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The Washington times., 1930-02-04
PARENTS TO ASK
REMOVAL OF
BALLOU

Despite the declaration Of 50
parents Of seventh and eighth
grade pupils Of the Burroughs
School, who were ordered by ths
Board Of Education to send their
children to Langdon after Febru-
ary 3, that they would disregard
the boards order, only two are
standing pat, the others having
acquiesced in the order.
At a stormy session Of the Bur-
roughS Citizens Association, held
last night at an office In the
1000 block Rhode Island Ave.
N. E., all but two Of the parents
voted to send their children to
Langdon for the time being, and
to take the matter. to Congress-
Ask BaIIOu Removal
1t was also suggested that thu
committee which will appear be.
fore the Appropriations Com.
mittee OF Congress to demand
relief should also appear before
the District Committee In Con.
gress and demand the removal
Of Dr.. Frank w. Ballou, superin.
tendent of public schools.
Charges against the Board az
Education were also made freely,
but H. A. March, who presided.
later ruled that charges against
Ballou and the board did not
represent the sense Of the meet
ing.
Two Stand Pat 4
The two parents who an
nounced their intention Of taking
their children to Burroughs to-
day were r. K. Lynt, 1900 block
Lawrence st. N. E., and Mrs.
Alice M. Garman, 1900 block
Newton st. N. E. Mrs. Garnnala
declared that she will go to jail
rather than send her son to
Laugdon. She and Lynt were
among the 10 or IL parents who
yesterday sent their children to
Burroughs in defiance Of the
boards orders. Mrs. Garrnafi
had already been to see Repre-
sentative from her home State Of
Pennsylvania.
AS the meeting adjourned, Wiz
liam E. Rabenhorst, president Of
the Burroughs Citizens Associas
ton, announced that the sxecu.
tive committee Of the body viii
meet Friday night at the home
Of II. A. March. At this time
it is expected the appointment Of
a committee to take the fight to
Congress will be made.
The Washington times., 1930-02-04
Girl, is, Sees Romance
End; Man Arrested

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Feb. "A
romance which started in Manas-
gae, Va, about six months ago
when Catherine Beavers went to
work for Archie Roles, broke
down here today with the refusal
Of marriage license by Clayton
Watkins, deputy clerk Of the
Montgomery county circuit court.
The couple were answering pre-
hlninary questions preparatory to
obtaining the license when j. p.
Kerlin, sheriff Of Prince William
county. Va, telephoned and
stopped the procedure. The girl.
who Is only is years Of age. is
said to have left her home near
The Washington times., 1930-02-04
Cut Navies, Beware Gas,
British Chemist Warns

LONDON, Feb. 4 GN.S).-
Crying a warning that. regard
less Of anti.war treaties. gas will
be one Of the principal weapons
Of the next war. DR.. Herebert
Levinstein, president Of the Brit
ish Society Of Chemical Indus
tries, issued a statement pleading
for adequate chemical prepared.
ness.
Levinstein requested the Brit
lsh war office to cooperate with
the chemical industries Of the
British Empire to prevent the
country being caught mapping"
In the next war. He added:
~Naval disarmament is only
making war easier, and Is ever
Increasing the importance Of
chemical warfare"
The Washington times., 1930-02-04
"a IN ROCKVILLE
!. FIGHT TAX

ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. A.
Suit was filed here yesterday by
"a residents of Bonifant Street,
Silver Spring, to restrain county
officials from publishing their
names on the delinquent tax list
for the county pending a hearing
on their suit to have the special
assessment fer improvements to
that street set aside as illegal.
The assessment has been or
dered levied in open disregard of
the mandatory provisions Of the
law under which it has been laid,
the tax is illegal and out Of all
proportion to the benefits to be
derived from the improvements,
and the appropriation Of prop
erty without due process Of law,
lawful warrant, or legal notice
are the three points on which the
complainantS base base their suit.
The complainants are: Mr.. and
Mrs. Kerfoot Flynn, H. A. Waters,
Robert I. Lyons, DR.. and Mrs.
Claude Mitchell, Elizabeth C.
Newbold, Florence l.. Newbold,
william H. Thompson, John c.
Cowell, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas z.
Hammaros, Mr.. and Mrs. William
e. Perry, Sally N. Downing, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred L. Lutes, Mary <.
Hawkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L.
Strickler, Mr.. and Mrs. John II.
Nicholson, Roy M. Heizer, and
H. j. Hayden. Talbot and
prettyman, of Rockville, are act
ing as attorneys for the plain
tiffs.
The Washington times., 1930-02-04

Manassas yesterday with q friend
to go to Manassas. There she
Joined Roles, a man Of so years.
and the pair journeyed here in a
taXicab.
Roles was divorced from his
former wife about five months
ago but the decree has not yet
taken effect. He was placed
under arrest last night In Ma
naSSas by SoIastable Michael
Lynn, charged with contributing
to the delinquency Of a minor.
The girl was taken into Gus
tody and returned to her home
b. Sheriff Ke-lin and Deputy
Sheriff w. E. parSloW.
The Washington times., 1930-02-04
SCHOOL PATROL
PAIR CITED

