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Mount Pleasant Group Also
Hits Measure Easing
Vaccination Rule.
Vigorous opposition to the racing
bill and the Lerr.xe bill, which makes
vaccination an unnecessary prerequi
*lte to entrance in the District schools,
wee registered last night by the
Mount Pleasant Citizens' Association
at Mount Pleasant Branch Library.
Condemning race-track gambling as
"a damnable institution," Charles P.
Conaaul. a former president of the
association, introduced a resolution
reiterating the association's opposition
to the racing bill as adopted last
March.
“Other forms of gaming, including
the operation of gambling houses, are
illegal here, and I object to the
authorization of race betting in the
District,” he said.
Adding- that a public lottery, in
which nearly all the receipts would
go to the District government, would
be, preferable. Sonsaul pointed out
that many undesirables would be
brought to the District with a track.
•'I consider the proposition destructive
to the economic and moral welfare of
tnft entire community,” he said. The
resolution was unanimously adopted.
The resolution opposing the Lemke
bin was introduced by Dr. Charles
B. Campbell, a member of the District
Madical Society Executive Committee,
who asserted that the measure was
“one of the most vicious bills ever
Introduced into Congress." This res
olution also passed unanimously.
The group voted favorably on a
motion that Miss Virginia O'Neil,
former teacher at Powell Junior High
School, be appointed to succeed Miss
A. Grace Lind as principal of the
Bancroft School, Eighteenth and
Newton streets. It also adopted a
motion requesting the Commissioners
for better traffic control at the inter
section of Seventeenth and Mount
Pleasant streets and Park road.
CAROLINIANS TO MEET
Congressional Delegation to Be
Represented at Dinner.
The North Carolina Congressional
delegation will be honored by the
North Carolina Democratic Club of
Washington with a dinner and dance
at the Hotel Raleigh Frida^, Febru
ary 19. The dinner will begin at 7:30
p.m. and the dance at 10 p.m.
Invitations to attend have been
accepted by Senators Bailey and Rey
nolds and all except one of the 11
Representatives. Other guests will in
clude former Gov. O. Max Gardner,
an attorney here; Miss Beatrice Cobb,
Morganton, N. C., newspaper pub
lisher and Democratic national com
mitteewoman, and Judge Lon Folger
of Mount Airy, N. C. national com
mitteeman.
FIRST AID CLASS
—
A night class in standard first aid ]
Will be organized at 8 p.m. Tuesday
at the Red Cross Chapter House. 1730
E street, under the auspices of the
District chapter.
Meetings will be held from 8 to 9:30
p.m. on 'Tuesday and Thursday for
* period of five and a half weeks.
- •
J. S. Chamberlin Dies.
SUMMERVILLE, S. C., February
13 ifl5).—James Sanderson Chamber
lin. 62, of Dover, N. H., a retired civil
engineer, died at his Winter home here
last night. The funeral will be held
•t Dover Monday.
THE WEATHER
District of Columbia—Occasional
rain today, colder this afternoon and
tonight; tomorrow fair; fresh south
west, shifting to west winds.
Maryland and Virginia—Occasional
rain today, colder late this afternoon
or tonight; tomorrow fair.
West Virginia—Cloudy and oolder,
preceded by rain; tomorrow fair.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
muddy today.
• Report Until 10 P.M. Saturday,
Midnight_45 12 noon_61
2' a m___42 p m_60
4” a m_40 4 p.m_63
8* a.m—--38 6 p.m_68
8” a m._._31* 8 p.m_65
Wim-42 10 p.m._62
* Record Until lo P.M. Saturday.
Jlishest, 64. 3:30 p.m. yesterday.
lowest. 38. 7 a m. yesterday.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 76. on January P.
lowest, 23. on February 6.
Tide Tablea.
flemished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High _10:08 a.m. 10:56 a.m.
Ldw _-_ 4:32 a.m. 5:16 a.m.
