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OVER 2.000 VIEW STAR MODEL HOME Six-Room Colonial Dwelling at Leland Opened Yester day for Inspection. Two thousand or more persons forgot the rail of an outing in the country long enough to make a leisurely inspec- j tion yesterday of a six-room colonial dwelling here. , This was the conservative estimate ; of the number of visitors that passed , through the second of a series of Star model homes, which was opened to the public yesterday for a month of ex hibition at Leland. Md. The model home is located at 4509 Elm street, in the northwest residen- | tial section, and was designed and built ' especiallv for the better homes dem- ; onstration of 1929. sponsored by The Star and Operative Builders' Associa tion. Throng Present at Opening. There was a crowd of visitors on ; hand when the house was opened at 9 j am., and a constant stream continued j to pass through the house and Its j nicelv landscaped grounds throughout the dav until late in the evening. Members of The Star model homes committee, in charge of the demon stration. regarded the interest mani fested yesterday as a marked evidence of the" desire of Washingtonians for homes of real beauty. While the largest numbers arrived at. the house from 2 to 5 o'clock in the j afternoon, the crowds were sufficiently j distributed throughout the day to avoid too great congestion to permit real in- j sp'ction of t.he dwelling. 4 : Attention is railed to the fact that , the house will be on exhibition each day . throughout the month, allowing ample time for all interested to make careful inspection of its arrangement, furnish ing and construction. Information for Visitors. To reach the Leland model home drive out Connecticut avenue to Leland street, left to Fortv-sixth street, then right one block to Elm street, where the house faces the intersection. It may be reached also bv driving out Wisconsin avenue to Leland street, right one block to Forty sixth street, then left one block to the House. It also may be reached by street car lines on Connecticut and Wisconsin •venues. The house is white, with a charming contrast in the dark green of the co lonial shutters, the evergreen shrubs and the extensive lawns about the house. The walls of the first story are of reclaimed brick, painted a real co lonial white, and the upper story is of wide clapboard, also white finished. The roofing has a netural gTeen color. At the right side Is a covered porch of good sire and rising above the roof ridpp on this side also is a brick chim ney, painted white, with small chimney pots as its crown. Small Stream and Trees a Feature. One of the most attractive features ®f the grounds proved to be the small stream running along the edge of the rear lot, ornamented by a rustic bridge. In the rear yard also were found numer ous tall trees, giving good background for the cheerfully bright tones of the dwelling. Visitors found a living room of com fortable size on entering the house through a colonial entrance, this room having an outlet onto the side porch. The stairs to the upper floor rise from the left side of the living room. To the left of the door is a coat closet suffi ciently large to accommodate visitors’ wraps. Beyond the living room is the dining room, with an outlook over the rear lawn, and at the left rear is a modernly designed and equipped kitchen with an adjoining pantry. A special service fea ture is the side entrance. This opens onto a landing in the stairs from the pantry to the basement. This leaves a convenient place for the delivery of goods to the house while the owner Is away—through the side door, yet with the major portions of the house locked. Basement Large and Airy. The basement is large and airy and is equipped with a modern heating plant and wash tubs, placed under a window. On the second floor visitors found three bedrooms of comfortable size, a bath equipped with a shower and a large cedar closet, opening off the hall way. In the bath Ls a special cupboard for linens. The house was furnished for the dem onstration by W. B. Moses & Sons, in keeping with the colonial style of the dwelling. SPECIAL NOTICES. WHEN LEAVING THE CITY BY WAY OF Union Station, why not park your car In our nrw Breproof garage, which Is near the Station’ CONTINENTAL GARAGE, attached 'o Hotel Continental. Met. 4642. 3* THE ANNUAL MEETING OF LOT OWNERS of the Glenwood Cemetery will be held at the City Club. 1320 G st. n.w., on Monday evening. June 3rd. 1929, at 745 pm. All lot owners are earnestly requested to be present. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. CHARLES W. MORRIS. President. WILLIAM E. WISE. Secretary. 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A. C. Christie, who accepted the gift on behalf of the board of trustees. RESERVE BOARD’S DECISION IS UPHELD Power, Under Edge Act, Ju dicial in Apfel Case, De cides Appeals Court. The Federal Reserve Board is em powered by Congress under the Edge act of December 14. 1919. to perform a judicial function when investigating the character and competency of per sons applying for incorporations for international banking and a writ of mandamus will not lie to compel them to grant a charter after they have disapproved the application for such reason This is. in effect, the decision of the District Court of Appeals, rendered to day when. In an opinion by Chief Jus tice Martin, it affirmed the action of the District Supreme Court which had refused a mandamus asked by Charles L. Apfel and his associates, seeking to incorporate the Foreign Financing Corporation. The applicants claimed they had met all the conditions of the law", but their request had been denied. The board admitted the application was in legal form, but asserted they are clothed with discretion to pass on the financial responsibility, experience, training and other qualifications of the organizers and had withheld approval. In the course of his opinion the Chief Justice says: “It is clear that Congress was providing a means for conferring special and important priv ileges upon such corporations as should be organized under the Edge act. An abuse by any corporation of the powers thus granted to It might involve grave j consequences to our public service. It is reasonable to believe that Congress Intended that a careful investigation should be made by the Federal Reserve Board concerning the character and competency of the incorporators of such an enterprise as one of the means of: determining whether to grant or with hold their approval of the application for incorporation." i ( INTERIOR SECRETARY IS NAMED DEFENDANT Suit Filed to Test Legality of Order Canceling Oil-Drilling Applications. Secretary of the Interior Wilbur was named defendant, today in a suit for mandamus filed in the District of Co lumbia Supreme Court by Ethel M. Mc- Lennan of Sacramento, Calif, to test the legality of the recent order of the Secretary canceling all applications for oil prospecting permits as the result of the new policy of President Hoover to effect • real conservation of oil and gas on public lands. Under the order, it is claimed, many hundreds of applications pending in the | Department of the Interior March 12, j when the order was promulgated, were j summarily rejected without the right of appeal. The petitioner says she is duly quali- ! fled under the act of February 25, 1920. to hold the prospecting permit and asserts that the Secretary of the In- ' terior has exceeded his authority in di recting that her application be re- | .jected. She denies the claim of the department that the granting of such permits is merely permissive and not mandatory, and asks the court to re- I quire Wilbur to reinstate her claim j Attorney Lewis E. Hoffman, who I formerly handled such cases in the Interior Department before his resigns- j tion in 1920 and who filed the petition, 1 declared today that for over nine years j the department has been granting j prospecting permits under the oil leas- ; ing act to persons qualified to receive them. The decision of the department, he says, as well as all court decisions, held that it was mandatory for the Sec retary to issue such prospecting permits to qualified persons. The adoption of the present adminis tration policy, he asserts, is an usurpa tion of the powers of Congress and a nullification of the oil leasing act. RED MEN CHOOSE OFFICERS FOR YEAR Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG. W. Va, June 3 H. E. Tucker, this city, was made great senior sagamore of the Great Council of West Virginia Red Men at the an nual meeting in Fairmount. making him next in line for great sachem, senior office of the order, next year. The 1930 session of the Red Men will be held in Charleston on the third Monday in May, the Red Men voting to advance the meeting time one week. Other officers elected included: Great sachem. David S. Lake, Huntington; great junior sagamore, J. D. Thomas, Clendennlng; great prophet, A. C. Van Dine, Charleston: great keeper of rec ords, T. H. Clay, Huntington; great keeper of wampum, Samuel Blum, Charles Town. Appointive officers in cluded: great sannap, William Carson, Huntington; great mishinewa, C. J. Jus tice. Clendenning; great guard of the wigwam. J. S. Aliff, Bluefleld; great guard of the forest, Fred Reed. Hunt ington: district deputy great sachem for the Eastern area, Charles Reininger, , Charles Town. _ t THE EYEXTXO STAR. TTAS HINT; TOY, P. C., MONT) AT. TTXE 3. 