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GLASSFORD PLANS
10 HOUr ARMY"
Police Chief Confers With
Hurley on Caring for
Bonus Marchers.
With thousands of veterans due to
converge on the Capital next week to
demand Immediate rash payment of the
soldiers' bonus, Police Chief Pelham D.
Glaaaford laid plans today for housing
and earing for the ex-service men, who
already have been warned there is no
money available with which to feed
them.
Just how many make up the "bonus I
army,” which is coming from the North. I
South and West to add the weight of its
physical presence to the verbal pleas!
for payment of the balance on adjusted j
service certificates, is not known deft-1
nltely. Edward S. Brown, jr.. com-1
mander of the War Veterans of Amer-1
lea, which sponsors a home for veteran*!
at 2826 Pennsylvania avenue, said 75.000 j
men would be here next week. Brig, j
Qen. Glassford admitted frankly he
•'had no idea how many,” but esti
mated ••* good many thousand prob
ably are coming.”
To care for them Gen. Olaasford con
ferred yesterday with Secretary of War
Hurley over the possibility of obtaining!
shelter, cots and bedding. He said that, ]
although "Mr. Hurley was very reluc-!
tant to let any of his stuff go,” he had
grevailed upon the Secretary to loan
lm cots and blankets.
No Funds Available.
The most serious problem confronting'
the police chief is food for the "thou
sands.” No District funds are avail
able and the resources of the Commu
nity Cheat are so depleted as to prevent
it from assisting, according to Gen.
Glassford.
”1 am going to survey the situation
carefully today and see just what can
be done toward feeding these men. I
intend to write to the department
commanders of the American Legion.
Veterans of Foreign Wars and all other
veterans’ organizations in the District
and ask for a definite statement as to
their attitude toward financial support
or tnese veterans.
•'If nothing can be done. I shall have
to warn them when they come here
that we cannot feed them."
At 3 o’clock this alternoon, Gen.
Glassford was to confer with a repre
sentative of the veterans’ administra
tion and officers of patriotic and vet
erans’ organizations in his office at
police headquarters over plans for car
ing for the bonus army when it reaches
here.
Asks for Number.
The new intelligence unit of the
Police Department, recently instituted
by the police chief, will be asked to
‘get in touch with reliable sources of
Information to determine exaetly how
many veterans are expected to come
here." Glassford said.
With an authoritative estimate of the
size of the "bonus army." Gen. Glass
ford would be able to plan more defi
nitely how to care for them. He said
he had heard the first contingent would
arrive May 31. with additional dele
gations scheduled to filter into the city
for about a week. June 8 has been
set as the date for a huge demon
stration.
When Father Oox’s “jobless army"
of 2,500 came here last Winter to plead
for unemployment relief funds the
marchers were housed in the barracks
of the 6th Marine Brigade on John
Marshall place, in the missions and in
a vacant school building. They were
fed from Army kitchens set up on
Maryland avenue between the Capitol
and Sixth street.
Marchers Discouraged.
With Oen. Glassford when he called
on Secretary Hurley was Daniel Wil
lard, jr.. son of the president of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, which re
fused to allow a band of veterans at
Bast St Louis, 111., to “hop rides" to
Washington on its freight trains.
Virtually all veterans' organizations
have discouraged marches on the Capi
tal. but their warnings have fallen on
deaf ears. That several thousand are
now en route here is indicated in re
ports from throughout the country.
Prom California a group of 400 left last
week to come here; a similar sized con
tingent left Alabama at about the same
time; 400 men are now said to be in
Illinois; 500 more are due to leave Phila
delphia May 31, and hundreds of others
are understood to be straggling in from
remote sections of the country.
Repetition here of law violation, such
as that in East St Louis, when the vet
erans refused to allow a freight train to
proceed unless they were carried along,
will be dealt with severely. Gen. Glass
ford warned. He said he would arrange
to have the men notified before they ar
rive in the city that "they must not vio
late any of our laws.”
Must Be Orderly.
"If they agree to ccme in orderly, and
remain orderly throughout their visit,
then we shall treat them all right," the
police superintendent said.
In a statement by the Executive Com
mittee of the War Veterans of America
last night it was announced that prepa
rations are being made by that organi
sation to assist the veterans when they
arrive. In the last few months, accord
ing to the statement. 5.200 jobless vet
erans have been cared for at the home.
The statement expressed the hope Con
gress will act to relieve the unemployed
veteran.
PLAN TO CUT INTEREST.
House Wants to Fix Rate at 4 Per Cent
on All Bonus Loans.
