Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1940, Page 2

I A—2 s Agreement Reporfed On Milder Substitute Census Resolution Senate Doesn’t Object To Deleting Queries, New Version Advises A mild substitute for the Tobey census resolution has been- agreed on by the members of the Senate Commerce Commmittee, it was re- ported today, and will be presented soon to the Senate for action. Instead of making it the sense of the Senate that the personal in e questions in the 1940 population census—which begins April 1—be deleted, the new resolution would simply serve to advise the Census Bureau that there would be no ob- Jection on the Senate’s part if the questions were withdrawn. Meanwhile, William L. Austin, the director of the census, scolded the ‘Wisconsin census area manager for the arrest of a cobbler who refused to answer questions in the census of business—now being taken—and ordered his release. The cobbler, James Rosselli of Kenosha, had agreed to answer the questions “so long as they are put to me polite.” He was arrested on a Federal warrant charging failure to give complete answers to a census taker and released on $200 bond. Mr. Austin yesterday sent the following telegram to Donald M. Farris, census area manager at Racine: | “Withdraw Rosselli charges im- mediately. You have disregarded instructions that before taking legal action such cases must be submitted to Washington office for disposition. You will be held strictly responsible for this procedure. Instruct all dis- trict supervisors and enumerators accordingly. Acknowledge receipt of this telegram and confirm with- drawal of charges,” Boy, 5, Is Injured When Hit by Cab A 5-year-old boy was in Casualty Hospital today with serious injuries received when struck by a taxi on | Sixth street between F and G streets N.E. James Shaddock of 650 Sixth street N.E. was being treated for a fractured thigh and head injuries. A taxicab driver was held for ac- tion of the grand jury and a Marine Corps private held for Police Court action under the Negligent Homi- cide Act yesterday by a coroner’s Jury inquiring into two traffic deaths. Matthew J. Butler, 24, of the first block of L street N.E., the cab driver, was held in connection with the death of Taft Jack Moy, 28, colored, of the 400 block of L street S.E. early on the morning of February 11, when the taxicab struck Moy and K. James Washington, 36, colored, of the 1300 block of Eleventh street SE. Both pedestrians were crossing Eleventh street SE. south of M street when hit. Lewis F. Hunter, 23, of the 700 block of Quincy street N.W. the Marine, was held under the negii-. gent homicide act in connecBioft with the death of James Po 22, colored, of the 4700 block of Benaing road NE. Powell was fatally irffured February 26, when a truck he was driving overturned after it and an automobile driven by Hunter had collided at Tenth and F streetgN.E. Peace (Continued From First Page) - between the noted Swedish explorer Sven Hedin and Adolf Hitler and his foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, are regarded by many observers as directly associated with the supposed German-Swedish in- | terest in seeing the war in Finland | settled. | Doubt was expressed in some in- formed circles, however, whether any mediation bid from a Scandi- navian country had a reasonable chance of success. These sources believed the Krem- lin to have become embittered over admitted Scandinavian sympathies for Finland to such a point that a mediator’s role would be difficult. The Finnish attitude toward ne- gotiations was regarded as question- able, depending on the Finns’ opin- jon of their chance of continuing their defense. It was pointed out that the Finns have expressed a consistent willing- ness to negotiate, provided they can do so with honor and full recog- nition of their national integrity. Nazi Warning Reported. Official sources declined to discuss reports that Germany had warned Sweden that transit of volunteers for Finland would be regarded as | unneutral. The impression therefore prevails here that Sweden is striving for a peaceful solution of the war in Fin- land before arrival of foreign vol- unteers for the Finnish cause fur- them complicates Sweden's own status. In Swedish political circles there 1s an increasing belief that Germany is taking the initiative toward peace talks in the northern struggle and that it will be suggested that such talks, if ever realized, be held in Btockholm. While arrival of volunteers from Great Britain and France is ex- pected, reports that these allies were preparing regular troops for Fin- land were given no credence. Sensational stories that British aircraft carriers are en route to the Arctic coast of Finland have ap- peared in some sections of the Bcandinavian press, but responsible circles have declined to take them seriously. Passage of Volunteers Hostile, Say Germans BERLIN, March 7 (#).