her attention to a new occu- pation, the Associated Press reports. As a student of medicine, Miss Moffett is now enrolled in Russell Sage College at Troy, N. Y., applying her- of determining her fitness for the medical profession. Miss Moffett en- rolled at the college about two weeks ago, the Associated Press reports, to take a pre-medical course. Meanwhile, her numerous society interests are shelved temporarily. The popular “Addie” made her debut | in New York in 1932 and a short while The North American Co. will revise | later came to Washington with her its plan for divesting itself of owner-! father when he became one of the New ship control in the Washington Rail-| Deal executives. Aside from her so- ! way & Electric Co. so it will bear the | ciety activities here, however, Miss| major share of the cost of the re-| Moffett had aspirations and a good| sultant transaction in stocks. the Pub- | enough voice to become a professional lic Utilities Commission was advised | singer. | today by William M. McClellan, presi-| Armed with these two qualities, she dent of W. R. & E. | went to Florida and obtained an en- The statement was submitted 10| gagement as a night club entertainer | engugement in New York ADELAIDE MOFFETT. surge of ambition to follow a singing career. An affair of the heart intruded about this time and Miss Moffett's to Henry Gibbins, jr., former Central High School foot ball captain, was announced. Gibbins is the son of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Henry eni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Shap TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1935. EE 23 P.W.A. GIVES CASH FOR CONSTRUCTION OF APEX BUILDING $3,665,000 Allotted New Home for Federal Trade Board. for MOVE ENDS DISPUTE OVER TRIANGLE PROJECT Opponents Hold Structure Will Cut Off View of New Archives Edifice. Construction of the so-called Apex Building on the small triangle east of the new Archives Building at Penn- sylvania and Constitution avenues'will be expedited under a $3,665,000 allot- | ment made today to the procurement | division of the Treasury Department by the Public Works Administration. The Apex Building will be the new home of the Federal Trade Commis- sion, Administrator Ickes announced. the commission In reply to a series under the name of Diana Dorrance. | of questions raised when copies of the eriginal plan of the company indi-| cated the W. R. & E. would be bur- | doned by cost incident to the substi-| tution of 1.625.000 new chares for the outstanding 65,000-odd shares of com- | mon stock in W. R. & E Trust to Be Temporary. ‘ Replying to another question, Presi- dent McClellan explained that the| trust to be set up as a depository for | the stock incident to the proposed transfer would be temporary. | The Utilities Commission had asked | McClellan these questions as to the| cost of the stock transfer: “Why were all of the costs incident to the carrying out of the terms of this agreement placed on the W. R. & E.? What is the estimate as to the aggregate expenditure to be made un- | der this deposit agreement? And what | are the estimated expenditures inci- dent to the filing of reports, prepara- tion of proxies and other similar cor- | porate data?” | To this question, President McClel- lan replied today: “It is not intended that all of the costs incident to the carrving out of the terms of this agreement should be placed on W. R. & E. The North American Co. will pay all expenses | incidental to the deposit of the stock which it owns with the depository and the expenses in connection with the original issuance against such stock of the certificates for participat- ing shares down to and including the transfer of such shares from the names of the underwriting bimkers'1 nominees into the names of those who pusehased the shares from them. | “The W. R. & E. will take up the expenses from that point forward, such expenses being in effect equivalent to those which the Washington company would have if its own stock were sub- divided into 1,625,000 shares and dis- tributed to the public.” 65,000 Shares of Stock. | There are now 65,000-odd shares of W. R. & E. common stock, of which the North American Co. owns some 62,000. It is proposed to issue new | shares at the rate of 25 for each one ! of the existing shares. The holding | company hopes to sell the substituted | shares to the public at a price up to | $30 per share. This sets up expecta- | tion that the North American Co. would reap a return of some $22.000.