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WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1935.
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LAXITY IS CHARGED
IN SUPERVISION OF
DETECTIVE BUREAU
Schulte Provokes Burke.
Suspected Crooks Face
Suspension.
REPORTING SYSTEM
IS HELD ANTIQUATED
Withholds Names in Instance
Where One Reported for Others.
Bigger Force Asked.
Immediate suspension faces any
member of the Detective Bureau who
Is suspected of being "crooked," In
spector Frank S. W. Burke, chief of
detectives, told the special Crime In
vestigating Committee of the House.
Visibly disturbed by a series of ques
tions fired at him by Representative
Schulte, Democrat, of Indiana, who
is taking a prominent part in the
lnouiry, Burke pounded the committee
table and declared:
"If there is a crooked man in my
office, and if you'll give me his name.
I guarantee to you he will be displaced
Immediately."
Poor Management Charged.
Schulte insisted he had not In
tended to imply that any member of
the Detective Bureau was "crooked."
"What I am driving at," he said, "is
that there's a laxity of supervision in
the department and that this civil
service rating you inspectors are forc
ing on the men is destroying the
morale ot the department. The Police
Department has sufficient men to po
lice the city, but they are not well
managed."
Previously. Schulte had condemned
as "antiquated" the system used by
officers in reporting to precinct sta
tions and said it was possible for one
man to report for another.
"Do you know." he said, "there are
men on the department who don't even
go to the precinct stations. One man
goes in and reports for himself and
two others who remain home in bed.
That's a general statement, but I
know it's true."
Withholds Names.
Schulte then recited one specific in
stance, but declined to reveal the
names of the men involved "as yet."
Under such a system, Schulte ar
gued, it is possible for the officers to
engage in activities other than police
work.
"You don't have command of these
tr.en," declared Schulte.
"I feel that I do," replied Burke.
"That's where we differ," said
Schulte. "That's why they race
horses."
"I believe every man in my outfit,"
Burke said, "is putting more than an
average day's work in every day.
Each and every man is acting in good
faith."
Later, after another series of ques
tions, Burke looked at Schulte and
said:
"You are intimating they take
graft."
"No, I'm not," replied Schulte. "I
am not intimating anything of the
sort."
After the argument, Schulte asked
Burke to explain why a hundred
gambling houses were closed several
months ago when the "heat was
turned on" as a result of demands for
a clean-up in the gambling situation.
Little to Be Called.
Burke said Lieut. George M. Little,
head of the Detective Bureau's spe
cial vice and gambling squad, was bet
ter qualified to answer that question.
As a result Lieut. Little and George
De.voe, a member of the squad, will be
called as witnesses Friday, when the
hearings are resumed, instead of
United States Attorney Leslie M.
Garnett, who was slated to follow In
spector Burke on the witness stand.
Chairman Randolph indicated the
committee would make a thorough
study of the parole and probation
systems in the District as a result of
information developed during the
questioning of Inspector Burke by
Representative Reed. Republican, of
Illinois. Burke said he believed a
change in the present parole and pro
bation laws would bring an improve
ment in present conditions.
Reed also indicated he believed a
change in the jury system would
improve conditions. He said he
thought Government employes should
be allowed to serve on juries.
Aclrc I eira-M ¥Tnrne
,
Burke's earlier testimony which he :
gave before Schulte's arrival at the j
hearing was devoted to the need of I
a substantial increase in the police I
force to cope with Washington's
crime situation.
Burke declared the detective force
alone should be strengthened by at
least 30 men. There are now 90 men
assigned to the detection and preven
tion of crime in both the Detective
Bureau and the precincts, and the
minimum, he said, should be 130. Of
these, he declared, 70 should be de
tective sergeants.
Through a series of questions,
Chairman Randolph developed from
Burke's answers that the force as it
ie now constituted is efficient and
that Maj- Ernest W. Brown, superin
tendent, "is the most successful police
chief in the world."
Claims Crime Increases.
With statistical records. Burke
ahowed how crime had Increased In
the District in recent years, along
with the growth in population, and
explained that more than 50 per cent
of the felonies occur In the first three
police precincts—the territory cov
ered by the business section and the
contiguous combination residential
and business areas.
Randolph asked Burke what pro
portion of the police force was re
cruited from residents of the District.
Burke said he could not give a fair
estimate, but he knew that in the last
few years only a few of the new men
were natives of the District, although
some of the appointees had lived here
ior several vears or more.
