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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
COPYRIGHT POST
HELD 50 YEARS
ThorvaId SoIberg Retires on
18th Birthday With Record
as World Authority.

For SO years register Of copyrights Of
the Library of Congress, Thorvald Sol
berg, last Thursday was retired from
the Library's service at his own request.
Mr.. Solberg's retirement was made
effective ON his seventy eighth birth
day, April %, it was announced yester-
day by the Library.
Before his appointment as first reg
lister of copyrights in July, 1897, Mr..
Solberg had seen IS years service in
the law department Of the Library.
He has made a life study of copyrights
in literature, and is regarded as one of
the foremost authorities of the world on
the subject.
Under his administration the copy
right office Of the Library of Congress
has grown from a handful of clerks to
a force of 1875 persons, many of them
well trained experts in their lines. The
increase in the scope and amount Of
the work is indicated by the increase in
the entries from about $4,000 in 1898
to 264, 900 last year.
Mr.. Solberg has attended most Of the
important conferences on international
copyrights held in European capitals
during the last 30 years. In 1908 he
went to Berlin as United States dele
for the Revision of the Berne Copyright
Convention. His report of the copy
right congress in 1900 was printed in
the Congressional Record. In 1923 he
was delegate from the United States to
the Conference for the Revision of the
International Copyright Convention.
His official reports published yearly
in the Library's report have constituted
a history Of the copyright legislation
of the country. In addition he has
contributed articles on copyrights to
leading periodicals throughout the
country. He reads widely in several
languages and has written several
photographers, including THE Balearic
Islands," photography Of Scandinavia,
and the photography of Literary
Property"
He had an important part in the en-
actment of the present copyright law
of the United States, the act of 1909,
sitting in at many conferences Of
authors, publishers and others inter-
eSted, and testifying before the congress
sional committees on patents and copy
rights.
He has long advocated that the United
States become affiliated with the In
ternational Copyright Union. which in
cludes practically all the leading nations
Of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
COL. SELTON ORDERED
TO DUTY AT BOSTON

Lieut.. Col. Hugo D. Seton, Infantry,
has been relieved of duty in the Militia
Bureau, War Department, and ordered
to Boston for duty with Organized Re-
serves; Lieut.. Col. M. e. Locke, Field
Artillery, to Boston for duty with Or
gained Reserves; Mai. w. r. Blair,
Signal Corps, from the War Department
to Fort Monmouth, N. j.: Capt. F. L.
Black, Quartermaster Corps, from the
War Department to San Francisco;
Maj. H. r. l.. Muller, Coast Artillery,
from Brooks Field, Tex, to Fort Bar
rancas, Fla; Capt. @. A. Schwarz-
waelder, Quartermaster Corps, from the
University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, to
the Philippines; First Lieut.. I. L. Nc
Alister, U. s. Army, retired, from FL
Paso, Tex, to the high schools at
Detroit
Changes in the Medical Corps are
announced as follows: To the Philip
pines-Col. w. p. Hill, at Fort Benning,
Ga; Lieut.. Col. A. D. Davis, at San
Antonio; Lieut.. Col. r. e. ingalls,. at
Chicago; Maj. J. L. Schock, at Wash
ington, D. c.; Maj. John F. Corby, at
Georgetown University, this city, and
Capt. H. s. Blease.. at Hot Springs,
ATk. ~ 11dWd11--SOls ~ IL 4AOycAASOAS
at Fort Eustis, Va; Lieut.. Col. G. ".
Rukke, at Monterey, Calf: Maj. L. B.
Pilsbury, at washington, D. c.; Capt.
D. B. Ridgely, at San Francisco. and
Capt. j. F. Brooke, at Michel Field, N.
Y. From Hawaii-Col. r. F. Metcalfe.
to San Francisco: Mai. w. r. Beardsley,
to Fort Brady, Mich: Maj. F. B. Pratt,
to Boiling Field, D. c., and Capt. M. j.
Real, to Monterey, Calf. From the
Philippines-Lieut. Col. g. D. Graham,
to Chicago; Lieut.. Col. j. r. Shand. to
Fort Lewis, Wash; Maj. T. NJ. Page, to
Fort Mcdowell, Calf; Maj. ]. z. Poore,
to Fort Ontario, N. Y; Maj. T. L. Spoon,
to Fort BENJAMIN Harrison, Ind, and
Capt. G. p. Sandrock, to Fort Leaven-
worth, Kans.
The Presiden. has accepted the resig-
nation Of First Lieut.. j. S. Woolford,
Medical Corps, at Fort Sheridan, ILL.,
ana that Of First Lieut.. w. ". Wilker-
son, Medical Corps, at Fort Mcdowell,
Calf. First Sergt. Horace Jefferson,
Machine Gun Troop, 10th Cavalry, at
Fort Huachuca, Ariz.. has been placed
on the Army retired list on his own ap-
plication after more than 30 years
active military service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
WABASH ACCEPTS
L.C. MERGERPLAN
Directors of First Major Road
to Accede Gives Notice of
Steps Under Terms.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
First notification from major rail-
road that it would accept the Inter-
state Commerce Commissions plan for
consolidation of carriers was given the
commission yesterday by the Wabash
Railway.
william H. Williams chairman of the
board of the Wabash, in acquiescing to
withdrawal of its previous. proposal for
consolidating nine roads, advised the
commission that he had been author
lied by the roads board of directors
to undertake the acquisition of prop
critics allocated to the Wabash-Seaboard
systems in the official plan.
Lines AIlocated by I. C. C.
In addition to the Wabash and the
Seaboard, which would set up the long
controverted fifth system in the East,
the commission allocated to the group
the Lehigh Valley, the Wheeling &
Lake Erie, the Pittsburgh g. West Vir-
GINA, the Western Maryland, the
Akron, Canton & Youngstown; the To-
ledo, Peoria & Western; the Ann Arbor,
the Chesapeake & Ohio of Indiana, the
Norfolk g. Western, the New Jersey,
Indiana & Illinois, and the Manistique
& Lake Superior.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway and
LI!S odllLuOTe % OIIO railway, Two OIL
the four Eastern roads with plans for
consolidation pending before the COM
missions plan was promulgated in De-
cember, previously had withdrawn their
proposals at the instance of the Com
merce Commission.
Ordered to Show Cause.
The Wabash and the Delaware &
Hudson Co. had been ordered by
Charles D. Madame, finance director of
the commission, to show cause before
May 2 why their plans should not be
dismissed as not conforming with the
commissions views. No reply from the
Delaware g. Hudson Co. to this order
has been received
Williams said that the railroad ac-
cepted the views that its application
should be withdrawn to the end that
specific applications covering terms and
! conditions of acquisition may be sub
stituted. He transmitted q copy of the
boards resolution authorizing him to
take all steps necessary by way of sepa-
! rate or of successive applications for
authority to acquire the properties en-
braced In the commissions Wabash
Seaboard system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
MANY ARE ENTERED
IN D. c. HORSE SHOW
Larger Stakes in Capital
Event Drawing From
Wide Area.

