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Wash TRAFFIC DEATHS IND.C.ANDNEARBY THREE IN 24 HOURS ington News Man and Woman Killed and Four Hurt in Crash Near Beltsville. YEAR’S TOLL IN CITY REACHES 99 MARK Policeman Carder Hurt When Thrown From Patrol Wagon at 13th and U Today. Three deaths resulted from traffic accidents here and in nearby Mary- land yesterday and early today. A colored man and woman were killed and four others injured shortly after midnight in a head-on collision on the Washington-Baltimore Boule- vard near Beltsville, Md. Ernest Scott, 28. and Florence Johnson Madden, 30, both of Balti- more, were thrown through the wind- shield of the car Scott was driving. They were pronounced dead at the scene of the aocident by Dr. W. Allen Griffith of Berwyn, Md. Their com- panions and Frank Robinson, 30, col- | ored, 1843 Fifth street, driver of the | other car, were taken to Casualty | Hospital by the Prince Georges County | the Health Department for free tests is telling her how Rescue Squad. Harriet Johnson, 25, Cockeysville, Md., was treated for a compound frac- ture of the right leg and lacerated chin and right arm. Charlotte John- son, 20, also of Cockeysville, suffered lacerations of the right cheek, leg and body. Stanley Keys, 40, Baltimore, received a fractured left arm and lacerated face. Robinson’s face, neck and right hip were torn. Death 99th in D. C. Traffic fatalities in the District this year were brought to 99 with the death early yesterday of Richard Good, 60, colored, 488 L street southwest. Good was struck by an automobile at Seventh and Water streets southwest and died shortly afterward in Emer- gency Hospital. Joseph Chick, 28, of 1123 New Jersey avenue southeast, driver of the car, was released pend- ing a coroner’s inquest. Policeman Guy L. Carder, 32, of 409 Nicholson street, fourth precinct. was bruised about the head when thrown | from a patrol wagon in collision with an automobile at Thirteenth and U | streets early today. The driver of the other car was Thurmond G. Hager, 4311 Twelfth street. Carder was taken | to Garfleld Hospital for treatment. | Oames G. Shartzer, 27, of 4222 Sev- | enth street, ws%lnjured early today in an accident at Boones Hill, Md., about balf a mile from the District line on | Benning road northeast. He was| treated at Garfield Hospital for a Jacerated scalp. In a collision at Third street and Constitution avenue yesterday Henry Aielle, 52, of 613 Thirteenth street, occupant of a cab driven by Marshall C. Moler, 75 Seaton street, suffered a ‘broken ankle. ‘The driver of the other car was Wallace B. Sullivan, 29, of Salisbury, Md. Others Are Injured. Pear]l Compton, 21, Cherrydale, Va., was treated at Georgetown Hospit: for a possible fracture of the right el- bow and.contusions after an accident yesterday on the Leesburg pike near Tysons Corner. Three persons were injured, one eritically, in week-end automobile ac- cidents in Alexandria, Va. Struck by an automobile operated by a hit-and-run driver, E. L. Call, 39, of 121 Nerth Payne street, Alex- andria, was admitted to the Alexan- dria Hospital late Saturday night in an unconscious condition. He is being treated for a froctured skull. Police said the license tag of the au- tomobile which struck Call was issued to a Norfolk man. Harold Cleghorne, 26, Marine, and Ruth Kelley, 736 Twelfth street, Washington, were treated at Quantico | of examination. 100 ORGANIZATIONS GET CHEST HONOR| CATHOLIC SCHOOL Contributions of 90 Per Cent or More Recognized With Posters. Approximately 100 Washington business firms and other organizations whose personnel contributed to the | Community Chest 90 per cent strong |or more have been awarded special|in ceremonies at Catholic Sisters’ | voting power in the honor posters, the Chest announced | Ccilege directed by Most Rev. Michael | Suburban companies. | of that the proceeding was originally in- | today. Others on the honor roll will be announced later. ] @he Foening Staf WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1935, l X-ray examination of some 10,000 persons who have registered with to determine if they have tuberculosis began this morning at Central High School. Marion L. Coleman is shown being examined. A. Burns, technician, to stand, while S. Hegerman is at the machine controls. The machine not only takes X-ray pictures at high speed, but records all data concerning the persons examined, including name, address and site ~—Star Staff Photo. PRAISES. MODEL | Archbishop Curley Says In- fluence to Be Felt Over Entire U. S. Formal opening of a small, one-| story grade school, destined to play | an important part in advancing Catho- | lic education, was marked yesterday J. Curley. The services were attended by" BREACH EXPANDS; THREAT 15 MADE