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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-14
MRS COOLIDGE PRESENTS DRESS
TO MONROE MEMORIAL SHRINE
Garment Worn at First Diplo-
matte Reception as PreSi-
dents Wife.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, September
13.-Mrs. Calvin Coolidge has presented
the Monroe Memorial Shrine in this
city with the dress she wore ct the
first diplomatic reception In the White
House under the Collidge regime, 1t was
announced today by Mrs. Rose Cow
eneur Hoes. great-granddaughter OF
President Monroe.
The shrine already contains dresses
worn by Mrs. James Monroe while ner
husband was President Of the United
States and also while he was repre-
sentatives of the American Government
at the Court of Versailles. The collec-
tion is in the little brick building in
which Monroe began the practice OF
law in Fredericksburg, and which he
was using when he was elected town
councilman, his first political once.
Later he was elected to Congress from
this district, beginning career Wnlcn
included the holding Of more important
public Offices than any other American
citizen.
Relates White House Incident.
In stating her intention of presenting
the dress to the local shrine. Mrs. Cool
idge told an interesting little incident
of her first days in the White House.
81 had Just come to the White House
to live and was appalled, over the run
ming of such a big establishment when
was told that must have something
to wear at the first diplomatic reception
of Mr., Colleges term. hardly knew
what to do. The reception was almost
at hand. / could not leave the White
House to 60 to New York. There were
too many things to be done, so I called
nv automobile and went to Wash
ington establishment where poured my
woes into the ears of the proprietor.
Grateful to Proprietor.
HE told me not to worry. promising
to produce Immediately the finest dress
that could be procured in Washington.
We decided it was to be of white satin
and the proprietor gave me the whole
of his work room and his entire dress
making force for the fittings. There
was rush and excitement but the dress
was finished.
II was and still am very grateful to
the proprietor and ] am very glad to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-14
OPEN-A|R CONCERT
SEASON NEAR END
approximately 10000 Per-
sons Entertained at Gen.
tiers During Summer.

Approximately 10000 persons attend
ed the open-air concerts held here dur
"A the Summer, the once of Public
Buildings and Public Parks estimated
yesterday. The season will be brought
20 close Wednesday night with con-
cert by the Army Band at the Washing
ton Monument.
The concerts started May 10, and a
sabulation shows the following at
tendance:
For May, 1I,700 in the parks and
$500 in the Sylvan Theater; for June,
5000 In the parks and 1000 in the
theater; for July, 1920 in the parks
and 10, 700 in the theater, the jump be-
ing attributed to the warmer weather.
and for August, 13,4o0 in the parks and
5000 in the Sylvan Theater. The flg-
ures for September have not been COM
piled.
The following is the schedule for the
ensuing week:
Monday, at the Brookland Recreation
Center, twentieth and Otis streets
northeast, the Army Band; Tuesday, at
Anacostia Park, south end OF the
Eleventh Street Bridge, the Navy Band,
and wednesday, at the Sylvan Theater,
the Army Band. The concerts start
at 7:30 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-14
dress, Mrs. Coolidge wrote:
Run" in Stocking.

dress, Mrs. Coolidge wrote:
Run" I'm Stocking.
Northampton, Mass.
August %, 1880.
MY Dear Mrs. Hoes:
1T should be very glad to have you
use the white satin dress in the Museum
of the James Monroe Shrine in FTeder-
icksburg If you so desire.
"A sightseer wrote me that she had
discovered run In one of the hose. If
this is true. should be glad to replace
them at some convenient time.
with cordial greetings and all good
wishes,
Sincerely,
"(Signed) Grace Coolidge"
Dress of Medium Length.
The dress had been on exhibit at the
Smithsonian Institute in Washington,
where the "sightseer" discovered the
run in the hose. The dress Is made of
heavy white brocade satin, and all
though not worn in the long dress
period, 1t is not short. It is low-necked,
with short sleeves, and is trimmed with
pearls. The slippers are of the same
material and inside are marked in gold
letters, Mrs. Calvin Coolidge" The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-14
TRAINING FOR MEN

A training course for men covering
Che Elements of groups of boys will be-
cin tomorrow at 7:30 pm. at the
twelfth street Y. NJ. c. A., 1916 Twelfth
street. and continue for a period OF
ak Monday evenings.
The course will be given by q. F.
Ranlsaur, deputy commissioner Of the
sixth division, and West A. Hamilton,
chairman of the sixth division, with
the assistance OF local Scout head
quarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-14

stockinxa re of silk with q great deal
Of open Work.
Mrs. Hoes, through whom the
dress was presented. to the Monroe
Shrine, is the granddaughter OF
White House bride.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-14

