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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
WORK OF SMITH CO.
GROUPS IS MERGED
BondhoIders' Protective Body
DiSSoIves to Terminate
Confusion.

Dissolution Of the r. II. Smith Co.
Bondholders' Protective COMMITTEES,
headed by John J. McDevitt, jr., and
Peter A. Miller Of Philadelphia and
New York, respectively. and an agree
ment for q similar committee headed
by George e. Roosevelt of Roosevelt 81
Sons of New York to take over the
work were announced today in circular
letters to Smith Co. bondholdars.
Work Consolidated.
The purpose Of the change, it IS an
nounced, is to consolidate the work Of
the two protective committees.
Each Of the two committees, 1t Ia
stated In the announcement by Mr..
Miller. has been acting on behalf Of
its respective depositors, each seeking
the same or similar relief and each
acting through its own counsel, so
that the situation has led to confusion
and has resulted in duplication. More
over, as q result Of the existence Of
two committees, reorganization Of the
various defaulted issues has been de-
layed."
The McDevitt Committee, IN 1ts mo-
tice of dissolution, recommends that all
bond holders deposit their bonds with
the Roosevelt group, which maintains an
ONCE here at 1881 q street, Room 40l,
under the charge Of A. A. LaPorte, as
sistant secretary.
Bonds on IL Buildings Called.
The Roosevelt Committee Is calling
-.
II buildings located in Washington.
These are the A-Roy, Cavalier, Cedric,
Corcoran Courts, Hamilton Hotel, JEFF
ferson Apartments, New Amsterdam,
Smith Building, Stanley Arms, 2100
Massachusetts, avenue, and Tivoli Apart
ments. There are % issues Of bonds
In all called for deposit by the COM
mittee, aggregsting $23, 100 500 in prin-
cipal amount. or these $S,916,000 in
principal amount are bonds issued upon
Washington properties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
JEW REFUSES BLOOD
AID FROM GENTLE
Hats TRANSMISSION Operation in
London on Learning Donor
Is Not of His Race.

LONDON, November 28 (Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency 1.-The question Of
whether a Jew, on the point of death,
should refuse any infusion Of Gentle
alton can save him, Is arousing much
discussion here. In the London Hospital
lies Jew, whose name the press does
not mention, who refuses to allow steps
to be taken that may save his life.
A member OF the London Blood
TRANSMISSION Service was asked today to
come to this hospital so that the trans
fusion might be made. The patient. on
learning that the donor was not q Jew,
refused to submit to the TRANSMISSION,
saying he would not allow Gentle blood
to now in his veins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
FISH TO BROADCAST
Warming ON REDS
Communism Investigating
Group Chairman to Be
Forum Speaker.

Warning TO the entire country against
the growing menace Of Communism
which Is manifest In some of the great
industrial centers, where the workers,
suffering from industrial depression and
Unemployment, are being harangued,
will be voiced In the National Radio
Forum tomorrow night, at $50
pm, by Representative Hamilton Fish
OF New York, chairman Of the
Special Congressional Committee which
has been investigating Communistic
activities. The National Radio Forum
Is arranged by The Washington Evening
Star and broadcast over the coast-to-
coast networks OF the Columbia Broad
casting System.
The Investigating Committee con-
ferred here this week In preparation for
o report to Congress.
Representative Fish has been an out
standing advocate In the House for In
yestigation, control and suppression of
Communism and other activities aimed
against the orderly conduct Of the
United States Government. He was
especially well dtted by heredity, educa-
ton and experience for such patriotic
yeryice, % ilpcaVeTtng the Red" foes.
He vas an honer graduate from Har-
YARD Uniyersity, where he was 2 famous
New York STATE Assembly BE Eas com
missioned q captain Of eolored infantry
volunteers, whom he led to valorous
action In the battle OF Champagne and
In the general offensive OF September,
1919. He was decorated with the
Croix de GueEre In connection with the
capture Of the village of Scheoult, and
was subsequently, promoted to the rank
Of major OF Infantry, 9Th Division, Army
Of Occupation. He was graduate OF
the Army General STAFF College, Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces.
Representative Fish Is o member Of
the Foreign Affairs Committee Of the
House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
WILL H. HAYS WEEDS
MRS. STATESMAN
Couple Honeymooning at Hot
Springs After Ceremony
at Bethesda, Md.

