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Evening star., 1930-12-03
ADAMS OFF|C|ATES
AT MEMORIAL RITES
In BRIEF CEREMONY
Secretary Turns First Sod at
Site Honoring American
Dead at Sea.
SCULPTOR is PRESENT
ON COLUMBIA ISLAND
Other Distinguished Persons Are in
Attendance-Project Will
Cost $45O,OOO.

Construction of the $45O000 Navy
and Marine Memorial, on the southeast
corner of Columbia Island, in honor of
Americans lost at sea, was initiated to-
day by Secretary Adams, who turned
the first sod.
The brief ceremony was held on the
fringe Of the sandy island, swept by a
chilling wind from the uninviting
waters of the Potomac River. A group
of distinguished officials, representative
Of Americas maritime forces, lent dig
nifty to the occasion. Secretary Adams
who is the honorary chairman of the
Navy and Marine Memorial Associa-
ton, presided at the event.
Sculptor Attends Ceremony.
The sculptor, Begni del Plata, and
Harvey Wiley Corbett. the architect OF
the memorial, occupied a prominent
place in the gathering. Assistant Sec
retary Seymour Lowman Of the Treas
ury Department, which has jurisdiction
over the Coast Guard; T. v. O'Connor
chairman of the Shipping Board, rep
resenting the American Merchant
Marine; Representative Fred A. Brit
ten of Illinois, chairman Of the House
Naval Committee, was another.
xtGdL EACOClAS W A0AA0AA vi
the Coast Guard, Brig. Gen. John T
Myers, representing the Marine Corps
and Admiral william ". Pratt, CHIEF
of Naval Operations, were other par
ticipantS.
Platform Included In Plan.
Mr.. del Plata and Mr.. Corbett ex-
planned that the monument will have
a large platform surmounted by a rock
with sea gulls flying above 1t. Bronze
for the memorial is now being cast ano
details of the monument have beer
completed, with the Fine Arts Commis-
sion, the National Capital Park anc
Planning Commission and the ONCE oi
Public Buildings and Public Parks ap.
proving the plans. Originally 1t wa:
proposed to establish the memorial ir
East Potomac Park, but the Columbis
Island site was later selected as better
position. There it will overlook the be-
ginning of the Memorial Highway down
to Mount Vernon, Va. The steel arma-
ture for the memorial Is a special non-
rusting composition and has been do.
mated to the Navy and Marine Me-
mortal Association by William Henry
Todd and his New York shipbuiidinG
firm.
ERction Of the Navy and Marine
Memorial, Dedicated to Americans
Lost at Sea-" was authorized by Con.
gress in q resolution Of February, Is
1924.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
HAUSCH|LD HEADS
D. c. POLICE GROUP
Sixth Precinct Private Re-
elected President of As
SoCiation.

Pvt. Otto s. Hauschild of the sixth
precinct, attached to Police Court as
clerk for 13 years, was named presi-
dent of the Policemans Association
yesterday at its annual election. The
balloting was the lightest in 10 years.
Hauschild polled sol votes against
367 for Pvt. Edgar S. Waller of the
succeed Lieut.. Frank Varney of the
first precinct, who did not seek re-elec-
ton.
Graduate of G. U. Law School.
The new president, graduate of the
Georgetown University Law School and
a member of the District Bar for sew
eral years, has been a member of the
Metropolitan Police Department for 20
years.
The ensuing term will be Hauschil6's
second as president of the Policemans
Association. He was first elected head
of the organization in 1915.
The closest race of the day resulted
In the voting for first vice president,
with Pvt. r. A. Chambliss of the Traf-
f1c Bureau defeating Pvt. j. o. Patton
OF No. Is, by a margin of six votes,
430 to 424. Pvt. Preston C. Wheeler of
No. was named second vice president
with 443 votes against Ala for Detec-
tive Sergt. j. l.. Biliman, the only off,
Ger who was a candidate in the election.
Chrisman Gets Financial Post.
Pvt. George H. Chrisman of the sew
enth precinct was elected financial Sec
retary by vote of 435 to 401 for Pvt,
Charles r. Blick of No. station.
Pvt. w. j. KernS of No. l, recording
secretary; Pvt. w. c. Adcock of No. IL,
treasurer, and Pvt. T. T. Heffernan of
the Traffic Bureau, trustee, were unop-
posed for reelection to those ofices.
KernS has been recording secretary for
8 years, Adcock treasurer for 13 years
and Heffernan trustee for 3 years.
Polls were opened in each precinct
and bureau of the force early yester-
day and voting continued until last
night. The election judges were Pvt
w. j. Garfield of the sixth precinct,
chairman of the election board; Sergt.
Thomas McGrath, police headquarters;
Pvt. w. j. Kerns of No. l and Pvt. j.
r. Currier of the Traffic Bureau.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
WARDMAND|V|DEND
PAYMENTS STUDIED
Minority Stockholders Seek
ing Finance Firm Receiver d,
Charge Irregularities.