Representative Bacharach, Republican,
of New Jersey, has been directed by the
House Ways and Means Committee to
draft a bill fixing the interest charge
on veterans’ adjusted compemation
loans at 4 per cent.
The bill will be designed to lower the
present Government interest rate per
cent ar.d prevent charges on loans to
veterans which now run as high as 6 '
per cent. I
Under present law. when banks mak- *
lng bonus loans transfer them to the |
veterans’ administration the interest j
charged by the banks Is continued in
force, although in many cases it is
higher than the present veterans’ ad
ministration loan rate of 4'2 per cent.
HIT TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM.
Veterans, in Indiana, Figure How to
Continue Trig,
WASHINGTON. Ind.. May 2S <4»>.— I
Three hundred and fifty World War <
veterans of the "bonus expedition"
stirred uneasily from their improvised
bunks along the tracks of the Baltimore !
& Ohio Railroad here today and won
dered how they are to continue their
march to the National Capital.
The Illinois trucks that brought them
here at 3 o’clock this morning returned
immediately after their passengers had
been unloaded and the Illinois obliga
tion to bring them this far in Indiana
had been fulfilled.
The veterans had one dominant idea
In mind this morning, and that was a
determination to get to Washington,
D. C.. to press their demands for cash
payment of the bonus. Just how they
will proceed from here, neither the vet
erans nor city nor county officials have
been able to figure out.
Walter W. Waters, who Is in com
mand of the march, said early today
that after the men had rested from
their tedious journey here from East
St. Louis, 111. he would assemble the
men for a conference and afterward'
stage a parade through the city.
The trip into Indiana lasf night was
quiet and uneventful and the veterans
were orderly. What might have been
a delicate situation was avoided in Vin
cennes, Ind., last night when it ap
peared the mmols truck* would unload
Arlington Scouts Hold Encampment
CLARENDON PATROL AWARDED FIRST HONORS IN LYON VILLAGE COMPETITION.
THE "stag patrol" of Clarendon Troop, No. 104. which wen first prize In the camping competition that -featured the
annual encampment of the Arlington County Boy Scouts in the woods near Lyon Village. Members of the patrol
are (left to right): Russell Ross, leader: Delmer Ports, assistant leader; Joseph Carr, Wesley Herrell, Lunquest
Robertson, Daniel Shawhan, Edgar Shawen and Earl Trone.
DECISION DELAYED
Attorneys for Three D. C.
Youths Protest Use of Con
fessions at Rockville.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, May 25 —On an
indictment charging them with assault
with intent to rob. three young Wash
ingtonian*—Charles Crist. 19. of 234
F street northwest: James Melvin
Brown, 19. of 463 G street northwest,
and Stanley Upton Selby, 20, of 1334
E street southeast—were tried before
Judge Robert B. Peter in the Circuit
Court here yesterday.
Derision was deferred to enable the
attorneys for the defendants to file a
brief setting forth their reasons why
alleged confessions of the trio, upon
which the prosecution largely based its
case, should not have been admitted a*
evidence.
The specific eharge against the youth*
was that the night of February 17 on
the Conduit road they, at the point of
a revolver, attempted to rob a man and
woman, unknown to the authorities,
who were occupying an automobile
parked alongside the road It was in
dicated by the alleged confessions, how
ever. that the boys got the worst of the
undertaking when the woman opened
fire, wounding both Brown and Crist.
Failure of the man and woman to
disclose their identity and make their
testimony available proved a big handi
cap to the prosecution and made ad
mission of the confessions absolutely
necessary to conviction. Use of the
statements was fuught on the ground
that the corpus delicti had not been
Judge Peter expressed the hope that,
should his decision be adverse to the
defendants, the case be taken to the
Court of Appeals, but was advised that
the youths were not financially able to
have the higher court pass upon the
important point raised.
The defendants were represented by
Attorneys J. Wilson Ryon of Washing*
ton and Robert Peter, jr., and Walter
W. Dawson of Rockville. State's At
torney Stedman Prescott conducted the
prosecution.
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BURNS PROVE FATAL
TO CULPEPER DEPUTY
Wai Reading When Cigarette He
Was Smoking Sets Fire to
Bed Clothes.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CULPEPER, Va., May 25—Fatally
burned when a cigarette which he was
smoking while reading in bed set fire
to the bed clothes. Perry Hatcher, depu
ty sheriff of Culpeper County, died yes
terday morning in the Charlottesville
hospital where he was rushed from his
home near Elkwood.
Many years ago Mr. Hatcher lost his
left leg in a railway accident, but soon
afterward was appointed deputy sheriff
of the county, a position which he has
held ever since. He was about 50 years
of age and unmarried. One brother,
William Hatcher of Elkwood, is his only
near surviving relative.