win H. Hays, Gear" Of the movies
and former Postmaster General. today Is
honeymooning at Hot Springs, Va, with
his bride, the former Mrs. Jessie Her
ron Statesman, whom he married last
night at Bethesda, Md
The bride is the widow Of James r.
Statesman, once q United States Min
lister to Bolivia, who died In 1919. The
ceremony took place at $50 o'clock at
the home of the brides brother, Col
Charles D. Heron.
Bride From Indiana.
Mrs. Hays Is the daughter Of Mrs.
William Parke Heron Of Crawfords-
vile, Ind. Her father was a veteran
Of the Civil War who saw service aS O
captain in Company B, 72d Regiment,
Indiana Volunteers. part of the Army
of the Cumberland, under Gen. John
Wilder. At the time Of his death in
1927 he was president Of o ChawfoEdS-
vile bank.
Mrs. Hays first husband was James
r. Statesman, also an Indianan. She
has made her home with her mother in
Charlottesville and with brother, Maj.
Frederick Heron in New York.
Ceremony Is Simple.
The wedding, a quiet ceremony, was
attended only by relatives of the two,
including Mr.. Hays son. Will H., jr., his
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. H. Hays Of Sullivan, Ind, and their
two sons. Rev. A. j. Mccartney, pas
tor Of the Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church In Washington, performed the
rites.
Mr.. Hays, with Col. Heron, went out
to the Rockville court house yesterday
afternoon at o'clock to secure the
license for the wedding. They requested
the license clerk to keep it q secret
until 6 o'clock, which was done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
ROTARY HEAD SPEAKS
OF NOTED PHOTOGRAPHS
George W. Harris Addresses Meet
ing Of soroptimist Club-Nomi-
nations Are Reported.

ing Of Soroptimist Club-Nomi-
nations Are Reported.
George w. Harris, president Of the
Washington Rotary Club, addressed q
meeting Of the Soroptimist Club yes
terday in the La Fayette Hotel on the
subject Of Famous Men have Photo
graphed." Mr.. Harris began with
President Roosevelt and his cabinet
and related anecdotes in connection
with photographing succeeding Presi-
dents and other famous men.
The clubs nominating committee an.
nounced the following slate, subject to
election in two weeks: Mrs. Grace
Goodpasture and Miss Nora Huffman,
for president; Mrs. Agnes I. Kinuear
and Mrs. Bert Hammett, for first vice
president; Mrs. Edith Halves and Miss
Dora Palkin, for second vice president;
Mrs. Annie w. Ball and Miss Mary
Judge, for recording secretary; Mrs
Bertha Jones and Miss Lily Tyser, for
corresponding secretary; Mrs. May d.
Lightfoot and Mrs. Bessie Fisher, for
treasurer; Mrs. Sarah e. Cooke, Mrs.
Edna Knight GaSch and Miss Marjorie
Webster, for the board Of directors.
Plans were discussed for a house.
warming" at $3.50 o'clock Wednesday
night on the occasion Of the opening
Of the clubs new headquarters in the
La Fayette Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
TROOPS PROTECT
TEXTILE WORKERS
Large Numbers Enter Dan
vile Mills UnmoIeSted
by Strikers. III
Special Dispatch to tn. star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
DANVHLE, Va, November 2S.-
Troops In greater strength than that
seen yesterday morning afforded full
protection to non-union workers enter
ing the Scheduled textile plant this
morning, and from 8 o'clock on sub
stantial groups Of men and women went
to work free Of the embarrassment Of
catcalls and jeers.
The workers entered one gate today,
according to county police, In greater
numbers than at any time since the
strike began and while three squads Of
Guardsrnen marched to and fro, each
dovetailing the other, smaller military
groups covered the main approaches to
the mill. A commissioned ofhcer held
a position from which the scene Of mill
entry was covered. Not q group Of
union sympathizers could be seen, the
troops having orders to keep every one
circulating and to disperse standing
crowds.
Late last night Col. Hiram L. opie
and members Of his staff were in
lengthy conference In the parlors of
Hylton Hall, q welfare building owned
by the mills, where the troops are being
Quartered and where his ofdcial head
quarters have been opened.
Newspaper men were told they could
not see him. It was believed that he
was Ia telephone communication from
time to time with Gov. Pollard at Rich
mond, who was asking why 1t had been
necessary for the troops TO Danish the
union picket lines which drew a strong
protest yesterday from local ofncials OF
the United Textile Workers Union.
The temporary injunction restraining
textile strikers from interfering with
free passage through the gates Of the
Riverside Mills was today extended by
Judge Henry Leigh until January 10.
It was to have expired on December 2.
A similar Injunction applying TO the
Dan River division Of the mills Of
Schoolfleld has already been extended
by Judge J, T. Clements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
POL|CE-F|REMEN
AID TICKET SALE
Uniformed Forces of City OF.
fer Some 81 Best Seats for
Benefit Grid Game.