High - 30:33p.m. 11:22p.m.
low - 5:01p.m. 5:50 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today _ 7:01 5:44
8un. tomorrow_ 7:00 5:45
Mocn. today_ 8:28 a.m. 0:53 p.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
•ne-half hour alter sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1937. Avge. Record.
January _ 7.83 3.55 7.83 ’37
February _ 1.29 3.27 6.84 '84
March__ .3,75 8.84 '91
April__ 3.27 9.13 '89
May __ 3.70 10.69 '89
June__ 4.13 10.94 '00
July __ 4.71 10.6.3 '86
August __ 4.01 14.41 '28
September _ — 3.24 17.45 '34
October __ 2.84 8.57 '85
November__ 2.37 8.69 '89
December _ ___ 3.32 7.56 '01
Weather in Various Cities.
Precip.
.—Temperature—, 7:30
Max. Min. Sat. pm.to
Sat- Fri. 7:30 7230
urday.night. p.m. p.m.
Asheville. N. C- 50 40 44 0.03
Atlanta. Ga. 56 44 50 0.30
Atlantic City. N. J. 48 40 46
Baltimore. Md. 60 40 50 -
Birmingham. Ala., 56 46 54 -
Bismarck. N. Dak. 24 .20 20
Boston. Mass_'56 40 46 -
Buffalo. N. Y_ 54 38 50
Chicago 111. — 48 40 36
Cincinnati. Ohio__ 54 40 48 0.10
Cheyenne. Wyo_ 46 18 40 -
Cleveland. Ohio, 56 42 oO -
Dallas. Tex. — 66 54 58 -
Davenport Iowa46 40 34
Denver. Colo_ 54 40 48
El Faso Tex. _ 62 48 62 -
GaKesion Tex- 70 60 64
Helena. Mont--8 14 -6 -
Huron. S. Dak 32 2 26
Ionvu'le* #d:: «« Vi $5 o:85
}ufee,“*y f: 4 4 » «
uette. Mich— 38 32 36 <1.07
lhl,Fl» 78 JSS 74 S;f3
“ADolis. Minn. 38 34 20 ---
Mobile Ala -- «« {jo 60
BftVTk1*: 56 88 88 :::
ap“^rNebr:p | §8 :::
«irPa:,: Si 25 «8 :::
urgh. Pa— 56 36 48 -
nd. Me. - 56 34 48
Portland. Ores. 40 36 34 0.-7
Rapid city. S. Dak. 36 24 34 _
S. Lake City. Utah 44 26 40
8t. Louis. Mo. . 52 46 40 _
San Antonio. Tex. 74 54 68
Saa Dieeo. Calif. 62 52 56 0.07
ifTrancisco. Calif. 58 50 58 1.00
Santa Fe N. Mex. 48 26 44
Savannah Ga_(>4 50 60 0.48
Seattle. Wash_ 42 32 .36 0.14
Springfield. Ill_ 48 40 38
Tampa. Fla. _78 ■ 62 70 0.35
te*oNM& c.82 48 88
They Can Take It—and How
‘'Sandy" McPherson, left, 8. skinned nose and all, and Robert Allen, 7, had only smiles yes
terday after being lost many hours in the snow near San Bernardino, Calif. A howling dog
they had picked up led searchers to the hole in the snow where they were huddled.
—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
47 Years a Notary Public,
C. W. Floeckher Holds Record
■ .— -— I . I
Every President Since
Hnrrison Has Reap
pointed Him.
BY JOHN JAY DALY.
When Benjamin Harrison was Presi
dent of the United States he ap
pointed a Swamp Poodle man, Charles
W Floeckher, as the first notary
public to serve In that section of the
city—east of North Capitol street and
north of the Capitol.
That was back in 1890—47 years
ago—and Mr. Floeckher has been do
ing business at the same old stand
ever since, reappointed by every suc
5 ceeding President.
"I must-a been behaving myself,”
he said yesterday, “or President
Franklin D. Roosevelt wouldn't have
sent me my last papers.”
It appears that Mr. floeckher holds
1 the long-distance notary public cham
pionship of Washington. And yet
he feels he is just beginning in the
business. He got a late start—in his
thirtieth year.
