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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
PLAN DEDICATION
OF MOVES SCHOOL
DahIgren Terrace Citizens
Reveal Speakers for
Event Nov. 13.

Plans for the dedication Of the new
Crosby s. Noyes School on November
10 were formulated last night at a
meeting of the Dahlgren Terrace Citi-
zens' Association in the school audito-
rum, Tenth and Franklin streets
northeast.
Notables Will Speak.
Speakers at the dedication serv-
ices will be DR.. Frank w. Ballou,
superintendent of public schools in the
District; Henry P. Gilligan, member of
the Board of Education; Representative
William P. Holiday of Illinois; Selden
NJ Ely. supervising principal of the
associations school division; Miss Mar
garet Pepper, principal Of the Moves
School,, and a representative OF the
Engineer Commissioner.
Members of the Noyes family will at
tend the services. and a photograph Of
Mr.. Crosby S. Noyes will by them be
presented to the school.
The association voted to participate
in the Halloween celebration being
sponsored jointly by the Greater Ma
tional Capital Committee Of the Wash
ington Board of Trade and the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations.
Delegates UNRESTRICTED.
The delegates to the Federation Of
Citizens Associations were sent 'unin-
structed" to the next meeting and told
to "use your own judgment" in the
election of officers.
Mrs. A. U. Smith, president Of the
Brookland School Parent-Teacher As
ISOLATION, spoke, and William j. Weber,
president of the association, presided
at the meeting, held in the Crosby S.
Noyes School. which was the frst OF
the season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
PROFESSIONAL men
MEET TOMORROW
Colored Technical Association to
Hold Sessions Here Until
Sunday.

Colored architects, engineers, chem
lists and members Of allied scientific
professions from all parts Of the United
States will take part In the fourth an
nual meeting of the National Technical
Association, which opens tomorrow
morning at Howard University. Regis
tration for the sessions will be in the
applied science department of the
school at 9 o'clock tomorrow, and the
convention will close with a meeting at
II o'clock Sunday morning
Members of the association will call
on President Hoover at 1890 O'Clock
tomorrow, and a business meeting will
be held during the afternoon: DR.:
Mordecai johnson. president of Howard
University. and Charles S. Duke, presi-
dent Of the organization, will be the
principal speakers at public meeting
to be held tomorrow night in the Metro
politan A. M. E. Church, on NJ street
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets. The professional men will be
guests OF the MuSo-Lit Club at a
smoker following the meeting.
Saturday morning the members will
visit the Bureau of Standards. where
special demonstrations have been ar
ranged for them. Saturday evening
they will be guests at a dinner dance
to be held at the Whitelaw Hotel
Speakers at scientific meetings sched-
uled as a part of the convention in
clude DR.. Axel H. Oxholm of the Ma
'tional Committee on Wood Utilization;
James A. Jackson, business specialist
of the Department Of Commerce, and
others
Officers of the local chapter Of the
organization are Ernest r. WEIGH of
Howard University. president: John A.
Landlord, architect vice president and
general chairman Of the Convention
Committee: R. c. Archer, jr., treasurer,
and Darnley Howard, secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
STEPHAN NAMED
PARADE MARSHAL
Will Direct Pageantry Incl
dent to Halloween CeIebra-
ton October 81.

Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, COM
handing officer of the District Ma
tional Guard, has been named grand
marshal of the Washington Halloween
celebration, it was announced today by
William A. Roberts, general chairman
of the committee sponsoring the event.
which will take place the night of
October 81
Gen. Stephan will direct the parade
and pageantry incident to Washing
tons first organized celebration Of
Halloween. The festivities will be
staged on Pennsylvania and Connecti-
cut avenues. featured by a carnival on
the latter street attended by music and
dancing.
Bands, representing a total of 500
musicians, will participate in the cele-
bration, 1t was announced by the COM
mittee. The High School Cadet Corps
Band, in command of Col. Wallace NJ.
Craigie, will take part in the event.
with its total Of 800 musicians in full
Cadet Corps uniform. They will rep
resent five senior high schools
1t has been assured also. the COM
mittee said today, that more than 100
floats end other displays will be in the
parade preceding the carnival. George
Washington University is planning to
enter six floats
Entry blanks for participation in the
parade are being returned by the dozen
to the Greater National Capital Com
mittee OF the Washington Board of
Trade, one of the sponsors of the cele-
bration. The committee is urging all
groups contemplating participation in
the event to fill out application blanks
obtainable at the Greater National Cap
ital Committee headquarters, imme-
diately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22

