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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17
SAUNDERS FIGHTS
CLAIM FOR $4,000
Loan by New York Syndicate
Conditional on Expansion,
He Says.
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSOClateQ EIesb.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 1.-THE
matter of a $4,000 loan protruded its
presence upon the Clarence Saunders
battle-ground yesterday, with the chain
store man announcing he no longer con-
sidered himself liable, while an attorney
for interested bankers awaited instruc-
tons how he was to go about collecting
1t either from Saunders or from the
bankrupt Clarence Saunders Stores,
Inc.
Clarence Saunders Stores, Inc, and
its units began operating yesterday
under a receiver appointed at the re-
quest of three creditors with claims ag-
gregating $2,953. The receiver said
each unit was worth at least $4,000.
Saunders said the money was loaned
by syndicate headed by the New York
firm of BertleS, Rawls a. Donaldson.
He said that in return for aid in an ex-
pansion program he and the parent of
all his chains, the Clarence Saunders
Corporation, guaranteed the notes so
long as no one except himself took any
legal step to prevent fulfillment of the
plans.
Lovick P. Miles, attorney for saun-
0rlo, odAd GlidL III cNClt IIl6 receiver
ship prevented the expansion, Saunders
and the Clarence Saunders Corporation
would not be liable. Saunders said
fatty the responsibility of both had
ended. Walter Armstrong, attorney
acting for the bankers, who objected to
the receivership, claiming 1t jeopardized
his clients, said he would make no move
before hearing from New York.
Saunders said that as a result of the
negotiations control both of the bank
rupt chain and Of Clarence Saunders
Pacific Stores, Inc, operating in Cali
fornia, passed to him. He also said he
controls the Clarence Saunders Corpo-
ration.
He said today that 327 stores bearing
his trade mark, operated by the Clar-
ence Saunders Pacific Stores, Inc, in
California, and by other firms licensed
by the Clarence Saunders Corporation.
which holds all royalty rights, are not
involved in the receivership.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17
BRIDGE SIGNAL line.
DRAWN IN TOURNEY.
Women Barred for Calling
Authorities for Plays
Across Table.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
ASBuRY PARK, N. j., July lit
may be perfectly correct to have pre-
arranged but not publicized signal sys-
tenn when playing bridge. Perhaps 1t
is not outside propriety to inquire be-
fore a game whether one plays Wander
bilt conventions. But when one is in
a national championship it isn't safe
TO combine and shout such informa-
lion.
This was learned yesterday during
The American Bridge League title play,
two women being dismissed from
further play In the meet for using
"every system Of contract"
Bids Vanderbilt Club"
The names of the women dismissed
were not made public, as was their Of
tense. One Of the women bid lone
Vanderbilt club" after hands had been
dealt
whitehead one spade takeout," her
partner returned.
Work two hearts bid" rejoined the
nrst.
Their opponents thereupon appealed
TO the judges with the dismissal Of the
two unknown women following. They
told the judges "the only perfect con-
tract system is to use all systems at
once"
Grand Slam Aids FinaIists.
The semi-finals yesterday saw a
grand slam made by Lee Langdon and
Michael T. Gottlieb, Knickerbocker
Whist Club of New York entrants. The
slam aided them in reaching the finals
to be held tomorrow. Their playing
partners were Philip Hal Sims and VIII
lard Karn.
The other semi-fnal was not decided
late last night. The contending teams
comprise: Mr.. and Mrs. Ely Culbert-
son, Baron Waldemar Won Zedtwitz
and Theodore E. Lightner of the
Knickerbocker Club, and Frand Shaw
Allen Macrossie, William K Barrett
and John Rau of Columbia University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17

he was being sought by detectives to
explain $4,000 shortage in his
accounts.
Daniel ]. Kenefick, ir., bank attorney,
said accountants had been working on
Bernhardt's books since last January
and were satisfied the clerk had used
the accounts of 10 or IL customers in
stock market. speculation. He said
Bernhard had been discharged in Feb
ruary when he was unable to explain
certain transactions.
Bernhardt, the attorney said, "appar-
emily devised an elaborate system of
fictitious names" for his accounts.
When the stock he ordered by tele-
phone was delivered he paid by check
drawn against the banks stock and
bond account. The~check was honored
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17
F. L. WILLIAMS ELECTED
LEGION OF VALOR HEAD
George H. Parker, Baltimore, and
George S. Farrall, steelton,
Pa, Chosen Vice Commanders.