Son of Miller.
A native-born Washingtonian, son
of the late Charles W. Floeckher. who
was a miller and ran the old Argyle
Mill out beyond Rock Creek Park, the
son came to H street about 1868
when his father gave up the mill and
started a feed business.
Mr. Floeckher has stuck to H street,
in the same block, and though the
feed business has gone with the wind
he now finds office space in an auto
mobile repair shop.
"Tiber Creek used to run past my
father's feed store," Mr. Floeckher re
called, "and all us boys who lived down
in Swamp Poodle went skating on the
creek in Winter and paddled on it in
Summer. Some of the boys were
pretty good swimmers—but I wasn’t
much at that sort o’ sport. So I just
stuck to the shore and watched ’em
swim dowrn the creek from H street to
Pennsylvania avenue • *
All have gone now, including Mr.
Floeckher's four brothers and four
sisters—and he alone remains to carry
on the tradition of the Floeckher fam
ily, who were once the Von Floeck- |
hers of Austrian nobility.
“My father aws bom here in Wash
j ington, and all my brothers and sis
CHARLES W. FLOECKHER.
—Star Staff Photo.
ters, and we watched Washington
grow," Mr, Floeekher said. "When
we came down here on H street there
wasn’t much in the neighborhood ex
cept the first tgJilding which housed
i the Government Printing Office—and
; a few residences * *
Some of those residences, inci
dentally, are still standing.
It was while Mr. Floeekher worked
in the feed store that he became a no
I tary public.
•’I had no idea of being a notary
public,” he says, "until a friend of the
family found out there were no no
taries public in this section of the
I city. So he asked me how I'd like to
be a notary public, and I said yes.
1 Then he went to the White House, and
first thing you know President Ben
I jamin Harirson got his Attorney Gen
eral to send down his appointment.”
Mr. Floeekher went to the old safe
in his office and dragged out the paper.
"First thing said about that down
there.” he recalled, "was ‘Charlie
Floeckher's a notorious Republican.’ ”
I Mr. Floeekher laughed. "Shucks,”
i he said, “you know how it is in Wash
ington. We're neither notorious Re
1 publicans nor deserving Democrats.”
Bandit
(Continued From First Page.)
alone in the place with a carriet boy.
of about $15 in change. Again they
were careless, failing to discover $25
in bills, which Daily carried in his
pocket. The substation robbery oc
curred about 9:45.
About an hour later the two bandits
drove up in front of the Concord
Drug Store. 1816 New Hampshire ave
nue. Ordering a soft drink and
drinking it at the soda fountain until ;
after some customers left, the ac- :
complice signaled the red-haired
bandit to enter.
“Gimme All the Dough."
Arel B. Cook, clerk in charge of
the store, was confronted by the
“red-head," who held a gun at his
hip.
"Oome on. buddy.” he said. “Gimme
all the dough that's in that drawer.
I got to make a living some way."
The cash register yielded $75. Leo
F. Diegelmann. proprietor, and Jesse
T. Jones, another employe, also were
in the store at the time.
The red-haired bandit was de
scribed as being about 5 feet 8 inches
tall, weighing about 150 pounds, ■with
"pimply” face and hooked nose, and
wearing dark blue trousers, dark
brown shoes, a brown hat and gray
overcoat.
His companion was said to be 6
feet tall, weighing about 165 pounds,
with large brown eyes, set far apart
and wearing a dark brown hat and
brown overcoat.
Two Elderly Men Robbed.
The two men knocked down by the
colored bandits were Thomas Logue,
62, of 821 North Capitol street and
Fred E. Craddock, 68, of 906 L street.
Neither was seriously hurt, according
to police.
Logue was struck on the head with
a piece of pipe and felled twice by
a colored man who attempted to hold
him up on Massachusetts avenue
about two blocks from his home.
Failing to get Logue's wallet, the
bandit fled when his victim regained
his feet the second time. Logue was
treated at Casualty Hospital for scalp
wounds.
