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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
PLAN TO OPEN BANK
OFFERED TO COURT
Stockholders Pool of $780,
600 Gives Start to South
ern Maryland Trust Co.
BY GEORGE PORTER,
STAT Correspondent Of The Star.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, February
27-Having effected a temporary or
ganization by electing a full slate OF
officers and filled four existing vacancies
on the board of directors, representa-
tiveS Of the Southern Maryland Trust
Co. today presented q petition to Judge
Joseph @. Mattingly in Circuit Court
here setting forth a plan for the re-
opening of the institution.
Outline Of Plan.
The plan calls for:
/. Reduction of capital stock from
5000, 900 to $3.50, 900.
2. The establishment of a special re-
serve fund of $4,000.
3. The contribution by the stock
holders of 100000 in cash, and the
removal. with the aid of the F. H
Smith Co. of certain obligations OF
former officials and employees of that
company which we're in the bank, by
cash and good securities. When this
is done, it is said, all of the paper OF
this nature will have been removed
from the bank.
Allen MacCullen, Washington at
torney, who has been working since
December to have the bank reopened,
together with George w. Page, bank
commissioner of Maryland and receiver
for the institution, and Ogle Marbury,
special counsel for the State in the
case, were expected to be present.
designations Accepted.
designations of all of the former Of
ficers of the bank rendered, were ac-
cepted at a meeting of the board of di-
rectors yesterday, and A. o. Ollie, who
for more than 80 years has been man.
ager of the Union Stock Yards at Ben
ming, D. c., and is widely known in
Prince Georges County, was chosen
president, succeeding w. j. Hayward.
Vice presidents chosen were DR.. 2. M.
Brady, w. Seaton Belt and w. w. Col
Inns, the latter being reelected. Mr..
MacCullen was reelected secretary and
Mary E. Myers reelected treasurer.
The vacancies on the board OF di-
rectors were filled by the election Of
Ollie, MacCullen, Clarence M. Roberts
and Francis H. HILL
Inasmuch as about As new stock
holders we're affiliated with the bank in
the reorganization and sale Of pool
stock, and these are not entitled to vote
until the whole plan for reopening IS
approved by the court and the charter
amended, 1t was decided to defer the
annual meeting and election of perma-
nent officers. 1t is expected this will be
held shortly after the reopening of the
pank, Wnen Ill SUOCkIlOtuSEs may hdFS
a voice in the election of permanent
board of directors. which will select the
permanent officers. The bank now has
nearly ITS stockholders
The banks of the Southern Maryland
Trust Co. at Seat Pleasant and Upper
Marlboro we're closed by order of the
bank commissioner on December ID.
Frozen assets was given as the cause.
The way for the reopening of the in
stitution was paved last Friday night
when subscriptions to 100000 pool
were completed at stockholders meet
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
|CRANDAL MACKEY
PUTS HAT IN RING
Lawyer, in Announcing Can
didacy for Congress, De-
cIares for Dry Law Change.
y a stan Correspondent Of The Star.

BY STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, February 27.-In
an exclusive interview with a reporter
of this paper, Capt. Crandal Mackey,
prominent Arlington County and Wash
ington attorney, last hight announced
that he is to enter the race for Con-
gress from the eighth congressional dis
trict of Virginia. He is in Richmond as
a member of a committee of the Ar
lington County Bar Association.
Capt. Mackey, Democrat, will run in
the primary against State Senator
Frank L. Ball of Arlington County and
Judge Howard w. Smith of Alexandria,
the active campaign having been caused
by the recent announcement of Repre-
sentative r. Walton Moore that he will
not again be candidate.
Would Amend Dry Act.
In announcing his candidacy Capt.
Mackey made the following statement:
IT am for any reasonable amendment
of the Volstead law that will enable the
Government to enforce prohibition"
He declared that what is known as
the Wickersham plan, which was pro-
posed by the late President woodrow
Wilson and approved by Chief Justice
Taft and by President Hoover, that the
Government should stay out of the
States and limit its activities to the
prevention of the flow of alcohol from
abroad and in and out of the States
would meet his approval. He further
stated that the curse Of this country is
the bootlegger and that what is known
as. the Quebec system might put the
bootlegger out of existence.
Capt. Mackey statea that his mind
was open to any amendment to the Vol
stead law that would do away with the
bootlegger and the corruption resulting
from his power to purchase and corrupt
Federal officers.
During his three terms as common
wealth's attorney of Arlington County,
Capt. Mackey stated, he closed all Of
the saloons in the county. on the
grounds that they were nothing less
than Sunday barrooms, and got Judge
Nicol to refuse all licenses to barrooms
in Arlington County.
o. KID by Anti Saloon League.
He predicted that both Ball and
Smith would bear the o. K and brand
of the Anti-Saloon League and obey its
orders if elected to Congress. He says
he cannot see why the VolStead law
was too sacred to be amended, when
the Constitution of the United States has
been amended 19 times. He agrees with
the Anti-Saloon League, he said, that
the law permitting the sale of wines
and beer would open the saloons OF the
country and not touch the question of
prohibition except adversely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
BOY DROPS DEAD
IN BETHESDA GYM
Francis B. Lightbown Succumbs to
Heart Attack While
Exercising.
~ a star Correspondent of The Star.