Randolph wanted to show whether
lifelong residents of the District, who
are familiar with the principal laws
and regulations, would not make more
efficient officers than strangers.
Burke also said he could not give
a fair estimate of the proportion of
men on the force qualified in the de
tection and prevention of crime.
Randolph next questioned Burke
about the 84 murders committed in
Police Seek Parents of Infant
Abandoned Last Night in Taxi
Little Jane Doe at Gallinger Hospital, with a big doll, where she is
being cared for after having been abandoned last night in a taxicab by a
I "fare." —Star Staff Photo.
!
ι
POLICE today were seeking the
parents of a pretty 3-month
old girl baby, mysteriously left
last night in a taxicab by a
man whom the cab driver,
I William Fookes. had driven to the
! 3500 block of Fourteenth street.
I There the cab passenger got out
ι and told Fookes to wait while he
' went into a hotel to get his wife.
! He failed to return.
j Today the baby was being cared
; for at Gallinger Hospital, where nurses
' named her Jane Doe. She has red
hair and blue eyes. Hospital at
tendants said she had been well cared
ι for and was dressed in good warm
j clothing.
; Mrs. Ida Kiatta. 3475 Holmead
! place, helped care for the infant last
night until police arrived, after being
j summoned when it became evident the
man who left it In the cab was not
going to return.
Mrs. Kiatta was walking past when
she heard the baby crying on the
back seat of the taxicab, t}ie door to
which she said had been left open by
the driver while he went to look for
the man. Mrs. Kiatta said she took
the baby in a nearby store and told
another taxicab driver to tell Fookes
where she had taken it.
Unable to find any trace of the man.
who had left the infant. Fookes called
police. Subsequently, the baby was
taken to the Women's Bureau and
from there to Gallinger Hospital.
Fookes told police the man who left
the baby was about 5 feet 6 inches
tall and weighed approximately 150
pounds. He wore a light overcoat.
( The driver said the man hailed his
taxicab at Fourteenth and Randolph
streets and asked to be driven to the
1 Cavalier Hotel.
Welfare Board Control of
Fund, However, Is
Opposed.
More than a dozen agents actively
working in behalf of the blind in the
District of Columbia indorsed the El
j lenbogen bill, providing pensions for
the needy blind here, at hearings ιο
ί day before the Subcommittee on Pub
! lie Health of the House District Com
mittee.
While there was sentiment In favor
of this legislation, there were strong
protests against the administration of
the fund being turned over to the Wel
fare Board. It was emphasized that
the blind should be distinguished from
an indigent class and that the fund
provided to supplement a blind per
son's earnings should be protected
against diversion to other welfare de
mands and to payment of "overhead."
Committee Sponsors Bill.
Representative Jenckes. Democrat,
of Indiana, chairman of the subcom
mittee. conducted the hearing. Other
members of the subcommittee attend
ing were Representatives Quinn and
Nichols of Oklahoma and Cole of New
York.
The introduction of this bill was
sponsored by a committee of five
gathered from various agencies work
ing for the blind. That committee
was composed of Lewis G. Taylor,
representing the District of Columbia
Association of Workers for the Blind;
B. L. Friibie. representing the Li
brary for the Blind; Benjamin P.
Parker, a Harvard graduate and
lawyer who is employed as a piano
tuner, and Mrs. May Collins Vories
and Mrs. Fred W. Holt, members of
the Council of Social Agencies.
Ralph H. Campbell, executive secre
tary of the Columbia Polytechnic
Institute for the Blind, protested
against impartially classing the blind
as indigent and argued for creation
of a commission of the blind to ad
minister the pension fund.
Proposes Amendments.
He pointed out that one sightless
typist employed in the Indian Bureau
and 17 blind persons employed on
newsstands in Federal buildings are
illustrative of the eagerness of the
blind to equip themselves for employ
ment. He proposed several amend
ments to the bill.
Mrs. Clara Wright Smith, president
of the Cathedral Heights and Cleve
land Park Citizens' Associations, sug
gested a board might be selected from
citizens- associations to administer
the fund.
Mrs. Charlotte Hunter, representing
the Harriet Tubman Aid to the Blind,
also urged that the fund be Intrusted
to a group of persons particularly in
terested in the blind.
HAZEN IN HOSPITAL
Commissioner Melvln C. Hazen was
under treatment at Emergency Hos
pital today for a severe attack of sinus
trouble.