ishment of law violators here Is rapid,
in the average case.
He said a persons brought to Police
Court may be tried the day after MS
arraignment unless he seeks delay ana
that in District Supreme Court trial
may be had in three weeks In the aver
age case.
Walter Bruce Howe told Of plans for
the permanent establishment OF q
asked for public support for the Or
ganiZation. A. K. Shipe described plans
for the organized Halloween celebra-
ton. Musical entertainment was fur-
nished by Fred East and William Ray
mond.
At the conclusion of the meeting the
audience stood for a minute, while the
lights Of the auditorium were dimmed,
in tribute to Thomas Edison.
Chief Asks Cooperation.
At the organization meeting Of the
Washington Police and Fire Post OF the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars last evening
in the board room of the District Build
ing, Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford
for the first time faced an assembly OF
the men with whom he is to work as
chief of police. He asked their CO.
operation in the interests Of the in
crease OF civil peace and order.
Other guests at the meeting were
Maj. Gen. Amos Fries Inspector Z. w.
Brown. Judge Robert E. Mattingly,
Judge Isaac Hit and the principal ON
GERS Of the local department Of the
veterans organization including De-
partment Comdr. Jennings, Senior Vice
Condr. Davis, Junior Vice Comdr. Rose
and the Rev. v. o. Anderson, depart
ment chaplain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
New System Will Prevent
Trained Employees Staying
in "Blind Alleys"
WILL ALLOW TRANSFERS
AS JOB SUPPLY SHIFTS
No Reductions in Pay or Number
of Clerks Contemplated
Under New Plan.

Creation of a Federal employees pool
in Washington has been undertaken in
line with President Hoover's economy
program.
AS explained by Thomas E. Camp
bell, chairman of the Civil Service Com
mission. the new unit will have the two
fold purpose of preventing Government
employees from remaining indefinitely III
blind alley" positions when they pos
sess real ability and will enable one de-
partment or bureau to transfer en-
greater.
Would Get Preference.
Under this plan. if lawyer obtained
a position in the Federal service as a
mere typist. he would be placed on the
civil service lists and when an attor-
ney was needed in some other depart
ment he would have preference over
an outsider. This same principle would
apply to every field of work. The COM
mission would maintain list of law
yers, engineers. chemists. etc. on hand
but doing other work They would be
called on when needed.
Commissioner Campbell said that the
Census Bureau now needs to trim its
rolls, while additional employees are
needed at the Civil Service Commission
que 10 LIE QepIeSSIOH. IL Is JUST SuCh
situations as this, he explained. which
in the future will result in the transfer
of employees from one department to
another instead Of the employment of
new workers by one department while
another is dismissing experienced en-
ployes.
Cuts Not Contemplated.
1t was said that the pool plan does
not contemplate any dismissals or sal
airy reductions Instead, it is primarily
a method Of increasing general eff
cheney. Though 1t probably will result
in less personnel turnover. nothing will
be done to threaten the security of those
already on the rolls.
The White House is said to have
been particularly concerned over the
success of the pool and interested in
seeing that prompt steps to place the
plan in operation be taken Several
conferences between officials of the va
rious departments have been held for
discussion of details of the plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22

