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WASHINGTON
CONGRESS ASKED
TO VOTE AIRPORT
$500,000 AT ONCE;
Start on Purchase of Lands'
Held by Commission to |
Be Economy.
I
PRELIMINARY REPORT
EXPLAINS EMERGENCY:
Various Sites Suggested During
Hearings Still Considered, i
i
Lawmakers Are Told.
Enactment as early as possible of the ;
measure drafted a few days ago for an ;
immediate appropriation of $500,000 to |
make a start on the purchase of land j
for an air terminal in Washington "is |
the most economical method of pro- I
redure and the course best suited to the- j
interests of all concerned," the Joint, j
Airport Commission told Congress in a
preliminary report filed yesterday.
The report was presented in the Sen- j
ate bv the chairman of the commission, j
Senator Bingham of Connecticut, ano j
is to he filed with the House by Repre- |
sentative Zihlman of Maryland, vice ;
chairman of the commission.
Since it. is the custom for all appro- j
pnation hills to originate in the House, j
Senator Bingham did not at this time j
introduce in the Senate the bill dratted i
bv th* 5 commission to make available (
an initial allotment of funds, but i.hcre
is every reason to believe the uppev |
branch'will consider the measure if the:
House acts on it.
Early Appropriation Need.
The preliminary’ report filed yester- j
dav is intended to advise Congress of |
the reasons which impelled the com- j
mission to decide to ask for an cai j£ j
appropriation to make a start on I
the proiect, and emphasizes that the ,
commission is still studying the van- j
ous sites suggested during the hearings^j
The legislation proposed at this time
does not specify locations, but makes
some money available to avoid delay
in beginning establishment of an air-!
port.
The report reviews the manner m,
which the commission went about its
study of the whole airport problem, and
makes this observation as to the char
acter of air terminal facilities th :
Capital should have: ..!
-At. the outset of its deliberations the .
joint. commission, upon an expression of,
opinion on the part of its members, de
clared itself to be a unit in the convic- |
tion that these facilities should be not
onlv sufficient for present and antici-1
rated aviation needs so as to serve
Washington’s maximum requirements, j
but also of an extent and completeness
that should reflect JJhe Capitals na-I
tional leadership and become a model,
for other cities in their development of j
municipal aids to aviation.
"As a preliminary step to that ena j
the commission solicited end readily ob- i
tained assurance of co-operation from ■
the various governmental departments ,
concerned as well as from the govern- i
ment of the District of Columbia and ,
the National Capital Park and Planning
Commission —an assurance that the
commission is happy to acknowledge, |
has been abundantly fulfilled.
After stating the various proposed j
locations are still being studied, the
commission continued:
Score of Sites Suggested.
“These suggested sites number more
than a score, many of them possessing
advantages of one nature or another,
but nor an of them by any means
suited to the needs of the Ca P>taj.J£ .
this respect. Various factors entering
into the solution of the problem must j
be and are being studied, such as dis- i
tance from the civic arid busmess cen- ,
ter of the city, accessibility by high
wavs and means of overland transpor
tation, altitude, contour of ground, j
drainage, the prevalence of fog and ;
the situation respecting prevailing wind
directions, together with the cost of
land and the probable expense of j
grading and development. i
••Th<= joint commission is still at i
work on this many-sided inquiry, and
ic unable to submit a circumstantial
report until more is learned about,
properties available for airport purpose.-
and the cost thereof.
"Believing that the most economical
method of procedure and the course
best suited to the interests of all con
cerned is to authorize the National
Capital Park and Planning Commis
sion to acquire lands for airport pur
poses. or options for such purchase
eubiect to the approval of this joint
commission, the commission recom
mends legislation making an appropria
tion of $500,000 for that purpose and
suggests the immediate passage of the
joint resolution * * *•”
The commission then quoted the text
of the measure, as made public Friday.
BISHOP SHAHAN MEDALS
AWARDED AT CATHOLIC U.
Immigration Restriction Defended
by Winners in Annual
Debate at School.
The annual prize debate at Catholic
University for the Bishop Shahan
medals, held Thursday night, resulted
In the medals being awarded to A. P.
Danos. J. D O’Connell and E. V. Zah
man. Mr. Danos was selected as the
best individual speaker of the rebate.
The three young men supported the
affirmative side, the question under
debate being. "Resolved. That restricted
immigration is conducive to our na
tional welfare.”
The negative team, which was de
feated in the contest, was composed of
W D Meredith. T. A. Ragussa and W.
T Ferguson. A large audience at
tended the debate, which was held in
the auditorium of McMahon Hall.