While making an inspection trip
late yesterday in connection with
pending applications lor changes In
zoning classification, the Commis
sioner suffered a severe nosebleed and,
as a precaution, was ordered to the
hospital by his physician.
It is expected he will return to his
desk after severals days of treatment
and rest.
the District last year and inquired If
an adequate force would have reduced
that number.
Burke replied:
"Absolutely not. They would have
been committed anyhow. But there
would have been a reduction in other
types of crime, such as robberies and
so forth. With extra men the depart
ment could have devoted more time
and attention to that work."
Tells Board Two-Class Sys
tem Not Succeeding
in Big Cities.
Merit will be harder to attain if the
graduated scale of ratings for teachers
is abolished, Supt. of Schools Frank I
W. Ballou told the Board of Education
yesterday in opposing the two-class
rating system proposed by the Teach- i
ι ers' Union.
The teachers' plan of adopting sim
ple ratings of "satisfactory'· and "un
satisfactory" was objected to by the
school head also because he contended
it would, from an administrative
standpoint, make future procedure
more personal and less factual than
under the present scheme.
Dr. Ballou made known his senti
ments on the proposal for the first
time in a two-hour speech at the
board's closing session of the hearing
arranged for the Teachers' Union on
the promotion system. The board will
give its views on the case at a meeting
tomorrow afternoon.
Si* Grades in Vogue.
The present system which includes
grades of "eminently superior," "ex
cellent," "very good," "good," "fair"
and "unsatisfactory" has been char
acterized by the union as "vicious and
discriminatory."
The two-grade plan proposed by the
union has been tried in only two
cities—New York and Milwaukee—and
is to be abandoned in New York as
"unsatisfactory," Dr. Ballou said.
Testimony of union members should
be carefully considered, he told the
board, in suggesting that it formulate
"a system of rating consistent with the
best professional thought and prac
tice."
Employment of 131 additional teach
ers would be made possible if funds
asked of Congress to increase salaries
of superior district teachers are made
available, Dr. Ballou declared.
might Hire inaer tiuaget.
The current school budget contains
an item of $88,600 to increase the
salaries of 259 teachers who have
earned promotion, he said, but it is
a problem whether the money would
be better spent for hiring more teach
ers.
Pointing out that 1,100 teachers are
eligible to take examination» for pro
motion, Dr. Ballou asked the board
to (fcnsider the wisdom of holding
suchj examinations when money is
not Available to pay the higher sal
aries.
It is possible for a teacher to earn
$11,600 additional salary between the
ages of 30 and 62 through promotion,
Dr. Ballou told the board In response
to an attack by the Teachers' Union
on the promotion examinations as be
ing too difficult in view of the extra
compensation a teacher receives.
CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN,
66, DIES AT HIS HOME
Superintendent of Construction
Shop in Senate Building to
Be Buried Tomorrow.
Charles Jesse Chamberlain, since
1906 superintendent of the construc
tion shops in the Senate Office Build
ing, died Sunday at his home, 4101
Fessenden street. He was 66 years
old and had lived here all hie life.
Mr. Chamberlain is survived by his
widow, two sisters, Mrs. Amy S.
Myers and Mrs. Michael J. McKenna;
a brother, James E. Chamberlain, and
two sons, James H. and Leonard S.
Chamberlain.
Funeral services will be held at St.
Anne'· Catholic Church tomorrow at
9 a.m. Burial will be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
!1Y SUMMONED
ΙΟ HEAR P. W. A.
GRAFT CHARGES
550 Subpoenaed in Texas
Canal Inquiry Involv
ing $4,000,000.
PROJECT CANCELED
ON ORDER OF ICKES
Case Is Believed to Have Grown
Out of Alleged Conspiracy to
Substitute Materials.
Subpoenas for 550 prospective mem-1
bers of a special grand jury called to !
investigate charges of graft in con- j
nection with a $4,000,000 public works ;
canal project in Texas were issued to- .
day in District Supreme Court.
The jurors who will investigate the !
charges will be chosen from among ,
those subpoenaed by Justice Jesse C.
Adkins. The large number of pro
spective jurors called, it was explained,
is made necessary by statutory regu
lations for selecting special grand
juries.
United States Attorney Leslie C.
Garnett and his assistant, John W.
Fihelly, who will present the evidence
to the grand jury, have refused to
identify the particular project in
volved. It was learned a large num
ber of witnesses will be called, includ
ing a number from Texas and Call- ί
fornia. The investigation is expected
! to require about two weeks.