Entries from New York, New Jersey,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Vir-
ginia, as well as from the District of
Columbia, will compete for the larger
stakes this year of the National Capt.
tai Horse Show, to be held on Bradley
Farms, near Congressional Country
Club, May IA, Is, Is and II.
Among the horsemen who already
have entered mounts in the various
classes are Gen. william Mitchell, for
mer chief Of the Army Air Corps, of
Middleburg, Va; Stanley Green of Lees
burg, Va; Louis Leith and Otto Fur of
Middleburg; Clarence H. Osborne of
Cleveland, and Miss Alice Goode of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Washingtonians who have signified
their intention of showing horses in
this years show are Gwinn Rust Maj.
George S. Patton, jr.: Miss Elizabeth
Martin, Miss Elizabeth Jackson, A. H.
Ryan, Harold Rust. jr., and Maj. w. M.
Grimes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
S15,O)D,OOO LOAN
BILL D|SAPPROvED
Commissioners Tell Capper
Stand on Municipal Center
Undertaking.
CONTINUED From First Page.l

CONTINUED From First Page.l
brought over to the District Commits
sioners personally yesterday by j. Claw
son Roop, director Of the Bureau OF the
Budget. This at first caused q buzz OF
discussion at the District Building, but
was explained later that Mr.. Roop had
never met Commissioners Luther n.
Reichelderfer and Herbert B. Crosby
personally, and that he took the oppor-
tunity Of making their acquaintance.
Mr.. Roop stayed about 20 minutes. The
three Commissioners remained cloSeted
In executive session for more than two
hours after he left.
Disapproval by the Budget Bureau Of
any bill is by no means the last word.
The bill might readily be enacted by
Congress with or without the bureaus
sanction. The fact that the Budget
Bureau speaks directly for the Presi-
dent, however, Is strong hint that
should the bill be passed, it would be
vetoed.
Already 100000 has been spent in
acquiring land for the new center be-
tween Pennsylvania avenue, D street,
Third and Sixth streets. The. present
supply bill, for the fiscal year ending
June 81, 1881, carries 100000 more
for the same purpose. It Is expected
that this bill will leave the District
about 100000 short OF the sum neces-
sary to acquire all Of the land. This
sum, together with all Of the money
for putting up the buildings, must be
met out of current taxation If the
Capper bill is not enacted into law.
The 100000 in the 1881 bill will be
taken out Of the Districts cash surplus.
After this, however, there will be no
surplus left, and all further sums must
be found, as they are needed, out Of
the annual tax collections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
NEGRO REPUBLICAN
LEAGUE |SFORMED
Branches of Organization Will
Be Effected in Various
States.