1020. Share &2.T.000 Award Miss Mary Lee of Westport, N. Y. I upper I and William T. Scanlon of Fontana. Wis.. who are to share equally in the $25,000 prize offered by Hough ton Mifflin Co. and the American Legion Monthly for the best war novel. —Associated Press Photos. FOUR PERSONS HURT ; WHEN AUTOS COLLIDE| Woman, Her Husband and Two Children Injured in Crash on Connecticut Avenue. Miller B. Stevinson of the Jefferson Apartments was the driver of one car that figured in a collision yesterday afternoon at Connecticut avenue and Calvert street, resulting in injuries to four persons, occupants of the other machine. The injured are: Mrs. Elizabeth Hill. 50 years old. of 1917 S street, in Emergency Hospital with Indications of a skull fracture, several broken ribs and lacerations; her husband. Ambrose P. Hill, who was driving, a broken knee, and their two children, Mildred, 10, and Leon, 8, who were bruised. The collision occurred, police say, as Hill was making a turn Into Calvert street from Connecticut avenue. Ste vinson was not held by police. MAY ATTEND AS GUESTS. Law Enforcement Members Invited to Fess-Darrow Debate. | The Hoover Commission on Law En ! forcement today was Invited to attend as special guests the prohibition debate i Wednesday night at the Washington I Auditorium between Senator Fess of j Ohio and Clarence Darrow of Chicago. Representative John W. McCormack | of Massachusetts has declined to serve as debate chairman. Dr. Clarence True Wilson having offered to resign in his . favor. The Bay State Representative replied that he had “too much respect for judicial neutrality” and a "supreme contempt for the hypocrisy of the drys,” which unfitted him to serve as chair man. Following the debate Mr. Darrow- will ( be guest at a farewell reception in his honor prior to his departure for Europe. TESTINGCATTLE. Tubercular Treatment Being Given by State Inspector. Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO. Md.,* June 3 Dr. C. J Gibbs, a veterinary inspector for the State. Is conducting a country wide tuberculin test of cattle under the area plan and at present is working in Piscataway district. The area plan of testing is to eradicate any cattle from the country affected with tuberculosis, and to do this it is necessary to test all cows. All districts in the county will be taken care of. There is no charge for this work, and the State and Federal Governments will pay an indemnity for any cows that might react to the treat ment. Information with regard to the tests may be secured from County Agent W. B. Posey at Upper Marlboro. Glasgow. Scotland, claims to have the largest motion picture theater in Britain in • new house having seats for 4,301 parsons. CONGRESS LEADERS PUSH MAJOR TASKS Expect to Bring Recess Day Closer by Action on Two Hoover “Requirements.” By the Associated Press. Congressional leaders expert to bring their plans for a Summer reeess closer j to realization this week by fulfilling at least two of the administration's pre-; vacation requirements. Spurred by the crash of wheat prices | below the dollar level, they expect j i enough export debenture advocates in! the Senate to join with administration 1 supporters in voting for eliminating that I plan from t.he chamber's farm relief bill to permit final enactment of the legis lation in time to offset this year's crops. ' Reapportionment Rule Is I'p. On the House side of the Capitol one hour was allotted today for the discus sion of a special rule intended to ex- j pedite consideration of the bill to pro vide for the 1930 census and reappor- j 1 tionment of its membership. A vote on j ] the bill is expected in time to enable a ; 1 conference committee to begin—and pos- i 1 siblv finish—negotiations for adjust-) i ment of differences which may develop i between the two chambers over this I ■ legislation, including probably a rejec- i tion bv the House of the Senate provi- j i sion to place the 100,000 census enumer- 1 ators under civil service. | That will leave the leaders with only one maior problem to dispose of—the ' fixing of a date for Senate action on the tariff bill—before they will be able to decide whether they can move suc cessfully and with administration ap proval for a short recess or a long one. J - That question has been put aside pend ing clarification of the legislative situ ation, in view of the opposition to an