The police and fremen Of the Dis
tFtCt today started q ctty-Wtde sale OF
both reserved seats and general adrnis-
sion tickets to the foot ball game to be
played by the United States Marines
and Coast Guards Saturday, December
6. at Grifhth Stadium, for the benefit
Of the unemployed.
The firemen undertook q house-to-
house canvass to distribute tickets and
the policemen have tickets for sale on
the streets and at the precincts. Some
of the best reserved seats to be offered
for the game may be obtained from the
police and firemen, 1t was stated today
by members Of the BENEFIT Game Com
nittee.
Uniformed Forces Aid.
Cooperation of the police and fire.
men was accorded the Game Commit
tee after Newbold Noyes, chairman Of
the committee, had addressed a meeting
of precinct commanders and inspectors
at police headquarters.
Permission for the uniformed forces
Of the city to work for the success OF
the game was given by the District
Commissioners as special concession
and In view of the charity aspect Of
the game. Permission was given with
the understanding that 1t would be the
only Sucn request LliS year, ana Woulo
not be regarded IS precedent for other
ventures Of this or any other sort.
At the same time Mr.. Noyes an
nounced that efforts are being made to
have Congress adjourn the afternoon
Of the game and for all members Of
both houses attend en- bloc. Conferences
were being held today with leaders of
both houses to have the matter given
consideration.
Other Box Holders.
The committee today issued list Of
additional boxholdefs for the game as
follows:
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes,
Secretary Of the Navy Charles Francis
Adams, Civil Service Commissioner Will
liam O. Deming, Charles @. Abbott,
secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, and Wilbur @. Carr, Assistant Sec
rotary Of State.
President Hoover and other members
Of his cabinet already have announced
their intention Of attending the game,
and II the two Houses of Congress can
be persuaded to attend, the game will
present not only q first-clasS foot ball
game. but also colorful picture Of
practically all of oflcial Washington
gathered together in one stadium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
$3.50, 900 DAMAGE SUIT
Renewed BY DANCER
Frances Porter Charges Whitehead,
Wealthy Albanian, with False
Imprisonment in Cuba.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ca, November 28.-The
Atlanta Constitution says attorneys for
the former Frances Porter, dancer, Of
Atlanta and New York, have revived
the $250,000 damage suit filed by her
last January against G. F.. "Conkey"
Whitehead, wealthy Atlanta man.
The suit, filed by the dancers Wash
ington attorneys In Fulton County SUI
per1or Court here, is substantially the
same as the first, which charges false
arrest and imprisonment at Havana,
Cuba, in November, 1928.
The original suit was dismissed sew
eral months ago by Superior Court
Judge John d. HUMPHREYS because
service never was made on Whitehead.
Miss Porter has since married
Douglas Hall in the East.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
GOV. LONG TO FIGHT
GRID COACH CUSTER
Declares Russ Cohen Will Stay at
L. s. U.-Close Tulane Score
Pops Up Students.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, La, November 2S.-
They're not going to replace Russ
Cohen % foot ball coach Of Louisiana
State University rs long as Gov. Huey
p. Long has anything to do with 1t.
Russ Cohen will stay ut Louisiana
state as foot ball coach-thAt's offacial,"
said the Governor, o n1enber Of the
university'S Board Of Supervisors, as
alumni and students made merry over
their alma mater holding Tulane to .
close score here yesterday.
The board announced recently ma
jority Of the members had voted to
replace Cohen and his entire stan. The
Governor voted with the minority to
retain him.
Cohen was -eomrnittal today,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
Way CLEAR TO TRY
L|NGLE SUSPECT
Foster Accused as Accessory.
Son Injured, Joe Salts
Returns to Chicago.
81 the Associated Press.