- 000 on that price basis. Further ex- plaining the North American plans for sharing the cost, President Mc- Clellan said: “The North American Co. will pay the fixed fee of the depositary and the subdepositary, if any, covering all de- | Posit shares, for the first year or por- | tion thereof durinz which the deposit agreement is in effect. | “The W. R. & E. will pay any ex- penses incidental to the deposit with the depositary of the 2,803 shares of its common stock not owned by the | North American Co. and the expenses | of issuance of temporary certificates | for participating shares against such | &tock. This expease, it is estimated, will not exceed $1 per share for such Discovered. she was persuaded to re- | turn to Washington, but soon entered ! a radio contest and sang her way to | the national semi-finals and a new | Gibbins. The marriage was planned | and will house overflow agencies of for early this Fall, but the match was | the Government as needs occur. broken off before that time and Miss| The building will round out the Moffett returned to New York when | triangle development. her father left Washington. Designed by Edward H. Bennett, CITY HEADS STUDY REMOVAL OF SNOW Night-Time Parking _Bani Discussed as Phase of Problem. Chicago architect, the plans for the Apex Building have been approved by Eme Fine Arts Commission and the ‘Nnuonnl Capital Park and Planning Commission. | Decision to build on the small tri- | angle east of the Archives Building Farmer With $100 Planned ends a controversy which at one time brought out considerable opposition to to Visit BrotHer After Sojourn Here. While considering re-establishment | of the night-time ban on parking on | major thoroughfares during the Win- ter months so as to facilitate snow | removal, the Commissioners today | asked Corporation Counsel Prettyman to determine if the Washington Rapid Transit Co. should be required to con- | tribute to such work on Sixteenth | street. Prettyman also was asked to rule | on whether the Capital Transit Co. | should be required to contribute | money or workers for clearing snow | off Connecticut avenue. That ques- | tion arises because of the removal of | street car tracks from Upper Con- necticut avenue. At the same time, the Commission- ers referred to Traffic Director Wil- | liam A. Van Duzer a proposal from the Public Utilities Commission for | re-establishment of the night time parking ban on streets used by street | cars and busses. The utilities body also suggested that other streets, on ! which there is heavy vehicular traffic, might be included. The Utilities Commission and En- gineer Commissioner Dan I. Sultan were convinced the experiment from | January 1 to March 15 with the park- ing ban proved a great aid in clearing main highways after snowfall. It is expected the ban will be renewed again this Winter, in some form. The Capital Transit Co. last year paid some of the cost of snow re- moval, that pertaining to street in- tersections on which there were street car tracks. Also, it operated its own snow plows. SILVA SLAYING SET FOR GRAND JURORS Frederick Murder Charges Will +Be Presented Before Body Monday. By the Associated Press. FREDERICK, Md., November 12.— Alfred Brown, 25-year-old colored man, will be presented before the rearing a structure that would possibly A man and four boys. reported obstruct the view of the monumental building housing the Government's missing, today were objects of search by police. archives. Ickes said today that with the allot- ment of construction funds it was now | The authorities were asked last night to hunt for Joe Bane, 28 up to the Procurement Division of the' Treasury to get the work under way. The Federal Trade Commission oc- cupies cne of the old temporary struc- tures at Twentieth street and Con- | stitution avenue. That site is being .| developed for the recently authorized Federal Reserve Building, and the %.‘n%:. ?::;:Z Ef,fféfi:; avenue and an ndlmmng: pho dmppflr?d: Both the Fine Arts Commission and | October 14 while| . "National Capital Park and Plan- | visiting his sister.| ;0" Gemmission. it was said. will be | Mrs. Cynthia the overflowing agencies destined to| Dablery 1333 oocupy space in the new Apex Build- Eleventh street. | ;0™ ey are now located in the tended to drive in| ~The opposition to erect the new | his Ford coupe to| pyjiding e apex triangle was led | Harrisonburg. Va., by John Russell Pope, architect of the for & visit to his| Archives Building. which is soon to be brother Frank.