I It was believed the fraud charges
j grew out of an alleged conspiracy
among contractors and P. W. A. offi-,
cials to alter specifications for the
canal project in order to use cheaper
materials than those covered by the
contract price. The resulting saving
it is understood, was then to have
been divided by the contractors and
the officials Involved.
The allegedly fraudulent plans were
discovered by Secretary of Interior
ι Ickes before the contract had actually
been signed and the project immedi
ateiy was canceiea Dy nim.
Asked today if he is to appear as
one of the witnesses, Ickes, who refused
to discuss the case, replied: "I have1
not been summoned."
BILL TO INCREASE
ARMY IS FAVORED,
House Military Committee Hears
Gen. MacArthur on $405,·
000,000 Program.
By the Associated Press.
After hearing Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur. Army chief of staff, outline a
$405.000.000 program to modernize
the Army, the House Military Com
mittee today recommended enactment
of a measure to add 50.000 men and j
400 officers to the military forces.
The bill, by Representative Thom- j
ason, Democrat, of Texas, would boost ;
the enlisted strength to 165,000 and
the officer strength to 12 400 men.
Saying the Army had been neg
lected for 15 years. MacArthur de
scribed a modernization program that
would cover all phases of operations,
with the largest amount, $90,000,000,
for airplanes.
Committee members suggested he '
put his recommendations in the form '
of a bill and the Army chief agreed j
to do this.
·
FREE TALK ON BRIDGE
Maxwell Johnston to Speak To- '
morrow at 8 P.M.
Maxwell Johnston, contract bridge
authority, will give a free lecture on
that subject in the Langley Junior
High School auditorium tomorrow at
8 p.m The public is Invited.
Registration for a new class will
be offered following the lecture. On
Monday and Thursday nights Johnston
already has classes for beginners and
advanced players. If sufficient inter
est in the class is shown it will be
formed, with meetings beginning Feb
ruary 13.
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1 rattic Keport
The following is the number of
traffic violations reported by the
Traffic Safety Observers of Wash
ington for the period of January
27 to February 2, 1935, inclusive:
Weaving recklessly 8
Driving in a reckless manner . 7
Too Tast for safety 8
Failed to yield right of way... 2
Failed to obey official stop sign 11
Failed to obey traffic signal
lights 42
Turned left from wrong lane.. 4
Turned right from wrong lane 5
Driving through safety zone . 0
Drove or passed on wrong side
of street 10
Pulled from curb without sig
naling 8
Improper lights 3
Parked abreast 3
Parked too near fire plug 1
Parked too near corner 2
Total 114
The following is the report of
the Board of Revocations and
Restorations:
Number of cases reported ... 48
Number of permits revoked 37
Number of people called in and
warned about their traffic
records 50
The following is the report of
traffic accidents in the District
of Columbia during the period of
January 27 to February 2, 1935,
inclusive, as compared with the
same period of 1934:
1934 1935
Deaths 2 2
Minor injuries 73 42
Property damage only. 88 81
Total 148 122
The difference in the total
occurs when more than one per
son was injured in the same
traffic accident.
BUILDING OF NEW
ACCOUNT OFFICES
WILE BE WEIGHED
Remodeling of Pension
Office Structure to Be
Discussed.
FINE ARTS COMMISSION
TO MEET FEBRUARY 23
Land Swap May Be Effected in
Rearranged Plan for Munici
pal Center Project.
The plan of the District Commis
sioners to use part of Judiciary Square
at Fifth and Ε streets for the new
Municipal Center development, as
projected under levised plans, brings
into focus the problem of a new build
ing for the General Accounting Office.
The Pine Arts Commission, it was
learned today, will take up this ques
tion when it assembles here on Feb
ruary 23 for its monthly meeting.
H. P. Caemmerer, executive secre
tary of the commission, revealed that
the advisability of remodeling the old
Pension Office Building at Fifth and
G streets, on Judiciary Square, now
occupied by Controller General Mc
Carl and his forces, will be thor
oughly discussed. There is a feeling
in certain quarters that the cost of
remodeling this old structure, by con
structing additional wings, would be
out of keeping with the results to be
attained.
No Site Chosen.
Some proponents have advised the
commission that they would like to see
the General Accounting Office given
new quarters. In the Government's
building program here, no permanent
site has been set aside for such a
building, although it has been dis
cussed on numerous occasions. It is
considered likely that the commission
will discuss at its forthcoming meet
ing the possibility of locating the Gen
eral Accounting Office Building on one
of the blocks which the District Com
missioners would give up in the rear
ranged plan.
