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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-23

ton on the executive council of the
American Bankers Association. He; Is
credited with originating the idea OF
holding the District bankers convention
out of the city and of the weekly bank
erS' luncheons. He Is O charter member
of Washington Chapter, American In
stitute of Banking. For the past i've
years he has been chairman Of tho
Washington Better Business Bureau and
now is chairman of the Board of
Trades committee on municipal finance.
In Marblevale, Baltimore County.
Md, Mr.. Evans now Is So years old.
He obtained his education at Central
High School and in George Washington
University, his wife at present holding
the distinction Of being the university's
only woman trustee. Mr.. Evans u
treasurer OF the Washington committee
of 100 of the American Civic Asso-
citation, treasurer of Nthe Instructive
Visiting Nurse Society and Of the
Juvenile Protective Association.
No Personnel Changes Planned.
Mr.. Evans Is an Episcopalian, identi-
fed with st. Adams parish, and Is o
member Of the National Press, Metro
politan and Chevy Chase Clubs.
It is understood that no changes In
the District Nationals personnel are
contemplated. At the directors meet
ing yesterday Charles C. Rogers, for 20
years O director Of the bank, was elected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-23

The average daily output of the Ruhr
coal mines has decreased from ATS, 500
tons In November to 403,700 tons at
present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-23

a vice president to I'LL the position held
by the late w. L. Sansbury.
The other officers, aside from Messrs
Harper and '7vans, include: w. p
Lpscomb, vice president; c. J. Gockeler
vice president; Hilleary L. Offutt, jr
vice president and cashier; william C.
LOCKER, Theodore S. Mason, Arthur M
Atkinson and Raymond P. Lochte
assistant cashiers; Barnard & Johnson
attorneys; Wharton E. Lester, counsel
B. l.. Cotton, trust officer, and Ralph
p. Barnard, counsel to trust depart
ment.
The directors are: Ralph p. Barnard
Charles j. Brand, Sidney I. Besselievre
John w. Childress, Barnum L. Cotton
"A. p. Crenshaw, Charles w. Darr
Joshua Evans, jr.; Atwood M. Fisher
C. j. Gockeler. Eugene C. Colt, Robert
N. Harper, w. Charles Heitmuller
j. Miller Kenyon, Marshall L. King
william p. Lipscomb, w. H. Martin
John F. Maury, Frank w. Mondell, E. j
Murphy, Robert Lee O'Brien, Hilleary
L. Offutt. jr.; Charles c. Rogers, Horace
g. Smithy, II. L. Thornton, Joseph p
Tumulty, Leon 8. Ulman, Chester Wells
and e. G. Yonker.
The District Nationals deposits ir
the last controllers call amounted tc
$s,255. s03.74.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-23
R. n. HARPER YIELDS
BANK PRESIDENCY
Joshua Evans, Jr., Succeeds
Him-Retiring Official Be-
comes Chairman of Board.

Robert N. Harper, having sold prac-
tically all his stock in the District Ma
tional Bank to q syndicate headed by
Joshua Evans, IT,, retired from the
presidency Of the bank ut the directors
meeting late yesterday and was elected
chairman OF the board.
Mr.. Evans, who has been executive
vice president Of the bank, was elected
president, the change to take place July
l. It was stated that Mr.. Evans repre-
sentS q group of important local and
outside interests, identified with bank
ing, utility and industrial activities"
The price paid for the Harper stock
holdings was not given out, although
1t Is understood to have been consider
ably higher than the recent bid prices
on the washington Stock Exchange.
The last sale was made on the exchange
at $215 q share.
Important Banking Change.
The change is one OF the most i'm
portant that has taken place in local
banking circles In many months. Presi-
dent harper feels that he deserves /.
rest from banking details. But sha..
not lose my interest in the bank" he
declared today. 1.-The District National
is my child" he added.
For So years, without intermiSsion,
my nose been kept to the business
grlndstone Of details" he said. Il hold
the distinction Of having served longer
as president Of q national bank than
any other executive In the city. MIR.
Stellwagen Of the Union Trust Co. ex-
ceeds me by one year."
Mr.. Harper organized the American
National Bank in 1903, and became its
president, disposing OF his interest in
m fn,- - so
That bank later merged with the Fed
eral-American. Mr.. Harper then es-
tablished the private banking firm Of
Harper g. Co. and soon afterward Or
gained the District National. being
elected president.
During his half century Of business
activity Mr.. Harper states that he has
never lost O single days employment
He came to Washington in 1886 with
$3.50 in his pocket and Is now SO years
old. He Is o past president Of the
District Bankers Association, past vice
president for the District Of Columbia
Of the American Bankers Association,
four times president Of the Washing
ton Chamber Of Commerce, member of
the City Club, Congressional Country
and the Racquet Club. He Is q director
Of the Peoples National Bank of Lees
burg, Va, Of the Arlington Trust Co.,
Rosslyn, Va; Washington Railway &
Electric Co., and the Potomac Electric
Power Co. 1t is claimed for him that
he has held more civic ofiices, serving
without pay, than any other man In
Washington.
Evans Left Riggs National.
Joshua Evans, the new president,
joined the District Nationals stair in
1925 as executive vice president, re-
signing as Gle of the vice presidents
of Riggs National to take the position.
He started his banking career as q
messenger, advancing with rapidity.
For years he has taken unusual In
terest in both business and civic affairs.
Mr.. Evans Is former president Of
the District Bankers Association, and
for three years represented the associa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-23
MRS. FUNSTON AWARDED
PENSION OF So, 600 A YEAR
Bill Tavoring Widow of Famous
General Now Awaiting Presi-
dent Hoover's Approval.

