Bortnick Fined $100
In Compensation Act
Charge; 31 Dropped
Restaurant Owner
Changes Plea to
Guilty in 4 Cases
Benny Bertnick, well known in
local sport circles as a wrestling
referee, today withdrew before Po
lice Judge Walter J. Casey a previ
ous plea of not guilty and a demand
for a jury trial on 35 alleged viola
tions of the Unemployment Com
pensation Act. He pleaded guilty
to four of the cases and was fined
$100 in one of them, similar sen
tences in the three other being
suspended. The 31 other cases,
repetitious in nature, were dropped
by Assistant District Attorney Karl
Kindleberger, in charge of Police
Court prosecutions.
The referee, who operates a res
taurant at Twelfth and F streets
S.W., pleaded guilty in the four cases
before Judge Casey to deducting 3
per cent from the wages of four
employes in his restaurant between
April and October of this year to
Cherry Trees
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and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Commission.
In mentioning the future trips he
would make to the Capital and his
anticipation of pleasure over the site
of a new memorial lined with a
thousand cherry trees, the President
precipitated another gale of laugh
ter. He explained he was just a
“Duchess County hick” who knew
something about trees.
The cherry tree, in fact, is a short
lived tree, the President emphasized.
There are now 1,700 cherry trees in
Potomac Park, and if the plans of
the commission are realized the
number eventually will be increased
to 2,700.
Year in and year out. the Presi
dent emphasized seriously, some 40
or 50 cherry trees have to be trans
planted or cut down for obvious rea
sons. That was chiefly because they
are short-lived and sickly ones have
to be removed from "time to time.
It's going on yearly, he indicated,
and stirs no commotion.
Mr. Roosevelt explained that the
constituted authorities after long
consideration had decided on the
Tidal Basin site and all the plans
had been officially approved. When
asked if he would take steps to halt
construction work he replied nega
tively for that reason.
When he was Assistant Secretary
“ of the Navy. Mr. Roosevelt recalled,
he was struck by the fact that there
was no memorial in Washington for
'‘one" of the three greatest Presi
dents.
It was not until 1933 that the
Democratic party officially decided
something ought to be done about
erecting a Jefferson memorial, he
pointed out.
Four different sites for a me
morial were considered and out of
the four, he said, the final.action
of'the Congress was to select the
site on the Tidal Basin. He re
minded them that it is now too late
to change these plans.
Mr. Roosevelt also went into the
history of the discussions that cen
tered on the character of the me
morial, whether it should be utili
tarian or non-utilitarian in type.
Some people suggested a stadium
GOLDEN WEDDING. —Mr.
and Mrs. William G. Lang,
who recently celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary at
their home, 5305 Second street
N.W. Mr. Lang is retired from
the Post Office Department.
—Harris-Ewing Photo.
pay the local unemployment com
pensation tax.
. The law prohibits any deduction
from an employes’ wages to pay any
part of the employer's contribution.
When Bortnick was arraigned be
fore the Police Court October 17 he
pleaded not guilty to 35 charges of
violation and demanded a jury trial.
or a municipal hall, he pointed out,
and somebody even decided on a
race track. After four or five years
of deliberation, he said, a non
utilitarian memorial was decided on
and nothing more can now be done
about it.
The figure of 88 trees quoted today
by the President was submitted by
the Jefferson Memorial Commis
sion and are the trees on the founda
tion site as reported in The Star on
Wednesday. There are in all 171
cherry trees within the area be
tween the outlet and inlet gates that
will be disturbed by the change in
the contour of the Tidal Basin and
these include the 88 trees on the
foundation site. The President did
not mention the other trees, con*
fining himself strictly to those im
mediately to be affected by the
foundation operations.
Nurserymen Offer Trees.
Soon after the President had.
spoken, a committee representing I
the American Association, of Nur- j
serymen called at the White House j
to offer to furnish the Government j
with all the cherry trees needed for ,
the memorial site in the future.
Richard P. White, executive secre
tary. told Marvin H. McIntyre, one
of the secretaries, that the asso
ciation would gladly give the 1.000
trees the President mentioned when
they are needed.
Others on the committee were;
Paul Stark of Missouri and C. O.
Siebenthaler of Ohio, both past pres
idents of the association, which has
its headquarters in the Southern
Building, Washington. They in
formed Mr. McIntyre they had
heard of the differences over the
cherry trees and desired to be of
assistance to the Government..
They left to see Arno B. Cammerer,
director of the National Park Serv
ice and executive secretary also of
the Memorial Commission.
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Bride, 14, Hopes Never
To See Husband, 63, Again
Bt the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18.—Four
teen - year - old Velma Robinson
Greene, 3 feet 10 Inches tall, was
quoted today by a policewoman as
saying she never wants to see her
63-year-old husband, Jones Greene,
again.
Greene was jailed yesterday on
suspicion of robbery and violation
of the deadly weapons act, after
officers asserted they found at black
Jack in his car. The girl was taken
to Juvenile Hall.
Policewoman Lucille Shelton said
Velma told her:
"I don’t want to see him again.
He promised to buy me an engage
ment ring when we got to California.
He said all older men in California
have young brides.”
Detectives said they were con
vinced the couple's marriage in
Wlckliffe, Ky., November 5, was legal.
However, the policewoman said she
had' wired authorities at Talmadge,
111.,' Velma's home,' asking if they
intended to institute annulment
proceedings. She added that, if not,
such action might be taken locally
and the girl made a ward of the
Juvenile Court.
West Virginia Society
Elects Col. Rice
Col. Heber H. Rice was elected
president of the West Virginia State
Society at a meeting yesterday at
the Raleigh Hotel. He succeeds
David S. Davison.
Other officers named were Thomas
W. Cain, George S. Barr, Miss Flora
E. Miles, Mrs. Emma E. Nunnally
and John W. Smith, vice presidents;
Lyman V. W. Knight, recording sec
retary; Mrs. Sada C. Shinn, finan
cial secretary; Miss Mayme Ham
rick, treasurer, and J. E. Goshorn,
historian.
J. L. Bateman, who retired as sec
retary after 19 years of service, and
Col. J. William De Grange, who had
been treasurer for 22 years, were
elected secretary and treasurer
emeritus, respectively.
Sigma Nu Phi Session
The Oliver Wendell Holmes (The
ta) Chapter of Sigma Nu Phi, inter
national legal fraternity, will meet
tonight at 7 o’clock In Washington
College of Law. Plans will be made
for the “pledging banquet’’ at the
Cairo Hotel December 3 and names
of chosen rushees will be announced.
-« -
Kiwanis Club Elects
Pardoe President
Edward S. Pardoe was elected
president of the Washington Ki
wanis Club at a meeting of the
group yesterday at the Mayflower
Hotel.
Other officers named were Prank
L. Peckham, first vice president,
and Dr. Oscar B. Hunter, second
vice president. John K. Althaus,
Barren Aub. Thomas A. Cantwell,
Raymond F. Gerrity, Albert W.
Howard, Claud Livingston, Herman
G. Miller, Frank T. Mitchell and A.
D. Willard were elected to the board
of directors.
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