| gccupied. His main objection was He never reached ' pased on the ground that it would off- Harrissonburg. Relatives fear he has get the monumental structure which met with foul play. Bane is believed now is the end building in the Fed- | Joe Bane. | the Rochambeau Apartments on Con- Bane said he in- flowing into some corridors. He is about 5 feet and 6 inches tall, | ghstructed view from the base of the |Second Wife Made No Ef- | weight about 150 pounds and had light | brown hair and blue eyes. He was | wearing a brown suede jacket, blue trousers and a light gray hat. | Capitol. The site also had been tentatively | selected at one time for the proposed | memorial to Thomas Jefferson, which Three boys missing since Sunday | Now Will have to be located elsewhere. are believed to have gone away to- As far as could be learned today gether. They are Linwood Litton, jr., | specifications for the building have 17, of 607 Elliott street northeast;|not been drawn up in the Procure- James Adams, 17, of 609 Elliott street | ment Division, which will have com- northeast, and Lewis Horman, 17, of | plete charge of all building opera- | 1010 Florida avenue northeast. | tions. It is believed the boys may have SRR T started on a hitch-hiking trip to Cali- | fornia. Neighbors said Litton l:n‘d FUNERAL SERV|CE HELD mentioned such a trip and that he! | had disposed of his bicycle supposedly FOR WILLIAM G' ASKINS | to obtain funds Police today broadcast a lookout for Military Ceremonies Conducted at 16-year-old Raymond Vidi, 213 E rlington by U. S. Mari lstree!‘ reported missing from his home | Aslington dyG 4 e any uard. since Sunday. His mother, Mrs. Mary | Vidi, told police the youth 's about| pyperal services for William G.| were held at Arlington | |5 feet 2 inches tall, has brown hair | askins 31 iand eyes and when last seen was clad | National C;me(ery last Tuesday, with in a suede jacket and brown pants| military ceremonies by the Nationai| (e | Guard ‘and United States Marines. Miss Gertrude Grace Hill 50, who! Mr. Askins formerly was a member | had been missing from her nome at|of the Marine Corps, having served | {1841 Columbia road since Saturday, 18 months in the West Indies and | | when she left after leaving a note | later at Quantico, Va., where he was | | stating she would return shortly, was | at the time of his honorable discharge. | reported by her niece, Miss Jean Hill, | In recent years he had been an active commission is preparing to move (o When last seen. | Navy Building, which is already o\‘er-i to have had about $100 with him. eral triangle and commands an un-' | | | | | shares as are deposited.” Frederick County grand jury Monday Cost Estimated at $25,000. In conclusion, Dr. McClellan esti- | mated that the exepense to the W. R. | & F. would not be greater than 825000 for the costs incident to the #tock registration and transfer about which the Commission raised ques- tions. . In the meantime, William A. Rob- ‘erts, people's counsel before the Dis- Rrict Public Utilities Commission, drew up the outline of a report pnalyzing the plan of the North ;thmericnn Co. to relinquish control of | e W. R. & E. and the Potomac Elec- | ric Power Co. The report will be sub- dnitted to the utilities commission and the Securities and Exchange Commis- sion which must approve the plan. Roberts does not propose to make the report public until after Novem- ber 21, the final date on which the North American will be permitted to file amendments to its registration #tatement. There has been no inti- imation from the company, however, whether it will seek to make any ‘thanges. The report, according to Roberts, {rontains a thorough analysis of the North American's plans, together With an explanation of any relation- #hip it may have with the La Follette anti-merger act, and the street rail- ay merger act. F] - CHILD IS IMPROVING Daughter of Ball Player Reported ‘ on Way to Recovery. L The 2-year-old daughter of Alvin #Jake” Powell, centerfielder for the $Washington base ball club, was re- d well on the way toward recov- jery at Sibley Memorial Hospital today Jrom the ruptured apuendix, which ®he suffered Friday. i The girl, Joan, was rushed to the thospital by her father on Friday ight, but an operation was too late| prevent the rupture. Three blood ‘r!lmxuslonx were required to save her e. Air Day Success. “Irish aviation day 4n the Irish Free Ctate this year was a 1ecord success. v on a charge of murder in connection with the torch slaying of Manuel Silva. State’s Attorney Sherman P. Bow- ers yesterday announced the case would be presented when the jury meets for its regular session. The man, who boxes under the name of Young Bobby Burns, was formally charged with Silva's death. County officers took him to Silva's home yesterday to go over the scene of the crime. His remarks, Sheriff Roy Hiltner said, were substantially the same as those made in a statement allegedly