There might be a land swap between
the Federal ana District Governments,
the municipality getting part of Ju
diciary Square in exchange for one of
the blocks purchased for the new Mu
nicipal Center. While nothing official
has yet been discussed on tills, it is
considered one of the possibilities in
the situation seen by observers.
The new land transfer act, which
was enacted through the efforts of
the National Capital Park and Plan
ning Commission, permits the ex
change of land between different
Government agencies, without the
necessity of having to go to Congiess.
McCarl Fears Proximity.
Controller General McCarl, It is
known, has objected in the past to
having his office too near the execu
tive departments, fearing that offi
cials would be running over and ask
ing for informal opinions on a variety
of subjects.
At one time plans were afoot to
erect the controller general's new
building in the vicinity of the new
Supreme Court Building on Capitol
Hill.
With the New Deal spending bil
lions, with $4,880,000,000 more in
sight for public works, the General
Accounting Office foresees an even
greater deluge of work, to say nothing
of the regular business of the Gov
ernment. Officials feel that such an
important arm of the Government,
which is credited with saving Uncle
Sam millions of dollars since it was
established shortly after the war,
should be adequately housed.
Richard N. Elliott, former Repub
lican member of Congress from In
diana, and now assistant controller
general, played a major part in
Washington's public buildings pro
gram. He was chairman of the
House Committee on Public Build
ings and Grounds when the plans for
the Federal triangle—now practically
constructed—were in the formative
stage. Elliott is expected to have a
major hand in any plans for a new
General Accounting Office Building.
TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS
SHOW SHARP DROP
Court Notes Decided Decline in
Last Week—57 Cases on
Day's Docket.
A decided drop in traffic violations
has been noted in Traffic Court dur
ing the past week, with only 57 charges
listed on todays collateral sheet to be
tried by Judge Ralph Given. Thirty
seven of these were for parking viola
tions, and only four were for speeding.
Lawrence F. Hart, Clarendon, Va.,
was fined $40 on a reckless driving
charge. John E. Malone was to be
arraigned later today on a charge
of driving while drunk, and Louis M.
Andres for reckless driving.
James Smith, charged with driving
while drunk and leaving after collid
ing, demanded a jury trial when ar
raigned yesterday.
John T. Scarborough also demanded
a jury trial on a charge of driving
while drunk and was released on $500
bond. Alanson Donald and Sylvia M.
Van Horn demanded jury trials on
reckless driving charges.
MRS. KAHN TO SPEAK
Representative Florence P. Kahn
of California will be the principal
speaker at a meeting of the National
Defense Committee. District of Co
lumbia Daughters of the American
Revolution, Friday at 10:30 a.m. at
the Mayflower Hotel.
Another speaker will be Col. John
Callan O'Loughlin. editor of the Army
and Navy Journal. Mrs. Rice W.
Means, chairman of the committee,
will preside.
Mrs. J. Frank Rice, soprano, and
Mrs. James Shera Montgomery will
participate in a musical program.
Costume Recital Friday.
V. L. Granville, the English actor,
will appear in a costume recital at 8
p.m. Friday in the Shiloh Baptist
Church, Ninth and Ρ streets.
Character Analysis Note Gives
Insurance Sellers New Weapon
Blonds Best Salesmen, Men With Heavy
Chins Cant Be Budged, Members
of Neivly Formed Club Hear.
Blonds are always the best sales
men.
Brunettes are the slowest thinkers.
Persons with long narrow heads can
look farthest into the future.
Lovers of music have round ears—
at the top.
So say members ' of the Balkin
Character Analysis Club who organ
ized la-st night in the offices of Wil
I liam J. Bryan, in the Investment
Building—with Mr. Bryan elected to
the presidency.
Composed of men and women who
sell life insurance, the club intends to
meet on the first and third Tuesdays
of each month, to compare notes and
to prepare each other for attacks on
the human frailties.
Heavy Chins Cited.
Thus, for instance, if a member ap
proaches a man with a heavy-shot
chin, a chin that protrudes two or
I three inches over his collar-line, the
! bets will be called off. That man could
' not be budged an inch. He just
wouldn't react to any sales talk.
On the other hand, if a person with
a receding chin is the recipient of a
call from an insurance agent all that
has to be done is to sign this man
or woman on the dotted line.