This is the second death in the
Hatcher household within two weeks, an
uncle of the two brothers. Waddy Lips
comb. who made his home with them,
dying just about two weeks ago. The
funeral'will be held In Culpeper today,
with burial In Fairview Cemetery.
PLAN ANNUAL DINNER
Social Service League Will Hold
Event at Manor Club June 7.
By a Start Correspondent of The Star.
NORBECK. Md.. May 25—The an
nual dinner and meeting of members
of the Social Service League has been
set for June 7, at the Manor Club near
here, it was announced today by Miss
Willie Greene Day. executive secretary.
The dinner is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Dr. Frank Bane, of the Associated
Public Welfare Officials of America,
will speak.
the men at the Wabash River Bridge
on the Illinois side and leave it to
Vincennes to convey the men on to
Washington.
Chief of Police Thomas Martin met
Illino% State police at the bridge in
advance of the trucks and attempted to
persuade them to continue the trans
portation to Washington, but this they
declined to do on the grounds the
trucks and automobiles were privately
owned and the police were only escort
ing them.
When the trucks arrived, Lieut. John
Hamilton of the Indiana 8tate police
hurriedly began an escort of his own
and he ltd the entire line through Vin
cennes and on to Washington without
bringing them to a stop.
The veterans hoped to obtain trans
portation bv freight on the rest of then1
journey. Shcps of the B. & O. Rail
road are located here.
GOVERNOR LENDS AID.
Plans Railroad Trip for Veterans Aeross
Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 25 UP).—Gov.
Harry O. Leslie hoped today to give
the bonus expedition a railroad ride
across Indiana.
The Governor instructed his secre
tary, L. O. Ctiacey, to ascertain from
Baltimore & Ohio officials the cost of
transporting the veterans from Wash
ington, where they are now encamped,
to Cincinnati. Ohio.
If the cost is not too great, the Gov
ernor said, he will pay for transporta
tion of the veterans out of his emer
gency fund.
A proposal that Statp Highway Com
mission trucks be used to convey the
expedition across the State was ad
vanced. but it was found th* commia
sion'i truck* were all in us*.
Shotgun' Slugs Hit
W oman as Husband
Hunts for Weasel
Special Dispatch to The Star
FREDERICKSBURG. Va.. May
25.—Accidentally *lv,t by her
Ini'band while investigating the
lo-s of chickens at their Bawling
Green home a few nights ago.
Mrs. Morris Taylor was in Noble
Hospital today suffering from
serious gunshot wound*.
Chickens have been missing
nightly from the Taylor hen
house and husband and wife
were on the alert to discover the
cause. Hearing a noise the other
li ght, the couple went to In
vestigate.
Tavlor carried a shotgun and
became separated from his wife
Attracted by a rustling in the
ushes. which he said he believed
was caused by a weasel, he
opened fire, only to find, a
moment later, that he had shot
his wife.
THIEVES ACM
Rob Representative’s Wife at
Point of Gun and Steal
Justice’s Headlights.
By a Staff Correspondent of T.e Star.
HYATTSVILLE. Md . May 25.—A
Representative's wife, a mayor and a
justice of peace wore victimized by rob
bers in Prince George* County last
night.
Mrs. Thomas R Amlie. wife of the
Representative from Wisconsin, was
forced to hand a pocketbook contain
ing about $4 to two colored men who
broke a window In her Cheverly home
and pointed a revolver at her. Con
stable Andrew P. Gasch. who investi
gated. arrested two men. but had not
preferred charges against them this
morning.
The headlight lenses in the auto
mobile of Robert E. Joyce, Mount
Rainier justice of peace, were also stolen
last night, while nearly all the pansies
in the front yard of Mayor John H.
Beall of that town were also stolen.
Town police are holding four men as
suspects.
GOLD STAR MOTHERS
ARRIVE IN FRANCE
Group of 78 Met at Cherbourg
by Army Officers and
Nurses.
By the Associated Press
PARIS, May 25. — Seventy-eight
American gold star mo: hers, th? fir.-t
group to make a pilgrimage of the bat
tlefields in 1932. arrived in France yes
terday aboard the Leviathan after a
pleasant crossing. All were in good
health
They were met at Cherbourg by
United States Army officers and a corps
of trained nurses, and were brought to
Paria In a special train.
Between now and August 25 from 700
to 800 gold star mothers will visit
France. Each group will remain 15
days
The pilgrims who arrived today will
rest until Thursday, when they will
place a wreath on tne Tomb of the Un
known Soldier.