~ the Associated Press.
A measure carrying provision Tor Q
$500 annual pension for the widow OF
Mai. Gen. Frederick Funston has been
passed by Congress and now awaits
signature Of the President.
Mrs. Funston, now i'll in San Fran
cisco, was granted pension Of $10o
Q month several years ago. To supple
ment this sum in the support OF q
family she obtained employment in a
store. Failure of her health brought
about a movement for a more substan-
tial Government contribution.
Gen. Funston, who rose from the
ranks, was the leader Of the fearless
band which captured Aguinaldo, the
Philippine insurrectionist, and later fig-
ured in the expedition Of 1916 in
Mexico,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-23

from q speech Of v. ]. Patel, resigned
president of the Indian legislative as
sembly and new head of the civil dis
obedience campaign, before 100000 In
dian nationalist sympathizers here last
night.
Patel pleaded for revolution and
still more revolution" After his speech
the streets were filled with pande-
monium and shouting, Down with the
British: away with British goods"
Mrs. Saorjini Naidu today was SEN
fenced to nine months simple imprison-
ment as leader of the Mahatma Gandhi
civil disobedience salt raiders at Dhara-
sana on Wednesday. A previous raid
Of hers had been treated with tolerance
by the authorities, who merely sur
rounded her and her party in the road
and kept them here until the following
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-23

the sailor did not know them by name or sight
STILL there was way. The sailor returned the torn
photo to his pocket lighted his funny, long pipe and
walked to a certain busy street exactly. as the
stranger who gave him the bag in Antwerp had
directed. He betrayed no outward sign that the
customs men had caught him and were then walk
ing but q few steps behind him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-23
PIGEONS PREPARE HOME
Nest in District Building Vsntala
tor Will Not Be Disturbed.

Two white saddleback pigeons, no
doubt attracted by the environment
promised for their young, have decided
to nest in ventilator In one Of the
windows of the District Health Depart
ment, on the second floor Of the Dis
trict Building. Papa Pigeon pursued
his labors with great diligence all yes
terday afternoon, and he had an inter-
ested audience Of psychologists, chem
lists, medicos, cameramen and whatnot.
The pigeons will not be disturbed. This
point was settled once and for all
after the murder Of Charlie, one Of the
flock Of pigeons which makes q roost-
ing place of the lodges of the District
Building by . city employe recently.
Charles death caused such o protest
that orders went forth from the Com
missioners that the pigeons must be
left In peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-23
By Quig Staver:

day, when all were released.
Thus far every prominent leader en-
gagged in salt raiding has been incar-
cerated.
Two hundred and fifty Nationalist
volunteers, arrested In the recent salt
raids and held in the detention camp
at Worli, have begun hunger strike
in protest at the diet which Is offered
them.
Undeterred by moving troops to Dhar-
asana Surat, and other localities where
government-operated salt depots are 10
Gated, Indian Nationalist today plan
ned further mass raids against the salt
pans.
The raid projected for today at Wa
dala was called of, but only to complete
preparations for o mass raid Sunday
there. Another mass raid has been
planned for Sunday at Dharasana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-23
HONOR IRISH PATRIOTS
Irish-American Union to Hold
Services at Mt. olivet Cemetery.