BY q stan correspondent OF Inc Gtars
BETHESDA, Nd, February 81
While engaged in gymnasium activities
in the Bethesda High School yesterday,
Francis B. Lightbown. IA years old, 5
Thornapple street. Chevy Chase, sud-
denly keeled over and died before medi-
cal aid arrived. He was pronounced
dead by Dr. Benjamin G. Perry, acute
dilation of the heart being given as the
cause.
The youth was exercising in the GYM
nasium of the school with the rest of
the class. His brother, Charles, said
today that Francis had just rejoined the
line of students after Ginning himself
on the horizontal bar, when he fell to
the floor. Classmates carried him to
the gymnasium Office, and medical as
sistance was Immediately summoned.
as was also his brother Edward, stu
dent in the same school. Charles said
that his brother had never been sick,
and had shown no previous indications
of heart trouble. His classmates were
grief-stricken.
He is a son of Charles M. Lightbown,
o real estate dealer, who has done much
developing in Cottage City in Prince
Georges County. He has three brothers
and three sisters Funeral arrange
ments are not yet completed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
Veteran Pastor Dead.

LYNCHBURG, Va. February ~ (Spe-
ciaD Rev. w. E Warren, 81 years of
age, for 40 years active in Virginia
Baptist pastorates, died Tuesday night
at Virginia Baptist Hospital, death fol-
lowing a stroke Of paralysis. Mr.. War
rem was making his home in Roanoke
at the time he vas brought to the
Baptist Hospital here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
MEETING CALLED TO PLAN
FOR R. |. AVE. LIGHTS
Town ohicials to Discuss Project
at Joint Session Tomor-
row Night.
Special pispatch TO the star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
EVANSVILLE, Md, February 27.-
Plans for the uniform lighting Of Rhode
Island avenue from Brentwood to
Hyattsville will be considered at a
meeting tomorrow night at o'clock in
the council chamber of the Municipal
Building here of the mayors and light
ing committees of the town councils of
HyattSville, Brentwood and North
Brentwood and a special committee of
the Chamber of Commerce of Hyatts-
vile, Of which William T. Jennings is
chairman.
Mr.. Jennings called the meeting. His
committee, which also includes Daniel
Cox Fahey, jr., and Richard C. zant-
ringer, was appointed to cooperate
with Hyattsville, Brentwood and North
Brentwood in working out plans for
lighting the avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
PLAN DAY OF PRAYER.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALLSTON, Va. February 27.-Plans
are being perfected for Union World
Day of Prayer for the women by the
Christian Church, Presbyterian Church,
Central Methodist Episcopal Church,
Mount Olivet Methodist Protestant
Church and the Little Church on the
Corner (Nazarene), to be held at the
Central Methodist Episcopal Church
South Friday, March z.
Several prominent woman speakers
are eXpected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27

more furnished several solos Luncheon
was served by the ladies of the Mount
Rainier Christian Church in that build
ing. Arrangements we're made by the
Wognen's Civic League of Mount Rainier.
The institute was the first held by the
federation in four years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
Lad Nearly Decapitated by Saw.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