Friday they will start their tour of
the American Cemeteries, traveling in
auto burses. When they return to Paris
they will see Notre Dame, the Louvre,
the famous chateau at Fontainebleau,
and Versailles.
Each pilgTim will receive a wreath
and an American flag to place on the
grave of her soldier.
"■ — •
RABBI WISE INVITES
PRESIDENT TO PARLEY
Calls at White House and Renews
Request for Hoover
Address.
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York
called at the White House today and
renewed an invitation extended to the
President some time ago to address the
annual convention of American Jewish
Congress, which will meet in this city
June 23-27. at which the principal dis
cussion will be the reported discrimina
tion against Jews in educational and
economic fields.
Rabbi Wise was accompanied on hi*
call at the White House by 10 young
men graduates of the Jewish Institute
of Religion of New York. These grad
uates he will present this afternoon to
..usti'-ej Eran-eis and Cardoza of the
United States Supreme Court.
King: Viiits Warsaw.
WARSAW. Poland. May 25 </P).—King
Feisal of Hedjaz. who worked with the
famous Col. Lawrence of Arabia during
, the World War. arrived last night for
a atate visit. He will be received by
Polish notables and depart for Moscow
on Saturday. He had left Berlin earlier
in the day.
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AGAINST COBLENTZ
Defense Attorneys Seek to
Strike Out Testimony on
Bank Deposits.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md., May 25 —A mo
tion to strike out testimony of the first
two witnesses In the case of State Sen
ator Emory L. Coblentz. president of
the Central Trust Co., Frederick,
charged with accepting a deposit Sep
tember 2 when he knew the bank, which
closed its doors the same day, was in
solvent. was being argued today before
the full bench sitting in the case
Upon the decision of Chief Judge D.
Lindiey Sloan and Associate Judges Al
bert A. Doub and Flank G. Wagaman
the case will either fall or go on. Lsauc
H. Taylor, president of Isaac H. Taylor,
Inc.. Eliicott City, the first witness, tes
tified to having deposited *316 50 with
the Washington Trust Co., a Central
Tiust Co. subsidiary, on tlie afternoon
of the day of the closing, having sent
it by his bookkeeper. Miss Hilda Shipley,
who on the stand admitted taking the
deposit to the bank, but did not give
it to Mr. Coblentz or see him. The de
fense made exception to all this and
moved to strike out the testimony. The
court is to decide whether the accept
ance was personal or official on the
part of Cobjentz.
rieiiaeni Mine mu.
The defense attorneys, upon ques
tioning bv States Attorney James
Clark of Howard County, admitted
Senator Cjbientz had been president
of Central Trust Co. since 1913.
The witnesses, about 50, all from
Frederick and including directors anc
officials of the Central Trust Co., were
sworn m a group. The opening state*
merit was made by State's Attorney
Clark, who told of the increase of
capital in the Central Trust Co. from
$400 000 in 1929 to *600,000 a short
time later. He claimed the stock was
syndicated in September, 1929 and
agreement was made with Harr ole ton
& Co. of Baltimore, whereby that firm
was to take 4,000 shares at *30 a share.
Then two subsidiary securities com
panies were formed in succession—the
Central Trust Securities and Blue
Ridge Trust Securities Later the
B'ue Ridge concern bought back the
4.000 shares, paying *180.000.
Mr. Clark said that during 1931 the
bills payable by the Central Trust Co.
increased gradually and the bank had
a hard time meeting obligations. In
July. 1931, Ccblentz and officers went
to Baltimore bankers to ask extension
of credit and were turned down. The
State contended the assets of the
Central Trust Co., increased from *2.
500.000 to $5,000,000, were not worth
their book value.
Personal Contact Denied.
The motion to strike out the testi
mony is based on the ground "Coblentz
had no personal knowledge of deposi.s
made at a branch bank, that he was
not present and did not manually ac
cept the deposit.” The State admitted
Coblentz was not present when the de
posit was made.
George M. Brady, Baltimore, made
the opening statement for the defense.
He declared Senator Coblentz thought
the bank was solvent and the closing
came so quickly he had no opportunity
to advise any one of conditions. He
told of strenuous efforts to raise money.
The fact that a meeting of bank offi
cials was held in Baltimore caused a
run on the branch banks.
Brady referred to an indictment in
the D^trict of Columbia against
Coblentz es a party with C. Bryan Pitts
in a conspiracy to defeat justice, grow
ing cut cf the Smith failure. He said
Coblentz does not yet know that he
was indicted in the District court, ex
cept from what he read in newspapers.
He has not received a summons by a
marshal nor had any official communi
cation to indicate he was indicted,
although he has offered to go to the
District and face trial, Brady said.