Public Utilities Commission May Ask Courts for Con- sent Decree Study. ANSWER OF LAW FIRM HELD UNSATISFACTORY 1,800 Common Stock Purchase Deal Brings Request for Specific Data A threat to ask District Supreme Court to reopen the famous consent decree of 1932 governing ownership of the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Cos. under the La Follette anti-merger act was made today by the Public Utilitles Commission as a result of an unsatisfactory answer from Sullivan & Cromwell of New York for information as to thé pur- chases of 1800 shares of common stock sold at public auction last week in Jersey City. The firm of Sullivan & Cromwell. legal representative of the trustees of the Washington and Suburban Cos., owners of 84 per cent of the gas stock, was asked by the commis- sion immediately after. the sale for specific data as to the purchases of the 1,800 shares. Arthur H. Dean of Sullivan & Cromwell told the commission, how- ever, his firm does not believe the terms of the consent decree places “any affirmative duty on the trustees of the Washington and Suburbah Cos to find out who the purchasers of these shares may be, and at the pres- ent time the only knowledge that we have with respect thereto is con- tained in this letter and in our pre- vious letter sent to you.” Dean also suggested that if the com- mission wanted any further informa- tion it make inquiry of the purchase of the stock. Report Irks Commission. Obviously irked by Dean's report, the commission wrote in reply: “We have always taken the posi- tion that the commission was to be kept fully informed as to who held the ‘Washington and It was because f the La Follette anti-merger act hicles and Traffic this morning to estimated 11,000-car increase here of standing in line. Right: John M. Barrett, 485 T ceived the tag he is shown holding. the first hour. FHP Washington motorists are shown crowding the Department of Ve- get their 1936 license plates. Sale started at 8:45, with a brisk business anticipated as a result of the since last year. About 13,000 have paid a dime each to have the tags mailed and save themselves the trouble street, who was first in line and re- About 200 tags were issued within —Star Staff Photo, JURY BEFUDDLED AT MNEIL TRIAL board in Effort to Clarify Fraud Charges. More like a professor than a witness, Eugene C. Sauer, Justice Department accounting expert, today explained to | a District Supreme Court jury, with blackboard and chalk, the intricate processes by which Benedict M. Mc- Neil, assistant cashier of the closed Park Savings Bank, is alleged to have ‘swle.n $50,000 of bank funds. | Soon after the trial was resumed this morning, it became evident the A 10 per cent margin was allowed 'Catholic University officials, college | Stituted. The mere repomx_lg_o! sa_les jury was getting beyond its depth. in making the awards because it was | nuns and parents of students of the | in no wise vests the commission with realized there were some employes willing but unable to give. It was against the record of the firm. The honor poster is & plin but attractive card stating the firm in whose establishment it is placed has | been placed on the honor roll of the Community Chest. There has been keen competition for these posters among keymen of the various firms. Canvassing Continued. While the posters were being dis- tributed today, canvassing continued | in some of the other establishments, | where keymen hoped to attain a 90 | per cent Chest enrollment before the final audit of returns next week. Among those receiving honor posters | to date are: Capital Fur Shop, American Elec- trotype, Warfield Motor Co., S. Kann | tion & Bureau of Railway Economics, | the Broadmoor, Brownley's, Inc.; Earle Theater, Fox Film Corp., Investment Building, W. E. Miller Furniture Co., | Inc.; Reid-Hayden, Inc., warehouse B; | Rich’s & Sons, H. G. Smithy & Co., States Restaurant, Tivoli Theater, Young Men’s Shop, American Nature | Association, East Washington Savings | Bank, Evangeline residence, General | Exchange Insurance Corp., George- | town Children’s House and Hebrew | Home for the Aged. Electrical Workers’ Benefit, Juvenile Protective, Loomis, Sayles & Co.; Na- tional Capital Bank, National Geo- | graphic Society, Norman W. Oyster | Co., Inc., Peoples Drug Stores, Quality Alexandria Hospital yesterday after- noon for minor injuries received when two automobiles collided at Washing- ton and Wilkes streets. Police arrest- ed Sam W. Keeter, 31, of the 400 block Massachusetts avenue, Washington, as driver of one machine on charges of | reckless driving and colliding. He will | be given & preliminary hearing on the charges December 3. At least 17 persons were killed in &utomobile accidents over the week end as ice coated the highways of Eastern States for the first time this season, the Associated Press reported. Deaths in New York City were attrib- uted to skidding on icy pavements. Tllinois led all States in week end traf- fic fatalities with 13. California re- ported 12 and Georgia 9. SIX KILLED IN STATE. Week End Traffic Toll in Virginia Brings Year’s List to 595. RICHMOND, November 25 (F).