Hoover, we were granted a motor cycle
escort.
In the office proper we had set up
machinery brought from Washington
typewriters, adding machines, canceIl-
ing machines, etc. We do not yet
know how many stamps we sold. put
we estimated the number OF cancella-
lions on Monday at more than l5O,OOo.
It will be several days before we nave
the final figures. They will exceed
million and a half. 1t was utterly I'M
possible to meet the demand in the one
day. We brought back 10 sacks OF re-
quests, and today we are filling teese
orders. Every letter received up TO
midnight of Monday will be dealt with
lust as the sender desired. We will I'LL
every order 1t may take 10 days, but
we will do it. Collectors we know VIII
be patient. Every one who ordered a
first cover up to midnight Monday Will
receive one. -,
THE yorktown post Office did at
least 10000 times as much business
Monday as it ever did in any other day
in all its history BY shutdown our
people were ready to drop at their sta
lions of duty. 1t was necessary for
them to sleep at Hampton some Il
miles distant. They made the trip
twice a day by automobile. They
worked for IL to IA hours at stretch,
and they picked up lunches and din
ners as and where they could, eating
at their machines or desks.
Attracted to Frigate.
THE frigate Constitution was an OBJ
iect of particular interest to collectors.
There is a post Office on board. Peo-
pie bought stamps Of us. rowed out 20
the ship, posted their letters there and
returned to shore. Many made the
trip several times. The cancelling de-
vice Of this marine post office reads
u. S. Frigate Constitution, Oct. 10,
1881
"Other collectors hit on the idea Of
getting their first covers autographed
by distinguished guests at the celebra-
ton. They surrounded every notabll-
ity. Other people caught the fever ana
tie notabilities were overwhelmed.
"A pathetic incident at the office was
the finding of a letter from Representa-
tive Ernest r. Alderman of New Jer-
sey, ordering the special stamp. Mr..
Alderman was an eminent philatelist.
He died on Monday"
Mr. Eidsness was assisted by 1nspec-
tor in Charge at Washington w. j.
lier. The latter slept in the post office
with a loaded revolver at his side to
guard the accumulated mail. A detail
of troops surrounded the building at
the crisis of the excitement.
Mr.. Eidsness believes that similar
scenes may occur on January l. 1882.
when the IL Bicentennial stamps and
IS different sizes and denominations of
Bicentennial envelopes will be placed
on sale In Washington, one day in ad-
vance of their release to Offices through
out the country.
Sent to King George.
Postmaster w. M. Mooney and As
sistant Postmaster W. H. Haycock esti-
mated that approximately a million
Yorktown stamps were sold and used in
the Capital on Tuesday. They went to
every section of the globe. One man
sent block Of four to King George v
of England, whose collection of phila-
telic relics is one of the most celebrated
in the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
COLORED MAN CONVICTED
OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
Testimony Shows He Sought Wife
at Home of Neighbor and Fired
Two Shots Into Her Body.

Benjamin A. Brown. "a, colored. was
convicted late yesterday afternoon by
jury in Criminal Division 2 of muir
der in the first degree In connection
with the shooting of his wife, Alice, IT,
March 81 last at 401a Hanover street.
The verdict carries the death penalty
and Justice Let's remanded the prison.
er to await sentence.
According to the testimony. Brown.
who had been separated from his wife
for a short time. sought her at the home
of a neighbor and fired two shots into
her body, causing almost instant death.
Brown ran away but surrendered to
the police the next day. Brown, In his
defense. claimed the shooting was &C
cidental and that the wife shot herself
during their struggle for the pistol.
Assistant United States Attorney
Walter M. Shea conducted the prose-
cution, while the defendant was repre-
sented by Attorneys James A. O'Shea
and John H. Burnett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
ERNEST L. JAHNCKE, JR., HURT
Is, IN FALL AT NAVAL ACADEMY
Bones in Midshipman's Left
Foot Broken in Accident
at Annapolis.
Assistant Secretary's Son
Hopes to Keep Up With
Classes Despite Injury.

Ernest Lee Jahncke, jr., son Of the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy and a
midshipman at the Naval Academy, fell
downstairs and broke some bones in
his left foot yesterday, and will be con-
fined to the hospital from six weeks to
two months.
The Assistant Secretary went to An
napolis last evening and saw his son.
finding him in a very cheerful mood,
studying his books. although his foot
Is being placed in a plaster cast and
will be held horizontal for an extended
period-until the bones can knit.
While exact details of the accident
could not be learned, it is understood
that while the youth was in formation
or at drill, he stumbled down some
steps and was hurt. He was picked I'D
Immediately and taken to the hospital.
where an X-ray picture was taken.
Assistant Secretary Jahncke who at
tended the opening of the budget hear
ings on the naval estimates this morn
ing, said he was not worrying over the
condition of his SON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
TRAFFIC DEATHS
HELD ACCIDENTAL
Coroner's Jury Returns Yer.
diets in Probe of Three
Fatal Mishaps.

