Evening star. [volume], May 12, 1935, Page A-13, Image 13

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CAPITOL ms
FIGHT OVER BALL
Congressmen and Writers
Split on Use of Hard
or Soft Type.
Hard ball versus soft ball is the
Issue which Is stirring to the depths
the seventy-fourth Congress and the
National Press Galleries.
One party demands the use of the
regulation hard base ball for the game
which Is to be played on the Marines’
base ball field at Quantlco, Va.. Sat
urday, May 25. The other party in
sists upon ths “soft ball”—an Indoor
base ball—as more suited to the hands
and muscles of both members of
Congress and the press galleries.
Hard Ball Is Shunned.
Whether the “softies” are located In
the congressional group or the press
gallaries is disputed also. Neither side
looks with favor on the designation.
But both sides regard with some re
luctance the hard base ball.
The base ball game will be one of
the main events of the outing which
the newspaper men and members of
Congress are to stage at Quantlco.
Members of the National Press Club,
of the press galleries at the Capitol,
and of the staffs of the local news
papers and their guests will board the
steamer City of Wilmlrgton ’at 1
p.m., May 25 for the trip down the
river. On arrival the newspaper men
and the members of Congress, led by
the Vice President and Speaker Byrns,
will march behind the Navy Band
to the Marine base ball field. The
congressional team will be captained
by Representative Tom McMillan of
South Carolina, and Louis E. White
will lead the scribes to battle.
Nice Will Take Part.
Gov. Nice of Maryland has ac
cepted an Invitation to take part in
the outing, and it is said the Gov
ernors of three other States will also
be on hand.
A review of the Fleet Marine Force,
1,200 men strong, and an eir show
and formation flying by the Marine
aviators will follow the base ball game.
Three boxing bouts will be staged
by the Marines for the visitors. After
dinner the whole party will board
the steamer for Washington. Tickets
for the outing may be obtained at
the National Press Club.
M. 0. F. W SELECTS
MAJ. BETTELHEIM
Washingtonian Elected Treas
urer General at Convention
in Atlantic City.
Bpecial Dispatch to The Star.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. May 11.—
Maj. Edwin S. Bettelhelm, jr., of
District of Columbia was elected
treasurer general of the Military
Order of Foreign Wars at the triennial
convention held here today. Other
national officers elected include Col.
Pelham S. Bissell of New York, com
mander general; Col. Phillip Schuyler
of Boston, senior vice commander gen
eral; Mai. John W. Morgan of New
York, Junior vice commander gen
eral; Maj. Edwin B. Townes of New
York, secretary general; Maj. P. H.
Henly of Quebec, deputy treasurer
general; Col. William Innes Forbes
of Philadelphia, registrar general; Col.
Alonzo R. Williams of Providence,
Judge advocate general.
The Washington delegation in
cluded Maj. Russell P. Freeman, Maj.
Paul J. McGahan, Comdr. George
B. Trible, Lieut. Frank M. Eliot, Lieut.
Francis X. Callahan and Maj. Bettei
heim. The District of Columbia was
the runner-up for the next national
convention and was sure of getting
it on the following year.
CHICAGOAN SEEKING
ROSS CLAIM FUNDS
Asks Financial Aid in Proving
He Is Victim of Unsolved
Kidnaping in 1874.
' By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 11.—If Gustav
Blair can get some money together—
and he’ll consider all offers—he says
he is going to Philadelphia and prove
he is the missing Charlie Ross, the
child whose kidnaping July 1, 1874,
has never been solved.
Interviewed while painting his
house in suburban Riverdale, Blair
said he has 12 affidavits to prove and
countless witnesses to testify that he
is Charlie Ross.
His story is that he was brought to
Compton, 111., 80 miles west of Chi
cago. by the last surviving member
of the kidnap gang and reared as a
member of the family of Rienar Mil
ler, deceased. Hfe assumed the name
Gustav Blair, he said.
“In 1908 Miller told me, in order
to keep me from testifying In a law
suit in which he was involved,” Blair
said, “that a man named John Hawk
brought me to him from Philadel
phia. He said he killed Hawk when
Hawk tried to dispose of me. Miller
signed an affidavit that I am Charlie
Ross."
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4-Piece Bedroom Suite
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4-Piece Modern Suite
One of the best of the newest modern types. Panels of
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Ten-piece
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Attractive, comfortable,
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Piecet may be bought
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Maple Living Room Suite
Three pieces, in that soft, mellow
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Maple Bedroom Suite
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Folding Baby Carriage
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Knee Hole Desk
Every home has need for this type
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Winthrop Secretary
The Gov. Winthrop model—with
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Table Lamp
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Refrigerators
Three door refrigerators with 90-lb.
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Inner Spring Mattress
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Dinette Suite
Solid Vermont sugar maple in a
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Breakfast Room Suite
5-pieces, consisting of large drop
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Drop Leaf Table
Duncan Phyfe design—mahogany
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