NAMED TO WEST POINT. j
Richard Park. Jr.. Western High |
Athlete, Gets Keyes' Nomination. }
Richard Park. jr.. a student at West- J
rrn High School, has been nominated
as a cadet to West Point Military
Academv bv Senator Keyes, Repub- J
lican of New Hampshire. Park is a j
member of the Western High School j
base ball team and was captain of the
foot ball eleven last year.
The youth Is from Dorchester. N. H.,
hip his father. Maj. Richard Park,
T. S. A . has been stationed in Wash
ington. In securing the appointment
voung Park is following in the foot
steps of his father, who was nominated
to the Military Academy in 1903 by
the then Senator Jacob H. Gallinger
of New Hampshire.
Maj. Park is in the Engineer Corps
of the Army and supervised erection
of Camp Humphreys, later command
. ing that station.
. ABANDONED BABY
fe;
jgigF
2
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Miss G. M. Metr. nurse at Children’s Hospital, poses with a 2-wrek-old !
: hahv found on the rear seat of an automobile parked on F street yesterday.)
—Star Staff Thoto.
PLANNING GROUP
TO STUDY LIBRARY
*
j Enlargement of Facilities to
I Be Discussed Tuesday by
«
Commission.
!
Enlargement of the Public Library
I will be one of the questions to be dis
j cussed before the National Capital
I Park and Planning Commission at its
j intermediate meeting to be held Tues- |
day. !
I The crowded condition of the central j
library was laid before the commission's
1 last meeting by Theodore W. Noyes,
I president of the trustees of the Public i
i Library, and by Dr. George F. Bower -
. man, the librarian, and the whole ques
j tion was taken under advisement by the
| commission.
Plans for providing for a permanent j
; nursery for street frees will be dis- I
! cussed by the commsision. which will
| hear a report from Capt. E. N. Chisolm, j
I jr., assistant engineer of the commis
j sion, and C. L. Wirth. landscape archi- :
tect. In making this announcement j
: yesterday. Maj. Carey H. Brown, the
commission’s engineer, said that the j
I commission will give close attention
! to this important subject, designed to I
further the beautification of the Na- j
tional Capital.
Capt. Chisolm will present a further
report to the commission on proposed I
water-front development from the War 1
College to the Navy Yard. This will
have a bearing on plans already drawn
up by Maj. Brehon Somervell, district |
! engineer for the War Department for
j the Washington area.
| Several matters of land purchase and
development of a number of projects
j proposed for land purchase will be
i brought before the commission for de
i liberation.
I SEAT PLEASANT MAN
BADLY BEATEN IN BED
l
Skull May Have Been Fractured by
Companion Who Attacked Him
in Sleep, Police Told.
| Luke Sweeney, 59-year-old iron work
j er. of Seat Pleasant., Md.. is in a seri
; ous condition at Casualty Hospital as
a result of injuries which he told physi
cians he suffered from a beating ad
ministered to him at the hands of a
companion.
Dr. J. Roger Young, who treated
Sweeney, said the injured man had suf
fered a possible fracture of the skull, In
addition to severe lacerations to the
scalp and face and numerous body
bruises.
Physicians at the hospital said
Sweeney told them that he was asleep
in his bedroom when a man walked in
j and began beating him over the head
and body with a large board.
WOMAN, 76, KILLS SELF;
ILL HEALTH IS BLAMED
Mrs. Rebecca Bunner, 76, of Raleigh.
W. Va.. shot herself to death with a
revolver this afternoon at Camp Free-
I dom, a tourist camp on the Rockville
i pike at, Montrose.
She had been a visitor at the camp,
j of which hpr son is proprietor, for sev- I
; pral weeks, and for some days had been
j despondent as a result of ill health, it
was said.
! While alone in a room in her son’s
I cottage, she fired three shots from a
revolver, but only one. which entered
her templp. took effect,
i The body was taken in charge by W.
! R. Pumphrey & Son. Rockville under
-1 takers, and will hp shipped to Raleigh,
iw. Va.. for burial. Mrs. Bunner was
! a widow and leaves several children.
Lincoln Attended Prayer Meeting
In Simple Fashion, Dr. Sizoo Is Told
A new Lincoln story is being told in
' connection with the dedication today ot
| the Lincoln Memorial Tower, a gift of
! the family of the Civil War President.
! on the New York Avenue Presbyterian
! Church, which Lincoln attended dur-
I ing both of his administrations.
1 The story was told by the late J. D
j McChesne.v to Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo,
; minister of the church.