A clear, sparkling blue eye is the
sign of a happy nature.
A dark-brown eye is the reflection
of a brooding soul.
A thumb is indicative of all sorts of
weaknesses and strength.
Say a man has a long thumb. It
ι means he can grab onto almost any
] thing that comes his way. A short
!
stubby thumb is the indicator of a
pugnacious nature.
Balkin—his full name Is Harry H
Balkin—came to Washington some
time ago from New York and inter
ested a group of insurance salesmen
in his method of applied science as
it affects character study. The result
was the organization of the Balkin
I Character Analysis Club last night in
the Investment Building.
"It becomes the job of the sales
man to size up his client in 15 sec
onds," Mr. Bryan, president of the
club, said today. "Upon that study
: depends success or failure. That is
■ why we have banded together—to get
1 the 'low-down' on character."
Will Siie I'p Prospects.
Hereafter, an insurance salesman
approaching you for a contract will
not step off with the question, "Arc
you carrying enough life insurance?"
Instead he will look at your thumbs
or your cranium, or your ears, your
nose, or your throat.
Then that particular salesman will
i decide whether you are a good pros
pect—immediately, whether you can
afford a $5.000 policy or a $10.000
; policy—or what have you.
j At the meeting last night Mrs.
Vivian E. Wallace was elected vice
I president, Miss Gladys Martin secre
tary and treasury, and Howard W.
Lambert publicity representative.
There was also elected a committee to
; draft a constitution and by-laws, with
Mrs. Vivian Wallace as chairman and
R. B. Patterson and Miss Schuktze as
i the other members.
Relics of Pre-Prohibition
Recall Hostess' Stand
on Liquor.
I Another capacity audience made it
self "at home" today in the one-time
exclusive Henderson Castle, as an auc
tioneer continued his persuasive ef
forts to dispose of the possessions of j
I the late Mrs. John B. Henderson, so
ciety leader of a past generation,
ί Thousands of dollars worth of con
tinental and Oriental furnishings of
: the gaunt old mansion on the heights
of Sixteenth street went on the auc
tion table yesterday, and today there
■ was put on sale a glittering array of
china and glassware.
Hostess Was Prohibitionist
Much comment was forthcoming
ί over the sale of several sets of wine,
i liqueur, champagne and cordial
, glasses. Mrs. Henderson was a
1 staunch prohibitionist. The goblets
I of conviviality knocked down to the
highest bidder today were leftovers
from pre-prohibition days, when the
late Senator Henderson and his hos
! pitable wife wined and dined the elect
ι of Washington.
I Upon the enactment of the prohibi
tion laws Mrs. Henderson announced
! no more alcoholic drinks would be
! served in her home, and to emphasize
! the edict she had all the fine wines
1 and liquors from her wine cupboard
ι poured into a sewer. From that time
\ until her death four years ago Mrs.
Henderson allowed the wine and
liquor glasses to gather dust in her
cupboard.
I At the Henderson feasts a vegeta
i rian diet was the rule, for Mrs. Hen
derson believed vegetables and fruits
were foods designed by Nature for
human beings.
Large Supply of China.
From the bewildering variety of
china dinner services placed on sale
by Adam A. Weschler and his son,
Ralph, it appeared that Mrs. Hender
son had a change of china for every
day of the week—and then some in
reserve. Weschler declared some of
the sets cannot be duplicated at any
price. All were in exceptionally fine
condition—a testimonial to the care
exercised by the castle's kitchen staff.
There will be a recess in the sale
tomorrow. When the auction is re
sumed Thursday the public will have
an opportunity to bid on valuable sets
of silverware, a dazzling collection of
feather, lace, satinwood and other
types of fans, several Japanese and
Chinese swords and draperies, em- I
broideries and the like.
The Henderson art collection will
go on sale next Monday.
Clinic Doctor to Speak.
Dr. Paul J. Ewerhardt. director of
the Washington Child Guidance
Clinic, will explain the work of that
organization to the Lafayette Home
and School Association at the Lafay
ette School, Broad Branch road. Chevy
Chase, tomorrow at 8 p.m., it was an
nounced today.
Border Inspector
Bans Immigrants
Under Bible Code
Ignores V. S. Law to Γse
Ten Commandments,
Examiner Reveals.
By the Associated Press.
The House Appropriations Commit
tee learned today the United States
had an immigration inspector on the
Mexican border whose guide for the
admission of foreigners was not the
immigration laws but the Ten Com
mandments.