Craddock was grabbed from behind
and almost had his trousers torn off
by two colored bandits as they ex
tracted his pocketbook, containing $4.
One of_ the men struck Craddock
on the head, dazing him. The hold
up occurred on L street, near Seventh.
F. W. BOONE DIES
Treasurer ol Circle Theater to Be
Buried Tuesky. >
Frederick William Boone, 1828 H
street, treasurer of the Circle Thea
ter, died yesterday after a short ill
ness in Emergency Hospital.
Funeral services will,be held at 3
p.m. Tuesday in Gawler’s chapel, 1780
Pennsylvania avenue. Burial will be
•.Ol..MM
THREE GERMANS DIE
BY HEADMAN’S AX
Top-Hatted Executioner Puts One
to Death for High
Treason.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, February 13.—Three Ger
mans met death at dawn today in
macabre formalities of the Nazi chop
ping block.
Three times the top-hatted heads
man swung his gleaming ax to execute
one man for high treason and two
others for ‘'non-political” murders. At
least six more remain in Reich jail
cells awaiting a similar fate.
Secrecy shrouded full details of
the executions, but custom dictated
that the professional headsman wear
formal dress and snow-white gloves
that are never used twice.
Kurl Stangl of Dresden paid with
his head for high treason, while Bruno
Busse and Georg Grammens were
beheaded for "non-political” killings.
Four others met a like death during
the past week.
STORMS IN DUST BOWL
ARE BELIEVED CLEARING
Oklahoma Panhandle Escapes as
North Winds Drive Clouds
to South and West.
By the Associated Press.
DALLAS, February 13.—Dust storms,
mild by comparison with the worst
ones of the last two years, rolled over
western parts of Texas and Oklahoma
today, but the skies were clearing
tonight.
The Oklahoma Panhandle, often
struck by dusters, escaped as a strong
north wind bore heavy clouds over
the southwestern sector of that State
and into a Texas area extending from
Dallas to west of Big Spring.
Visibility was a quarter-mile at Ver
non, a half-mile at Wichita Falls and
the Weather Bureau said airplane
pilots could see only one and one-half
miles at Abilene, three at Big Spring
and four at Amarillo. Visibility In the
Panhandle broadened to 10 miles by
late afternoon.
In Oklahoma, the dustiest area in
cluded'Elk City and Hollis.
ANNA HALLAM TO GIVE
SERIES OF THREE TALKS
Anna Maud Hallam, lecturer, will
give a series of three talks at the Sul
grave Club. 1801 Massachusetts ave
nue, beginning Thursday.
In her first lecture to be held at 11
a.m., Miss Hallam will discuss “The
Psychology of Citizenship and the
Youth of America.”
"Peace That Justifies Its Objec
tive" will be the Friday topic, Miss
Hallam, will conclude the series Mon
day with an address on “The Phi
losophy al life.” q
Michigan Governor Says In
diana Strike Will Not
Affect Accord.
B> li e Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 13.—Gov.
Fiank Murphy of Michigan, here to
receive the American Irish Historical
Society's Gold Medal for "eminent
public service." said tonight that the
outburst of violence at Anderson. Ind.,
early today would not affect the Gen
eral Motors strike settlement.
Referring to the Indiana disorder at
I the General Motors operated guide
lamp plant, the Governor said:
"That will be settled without diffi
culty. That is a quarrel between
i union and anti-union groups rather
than between General Motors and the
Automobile Workers’ Union.”
| Asked if he would comment on the
suggestion of a permanent mediation
board to weigh difficulties between
operators and wrorkers in the gigantic
automotive industry, the Governor
said:
“I have an idea how it ought to
operate, but X can't comment on it
now.
i “The present situation is unneces
sary and unintelligent. The situation
should be corrected without slurring
j the fundamental rights of property
or the rights to organize and strike."
Tlie Governor was the recipient of
the society's award at a banquet at
the Hotel Astor. He said he planned
to return to Detroit tomorrow.
He was chosen to receive the award
.several weeks before the strike settle
ment on his record as Mayor of Detroit
and Governor General of the Philip
pines.