Three traffic deaths we're held acci-
dental by a coroners jury at the Dis
trict Morgue today.
The first inquest was into the death
of Dorothy Bryant, 1A-year-old COL
ored girl, who died in Gallinger Hos
pital yesterday from injuries received
when struck by an automobile oper-
ated by r. E. Sisson. 26, 1921 K street.
at Seventh street and Massachusetts,
avenue.
Two Skulls Fractured.
The second inquest was into the
death of Alexander Griffin, ST, COL
ored, of the 1000 block of Thirteenth
street, who died in Gallinger Hospital
Tuesday from injuries received when
hit by an automobile operated by Fred
erick Rawson, 33-year-old barber Of
Gaithersburg Md. Griffin was struck
by Rawson's automobile near the in
tersection of Western and Wisconsin
avenues early Sunday.
The third inquest was into the death
Of Raymond Murphy. 40, colored. whose
death occurred in Emergency Hospital
late yesterday from injuries received
when struck by truck operated by Au-
gustus Gaddis, IS, colored, of the 900
block Eighth street northeast, at
Twenty-second street and Virginia
avenue Monday.
Both Griffin and Murphy were said
to have died Of fractures of the skull
and other injuries, while the colored
girl died OF an internal injury.
Seek Hit-and- Run Driver.
Police were seeking a hit-and-run
driver who late Tuesday knocked down
Caroline Stuart, IL, of 1852 Fairmont
street, while she was crossing Fifteenth
street, near Euclid. The girl was first
treated by family physician at her
home. and later removed to Garfield
Hospital, where her condition was re-
ported undetermined Police of No. 10
precinct obtained report on the acci-
dent last night.
Elizabeth Fountain, 81. colored, 1900
block of Meade street northeast, was in
jured late yesterday when hit by an
automobile operated by Samuel T.
Farmer, So, 1900 block of Jonquil street,
at Sixteenth street, near Allison. She
was taken to Emergency Hospital
James w. Ryan, As, $500 block OF
Thirty-fourth place, received broken
leg when knocked down by an automo :
bile operated by M. A. Fryer, rs. 800
block of c street, at Fifteenth and /
streets. He was taken to Emergency
Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
FIGHT IS RENEWED
FOR DISTRICT VOTE
ationaI Representation
Campaign to Be Opened at
Industrial Show.

The opening gun in an aggressive
Winter campaign will be fired by the
Citizens Joint Committee on National
Representation for the District of
Columbia. at the Seventh Annual In
dustrial Exposition of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce. which opens
for weeks running in the Washington
Auditorium Monday, it was announced
today by Jesse c. Suter, vice chairman
of the committee.
A display booth at the exposition has
been donated to the committee by the
chamber. which is among the many
trade and civic bodies actively support
ing the movement for national repre-
Sentation for the citizens of the National
Capital.
Cartoons Are Exhibited.
Exhibiting mammoth size reproduce
tions of cartoons by Clifford Bergman
cartoonist for The Evening Star, on the
plight of un-Americanized Americans
of the District of Columbia. the booth
will have for distribution a large
amount of informative literature and
publications on national representation,
in addition to printed broadsides on the
subject. The space allocated to the
Citizens Joint Committee will be ap-
propriately decorated and will bear
puLBeIlL SIOSdHS CdllIIlB lOI NOICS 1OI
District citizens in the House, Senate
and Electoral College.
Visitors to the industrial exposition
also will be given an opportunity to sign
petitions to Congress requesting passage
of legislation to provide for representa-
ton in that body of local citizens. At
tendants will be on hand at the booth
throughout the period of the show to
answer questions of those interested, MI.
Suter said.
Results Are Encouraging.
Far-reaching educational work has
been conducted by the committee in its
fight for national representation for the
District, and this work has been pro-
ductive of encouraging results. The
campaign of the organization. which
was organized in 1916, has been ener-
getically conducted through the medi-
ums of the press, the radio and CORE
spondence and through addresses to
conventions and organizations. The
plight of District citizens has been ad-
vertised in practically every section Of
the country and the number to become
acquainted with the unique situation Is
increasing rapidly.
The officers of the committee are:
Theodore w. Moves, chairman; John
Joy Edison. A. Leftwich Sinclair, Ellen
Spencer Mussey and Mr.. Suter. vice
chairmen Robert j. Cottrell. secretary
and Robert N. Harper, treasurer The
headquarters of the committee Is at
Room 339, The Evening Star Building
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
MRS. ALICE M. BEALL
BURIED IN MARYLAND
Granddaughter of Vice President
and Secretary of Navy
Died Tuesday.

Funeral services for Mrs. Alice M.
Beall, 78, granddaughter of Vice Pres
ident and a Secretary of the Navy, were
held today at her late residence. 1912
Park road Burial was in the cemetery
of st. Barnabas' Church, Prince Georges
County, Md. Mrs. Bean died Tuesday
at her home.
A resident of the city for more than
a half century, Mrs. Beall was the
granddaughter of Daniel D. Thompson,
Vice President under President Mon
roe, and of Smith Thompson, Secretary
of the Navy in the same administra-
ton. She was the widow of the late
Ohio r. Beall of Prince Georges
County. On her mothers side she was
direct descendant of Bishop Clagett,
first Episcopal bishop consecrated in
this country
Mrs. Beall was a member Of st.
Stephens Church, in Washington. as
we'll as st. Barnabas', and was well
known in church circles. She is sur
vived by a son. Ohio T. Beall; daugh-
ter, Mrs. Maude B. Ford; a brother,
Arthur L. Thompson, and seven grand
children.
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Marriage Licenses.