Daniel W. MacCormack, commis
sioner of immigration and naturali
zation. reported the unnamed inspec
tor as saying he would debar a di
vorced person from entry. An ex
aminer îwinted out to him such action
would not be in accordance with the
law.
"That don't make no difference. I
go by the Ten Commandments," the
inspector replied, eccording to Mac
Cormack, who added his department
was putting "an end to such condi
tions."
ZONING FIGHT RISES
AGAIN ON WISCONSIN
Property Owners Enter Fifth
Battle in Four Years to Keep
Area Residential.
For the fifth time in four years
property owners along Wisconsin ave
nue near the proposed site of the new
entrance circle will appear before the
District Zoning Commission tomorrow
to oppose changirg the property east
of Wisconsin avenue from residential
to commercial.
The Chevy Chase Citizens' Asso
ciation also opposes the change and
expects to send a delegation to the
Zoning Commission's meeting.
Opponents of the pending applica
tion contend an agreement was
reached in February. 1934. under
which the frontage on Wisconsin ave
nue. back to a depth of 100 feet, was
to be kept residential in exchange for
a change to commercial for the area
back of that. Three times prior to
that efforts to change the property to
a commercial classification was blocked
by adjacent property owners and the
citizens' association.
The Wisconsin" avenue site is one of
15 proposed changes to be considered
by the commission tomorrow. Mem
bers of the board visited the sites yes
terday.
·
POISON ALCOHOL STOLEN
The F. P. May Co. reported to po
lice today that a drum containing
50 gallons of denatured alcohol had
been stolen from one of their trucks
yesterday. Marshall Shumate, 407
Cedar street, Takoma Park, said the
alcohol was taken from his truck on
D street, between Fourth street and
Seventh street southwest.
The denatured alcohol is highly
poisonous.
Picturesque Monuments Rise
On New Government Triangle
Ornamental granite pylons, 26 feet
high, and picturesque kiosks, with lion
head fountains spouting water, are
among the outstanding features of a
comprehensive plan of "landscape
architecture" with which the new Fed
eral triangle in downtown Washing
ton now is being decorated. Plans for
the entire area were drawn by Ben
nett, Parsons & Frost, architects, of
Chicago.
Under three contracts, already let
by the Treasury Department, and at
least one other to be let soon, the
entire .irea from the Department of
Commerce on the west at Fifteenth
street to the Archives Building on the
east at Seventh street is to be de
veloped with these pylons, kiosks, side
walks, flagpoles, trees, shrubbery, and
grass plots.
Three outstanding areas must wait
for permanent development until more
funds are forthcoming—the small tri
angle between Fourteenth, Fifteenth,
Ε streets and Pennsylvania avenue,
the Grand Plaza la the heart ol the
triangle, and the Great Circle, cen
tering on Twelfth street.
The largest of these—the Grand
Plaza, between Thirteenth and Four
teenth, C and D streets, now is being
cleared of construction shacks, used
by contractors as offices during erec
tion of the buildings in the Triangle.
These shacks are being torn down to
make room for more automobile park
ing, to which viitually all of the plaza
now is devoted. A few temporary of
fices remain along the south side of
the plaza, south of C street.
The pylons and kiosks will be used
as architectural accents, to mark prln·
cipal entrances to the Interior of the
triangle.
The first two kiosks, to be followed
by more later, are to be constructed
on Tenth street, one near the Depart
ment of Justice, and the other near
the Internal Revenue Bureau Building,
between sidewalks and curbing. They
rest on a base 22 by 11 feet, have
shafts 12 by 9 feet and will fise 12
feet above the sidewalk. Facing Con
stitution avenue will be lions' heads
spouting water into fountain basin*. ι
MAYFLOWER HOTEL
ORDER HEED BACK,
REYNOLDSASSERTS
Senate Chairman to Ask
Special Master to Sit
on Case.
I DECISION IN BANKRUPTCY
CASE HELD PREMATURE
Will Recommend Each Bondholder
Be Asked Opinion on Dis
posal Plans.
Senator Reynolds, Democrat, of
I North Carolina, chairman of a Senate
; committee investigating financing of
ι the Hotel Mayflower, announced to
day that he had received assurance
I from Justice F. Dickinson Letts of the
District Supreme Court that operation
! of the Mayflower reorganization order
j would be held in abeyance temporarily,
ι The Senator said he would recommend
! appointment of a special master to sit
' on the case.