confessing he killed Silva in the 44- year-old ship’s carpenter’s home, then sought to burn the body in a fire- place. Silva's charred and battered body was found near Dawsonville, in Mont- gomery County. Sheriff Hiltner quoted the prisoner as admitting he felled Silva with an iron bar during a quarrel. Hiltner said he believed the victim's body then was thrust up a chimney, feet first, soaked with coal oil and at- tempts made to burn it. Gigantic Cheese Sent to Roosevelt * Won’t Set Record By the Associated Press. A 1,250-pound cheese is on its way to President Roosevelt from Wis- consin, but a study of history revealed that it was not likely to set any rec- ord either for size or duration. It will be larger than the 1,235- pound cheese, which Chesire, Mass., admirers sent Thomas Jefferson, and the presentation ceremonies of which will be duplicated by President Roose- velt’s Wisconsin admirers. But a dairy farmer of Sandy Creek, Oswego County, N. Y. sent Andrew Jackson & 1,400-pound cheese—four feet in diameter and two feet thick. Despite the lavish hospitality of Jefferson," his cheese lasted more than a year and a half, to have been located. . TRUCK GROUP ASKS JOINT COMMITTEE Would Meet With Rails and Shippers to Discuss Harmony. Appointment of a Conference Com- mittee, comprising an equal number of spokesmen for the truck operators, railroads and shippers, was favored yesterday at a meeting of the Execu- tive Committee of American Truck Associations, Inc., to insure harmony among the three groups. Under the resolution adopted the “participating bodies” would be the national trucking organization, the Association of American Railroads and the National Industrial Traffic League. Ted V. Rodgers is president of the truckmen’s organization. Such mutual action is necessary, it was said, in view o the declared policy of Congress in the Federal motor car- rier act, which gives the Interstate Commerce Commission jurisdiction over commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce. y In the interest of highway safety the Executive Committee also adopted a resolution urging truck operators to discourage hitch-hiking and not to pick up hikers. Attending the meeting were John F. Winchester, Newark, N. J.; Hugh Sheridan, New York City, Harry E. Boyson, Philadelphia; J. F. Bowen, Denver; William C. Winkler Chicago, and W. L. Stodghill, Louisville, Ky. - HAZEN HAS ALIBI Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen ap- Ppeared at the District Building today sporting a black eye. He volunteered to all comers he got the “ornament” from a kick from a shotgun. The Commissioner was taking a few shots at clay pigeons yesterday when the shotgun struck off his shoulder and jammed against his cheek. ‘. member of the National Guard. Funeral services were conducted by | Rev. Charles B. Austin and Dr. George | Quick. Mr. Askins, who lived at 2644 Tenth street northeast, died November 3 at Emergency Hospital. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Virginia Askins; a daughter, Bettie Lee; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Askins, 1110 L street, and a sister, Mrs. G. C. Bar- ham. | taken after becoming il on the street. Giant Tree Shifted in Union Square Here's one of the biggest tree moving jobs—officially termed by the horticulturists a Zelkova Serrata, with a ball of earth enfolding the roots some 25 feet in diameter. Botanic Garden. was in the path of Society and General PAGE B—1 f The Mall vista TAX| ZONE APPEAL DUE T0 BE HEARD BY JUSTICE WHEAT [Head of Cab Drivers’ Union Has Asked Court to En- join Enforcement. HEARING SCHEDULED FOR THIS AFTERNOON Counsel Expected to Argue That Rate Is Arbitrary and Unreasonable. An appeal from the Public Utilities This tree, one of the features of the old So it was moved some 250 feet to a new location . east of the projected site for a new memorial, to balance the Meade Memorial, which is on the north side of Union Square, just west of the Capitol. —Star Staff Photo. | NIXON DECLARES TRIAL UNHEEDED fort to Contest Divorce, Court Is Told. Capt. Thomas Hay Nix who is fighting an attemp: by his sec- ond wife to set aside their divorce. told the Adams County, Pa. court vesterday. according to an Associated Press dispatch recaved here, that his former wife made no effort to contest the divorce proceedings at the time of the trial last August His second wife, Annctte Pauline Finneron Nixon, former show girl, nlso“ has filed suit here against Capt.