Testimony concerning the payment
Of dividends, which plaintiff attorneys
charge was done in an irregular man.
ner, and concerning interest on notes
held by the corporation, which plain
till attorneys charged in several in
stances had never been paid, occupied
this mornings session In the sixth
court day of the suit of minority stock
holders, who are seeking the appoint
Mortgage & Discount Corporation, in
Corporation Court at Alexandria, be-
fore Judge William p. Woolls.
Plaintiff Attorney Harry F. Kennedy
read into the record paper attempting
to show that dividends had been declared
when other dividends had not been paid
Kennedy also charged that dividends
had been declared in an unknown man
ner, no meetings of the board Of di-
rectors of the defendant corporation
having been held for the purpose.
Stock Held Never Issued.
Kennedy also attempted to show that
stock issued had never been delivered
or paid for, but that dividends had
been paid on this stock. Judge Daniel
Thew Wright for the defense answered
this charge by stating that the divi-
dends had been applied 10 notes which
the corporation held for the stock in
question.
John Berg, certified public account
ant employed by the plaintiff and who
examined the books of the corporation
was still on the stand this morning, II
being the third day of his testimony
Attorney Kennedy attempted to show
from Berg'S testimony that the corpor-
alton held several notes on which in
terest had not been paid.
Declares Dividends Unequal.
An attempt yesterday afternoon to
speed the case by plaintiff attorneys cit
ing certain accounts as examples failed
when the court upheld Judge Wright
in his contention that each account be
gone into separately.
Berg's testimony yesterday afternoon
concerned dividends, which, he said
were paid in 1928, although the minute
books of the corporation did not show
meetings Of the Board of Directors were
held to declare them, and that on dates
the dividends were alleged to have been
declared the corporation had no funds
to pay them. In many instances divi-
dends were notSpaid equally to all stock
holders, Berg testified In going over the
dividend cash account" of the corpor-
alton.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
20 Women Decline
To Serve on Jury
I'm Criminal Court
Inform Judge Refusal Is
Not Only for Shopping,
but Permanent.

Twenty women positively declined
jury service at the recent impaneling OF
new jurors before District Supreme
Court Justice Peyton Gordon in Crimi-
nal Division /. it became known today.
To the inquiry of the court whether they
only wanted to be excused for the
ensuing month they answered that they
declined for all time.
Jury service was accepted by 81 other
women, who are distributed among the
several divisions of the court. Justice
Stafford in Circuit Division / has
eight women Jurors; Justice Siddons in
Circuit Division has five; Justice
Luhring in Criminal Division has the
same number, while only three women
are serving with Justice Gordon in
Criminal Division /.
The recent action of the court in
locking up a jury on the approach of
the holiday season In q case not involv-
ing the death penalty and publicity
given by afi1davits In civil case where
a lone woman was required to spend
the night with IL men Jurors In jury
room in the Court House, without food
until midnight, are believed to have
influenced the wholesale refusals of the
women.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
FUNERAL IS HELD
FOR MOTHER Jones
Representatives of Organized
Labor Pay Tributes to
Beloved Leader.