Buildings Cushioned for ouakes.
BOGOTA P.-Because of frequent
slight earthshocks. modern oflce build
inTs here are built on q cushion OF 80
feet of soil which is left between their
foundations and bedrock. Engineers
claim this layer absorhs the shocks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-14
Your Drapsriiss May Be Made
In Our Own Workrooms

AFTER you have selected yourt materials
n. you may, at reasonable cost, have them
made into draperies by our DraperY Depart
ment located in our own building.
Upon receipt Of letter or telephone message
to our Fabric Division, District 72e2, our; rep
resen.ative will canto advise and consult with You:
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
HONOR PAID D. c.
E, EDUCATOR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July /.
The suggestion that the forces of
education dig into a subject that
has been untouched-the prepara-
tion of young boys and girls for
the married state and for home
making. while they are acquiring
She routine education of life, was
made yesterday by DR.. Jessie
Charters, of Ohio State UniVers-
1ty; at the meeting here of the
National Education Association.
The association hopes to per.
Suade every one over rs to use
spare time in study. E. Ruth
Pyrtle, president of the organize.
ton said. ~
One of the great problems of
the schools, according to Paul
Dengler, director of the AuStro-
American Institute of Education.
Vienna, is to break down the
Barriers that have separated one
nations children from ancther's.
! DIR. j. Wright, director of Fed
eral vocational education. Wash
1ngton. D. c., is one of the four
new members elected to the ma
tional council Of education.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
RUSSIANS JAIL
'CZAREV|CH"
morrOw's Times.

MOSCOW, July / UN.SO.-A
man who claimed to be the car
evich. only son of the late, ill
fated Car Nicholas of Russia,
today began an eight-year prison
term imposed by Soviet judicial
authorities.
Four members of q religious
cult have been sentenced to death
on conviction of charges Of insti-
eating a counter revolution. One
of the latter is Anna Glavari,
who claims to be Princess Ana
staSia, a daughter Of the dead
cZar,
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
DUd Bomb Costs u. S.
$500 D1n111e AUnrd

The Senate yesterday passed Q
bill granting $500 to Frank M.
Grover. Of Coronado. Calf, for
damages caused by q dummy
bomb dropped on his automobile
by an Army aviator.
The Senate also passed a bill
authorizing payment of $897 to
w. F. Nash, Of San Pedro. Calf =.
whose house was damaged by
heavy gun fire at Fort Macarthur.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
Educators to Hear
Judd on Tree RingS

Neil M. Judd. curator of Ameri-
can archaeology at the National
Museum. will address the Ma
tional Education Association at
columbus, Ohio. tomorrow, on
the use of tree rings in extending
American history.
BY means of a tree-ring chron-
ology, Judd has compiled dates
for some 40 Pueblo ruins. aban-
doned prior to the arrival Of the
ASpaniards and the beginning Of
recorded history in the South
Ewest in 1540.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
Lecture Will Tell
OfLIdnO COLOniStS

George T. Pickett, president and
general manager of the Llano CO
operative colony in the uplands
Nof Western Louisiana will give an
illustrated lecture at Pierce Hall,
AAll Souls Church, Sixteenth and
Harvard Streets, Sunday evening,
July 6.
The colony now numbers $50
and claims to have solved the
problems of crime, unemployment
and insecurity. Admission to the
lecture is free and questions will
be welcome, it is announced.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
Worker Badly Hurt
On Memorial Bridge

George Rossman, 81, Of the
500 block H st. N. E., was seri-
ously injured yesterday when a
piece Of structural steel, known
as . check plate. struck him
while he was working on Ar
lington Memorial Bridge.
He was taken to Emergency
Hospital, where his condition was
described as extremely critical.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
ARTS Group to VieW
Plans of Red Cross

Designs for the new office
building of the American Red
Cross and further plans for the
Arlington Memorial Bridge will
be submitted at a meeting of
the Fine Arts Commission today.
, The commission also plans
study of the ShipStead-Luce
measure, giving the body certain
control over private buildings
erected near parks or Govern
ment structures,
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
A. d. ALcOrn Urged
For Pensions Head

