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The Washington times., 1929-05-16
IN
STUDY Of
s
LEGAL
ANGLE

Corporation Counsel W. W.
Bride is assisting the Senate
District subcommittee on
banks and insurance in con-
nection with the proposed in
vestigation of local realty
finance companies, Senator
John j. Blaine, of Wisconsin,
chairman of the subcommittee
said today.
Senator Blaine asked Bride to
cooperate with the subcommittee in
developing a picture of the legal
situation in Washington as regards
real estate practices and the issu.
ance and sale of securities.
Studies Local Laws
The subcommittee has under con-
sideration the resolution introduced
in the Senate last week by Senator
Smith w. Brookhart, alleging sharp
practice and misrepresentation on
the part of certain realty finance
companies here, and asking Con-
gressional investigation.
Before the subcommittee reports
Its finding to the full District COM
mittee, Senator Blaine desires to
learn to what extent the local laws
cover the matters treated in the
Brookhart resolution.
May Mean New Laws
He pointed out that any resolution
which the subcommittee would re-
port to the full body should con.
tain recommendations for such laws
as are needed to providee full p1 O.
lection for buyers of securities and
real estate here and punishment
for such operations in the real es-
tate and investment field as may
now be within the law" in the
District.
The date Of the subcommittee
first meeting still remains in doubt,
Senator Blaine indicated. He pre-
viously had expressed the opinion
that a meeting may not be held
until the Senate has disposed of
the reapportionment bill.
The Washington times., 1929-05-16
DI MEGLlo SINGS

Joseph di Meglio, tenor of the
Washington Opera Co., was guest
soloist last night at musical pro-
gram given by the Community Cen
ter Department in the Armstrong
High School Auditorium. The chorus
of nearly so voices was accompanied
by the Community Center concert
orchestra under the direction of
Professor Miller. a..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
Business Man Dies in Collision.

BIRMINGHAM, July 16 P.-M. L..
Smith, part owner of a produce firm,
was instantly killed here when his au-
tomobile collided itwh another machine.
Mrs. Smith, a passenger, escaped with
minor injuries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
PRESSROOM MOUSE
UPSETS OPERATORS
Girls at Police Headquarters
Summon Help When Ro-
dent Makes Visit.

The newspapers have hung another
tale on Oscar, which Is one tale too
many for any self-respecting mouse.
Oscar, so the tale goes. likes peanuts
better than he does telephone opera
tors. It was Oscars proclivity that led
him from the press room at headquar-
tiers and 1t was Oscars antipathy that
cut of his retreat.
When Oscar wearied Of the starvation
rations that reporters provide, he went
foraging next door. But girl telephone
operators were in there, answering riot
calls and such for the Police Depart
ment.
Shortly after oscar arrived, they
climbed on the switchboard and sent IN
q general alarm. Policemen, connected
with the board from various precincts
were greatly alarmed.
They dispatched rescue detail in
the shape Of Oflcer H. H. Carter, who
pulled oscar out Of q peanut sack and
took him home to the press room, where
he Is appreciated.
Oscar, his friends explain, had no in
tention of starting a riot; he was in
terested in peanuts only.
That's Oscars tale, and he'll stick to
it," declared the reporters. who say
they will provide for Oscar in the future
that is, If some big peanut man viii
put 1t on the cuff" till pay day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
MAN FOUND SLAIN
AT STEERING WHEEL
Another, Believed Companion,
Disappears in Shooting
Near Roanoke.
BY the Associated Press.

ROANOKE, Va, July ia body
identified by police as that Of E. H
Abbott Of New York City. with bullet
wound in the side, was found near here
today at the steering wheel Of new
automobile shortly after the machine
had come to halt In a shallow ditch
An unidentified young man, said to
have been a companion of Mr.. Abbott
crawled out Of the machine and dis
appeared after being taken to hotel
here, police say.
Passing motorists came upon the car
soon after it entered the ditch to find
the elderly man dead. A young man
emerged. At his request he was car
ried to hotel here. Police have not
been able to find him since he entered
the hotel.
Papers among the personal effects OF
the dead man bear the name of E. H.
Abbott of n Irving place, New York
City. The automobile has West Vir-
GINA license tag 1865. The auto
mobile registration card gave the adj
dress as White Sulphur Springs, w. Va
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
HOYT GOES TO NEW YORK
TO PLAN ALASKAN FLIGHT
Army Pilot Leaves Boiling Field to
Make Final Preparations.
May Start This Week.