President Lincoln, according to Mr
! McChesney, who was a member of the
■ congregation when Lincoln was Prcsi
-1 dent, attended Sunday services regu
| larlv. but was never seen at the Thurs
j dav night prayer meetings,
j One Thursday night Mr. McChesney
| and another man saw two men sitting
jin a darkened room adjoining the main
i meeting room. They were not able to
1
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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C'„ MAY 26. —PART I—SECTION 2. *
MOTORIST ROBBED
OF S)9O BY PAIR
One. Showing Police Badge,
Halts Victim’s Car
Near Rock Creek.
A daylight hold-up of a motorist.,
which netted two robbers $l9O in bills,
was reported to police yesterday by
Leonard E. Richardson, colored. 1528
Twenty-sixth street. Richardson told
; police of the seventh precinct that he
I was riding east on P street, near Rock
; Creek at noon when two men. driving
a small touring car with a green body,
stopped him.
One of them, showing a police badge,
ordered him to drive to the seventh
precinct. The man got, in the car and
rode with him to Twentyeighth and F
I streets, where he drew a gun and or
dered Richardson to drive to "Lovers'
Lane.” below R street, near Montrose
Park.
There the second man. who had been
following in the other car. joined the
! first and relieved the victim of $l9O.
Richardson obtained the tag numbers
of the car the men were driving, but
they proved to be "dead tags" when
: checked up at police headquarters.
I The man with the badge was describ
• ed as 5 feet 9 inches high, weighing 175
pounds. He wore a blue suit and
| glasses. His companion was 5 feet 6 or
| 7 inches, 160 pounds, and wore knickers.
I Richardson said he could Identify both
men.
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SWALLOWS POISON,
THEN ASKS FOR AID
Charles Bennett. Police Clerk. Sent
th Gallinger Hospital in
Serious Condition.
Charles Bennett, 31 years oM. sta
j Hon clerk at the second precinct; was
las* night removed to Gallinger Hos
pital in a serious condition after hav
; ing swallowed three poison tablets.
According in Bennett's superior,
i Capt. O. T. Davis, the man took the
: poison in the rooming bouse of Mrs.
Florence Magnum, 1100 block of Tenth
I street, where he lived. After swallow
ing the poison Bennet called the pre
| cinct, and asked for assistance. Capt.
I Davis and Lieut. Pierson, also of the
second precinct, investigated immedi
j atelv.
The captain said Bennett was suf
fering from overwork, being a medical
student at George Washington Univer
sity and working in the police station
at night. He declared he had been
worried over a girl for some time, ac
cording to Capt. Davis.
Before being removed to the hospital,
Bennett called Capt, Davis’ attention
to a stamped and sealed letter he had
written to his mother, who lives In
Alexandria.
COUNTERFEIT BILL PASSED
Store Manager Notifies Police of
Spurious SSO Note.
John A. Tehas. manager of the
Travelers’ Shoe Storp. 1317 F street,
; reported to police yesterday that a
customer nassed a counterfeit SSO bill
in the store.
He said that about 5 pm. a young
' man entered and bought a pair of
shoes, threp pairs of socks and a box
of shoe polish and in settlement, of the
bill, which amounted to $6.54. gave the
false note and received change. • ■ •
Tehas said he could identify the
man. The case was burned over to the
Treasury Department's secret service
1 operatives.
recognize the two, but thought nothing ,
!of the incident. On the following!
Thursday, however. the same thing j
happened and Mr. McChesney’s curios- j
ity was aroused.
After the meeting he went to the j
side door leading to the room where :
the strangers had been sitting. A
light snow had been falling and he
saw two pairs of footsteps leading
away. Following the tracks, he j
shortly found himself at the White
House. Subsequently he learned .they
■ had been made by President Lincoln
and a friend.
• | Lincoln continued to attend prayer
meetings in this fashion until his
i death, and but very few of the con
; gregation ever knew the Presid nt of
i ’he United States »as with them at
j i these simple services.
ABANDONED BABY
IS FOUND IN AUTO
BY GIRL SHOPPER
‘Frail, Sha b b ily- Dressed
! Woman Is Hunted by Police
i in Probing Case.
■
| INFANT BOY IS TAKEN
j TO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL:
| !
Employes of Nearby Store Remem- !
her Seeing Bundle Put
in Machine.