“We are proud of Gov. Murphy's
record,” President James McGurrin
of the society said in presenting the
medal. "He has just come to us from
scenes of turmoil, where he has
brought victory and peace based on
justice.
"Governor, you have held many
offices, and have adorned them all.
In the recent strike you added new
laurels to an already historic name "
Tired and worn from five weeks of
almost constant struggle to reach a
settlement in the General Motors
strike, the red-haired Michigan Gov
ernor avoided any reference to the
{ labor battle in his address of accept
ance.
Instead he sketched the progress
of the program to provide political
liberty for the Philippine Islands.
Among the political leaders present
at the society's banquet was Post
master General James A. Parley.
Murphy, who disregarded the ad
vice of his physician to leave his sick
bed for the visit to New York, said
he would return to Detroit tomorrow
I night.
BY OXFORD GROUP
Remarkable Party Held at
Malvern Attracts
3,000.
Ml lhe Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 13—The
fine old wa’terlng place ot Great Mal
vern, England, has Just witnessed one
ot the most remarkable parties Britain
has known.
It lasted 10 days and was attended
by 1,000 men end women. The small
town was so crowded that late comers
couldn't obtain beds In hotels. Hun
dreds of youthful enthusiasts camped
on school room floors at night.
These folk were members of the now
globe-encircling Oxford group of
"practical" religionists—those "Chris
tian revolutionaries" under the lead
ership of Dr. Prank Buchman, the
American clergyman, father of the
movement. They came together to
discuss ways and means of further
ing what many believe may be the
beginning of a real non-denomina
tional religious revival in all nations.
The Oxford group already Is labor
ing in more than 50 countries, in
cluding the United States, and marked
results are being reported by workers.
Oreat strides have been made In Eng
land and on the Continent, especially
, In Scandinavia. Denmark is said to
have been swept from one end to the
other. Newspapers and magazines In
many places are treating the move
ment as a news event of importance.
To Turn World Upside Down.
The grouplsts propose to turn the
world upside down and shake all the
odds and ends of evil out of Us j
pockets. Their revolution is based
on the theory that human nature
can be changed, and they say that
if Individuals can be persuaded to
do right, nations will do right, since
nations are merely collections of in
dividuals.
Exactly what Is this much-talked-of
Oxford group movement? I put that i
question today to Garth Lean, a young
English graduate of Oxford, who Is
one of the chief workers In the United
States. Here is what I got:
"You see. It Is quite simple. The j
Oxford group Is not a new denomina
tion or sect. It is simply a company
of people drawn from every class and
nation, who are determined at any i
personal cost to discover and follow
Ood's plan for them and the world.
“They know that human nature can
be changed, and that in changed hu
man nature lie* the one sure hope for
a better world. They come from every
church and revitalize every church to
which they belong.
"This results in reuniting of broken
homes, cleaner business, cleaner pol
itics, and the disappearance of indus
trial. racial and international strife.
To give a specific example, in 1929 six
young Englishmen of the Oxford
i group went to South Africa to intro
duce the movement. At that time
there was bitter racial antagonism
between the Dutch and the English
there. Some three years later these
hostile units united in a coalition gov
ernment and the Manchester Guar
dian gave the Oxford group credit
for bringing the factions together.”
Canterbury Comment*.
The venerable Archbishop of Can
terbury, head of the Church of Eng
land. summed the thing up this way
in addressing his diocesan conference:
•The Oxford group is most certainly
doing what the church exists every
where to do. It Is changing human
lives.”
The Oxford groupists will tell you
that each one of them gets daily spe
cific directions from God for conduct
in every phase of life. Their religious
alms at a practical application of the
teachings of Jesus Christ—a seven
day-t-weelt (flair and not for Sun
day* alone.
It is the sort of religion that, once
it is accepted, makes a man fo far as
possible put right every wrong he ever
has done—an uncomfortable operation
for the average sinnpr to contemplate.