All that her church and her friends
can do now for Mother" Mary Harris
Jones, the little Irishwoman whose
name will always be symbol Of or
ganized labor's cause, was done simply
and feelingly this morning in st. Ga
briefs Church, at Illinois avenue and
Webster street.
A large number of men and women,
numbering among them william Green,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, and William N. Doak, the
new Secretary of Labor, as well as men
In frayed overcoats, whose hands show
ed the signs of toll, met, as Rev. VIII
liam j. Sweeney expressed it, mot in
praise or in sorrow, but in consolation" I"
Requiem high mass was sung over
q gray metal casket containing the body
of the beloved labor leader, who died
Sunday night. White carnations and
white and purple chrysanthemums lay
upon the casket.
Eulogy Is Delivered.
'Her interest in the cause of labor
can never be forgotten: her zeal and
earnestness in behalf of the poor will
be pleasant memory long after her
body is gone" Rev. Sweeney said. I'VE
ask God to temper his justice with
mercy and take her in his own good
time"
Mother" Jones will be buried finally
among 'her boys" John Fitzpatrick,
president OF the Chicago Federation of
who were made executors of her estate
in the will Mother" Jones left, ar
ranged today to remove the body to
Mount Olive, Ill, where she asked to
be buried. There, in the Mount Olive
Union Miners Cemetery, she will be laid
to rest among the graves of miners
who were killed in the Virden Mine riot
Of 1898.
The active pallbearers were Fred
Walker, Typographical Local Union No.
l01; Howard Colvin, president of the
Central Labor Union; Frank Coleman,
secretary Of the Central Labor Union;
Plate Printers Local Union No. 2;
Newton A. James, Firemens and Oilers
Local Union No. SO; Frank Lee, Ma
chinists' Local Union No. 174; John
Bolts, Steamfltters' Local Union No.
602, and william H. Howlin Of the
Stenographers, Bookkeepers and Assist
ants Association, Local Union No. 11773.
Business agents for all the local unions
In the Washington area were present.
Left Her Estate to Labor.
Mother" Jones left an estate valued
at $4,000. her savings from more than
so years activity. She asked at first
that it be left to Mrs. Burgess and ST.
Gabriel's Church. Mrs. Burgess and
Rev. Sweeney protested and then the
labor leader said she would leave~it to
organized labor. Mr. Fitzpatrick and
Mr.. NockelS, who were named admin
istrators, revealed today that labor or
ganizations will bear the expense of
burial.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
WHEAT ADDRESSES
WOMAN LAWYERS
Comparison of Judicial Sys-
tens of Britain and U. S.
Made at Banquet.