: Police today were trying to locate a j
| frail, shabbily dressed woman who j
j abandoned a two-weeks-old infant j
j after she was seen placing the baby in j
! the rear seat of an automobile parked
I on Thirteenth street between F and G j
j streets late yesterday. The baby was |
i transferred from the Receiving Home j
to Children’s Hospital where his con- !
dition was said last night to be good. I
The infant was found in a car owned I
by Milton Block, local attorney, living |
at 4700 Connecticut avenue, which had j
been loaned by the lawyer to Miss .
] Katherine Kepler. 26 years old. an em- !
I ploye of the American Red Cross living I
j in the Valley Vista Apartments. RH
| mont road and Ashmead place, who had ;
I parked the car to complete a shopping
| tour. Miss Kepler emerged from an
| apparel shop on Thirteenth street with
: a friend, Arnold Berman, real estate
j salesman, and discovered the baby i
] wrapped in a blanket on the back seat j
of the car.
Unnerved by Disrovery.
According to Mrs. J. Annadale. with j
whom Miss Kepler lives at. the Valley
Vista, the discovery unnerved Miss Kep
ler so she screamed and fell in a faint
in the front seat of the automobile.
She was revived and asked Berman to
call a policeman. Policeman Samuel
R. Russell of the first precinct on duty
nearby went with the infant and Miss
Kepler to the first precinct station
house, where the latter told the story
of finding the abandoned baby.
Several employes of a store nearby
said they recalled seeing a small woman,
shabbily dressed, walk up to the ma
chine. leave the bundle In the back
seat, and walk hurriedly away.
Baby Is in Perfect Health.
The witnesses to the incident told '
Miss Kepler that at the time they paid
so little attention to the incident, they
do not, believe they could identify the
woman.
At, the hospital where the infant was
resting peacefully last night attendants
said the baby, a bov. weighed 6 pounds
and appeared to be in perfect health.
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COLORED WOMAN
HELD IN SLAYING
Accused of Fatally Stabbing Hus- j
band in Quarrel Over
Money.
Lulu Robinson, colored. 41 years old,
is being held on a charge of murder
at the sixth precinct station house after |
she is said to have fatally stabbed her
husband. Henry Robinson. 43. at their {
home, 491 Missouri avenue, last night, j
Robinson was rushed to Freedmen's I
Hospital in the sixth precinct patrol I
wagon and pronounced dead on ar- j
rival.
According to Policeman G. A. Wil- j
liams of the sixth precinct, who placed
I the woman under arrest, the stabbing i
j followed a quarrel with the husband j
j is said to have started with his wife ;
j over money.
I OPERETTA ON PROGRAM
OF FRIENDSHIP HOUSE
The' Wednesday Friendship Dramatic j
Club of Friendship House. 324 Virginia I
| avenue southeast, will give an entpr-1
; tainment and festival at the South
t east. Community Center. Hine Junior i
j High School. Seventh and C streets ,
I southeast. Wednesday night, assisted |
iby other Friendship House clubs. The (
entertainment will start, at. 7:30 o'clock, j
The feature will be an operetta, "The ;
Land of Nod.” under the direction of j
Miss Maud Burklin. In the cast will I
be: Charles Burton. Ellen Rentwick, I
Evelyn McCord. Virginia Jacabec. Vir- |
. ginia Zier, Norma White, Marion
I Lipscomb. Margaret Watts. Aileen Mav
. tin. Fannie Ehrlich. Jean Lerer. Vir- ;
l ginia Jacobs, Beatrice Bedeman, Eve- j
i lyn Moreland. Freda Dahs. Elva Hew- |
. itt, Ida Smith. Virginia Rollins, Mar
garet Kirkwood. Lydia Hunter, Lillian '
, McCord. Fannie Wright. Mary Smith, i
i Lena Wright, Bertha Coeyman, Robert I
i Kemp, Robert Jacobs and Marguerite
i Williams.
There will also be given a play,!
"Seven to One.” under the direction of j
Miss Evelyn Davis. The players will j
be: Ruth Connor, Bernice Satterfield, i
Winifred Watts, Louise Waterholter, j
Edwina Rooney. Amelia Grayson. Mar- ;
garet Kirkwood and Dorothy Griffith, j
During the evening there will be
music by the Lake Conewago Orches- ;
tr 3, a dance by the members of Miss j
Sara Bergling’s class, a story by Miss 1
Mildred Vallin. tango by members of)
Miss Evelyn Davis' class and com- j
munity singing.
Winding up the evening’s entertain- ,
ment will be a concert by the Toy i
I Svmphony. under the direction of Miss |
[ Thelma Callahan, with Miss Katherine !