—Author- ized German sources said today that Germany never had left any doubt that it regarded passage of volun- teers through Sweden to Finland as & hostile act—not against Germany, but against the principle of neutral- ity. They expressed doubt of the au- thenticity of reports that peace terms had been transmitted from Soviet Russia to Finland. Restaurant ‘Blacked Out’ NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio (#).— A daytime blackout? It happened here in a restaurant. Workmen were cleaning a chimney. Soot was forced into an automatic gas heater flue. The heater fan efficiently dis- tributed . the “blackness” through #;gflfi.’fi‘.‘,]nqfiry was_iihde | nett as the most important elements Physicians’ Report Spurs Plan fo Act on Aged Home Promptly Allen to Confer With District Health and Welfare Officials Today . The projected “new deal” for the District’s widely condenined Home for the Aged and Infirm advanced another step today as municipal uificials prepared to act promptly un the sweeping changes recom- aended by a special board of phy- sicians following a medical exam- mation of the institution’s 691 inmates. Commissioner George E. Allen met this morning with Welfare Director Robert E. Bondy, Health Officer George C. Ruhland and Dr. Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent of Gal- linger Hospital, for a preliminary discussion of how best to carry out the physicians’ recommendations. They conferred for about an hour, then recessed until 2 o'clock this aft- ernoon, when Dr. Ruhland, Dr. Bocock and Mr. Bondy will tackle the problem again. No announcement was made concerning what progress was made at the conference with Mr. Allen, Meanwhile, attention also was fo- cused anew on the city's penal in- stitutions as a result of a report by James V. Bennett, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, rec- ommending reorganization of exist- ing facilities to make for a unified and integrated correctional system in the District. Mr. Bennett's study, a discussion of the broad problems touching the administration of the city’s penal system, was requested by Repre- sentative D'Alesandro, acting chair- man of the Public Health Subcom- mittee of the House District Com- mittee, after his recent visit to Lorton Reformatory. Transfer of 69 Recommended. The Blue Plains report, submitted to Welfare Director Bondy yester- day, branded the Home for the Aged and Infirm as a refuge for virtually all types of untortunates, and urged transfer of 69 ailing patients of the home to other institutions. It also called for at least one full-time medical officer, increases in the nursing medical attendant staffs and new medical and surgical equipment. Commissioner Allen said that, while he hadn't had an opportunity to read the entire report, he was anxious to get started on plans to rectify the conditions uncovered by the three staff physicians of Gnl-‘ linger Hospital who conducted the survey. “If the situation is as bad as they picture it,” said Mr. Allen, “then something must be done right away.” After making public the physi- cians' report, Mr. Bondy said con- ferences would be held soon with | heads of all the institutions which | would be involved in the transfers | recommended in the report. The | recommendations, he said, are in | accord with a policy that he be- | lieves should be followed for ad- | mission.to and care of people at the “the Aged. , Ihe Tome' has been a for all kinds of | he “durgping, o indigehits. S Some Already Transferred. Where institutional facilities per- mit, trapsfers will be made as soon as ible. j.accordance with the phy: imendgtions. Five cases—-were-transferred -to_Gallinger T Way. addftion’ to“these, the physicians | urged transfer of 14 more to Gal- linger for complete medical study, 16 cases of chronic neurological diseases referred to suitable hos- pitals, 10 apparently psychotic in- mates transferred to a suitable in- stitution, 21 feeble-minded patients be considered for transfer to more suitable institutions and 8 epileptic cases removed to other institutions. If the District's penal system were reorganized and developed into a unified whole, Mr. Bennett pointed out, the District could house all types of offenders without depend- ing on the Federal Correctional System to incarcerate those who are now being held in Federal institu- tions for lack of proper facilities here. The unified system, Mr. Bennett said, would include an administra- tive unit, a house of detention or jail, which would include a receiving and classification unit, a place for youth- ful offenders, a place for adult of- fenders, which would include a maximum security unit; a work farm for the misdemeanor group and a place for women offenders. The completion of the new jall and the acquisition of funds to open the new group of buildings included in the walled