| Nixon, who married Miss Ann DeWal- | den Cooke of Chevy Chase. after the Pennsylvania divorce proceedings. The second wife's Washington suit was declared a mistrial by Justice Jesse C. Adkins of ihe District Su- preme Court after counsel presented an amended complaint naming the third wife as corespondent on the theory Capt. Nixon's divorce from wife No. 2 was invalid. | District Attorney John P. Butt of Harrisburg, Pa., filing Nixon's answer in the Pennsylvania proceeding, sub-| mitted affidavits to uphold his con-| tention the second Mrs. Nixon and her | attorneys knew of the divorce suit and avoided subpoenas and other notices. One of the affidavits was from Mrs. Howard De Walden Cooke, mother of the third wife, qucting Attorney W. Gwynn Gardiner, Washington attor- ney for the second wife, as saying the “Pennsylvania divorce is more worth- | less than the paper on which it might appear.” and asserting he did not in- tend to have his client appear in the Pennsylvania court. | The hearing here was thrown into an uproar when Gardiner and Vin- cent A. Sheehy. attorney for Nixon, came to blows in the ccurt room. | .8 A, MISSING MAN FOUND U. S. Worker, Gone Since Satur- day, Is Located in Hospital. Cornelius Loring, 58-year-old for- | mer Government worker, who disap- peared from his home Saturday, was located by relatives 'ast night in Emergency Hospital, where he was Loring, a brother-in-law of Police- man S. F. Goggins, 2011 Monroe street northeast, was taken 1l shortly after| leaving the latter's home Saturday. . Court of Hardship. The Free State government has been petitioned to establish a fair- | tent court to deal with individual cases of hardship. D. C. Court to Send Him to Jail. Ordered to Show Cause | Why He Should Not Be | Held in Contempt. Charging her husband tricked her into giving him a receipt for alimony he did not pay, Mrs, Dorothy R. Sangster, 4338 Montgomery avenue, Bethesda, Md., asked District Supreme Court today to send him to jail for contempt of court. She quoted him as saying he “was lying awake at night” trying to think of ways to beat her out of mainte- nance payments. At the request of her attorney, Jean M. Boardman, Justite Jennings Bailey ordered the husband, Charles R. Sangster, to show cause why he should not be held in contempt. On September 20, the court ordered Sangster to pay his wife $40 a month for the maintenance of herself and their two minor children. When the last payment was due, November 6, Sangster is said to ha made an appointment with Mrs. Sang- ster to give her the $20 owing at that time. She told the court her hus- band placed his pocketbook on the table and requested her to write a receipt. Belleving he was acting in L Trick to Get Alimony Receipt Is Charged to Man by Ex-Wife . - * | Bethesda Woman Asks | MRS. DOROTHY R. SANGSTER. —Warner Studio. good faith, she made out the receipt, and he immediately placed it in his pocketbook and refused to give her the money, she told the court. Sangster is quoted in her petition as saying: “I have the receipt. This is my trick. This will last until the 21.t, when the next payment is due. I can’t fool you with this trick more than once, but I will think of some- thing by the next time to beat.you out of your money.” Will Retire ARTHUR S. WHITCOMB, Second leader of the Marine Band and an outstanding cornet soloist. who will retire from the Marine Corps on December 1. Mr. Whit- comb is a native of England. serv- ing at one time with the famous Coldstream Guards. In 1903 he enlisted in the United States Marine Band and except for a short term with the United States Cavalry Band he has been with the Marines continuously. He is 56 years old. His retirement is at his own re- quest. CAFETERIAHOLD-UP S LAD T0 RAN Manager Identifies Man Held for Robbery of Bus Ticket Office. James W. Rand, 24. captured ves-| terday after holding up the ticket office of the Greyhound Bus terminal, was identified last night as the man who last February held up Ewart's Cafeteria and obtained $300. Identi- fication was made through Alfred G. Earnest, cafe manager. Rand was trapped in a taxicab in | front of the bus depot before he could | escape after robbing E. T. MacDowell, ticket salesman, of $434. Policeman Paul Baicar and Station Dispatcher | Rea Ankeny subdued the robber. Police have been searching for Rand for some time. There now is a lookout for two other bandits who possibly might have been working with him. Rand gave his address as the 1400 block of Rhode Island avenue. He prcbably will not go to court until Thursday. Manuel A. Castro, 45, a taxicab driver, taken into custody when Rand was arrested, was released after ques- tioning. Police were satisfied he was not an accomplice. Questioning of Rand was delayed until today because he had been drinking, police sgid. Rand also was identified