BY the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG, Pa, July 17.-Frsnk
L. williams of Buffalo was elected
commander of the Army and Navy Le-
gion of Valor at the closing session of
the convention yesterday. Boston was
chosen as the place of the 1881 meet
Ing
The election of williams followed
upon the withdrawal of Frank L. An
ders of Fargo, N. Oak, who had been
nominated for reelection.
Other officers elected were: Senior
vice commander, George H. Parker, Bal
timore, and junior vice commander,
George S. Farrall, Steelton, Pa.
Francis A. Bishop of Retsil, Wash,
was elected honorary post commander
The Rev. A V. Simoni of Fort Sheri-
dan, H., was named chaplain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17

where he will speak today at the North
Dakota State Fair. He held a num-
Der of conferences in the Twin Cities
regarding the boards business and
announced that the Northwest regional
ONCE of the National Grain Corporation
would be located in ST. Paul.
He said that the boards action in
having the sterilization corporation
withhold 100000 bushels of wheat
from the market already has resulted
in a market price of from 7 to 10 cents
a bushel higher than it otherwise would
have been.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17
CHINESE NATIONALIST
ADVANCE CLAIM HIT
Japanese Advices Report Severe
Fighting rs Miles From City
Alleged Threatened.
d the Assoclated Presa.

SHANGHAI, July 1T.-Nationalist
claims Of an advance along the Using
tao-Tsinan Railway to within 10 miles
of Tsinan, capital of Shantung, were
discounted today when Japanese adviceS
said severe fighting between government
Tzehotien, rs miles east Of the strategic
city.
The reports said as a result of hos
tilities in that area the TSingtao-TSi
Railway had been severed, stopping
transportation of foodstuffs westward
from Tsingtao and causing uneasiness
among japanese communities in the in
terror of Shantung.
Japanese at Tsinan were said to have
arranged for the importation of food
stuffs by way of Tientsin over the
Tientsin-P ukow Railway
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17
CAP0NE DELAYS LEAVE
Attorney Silent on Gangster's Rea-
SoN for Remaining in Miami.

MIAMI, Fla, July II (P1-"Scarface"
Al Capone has postponed departure
from Miami for about two weeks, j. r.
Gordon, one Of his attorneys, announced
yesterday.
Gordon declined to say why the de-
parture, previously scheduled for o
short time after disposal of perjury
delayed
Capone recently was acquitted on q
directed verdict of charges of perjury.
while two similar charges, brought
against him in connection with the Of
fetal campaign of Dade County to GUST
him from the community. are to be
nolle pressed by County Solicitor George
McCaskill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17
Princess Louise. 80. III.

LONDON. July IT (P.-Princess
Louise, the Duchess of Argyle and aunt
of King George, was in bed today with
a chill Her engagements have been
Cancelled for the present. While not
regarded as serious, her indisposition
was, nevertheless, noted with great con-
Germ because of her advanced age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17

Is it was thought he was buying for .
customer" Kenefick explained.
On Friday Bernhardt obtained a
license to marry Bessie Thomson, %. a
stenographer His mother. Mrs. Will
liam Bernhard, said today that Bern
hardt was secretly married on Saturday
and she did not know where the couple
was spending their honeymoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17
FILES SECOND SUIT
Vera Lederer Sought Divorce Two
Years Ago, but Case Was Dropped.

CLEVELAND, July II (Pl-vera King
Lederer, formerly of Ziegfelds "Follies'
and the "Vanities," has filed her second
suit for divorce from Morris T. Lederer,
wealthy Cleveland steel dealer.
Mrs Lederer charged her husband
with cruelty, consisting chiefly OF sui
lenness and indifference to her friends.
She asked alimony and restoration Of
her maiden name.
Two years ago she sought a divorce
but a reconciliation was affected and
the suit dropped. They were married
June 2, 1924
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17
TWO EXECUTED
Convicted Slayer and Attack err of
Woman Die in Oklahoma.

McALESTER, Okla, July IT Dr.
Tom Guest, At, convicted of murder,
and James E. Forrest, 23-year-old COL
ored man, sentenced for an attack on a
white woman, were executed at the State
Penitentiary early today
Guest, was convicted of staying Bailey
Browder, druggist, during the robbery of
a bank at Asher in 1928.
Claude Hager, convicted Of murder,
who was to have died with them, was
granted 60-day stay yesterday by Gov.
w. ]. Holloway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17
SOUTHWEST TO REDUCE
WHEAT, LEGGE BELIEVES
Federal Farm Board Head Says
Market Price Already Raised
by Group Action.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL. MINI, July 17.-Alexan-
der Legge, chairman of the Federal
Farm Board, said yesterday that wheat
growers of the Southwest generally will
join whole-heartedly in the campaign of
the board for acreage reduction, despite
some opposition in Kansas.
Legge came here en- route to Fargo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17
FORMER BANK CLERK
SOUGHT IN SHORTAGE
$50, 900 Discrepancy in Account of
Buffalo Man Reported After
Start of Honeymoon.