An organization known as the Ma
tional Negro Republican League, with
headquarters In Washington, was eff
fected Friday at a meeting of Is rep
resentative colored men and women
from various States, who responded to
call sent out by DR.. John r. Hawkins,
chairman of the colored voters di-
vision of the Republican national COM
mittee, it was announced here yester-
organized in various States.
DR.. Hawkins, who proposed the plan,
was unanimously elected permanent
chairman, with Charles E. Mitchell of
West Virginia as secretary. Member
ship Is confined to registered Repub-
lican voters. League activities will be
under control of an executive commit
tee authorized to create special bu-
reaus. These will include an informa-
ton, publicity and speakers bureau, as
well as an organization bureau.
the conference and supporting the or
ganization were Hubert T. Delany, as
sistant district attorney, New York
City; w. T. Andrews, editor, Herald
Commonwealth, Baltimore; Walter
Emerson, member city council, Balti-
more; DR.. Ernest Lyon, Baltimore; Mrs
Howard e. Young, Baltimore; Miss
Mamie H. Burroughs, Lincoln Heights
D. c.; Arthur Froe, recorder OF deeds
Washington; Clarence r. Vena, Toledo;
Bishop w. T. Vernon, Detroit; Charles
E. Mitchell, Institute, w. Va; Charles
II. Galloway, Kansas City; Rev. j. r.
Ransom, Topeka; Rev. L. H. Crawford
kansas City, Kans; Rev. r. r. Wright,
jr., editor, Christian Recorder; Phila-
deiphia; Percy w. Howard, Mashing--
ton; Edward w. Henry, judge, municipal
Court, Philadelphia; Morris E. Lewis,
washington; Rev. w. H. Jerniganj
washington; Emmett j. Scott, Howard
University, Washington: George w.
Crawford, New Haven, Conn, and John
r. Hawkins, Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
HUNDREDS VISIT
HOMES EXHIBIT
Mrs. Gam Is Among Throngs In
specting Display at Girls Scout
House.

The Better Homes in America ex-
hibit ut the National Girls Scouts Little
House and at the historic Octagon
House continue to attract hundreds of
visitors.
Mrs. Edward Everett Gam, sister Of
Vice President Curtis, was among those
who attended the entertainment yester-
day afternoon and visited the exhibits
In both houses She was impressed with
the exhibits of the Girl Scouts, Home
Economics Bureau and Child Welfare
Center In the Little House" and also
spent considerable time in examining
the exhibits Of the public schools and
Boy Scouts In the "Octagon House."
Mrs: George r. Bowerman gave q
talk on home libraries and the motion
picture, THE Girl Scout Trail" was
shown during the afternoon. Music
was furnished by the three Cowsill
sisters.
The exhibit viii be open from to 8
o'clock this afternoon, and the junior
choir Of the Church of the Pilgrims viii
present musical program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27