GLeNIdL DIspaICI 70 7 LIt DLdIs
MARTINSBURG, w. Va, February
27.-Arlington, 15-year-old son of Yer
non Shade, well-known orchardist here
had his head almost sawed from his
body when he was caught in a cir.
cular power saw while saving fire.
pital here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03
Sl,ODO,0DO
GANG LOBBY FUND
Chicago Daily Hears Under
world Is Out to Gust Po-
lice Commissioner.
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, october 3.-The Herald
and Examiner hears that organized
crime in Chicago is raising a million
dollar fund to be dedicated to the pur-
pose of putting Police Commissioner
John Alcock out of ONCE.
The newspaper quotes an undesig-
mated official source:
I'VE know the fund Is being raised.
We know 1t Is intended to be one Of
the biggest underworld lobby funds ever
collected In Chicago-and a million dol
lars Is not the limit, either. The pur-
pose Is to collect as much as neces-
sary.' And the money is to be used
'discreetly.'"
The need for discretion" is taken to
indicate that the gang powers are anx-
ious to avoid any rough stun" that
might stir public indignation.
The newspaper was unable to say to-
day how gangland intended to use the
fund to effect removal Of the police COM
missioner. The reason Alcock is wanted
out Of the way, the paper explained, Is
because Of his activity in arresting gang
sters and in breaking up their system of
fixes"
The eighth public enemy" to be ar
rested was James (Fur) Sammons, who
was held in jail today on q vagrancy
warrant in lieu Of $4,000 bond. Sam
mons has long police record. dating
back to 1900. when he was sentenced for
robbery. He once was sentenced to be
hanged for murder, but was reprieved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03

fMe
Mrs a III
Ia turned refuge 70 man Of forces tf from
of Ldap house hy Ordt f with he other Stars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03
FOUR 6ADIO TOWERS
PROPOSED BY NAVY
Experimental Steel Structures Will
Be Erected at Bellevue-Bids
Are Invited.

The Navy is getting ready TO install
four steel radio towers at the Naval
Research Laboratory at Bellevue, D. c.,
for experimental work in the super high
frequency field.
The Navy Department today issued
invitations for bids for these radio
towers and will open communications
from prospective contractors on october
is. in the Bureau Of Yards and Docks,
Navy Department.
While the towers will be entirely ex-
perimental, they can be used as stand
by station for Annapolis. Md. or Ar
lington, Va, should those stations be
disabled for any reason. naval officials
said today. The Navy will experiment
independently with this new equipment
but is likely to utilize the services Of its
vessels at sea in the conducting Of re-
search work into this new field of radio.
The towers are to be 200 feet high.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03
FUGITIVE ARRESTED
Finger Prints Identify Colored Man
Arrested in Baltimore.

Richard Clay Bundy, colored, 81
years old. wanted as fugitive from
the District Reformatory at Lorton, Va,
where he was serving q term of four
years for robbery, is under arrest in Bal
timoe. More than two years ago Bundy
was arrested on q charge Of murder,
1t having been alleged that he knocked
down another man by blow with his
fist. the latter subsequently dying. The
prisoner was acquitted.
Later Bundy was arrested on a
charge Of robbery and sentenced to
serve four years, escaping April last
year. He was arrested In Baltimore
early this week as a suspicious person.
local police were informed, and gave
his name as George Arthur Moore.
Fingerprints sent here by the Balti-
more police resulted in Detective Fred
erick Sandberg, Identification expert,
identifying him as the fugitive. De-
tectives Thomas Sweeney and Paul w.
Jones went to Baltimore today 10 get
the fugitive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03
MRS. EDDY is BACKED
AS COUNCIL LEADER
Nominating Committee Names New
York Woman for Girl Scout
Official Post.
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, october ga reco-
mendation that Mrs. Frederick Eddy OF
New York be elected president Of the
National Council of Girl Scouts was
made today by the councils Nominating
Committee. The council Is meeting here
for its sixteenth annual convention.
Mrs Eddy has been third vice presi-
dent and chairman of the field division.
She has been vice president since
1928 and was formerly member Of the
National Finance Committee. Election
Of officers is to be held this afternoon.
Mrs. Eddy in report to the conven-
ton this morning as chairman Of the
field division, said a constructive out
doors program is made available to 50.-
900 Girl Scouts each year through 526
supervised camps. Recently 103 new
camps have been added to the list regis
tered at national headquarters, she said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03
BRIG. GEN. YATES BURIED
IN ARLINGTON TODAY
Retired Army officer Died in Cali
fornia Hospital on Sep
TENDER IS.