GUILTY IN FRAUD CASE
Judge Carpenter Sentences Man to
Six Months in Jail.
CHICAGO. May 25 (/Pi.—Leo Brody,
32, pleaded guilty to using the malls to
defraud C. A. Hooper, Madison, Wis., of
$10,000 and was sentenced to six months
in Jail by Federal Judge George A. Car
penter yesterday. He was allowed a
month's credit on five weeks already
served.
Brody, who said he has a wife and
children in New York, pleaded In exten
uation his need to support them and
that he was hired by Richard Guest,
now sought in New York, to come here
and work the stock scheme.
CAROLINA
EXCURSION
$ P9*
Round trip 1^^ in coaches.
U
Saturday, May 28th.
Charleston, S. C.
Sumter, S. C.
Wilmington, N. C.
and intermediate points
Pullman at almost half pr:ce
Lv. Washington 7:45 P M., 10:35 P.M.
Returning. Ar. Washington 0:R5 A.M..
Tue dav, May 31st
Buy an*1 Moke P*$rro^t:r^$ Ktrly
SEPARATE COACHES FOB
COLORED PATRONS
F. E. Mesi. D.P.A. Geo P. James. G.P.A.
141M H St N.W. Phene NA. ?m
i Atlantic Coast Line
RAINEY ASSAILS
ANTI-PARTY PLEA
Writes to Butler Declaring
Letter to Leaders Is Doing
Harm to Country.
By the Associated Press.
Representative Rainey of Illinois,
House Democratic leader, today wrote
Nicholas Murray Butler that the letter
he and the other prominent men sent
to leaders in Congress urging them to
lay aside partisanship to balance the
budget "is doing a great deal of harm.”
Alfred E. Smith was among those
who signed the letter, which was ad
dressed originally to Representative
Crisp of Oeorgia as the Democratic
leader in the House instead of to
Rainey. Senators Watson and Robin
son, Republican and Democratic lead
ers in the Benete, previously have pro
tested against the communication say
ing partisan'll p already has been dis
regarded on the fiscal legislation.
Rainey Informed Butler in part:
"I have never heard of a»y partisan
ship in considering the budget balanc
ing bill. As a matter of fact. I have
received letters from all over the coun
try addressed to me as leader of the
House of Representatives protesting
most vigorously against the policy of
acting with the administration and the
Republican party in the matter of bal
ancing the budget, but notwltlistanding
j these protest we have continued the
I policy of keeping partisanship entirely ;
out of it.
"Your communication has been given
wide publicity, end in view of the un
test in the country today it is doing a
great deal of hatm. in my judgment I
! am beginning to hear from it. It has
simply served to fan the fires of dis
content which are starting in almost!
every section of the country."
RAIL CREDIT FUND
$30,000,000 SHORT
---
Money Needed to Meet Financial
Requirement* in 1932,
:
Buckland Says.
Py the Associated Prom.
E G Buckland, president of the
Railroad Credit Corporation, told the*
interstate Commerce Commission today
i that hts organization may be S30.000.00C
! rh rt of enough money to meet the
I financial needs of railroads this year.
Buckland. who has charge of collect
ing receipt* from freight rate increases
authorized by the commission and loan
ing the money to raihoads to rr.e"t *heir
infenst charges, testifld before a group
of commission examiners,
i They were investigating the situation
in a number of States whose regulatory
bodies have refused either to authorize
i increased rates within the States or
, omitted certain items from the
increas s
j The States include Arkansas. Idaho,
Kentucky. Louisiana Minnesota, Mon
tana N broska. Oklahoma, Texas, Utah,
Arizona and Wisconsin.
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H. R. H0WENSTEIN BUYS
EMBASSY APARTMENTS
1
Five-Story Structure on Harvard
Street Brings Spirited Bidding
At Auction.
The Embassy Apartments, five-story
• structure at 1613 Harvard strtet. was
1 purchased yesterday at auction by H
l R. Howenstein. representing the Em
i bassv Apartment Co., with a winning
i bid of 187.500. The total consideration
i amounts to $537,500 since the bid was
! subject to an existing first trust of
! $450,000.
I The sale, conducted by Vernon G
I Owen of the firm of Thomas J. Owen
& Son. attracted a crowd and produced
! competitive bidding, which started at
$451,000.
The property has a current assessed
valuation of $79,417 for the land and
$500,000 for the building, making a
total of $579 417. The land has •
frontage approximately of 249 feet on
Harvard street and of 106 on Mount |
Pleasant street The building was
erected in 1924 by Mr. Howenstein.