Latimer as pianist. In the symphony |
are Charles Burton. Norma White, Elva j
I Hewitt, Freda Fahs. Evelyn McCord, I
: James Kirkwood, Margaret Kirkwood, 1
Virginia Jacobs, Beatrice Bedeman, Ida |
Smith, Mary Smith, Etta Mae Camp- |
bell, .lean Lerer, Marion Lipscomb, Lil
lian McCord, Evelyn Moreland. Fannie
Wright, Lena Wright, Alleen Martin
and Lydia Hunter.
Ad Club Ends Season Tuesday.
The final meeting of the season for i
the Washington Advertising Club willj
i be held Tuesday at 12:30 in the ball-!
| room of the NationaLPress Club.
Evan S. Rusher, president of the;
] Standard Publishing Corporation of
i New York and Chicago, will be the
i guest of honor and speaker. Mr.
i Rusher's topic will be "The Job of
I Advertising."
Woman Asks Search for Son.
Mrs. B. KohosofT of New York City
a-ked police last night to look for her
23-year-old son. Milton, who was rr
i ported driving a large touring car to
1 this city. Mrs. KohosofT told police
: that her son was supposed to have left
I New York City two days ago and she
ran give no reason for failure to
I arrive. * |
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Above: Seme at Sherwood Forest, Md.. yesterday afternoon where the Washington Board of Trade held its annual)
i shad bake and outing. In the renter of the group is Distrirt Commissioner Dougherty, displaying: his prowess at piteh- ’
: in? horseshoes. Below is a group of board members trying their hand at trap-shooting. —Star Staff Photos, j
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iSPORTS FEATURE
OUTING OF BOARD
i
i
Annual Shad Bake at Sher
wood Forest Is Enjoyed
by 850.
j With threatening skies yesterday,
morning gradually giving way to clear
| sunshine, the thirty-fifth annual shad |
; bake of the Washington Board of Trade
j went off without a hitch and the 850
! members and their guests returned to
their homes about R o'clock in the eve
ning after a full day of outdoor-sports
1 and merrymaking.
There were no accidents nr delays to
I mar the frolic, held at Sherwood For
i est, Md.. but there will be many a
Washington business man tomorrow,
and for several days to come. who. with
sore and aching back and limbs, will
rue the strenuousness of his play.
Base ball, trap shooting, tug-of-war,
golf, swimming and boating were among
i the sports actively engaged in by the
members of the board. The day was
| wound up with seven boxing matches
j between amateurs, and a battle royal.
! whose end found all of the contestants
! on their feet.
| Preceded by the Boys’ Independent
| Band, the procession of busses and
! automobiles left the District Building
shortly after 9 o'clock and arrived at
| the Maryland resort at 10.30. Dinner
I at noon was followed. by. the program
j of sports.
Among prominent members and'
j guests present were Representative Ed
ward M. Beers. Albert R. Hall. Frank ;
I L. Bowman, Elorian Lamport and Ross
< A. Collins, Commissioners Proctor L. j
i Dougherty and Sidney F. Taliaferro. I
I Theodore W. Noyes, editor of The Star; i
• Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, District £ngi
| necr and co-ordinator; E. F. Colliday. !
I naUnoal Republican committeeman for
[the District; Corporation Counsel W.
W. Bride, Assist. Traffic Director M. O.
I Eldridgo and Maj. Henry G. Pratt,
! superintendent of police.
I The principal event, the base ball
i game between the public order and
| membership committees, was won by
: the latter. John Davidson was the
i winner of the golf tournament,
j Six out of the seven boxing bouts l
1 were won by Washington. Th” oppo- ;
| nents were principally from Baltimore. !
POLICE HOLD BARBER
ON SERIOUS CHARGE
| Story Told by Girls, Stranded at
Amusement Park, Leads
to Arrest.
i
Carl Phillips Ihme. 21-year-old bar
i ber of the Oxford Hotel, living at 4300
i Thirteenth place northeast, Is being held
| at. the first precinct, station house on a
j statutory charge preferred against him
'by 14-year-old Josephine Lorrttc of
j 1624 A street southeast. Ihme was ar-1
; rested yesterday at his place of busi
; ness by Precinct Detectitve A. D. Mans
! field.
! Ihmr's arrest was brought about when
I the Lnretto girl and an 11-year-old
! companion, Rebecca George, living at
| 801 O street, were taken into custody
• i by .Maryland police when they became
| lost Friday night, after having spent j
■ the day at the Glen Echo amusement;
! park.