An effort to bring the United States
within So hours of Alaska will be made
by Capt. Ross d. G. Hoyt of the Army
Air Corps, formerly stationed at the
War Department here, who was au-
thorized yesterday to fly from New
York to Nome, Alaska, and return.
Capt. Hoyt left Boiling Field for New
York at noon yesterday to make final
preparations for the trip, which may
begin this week.
Capt. Hoyt, 1t was learned here to-
day, hopes to make the round trip in
four days. using an Army Curtis Hawk
pursuit plane. He will leave New York
in time to arrive at his first refueling
stop. at Minneapolis. either one hour
before dark or at dawn, depending upon
weather conditions.
The total flight is expected to require
about 70 hours flying time for a dis
lance of $500 miles. The plane will be
held to a cruising speed of between
140 and $50 miles per hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
HOUSE FARM EXPERTS
START INSPECTION TRIP
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The House appropriations subcom-
mittee for agriculture, starting with a
meeting today in Chicago, has under
taken an inspection trip that will carry
it through many Of the Western States
and Alaska.
The subcommittee will make q tour
of national parks and forests and agri-
cultural projects in the Northwestern
States, sailing on July % from Seattle
for Alaska In Alaska 1t will gather
first-hand knowledge Of forestry and
agricultural problems and will leave Au-
gust 20. From Seattle the group, on
the return trip, will visit national for
ests and parks in Oregon, California
and Utah.
Representative Dickinson Is chairman
Of the subcommittee, which includes
Representatives Watson Of New Hamp-
shire, Summers Of Washington, Repub-
licans; Sandlin of Louisiana and
Buchanan of Texas, Democrats. Two
experts from the Agriculture Depart
ment will accompany the group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
CARAWAY ATTACKS
HOOVER ON TARIFF
Says Presidents Stand Is "Put Bill
Through if You Can Get
Away With It."

President Hoover's stand on the tarln
bill is put the bill through II you can
get away with it," declared Senator
Caraway, Democrat, of Arkansas. in a
statement issued yesterday through the
Democratic national committee. In the
statement the Arkansas Senator nreS
bitter blast against the policies OF the
administration with reference to the
Law Enforcement Commission, the de-
benture plan and the tariff. He says:
"It is no surprise that nobody can
learn Just where the President STANDS
on the tariff nobody ever has been
able to learn just where he stands on
anything, so far as my recollection goes.
81 have been much interested in the
conferences he has been holding with
my distinguished Republican colleagues
of the Senate. They appear to be
little bewildered as to his position on
the tariff. I do not share their I'M
certainty. His attitude Is plain to me.
1t is:
"Put the bill through if you can get
away with it and I'll take the applause
from the lucky ones who pyramid their
profits under the high schedules while
YOU must take the blame of the con-
sumers who pay more for everything
they eat, or wear, or use otherwise.
"Those who are talking of the pos
sibility of veto of the extortionate
measure assume strange degree OF the
Presidents ingenuousness and inno-
cence. Does anybody seriously believe
that the administrative provision, kill
ing the bipartisan character OF the
Tariff Comm sion. and vesting in the
White 70, g occuTant the power to do
as he please r''''' the recommendations
of his own partisan board, was put in
the bill without his knowledge and con-
sent?
isn't it more logical to assume that
It is there because he wanted 1t? When
did Congress, of its own volition, ever
suggest the alienation of any of its
own powers and bestow them on the
executive branch of the Government?
They mean to call the coming tariff
the Hawley-Smoot bill; it is really the
Hoover bill, and if the President ever
does express his dissatisfaction with
any phase of it 1t will be when 1t be-
comes evident that the Democrats and
the Republican Progressives will not let
1t pass"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
TWO BURNED IN FIRES;
BOTH GO TO HOSPITALS
Man Who Fought Flames That De-
stroyed Shack Is Hurt--Work-
man Injured.