— 8ix persons died in automobile acci- dent in Virgiria over the week end to bring the State’s monthly death list to 43. Since the first of the year 595 ns have been killed by automo- in the State. “The dead: fBerkley Huddleston, 27, of near mblissburg, died in a Roanoke tal. Billy MacSmith, 12, of Covington, Killed Saturday night at Alleghany Btation. Joseph R. Seay, 28, of Richmond, dled in a hospital here from injuries received on Saturday. Claude Talbott, 25, of Ridgeway, killed Saturday night near Meadville. James Austin, 55, colored, killed Sat- urday near his Newport News home. ‘Gertrude Campbell, 19, of Peters- burg, instantly killed near Fredericks- burg Saturday night. IHREE DEAD IN MARYLAND. ‘fiu Associated Press. Maryland counted three dead today a8 its toll for the week end. Two of 'm met death in automobile crashes, died in & hunting accident. ear Frederick, Robert Paul Twigg, er Cumberland High School ath-. died yesterday as the automobile B:which he was riding collided with @ truck, Three other persons in the » i Laundry & Dry Cleaner Co., H. L. Rust Co., Washington Rapid Transit Co., Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co., Bank of Commerce & Savings, Chesa- peake & Potomac Telephone Co., Chil- dren’s Hospital & Child Welfare So- ciety, Continental Life Insurance Co., .Dikeman’s Beverages, Electric Sanitary Laundry, Friendship House and Inter- national Harvester Co. Children’s Home Included. Neighborhood House, Olmsted Grill, Perpetual Building Association, Sears, Roebuck & Co., Travelers' Aid Society, Washington Gas Light Co., Avalon Theater, Commercial Credit Co., Epis- copal Home for Children, D. J. Kauf- man, Inc.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Na- tional Cash Register Co., Rainbow Auto Painters, R-K-O Keith's Theater, Sun Life Insurance of America, Thompson Bros., Martin Wiegand, Baltimore & Ohio Railway, Boy Scouts, Bureau of Rehabilitation, Community Chest. R. F. Droop & Sons Co., Earle Build- ing, Florence Crittenton Home, Girl Scouts, Instructive Visiting Nurse So- ciety, McLachlen Banking Corp., Edgar Morris Sales Co., Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A, Social Service Exchange, ‘Washington Home for Foundlings, American Dairy Supply Co., Apollo Theater, Boys' Club, Jewish Social Service Agency, Social Hygiene So- clety, Southern Rellef Society, South~ west Community House, Washington Institute for Mental Hygiene, York Theater. Byron 8. Adams Co., American Legion, Associated Charities-Family Service Association, Garfield Memo- rial Hospital, Juanita K. Kye Council House, Loew’s Palace Theater, Metro- politan Theater, Salvation Army, B. F. Saul Co. and Washington Committee on Housing. —_—————— automobile were injured, one seriously. Warren W. Flowers, 26-year-old farmer, was fatally injured in an auto- mobile-truck collision near Bel Air yes- terday. Louis Redd, colored, of Jack- sonville, Fla., driver of the truck, was held pending an inquest. The hunting accident victim, second of the year for Maryland, was John C. Kane, 44, of Baltimore. He was found | Sons Co., American Railway Associa- | college’s new model school. Thirty ‘ children have been attending classes at | felt this situation should not militate | the school since October 1. Under supervision of the college the school will offer opportunities for prac- | tice teaching for student sisters in | the college and at the same time serve as a means of conducting re- search in teaching ‘methods. To Serve Country. At services in the college chapel, after having led a group of clergymen and sisters to the school nearby for blessing rites, Archbishop Curley said, | “I say this is a little school with a | great big field of influence. “Unlike other schools I have opened in the 14 years I lave been arch- bishop, this one is not destined to serve the needs of one community. | Its influence is not to be localized. It will serve the whole country and will lead in the cause of the advance- | ment of our Catholic education.” Acting Rector Attends. Present at the ceremonies were Msgr. Patrick J. McCormick, now act- ing rector of Catholic University, who as dean of the Sisters’ College plan- ned the model school; Dr. Edward B. Jordon, professor of eaucation at the Catholic University; Rev. Leo L. Mac- Veigh of the Catholic University de- partment of education; Dr. George Johnson, director of the model school, who is a professor of education in the | Sisters’ College, and Sister Mildred, 0. 