all-Summer vacation expressed by sev eral influential Senators. Debenture Return Held Certain. Return of the export debenture issue to the Senate this week was regarded as practically certain, in view of the j progress of the joint conference com- | mittee working to bring the farm bills j passed by the Senate and the House j into conformity. It has been taken for ( granted, since the negotiations were re- j sumed after the deadlock over the de benture issue, that the Senate group would vield on that point and recom- | mend elimination of the proposal to their chamber, which voted it into the legislation over the opposition of Presi dent Hoover by a majority of three after a lengthy controversy. The Senate still has before it the pro posal of Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho looking to governmental regula tion of commission merchants dealing in perishable farm products, with the res olution of Senator Nye. Republican, of North Dakota, for repeal of the national origins provision of the immigration law ready for consideration next. The Nye resolution is intended to carry out the last of the five recommen dations placed before the special session bv President Hoover, who announced his opposition to the new national ori gins immigration quota basis at the time he issued his proclamation to put it into effect next month. Advocates of the plan, headed by Senator Reed. Re publican, of Pennsylvania, usually an administration supporter, predict that they will be able to prevent repeal. CROWE ON TRIAL IN STUDENT DEATH Abingdon Jury Being Selected After Two-Hour Plea for Delay Fails. By the Associated Press. ABINGDON. Va., June B.—James H Crowe, one of three Washington County ! officers indicted for murder in connec- i tion with the fatal shooting here May 6 ; of J. W. Kendrick, Emory and Henry College student, went on trial for his I life in Washington Circuit Court at 11 am. today. The task of selecting a jury was started after attorneys and court officials had spent approximately two hours behind closed doors arguing a defense motion for continuance. Judge A. C. Buchanan agreed to continue the cases until June 12, where- j upon the defense lawyers withdrew- the motion. The defense asked for separate trials for the three men. Crowe and W. H. j Worley, deputy sheriffs, and James Me- j Reynolds, Abingdon policeman, the case of Crowe being called first. A huge crowd was present at the opening of court and continued to grow throughout the forenoon. By t.he time the selection of jurors began, the court room was packed and many were stand ing outside in the halls and streets. G. H. Widener. of defense counsel. In a statement, to the court, said that two j material w itnesses for the defense were ! not. available. Robert Lloyd and Otis Smith of Meadow- View, Va. Lloyd and Smith. Mr. Widener said, were with Kendrick, Sterling Dutton and Paul Phelps a short time before Kendrick was shot. Their testimony, he added, would have an important bearing on the case. Mr. Widener said Lloyd left a week ago for Dayton, Ohio, and that Smith had not been seen since last Friday night when he attended a theater at Meadow View. At one time recently 185.000 tons of j beans were awaiting shipment along a i railway line in China. i C For Better Service J £ Select an Apartment Under f Wardman Management f i £ See Clatsified £ FLAT TIRE?^ FRANKLIN 764 LEETH BROS.mSgp 5 ? j • A°M , -n*p T M. • a.m"s* t p.m. Books Wanted Highest Cash Prices pa id for entire libraries or small lots of good books. Bring Them in or Phone Us to Call Phone Metropolitan 5415 G. David Pearlman “The Big Book Shop” 933 G St. Est. 1907 Will Rogers Says: AMARILLO. Tex.—We closed the Fred Stone show last week in Pitts burgh. and I started in right away pinch-hitting for Lindbergh while he Is honeymooning. 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The bene ficiaries opposed the reduction for ad ministrative expenses. ‘lf the seizure and detention of the property.” says the court, “can be sus tained as a justifiable circumstance of war, the conditions imposed for its re | turn may be charged with such rea sonable restrictions as may be deemed j proper. Clearly the expense of exe | cuting the trust, declared by law to I exist in the alien property custodian, even as to property which has been ultimately found to have been seized by mistake, cannot be said to be so I unfair and unreasonable as to fall within the condemnation of equity. ‘No charge of fraud or arbitrary conduct, is here made against the offl : rials of the Government. 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