yesterday as the man who held up Burt's Grill, almost directly across the street from the terminal, Sunday afternoon. He obtained $94 there. BAYH WILL BE GUEST AT DINNER THIS EVENING Civic Welcome Will Be Given to| New Director of Health and Physical Education. Birch E. Bayh, new director of health and physical education in the District schools, will be guest of honor at 7 o'clock tonight at a dinner at tne Admiral, 1640 Rhode Island avehue, to be given by the Physical Education Association of the District. ‘The purpose of the dinner is to wel- come Bayh to Washington, and the hosts will include men and women en- gaged in physical education, athletic, health and recreation activities in the Capital. After the dinner the men’s and wom- en's sections of the association will hold separate business meetings. Ruth H. Atwell, George Washington University, is president of the asso- ciation, and Max PFarrington, also of G. W. U, is secretary-treasurer; Miriam Spaulding, Mount Vernon Seminary, is president of the wom- en’s section, and Louis Holmes, Powell Junior High School, heads the men's section. ; ) 11, VETERIARAN T0 BE AD 560 Mrs. Roosevelt Personally| Indorsed Appointee to City Position. | | Actine on a personal indorsement | from Mrs. Roosevelt, the Commission- |ers today appointed Dr. David E | Buckingham veterinary surgeon for |tre District on a part-time basis at a salary of $2850 per year. The job is one which normally must be filled ou* of a list of eligibles | certified by the Civil Service Com- | uission, under an agreement between | that agency and the Commissioners. | In this case, however, the Civil | Service Commission told the Com- | missioners on November 4: “This office | has no c'igibles available for certifica- |tion at this time. An appointment | may be made outside of civil service rules.” 3 Mrs. Roosevelt indorsed Dr. Buck- ingham in a letter to Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen October 28. The let- ter, on White House stationery, stated: “My Dear Commissioner Hazen ! “Pr. Buckingham is making appli- | cation for an appointment under you Commiission's order last July setting up the prevailing 20-30-50-70-cent taxi- cab zone rates was scheduled for hearing this afternoon before Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat in District | Supreme Court. Bernard L. Henning. president of the Cab Drivers' Protective Union, Local No. 343, has asked the court to enjoin enforcement of the order, which he contends is unlawful and unreasonable. Some time ago Hene ning lost his hacker's license because he refused to charge the rates specie fied by the commission. Cites Adkins’ Ruling., A ruling two years ago by Justice Jesse C. Adkins that prescribed zone charges are illegal because discrimi- natory stfil controls the local taxi situation, Cary E. Quinn. attorney for the union official. contends. He 1s expscted to argue further that the rates set by the commission are arbitrary and unreasonable and are not based on adequate data. The commission held extensive rate heare ings last Summer. Hinman D. Folsom, a special ase sistant corporation counsel. will repe resent the Utilities Commission, which maintains Congress in the last ap- propriation bill gave it authority to establish uniform zones and rates. % acmits that it was withsut such au- thority previous to enactment cf the new law. The appropriation act retains the prohibition against use of funds to se¢ up a meter system. and specifically provides that the money apprcpriated may be used to establish uniform zones and rates. Right of Appeal Limited. The same Congress also abolished the right of appeal to the District Sue preme Court from Public Utility Com- mission orders on any except purely legal grounds. but Henning's injunc- tion petition was filed two days befare this law became effective. Quinn said the union has between 300 and 500 members. The court’s ruling on the case will affect the entire taxicab business here, however, and go far toward establish- ing how much authority is possessed and I just want to tell you that he has y'he pyplic Utilities Commission. | rendered us very good service. I can E. B | speak very highly of him for his kind- . Barrett Prettyman, corporation | ness and ability. “Very sincerely yours, counsel, and several members of his staff were on hand today to hear the case, and the court “(Signed) ELEANOR ROOSEVELT.” | 8rguments | room was crowded with taxi drivers Dr. Buckingham conducts a hos- | pital for animals at 2115 Fourteenth | | street. He has two associates there. | \ In the District appointment. which | s effective Saturday, he takes the post left vacant