The jlolifce of Brthesda, Md.. said they
found the two girls in away station
near the amusement park late Friday
! night and found them to be without car
j fare to return to their homes. The girls
j were turned over to the Women’s Bu
: reau and investigation by policewomen
j led to the story told by the Loretto girl
| implicating Ihme.
; The Loretto girl is being held at the
j receiving home.
Plan Air Mail Appeal.
In an effort to promote interest in
i aviation and increase the use of the
I air mail, the Washington Chamber of
! Commerce in the near future will mail
1 to ip> membership an air mail map of
I the United States with detailed sched- I
i ules and instructions for those employ-
I ing the service in Washington,
j • • ■ •
Mrs. Rebecca Coffman Dies.
i LtTRAY. Va., May 25 <Special >.—Mrs. I
! Rebecca S. Coffman, widow of Henry
I M. Coffman, died at her home here, j
t She wa* 85 years of aj;e. 1
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BENJAMIN CADY.
BENIAMIN CADY, 72,
INJURED BY AUTO
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Veteran Chief of Capitol
Guides Suffers Fracture
of Skull.
t
Benjamin Cady, hit by an auto
mobile last night at Eleventh and
D streets northeast, died at Cas
ualty Hospital early this morning.
Benjamin Cady. 72-year-old veteran
chief of guides at the Capitol, is in a
critical condition at Casualty Hospital
as the result of injuries suffered last
| night w hen run dow n by an automobile
; operated by Robert Henry Taliaferro at
Eleventh and D streets northeast.
Physicians at the hospital said Cady
suffered a fractured skull in addition
to body bruises and shock.
Taliaferro was arrested and held at
the ninth precinct station house on
charges of transporting liquor, assault
with an automobile and not having
proper brakes. He will be held pending
the outcome of Cady's injuries.
According to police, Taliaferro, who
said he was 28 years old and a retired
Government clerk and lives in the 900
block of Maryland avenue northeast,
was proceeding south on D street at a
high rate of speed when he struck
Cady, who was attempting to cross the
street at D street. Policemen F. E. I
; Patrode and Thomas Haves of the |
Ninth prerinrt. wtoo arrested Talia
ferro. said they found four pints of al
leged whiskey in the front seat of his
ear.
FEDERAL BAR HERE
TO AID ENFORCEMENT
A special committee on law enforce
ment, to co-operate with President Hoo
| ver s commission, is being selected by
| the Federal Bar Association, made up
of lawyers in Government service, and
its membership will be announced with
in a few' days, it was made known yes
, terday.
The following committee chairmen j
have been appointed; George R. Par- j
num. Assistant Attorney General, pro- j
fessional standards committee; Chief
Justice Fenton W. Booth of the United i
States Court ,of Claims, judiciary com- j
mittee; Maj. Charles William Freeman,
General Accounting Office, administra
tive law committee: Edwin A. Niess,
first vice president of the association,
legislative committee; Maj. Wallace
Streater of the income tax unit of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue, service
committee; Maj. Horace Jones of the
i Veterans’ Bureau, meetings committee, j
and Clyde R. Baggarly of the Federal
j Trade Commission, membership ex- i
tension committee. j
i The first, meeting of the executive
council of the association since the elec-
I lion of officers Mav 13 will be held on !
j the evening of May 27 at the Interior j
Dv-artment, Plans for the annual out- |
ing will be discussed. Arrangements |
j have been made tentatively to hold it,
1 Jm&e IX jt Consressipoal Co,uotr.y Club. I
GENERAL NEWS !
i
ZIONISTS TO HEAR
1 DR. JOHN H. HOLMES
! ' !
Banquet Tonight Will Close;
United Palestine Appeal
Drive for $35,000,
i
Dr. John Haynes Holmes, minister
of the New York Community Church,
and one of the best known liberal
clerics in the country, will be the prin
cipal speaker tonight at a banquet at
the Mayflower Hotel, which will bring
•o a close the $35,000 United Palestine
Appeal.
Dr. Holmes recently returned from a
\ isit to the Holy Land, enthusiastic
bout the Jewish homeland movement.
He has become an ardent advocate of
.he cause, speaking at numerous Pales
tine drives in Eastern cities.
Hundreds to Attend.
The banquet will be attended by 300
or more of this year's contributors to
the drive fund. The guests also will
be addressed by Rabbi Wolf Gold of
Tel Aviv, Palestine. Rabbi Gold now
is devoting all of his time to the estab- 1
! lishment of Jewish religious institutions j
in the Holy Land. He is one of the :
• founders of the Mizrachi organization, i
which is devoted to this work.
| Among the other speakers at tonight's
function will be the co-chairmen of the
drive. Isidore Hershfield and Levi H.