8. F, who is principal of the school. 'CATHOLIC ALUMNAE 13th Annual Conference of D. C. Chapter of International Fed- eration Is Organized. The District chapter of the Inter- national Federation of Catholic Alum- nae will hold its thirteenth annual conference December 7 at the Willard Hotel. Right Rev. Patrick J. McCor- mick, dean of the Catholic Sisters’ College, who has recently been ap- pointed acting rector of Catholic Uni- versity, will be guest speaker. Other speakers for the conference will be Rev. Dr. Maurice S. Sheehy of Catholic University, Mrs. Willlam H. Connell, jr., president of the Intere national Federation of Catholic Alum- nae, and Henry I Quinn, a member of the Board of Education of the District. Mrs. Lewis A. Payne, governor of the chapter, will preside. Committee chairmen arranging the conference include: Miss Kathryn E. Bowers, ar- rangements; Mrs. Clarence W. Lee, patroness; Miss Elizabeth J. Dolan, reception; Mrs. J. E. Golliflower, cre- dentials; Miss Anna May Ryan, reso- lutions; Miss Florence O’Donnoghue, Tules of order; Miss Genevieve Finzel, FREEZING MARK PAST, WEATHER TO MODERATE Nothing Worse Than 35 Due for Tonight, Is Forecast of ‘Weather Bureau. ‘The Capital looked forward to fair shot to death Saturday in a patch of |" woods near Jessups, Anne Arundel County. Kane is survived by his widcw and eight children, An in- quest will be held tonight. 4 WILL MEET DEC. 7, as to what was then deemed an en- deavor by your people to divest in conformity with said statute.” The commission then declared if Dean'’s construction of the consent de- cree is to prevail, then it “may deem it advisable to ask the Supreme Court in the District of Columbia to reopen this case.” Nine hundred of the 1,800 shares were sold for the General Investment Co., formerly the Public Utility Hold- |ing Corp. of America. Four hundred and eighty shares of the other 900 were sold for the United Founders Corp., 180 for the American & Gen- ‘em Securities Corp., 120 for the | United British International Co., Ltd., and 120 for the Second International | Securities Corp. The purchaser of record of the-e shares was the firm uf Outwater & | Wells of Jersey City. Sold for $6,000. The 1,800 shares, representing 25 per cent of the 130,000 shares of gas company stock outstanding, have a market value at the present time of about $2,000,000 and were sold for $6,000. Dean reported to the com- mission the shares were sold at the ers felt they could obtain a better price than as though each individual owner offered his share separately. Under the consent decree, the trus- tees of the Washington and Suburban companies are required to report to the District Supreme Court “with all convenient speed” when they learn of any substantial transfer of gas com- pany stock. Dean told the commission | the trustees had been careful to obey this mandate and had notified the commission as well as the court. The consent decree grew out of the acquisition of controlling interest in the gas companies in 1931 by the Chase National Bank and the charge by the commission that the deal was in violation of the La Follette anti- merger act. Eighty-four per cent, or 109,000 shares, of the common stock which the bank purchased were de- posited with the Washington and Suburban Cos, in common law trust organized to hold the gas com- pany stock. The Washington and Suburban then issued 6,000 common shares of beneficial interest and dis- tributed it among various corporations, so that no utility or holding com- pany held more than 20 per cent of the stock. 3 The La Follette anti-merger act pre- vents a foreign utility corporation from holding more than 20 per cent of the stock of any District utility company. GOOD SAMARITANS WILL FEED 500 NEEDY Mothers and Children to Get Thanksgiving Meal Free. Women’s Guild in Charge. The Good Samaritans, 638 D street, have arranged to feed 500 needy moth- ers and children on Thanksgiving day, beginning at 12:30 pm. The menu will consist of roast chicken, dressing, mashed potatoes, peas, cran- berry sauce and pumpkin pie. Soup, bread and butter, coffee and milk for the children will complete the meal. The dinner arrangements are under supervision of Mrs. George Lorenz, director of the Good Samaritans’ ‘Women'’s Guild, and Mrs. Violet Keeler, director of adult education for the same time as & block because the own- | Richard Hanson, a member of the | information to permit an ascertaining | panel, finally arose, interrupting the | testimony. | “May the witness outline his testi- mony on the blackboard,” he asked Justice F. Dickinson Letts. Assistant United States Attorney | John H. Wilson asked Sauer if he could do so, and the witness replied he thought he could. Even