It is the type of thing that impels a
man to confess to his wife, and beg her
forgiveness, if he was unfaithful before
he saw the light; and forces him to
pay the Income tax authorities the (20
he withheld five years ago; and makes
him tell his customer that those so
called silk shirts really have a spot of
cotton In them; and sends him off to
Bill Doe to apologize for repeating a
bit of scandal about Bill: and results
in his giving up his week end of rest
A Dog House Sentence
President E. D. Boycks of the Royal Order of the Dog House
receives a dog-house sentence at the first convention of hen
pecked men, held at Oshkosh, Wis. Leading him is Larry Towers,
Milwaukee, and watching are E. H. Schellenger, Milwaukee, and
William Itaufen, Oshkosh. —CopyKfht, a. P. Wirephoto.
Attacked
WOMAN LETT BOUND AT
VETERANS HOSPITAL.
MRS. FRED CATO.
Federal agents are seeking
a “well-dressed stranger" who
attacked Mrs. Cato, 23, in the
dental clinic at the Muskogee,
Okla., Veterans’ Hospital, and
left her bound and gagged.
Mrs. Cato, employed at the
hospital for 12 years, said she
twould recognize the man, who
had followed her for weeks.
—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
In order to try to help somebody In
distress.
The creed of the Oxford group Is
very simple and rests in Christ's ethi
cal teaching in the sermon on the
mount. There are four things to which
the groupist must subscribe: 1, Ab
solute honesty; 2, absolute purity; 3,
absolute unselfishness; 4. absolute love.
And he must put himself wholly under
God's direction.
Individual Is Responsible.
Beyond that there are no rules or
requirements. Each individual works
out his own scheme of life. His con
science, under the control of God, is
his guide. No other groupist tells him
what is right or wrong. Indeed, what
is right for one person might be wrong
for another.
An astonishing thing about the Ox
ford group is that there is no organi
zation in the accepted sense of the
term. Ask if you can join and you
will be told that you can t, since there
is no organization, but you can "be
long.”
In seeking to "join” you find your
self in about the same position you
would if you tried to “join" the group
which consistently drinks orange
juice for breakfast. You can attach
yourself to the orange juice drinkers,
but you can't find a president or
treasurer, or any other signs of organ
ization. Anybody can "belong" to the
Oxford group, and there is no
entrance fee.
So the Oxford group is much like
little Topsy—"I 'spect I growed.
Don't think nobody never made me."
It is not known how many persons
belong, excepting that they run into
big numbers. An idea of its strength
can be seen, however, in the fact
that 25,000 from all parts of Great
Britain met in Birmingham, England,
last Summer, and a similar number
of Danes attended a meeting at about
the same time in Copenhagen.
It is true that members of the group
, do get together, as in the case of the
! meeting at Great Malvern, and the
American National Assembly of 10,000
at Stockbridge, Mass., last Summer.
But these sessions are not the out
growth of any regular organization.
! They are planned from time to time
, by the workers in various countries.
How do they finance the work?
They tell you: “Where God guides.
He provides.” The individuals finance
frequently, such sacrifice being part
of the code. Sometimes groupists of
means step forward and contribute to
a mission.
Communes With God.
In any event, the groupist says he
always starts out to try to do what
God tells him to do, and there is no
worry about money. I’he first thing
a groupist does on awaking in the
morning is to commune with God in
silence for perhaps an hour. Many
groupists sit in bed with a note book
and pen and jot down their instruc
i tions. During the day there are sev
eral other periods of communion for
! fresh help.
Apropos of the communion, one of
the Oxford group related the fol
lowing:
"An American who belongs to the
movement is a traveling man. and his
business takes him all over the coun
try. On one occasion he arrived in
a Midwestern city In a backsliding
frame of mind: he was contemplating
doing something which he knew was
wrong. At this precise juncture he
was inundated with letters from group
ist friends in many parts of the United
States. Each writer said God had
told him to communicate with the
traveler and help him withstand
temptation.
"There was no question of collu
sion among the writers, but the really
amazing thing was that nobody save
the traveling man himself knew what
he had in mind. As a result of the
'letters he abandoned his project and
got back into the fold.”