6y the ASsoctaLeo fIeSS.
CHICAGO, November 28.-The state,
Assistant Prosecutor Charles p. Rath-
bun said, was ready today TO try Frank
Foster, reputed Moran gunman, for the
murder Of Alfred Lingle, Tribune re-
porter.
Foster, captured in Los Angeles last
July three weeks after Lingle's death
has, through his attorneys, demanded
in three previous terms Of court tmme-
date trial. If the States case was not
ready today o rtomorrow, the law,
through its provisions for automatic re-
lease after trial demands In four con-
secutive terms of court, would free him
Of the charge.
witnesses before the grand jury which
indicted Foster were reported to have
identified the gun thrown away after
Lingle's Staying as identical with one of
six bought by Foster and Ted Newberry,
another former Moran gangster. The
State did not contend, Is the prepara-
tons for the trial went on, that Foster
fred the single shot which killed the
newspaper man June 8, last, but main
tanned that Foster was an accessory to
the crime and possessed guilty kuowl-
edge not only Of the actual slayerS, but
also Of their motives.
Joe Salts Surrenders.
Meanwhile, Big Joe" Salts, public
enemy and retired yards"
beer baron, returned to Chicago asking
for and receiving mercy from Judge
John H. Lyle, militant foe Of gangsters.
Wednesday night Salts was secure
from the law at his sanctuary ct Winter,
Wis, where he could laugh or sneer, II
he chose, at the efforts of Chicago police
to bring him to the bar of justice as q
vagrant. But in the form of O motor
car fate stepped in to change his mind.
The telephone at Salts hang-out
rang Wednesday night and converse
ton that followed brought the informa-
ton that his 14-year-old son, Emil, had
been taken TO q Chicago hospital, criti-
cally injured. One car had bowled him
over, and another, following in its wake,
had run over him, crushing his skull.
Law or no law, Salts came back to
Chtcago-and surrendered.
TN surrender to the law" he told
James Burke, his attorney, "but I'd
like Q chance TO make bond. I want to
be with my boy, but I don't want to
disgrace him by being arrested in the
same room with him"
|. Lawyer Telephones Judge.
Burke sized up the situation quickly
and telephoned the Judge.
ST know" he said, you habitually
jail the people you class as public enc
mics I know you show them as little
quarter as you can-but in q case like
this-well, judge. the boy may be dying
this very minute"
Judge Lyle, too, was quick to act
'T'l meet you and Salts at the En-
glewood police station at once and ar
range to free him on bond Immediately,
so he can stay at the hospital without
fear Of being annoyed by the police"
1t was no sooner said than done.
Judge Lyle fixed the bond at $4,000,
which was approved without delay, and
set the case ahead for next Tuesday,
allowing Salts to hurry to the hospital
to be with the boy whose injury had
softened the man who Is regarded by
many as the toughest" judge on gang
sters IN Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
PAIR WEEDS ON NlCKELS
SAVED FOR TWO YEARS
Waitress and Locomotive Hostisr
Continue Working and Saw
ing to Furnish Home.

BY the Associated Press.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, November
28.-For two years Donald Hefiin, %,
and Leila Gaskill, AZ, saved their nickels
against the day when they would be
married. The day arrived and they
were married-on nickels.
They counted out 80 nickels, to pay
for their marriage license at the court
clerks office, and they produced another
batch of nickels to pay Rev. A. G. Bon
ham for performing the ceremony.
Leila, a waitress, saved her nickels
from tips. Donald's were just change.
He is a railroad locomotive hostler.
Both are still working and saving
more nickels to furnish O home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28

CONTINUED From First Page.)
morrow the mercury in Washington
would gradually rise. AS cold as it was
In Washington, no new record was es-
tablished as for instance in Richmond,
which shivered under the coolest blast
1t has experienced In many years so
istered at least 80 degrees colder than
normal, with Minnesota, Iowa and Mid
die Western States suffering the great
est.
Rise Starts Eastward.
But over the great Middle West q
rising temperature Is starting eastward
today, with O result, II was said, that
WaShingtonians viii be far more COM
Portable on Sunday. There is even q
possibility of rain putting definite
flight to the cold spell for the time be-
ing at least
At midnight the mercury had drop:
ped to 20 degrees. Both the Central
were crowded to capacity, majority OF
those seeking shelter being the transient
unemployed to whom Washington Is
the gateway between the North and
South In their wandering search for
employment. Gradually the mercury
dropped until 1t reached the minimum
Of 1873 degrees in the city and several
degrees lower in the suburban districts.
BY o o'clock the reaction began to set
the mercury lowered around 81 degrees.
Washington has seldom witnessed
such o generous outpouring Of relief
as was extended TO the hungry and
homeless on Thanksgiving day. Count
ing the baskets Of dinners distributed
at the city missions and the meals
served at the mission tables. approx
mately 1900 persons were provided with
relief at each yesterday. Washington
responded nobly TO the appeals, and the
number of individual families who took
men and women into their own homes
and fed them greatly relieved our own
work." Supt. John s. Bennett OF the
Central Union Mission said today. AL
though he had provided Thanksgiving
dinner for $50 men. fewer than that
number applied, with result that there
see Given Dinner.
The Gospel Mission fed 329 at its
Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, and
Supt Harvey v. Prentice said that ap-
! proximately 200 were given shelter dur
ing the night. Both missions were over
crowded, and many OF the men who had
Topped" during the night were among
those to whom clothing was given be-
fore they started out Ia the morning.
The Salvation Army had similar ex-
peY!enceS and Joined with the other
relief agencies In appealing for any
eeFvtceabie CASTOR garment.
Mr.. Bennett said 1913 persons had
applied for oyercoats and sweaters be-
fore $3.50 o'clock this morning and that
many Of the cases represented urgent
need for relief. One case he cited as
IA example was that Of Q laborer who
for food and clothing. Both were out
fitted o. were two other children and
the mother who had remained at home.
At the Gospel Mission, Mr.. Prentice
said, perhaps the greatest need was for
msttresses and blankets, The Army
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
J0BLESS DEMONSTRATE
Rumors Auto Factory VIII Close
Believed Responsible.