The Irish American Union, observ-
ing q 50-year annual custom, will hold
commemorative services Sunday morn
ing at Mount Olivet Cemetery for Irish
patriots and former organization mem
bers inferred there.
Following the floral decoration Of
graves members will assemble ct the
monument of Thomas Devin Reilly, O
leader of the young Ireland" move
ment for independence in 1848.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-23

JEDDAH, Arabia, May az Dr.
Moslem Arabs, doomed to die IN the fire
aboard the steamship Asia, In the
harbor here yesterday, knelt and said
their last prayers to Allah before the
flames took them.
Capt. Marchandeau of the Asia today
described scenes Of horror which at
tended burning Of his ship, which was
leaving Jeddah for Djibouti with 1900
pilgrims aboard when the fire broke out.
The captain praised the gallantry and
bravery exhibited by his crew in the
rescue efforts. The entire crew was
saved: some of them climbed back
aboard the doomed ship in order to
take OF some Of the panic-strtcken
people.
Spectators gathered helplessly on the
shore here to watch the awesome scene.
The blaze broke out in the second class
cabin and spread throughout the ship.
Its cause was not determined.
Signals were sent to all ships in the
harbor and about $50 of the pilgrims
were put aboard other ships and another
800 or 400 put ashore in small boats
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-23
GAINS 1909 PER CENT
Seminole, Okla, Over Ten Times
Larger Than in 1920.

Seminole, Okla, frs city to enter
the 10000 class In the 1880 census BY
attaining more than 10 times its 1870
size, came into the lists today with Q
population Of 1882, an increase Of
1,109.s per cent. Seminole's 1890 popu-
lation was 654.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-23
TO STUDY CHAIN STORES
Resolution In House Says indie
pendent Merchants Throttled.

Investigation by joint congressional
committee Of the vicious chain system
of doing business was proposed In o
resolution yesterday by Representative
Green, Democrat, Florida, which said
independent local merchants were being
'throttled" through unfair and unjust
trade competition and unethods."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-23
VAST INDIAN CROWD
TURNED FROM FORT
Woman Successor to Gandhi
Is Sent to Jail for Nine
Months.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOMBAY, May 2S.-An enormous
crowd, estimated at 100000. marched
through the Indian quarters Of the
city this afternoon and attempted b
enter the fort area.
-Four hundred policeman blocked the
way In an effort to prevent the march
ers from entering.
The demonstrators thereupon sal
down in the road and sang national
ist songs.
Serious repercussions were feared
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-23
liz MOSLEMS LOST
IN STEAMER BLAZE
Arab Pilgrims Offer Prayers
as Ship Is Destroyed
IN jeddah Port.
By the Associated Prsss.

By the Associated Press.
MARSEILLES, France, May 23-One
hundred and twelve Moslem pilgrims
who were passengers aboard the steamer
Asia, which burned yesterday In Jeddah
from the ships master received here
today said.
All members of the crew were saved.
The fire could not be mastered and the
ship viii be O total loss.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-06
LID. Fights Efforts
of Govt. to Deport
PicOllella to ItaIy

The New York District of the
International Labor Defense is pre-
pairing to file an appeal in the
United States Supreme Court in the
case of Michael Picollella, 28-year-
old Italian seaman and anti-fascist,
whom the government is trying to
deport to fascist Italy.
Picollella, who came to this coun-
try in June, 1925 was arrested last
April in Hoboke,. N. j., informa-
ton supplied by fascist stoolpigeons.
The Circuit Court of Appeals of
New York recently upheld the de-
cision to deport him, thus paving
the way for the deportation Of all
militant foreign-born seaman who
oppose fascist governments.
Isaac Shorr is the attorney for
the l. L. D. in the case. The New
York District Of the /. l.. d. calls
upon all workers IT, aid it in its
fight to save Picollella from being
sent to certain death or years Of
imprisonment in Mussolini's dun.
geons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-06
PLAN BIG DAILY
CELEBR Alto N
Banner Edition for
Anniversary, Too