David: the chairmen of the administra
tive committee. Louis E. Spiegler: the 1
hpad of the women's division. Mrs. John I
M Safer, and the head of the men's 1
division. Rabbi L. J.'Schwefel.
Drive workers are making a last ef-'
fort today to reach as many prospective i
i givers as possible. Nearly 200 men and ’
women have been engaged in the two
week canvass. The first group to attain 1
their quota in the rampaign was the I
Junior Poale Zion, led by Harry Dobkin, I
who raised SI,OOO several days ago.
I A full report of the contributions will
be made by drive captains and read a* j
. the banquet.
DREAM BRINGS RUNAWAY I
BOY BACK TO PARENTSj
Stephen J. Devine. 15-year-old J
Youth Returns After Few
Days’ Absence.
A dream while asleep in the woods J
somewhere in Virginia that "something ]
hsd happened to his mother,” caused i
love for home and parents to conquer
the spirit of wanderlust w-hich prompted
15-year-old Stephen J. Devine to leave
his home. 1238 Florida avenue north
east. Tuesday night last. I
Returning to Washington last night j
with a 17-year-old companion who ac
companied him on the trip down into
Virginia, young Devine returned to his ,
! home and told his mother. Mrs. Julia
Devine, that it was a dream he had |
had while sleeping in the woods that |
caused him to fear for her safety and ■
return. .
i Young Devine's 17-year-old com- i
l panion. not. wishing to remain on his ;
I travels alone, returned with the younger |
i homesick bov. Mrs. Devine stated yes- i
terriav that it is the second time within j
' the past month that her boy has gone i
a wav from borne, on the other occasion ;
making a trip over to Baltimore.
Mrs. Devine says she does not know |
her son's companion on his recent trip, j
She expressed the belief that the boys i
had gotten ''lifts” part of the way on
the trip and had hiked the other part
of the time.
CENSUS QUARTERS FOUND.
j
Used for 1930 Enumeration. j
Southern Railway Building to Be |
The Public Buildings Commission
expects to have space available in the
Southern Railway Building on Penn
sylvania avenue in which to take, care
of the necessary expansion of the
Census Bureau for taking the 1930
census, it was indicated, following a
meeting of the commission yesterday.
The commission has had several
meetings recently in an effort to de
termine how best to provide office ac
| commodations for the temporary census
j force.
I Senator Smoot of Utah, ohairman,
| said yesterday that the Census Bureau
1 would not begin to expand until Au
gust and by that time the commission
; hopes space will be available in the
Southern Railway structure, which is
being takni o\er by the Government
I as part of the imps!? toyouk
PAGE 15
NEW YORK AVENUE
CHURCH DEDICATES
ITS TOWER TODAY
!
Beautiful Lincoln Memorial
Addition to Structure Is
171 Feet High.
) .
FLOODLIGHT AND CHIMES
ARE INCLUDED IN GIFT
Four Services to Be Held Today
and Members of Lincoln Family
Will Attend.
• The beautiful Lincoln Memorial Toner,
; 171 feet high, will be dedicated today
| with four services in the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church. Members
j of the Lincoln family have presented
| the tower to the church, which Lincoln
attended during his two terms as
I President.
The tower will be illuminated by
floodlights, which will be turned on for
the first time at 7:45 o'clock this
evening. It is the only downtown
church tower with clocks on four sides
and was built at a cost of approximately
$50,000.
The Westminster chimes? in the town
. were built by the Meneely Bell Co. of
; Troy. N. Y.. a manufacturing concern
: owned by lineal descendants of Nanc*
Hanks Lincoln. The chimes will pla»
: a hymn measure every 15 minutes and
I strike the hours.
The largest bell is an exact copy of
! the famous Liberty Bell. It bears tb
i inscription. "To the Glory of God and
the Memory of Abraham Lincoln, who
| when President, Worshipped in this
j Church."
History of Church.
The New' York Avenue Presbyterian
Church was built in 1859 on the site of
the old Second Presbyterian Church,
which broke up after President Jack
son withdrew from the congregation
when church members objected to his
friend, Peggy O’Neil, attending the
services. The old tower on the church
was destroyed during a storm the year
the church was built, and it has been
without a spire since that time. During
the 125th anniversary celebration last
year, members of the Lincoln family
! offered to replace the old tower and
j this offer was accepted.
| A reception will be held in the church
! lecture room at 8 o'clock Tuesday night,
i In the receiving line will be members
of the Lincoln family. Dr. and Mrs.