SENTENCED AS FAKER
Man Gets 7 Years for Filing False
Injury Claims.
! ST. LOUIS. May 25 (/P).—Willie Beal.
, colored, who admitted that he had
; made his living for seven years by
| deliberately bumping into automobiles,
falling in street cars and stumbling in
theaters in order to collect fake in
jury claims, was sentenced yesterday
to serve seven years in the peni
tentiary for obtaining money under
false pretenses.
He had filed more than 300 fake
accident claims, under different names,
during the past seven years and told
officers he had collected $500 from thf ]
strert car company here alcne. Beal said
he learned from a doctor how to simu
late a patient suffering from internal
injuries, which assured his success as
an "accident racketeer."
WASHINGTON MAN HURT
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
LEEWAY. Va., May 25—Guy Sam
ples of the 3300 block Prospect avenue,
Washington, suffered concusaion of the
brain and severe laceratlona to the
face early this morning when his auto
mobile was In a collision near here
with a truck, said to have been oper
ated by Charles A Heitmuller of Clar
endon. Samples was taken to Emer
gency Hospital. Washington, by a
passing motorist. Although at first :
thought to be seriously hurt, he was
said to be out of danger today.
BYRD ROAD PLAN
Mrs. Magruder of Arlington
Board Opposes Mrs. Can*
non at Ashton Heights.
By a staff Correspondent of The Star.
ASHTON HEIGHTS, V*.. May 25 —
Mr*. Elizabeth B. Magruder, member of
the County Board, and Mra. Florence
E. Cannon, Arlington civic worker, met
In debate last night before the Aahton
Heights Woman's Club on the Byrd
road plan, Mrs. Magruder favoring the
withdrawal of the county and Mrs
Cannon advocating Its remaining In the
new secondary highway system, as pro
vided by the plan.
Mrs. Cannon declared that the rea
sons advanced for withdrawal are theo
retical In every respect and do not
definitely establish the fact that Arling
ton County would not benefit.
Favors Centralization.
In answer to the claims that the lo
cal board and county manager would
be deprived ol much of their authority,
and that there is no guarantee that the
county will receive a sufficient amount
of money from the State to properly
maintain her roads. Mrs. Cannon de
clared that any system that will cen
tralize purchasing power should be
looked upon with favor by both officials
and eillz ns and that the local officials
should be glad to be relieved of a re
sponsibiliiy "when they alieady have
more than they can do."
Mrs. Magruder declared that the plan
will probably be of advantage to the
rural counties, but expressed the opin
ion that Arlington County cannot bene
fit. because of her urban problems. She
objected to the centralization of power
in the State Highway Commission, espe
cially In view of the fact that the
county now has a county manager
whose authority should not be curtailed
by relinquishing his powers to the State
engineer.
Kesenl "Parked" Charge.
A charge by C. A Safltl that last
night's meeting of the Ballstcn Citizens’
Association was "packed" with out
siders drtw the ire of Thomas J. Crack
and Mrs. Mae E Jacobs, members, who
rushed through a motion requiring all
members to stand so that h? might see
them SafTel had appeared as an advo
cate of the Byrd plan without an in
vitation. it was claimed, and when the
motion passed and the member* stood
he apologized fer appearing as an "un
invited gu st" and for charging that
the meeting was "packed "
Baffel was permitted to speak after
Chairman Harry A Fellows and Fred
A Gosnell of the County Board had
appeared in opposition to the county’*
remaining in the system.
POLICE SEEK FATHER
AS BABY DISAPPEARS
Mother Reports 10-Month-Old In
fant Was Taken From
Back Yard.
Police today were asked to search
for 19-month-old Jimmy James re
ported by his mother to have disap
peared from her home at 2133 P street
this morning
Mrs. Russell James, the mother, re
ported to police shortly before noon
today that the child was missing from
her back yard where he had been play
ing a short time before he disappeared.
Neighbors told her. Mrs James said,
that a man came into the back yard
and left with the child. No description
of the man was given.
Mrs. James told Juvenile Court offi
cials she has not been living with her
husband, a taxi driver, for some time
and he has made frequent threats to
take the child Police are seeking the
husband for questioning.
Headquarters Detective H. M. Jett
was assigned to the case.
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LUCE DISCOUNT BILL
ADVANCED IN HOUSE
Laat Administration Emergency
Measure Moves
Forward.
By the Associated Prees.
The last of the administration's
emergency proposals—the Luce home
loan discount bank bill—was advanced
a step today by approval of the House
Banking Committee.
The measure provides for a Federal
home loan bank system with a total
capital of $125,000,000, It was re
drafted by a subcommittee headed by
Represcntathe Reilly, Democrat, of
Wisconsin.