then, presentation of the case continued to be difficult, with Justice Letts once interrupting to ask that the meaning of “cash item” be ex- plained to the jury. “Now see if you can make it clear,” 'the judge instructed as Sauer re- sumed his narrative. Sauer spent the first hour or so | dealing with a $26,030 credit to “Cen- tury collections.” which appeared on the bank’s books in McNeil's hand- writing. “The bank actually received nothing | for that credit,” he stated positively. He then explained the entry was made to wipe out numerous ‘“cash items” or withdrawals shortly before | McNell resigned in 1929. | The trial began last Tuesday and | was recessed Thursday afternoon after Sauer had testified the bank received nothing for one “fictitious deposit” of | $783 to the A. M. McNeil Co. account, which was maintained by the real es- tate firm of the defendant’s father, Alexander McNeil, now deceased. | Both the McNeils and Robert S. | Stunz, executive vice president of the | bank, who committed suicide, were | charged with conspiracy to commit both larceny and embezzlement. | Wilson announced Thursday he iwould show nine allegedly “fictitious” | transactions besides the $783 item and | the $26,030 one. Presentation of the Government's case had been expected to be finished at noon today, but the rate at which it proceeded this morn- ing seemed to indicate Sauer still will be testifying tomorrow. To clear up some of the difficulties confronting the jury in comprehend- ing the bank transactions, Wilson asked Sauer to explain the import of some of his statements, but Defense Attorney Robert E. Lynch objected and was sustained by the court. M’NAMARA, VETERAN ENGINEER, EXPIRES Native of Ireland Came to This Country 40 Years Ago—B. & 0. Employe. Matthew McNamara, 60, veteran locomotive engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, died yesterday of & heart attack at his home, 1406 Orren street northeast. As engineer, Mr. McNamara had a record of no accidents in 30 years. A native of Ireland, he came to this country 40 years ago and began work- ing for the railroad, reaching the posi- tion of engineer in 10 years. He was a member of the Holy Name Society. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anne Moroney McNamara; two sons, Edward and Charles Mec~ Namara; a daughter, Miss Irene Mc- Namara; two sisters here, Mrs. Anne Murphy and Mrs. Ellen Keehan; an- other sister in Baltimore, Mrs. John Hogan; & brother, Michael McNamara of this city, and two other brothers, a sister and his father, in Ireland. Funeral services will be held Wed- nesday at 9 a.m. at Holy Name Catho- lic Church. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Barrymore Back in Hollywood. {Justice Expert at Black-' COURT TOREVEEW | TANGLE OF FUNDS | | Involves Preference Given U. S. Agency Deposits in Closed Bank, | By the Associated Press. Two Federal agencies and J. F. T.! | O'Connor, controller of the currency, | were granted a limited review by the | SBupreme Court today of a novel legal | tangle resulting from a closed national | bank here. Lower Federal courts of the Dis- | trict have allowed a general deposi- tor, who received only 50 per cent, to bring suit against Government | agencies who were paid 100 per cent. The depositor contends the agencies must share alike with other depositors. { The highest court granted a review {on whether the depositor, Thomas E. Rhodes, a Washington lawyer, can bring his suit. without first being re- fused by the controller, legal head of | all closed national banks, or the re- ceiver or both. { The courts permitted him to bring | the suit and also ruled the Federal agency funds were not “public money” or designated by statute for preferred | payment. The funds involved are those which the United States Shipping Board, | Merchant Fleet Corp. and the alien | property custodian had in the Com- mercial National Bank. The amount of money involved has not been deter- mined, pending an accounting or- dered by lower courts, but Rhodes’ petition in the lower courts said Gov- ernment agencies, paid in full by the recefver with approval of the con- troller, received mose than $6,000,000. 'SANTA CLAUS LANE WILL OPEN TONIGHT| Hazen Will Officiate in Turning on Lights on Fourteenth Street at 7:45 0'Clock. ‘The lights along Fourteenth street from Randolph to Fairmont streets will be turned on by Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen at 7:45 o'clock to- night, officially opening Santa Cl-uxi | Lane, sponsored each year by the Columbia Heights Business Men's As- sociation. Commissioner Hazen will make a | brief address, folldwed by Louis R. Gottlieb, president of the business| men. The parade will then begin, with Leslie C. Rucker, chairman of the| Parade Committee, as marshal, and | Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintend- ent of police, as honorary marshal. Actual participants in the parade will include seven musical units and representatives and floats from civic and patriotic bodies. Patrolman Is Robbed. ATLANTA (#).