Funeral services for Brig. Gen.
Arthur w. Yates, United States Army,
retired, who died at Stanford Univer-
sity Hospital. California. September as,
were held at Arlington Cemetery at
10 o'clock this morning. Chaplain AL
bert F, Vaughan of Fort Myer officiat-
ing. The honorary pallbearers were
Maj. Gen. William D. Conner, Brig.
Gen. Francis H. Pope, Brig. Gen. VIII
liam z. Horton. retired; Brig. Gen.
Louis H. Bash, Col. C. r. Humphrey
and Maj. w. r. White.
Gen. Yates was well known in this
city, having been assistant to the quar-
termaster general for several years. He
Is survived by his widow and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Harold F. Pullen, wife Of
Lieut.. Harold F. Pullen, United States
Navy. stationed at the Naval Academy,
Annapolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03
PROBE OF CANNON
NOW SEEN CERTAIN
Bishop Still Unaware of
+. Charges, He Says, After
Seeing Bishop AinsWorth.
ny the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
Bishop James Cannon, jr., said today
he was still unaware of the nature OF
the charges which have been made
against him, although he conferred
last night with Bishop w. N. Ainsworth
in whose custody the charges rest.
An investigation of the complaints
They were brought by four fellow men,
bers Of the clergy of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, and are under
stood TO deal partly with the stock
market and political activities OF
Cannon.
The bishop said in his office today
he was standing by the position he took
in a cable to the Associated Press
while on the seas returning to the
United States from Brazil-namely, that
the procedure in bringing the charges
was irregular. This has been denied
by those who are sponsoring the charges
and calling for church trial.
Bishop Ainsworth Returns.
Bishop Ainsworth returned last night
to Birmingham, Ala. He had conferred
in Richmond with the travelling elders
who brought the charges. He is I'M
derstood by those close to him to be
planning to follow the regular proceed
ure ordered by the church for such
cases. which provides that the bishop
to whom charges are made appoint a
committee to investigate and decide
whether a church trial is necessary.
The discipline provides that If such
q trial is decided upon, the accused
bishop can be suspended until the fol-
lowing General Conference. The next
one is in 1884.
"The conference with Bishop Aims
worth was Official" Bishop Cannon
said today, declining to discuss its pur-
pose.
II have never seen the charges" he
added Bishop Ainsworth did not have
them with him. Therefore I do not
know yet what they are, any more than
what I have seen in the newspapers"
Insisting he had nothing to add to
his cable to the Associated Press. Bish-
op Cannon said. II stand by that radio
statement-I usually stick by what I
say"
Reiferates Statement.
Asked If he could respond to re-
Gently published declaration by the
elders that the procedure was in ac-
cord with "the spirit and the letter"
of the church discipline, Bishop Can
non explained
II said in that cable that the discipline
required careful inquiry before the
charges were made" Bishop Cannon
said, land that that Of necessity re-
quires comforting with me-"
The charges, understood to deal with
the stock market and political activities
of the bishop. as well as other phases of
his conduct, were filed by DR.. Forrest j.
Prettyman of Baltimore, DR.. !. P. Martin
of Abingdon, Va: DR.. Costen j. Harrell
and Dr. Ut. Mastin, both of Richmond.
Hgff1 fre
worth in Richmond on Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03

Fifteen-year- Phyllis Basin, daugh-
ter Of q retired banker, was sucked
through q 12-inch drain of q SWIM
ming pool and shot into the ocean with
cannon-shot speed recently. The tank
was being cleaned and the girl was
caught in the waste water swirling
through the pipe, 80 feet long. She
landed headhrst in the ocean, her bath
ing costume stripped from her body,
which was covered with blood. Her In
jlries were slight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03