Continued from Page One)
against naturalization, will go
$4,000 copies of the Daily Sixth An
niversary issue.
Close to score of thousand copies
of the special issue will reach the
textile workers of the South, mobi-
LIKING under the N. T. w. u. for
struggle against low wages and the
stretchout system.
The California workers, engaged
In a great struggle against a ter
rorism designed by the bosses to
wipe out the Communist Party and
all militant labor groups, have or
dered $4,000 copies of the special
anniversary Daily Worker.
A special edition of 10000 Dailies
will go to Chicago.
Textile mill centers of the South
Knoxville, Tenn, and Greensboro,
N. c., for example, have ordered
large bundles for distribution as
have scores of other industrial CEN
tiers.
One hundred thousand copies of
the Sixth Anniversary edition of the
Daily Worker will be distributed to
the workers of New York.
Leading up 20 these mass distribu-
tions of the Sixth Edition of the
Daily will be mass distributions on
a smaller scale in many industrial
centers throughout the country this
week.
As part of the Recruiting Drive of
the Communist Party of the U. S
A.. Philadelphia workers are to re-
ceive $4,000 copies of the Daily,
extra, this week.
In California, 1000 copies of the
Daily Worker are to be distributed
each day this week.
Greetings from thousands of work
ers are expected to make the spe-
cial issue of the Daily Worker a
message of solidarity of the work
ers.
These greetings will be read by the
workers of the Soviet Union, through
a special printing of the anniver-
sary issue in the Russian language
for distribution to the workers of
the U. S. S. r.
From workers in far-off Juneau,
Alaska, come greetings to the Red
Army, to be inserted in the ami
versary edition of the Daily Worker.
Greetings from the Southern mill
workers will go to the Soviet textile
toilers.
The time limit for greetings to
reach the Daily Worker office for
the Sixth anniversary edition has
been extended from Jan. 6 to Jan.
Z, due to the great response shown
by the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-06
Communist Activities

Unemployed Party Members.
Special meeting for all unemployed
comrades. Monday. Jan. 9, $50 y. m
at 2s Union So,
Unit AZ, Section @.
Special meeting Monday. Jan. 6, nj
$50 .. m. at iss Myrtle Ave
Unit 3. Section z.
Meets Monday. Jan. 6. Important
business. Afterwards Five-Year Plan
discussion.
Unit 3. Section 4.
Meets Tuesday, p. m. at ESQ W.
I2sth st.
Unit OF, Section J.
Meets Tuesday. Jan. 7th' p. m.
section 8, Membership Meeting.
Wednesday, an. Sth, 3 p. M, at 122
Bristol ST. District rep. viii be pres
ent.
emit 2. section =.
Meets Monday. Jan. 9th. $3.50 p. M.
At 1878 S4th.
Unit 2F. section g.
Meets tonight. $3.50 p; m, at .6ss
broadway. Brooklyn. Registration
Metal Trades Fraction.
Meets Tuesday. Jan. z. p. m. at
rs Union So.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-06
PROTECT WHALEN
IN WHALE CASE
Squash Counter-Move
Against Him
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
liant workers brought before him,
many facts leaked out which showed
up part of the sinking mass that
characterizes the connection of New
York with the underworld murder
ring.
A split between two factions of
Tammany Hall with rival factions
headed by Wall Streets ex-presi-
Dental candidate, AL Smith, and
strike-breaking Mayor Walker, was
said by Giro Terranova, one of vi
tales underworld connections, to be
responsible for Tammany's allowing
some of Whales thug connections to
leak out.
Whales connection with a murder
contract ring, which is said to have
carried out the murders of frankie
Yale and Frank NARROW, rival gang
ster leaders, have been shown by the
finding of his name in the note book
of dope peddler and thug arrested
for dope peddling. Whales name was
under numbers frequently called"
But the leaking out of facts show
ing Whales connection with the
thugs was not permitted to proceed
further, for it was threatening to
smear no less a person than Grover
A. Whalen, Tammany's strike-break-
ing police commissioner.
Therefore, when the Tepecanoe
Democratic Club,a Italian Tammany
group of which Vitale is one Of the
leaders, sought a summons for
Whalen, on the ground that he was
unlawfully Withholding property of
the club, Magistrate Bernard A.
Douras, noted as an injunction
judge, squelched this move which
might involve Whalen, right there.
Douras stated that he would not
get tangled up in a case like this,
and refused t. issue the summons.
He adjourned the hearing of Daniel
Iamascio, John SAVING and Joseph
Catania, charged with having had
advance knowledge of the Vitale din
ner holdup, until Monday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-06

the hands of A. Veviorka, the brief
historic moment becomes invested
with grandeur.
The play rises in places to mo-
ments of genuine greatness. The
strike scene, so admirably rendered,
is an inspiring piece of ensemble
playing. Here, perhaps more than
/ n any other scene, is there life
full dynamic swing of movement
and voice. 1t is the scene faire
of this stirring collectivistic drama.
1t is the spiritual apogee of the
drama. The vastness of our
strength come before us with re-
inforced consciousness. And when
Naftuli, the boy about to be mar
tyred, is seen rising proudly to
meet his death, we know that in
every factory, in every house where
there is want, the Naftulis are gath
ering, massing.
The closing scene of tragedy and
glory leaves the audiences With an
unforgettable experience. No work
er should miss that experience.
Although the play is in Yiddish,
the vivid production, the intensely
proletarian atmosphere, and the
English synopsis provided with the
program, make the performance &C.
cessible to workers Of all nation
alities.
The Artef is arranging a per-
Torrance of this play on Monday,
Jan. 27, for the benefit of the Party.
All Party members, friends and
sympathisers should secure tickets
for that date.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-06
jOBLESS CROW IN
Bull DING TRADES.
BY THOU SANDS
30 S ton, Phila., Chi,
Show Unemployment

CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-More than
half of the building trades workers
here are jobless, according to state
ments of Victor +. Olander, mis-
leader Of the Illinois Federation Of
Labor.
BOSTON, Jan. 5.-The number
of building trades unemployed here
is greater than at any time since
the depression of 1920-21, admits
the Building Trades Employers AS
ISOLATION. Even the takers in the
Building Trades Council agree that
the bosses tell the truth when they
say the majority of the union men
are unemployed because of the
sharpening depression.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5.-Un-
employment in the building industry
is especially severe here. No figures
have been issued on the number of
jobless. The Federal Reserve Bank
of this district says, regarding
building activity in the Philadelphia
area: "The volume of both building
contracts awarded and permits is
sued in leading cities declined
sharply in November and was below
the level of year ago."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-06
FunctiOnaries Meet
of District 2 Will Be
Held Sat-, Jan. II

The District Executive Commit
tee, recognizing that the Party faces
tremendous tasks and that new
functionaries of the District must
be modified in order to direct the
activities throughout the district,
has called a District Functionaries
meeting to be held at District head.
quarters on Saturday, January II
at 3 p. m. sharp.
The following agenda will be
taken up at this meeting: /. Mem
bership Drive, 2. Building the Party
Apparatus, 3. The New Dues Sys-
tenn, 4. The r. U. U. L., 5. The frac-
tions and mass organizations, G..
Unemployment and Tenants League
Campaign.
These are the immediate problems
facing the Party in addition to the
growing danger of war and. there
fore, the following comrades are
instructed to be present at the meet
ing in order that the tasks of the
Party may be laid down, fully dis
cussed, and the membership aroused
to the work that is Immediately i'm
pending: all D. E. c. members, mem
bers of the Central Committee, the
District Language Bureaus, Trade
Union Fraction Secretaries, leading
Trade Union functionaries, Section
Executive Committee of N. j.,
Y. G. L. Bureau.
This meeting will begin 3 o'clock
sharp.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-06
old China WAR
AGAIN OPENING
Preparations Begin for
More Fighting

Chinese dispatches expose how
empty was Chang Kai-shek's recent
boast of victory" and "unification"
of the country. Concurrently with
reported anti-imperialist riots at
Chow Tsun, east of Tsinanfu, Picking
reports shows that the "model" gov
ernor of Shensi, Yen Hsi-shan, is
anything but model of loyalty to
Marking.
Yens attitude is said to be "am-
biguous" in spite of the millions of
good American dollars Chiang-Kai
shek has lavished upon him as brides
to subordinate himself and his ter
ritory to Marking.
Now Yen is said to be drafting a
new manifesto denouncing Chang
Kai-shek and calling for a reorgani.
cation of the Marking government.
Reports do not say whether this
move of Yen is made in agreement
with the fake 'Ieftists' around
Wang Ching-wei or not, but it prob
ably is.
Chang Kai-shek has figured out
a scheme to have his old foe Tor
friend, according to the treasury sit
uation), Feng Yu-hsiang, go abroad
in retirement. But Yen seems to have
prevented this plan, which also was
to put the Kuominchun armies of
Feng under Marking. Yen refuses
TO allow Feng to leave Shanghai, and
has thrown his own troops outward
from Shensi, where Yen has CUSTOM
arily held them in careful reserve,
into Honan and into Shantung.
Moreover, Yen's commander at
Tientsin, has made an alliance with
one of Markings formerly trust
worthy generals, Lui Chen-nien, at
Chefoo. And Chang Hsueh-liang,
wh1 has no uae for soldiers or am
munition just now against the Soviet
Union, is reported furnished Yen
with large amounts of supplies.
Yen's arsenal at Taiyuanfu, Gus.
tomarily managed by British Off
GERS, is working 10000 men day and
highland altogether the prospects
are for another outbreak of civil
war upon Marking and it's American
advisers.
The anti-imperialist riots at Chow
Tsun took the form of wrecking the
English Baptist mission there, while
at Tsinanfu, ? students strike has
tied up the Christian university.