unit at Lorton Re- formatory were seen by Mr. Ben- in accomplishing the unified pro- gram he suggested. Recommends New Buildings. He also recommended new build- ings at Lorton to eliminate the over- crowding and make possible the segregation of prisoners according to their character and the type of offense they have committed. He pointed out that the classifi- cation program of the District penal institutions has now reached a point where it would be possible to segre- gate the different classes of prison- ers and provide for them a program fitted to their needs. “All that is required,” he added, “is a thorough study of the problem and the enactment of the necessary basic leegislation definitely outlin- ing a plan for a unified correctional system and setting forth the meth- ods and rules which would govern the commitment, treatment and su- pervision of the prisoners in the community after discharge. If such a framework of legislative policy were enacted the system could be developed logically and without lost time and effori.” In drafting the legislation, he add- ed, consideration should also be given to the suggestions made by the District Parole Board for changing the present sentencing and parole law applying ‘to felony cases. He also suggested that necessary personnel be provided for the pro- bation system of the District Bu- preme Court and Police Court. ‘The prison director advocated the inauguration of a “realistic plan” for training the peorsonnel of Dis- trict institutions and the establish- For decades;{~ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, PROMINENT WASHINGTONIANS WAIT FOR CONGRES- SIONAL HEARING—Shown awaiting a chance to testify today before the Reorganization Subcommittee of the House District Committe~ -in support of the administration of the Commis- sioners—are these civic and business leaders. right) John Saul, past president of the Board of Trade; Herbert L. Willett, director of the Community Chest; Edgar Morris, past They are (left to THURSDAY, president of the Board of Trade; T. J. Spaulding, a spectator; Arthur J. Sundlun, president of the Merchants and Manufac- turers’ Association; Gen. Albert trict National Guard; James E. Colliflower, vice president of the Board of Trade, and Gardner Moore, president of the Washington Hotel Association. MARCH 7, 1940. L. Cox, commander of the Dis- —Star Staff Photo. Welles Sees Lebrun; Goes fo Confer With Premier Daladier Government Head to Fete Roosevelt Emissary At Dinner BULLETIN. PARIS, March 7 (A).—Sumner Welles was closeted for 1 hour and 40 minutes today with Premier Daladier, who has vowed to crush the present German regime. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 7.—President Albert Lebrun, on behalf of a France avow- edly determined to crush the present German regime, received Sumner Welles at the Elysee Palace today. A company of the Republican Guard stood smartly to attention as the automobile bearing Roosevelt's emissary rolled into the courtyard. Mr. Welles immediately entered | President Lebrun's office for a cere- | Hedv monial visit before going to the war ministry to see Premier Daladier. _War_Intentions S.h'e_ss_cd.. “Newspapers emphasised “France's tion’s tmistake in thinking Germany was & nation of and philos- ophers despite the terrible proof of the World War and the rise of Nazi- #*After an hour and 22 minutes with the President, Mr. Welles, ac- companied by Robert D. Murphy, United ' States Charge d'Affaires, went to the war ministry for an interview with M. Daladier. Later he was to visit Auguste de Champetier de Ribes, French under- secretary for foreign affairs. M. Daladier will entertain Mr. Welles at dinner later with only a | few others present. Mr. Welles said he would fly to London Sunday and be in Paris for route to Rome, where he will spend |two more days before sailing for the United States March 18. Accompanied by Kennedy. The President’s investigator had spent the night traveling from Lau- sanne, Switzerland, in a special car on the Simplon-Orient express, ac- companied by Joseph P. Kennedy, United States Ambassador to Great Britain. Mr. Kennedy continued to London during the day. Mr. Welles is believed to have brought from Berlin a clear picture of Adolf Hitler’s price for peace and of German determination to fight to the finish to attain the Fuehrer’s aims. Hitler is reputed to have told Mr. Welles last Saturday that Germany would fight until she had, pri- marily, unchallenged political in- fluence over Bohemia-Moravia, Slo- vakia, Poland and Hungary, return war intentions by recilling the na- | a few hours again next week en| of her colonies and release from what Germans called British strangle-hold control of the seas. During his three-day stay here he was expected to find French opinion equally as unyielding and based on one idea—beat Germany first. The French position was