; Wallace Radcliffe. Dr. and Mrs. .Joseph
j R. Sizoo and the Rev. and Mrs. George
i G. Culbertson.
Two grandsons of Rev. Phineas G.
j Gurley. Lincoln's pastor, will partici
-1 pate in the sendees today and several
! members of the Lincoln family are ex
-1 pected to attend.
I The first service will be a historical
| pageant at 9:45 o'clock. At 11 o'clock
| the actual dedication will take place.
; with Dr. Sizoo delivering the sermon.
; He will be assisted by Dr. Radcliffe.
I pastor emeritus, and Rev. Mr. Cul
i bertson. associate minister.
At 6:30 o’clock a young people's
! service and tea will be held. This
! meeting will be addressed by the Rev.
i Alvin B. Gurley of Germantown. Pa.,
i and Rev. Richard H. Gurley of Radnor.
! Pa., two sons of Lincoln's pastor,
i The fourth service will be held at 8
I o’clock in the church. Dr. Radcliffe
| will preach on the historical back
) ground of the occasion. Col. Walter C.
; Clephane, trustee, will preside.
Church Committees.
Committee representing the congre
! gation consists of Col. Walter C. Cle
phane. Frank Armstrong. Dr. Charles
W. 'Richardson. Frank E. Edgington,
Mrs. C. O. Goodpasture. Mrs. James H.
Spalding. Miss Anna Southard Lamer
and Donald B. Clement.
Committee representing the young
i people—Miss Gertrude Wiber, Miss
| Carolvn E. Snell, Harold Mac Ewen.
; Willard Gatchell and Mrs. Maurice
j Salsbury.
Committee representing the Sunday
J school—Mrs. Frank Edgington. George
t W. Morrison. T. D. Martin and George
| Irelan.
|PROGRAM GIVEN IN FRENCH
! BY TRADE SCHOOL CLUB
! Students of Holton-Arms Entertain
Guests at. Barker Hall
in T. W. C. A.
Les Jeunes Immortelles of the Hol
ton Arms School, a club from the fifth
and sixth grades, gave a program in
French Wednesday afternoon, at Barker
Hall, in the Y. W. C. A. The club is
under the guidance of Mme. Barbecot
Anjou, who teaches French in the lower
school.
The guests were received by Susan
Mary Jay. president of Les Jeunes Im
mortelles; Emily Alsop and Donna Jane
Weinrebe. The latter two opened the
program with a duet on the piano. Then
the sixth grade children gave a sketch.
"Le Portrait de Madame.” with Mildred
McKinney, Dorothy Ann Rutherford.
Mary' Alice Harrington. Elizabeth Keys.
Betsy Simpson and Parthenia Stubble
j field taking parts.
"Le Portait de Madame' - was followed
j by two fables. La Cigale et, le Fourmi
■ and Le Corbeau et le Renard. given by
■ Lucia Ellis. Angelica Lloyd, Martha
Bacon and Eleanor Jones.
! Then a group of the sixth grade girls
j gave a playlet. "Stella." in which Su
j zanne Hill played the title role, assisted
Iby Emily Davis. Marguerite Hagner.
i Jessica Johnson. Anne Davis Lurton and
| Mildred McKinney.
I Susan Mary Jay and Dorothy Ann
I Rutherford gave a prelude. L'OLseau et
j le Bucheron to a fifth grade playlet,
• "Les Trois Souhaits." in which Emily
! Alsop and Susan Mary Jay were as
: sisted by Donna Jane Weinrebe. Mary
Alice Harrington gave a selection on the
piano. Then President Jay addressed
the audience in behalf of Les Jeunes
Immortelles, and introduced the sev
enth grade girls, who added a sketch.
"La Clairvoyante." Betty Bull played
; the leading role assisted by Virginia
i Bacon, Nancy Jones. Virginia Rodgers,
j Eleanor Sheldon and Frances White.
In conclusion all the girls who had
I taken part in the performance sang a
French song, led by Mildred McKinney
and Betsy Simpson, with Emily Alsop,
Lucia Ellis. Suzanne Hill and Elizabeth
Keys doing a minuet, with Aileen Hood
at the piano.
C. of C. Women Will Meet.
A special meeting of all woman mem
bers of the Washington Chamber of
Commerce has been called for Wednes
day afternoon at 4 o'clock to consider
ways and means by which business and
professional women of the city may be
enabled to participate more actively
in various activities of the chamber.
The meeting, announced by Charles W.
Darr, president of the body, will be
held in the chamber offices in the
timer Building,