Two men were painfully burned yes
terday afternoon and early this morn
ing, one when he was splashed with
blazing gasoline and the other while
fighting a fire which destroyed a one
room shack at the foot Of Twenty
The latter, Charles Bosch, SO years
old, of 1900 Thirty-f1rst street. was
taken to Georgetown Hospital and
treated for minor burns to his arms,
face and head. The fire occurred about
$3.50 o'clock this morning. The cause
is unknown. The owners. the Chesa-
peake 81 Ohio Canal Co., placed the
damage at $500. The shack was occu-
pied by Elmer O'Connor.
Roy Allen, colored, 19 years old. Of
632 L street northeast. was working IN
a garage at 1409 Seventeenth street
about o'clock yesterday afternoon
when a short circuit In the generator
he was washing with gasoline caused
the fluid to explode. In an effort to
avoid the explosion, Allen stepped
backward, overturning bucket of gaso-
line, which drenched the leg of his
trousers and then caught fire. Garage
attendants succeeded in beating out the
flames and sent Allen to Emergency
Hospital. His condition is not consid-
cred serious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
RAINBOW VETERANS.
MARCH IN TRIUMPH
Gen. Gouraud Again Leads
His Command as Hoover
Reviews Division.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Md, July 16.-Presi-
dent Herbert Hoover and Gen. Henri
Etienne Gouraud yesterday reviewed
the veterans of the Rainbow Division,
who, IL years ago, in the battle OF the
Champagne, crushed the last great S1er-
man drive.
1t was a march of triumph. Soft
white caps took the place of the steel
helmet of 1918, slender canes, swinging
merrily, substituted for the rifle. and
bright-colored clothes replaced the olive
drab uniform Of the A. E. F.
At the head of the parade rode Gen.
Gouraud, leading the veterans, for It
was under his command that they
broke the German line. When the heaq
of the column reached the reviewing
stand. the general joined the President
and stood at attention as part OF his
wartime command swung past, his lett
hand rising and falling in salute, his
armless right sleeve swinging In the
breeze.
Army Units in Parade.
In the parade with the veterans were
units of the Regular Army, members
of the 1St Regiment, Maryland National
Guard, and citizen soldiers undergoing
their annual Summer training period
The procession was more than two miles
The veterans carried with them the
original emblem of the DIVISION. pre-
sented to it in 1917, when the regiment
was at Camp Mills. !,
The streets were lined with packed
humanity as the veterans and their
more youthful companions Of National
Guardsmen and C. M. T. c. marched
through the streets of the downtown
section amid a shower of ticker tape,
confetti and shredded telephone direc-
tories.
Veterans Trek to Homes.
From the time Gen. Gouraud ap-
peared, the handclapping started, rising
to cheers which reached their climax
at the reviewing stand, in Memorial
Plaza, where the commander-m-c mef
of all United States forces stood to
watch.
The parade brought the three-day
meeting of the veterans to close, and
last night the members OF the famous
Rainbow went back to their homes.
President Hoover returned to Wash
ington Immediately after the parade,
arriving in the Capital at O'Clock. p
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
Mexico Seeks Labor Change.

MEXICO CITY, July 16 R.-The
permanent congressional commission to-
day convoked the Mexican Congress for
a special session to begin July Is to
discuss amendments of the constitution
necessary for the passage OF President
Portes Gil'S new labor measure.
AS soon as the constitution is amend
ed the labor bill, which provides for
drastic changes in the country's code,
will be presented to Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
POLICE CAPTURE RUM CAR,
COL0RED DRIVER ESCAPES
Sergt. Little and Squad Seize Ma
chine After Crash and Con-
f1scate Case of Whisky.

Cruising in the vicinity Of Eleventh
and @ streets last night, Sergt. George
Little and his liquor squad seized an
automobile from which the colored
driver leaped to the street and escaped
and which they said contained a case
Of corn whisky.
Little and his men drew alongside the
suspicious looking car, ana after the
driver effected his escape, the unat-
tended machine came to a halt when
it crashed into tree at Eleventh and
r streets. The automobile and liquor
were seized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
PERCY FOSTER RETURNS.
Directed Musical Program Of Two
Christian Endeavor Sessions.

Percy s. Foster, one of the oldest
members Of the International Society
of Christian Endeavor, returned with
Mrs. Foster recently after two weeks in
New York and Kansas City, during
which he directed the music at two
conventions of the" organization.
Mr.. Foster, who lives at the Cavalier
Hotel, led chorus of 500 voices at the
thirty-eighth convention of the New
York State Christian Endeavor Union,
then went to the Western city, where
he was musical director for the thirty
second meeting Of the international
society.
Mr.. Foster became a member Of the
latter organization in 1892, and in
Reorganization of his long service record,
he was honor guest at dinner which
seated more than 1900 delegates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
NEW RAINBOW is URGED.
Maryland Will Join II Move Is Sane
TONED. Adjutant General Says.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, July 16.-Maryland Will
ioin in the organization Of new Rain
bow Division if one is sanctioned by
Congress, according to Adjt: Gen: Mil
ton A. Reckord, commander OF tne
Maryland National Guard.
He Endorsed suggestion made at the
dinner of the Rainbow Division veterans
by Mai. Gen. Charles P. Summerall,
Army chief of staff.
The Rainbow Division was made up
of National Guard units from 26 States.
including Maryland, Pennsylvania, VIZ
ginia and the District Of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
PAYS TO ESCAPE JAIL.
Alimony Defendant Had Been Held
in CONTEMPT of Court.