reaffirm- ed in the officially controlled press on the eve of Mr. Welles’ coming. Mr. Welles’ interview with M. Da- ladier will be his third with the “big four” of Europe’s leaders. He began his swing through the chief European capitals with a meeting in Rome with Italian Premier Musso- lini, traveled from there to Berlin | to see Hitler, and came here after a respite in Switzerland. During his visit here, it has been announced, he will confer with offi- cials of the Polish government in exile, Mr. Welles has refused so far to| discuss publicly either his questions to leaders in Rome and Berlin or their answers, holding that his in- formation was for the President’s ears only, and there was no indica- tion that his Paris conferences would | be exceptions to the secrecy rule. Ambassador Kennedy | Arrives in London LONDON, March 7 (#.—United States Ambassador Joseph P. Ken- States, arrived today by plane from Paris to prepare for the visit of Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles next week. Mr. Kennedy reached Paris earlier todey on the same train which took Mr. Welles from Switzerland“to the French capital for a three-day visit. “If isolation means a desire to keep out of war, I should say it definitely is stronger now in Amer- ica.” 'Mr. Kennedy told newsmen. “I think very definitely this feel- | ing has been increased by the exam- ination of mails and stopping of ships. I think such things as sink- ing neutral ships make an impres- sion on American minds but that | does not make America want to 80 to war. “We are not sitting on the side- lines and playing Uncle Shylock. There is no war boom in the United States, although certain industries are getting allied business. But the general dislocation of business by the war is hurting the United States far more than she is profiting by the war.” Taylor at Consistory For Prospective Saints Bs the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, Mrch 7.—Myron C. Taylor, President Roosevelt's per- sonal envoy to the Vatican, at- tended a semipublic consistory to- day for the canonization of two prospective saints. The two were Mother Mary Euphrasia Pelletier of France, founder of the Good Shepherds for the Care and Protection of Young Girls; and Gemma Galgani, an Italian girl who died in the middle of the last century. Both were beatified in 1923. returning from the United | Quick Trade Program Approval by Senafe Group o Be Sought Harrison Wilt Ask Clauses Be Left To Debate in Chamber Administration forces will try to | have the Senate Finance Commit- | tee give quick approval tomorrow | | morning to the House-approved | | resolution continuing for three years | the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act. Although a number of amend- ments are expected to be offered, | Democratic leaders are hoping to | persuade their sponsors to report the resolution without change and fight out the modifying proposals when | debate starts on the floor, probably Monday. | Meanwhile, Senator La Follette, | Wisconsin Progressive, a Finance Committee member, is making plans to urge adoption of the amendment he filed yesterday, calling for the | | setting up of an Export-Import Control Board, to strengthen Amer- |ica’s economic defense against Euro- | pean trade discriminations. | | The Trade Agreement battle will| reagh _jts climax, howeyer,.on_the | preposal to require Senate ratifiéa- | tien of future. pacts, on ‘the YBeory | that they are ‘treaties and that the'| power to execute them, thegefore;| | cannot be delegated to the executive, | A?-nlmstranon forces belleve thef| h&ve the votes to stop this move; bat the result will be close. As the law now stands the State Departs ment can put agreements into effect directly following negotiations with | foreign governments. The La Follette control board | taries of State. Treasury, Interior, Agriculture and Commerce. broad purpose of the board would | be to protect consumers from high | | prices and producers from the| | dumping of exports in this country | by belligerents seeking funds for war | purposes. | The decision to speed up commit- | tee action tomorrow, instead of waiting until Monday, was reached by Chairman Harrison following an unexpected conference late yester- day with more than a dozen fellow- Democrats, most of whom are mem- bers of the committee. Senate Majority Leader Barkley expressed hope the Senate will dis- pose of the Trade agreement fight in 10 days.. Norway Orders Fire On Russian Planes By the Associated Press. OSLO, Norway, March 6.