Garth Lean told me of one humorous
Incident in London. One of his
friends, a newspaper man. came
round to one of the Oxford group
meetings to see what it was all about.
The groupists engaged in their usual
period of silent communion. This was
too much for the visitor and he left
the room.
He encountered Garth Lean at the
door and, cocking his hat over one
ear, said: "My very definite instruc
tions are to go to the nearest pub and
drink a pint of beer.” The non
drinking groupist merely grinned at
his friend and replied: "That being
the case, old chap, you will find a
decent spot In the White Horse Inn,
just around the next corner.” Shortly
after that the reporter became a
groupist.
So far as I personally have observed,
the above incident is a fair illustra
tion of the way the groupists carry on
their missionary work. There is no
effort to thrust the movement on any
one.
WOMAN SENTENCED
FOR M’ELROY THREAT
By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, February 13.—
Joyce McGee, consort of gangsters,
pleaded guilty today to a Federal ex
tortion charge growing out of a letter
threatening a second kidnaping of
Miss Mary McElroy, daughter of City
Manager H. F. McElroy. She was sen
tenced to seven years In prison.
Judge Albert L. Reeves passed sen
tence within live minutes after the
woman was indicted by a Federal
tmoA jm7.
Thousands of Mohamme
dans Thank Allah for Giv
ing Ruler Health.
i By the Associated Press.
Hyderabad, India, February 13.—
Thousands of Mohammedans bowed
down to earth today to thank Allah I
for the life of the world's richest man
—the Nizam of Hyderabad.
Solemn prayers were uttered by
roadsides as the Nizam, possessor of
: an estimated annual income of *50.
000,000, passed through the streets to
open his silver jubilee, riding In a
26-year-old Rolls Royce refurbished
! for the occasion.
Services in the central mo6que
opened the Jubilee at which 50,000 j
subjects gave thanks that Allah had
spared the Nizam and granted him
health during his 26-year reign. The
jubilee, originally scheduled for last
year, was postponed because of the
death of George V, Emperor of India,
and because one of the Nizam’s sons
died.
Nizam Simply Dressed.
Without jewels, the Nizam was sim
ply dressed in a grey morning coat
ani a plain turban. He was accom
panied by two sons, who bear princely
titles and by several other sons.
After recital of poems of gratitude
and praise, the Nizam, ruler of 14,
500.000 subjects, prostrated himseif
( in the midst of his subjects according
to Mohammedan rule, which consider*
all equal at prayer time. The theme
of the prayers was thankfulness for
Hyderabad’s religious freedom, undis
turbed by communal bickering.
The 30-year-old Crown Prince Azam
Jah. heir apparent to the ancient
throne and fabulous wealth of the
Nizam, led a military parad* after
the religious services, which throngs
of subjects, many of them from re
mote corners of the realm, witnessed
together with Britons from the neigh
boring settlement of Secunderabad.
Pomp at Minimum.
Arab and African cavalry, display
ing remarkable precision, played a
prominent part in the ceremonies
which by Orienta. standards had a
minimum of pomp. The Nizam pre
ferred to spend celebration funds on
charities instead of on decorations.
The Maharajah Kishun Pershab,
president of the Hyderabad Executive
Council, made an eloquent address at
evening ceremonies honoring the ruler,
describing the Nizam as the sole relic
of Mogul greatness in India.
A tax! strike disrupted transporta
tion as thousands of the Nizam'i sub
jects and other jubilee visitors poured
into his ancient capital, but the gov
ernment arranged a special service to
care for the influx of visitor*.
The Nizam's storied wealth—reputed
to include $260,000,000 in gold bars
and $2,000,000,000 in precious gems—
will be augmented by his jubilee when
other potentates and his subjects
shower gifts on the ruler, expected to
total more than $1,000,000 in value.
The Nizam's subjects are expected to
benefit from the anniversary through
remission of some taxes as the Nizam's
jubilee gift to his peoples. Already
three tuberculosis sanitariums and sev
eral rural dispensaries have been es
tablished as jubilee tributes.