Reynolds yesterday criticized the ac
tion of the court in deciding the bank
: ruptcy case without waiting for com
I pletion oi the senatoriar investigation,
ι Reynolds will recommend that the
J special master see each of the bond
! holders of the hotel property on their
j preference for one of two offers now
1 open to them and follow the majority
I decision in deciding disposition of the
hotel.
Λίκ company rropowa.
Specifically, the two offers are these:
The first offered by the Majority
ι Bondholders' Protective Committee
I proposes that control of the hotel be
ι vested in a new company directed by
three voting trustees and the Amer·
I ican Security & Trust Co. The bond
holders are to receive $4.450.000 in
new 5 per cent 15-year bonds. They
will receive also stock in the new cor
poration. Both bonds and stock will
be delivered in units of 10 shares ol
stock to each $1.000 bond. At the
same time the new company would
take over $600.000 in cash now on
hand as accrued profit of the hotel
during the past two years. Of this
amount $100,000 would be held aa
operating capital and the remaining
; $500.000 would be devoted to paying
expenses of receivership, litigation and
I other expenses. No cash would be
ι given to present security holders, their
sole receipts being the new bonds and
' stock.
I Control of the new company would
remain in the hands named above for
a period of two years, with the option
to renew for eight more years if agree
able to 51 per cent of the stockholders.
Sale Also Suggested.
The alternative is the outright sale
of the hotel property to the Manger
j Hotel interests at a figure of $4.000.000.
Of this amount, $1,000.000 would be
turned over in cash to present bond
holders. and the remaining $3.000.000
would be distributed in the form of
new 15-year 5 per cent bonds. At the
same time the $600,000 now held by
the company would be distributed to
j the present bondholders.
Senator Reynolds' announcement was
made this morning after the committee
had heard further testimony from
Joseph Low. counsel for minority first
bondholders. Following his announce
ment the committee adjourned until
this afternoon, when they will hear
Paul E. Lesh, counsel for the majority
; bondholders' group, and a representa
1 tive of the Manger Hotel interests of
New York.
I The court order issued about a week
ago would have placed in effect the
! reorganization plan offered by the
j Bondholders' Committee. The Sen
I ator said his recommendation prob
I ably would be drawn tonight or to
1 morrow morning and upon approval of
other members of the committee would
be made to the court at once.
Meanwhile. Senator Reynolds has
drafted two proposed amendments to
section 77-B of the bankruptcy act.
The first of these would prerent brok
erage houses from instigating reor
ganization and would call for appoint
ments of special masters in bank
ruptcy cases similar to this one. The
second of the amendments would re
quire the deposit of bondholders' lists
with the court in bankruptcy cases.
D. C. MORTGAGES BILL
ACTION IS DEFERRED
Judiciary Subcommittee Puts Off
Consideration After Citi
zens Protest.
! The House District Subcommittee
on Judiciary today postponed action
. on a bill introduced in the Senate
J which would make certain changes
I in the rules governing recording of
mortgages in the District, when the
Federation of Citizens' Associations
raised a number of objections to the
wording of the bill.
The bill designed to protect the
public from circulation of fraudulent
securities by requiring the recorder of
deeds to stamp the note when a deed
ί οί trust Is recorded and also when
I notes are released. George E. Sulli
van. counsel for the federation, raised
I six objections to the bill.
Long arguments between Sullivan
and Roger Whiteford, attorney for a
District bank, consumed so much time
that Representative Palmisiano, Demo
crat, of Maryland, chairman of the
subcommittee, was forced to postpone
the hearing He requested that Sulli
van and Whiteford iron out their
differences between themselves and re
port to a meeting of the subcommittee
which will be called within the next
few days.
Francis G. Addison, jr., of the Dis
trict Bankers' Association, and Clinton
James, representing the District Build·
ing and Loan League, were also heard.
Births Reported.
William and Mary Brown, bov.
Frank and Miry Walston, boy.
Edward and Edith Pumphrey. boy.
Laurence and Virginia Bailey. boy.
John and Ida HUdtbrand. boy.
Ed*ar and Lillian Cook. bov.
James and Cora Griffin, boy.
Clifton and Veronica Lord. airt.
Jean and Ethel Dillard, girl.
Carl and Inez Bchedler. girl.
Waiter and Gladys Belt. »irl
ι Arthur and Ida Bradshaw. girl.
Joseph and Mary Carroll, bar·