The measure provides that not more
than 12 banks shall be created, each
with a capitalization of not less than
$5,000,000. The purpose of the legis
lation is to aid home builders to meet
obligations through the banks.
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Reserve Officers to Meet.
HYATTSVILLE. Md.. May 25 (Spe
cial).—A meeting of Reserve Armv Offi
cers living in Prince Oeorges County
will be held tomorrow night at 8 o'clock
in the National Guard Armory here
to organize a county chapter of the
Reserve Officers' Association of the
United States, Department of Mary
land.
Telephone National
5000
For Immediate delivery of The
Star to your home every evening
and Sunday morning The
Route Agent will collect at the
end of each month, at the rate
of l1^ cents per day and 9 cents
Sunday.
The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple
and practical—it is not necessary
to have had an account at
this Bank to borrow.
For each $120 bor
rowed you agree to
deposit $10 a month
in an account the pro
ceed* of which may be
used to cancel the note
when due. Deposits
maybemadcone
weekly, semi-monthly
or monthly basis as
you prefer.
Monthly
/Mnt Deoosit
of for 12
Note Months
$120 $10
$180 $15
$240 $20
$300 $25
$360 $30 !
$540 $45
$1,200 $100
$6,000 $500
Loans are pasted on
within a day or two
after riling application
-with tew exceptions
MORRIS PLAN notes
arc usually made for
1 year, thoush they
may be for any period
of from 3 to 1fi months.
Norris Plan Bank
Under Supervision U. $. Trjtesury
1408 H Street Northwest
BBS|_ Cepit>] & Surplus, S2S0,000 "jgjgg
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I. C. C. Can't Enforce
Ten Commandments,
Railroad Declares
By the AMOCleted Preti.
The opinion that the Interstate
Commerce Commission has no
authority to "enforce the Ten
Commandments or any one of
them’’ was advanced today by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
This contention was set forth In
answering a petition filed with
the commission by Noah W.
Cooper, Nashville, Tenn., attor
ney, who asked that railroads
cease operating on Sunday.
There Is no authority In the
Interstate commerce act under
which this could be done, the
railroad replied, adding.
“If the act were Interpreted as
conferring such authority It would
be beyond the constitutional
powers of Congress and therefore
Invalid."
LAST ROCKVILLE
FAIR IS PLANNED
.
August 17 to 20 Announced as
Dates for Final Event on
Old Grounds.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. May 25— Not
withstanding that sale of the Rockville
fair grounds property to the County
Board of Education for public school
purposes is pending and is expected to
be consummate'1 at an earlv date, the
Montgomery County Agricultural
Rocietv has definitely decided to stage
its usual fair there this vear, the presi
dent. Clarence L. Gilpin, announced
today.
August 17, 18. 19 and 20 have been
selected as the dates and, as It is ex
pected to mark the end of the time
honored institution, the plans, already
well under way, according to President
Gilpin, will call for probably the most
elaborate of the many exhibitions of
the kind held on the historic grounds
The preparations. President Gilpin '
stated, are going forward more with
the idea of staging a monster carnival
than an agricultural fair, as hereto
fore, and it is planned to provide
especially attractive programs, to be
featured by elaborate displays of fire
works. for the last three nights
APPEAL TO I E
TO END V NG
Riverdale Women’s Club
Seeks Conviction of Blad
ensburg Road Operators.
By a 8tafT Correspondent of The 8tar.
UPPER MARLBORO. Md May 25 —
A rising tide of public indignation at
the continued operation of the notorious
gambling establishment on Bladensburg
road was manifest in Prince Georges
County yesterday.
A vigorous protest against the “ab
solute disregard for law" evidenced by
those who conduct the establishment
was recorded by the Women s Club of
Riverdale yesterday In a resolution
unanimously adopted by the 80 mem
bers of that organization.
Call I'pon Governor.
The club women called upon Gov.
Ritchie. State's Attorney A'an Bowie,
the county commissioner?, the police
force and the sheriff's office to "do all
within their power" to secure the con
viction of those operating the estab
lishment and have it permanently
closed.
Those officials will be asked to ad
vise the club of what. If any. steps they
take, and the women expect to follow
up their resolution with a personal ap
pearance before the county commis
sioners at their next meeting’ June 7
Resident Files Protest.
A resident of Colmar Manor yester
day filed a written protest with the
commissioners expressing the "disap
pointment" of "the majority of the
citizens of the county" at the failure
of the enforcement officers to close the
establishment. The letter was referred
to the chief of police.