A comparison Of American and Eng
lish judicial systems by Chief Justice
Alfred A. Wheat of the District Su-
preme Court marked the thirteenth an
nual banquet of the Women's Bar ASso-
ciatlon of the District of Columbia, held
in the Mayhower Hotel last night
Discussing the difference between the
English and American systems, Justice
Wheat brought out that there exists in
the judicial system of the Old Country
an aristocratic element, which in some
phases is both superior and inferior to
the American method. He said that in
England only barristers are permitted
to try cases, and these are selected by
the solicitors.
"There are about 1000 barristers in
England" the justice said, land all tn
work of trying cases is done by these
men. Litigation is, therefore, only open
to those people who are able to pay for
1t and not to those who have a meri-
torious cause Of action.
Litigation Decidedly Less.
Because of this fact, there is de-
cidedly less litigation in English courts,
and a more or less aristocratic element
Is created in the English judiciary. In
American courts, which are open to the
masses, the lawyers are permitted to
take cases on contingent fees, whereas
this is not done in England. Compare
lively speaking, there Is q democratic
element in American judiciary which Is
absent in England"
A talk on the Government Of the
United States and the Importance OF
educating the younger generation In 1t
was made by David Lawrence, editor OF
the United States Daily. He also urged
q closer cooperation between the bar
associations and the newspapers.
Acting Dean Charles s. Collier OF
George washington University, in a
brief talk before the group, sounded an
optimistic note concerning the activity
of women in the profession, declaring
that future generations must inevitably
be benefited by feminine influence.
which carries with 1t the advocacy OF
peace and the absence Of belligerent In
stincts."
Many Honored Guests.
Honored guests at the meeting in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence, Dean
and Mrs. Collier, Chief Justice and Mrs.
Wheat, Justice and Mrs. Jesse c. Ad-
kins, Justice and Mrs. Peyton Gordon,
Justice and Mrs. Charles H. Robb
Justice and Mrs. Josiah A. Van Orsdel,
Judge Kathryn Sellers, Judge Mary
O'Toole, Gen. and Mrs. F. T. Hines and
Maj. and Mrs. william Wolff Smith.
Miss Mary Connolly, president OF the
Woman's Bar Association, presided at
the meeting. Miss Margaret Lambie
attorney on international affairs, was
acting toastmaster.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
THREE MEN TAKEN
ANDL|QUORS SEIZED
Motor Cycle Officer Captures
Speeding Auto-Parked
Car Yields Evidence.

Three men were arrested on liquor
charges and two automobile loads of al
legged liquor seized by police last night.
Cverhauling a speeding machine at
Eighteenth street and Park road, Motor
Cycle Policeman Fred Rawlinson of the
Traffic Bureau arrested Henry B. Thom-
as of the 800 block of Barry place and
Raymond jackson of the 1900 block of
Twelfth street. both colored. They were
charged with possession OF liquor.
Charges of speeding and failing to have
registration card also we're placed
against Jackson.
At Twenty-third and Olive streets,
Policeman Harry Britten discovered Al
half gallons of alleged liquor in a parked
automobile. Police said a colored boy
fed as Britten approached the machine.
One man was arrested and charged
with possession of liquor, and quantity
of whisky, beer and wine were seized in
a raid by the vice squad on a house
in the 1900 block of Ohio avenue last
night.
Charles w. McIntry, 35 years old, of
the 2300 block of Pennsylvania avenue,
the arrested man, was later released on
$500 bond.
The vice squad reported they con-
f1scated five 50-gallon barrels of wine,
840 bottles of beer and 81 pints of al
legged liquors.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
CAPPER TO START
BREAD PRICE QUIZ
IN CAPITAL SOON
Senator to Ask if Wheat
Decline Is Reflected in
Value of Loaf.
COMPLAINTS ARE MADE
OF WIDE DISCREPANCY
Figures Being Collected on Sizes
and Costs for Use in Dis
trict Inquiry.

An inquiry into the price of bread in
Washington was started today by
Chairman Capper of the Senate Dis
trict Committee. who said he wanted
to find out whether the decline In
wheat during the past year has had any
effect on bread prices.
The Senator instructed James Ring,
clerk of the Senate District Commit
tee, to gather figures for him on the
prices at which various sizes of loaves
are sold here.
Some complaint has come to me
that although wheat Is selling for about
half it was bringing year ago. bread
is about the same here" the Senator
said.
The committee chairman wants to
ascertain the weights of the various
loaves sold here for the purpose of COM
pairing the prices with the prices in
other metropolitan cities.
Under the law in the District the
standard loaf of bread weighs one
pound, but the law authorizes the sale Of
loaves weighing one-half pound, one
pound and a half or multiples of one
pound. The Senator plans to find out
the prices of the different. sized loaves.
He will probably study the information
within the next few days.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ELECTS II MEMBERS
Board of Directors Is Told Indus
trial Exposition Paid for Self
and Had Surplus.