The prospect of 80 days in the Dis
trict iail. especially at this time of the
wear, did not appeal to Schee Merritt
Lockwood, real estate agent residing
at the Racquet Club, who was held in
contempt of court yesterday by Justice
Bailey for failing to pay arrears of
alimony and counsel fees to his wife,
Jane Cochran Lockwood, who is suing
him for limited divorce. After SPEND
ing a few hours in the custody Of
United States Marshal Edgar G. Snyder
at the courthouse Lockwood decided to
nav $149.5O,, which under the order
entitled him to his liberty.
Hollanders have more than doubled
their savings since the World War.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
.24,718 TREATED
DURING YEAR

A total of 24.7l8 patients were
treated at Freedmen's Hospital
during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1929, according to the
annual report Of DR.. w. A. War
field. surgeon.in-chief, released to-
day by the United States Depart
ment of Interior. -
The nufnber for the preceding
year was 29,501. In the outdoor
department 20,684 patients were
treated, with minor surgical treat
mentS totalling $3.50. In the
dental department I'll received
treatment as against SOL last year.
At the beginning Of the year
there were ITS patients in the
hospital from the preceding year.
During the year 1888 were re-
ceived into the hospital, making
F. total of 4.033 indoor patients.
OF the number admitted, i1clud-
ing births, ,1O5 were pay patients,
1434 were INDECENT residents Of
the various States, and 1919 were
from the District of Columbia.
Freedmen's Hospital was organ
lied in 1875 and at the end Of
that year 100 patients were adj
mitted. 1t is the largest institu-
ton of its kind under the super
vision of negroes in this, country.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
PARKER CHOSEN
ONCE MORE

The Rev. Georgia.. Parker was
reelected president of the District
Federation Of Parent Teacher AS
scciation last night at the Harri-
son School. Other officers named
include Clarence Tignor, vice
president, Mrs. Madeline Lewis,
secretary, and A. T. Short, treas
urer.
The association was addressed
by the Rev. r. ]. A. Bennett, men,
Der of the Board of Education,
and Garnet C. Wilkinson, first
assistant superintendent in charge
OF division 1913. The. former out
lined the school budget and APP
preparations for the schools OF the
city.
The association adopted reso-
luton whereas the body will fur
nish a social worker for the Juve
nile Court Of the District. The
body went on record indorsing
free text books for the public
schools.
Members of the executive COM
niittee named include the Rev.
Parker, chairman; West Hamil-
ton, Susie Quander, A. T. High
smith. Sadie S. Gaskins, the Rev.
j.. D. Pair and j. c. Payne. The
association will meet next month
at the Cleveland School.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
Germans Will Build
Greater Graf Zeppelin

BERLIN. Nov. % Q.N.So -
The construction Of a new Yep
peIn, the Lz-128, with fifty per
cent greater gas capacity than
the Graf Zeppelin and larger than
England's giant dirigible R-101,
will be started within ten days.
A. new hangar, built especially
to house the new air giant, has
now been completed. The new
dirigible will cost approximately
$4,000, 900.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
COlOred Lawyers Hear
Froe on Segregation

Arthur G.. Froe, Recorder of
Deeds, addressed the Colored Bar
Association last night at the
Twelfth Street Branch Of the Y.
M. C. A. on segregation and prop
erty covenant.
Another speaker was the Rev.
j.. w. Baskerville. archdeacon Of
the Episcopal Church Of South
Carolina.
"A committee was appointed to
plan for the John M. LangSton
day to be celebrated next March.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
"Hell Week" Abolished
AT Northwestern u.