TURIN. November 2s NH.-Uncon-
flrmed reports that the Fiat autorno-
bile factories were to be closed for q
fortnight were believed responsible for
q series Of demonstrations by the un-
employed which have taken place here
demonstrators We're arrested, but there
was no serious disorder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
PRIESTS FREE TODAY
Two Irish Churchmen Captured by
Bandits Last Spring.

PETPING, China, November 20 QR.-
The Irish priests Laffan and Lncham,
was reported here. They were held
prisoners with the Spanish priest Fer
nandez, who was released last Wednes-
day and Is now aboard q British gum
boat IN the upper Yangtze River.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
AUTO SMASHES WINDOW
Shoe Shop Damaged as Driver Quits
Parking Place.

The glass window Of the Majestic
street, was shattered last night when
an unoccupied automobile, owned by
Foy o. Beach, 1921 East Capitol street,
backed out Of its parking place on q
slight grade and slowly rolled across
the street and struck the window.
Beach had parked q few minutes be-
fore and was looking at a display in
q nearby store window. Harry Lewis Of
1922 Seventh street. son Of the shoe
shops owner, placed the damage at
$500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
WAS DIVORCED THIS YEAR.

Mr.. Hays and Wife Separated Several
Years Before.
SULLIVAN, Ind, November 20 (R.-
VIII H. Hays obtained q divorce June 20
last IN his home town from the former
Helen Louise Thomas, daughter of
Judge A. B. Thomas Of Charlottesville,
Ind.
They were married in 1902 and had
separated several years before the d.
vorce, which was on the ground Of in
compatibility. Hays was given the
custody of a 15-year-old son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
EMERY TO BROADCAST
President Of Society Of Natives to
Speak on civic Duties.

Fred A. Emery, president ofsthe So
ciety Of Natives. VIII deliver an address
over radio station WMAL from to
6:l5 this evening on "Civic RESPONSE
bilities Of Washingtonians." The I'D.
dress Will be one Of q series uitder
auspices of the Federation Of Citizeps'
Associations ..-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
Two French Ofacials Resign.

PARIS. November 2S R.-Eugene
Lautier. undersecretary Of the minis
dersecretary of the ministry of public
works. resigned todaA -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
TORSO STILL A PUZZLE
Detroit Fails to Solve New York
Mystery by Fingerprints.

DETROIT, November 20 (R.-Detroit
police announced today that they had
failed to identify flngerprints Of q
headIess and legless body found in the
Hudson River in New York last week.
Copies Of the prints were sent here
because some clues indicated the slain
man might have come from Detroit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
Centenarian Prefers Pipe.

SAVANNAH, Ga. R.-Women who
smoke cigarettes are irnmodest, but
pipes are o. K, says Mrs. Belle Ryans,
119 years old. She has been putting
away for 108 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
MOTHER JONES NO BETTER

Friends Say Labor Leaders Condi-
ton Still Critical.
Mother Jones, 1oo-year-oId labor
leader, today still was in a. critical con-
dition, her friends reported.
Miss M. Emmilinne Pitt of Pitts
burgh, Pa. q close friend Of Mother
Jones, arrived in Washington today
and took up her residence at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Burgess, near
Chillum, Nd, TO be with the labor
leader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-28
QUAKE 1900 MILES AWAY
Tnemor Was in South America,
Georgetown Scientists Think.

An earthquake, about 1900 miles
from washington, was recorded today
at Georgetown University Seismological
Observatory. The disturbance lasted
from 2:30:A0 am. to am, with the
maximum movement at 1858.
While the direction could not be de-
termined definitely observatory scten-
lists believed the quake might have been
In South America.