~ johnson r, Morgan. 50. and Mona NJ.
MSMR snra6 g.; Rev C. Ernest Smith "a.
Rey william ?: Jarvis. :,
2o Rev. George W. Atkinson,
Frank seay; IS. Brema Blur. Va. and
Margaret A. Snead. 81. Shores. Va; Rev.
William johnson, az. and AuEustine New
: John H. Neale. ~. and Rosie l. Myles 20;
Rey, Alonzo j; olds. - - ma. T.
Headley. 26 both OF Baltimore. Md; Rev.
Levi A. Hall, 20. Hopewell. Va. and Vivian
Erd Kins' ~ Petersburs' Va Rev. A. r.
Fred Goode. 81. and Abel Young. 10; Rev.
Alexander Willbanks.
James Muse. ii, and Alice Grasty. 80: Rev.
Robert Anderson.
Raymond Waters. %. and Rebecca Russ
%: Rev H. W. Graebenstein. -.
William Stslcy. 3d. and Mary Adway. 70;
Rev. r. D. Grymes
Robert Clatterbuck. as. and Ola z. Bur
russ. 81. both Of Orange. Va; Rev. william
Pierpoint.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
SEEK ARSENIC SPRAY
IN CHILDREN'S DEATH
Chemical Analysis of Viscera Or.
dered After Victims Eat
Locust Seeds.

Police today were awaiting the re-
suits of chemical analyses of the Wis
cera of two colored children who died
within "a hours of each other after
they had eaten locust seeds.
One of the youngsters, Lois Colbert,
Z, of 3l2 street southwest, died Mon
day, while her brother, Charles. 5, died
the next day. At Gallinger Hospital,
where both children were patients,
their deaths were listed as due to "un-
known causes" Their 21-month-old
brother. Wendell, is seriously ILL.,
Detective Sergt. Floyd Truscott. who
investigated the deaths, reported the
trees from which the locust seeds eaten
by the youngsters are believed to have
been obtained, were sprayed with an
arsenic solution by the District recently
Samples of the seeds. commonly
known as st. Johns bread" we're
turned over to Dr. Edwin r. Donaldson,
District chemist, by Truscott yesterday
A short time later Deputy Coroner
Joseph D. Rogers performed autopsies
on the children's bodies. turning their
viscera over to DR.. Donaldson for
analyses.
Locust seeds, which grow In small
pods, are frequently eaten by children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
Gen. GIassford Makes Bow
to Public at Board of
Trade Meeting.
WHALEN PRAISES HOOVER
FOR DEPRESSION EFFORTS
Urges Countrywide Planning.
Rover Defends Grand
Jury System.
GIassfOrd's Booming
Voice Is Too Much
For Speaker System

Washington new police head
made his first public utterance
last highland his powerful
voice disrupted the loud-speaker
system.
1t seems the volume control OPP
orator failed to anticipate the
full power of soldiers voice
when Brig. Gen. Glassford rose
to greet the Board of Trade
through an arplifying system in
the Willard Hotel.
"Brrrrrrr. .. wham!!" rever-
berated the loud speakers, Aor
words to that effect, as zine
six-foot-t three general addressed
himself to the aSsemblage.
A ripple of laughter spread
through the big crowd, but the
general himself was perhaps the
first of the some 1900 present to
get the joke.
He chuckled heartily, while the
electrician on the volume control
board toned down his instrument,
before proceeding with his address
in somewhat modified tones.
The electricians, it was said,
will make allowance next time
for a dynamic personality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
NEAR ACCIDENT ENDS
IN SHOOTING OF MAN
Colored Taxi Driver Wounded by
Bullet Intended for An
other Man.

An argument over a accident re-
suited early today. in the shooting Of
Paul Jones, SO. colored.
Jones, a taxi driver, was wounded.
police reported, by a bullet intended
FOR Charles Chase, colored, 1888 Tenth
street, also a cab driver.
Police said Chase and several white
men were involved in a dispute over
a near -mishap, and the taxi driver,
after leaving the scene, was followed to
his employers garage at 924 Fourth
street.
While Chase was replenishing his sup
ply Of gasoline, 1t was said, two auto
mobiles, each containing two white men,
appeared. Without a word, 1t was
added, the occupants of both cars
opened fire. Ten shots were fired.
Jones. wounded In the leg. was treated
at Freedman's Hospital. Chase escaped
injury.