EVANSTON, Ill, Nov. a.
Harassed fraternity pledges view
with approval the abolition OF
hell week" on the campus at
Northwestern University. Hell
Week." for those who do not
know, is the narrowing seven
days of initiation into fraternities,
when pledges are forced to do
ell sorts of embarrassing and
idiotic stunts" in order to qualify
for the mysteries Of their par.
ticular frat"
The abolition movement was
sponsored by Robert w. Hicks.
president of the inter-fraternity
council, and by James w, Arm.
strong. dear Of men at Northwest.
efn.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
CHEMIST TO SPEAK

"Photochemistry" win be the
subject OF an address by DR.. Max
Bodenstein professor Of physical
chemistry at the University Of
Berlin, before the meeting Of the
Chemical Society of washington.
at the Cosmos Club, Madison
Place entrance, tonight at 8:l5
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
COunterfeiting Plant
For New Notes Raided

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Nov. ~
[ (I.N.S.) Plates for the nnanufac-
ture Of spurious bank notes Of the
new small size were included in
thousands OF dollars worth
Of lcounterfeiting paraphernalia
seized by police ina raid today.
Two men and a woman was ar
rested.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
o'RYAN GOES ABROAD

NEW YORK, Nov. ~ dN.s)-
Mai. Gen. John =. Organ,
wartime comma der Of the
Twenty-seventh Division, an d
Brig. Gen. ;. Leslie Kihcaid are
bound for Europe to complete
arrangements for the union Of
the division and its affiliated
@
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
Fireman Dies in Crash
| OF Truck, Parked Autos

I NEWARK, N. j., Nov "a
uNs1.-Fireman John curran.
IS, member Of q hook and lad.
der company, died tonight of
injuries suffered when the APP
paratus crashed into two parked
autos while responding to an
alarm. ~
New Britain herald., 1929-01-17
COURT Of HONOR
future IN DOUBT
Council Committee Will Con-
slider Fate Of Memorial

The future of the arch and court
of honor at the entrance to Walnut
Hill parry on West Main street was
brought to the attention of the COM
mon council at its meeting last night
by Mayor Paonessa. At his sugges-
ton he was authorized to appoint a
committee from the council to con-
slider whether the court OF honor
should be put in repair or removed.
Discussing the situation, Mayor
Paonessa said:
1.-THE time has arrived when we
must turn our attention to the me-
mortal archway at the Walnut Hill
park entrance.
The feeling exists that something
should be done; either it should be
restored at a considerable cost or 1t
should be removed and not allowed
TO go to ruin from the action OF the
clements.
Daily we hear the favorable and
enthusiastic comment OF visitors to
our city, praising the World War
Memorial monument. which We ded-
icated this past year on the summit
of Walnut Hill park. No small
amount of praise has been bestowed
on those who had the foresight and
vision to plan and locate our lasting
memorial of bronze and stone which
is such a credit to our city: trib-
ute TO our soldier dead and per-
petual reminder to the living.
II therefore recommend that the
Common Council authorize me to
appoint committee consisting of
members of the Common Council to
make a study of the situation and
report it's findings with such recon-
dations as they deem necessary, for
the further consideration of the
Common Council.
Respectfully.
"A. NJ. PAONESSA.
Mayor"
New Britain herald., 1929-01-17

quest last night from Mr.. ShaEahaE
OF Abingdon, Mass, to summon Lu-
clan Holmes of Hillside place on ac-
| count OF the serious illness of bis
aunt. Mr. Holmes arranged to go at
once.
Tune in on WEAF at $50 o'clock
and hear the Hoover Sentinels.-
advt.
Officer Clarence kumm found a
water pipe in a building at asa Main
street leaking short time after mid
night. and with the assistance of the
the water in the main supply pipe
shut off.
Briere's Family Barber Shop, 277
Main street, over Woolworth's.
where sanitation and workmanship
pleases the whole family. A call
will convince.-advt.
The annual meeting of the New
| Britain General hospital incorpor-
ators will be held at the hospital
next Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G.. Rose are in
New York TO attend the lecture and
exhibits of Richard n. Speaight, +.
II. p. s., court photographer of Lon
don. The exhibit is being held at
the Commodore hotel.
Tune in on WEAF at $50 O'Clock
and hear the Hoover Sentinels.-
advt.
Burritt Grange will hold its regu-
lar meeting Saturday evening at
o'clock at Junior o. U. A. NJ. hall.
During the social hour there will be
music and two short sketches en-
titled "Hiram's Hired Hand" and
| ''Hiram's Pay Day."
Members of Giddings chapter, r.
A. NJ, will go to Bristol tomorrow
evening to work the Most Excellent
degree upon class of candidates.
William 4. Fay, past high priest Of
the local chapter. will preside and