By the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, N. Y, July 17.-Norman
E. Bernhard, "a. former clerk in the
bond department of the Marine Trust
Co. here, was married Saturday and
went on a secret honeymoon. Today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17

Anciently, the left hand signified sub
lection, the right hand power. Hence,
the wedding ring, still worn on the left
hand.
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
laid FOR WIDOW |DELAY HEARING.
Of FIREMAN ON LETTERMAN

A continuation Of a hearing be-
fore the Police Trial Board in the
case of Sergt. Oscar j. Letterman,
head of the police vice squad, has
been set for next week, Inspector
William j. Stott announced yes
terday after Mrs. Eleck Harmon
who with her husband is pressing
charges of a warrantless raid
against the officer, failed to ap-
pear at the hearing due to illness.
Sergeant Letterman, while the
case is in the hands of police Of
ficials, is temporarily deposed as
head of the vice squad. and is do
ing uniformed duty at the First
precinct.
The Harmons allege that the
officer led his men into their
apartment without warrant.
while Letterman insists that he
was searching with a warrant for
a man he believed to be in the
Harmon's house, and while there
he discovered a quantity of liquor.
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
DEBAT TERS GET
Il AWARDS

Official awards for achieve
nent in debate were presented to
II members of the debating team
Of George Washington University
at a banquet held last night at
the University Club.
Gold letters, signifying two
years meritorious service on the
team, with participation in at
least five intercollegiate debates,
were awarded Hearst R. Duncan,
Andrew Howard, Charles Laugh
lin, Louise Reeves and Virginia
Frye. Silver letters, signifying
participation in at least two in
tercollegiate debates in the year
Of the award, were given Robert
Parsons, Norman Hagen, Wood
fin Butte, Genevieve Wimsatt,
Louise Falligant and Julia Bonwit.
Prof. William Hayes Yeager,
head of the public speaking de-
partment Of the university, pre-
sided at the banquet and made
the awards.
The Washington times., 1930-04-17

After several hearings, the
House District Committee has
reported favorably a bill intro
duced nearly a year ago ~ Chair
man Zihlman authorizing the
special payment Of $4,000 to
Mrs. Jennie Bruce Callahan,
widow of the late Lieut.. Samuel
L. Callahan, of the Fire Depart
ment, who was killed in line of
duty on the Bladensburg Road
Northeast, on July IS, 1927.
The committee took no action
upon an omnibus special pension
bill for the relief of widows of
various members of the police
and fire departments, who we're
killed in line of duty during the
past few years. -....
Lieutenant Callahan was in
charge of hose wagon of No. "a
Engine Company, going to a fire
off the BladenSburg Road. His
vehicle was SideSwiped in a chase
of a bootlegger car by a police
department car. It is a matter
Of dispute whether the hose truck
was hit by the police car or the
bootlegger car, but the District
Committee has recommended a
$4,000 payment to his widow
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
V|OL|NS PLACED
On FREE LIST

The House and Senate tariff
conferees expected to complete
their first review of the rate
schedules today leaving only
highly controversial items for
further settlement.
The confereeS were nearly
finished with the sundries sched-
ule as they met again this morn
ing. They have the free list yet
to consider but with only a few
amendments in controversy.
Fishermen won a halfway COM
promise between the higher House
and lower Senate rates. The
compromise rate on artificial flies,
leaders, fish hooks, reels and
boxes was IS per cent advalorem
with As per cent advalorem on
lines, nets and seineS.
The SundrieS schedule brought
many widely varying articles
under consideration. A rate of
40 per cent was placed on pipe
organs or their parts if used in
churches or auditoriumS where
admissions are not usually
charged. This was the Senate
reduction from the regular rate
Of 60 per cent on pipe organs
for use in theaters. The Senate
provision bringing in as antiques
all violins, made before the year
1900" was also approved. The
Senate provision, allowing CARL
Ions to be brought in duty free
if used in churches or colleges,
was likewise adopted.
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
NeuU ENJOY Radios
To NeU Zealand