by the death of Dr. P, W. Grenfell. UTILITIES PROBE T0 BE EXTENDED House Lobby Committee Plans | to Investigate Four More Companies. The House Lobby Committee today planned to turn the spotlight of n-| | vestigation on four more of the coun-j | try’s gigantic utility holding companies, | which, it has been informed, took part | } in the fight last Winter to defeat the | Wheeler-Rayburn holding company | bill. The Standard Gas & Electric Co. of | Chicago heads the list. The others are | Electric Bond and Share, Common- | wealth and Southern and Public Serv- | ice of New Jersey. | ~The foundation for the inquiry is | being laid by William H Collins, com- | ! mittee counsel. who has spent severzl | months gathering data. | | Already the four companies have been asked by the committee to sub- mit reports showing their respective expenses in connection with the lobby campaign and the names of individ- uals who were remunerated. The committee, however, will not begin its investigation of the four| companies until it finishes examina- | tion of Howard C. Hopson, reputed | “master mind” of the Associated Gas & Electric Co.- Hopson is to be recalled to the wit- | ness stand as soon as the committee | resumes its public hearings. Repre- sentative O’Connor, Democrat, of New York, chairman of the Lobby Com- mittee, plans to fix the date for re- newal of the hearings within a few | days. | Disclosure of Hopson's personal in- come during the period he built the Associated into a utility colossus is the chief aim of the committee in recalling him to the witness stand. He also is to be questioned about the | $1,000,000 Associated borrowed from | various banks to fight the utilities bill and how it was expended. CUMMINGS HONOR GUEST Attorney General Cummings will be the guest of honor at the Optimist Club luncheon tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. at the Mayflower Hotel. Henry Schaffert, past international president, will present two resolutions to Mr. Cummings that were passed by the seventeenth international conven- tion, held in St. Louis last Summer. One is the indorsement of the sys- tem of juvenile and domestic courts now operating in Ohio. The other in- dorsed the efforts being made by the Bureau of Investigation of the De- | partment of Justice, under the guid- ance of J. Edgar Hoover, in combating organized cr\me.l ) and their families and friends. MANY CEREMONIES ON ARMISTICE DAY Thousands Pay Respects Here Led by President Roosevelt at Arlington. The ghosts of America’s World War dead slept quietly today. soothed by the honor which the Nation had poured out on its annual observance of Armistice day. From President Roosevelt down to the youngest Boy Scout. this honor was paid reverently, its principal ex< pression being voiced yesterday morne ing at Arlington National Cemetery, where the Nation's Chief Executive addressed a throng of several thoue sands. The day was commemorated at Washington Cathedral in two serve ices—one at the tomb of President Wilson in the Bethlehem Chapel, and one sponsored by the Disabled Amer-~ ican Veterans in honor of nurses and other women who have served the rational cause. Both were attended by Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Wilson and a throng of Government officials, mcme bers of the diplomatic corps, repre- sentatives of the Army and Navy and patriotic organizations. Right Rev. James E. Prezman, Bish- op of Washington, at the Wiison service read the wartime Chief Ex- ecutive’s final message to his coun- try—the brief statement of the *“road away from revolution” as he visioned it, including the warning: “Our cive ilization cannot survive materially, une less it be redeemed spiritually.” o HONOR MRS. NELIGH Birthday of Late Head of Neighe borhood House Observed. ‘The birthday anniversary of the late Mrs. Clara Danielson Neligh, who served as head resident of Neighbore hood House for years, was observed last night at the settlement with a program of music and dance. A ceremony known as “lighting of ’the lamp Catena” was held, durig which the lamp was renamed * Clara Danielson Neligh Lamp.” Th program included a dramatic selection and instrumental and vocal offerings. Fireman's Luck. SEATTLE (#).—Fireman E. M. Kird's automobile burned because he couldn’t find a fire alarm box. He drove his flaming machine a mile and ran half a mile before he found a box. Then a slow freight stopped the fire truck that responded. Kird walked home. Business Men to Elert. Election of officers of the Columbia Heights Business Men’s Association will be held at a meeting tonight at 8:30 pm. in the Tompkins Building. 3330 Fourteenth street.