Cosmopolitan Club Service Medal Com
mittee, announced that nominations for
this annual award are now open. This
medal is awarded each year to. the per-
son in the community deemed to have
performed the most outstanding service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03

at the Raleigh Hotel on October 16. Mr..
Summons is being assisted by Frank
Ghiselli, James Nolan, Charles Watson,
Harold Smith, Michael Schaefer, An
thony Auth, Paul Davis, Lewis A. Payne,
Jerome Ssks and Leon Oppenheimer.
DR.. J. Rozier Biggs, chairman of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03

advocated by Maj. Don S. Knowlton,
United States Marine Corps Reserves, in
speaking before the Cosmopolitan Club
az the Carlton Hotel yesterday. With
the curtailment of the forces of the
Army and Navy, it is necessary that the
United States provide a means of pro-
lection in the future, and with camp
training, men could enter the service in
time OF war with knowledge of military
tactics, he said.
The first Fall frolic of the club, an
nounced by Stokes Sammons, chairman
of the committee in charge, will be held
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03
SON BORN TO MORGAN
Fourth Of Family Sixteenth Grand
SON Of J. p. Morgan.

GLEN COVE, N Y, October 8 Dr.
A new member Of the house Of Morgan
will greet j. p. Morgan when he re-
turns from abroad late next month. A
fourth son was born last week to Mr..
and Mrs. Henry 8. Morgan of Locust
Valley.
The child Is the sixteenth grandson
OF j. p. Morgan. His brothers are
Henry Morgan; jr.; Charles Morgan and
Miles Standish Morgan. Mrs. Henry
8. Morgan was formerly Catherine
Adams, daughter Of Charles r. Adams,
Secretary of the Navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03
WOULD TRAIN YOUNG MEN
AS NATIONS DEFENDERS
Maj. Know1ton, in Address, Stresses
the Advantages Of Citizens
Military Camps.

Protection of the United States through
training Of the younger generation in the
Citizens Military Training Camps was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03
WOMAN LOSESL|FE
ASF|RE ROUTS zoo
Apartment House on Chaplin
Street Wrecked, Another
Damaged by Blaze.

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03
EDGE AND WIFE SAIL
FOR U. S. OCTOBER is
Ambassador Will Confer With
President and Secretary stimson
on Franco-American Matters.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, October 3.-Ambassador and
Mrs. Edge will leave on the lie de
France october 16 for the United States
on the Ambassadors regular two-month
vacation.
While in America the Ambassador will
confer with President Hoover and Sec
rotary Stimson on general matters OF
Frarco-American controversy.
He viii celebrate his birthday ami
versary, November 20, In America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03
WEIGH BISHOPS RESIGNATION.
Executive Committee Of College Con-
siders Status of Cannon.

RICHMOND, Va, october 3.-The
Times-Dispatch quotes Harry Williams,
a member of the Executive Committee
of the Blackstone College for Girls, at
Blackstone, Va, as saying the matter
of requesting the resignation of Bishop
James Cannon, jr., as chairman of the
institutions board of trustees was dis
cussed by the board on September l.
The paper says Williams and others
connected with the school declined to
say whether the question of asking the
bishops resignation as chairman was
the outgrowth of charges recently filed
against Bishop Cannon by four travelling
elders of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South.
Bishop Cannon founded the Black
stone College for Girls and was its head
for "a years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29

circles, Gen. SntHen also was q Mason
and was q charter member of the Ma
tional Press Club
Much of the generals time in re-
cent years had been devoted to the
pursuit of his two hobbies, amateur
photography and the collection Of
American autographs. He also was an
automobile enthusiast, driving his own
car through downtown traffic almost
daily regardless OF his advanced years
Covering the walls of Gen. Sniffen's
apartment are more than q hundred
photographs of Presidents, statesmen,
generals, scientists and other notables,
many taken with his own camera. He
was a personal friend Of practically all
Of these men.
Autographs Of Presidents.
His autographed pictures of Presi-
dents included nearly all since Abra-
ham Lincoln. Most of them were sent
by the Chief Executives as testimonials
of their friendship. He regarded as
one of the most valuable articles in his
collection a document in the original
handwriting of President Andrew John
son.
Gen. Sniffen also possessed numerous
letters and poems In the handwriting
of his boyhood friend, Walt Whitman,
the poet.
AS assistant secretary of President
Grant, Gen. Sniffen became a close
friend of the ante-bellum statesman.
He priced highly telegram written
by Grant during the Tilden- Hayes cleo
ton. The message dealt with election
troubles arising in Florida and Louisi-
ana and after cautioning officers against
permitting fraud. Grant wired: mo
man worthy of the Office of President
would be willing to hold it If counted
In or placed there by any fraud"