Seventeen new members were elected
to the Washington Chamber of Com
merce at a Board Of Directors meeting
of the organization in the Homer Build
ing last night. The new members in
clude Bernard B. Barr, Sidney B. Lust,
Kean-Loffier, Inc; Francis r. Hillyard,
Harry T. Whitlock, John B. Barnes,
Harry j. Miller, Edward M. Swing, D. D.
Condor, Reuben S. Clark, Albert M
Briggs, w. F. Dismer, Ralph Wallace
Charles NJ. Biandi, Leopold N Forster,
Miss Enola H. Newhouser and w. B.
Jones, representing Duco, Inc.
Alfred L. Stern, chairman Of the
Committee on the Industrial Exposition,
reported to the Board Of Directors that
the annual trade show sponsored by the
chamber had paid for itself and shown
slight surplus.
The meeting was largely occupied by
committee reports.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
MERCURY GOES UP TODAY

The mercury in the thermometers at
the Weather Bureau made rise OF 13
degrees between 1880 this morning and
noon. when it registered IS degrees Of
temperature. Clear skies gave promise
that the sun would still further warm
this region by midafternoon.
Also there should be no frozen radia-
tors tonight, for the Weather Bureau
forecast that the minimum temperature
was not likely to be lower than 80 de-
grees Fair and not so cold is the out
look for the day. with partly cloudy
conditions expected tomorrow.
Twenty-tw0 derrceS was The lowest
rcSolded overnight.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
TELEPHONE MARVELS
WILL BE DEMONSTRATED
Laboratory Official Will Speak at
December Trade Board Meet
ing Here Tonight.

Sergius p. Grace, assistant vice presi-
dent of the Bell Telephone Laboratories,
will demonstrate numerous scientific
marvels of communication tonight at
the December meeting Of the Board Of
Trade, to be held at the Willard Hotel.
A quantity of apparatus has been in
stalled for the demonstrations. Lloyd
B. Wilson, president of the Chesapeake
g. Potomac Telephone Co., also will
make q brief address.
Arrangements are being made for the
reception of a record attendance, ex-
pected to run to approximately $500,
including members Of the board and
their guests.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
APARTMENT AUCTION
BRINGS HALF-MILLION
Eight-Story Belvedere Building
Bought by Maj. Browning for
Interests Not Disclosed.

The Belvedere Apartments, eight
story building, at 1901 Massachusetts,
avenue, was purchased at auction yes
terday by Maj. w. l.. Browning, repre-
senting undisclosed interests, for to-
tai consideration of $500 1888, in
cludlng outstanding obligations.
The building, sold by Peter A. Drury
and Austin G. Waller, as trustees under
o deed Of trust, was built in 1928 for
an ownership corporation. It has seen
several changes Of ownership since
then.
The sale was conducted by Adam A.
Weschler q Sons, 920 Pennsylvania
avenue.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
PLATOON SCHOOL, TOPIC
Miss Barrows to Address Meetine
in Frankli lin Building

The merits Of the platoon type of
elementary school will be outlined by
Miss Alice Barrows of the United States
ONCE Of education, Department Of In
terror, In an address at the meeting
Of the District of Columbia Public
School Association in the Franklin Ad-
ministration Building auditorium at 8
O'Clock tonight.
According to Herbert s. Wood presi-
dent of the Public School Association,
another speaker will be presented at n
later meeting. in which the difficulties
and dsssd-antss,s of the platoon
school viii be described.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
FITZGERALD RITES SET
Well Known Sports Figure to Rest
in Mount olivet Cemetery.

. Funeral services for Joseph B. Fitz-
gerald, "a years old, well known sports
figure here, who died yesterday at the
Naval Hospital, will be held tomorrow
morning at $50 o'clock at the residence,
3811 Tenth street. Requiem mass will
follow at st. Aloysius' Church, with
interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Mary Margaret Fitzgerald; sister, Miss
Mary Fitzgerald, and two brothers,
Aloysius and Leo Fitzgerald.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
YOUTH PLEADS GUILTY
TO 2 TAXICAB HOLD-UPS
Case of Carroll Burkett, 20, Re
ferred to Probation officer for
Investigation by Justice Gordon.