—Patrolman Joe Al- len reported a theft—from himself. As he was leaving the Baptist Taber- nacle, he said, his pocket was picked of Lu; wallet containing $4 and lodge cards. NOVEMBER PUPILS FEWER THIS YEAR Public School New Enroll- ment Is Below 2,000 for Month. For the first time in four years the increase in mid-November emroliment in Washington's public schools over the corresponding period in the year prior has fallen below the 2,000 mark, Board of Education statisticians re- ported today. Enrollment as of November 14 in public and non-parochial teachers’ colleges, high schools, elementary schools and vocatienal schools totaled 93,082, an increase of 1,727 over the corresponding period of 1934. Enroll- ment at this time last year was 4,011 greater than in the comparable period 0. 1933. Two years ago it was 2,393 more then in 1932 and in November of the latter year it was 2,882 more than in the corresponding month of 1931. Officials attributed the decrease in the rate of enrollment gains to the fact employment opportunities are no longer as numerous as during the opening phases of the New Deal, when the establishment of new agencies and new construction programs at- tracted thousands of families to Washington. The greatest enrollment increases were recorded for senior high schools, up 776 to 15,988, and junior high schools, up 754 to 18,614. There was a larger increase in the enrollment for colored elementary schools than in that for white elementary schools. | | Enrollment in teachers’ colleges rose | 45 to 1,019. November is a peak period for en- rollment. Further increases are an- ticipated for March, another peak period. On the basis of increases dur- ing the past three years, officials had estimated November enrollment would be 3,000 more than in November, 1934. The board’s figures indicate a shift in population from the “high rent” neighborhoods, especially in the northwest section near Connecticut avenue, to the northeast section. Entertains Firemen. EAST AURORA, N. Y. (#).—Ernest J. Pfifferling, farmer, lost a barn, crops, stock and machinery in a fire three months ago, but he believes the firemen did a good job. Consequently he is going to give them a party. He is providing a hall and plenty of food for the firemen and their wives. “Judge” Parker, Blind Tuner Of Pianos, Dies of Long Illness “Judge” Benjamin Franklin Parker, who, although blind since youth, de- veloped a keen sense of touch and hearing to such an extent that he often was called to tune the pianos at the White House and at various embassies, died last night at his home, 1103 Florida avenue ‘northeast, after a long illness. He would have been 63 on December 27. Losing his sight at 15, after having been struck on the head with a base ball, Mr, Parker faced a severe handi- cap, which he immediately began to overcome. He was educated at the Perkins In- HOLLYWOOD, November 25 (#).— | studied law by and 35 years ago came to Washing- ton. He worked for some time as piano tuner with the E. F. Droop Co. Subsequently he went to work for the Homer L. Kitt Co, with which he was active until his recent illness. He had tuned instruments for some of the most critical in the city. Him- self a musician, Mr. Parker played the piano and organ. Due to his likeness to a former judge, he became generally known among his friends and assoc.- ates as “Judge” Parker. For many years, he had been a trus- tee of the Columbia Polytechnic Insti- tute for the Blind and long had been interested in work for the blind both in Washington and elsewhere. He was a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Mr. Parker was a native of Nashua, N. H. In 1926 he was married to Miss Stella Lewis, also blind. He is survived by his widow, and a daughter, Mar- t. Funeral services will be held at his late residence Wednesday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Congressional Ceme- tery. PAGE B—1 CARNEGIE PRAISED AS HUMANITARIAN AND PEACE LOVER Secretary Hull Addresses Pan-American Board, Places Wreath. LIBRARIES OF CITY AID IN ANNIVERSARY EVENT] Exhibit and Portrait Shown at Central Building at Eighth and K. In the great white building which he gave in the cause of international peace, Andrew Carnegie today, was extolled | by Secretary of State Cordell Hull as “a great servant of humanity,” | who possessed all the high qualities | of citizenship, “regardless of race, | creed or nationality.” Throughout the Americas his name | has become a symbol, a source of constant inspiration to the younger