The operation of the gambling estab
lishment was expected to be given con
sideration at the annual meeting of the
county's Federation of Women's Clubs
at Oxon Hill today.
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Twenty Clergymen in Conference.
Twenty Episcopal clergymen are at
tending a conference on Preaching the
Psalms" at the Washington Cathedral
College of Preachers here this week.
The discussions are directed by Dr.
James A Montgomery of the Philadel
phia Divinity School.
Jbcning plat
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In the Northwest
11th and Park rd.—Arm
strong's Pharmacy.
14th and P sts.—Day's
Pharmacy.
1135 14th it.—M arty's
Cigar ti Magazine Store,
17th and Que sts.—Ken
ner’s Pharmacy.
15th and D sts.—G. O.
Brock.
2912 14th st.—Colliflower
Art & Gift Co.
3401 14th st.—Bronaugh's
Pharmacy.
ana uucnanan sis.—
Hohberger’s Pharmacy.
14th st. and Colorado ave.
—O’Donnell's Pharmacy.
3209 Mount Pleasant st.—
Mount Pleasant Cigar
and News Shop.
1823 Columbia rd.—The
Billy Shop.
2162 California st. — Co
lodny Brothers.
Wardman Park Pharmacy.
215 N. Y. ave.—Sanitary
Pharmacy.
1st and K sts.—Duncan'a
Pharmacy.
7th and R sts.—Golden
berg’s (time clerk’s
desk).
7th and O sts.—Lincoln
Drug Store.
In the Southwest
10th st. and Va. are.—
Herbert’s Pharmacy.
S16 4Vj st.—Harris’ Druf
Store.
iVt and L sts.—Columbia
Pharmacy.
In the Northeast
1505 Kenilworth ave.—Ken
ilworth’s New Drag Store.
208 Mass. ave.—Capitol
Towers Pharmacy.
4th and H sts.—H o m e
Druff Store.
4th and E. Cap. sts.—Paul's
Drug: Store.
12th and Md. ave.—Luek
ett’s Pharmacy.
7th and Md. ave^—Louis
P. Bradley.
7th st. and R. 1. ave.—J.
French Simpson.
11th and M sts.—L. H.
Forster's Pharmacy.
9th and V sts.—M. H.
Hunton’s Pharmacy.
Ga. ave. and Upshur st.—
Petworth Pharmacy.
221 Upshur st.—Monck’s
Pharmacy.
5916 Ga. ave.—Brightwood
Pharmacy.
Ga. ave. and Kennedy st.
— Lampkin’s Pharmacy.
2901 Sherman Ave.—Sher
man Ave. Pharmacy.
6224 3rd st. — Stewart’s
Pharmacy.
1905 Mass. ave.—Dupont
Pharmacy.
18th and Fla. ave.—Bern
stein's Drujr Store.
Fla. ave. and 1st st.—N.
Reiskin.
North Capitol st. and R. I.
ave. — Parker’s P h a r
macy.
1742 Pa. ave.—J. Louis
Krick.
21st and G sts.—Quirlev’s
Pharmacy.
25th st. and Pa. ave.—
Columbia Drug Store.
3315 Conn. ave.—J oil's
Newsstand.
5017 Conn. ave.—Higger’s
Community Drug Store.
Wisconsin ave. and Macomb
st.—Harry C. Taft.
4231 Wisconsin ave.—Mor
gan Bros.’ Pharmacy.
Takoma Park, 359 Cedar st.
—Mattingly Bros.’ Phar
macy.
In Georfietotcn
30th and P sts.—Morgan
Bros.’ Pharmacy.
3411 M st.—Moskey’s Phar
macy.
1834 Wisconsin ave.—
Haney’s.
35th and O sts.—Sugar’s
Drug Store.
In the Southeast
3rd and Pa. ave.—O’Don
nell’s Drug Store.
North Capitol
and E y e—
K e nealy’a
Pharmacy.
20th and R. I.
a v •.—Collins’
Pharmacy,
Woodridge.
3500 12th st—
Brookla n d
Pharmacy,
Brookland.
tth and R. I. ave.
—J o h n G.
Biggs' Phar
macy.
Chesapeake
Junction — Dr.
r.jb. wigni, jr. Thtrtt On. Ntmr Yum
r
sin ana tve sis.
—F. P. Weller's
Pharmacy.
11th and Pa.
a ▼ e.—Fealy’s
Pharmacy.
1907 Nichols
ave., Anacostia
—Healy’s Drug
Store.
13th and East
Capitol sts.—
Lincoln Park
Pharmacy.
2204 Minnesota
a v e . —Sloan’s
Drug Store;
F. S. Boisfeuil
let, prop.