—Air de- fense units in Northern Norway were ordered today to shoot if Soviet planes again cross the border. ment of a system of rewards :for recognition of outstanding service Though he said he believed the District penal institutions are cor- recting deficiencies as rapidly as possible and making sound progress, he asserted that the paramount peed was for attention to be directed to the restaurant—over patrons and & ! basic problems of .organization and future development. FINANCE COMMTI ON TOUR —Members of the House Subcommittée of Appropria- tions in charge of the 1941 District' budget shown leaving the Blue Plains Home for the Aged and Infirm this morning. This visit was part of tour of local welfare institutions, Representa- tive Millard Caldwell, chairman of the group, is in foreground adjusting hat, as other Repre- sentatives say good-by to Supt. Frank Haskell. i 2 —Star Staff Photo. } Dr. John H. Finley, Educator and Editor, Dies in Sleep at 76 Had Been Thought Recovered From Recent Operation By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 7.—Dr. John | H. Finley, educator and editor emer- | itus of the New York Times, died in his sleep early today. Dr. Finley, who was 76, recently | underwent an operation for hernia in the Columbia Presbyterian Med- ical Center, but his rugged physique apparently brought about a quick{ recovery. He returned to his home | at 1 Lexington avenue about three weeks ago. It was there he was found dead at T a.m. today. Dr. Finley was an educator by | virtue of inherited talent but pre- ferred to be an editor. He alter- nated between the two flelds| through most of his mature life, having been president of Knox Col- lege. the College of the City of New | York and New York State commis- | sioner of education when he wasn't | directing magazines or writing edi- | torials for newspapers. | Was Irish by Descent. He was born at Grand Ridge, La | Salle County, IIl, on October 19, 1863, the son of James G. and: Lydia Margaret McCombs Finley and fifth in descent from the Rev. James Fin- | ley, who came from Ireland in 1734. He went through the high school at ?u.nwn, 111, then entered Knox Col- ege. It was at Knox that he acquired his liking for journalism, for he Two More Houses Ordered Evacuated In Blasting Area Ceilings and Walls Crack As Rock Creek Sewer Project Goes On Tenants in two more homes near the southwest corner of Twenty- second and Q streets N.W. were under orders to evacuate today as a result of sinking caused apparently by blasting and tunneling operations for a section of the Rock Creek diversion sewer project. Two days ago Col. John W. Oehmann, District building inspec- tor, ordered evacuation of the rooming house at 2200 Q street after discovering that the building than an inch wide were appearing in the walls. Another inspection yesterday re- sulted in issuance of 24-hour evacua- tion notice to tenants in two ad- joining rooming houses at 1532 and 1534 Twenty-second street N.W. Col. Oehmann said the orders to vacate were issued as a precautionary measure. As a result, more than 40 persons today were facing the problem of finding new homes. H. W. Camp- bell, who operates the rooming house at 2200 Q street, said he is and son, Dick, a Western High School student, and the 14 roomers Others Have to Move. Mrs. Bessie I. Bailey, who has 10 roomers in her house at 1534 Twenty-second street, and Mrs. Delphia Koch, who has about 14 roomers at 1532 Twenty-second street, also were under orders to evacuate today. Mrs. Koch said she has moved to the adjoining premises at 1530 Twenty-second street, which provide room there for tenants from the 1532 Twenty-second street resi- dence. The house at No. 1530 has not been condemned. Meanwhile, Col. Thomas W. Marshall, consulting en- gineer retained by the sewer con- tractor, Joseph Lombardi Co., plan- ned to inspect the area again to see what can be done to prevent further distress to the buildings. Evacuation of the Campbell home was ordered after a section of the lawn in front had sunk. The home has been fenced off from the street to keep passers-by far enough away to escape being hit by falling ma- terials. Ceilings and Walls Crack. and walls are cracked and window sashes have been pulled askew be- cause of the sinking. Ellwood John- son, the District’s resident engineer on the sewer project, said there was little likelihood of the house fall- ing apart, but that evacuation had been ordered because District offi- cials did not want to be responsible for injuries or deaths. Blasting operations in the sewer tunnel have been stopped temporari- ly while investigators attempt to de- termine the specific cause of the it was said, as soon as the cause has been found. |Congress in Brief TODAY, earned most of his way by “sticking type” in a Galesburg newspaper would be composed of the Secre- 1plant. After graduation from Knox | in 1887 he entered Johns Hopkins in history, economics and Ppolitics with the idea of fitting himself for editorial work. In 1891 he was elected president of Knox, only four years after his graduation from the Starting with the scholastic year 1892-3 he directed the college for seven years. He left Knox to take an editorial position with