Tomorrow! When the doors open!
ANNUAL SALE OF ALL
Fred Pelzmon again makes front page value news by staging
this ANNUAL ODDS & ENDS SALE way ahead of schedule . . •
with a greater selection than ever due to a backward season.
Our strict policy of not carrying merchandise over from season
to season is responsible for these drastic reductions right in the
face of great increases in the wholesale prices on oil woolens.
Z OVERCOATS - . . Blue and brown regions; sizes, regu- $1 if.35
lars 38 and 40; short 35. Were S30. Now . "W
2 OVERCOATS . . . Grey Herringbone, double-breasted S^ ^.35
box models; sizes 36, 40. Were S50. Now _ • “
17 OVERCOATS . . . Blue, brown and dark gray check
patterns' single-breasted rgglan models; sizes,
regulars 37, 38, 39, 40, 42; longs 37, 38, 39, $1 Q.35
42; shorts 35, 37, 38. Were S35. Now ._ '■ ~
19 OVERCOATS ... Oxford gray fleeces, single and
double breasted region and box models; all sizes.
Were up to $40. Now_ ““
5 OVERCOATS .. . Oxford gray Meltons, double-breasted
Chesterfield models with velvet collars; sizes $^^.35
longs 40, 44; short 37, 38. Were $45. Now__ ••
8 OVERCOATS . . . Oxford gray fleeces, double-breasted
belted models; sizes, regulars 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, J-35
40; 37, 38 shorts. Were up to $49.^0. Now_.
5 TOPCOATS . . . Raglan, box and bal models; brown; $1 4^.35
sizes 34, 35, 37, 40. Were up to S30. Now. * ®
6 TOPCOATS . . . Raglan, box and bal models; brown
.35
12 TOPCOATS . . . Raglan and bal models; medium ond
oxford grey plaids; sizes 34 to 44 regulars.
Were up to 539.50. Now_
43 SUITS . . . Brown, dark greys and fancy blues; sport
models for the young man and conservative
models for business men; regulars, shorts, longs. $1 Q.35
Were up to $35. Now-— - ■ *
37 SUITS . . . Oxfords, browns and grey worsteds ond
Cheviots. Suitable for now ond Spring wear ... t
sport and business models . . . sizes to fit the
regular, short and slim man. Were up to $30. $1 i^.35
Now_ 1 V
34 SUITS . . . Fine worsteds in desirable shades for all
year wear. Models to suit the young man and
conservative dresser. Sizes to fit the regular and
irregulor built mon. Were up to $40. Now_
TROUSERS to match some of above suits can be had for $2.95
67 SHIRTS .. . Discontinued styles in Jayson and custom
shirts . . . solid colors, white and stripes . . . Q(T(
some slightly soiled. Were up to $2.5G. Now__
53 TIES ... All perfect . . . discontinued patterns . . . 30*
all hand tailored. Were $1.00. Now
21 HATS . . . Broken sizes . . . some slightly soiled. $1 .69
Were up to $5. Now-- ■
110 PRS. HOSE . . . Regular 50c quality of Westminster
hose . . . discontinued patterns in wool mixtures. - IS #Cc
. . . lisle, etc. Now- -
41 TIES . . . Discontinued patterns ... all perfect and iTQe
hand tailored. Were up to $1.50. Now __ .
17 SWEATERS . . . Special lot . . . all perfect. Were $1 .69
up to $3.50. Now-- • *
. 37 PRS. GLOVES . . . Imported all-wool knit, broken QCc
sizes; all perfect. Were up to $1.65. Now—
23 SHIRTS . . . Finest quality custom-made sports shirts $9 .89
in flannel and twill. Were up to $3.95. Now__ ■ •
ENTIRE STOCK OF Silk-lined robes and imported Mc
Gregor Wool Hose-1--Vi OH
All Sales Final—No C. O. D.'s; No Chargas; No Alterations
NO PHONE ORDERS; NO EXCHANGES_ \ t