generation, the Secretary said, in calling attention to the benefactions of the great apostle of peace and philanthropist. The Secretary spoke in the hall of | the Americas in the Pan-American Union Building, and the occasion was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Carnegie. Secretary Hull presided at a special meeting of the board of governors ot the Pan-American Union | and later officiated at the laying of a wreath on the memorial to Carnegie, Ambassador Speaks, Ambassador Felipe A. Espil of Are gentina reviewed Carnegie’s work as a delegate to the first Pan-American Conference in 1889 and his efforts to maintain peace in South and Central America in later years, when not only this, but European governments bee | came involved in incidents with those nations. Andrew Carnegie was born the son of a weaver in a three-room cottage in Dunfermline, Scotland, 100 years | ago today, and came to America, later becoming one of this country’s fore= most citizens and one of the world's most generous philanthropists. He spent the early years of his life amass- ing millions of dollars, only to pass it on to the people of the Americas in | the form of libraries, the Carnegie Ine stitution of Washington, the Carnegis Institute of Pittsburgh and other cen= ters of scientific and cultural research and the Carnegie Endowment for Ine ternational Peace. Throughout the meeting of the Board of Governors of the Pan-Amera ican Union the United States Mari Band played the soft music of the southern Republic in the patio. Many Diplomats Present. Secretary Hull, as the chairman of the board, sat at one end of a long oval table, which was surrounded by the ranking diplomats of all repube lics of the Americas. Seated next to the Secretary was Ambassador Espil. Other diplomats at the table included Don Manuel de Freyre y Santander, Ambassador of Peru: Dr. Manuel Trucco, Ambassador of Chile; Oswaldo | Aranha, Ambassador of Brazil; Dr. Guillermo Patterson y de Jauregui, | Ambassador of Cuba: Dr. Adrian Recinos, Minister of Guatemala; Dr. Pedro M. Arcaya, Minister of zuela; Dr. Ricardo J. Alfaro, M of Panama; Enriqus Finot, Min ter of Bolivia; Dr. Enrique Bordenave, | Minister of Paraguay; Dr. Capitan Colon Eloy Alfaro, Minister of Ecua- dor; Albert Blanchet, Minister of Haiti; Dr. Jose Richling, Minister of Uraguay; Miguel Lopez Pumarejo, Minister of Colombia; Manuel Gone zales Zeledon, Minister of Costa Rica, | and the charge de affairs of Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador. Also present at the board meeting were Dr. L. S. Rowe, director general { of the Pan-American Union, and Dr, | E. Gil Borges, assistant director and | secretary of the board. | Meanwhile, another celebration of | the great humanitarian’s birth was | being held in the central building of the four Carnegie Libraries of the District, at Eighth and K streets, where Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian, | arranged an exhibit of Carnegie mo« | mentoes for public inspection. A pore trait of Carnegie, along with writings }and books about him and his gifts on behalf of education, science and peace, was prominently displayed. Hull Lauds Peace Efforts. SCarnegie’s efforts for the main- |tenance of peace throughout the { world, especially on the American cone tinent, were lauded by Secretary Hull, whose speech was broadcast on a world-wide hook-up. He pointed out that Carnegie was one of the delegates of the United States to the first inier- | national conference of American States in 1889. “He soon made his influence felt in | espousing the cause of peaceful se | ment of all disputes that might arise between the American republics,” Hull said. “With enthusiasm he welcomad the founding, by the conference, of the Bureau of the American Repub- lics, which was destined to develop into the Union of the American re publics.” During the years that followed the first conference, Carnegie gave ine creasing attention to the prospering of closer ties between the American republics here. The Pan-American Union Building, in which the cere« monies were held, resulted as a gift from Carnegie in the cause of peace. e PLAN POLICE EVENT Association Members to Meet Wednesday Night. . ‘The Metropolitan Police Association will hold its second gathering of the year Wednesday evening at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 920 Tenth street. Entertainment wili start at 8:30 pm. and will be furnished by Joe Brown and a group of his featured radio artists. Dancing will be in the main ball room and refreshments will be served in the rathskeller. Members of the Police Department will be entertained December 4 several men from the foree, including Henry G. Nestor, Ray Luskey, Donald ence r Siegrist, Luther Bowers and Richard lwfluy.