Carroll E. Burkett, 26, pleaded guilty
today before Justice Peyton Gordon in
Criminal Division l to two indictments
charging him with holding up two taxi
cab drivers November IA in the early
morning hours. The maximum penalty
is Is years in each case.
The court referred the case to Pro-
baton Officer Steele for investigation
and report Sentence was deferred
until the filing of the report.
Burkett was indicted yesterday for
taking SIS from Joseph Perron, a taxi
cab driver, near the Central High
School and obtaining $40 from Miller
w. Newman, another axiSdriver, a few
hours later at Macomb and Thirty
third streets He was arrested by De-
tective Sergts. Fihelly and Dowd.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
COMMISSIONERS FAVOR
PLATOON SCHOOL PLAN
Bids to Be Asked Soon for $780,
900 Structure at Twenty-Sixth
and II Streets Northeast.

The District Commissioners yesterday
approved plans for the 100000 platoon
school to be built at Twenty-sixth and
H streets northeast. Construction bids
will be asked shortly. The building will
consist of six classrooms, library, kin
dergarten, domestic science hall, assem-
bly, hall and gymnasium.
The Commissioners approved the pro-
motion Of PvtS. L. p. Clements and
George E. Klein Of the Fire Department
to sergeant and pilot respectively. Jo-
seph A. Carter was appointed a private.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
HYGIENISTS PLAN WORK.
Outline Of Program for Year Made
by D. c. Association.

Discussion Of the value Of hygienist
in a dental ONCE and the outlining Of
q program for next year formed the
principal business at a meeting of the
Dental Hygienists' Association of the
District of Columbia yesterday at the
ONCE of DR.. T. L. Rust, in the Hill
Building
The organization voted TO distribute
Christmas cheer to the needy during
the holiday season. It was announced
that the next meeting viii be held at
the home Of Mrs. John F. Horne, $500
Fourteenth street, January 8. Mrs. Jane
B. Grow, president presided at the
meeting.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
Jury Exonerates Actress.

Los ANGELES, December 8 (P).--A
coroner's jury yesterday exonerated
Jenny Cuvillier, former stage actress, In
the fatal stabbing of Glenn Carter, IS,
her suitor. Witnesses said Miss Cuvil-
lier stabbed Carter Sunday after he had
beaten her severely at party
Miss Cuvillier told police she vas
holding knife and Carter fell against
IL
Evening star., 1930-12-03
GRANT DINNER GUEST
Interofice Policy Discussed at
Gathering of $50 Workers.

A get-together dinner, at which Lieut..
Col. U. S. Grant, Sd, director of public
buildings and public parks, was the
guest of honor, was held last night in
the Bureau of Internal Revenue cafe
terra. About $50 attended, and inter-
Office policy was discussed.
Brief addresses were delivered by L
F. Gill, chief of the buildings division:
Frank T. Gartside, chief of the parks
division, and other officials Of the once
of Public Buildings and Public Parks.
The toastmaster was Elmer H. Bailey,
chief machinist of the Potomac Park
group of buildings.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
WILL DISCUSS BANQUET
Association Of Oldest Inhabitants
to Meet at 1880 Tonight.

Further plans for the sixty-fifth an
niversary hanqtiet Of the Association Of
Oldest Inhabitants Of the District Of
Columhia, to be held at the Raleigh Ho-
tel next Monday night will be discussed
at the monthly meeting of The asso-
citation to be held tonight ut 7:30
O'CLOCK at the old engine house.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
Dead Former Soldier HonOred.

Posthumous award of Silver Star
citation io- gallantry in action has been
corporal, Company B, 117th Train,
Headquarters and Military Police, 42d
Division, A. z. F.
Evening star., 1930-12-03
Elwood Street to Speak.

Elwood Street Of the Community
Chest will address the Western High
School Home and School Association
tonight at 8:l5 o'clock in the school
lihrpry. Miss c. Bell and Miss Dorothy
~, zell viii plso soeak on the activities
o. The Girls w Club.