Albert d. Alcorn, former com.
mander Of the Spanish war vet
erans and prominent Cincinnati
lawyer, yesterday was recon-
mended to President Hoover by
Representative Hess (R.), Of Ohio.
for appointment as Commissioner
Of Pensions to succeed Earl D.
Church, deceased.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
Sen! to Wed
And Seek Reelection

SALT LAKE CITY, July
'I.N.SO Senator Reed Smoot,
who was in charge of the tariff
bill recently enacted, will be a
candidate for reelection, it was
announced here today.
The veteran Senator. an
apostle in the Mormon Church
will be married here shortly and
Nleave about July is for a honey
moon trip to Honolulu.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
Man Dies of Poison
He Took on MGY I9

Warner Yeomans, so. died in
Emergency Hospital yesterday
from poison taken, police say,
with suicidal intent in his apart
ment in the 1000 block. H st.
N. W., May 10.
He was found unconscious by
a neighbor. At the hospital he
is said to have told doctors he
was tired Of living. Coroner
hewitt Is investigating.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
d. C.. Air Legion Boy
Seeks Model TrODhu

. DETROIT, Mich, July AR.
irving in Detroit after a speedy
.airplane ride to attend the ma
tional plane model contest. John
r. Pendleton. ir.. the District of
Columbia Air Legion's delegate,
expressed his determination not
Ato return to Washington Without
some trophy.
Pendleton made his trip in a
Clifford Ball Line plane.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
Dear Sirs:

shame upon request.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
Bell Club to Give
Church Card PGrt1

The Bell Club Of st. Jaomes'
Catholic Church, Mt. Rainier,
Md. will give a card party in the
Church hall, Thirty-seventh Street
and Rhode Island Avenue, tonight
Aat 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Octavia YeomanS. Mrs,
sMarie Fletcher and Mrs. Ruth
tE. Martin will be the hostesSeS.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
SUMMER CAMP OPENS

LEONARDTOWN, Md, July l.
Camp Columbus, on BrettonS Bay,
run by the Xaverian Brothers c. F.
X, opened today for its eight-week
summer season.
The Washington times., 1930-07-01
BALL CAMPAIGN AIDED

) ARLINGTON, Va, July /.
There will be a mass meeting to.
s1norrow night at the home OF
! Thomas J.. Delashmutt, Columbia
pike, to aid State Senator Frank
L. Ball in his campaign for Con-
gress, President Emery Hosmer
announces.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
7 turkey Theft
Saddens AZ
Orphans

Gloom today pervaded the Ger
man Orphan Asylum, 21OO Good
Hope Rd. S. E., when ~ children.
were informed they would be de
.prived of their turkey dinner on
Christmas.
For a long time "A. M. Hoffman,
superintendent of the institution,
has been feeding II turkeys so
they might be- fat for the Christ
mas repast: The little orphans
had been looking forward to ito
But last night Mr.. Hoffman
reported to police that someone
had entered the place where the
turkeys we're kept and stole Il
OF the birds. Mr.. Hoffman said:.
All summer long / had been
feeding the turkeys for Christ
mas dinner for the orphans.
Someone stole all but three Of
them. Now We won't have tur-
key dinner. The three left
wouldn't be enough.
The children range from s to
II years old.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
BROKERS doom
BIC RACKET

I NEW YORK, Dec. % QN.S9.-
The Clearing House officially an
nounced today that after Decen-
ber 81 no more daily Clearing
House figures will be issued.
Weekly exchanges Of the clear
ing houses will be made available
to financial houses and respon-
sible persons who are interested,
it was said by officials of the in
stitution today.
Not for the Press
When asked if this information
would be given out publicly or
must be obtained privately from
the Clearing House, an official
said:
I'VE would rather you did
not say, as we don't want the
public betting on them"
He said he did not believe the
exchanges would be made avail
able to newspapers and news SER
vices.
The figurea can be obtained at
all times for statistical purposes
by responsible persons, however.
DOOms National Game
The action in diScontinlling pub.
.lication of the daily figures fol-
lowed a conference yesterday at
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The Washington times., 1930-12-23
SUICIDE
| IN BALT more

BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. 23.-T.
Hambleton, A, member of one
of Maryland's leading families
and president OF the banking
firm of Harnbleton q Co.. COM
mitted suicide early today at his
home in Lutherville.
His body, clad in pajamas,
bathrobe and slippers, was found
on the bed in his room. "A bullet
hole was in his right temple and
q pistol was claSped in his hand.
Coroner william T. Butler gave
verdict of suicide.
A maid who found the body
notified his son, T. Edward Ham
bleton, jr., a Yale student who
was at home for the Christmas
holidays. Mr.. Hambleton and his
son were alone in the house ex-
cept for the servants at the time.
The banker returned last week
from a hunting trip in Indo-
China. His friends said that he
has been depressed recently be-
cause Of the fact that his wife
established a residence in Reno
preparatory to securing a divorce
from him..
He carried 100000 life in
Surance.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
SMITH RETR|AE
PLEA DENIED

Motions for a new trial and
arrested judgment is the $5,00O,-
900 embezzlement conspiracy case
against q. Bryan Pitts, Elbert
Anadale and John H. Edwards,
jr., former F. H. Smith Company
officials. were denied by Justice
William Hitz today in the District
Supreme Court.
The court postponed until later
In the day the passing Of sentence
on the three and took under
advisement a plea Of the prison
ers' attorneys to admit them to
bail pending prosecution Of an
appeal in the District Court Of
Appeals.
Split Has Occurred
It appeared virtually certain
that Edwards, son Of a former
assistant Secretary of Treasury,
would be liberated on bail.
Nugent DoddS, of the Govern
nent'S counsel, in reply to an
argument, by George d. Horning,
jr, a defense attorney, opposed
the admission of Pitts and Ana
dale to bail, but stated that he
believed the setting Of the $1,000
bail would insure the presence of
(Confinued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
D. c. CLERKS
PROTESTING
new PLAN
Claim Discrimination Is Being
Shown Against Them Favor
Ing Those From a Distance

Nearly 1000 temporary en-
ployes Of the Census Bureau are
to be discharged from further
service in the next three months.
The great majority Of those
who will be included in the first
'ideflation program" Of the Blu
ieau, which goes into effect as
soon as the extra work involved
In the taking Of the 1880 census
wanes, will be workers from the
District Of Columbia, Virginia and
Maryland, it was said today.
They Claim Discrimination
The temporary workers from
this city and the surrounding
States declare they are being dis
crinninated against. sf ssS
they viii l1e first TO suffer
loss 0f their ~ 1S next haTcIl and
April, they say. because of d pro.
gram adopted by certain officials
fEvoFiag workers who came to
the Bureau from distant States.
This program involves the
transfer Of the 1000 and more
employees, whose residence is out
side the washington zone." TO
the work known as ''final re-
Suits" !" tabulations Of various spe-
(Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
PLEAS
D|SOWNED
BY FESS
Republican Chairman Asserts
Statements on Norris Are
Not COP. Committee Views

Senator Fess, Ohio, chairman
of the Republican national COM
mittee, today disclaimed response
biIity for the statements issued
by Robert H. Lucas. executive
director Of the committee, de-
manding the election Of Senator
George w. Norris Of Nebraska
from the Republican party.
He indicated Mr.. Lucas would
have to take full responsibility
for the two statements issued by
him from national committee
headquarters. Senator Fess de-
clared:
Il know nothing Of these
statements. They were not
shown 10 me before they were
issued. They are not state
naents from the pnblican
national commit lee, But are
/ AEE. Lucas' OSgla Views s:ss
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
Sheriff Sulrenders
On Contempt Count

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. %
N.S.l-Sheriff Thomas w. Cum
ningham, named on a warrant
for alleged contempt Of the
United. States Senate. was sur
rendered" to the q. s. Marshal
here today and Immediately
gained his release pending argu-
ment on q habeas corpus petit
ton.
Sheriff Cunningham'S re-arrest
marks a fresh start in proceed
ings against him. The Supreme
Court Of the United States ruled
that committal papers in his
case were faulty. but did not pass
upon the merits Of the case.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
Chicago Gangsters
Shoot 2 Shoppers

CHICAGO, Dec. % QNS1.-
A machine gun nest was Ills
covered directly across the street
from where a gang fired upon a
crowd of shoppers, wounding a
man and woman.
. Presumably they sighted their
victim while on the street last
night when two automobiles
loaded with gunner swung to
the curb, their occupants opening
fire on throng of Christmas
shoppers.
!. The pedestrians scattered be
fore the volleys Of bullets and
the automobiles sped away .leav-
ing Mrs. Henrietta Guthrie, 81,
and e. W. Stone, 35, lying on
the sidewalk seriously wounded.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
Unemployment Past Peak,
Future Looks Bright

there must be no let-doWn in the
work the people. of the District
have been doing.
Conditions, while improved, are
stin serious, Miss Dick holds, and
January will be a very bad
month. But in January work on
many public projects will be
started and this, she believes,
viii be the key to the solution.
She said:
I'VE must all remember
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The Washington times., 1930-12-23
Broker Advnits Part
In S2.OOO,OOO Theft