the S. S. McClure Co. in New York and edited Harper’s Weekly, but after a year went to Princeton as first occupant of a new chair in politics. He taught there until 1903, when he was elected pres- ident of the College of the City of New York. Ten years later he was chosen commissioner of education of the State of New York, a post which he held until January 1, 1921, when he joined the editorial staff of the New York Times, later, in 1937, be- coming editor in chief of that paper. On November 15, 1938, he was made editor emeritus. Served in Other Posts. There were some notable inter- ludes in this record. He served on the 1913-14 board of arbitration in the Eastern railway controversy, headed a World War educational commission to France in 1917, and in 1918 and 1919 was head of the American Red Cross work in Pal- estine and the Near East. Foreign governments which deco- rated him included Japan, France, Italy, Serbia, Poland, Lithuania, Pin- land, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Greece, Czecho-Slovakia. He was a past president of the American So- cial Science Association and of the National Child Welfare Association, was long a member of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of Amer- | %! ica and vice president of the Boy Scouts of Scotland. Dr. Finley was married June 19, 1892, to Martha Ford Boyden 6f Sheffield, Ill. Two sons and two daughters were born to them. | ‘Through the years Dr. Finley was in constant demand as a speaker at college commencements, social and economic conventions, historical | gatherings and similar events. On the platform he was notable for forcefulness and clarity and for his loyalty to the calling which he pre- ferred above others—newspaper work. “Since I have become a journal- ist,” he once told a Brown Univer- sity convocation, “I find that not even & research professor is more eager to know the truth or more I find, too, that the editor usually is much better able to tell the truth than the research professor because he knows how to speak to the ordi- Geologists to Meet The Geological Society of Wash- ington will meet at 8 pm. next Wednesday in the Cosmos Club. | mien The program will include an ad- | Lo dress by E. L. Stephenson on * physical and Geological Investiga- tions of the Casper Mountain | Senate: | Debates Hatch Act extension. House: propriation bill. | District of Columbia Legislative ! Subcommittee continues hearing in | executive session. | Special District subcommittee in- vestigating District liquor situation | resumes public hearings. ! TOMORROW. | Senate: May take up cotton co-operative bill, if Hatch bill is disposed of. Senate Finance Committee to act on reciprocal trade agreements, 10 am. | on first deficiency bill, 10:30 a.m. House: Program undetermined. Roads Committee resumes con- sideration of highway improvement program, 10 am. District of Columbia—Increasing to moderate snow and slightly colder creasing tomorrow. Maryland—Mostly cloudy and late tonight and tomorrow and rain interior of east portion tomorrow; slij morrow The northeastern disturbance is now mov- ing northeastward with center over Easteri Maine. Bangor. 9959 millibars inches). The disturbance that was cen- tered over the Texas Panhandle Wednesda: morning_has moved eastward to Arkansas, Little "Rock. 1.000.3 millibars (29.54 inches). “A minor disturbance is moving southeastward over Eastern South Dakota, Aberdeen. 1014 2 millibars (2095 inches), nce . Tatoo (29.78 4 These disturbances have been attended by recipitation in the Northeastern Etates, the Rorih Bacific States. Eastern Colorado. the Plains States and the Lower Missouri an Middle Mississippi Valleys, Pressure is high over the Rocky Mountain. the Plateau and Colo. 1 inches): “Internatio) ; millibars (30.14 inches). and Key West. Fla.. 1.011.5 miilibars (29.87 inches). The ‘temperature has risen in the Pacific States and the northern plateau region. le 1 fallen slightly over most sec- from cky Mountain region east- to the Atlantic Coast. except Lower Mississippi Valley and the States. » Report for Last 24 Hours. ‘Temperature. Barometer Degrees. the Guit Yesterday— 4pm. heat, 4. 3 esterday. Loweit, 34, 6 a.m. today. Year ago, 36. Record Temperatures This Year Highest. 64, on Pebruary 12. Lowest. 