preparation Of the slate of naval off,
GERS assignments to be effected about
July /, which involves a revamping Of
the general naval board.
The Leviathan Is expected to dock
at IL o'clock on Tuesday morning, bar
ring unforeseen obstacles.
Today has been the first unpleas-
ant day of the trip. It rained prac-
tically all day and the sea was choppy,
but not enough to cause discomfort
aboard the ship where the delegates
and other members of the staff joined
other passengers playing games under
cover, at intervals, between conferences.
Secretary OF State StimSon and his
colleagues are pleased at the word re-
ceived by them from Washington late
tonight that the Leviathan Is to be
met and escorted into New York harbor
by the battleship Texas and three
destroyers.
Admiral Pratt advised the Navy De-
partment from this ship as to the
course the Leviathan is following and
he suggested that the destroyers meet
her on Monday evening at some point
between Nantucket and Fire Island and
that the Texas meet her at about 8
o'clock on Tuesday morning, of Tomp-
kinSville, at which time a salute of 10
guns will be fired in honor Of the Sec
rotary of State.
Admiral Pratt said in his radio mes
sages that it was not advisable to have
the Texas meet the Leviathan earlier,
since the battleship Is unable to main
tain the speed of the liner.
The first that Secretary of the Navy
Adams knew of the plan to have the
Leviathan and the delegates to the Lon
don Conference greeted in this way was
when he received a radiogram from the
Navy Department telling him that the
liner would be met.
Admiral Pratt explained tonight that
the Texas was coming north from Guam
tanamo, Cuba, in any event, to take
him on board He will hoist his flag on
the Texas and remain In the vicinity of
New York until he Is needed in Wash
ington.
Copyright, 1s30)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
IMMIGRATION TAPE
TANGLES WEDDINGS
American Greeks Who Went to
Cuba for Brides Forbidden to
Bring Them Into U. S.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, Cuba, April 26.-Eleven
American bachelors. who came here
three weeks ago for wives, found them
selves husbands today, but with all OF
the woes and none of the joys OF mar
ried life.
And II pretty young women, who
Travelled all the way from Greece to
wed these bachelors, whom they had
never seen, faced the discouraging
prospect Of being shipped back to their
native land without their mates.
The trouble started when the men, all
iAmerican-born Greeks and hailing from
California, Connecticut, New Jersey,
Illinois, Utah, New York and Missouri,
applied at the American consulate here
for documents to take their wives to the
United States
They were informed that the wives
could not enter the United States until
their off1cial papers had been sent to
Athens for confirmation. The women
were placed under consular bond of 5000
each in the meantime.
The detected husbands, whose names
were. withheld by the consulate, said
they probably would return to the
United States until the matter Is settled
They said the marriages had been ar
ranged through American marriage
brokers'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
ARKANSAS CONVICTS GUARD
SELVES UNDER HONOR SYSTEM
Warden Cites Only Two Major Escapes in
q Years as Proof Plan
Is Sound.

of any importance IN ~ years to prove
the soundness of his system.
In the official personnel Of the pen
itentiary system there are today only
10 paid employees, including the warden,
superintendent Of prison farms, three
financial clerks and deputy wardens for
night duty and prison camp supervision.
For the past fiscal year, ending in
June, the Arkansas Penttentiary will
show a profit Of approximately 100000
earned on the farms. But Warden Tod
hunter prefers to figure his profits on
the human side Of the ledger.
Discipline, mans work and lots Of
fresh air and food makes men of the
boys" he said. Those fellows learn,
for the most part they are decent fell
lows started wrong, but when they leave
here they walk like men,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
WOMEN'S DEATHS
ARE LAID TO PACT
Letter Found by Attorney
Said to Indicate Suicides
Were Prearranged.
BY the Associated Press.

LAGUNA BEACH, Calf, April &C.
Moresby White, attorney for Mrs. Guy
Bates Post, who committed suicide
Thursday afternoon after Staying her
friend, Mrs. Doris May Palmer, said to-
night he had found q letter In Mrs.
Posts private desk indicating the two
women had planned q suicide pact.
Contents Of the letter were not dis
closed.
White, former city attorney Of
Laguna Beach. also acted as legal coun-
sci for Mrs. Palmer.
Revealing the contents of Mrs. Posts
will and q will made by Mrs. Palmer,
he said Mrs. Palmer's win is not legal
because she failed to comply with the
law.
Mrs. Post, Divorce Of the noted actor
and the Adele Richie of musical COM
edy fame Q quarter Of q century ago,
specified In her will that all of her prop
erty here go to Mrs. Palmer If the
former actress preceded her friend in
death.
If Mrs. Palmer died before Mrs. Post,
the will dictated, all of Mrs. Posts
Laguna Beach property was to 60 TO
the Laguna Beach Humane Society.
Mrs. Palmers will, which White says
cannot be effected, divides her estate
equally between Mrs. Post and q friend,
Mrs. Van EsSa Mcdowell of Laguna
Beach. Mrs. Mcdowell lived with Mrs.
Palmer,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
TARDIEU TAX REDUCTION
MEASURE is PASSED
Parliament Finally Votes Approval
After Two Night Sessions.
Cut Amounts to $e3, 300, 900.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
=' PARIS, April 26.-After two night
sessions, the French Parliament finally
voted the Tardieu governments tax re-
duction bill late this evening. Both
houses then adjourned until June 3.
The reductions provided by the bill,
passed at 5 am. in the Chamber Of
Deputies after "a hours Of continuous
debating, amounts to about sos, 300, 900.
They affect chiefly taxes on stocks and
bonds and financial transactions, the
luxury taxes that have not been in force
since the lean years of the franc, taxes
on hotel bills and the business turnover
tax on foodstuffs.
In passing the measure tonight, the
Senate did not introduce any important
changes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
MUSSOLINpS DAUGHTER
TOURING ON HONEYMOON
Count Ciano and Bride Join Excur-
sionists in Cheers as Fishermen
Pull in Nets.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAPRI, italy, April 26.-Edda Mus
solini, daughter of the Italian dictator
and her husband, Count Galeazzo
Ciano, are having as much fun on their
honeymoon as two New Workers who
spend their nuptial holiday at Niagara
Falls
Although here only two days the
so familiar to American tourists. Yes
terday they visited the Grottoes on the
eastern side of the island and cheered
roundly with the other excursionists as
the fishermen pulled In their nets at
the little port.
The countess has been at Capri many
times, but apparently Is delighted at re-
visiting all the picturesque corners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
Staying OF TWO MEN
IS LAID TO ROBBERS
COMPANIONS Assert Bandits Shot
Brothers Who Resisted Hold-Up
in Hotel.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
MUSKOGEE, Okla, April 26.-David
H. Smith and his brother, George Smith,
both of Connecticut, were slain in q
hotel room here tonight by two men,
other members of the Smith party said,
were robbers.
John L. Wike, who was travelling with
the Smith brothers, was bound and
gagged and the fourth member OF the
party, W. H. Seeley, who was IN bath
room adjoining the room in which the
killing occurred, was not molested.
Seeley and Wike also are from Connec-
ticut.
Seeley said two young men, dressed
in brown suits, entered the room, at
tempted to rob the Smith brothers, and
shot them to death when they resisted.
other persons In the hotel said they
heard no shots. The two brothers were
believed to have had considerable money
with them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
MARIA TO LAUNCH SHIP
Bride Of Crown Prince Humbert at
Ceremony for Cruiser lara.