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S (I.N.S.l.
H. Russell Ryder. Of Bayshore.
N. Y, former partner In the
brokerage firm Of Woody s. CO..
which failed last June with liz
bflitieS Of more than $2.OOO,O0O,
pleaded guilty today to an irdicts
ment charging first-degree grand
larceny.
His $4,000 bail was continued
until February 81, the day set f0r.
sentence.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
Russ Film Director
Freed of Red Charge

MEXICO CITY. Dec. 23 dN.S.)s
A formal apology was delivered
by Chief of Police Talamante to
Serge Eisenstein, Russian film
producer. today, following his de.
tention while authorities iI1vesti.
gated q telegram from Los Angeles
The telegram, said to have been
signed by g Los Angeles citizen,
charged Eisenstein was = Come
munist agitator.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
Peter Pans Daddy,
Sir James Barrie,
Suffers Chill

LONDON. Dec. % uN.S0.
At a time of the year when the
thoughts of millions Of children
throughout the world are turn
ing toward Peter Pan, Sir James.
Barrie, creator Of the beloved
boy who never wanted to grow
older, was i'll at his London resi-
dence today.
Sir James indispoSition was
described as a severe chill, His
condit, is not serious.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
Heavy SnOiO CllOkes
NeU Ey1qLnnd Roads

BOSTON. Dec. % (IN.S0 "A
heavy snow storm on the heels
OF 8 strong northeast wind
'blanketed New England today,
slowing up air, train and auto
mobile traffic.
Several inches of snow had
fallen before noon with Worcess
ter and points north and west
reporting nearly six inches.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
Hops Man Hops
Bills, SAYS Wife.

SEATTLE, Dec. 23.AAlleging
George b. Dowd, Seattle malt and
hops man, was a jstrategist in
avoiding payment of his i bills,
Mrs. Louise c. Dowd. has filed O.
suit for divorce.
Mrs. Dowd asserted that, dread
ing process servers, her husband
always made her answer the door
bell to avoid being served himself. !.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23

The peak of the unemployment
crisis has been passed!
That was the optimistic note
sounded today by Miss Agatha E.
Dick, superintendent of the De
partment of Labor Employment
Service, which, with the citizens
committee. is trying to find jobs
for the unemployed.
Miss Dick believes that the
crisis is over and that after the
first Of the year there will be q
steady improvement in condi-
tons. She warns. however. that
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
Appeal Is Planned
For Major Shepard

KANSAS CITY, Kan, Dec. "a
s(IN.S0.--Attorneys for Major
Charles A. Shepard, 57-yearold
army physician found guilty Of
the murder of his wife, Mrs.
zenana Shepard. today were
planning to appeal the case.
Major Shepard is scheduled TO
be sentenced, February 2, at
Topeka.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
Mrs. De BOsis Freed;
Fascist Sentence )

ROME, Dec. % QN.S0 Mrs.
Lillina De Bosis was freed on
charges Of melting rebellion by cir
culating pamphlets.
Three or seven others on trial
with Mrs. De Bosis were sentenced
to from 8 to Is years imprison-
ment.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
GaIsWOrtIly to Make
His Home in Arizona

| NEW YORK. Dec. % u.N.s.).I
John Galsworthy, English author,
was in New York today en- route
to Arizona.
He refused to name the locality.
in Arizona where he said he plan.
ned to establish a home.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
NAMED TO RESERVES

Commissions as officers in the
Reserve Corps Of the Army were
issued today to the following Vir-
ginians: Capt. Charles Johnston
Churchman Of Staunton; Second
Lieut.. Herman Richard Allen Of
Clarendon and Newton Oliver
Wood, IT.. Of Blacksburg, Va.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
SLASHER GETS 8 YEARS

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. %,
william wesley Robinson, col
ored, who cut Sadie Lyons, col
ored, was sentenced to three
years in the. penitentiary by
Judge William p. Woolls yester-
day.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
GREEK CABINET FORMED

ATHENS, Dec. % (I.N.S0 +.
Premier Venizelos has completed
the reformation of his cabinet and
sworn in his ministry. He changed
the ministers Of transport, justice
SaMS TIA interior.