7. on January 20. Humidity for Last 24 Hours, (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest. 88 per cent. at 1:30 a.m. today. Lowest, 43 per cent. st 3 p.m. yesterday. Tide Tables. pm. 6 a.m. am, m; p.m. Chromite Deposit, Wyoming,” and & talk by 8. B. Hendricks on “Base Exchange and Properties of Clays.” A was sinking and that cracks more | hunting living quarters for his wife | who were forced to leave with them. | she also operates as a rooming house, | but said she would not be able to | Oehmann and | Inside the Campbell home ceilings | sinking. Work will be started again, | Debates Interior Department ap- | The | University, Baltimore, as a student; e 2 Senate Appropriations Committee | ? | October (rom noop, vesterdsy to noon today) B eager to tell it than an editor and oL ear Oldest Inhabitants To Profest Witness’ View on Payment Obligation of Federal Government to District Cited at Meeting The Association of Oldest Inhabe itants of the District made plans last night to file a protest with the Reorganization Subcommittee of the House District Committee against the statement of a witness that suffrage advocates would be willing to give up the Federal payment toward District expenses if they were given the vote. Under a resolution introduced by Jesse C. Suter and adopted by unanimous vote the association au- thorized appointment of a commit- tee to draw up the protest, which first will be submitted to the asso- ciation president, Theodore W. Noyes, for approval. Refers to Wender Testimony. The resolutign referred to the statement made before the Reor- ganization Subcommittee two days ago by Harry S. Wender, vice presi- | dent of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, who testified that he would be willing to throw the $6,000,~ 000 Federal payment in the Potomac River, if necessary, to get local self= government. Mr. Suter declared the Federal | Government has an obligation to pay a fair and equitable share of municipal government expenses. He was named chairman of the com= mittee to draw up the protest. John | B. Dickman, sr., and Harry A. Burr | are the other members of the com= mittee. Fire Helmet Presented. | Philip W. Nicholson, former depu- | ty chief of the District Fire Depart- ment, now retired, presented to the association the leather fire helmet and belt which he wore during the greater part of his 48 years’ service in the department. He said he pur- chased the helmet when he went | on the force, June 5, 1883, and used it until the metal helmets were put into use in 1923. Mr. Nicholson was retired July 1, 1931. The meeting closed with an in- teresting talk on George Washing= ton by Col. Francis Scott Key Smith, descendant of the author of the | “Star Spangled Banner.” Col. Smith read g little-known tribute paid the first President at a dinner in Ire- land in 1823 by Charles Phillips, & lawyer. He said Mr. Phillips was called upon at the dinner to give a toast to Howard Payne, who had just written “Home, Sweet Home.” The speaker, Col. Smith said, first paid a glowing tribute to America and then wound up by eulogizing ‘Washington, |Rev. Edward Gabler {To Be Lenten Speaker The Rev. Edward Gabler, rector of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, was to be the speaker to- day at the lenten service of South- east Protestant congregations in the Penn Theater. Dr. G. Ellis Williams, superin- tendent of the West Washington | District, Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Church, spoke at yes- terday’s service. Dr. Howard Stone Anderson, pas- tor of First Congregational Church, offered a plea for spiritual courage during Lent in a sermon yesterday in Epiphany Protestant Episcopal Church during the weekly Washing- | ton Federation of Churches services. |Dr. Edgar A. Sexsmith, pastor of the Rhode Island Avenue Metho- |dist Church, was the presiding | clergyman. New Jersey Girls Beat Georgetown Debaters Two versatile girl debaters from Georgian Court College, Lakewood, N. J,, won a decision last night over a sophomore team of Georgetown College, representing the White De« bating Society. The girls, Peg Tirrell and Jean ‘Waldron argued successfully in fa- vor of a policy of military and eco=" nomic isolation for the United States toward all belligerents oute side the Western Hemisphere. Her- bert Moore and Peter King com= prised the Georgetown team. Weather Report (Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.) cloudiness tonight, followed by light tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 32 degrees; gentle northwest winds becoming northeast and in- slightly colder tonight, followed by light to moderate snow and slightly colder tomorrow. Virginia—Increasing .cloudiness, followed by snow in west portion on the coast and snow or rain in the ghtly colder in the interior tomorrow. West Virginia—Snow late tonight and tomorrow; slightly colder to- River Report. Potomac_River muddy and Shenandosh cloudy at Harpers Ferry; Potomac muddy at Great Falls today. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to di Month. January February March _ August 7. September DR IRDSSEBB, November ~ December - 3.32 Weatber in Various Citl Temp. Rain- Baro. High Low. fall. Weather, 0.00 76 40 Clear Stations. Atlanty Atlan. City Baltimore Birm'sham Bismarck _ Buffalo Chaleston_ 2! Chicago ~ 2 Cincinnati Cleveland Columbia Davenport Denver troit aso " 3 Galveston - (Purnished by United States Coast and | QK% Geodetic Survey) 'K‘om_’ 10TTOW. | Phoen! .