sPEzIA. italy; April 26 Up).-Princess
Maria of Piedmont, who was Marie-Jose
of Belgium, Is expected here tomorrow
with her husband, Crown Prince Hum
bert, to act as godmother at the launch
ing Of the new l0,000-ton cruiser cara
The cara, named for the redeemed
Italian city of the Dalmatian coast, Is
q magnificent ship of the "post-Wash-
-ington" type, capable Of mounting g.
inch guns (203 millimeters, according to
continental reckoning). With her full
armament she will displace about TO-
100 tons; slightly over the round figure
set at the conference Of 1922. She
IS $40 feet long, nearly Sc feet across
water.
: Prior to the launching Cardinal
Nam, Archbishop of Pisa, who of1ciated
at the wedding of the princess January
:: B, will bless the ship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
lord DERBY. FAMOUS BRITISH
SPORTSMAN, ON WAY TO u. S.
Expects to Witness Kentucky
Derby, Named for His
Forebearers.
Wants to Meet Senator 30.
rah, With Whom He Had
Oratorical Brush.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 26.--Lord Derby. ia
nous British sportsman and the seven
teenth earl of his name. left here today
with his daughter lin law, Lady Maureen
Stanley, for Southampton to board the
AQuitania for America.
while in the United States he expects
to witness running of the Kentucky
Derby race, which was named for his
forbears, and to meet Senator Borah
with whom he had an across-the-seaS
oratorical brush in 1927.
The earl, who pronounces his name
Darby" speaking before meeting of
the Manchester Chamber of Commerce,
said:
."There Is one prominent politician
who always seems to think we are ogres.
I refer to Senator Borah. I invite him
to come to this country If he will do me
the honor, and to stay as long as he
likes"
Senator Borah Cenied that he ever
had thought or said that the English
people were ogres. He said:
IT really would like to visit England,
and I hope that may find an oppor-
tunity to do so. My mission will not be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Pfess.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April as
Every guards convict and 1923 con-
victs guard themselves at the Arkansas
State Penitentiary.
Nine guards, patrolling the wallis Of
the prison stockade in Little Rock SUBJ
lIrbs, have been recruited from the
biue-clad ranks within. At Tucker and
CuYnniins, where more than 1000 pris-
oners work In the fields, guards wear
the prison blue. Only the shotguns in
fellow prisoners.
Warden S. L. Todhunter believes In
the honor system. Eleven hundred con-
victs believe in it, too. The warden
points to a record of only two escapes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
CHARGED WITH ATTACKS
Man to Face Grand Jury as Al
legged Assailant of Girls.

Dellie Clark, colored, 80 years old
was held for grand jury action yesterday
under SIS, 900 bond on charges of crimi-
nally aSsaulting one white girl and at
tempting to commit criminal assault
upon another, after a preliminary hear
ing before, Judge Robert e. Mattingly in
Police Court.
The two charges against Clark each
carry the desth penalty as a maximum.