Speaking by radio for the first
time in the United States, Sir
Ronald Lindsay, newly appointed
British Ambassador early today
talked to New Zealand over a
special radio hook-up. The mes.
sage was broadcast by WMAL and
reiayed by short wave from New
York. In speaking the Ambas'
sador said:
"T am delighted that my first
broadcast after arriving In
America should be q message
to q member Of the British
Commonwealth Of Nations. /
am speaking in the middle Of
the night, and / believe you
are listening in the afternoon,
but nobody has told me whether
you are listening in the after
noon of yesterday or tomorrow"
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
Smoke Film Seen
In Nuisance FiQht

NORRISTOWN, Pa, April IT,
Motion pictures were exhibited in
a courtroom for the first time
here. The films were used in
support of the contention that a
brick-manufacturing plant near
Fairview constitutes a nuisance.
The film showed smoke pouring
from the smokeStack of the brick
plant-a condition declared OBJ
noxious by the remonstrants.
The court agreed to accept the
movies" as evidence after counsel
for the brick company interposed
no objection.
The court adjourned to the
Grand Jury room for the exhibi.
ton. because the light in the
latter quarters could be better
controlled.
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
D. c. WILL KEEP
. GOOD FRIDAY

Good Friday will be observed
by Washington churches tomor-
row with special programs.
Chant and ritual marking the
tragic events of Calvary will be
observed by the Catholic
churches.
Bishop Freeman will officiate
at three-hour service which will
be broadcast from the Bethlehem
Chapel of the Washington Ca
thedral-
Sacred music will mark religious
services at many churches. Stain
er's sacred cantata, "The Cruel
fixion," will be sung tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock at the Uni
versalist National M emoria l
Church by the National Capital
Choir Of 80 voices, under Albert
w. Harmed.
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
CANNON
GOES ON TRIAL .

RICHMOND, Va, April II.
With the whole question of church
participation in affairs Of the
State shaping itself up to show
down, action of a positive charac
ter on the Wall Street and polit-
ical activities Of Bishop James
Cannon, jr., is virtually certain at
the quadrennial meeting Of the
General Conference of the Meth
cdist Episcopal Church South in
Dallas, Tex, May 6, it has been
learned here.
This opinion was freely eX-
pressed by church officers and
ministers of Richmond questioned
regarding developments in the
Bishop Cannon matter, and the
belief was added that there is
slight possibility Of the COM
plants against the bishop being
killed in committee.
Such action by a committee
seems hardly likely. 1t was pointed
cut, in view of the widespread
furore which the bishops allegedly
improper conduct has stirred up
within the church.
Fight Is Expected
While the questions of Bishop
Cannon financial operation, his
participation in partisan politics
to an extent regarded as inju-
rious to the spiritual influence OF
the church and his alleged use Of
church funds for political pur-
poses, will probably provide the
most spectacular and most bitter
controversy of the Dallas confer
ence, there is also in sight de-
termined effort on the part Of
Cannon partisans to force the re-
tirement of Bishop Collins Denny,
of Virginia, and Warren Gambler,
of Georgia.
This move has been anticipated
for some time as a result of the
two bishops efforts to keep the
church out Of politics, which have
aroused the bitter enmity of
Bishop Cannon'S protagonists.
That any prediction as to the
outcome of the Bishop Cannon
case can be but idle conjecture,
was the consensus among the
churchmen who were questioned.
All charges against bishops of the
church are brought through the
conference committee on episco-
pacy, which is composed of the
leaders of the ministerial and lay
delegations from each annual con-
ference.
Courses Are Varied
This committee first inveSti-
gates the charges and then brings
the case before the house for
action. Several courses would then
be open to the conference. All
charges might be dismissed and
resolutions of the confidence in
the bishops character and motives
passed, or the alternative action
taken cenSuring his conduct and
retiring him from the epiScopacy.
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
Woman Hurt by Gas
Fixture in Home

While attempting to turn off
an electric light in the hallway
of her apartment in the 900 block
M st. N. W.. Margaret Dixon,
colored, 80. struck her head on
q combination gas and electric
fixture.
The fixture broke off at the
ceiling, and filled the room with
gas. NeighborS called the rescue
squad which took the woman to
Freedman's Hospital.
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
CODE AMENDED
WHEN PROVED
INEFFICIENT
Daily Flushing of Platforms
Abolished, But Pigs Are AS
sured Only Fresh Garbage

FAIFRFAX, Va, April II.
Protests by hog raisers Of Fair.
fax county that recent sanitation
rules prescribed for pig farms by
the county health board were i'm.
practicable and inefficient. re.
suited in a public hearing and
several Of the regulations were
modified or eliminated;
The original regulations, adopted
after repeated protests from resi-.
dents in the vicinity Of the pig
geries that conditions were un-
sanitary and extremely odorifer-
Gus, provided that every precau-
ton be used to prevent pollution
Of soil and air and specified that
all feeding Of garbage be done
on raised concrete platforms
which should be flushed daily
with running water.
The hog raisers said that this
method Of waste disposal would
be expensive and ineffective be-
cause the heavy clay soils COM
mon here would not absorb the
quantities of water required for
daily cleaning.
Under the amended regulations,
daily flushing of feeding plat
forms is abolished, but all waste
food must be removed each day
and buried or plowed under
ground. It is further provided
that garbage must be fed the
same day it is hauled from town
and that no refuse be allowed to
pollute any stream. The regula-
tions go into effect 80 days after
publication and violation is pun
ishable by fine. Efforts to have
the code deferred for six months
to permit more time for con-
struction of new feeding floors
was voted down,
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
Half Surrey Cost
Offered bu Board

Half the estimated cost Of
$4,000 for making a traffic sur
vey of Washington, as proposed
by the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, was
yesterday offered by the Wash
ington Board of Trade.
Cooperating with the Board Of
Trade and the Park and Pla l.
ming Commission in the survey
will be the Traffic Bureau and
the American Automobile ASsocil-
tion,
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
Biological Society
To Hear 3 Lectures

Two illustrated lectures will be
given at the meeting of the
Biological Society of Washington
Saturday night at the Cosmos
Club.
Biological Science in the East
Indies" will be discussed by OS-
wald Schreiner, and H. L. West
over will speak on PLANT Ex-
ploration in Turkestan."
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
Lost Student Filler
RenOrted Rescued

VALLEY STREAM, L. l., April
II GN.SO.-Hope that a fishing
boat has rescued at sea Ralph
White, student flier who disap-
peared Sunday in a heavy fog
while plotting a training plane,
was held out by friends today.
Norman K. Winston, who offered
$500 reward for discovery of
White or his plane, said he had
received information that White
was alive, having been picked up
by a small boat at sea.
Winston would not elaborate
on his statement and whether or
not the search for White was to
be continued today had not been
determined this morning. Win
ston was expected to make a
definite announcement during the
day in connection with his mys-
terious statement that White had
been rescued.
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
|NOONSH|NERS
TIPPED, FLEE
Staff Photo

LEONARDTOWN. Md, April
17.-Four stills were blown up in
the st. Inigoes vicinity by prohi-
bition officers headed by Ran.
dolph Brewer, of Charles county.
There were no arrests because
a telephone call was overheard,
it is said, and the men were
warned in time to get away. Who
the kettles belonged to is un-
known.
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
Chinese to Address
d. C.. AnthrOpOLOgiSts

The Catholic anthropological
conference will hold its fifth
annual meeting Tuesday night at
Catholic University.
A feature will be an address on
the Chinese Family" by Shi.Lin
chao, Of JOHNS Hopkins Uni
Versity.
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
wife of Educator
Dies in MdrtinSburQ

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, April
17.-Mrs. Elizabeth Virginia Shipe,
"a, wife of former School Comnis-
sioner James H. Shipe, died at
her home, here, following an ex'
tended illness.
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
LAKE SHORES FLOODED

MONROE, Mich, April 16 GIN.
SD.-Scores of families were ma
rooned today when a strong
northwest wind drove Lake Erie's
waters inland from a point four
miles south of here all the way to
Point Place, suburb Of Toledo.
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
MRS. A. v. LARRICK DIES

STRASBURG, Va, April IT,
Mrs. Augusta V. Larrich died at
her home, Meadow View, near
here, Saturday.
The Washington times., 1930-04-17
MRS. MARY VEACH DIES

STRASBURG, Va, April IT.
Mrs. Mary Veach, Detrick, wife
of the late Levi Veach, died at
her home here, aged 10 years.
The Washington times., 1930-04-17


JOHN NJ KERR, JR. LYDIA A. McALLISTER
THE CHILDREN OF THE AMERICAN REVOItU-
delegates are conducting national business in
tion here Above, Miss Fries daughter of Gen. Amos
Fries, and young Mr.. Kerr 4522 Thirtieth st. N W.,
the fifth great grand nephew of George Washington,
are two of the local notabes. Miss McAlster years
DID, in colonial Dress is the youngest C. A R. member
She is of the flower pages who called on Mrs.
Hoover. Mrs Qun is national president of the c. A R.