For snatching two comrades
from death under the wheels Of
a bus, two members of the school
boy patrol were cited for bravery
yesterday by the principal of the
Janney School, where they were
on duty.
The boys, George Elker, IA,
$500 block Wisconsin Ave, and
Arthur Harry. Is, $500 block AL
ton st. N. w., were stationed at
Grant Road and Wisconsin
Avenue last Monday to guard
children on their way to school.
A policeman on duty at the
corner changed the signal as the
bus came down the street.
A group of children started to
cross the street as the bus driver
put on his brakes. The street
was covered with ice, and Harry
Sequin, z, 3700 block Albemarle
ST., and Edith Deetham, 10, 1900
block Thirty-eighth ST., slipped
and fell under the moving bus.
Rushing to the side of the heavy
vehicle, the two boy patrolmen
dragged the children to safety be
fore the back wheels of the bus
could strike them.
The boys were cited to the A.
A. A., which sponsors the School
boy Patrol, by Miss B. L. Pulizzi,
principal. The policeman of the
Fourteenth precinct who was on
duty at the crossing declared
that the rescue was the narrow
est escape" he had ever seen,
Miss Pulizzi said.
The Washington times., 1930-02-04

marked by the flags had been
destroyed. 1s
Although the constitutionality
Of the cedar-cutting law has been
upheld by the State supreme
court, the landowners are stiH
protesting the destruction Of the
trees which are said to be car
riers Of a disease fatal to apple
trees.
It was stated that objectiag
landowners would apply for al
Injunction to. restrain the Jeffer.
son county court from utilizing
a fund Of between two and tl1rea
Thousand dollars In payment Of
wages to the men employed to
cut down the trees and reserve
the sum for peYment Of damages
to owners on whose premises the
trees already have been cut.
The Washington times., 1930-02-04
76-Year-Old Law
Denies Jury Trial
To Bootlegger

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Under
a 76-year-old law, valid only in
Dutchess county, bootleggers
may be denied the right Of trial
by jury.
Under this ancient statute a
three months sentence in the
county jail has been imposed
on Frank Flower, of Hyde Park,
home of Governor Roosevelt.
Flower was convicted before
Justice of the Peace Halpin
within a few hours after
authorities allege they found
liquor in his roadhouse.
The Washington times., 1930-02-04
DIR. Jorge to Lecture
On Rumania Tomorrow

A lecture on Rumania will be
given tomorrow afternoon, at 5
o'clock in Room /, Corcoran Hall,
by DR.. Nicholas Jorge, president
Of the University Of Bucharest
and member Of the Rumanian
Parliament.
DR.. Jorge, chief Of the National
Democratic party Of Rumania, is
the auspices Of the Institute Of
travelling the United States under
international Education.
The Washington times., 1930-02-04
Gloria Caruso Loses
In S1,OOO.OOO AppeaI

TRENTON, N. j.. Feb. 4 Q.N.
So-The Court Of Errors and
Appeals here today reversed the
decision Of Chancellor Edwin e.
Walker that Gloria Caruso, young
daughter Of the late Enrtco Ca
ruso, was entitled to two-thirdS
Of the CaruSo property in this
State. The property, made IN
OF Victor Talking Machine roy
alties, amounts to nearly $1,000
600.
The Washington times., 1930-02-04
ALIENSTS CALL TRIPLE-KLLER SANE; JURY VOTES TO-DAY
NJ ( n.
!. BACK VIEWS
Of EXPERTS

RoMNEY, w. Va, Feb. 4.
Yesterday marked the beginning
Of the end Of the Crabtree Inur.
der trial In circuit court here,
and according to all forecasts,
the case was expected to be in
the hands OF the jury today.
Yesterday, the seventh day of
the most important murder case
In the history of Hampshire
county, was the States day by a
wide margin.
Experts Called
Expert witnesses for the State.
alienists in charge Of two of
West Virginia's largest institu-
tions for the mentally afflicted,
testified regarding the sanity of
the man who last December
killed three men and wounded
three women over a short period
OF time, visiting their homes and
shooting his victims down with
out a moments warning.
The alieniStS who were called
by the State we're Drs. L. v.
Guthrie and Cecil Denham, SUI
perintendent of the Huntington
State Hospital and the Weston
State Hospital, respectively, and
under the questioning Of Attor-
ney Joshua Zimmerman, of the
prosecution, testified that Crab
tree was mentally sound.
DR.. Guthrie stated that he
had examined the defendent in
the Keyser Jail on January 26
and he had found that he was
not q moron, that he did know
right from wrong. and that he
was sane. Neither did he find
evidence of thyroid disturbances,
nor paranoia, a mental disease.
Considered Sane
DR.. Denham reinforced DR..
Guthrie's statement in an answer
to q hypothetical question by
Zimmerman, stating that he con-
sidered Crabtree sane on the
night Of the murders, December
Is: that he has been sane during
the trial and that he is sane now.
Twelve character with e ses,
business men and citizens, teSti-
fled during the morning session
Of court, giving their opinion that
Crabtree was sane and that all
during his life he had been able
TO transact business intelligently.
Found to be Honest
Two garage operators revealed
that Crabtree had been frequently
left in charge of the garages for
short times and that he proved
himself consistently sane and
honest.
Both the State and defense
rested yesterday evening and Spe-
Cial Judge A. G. Hughes and
attorneys for both sides retired
to consider instructions. A sum-
nation Of pleas was to have been
made at the opening of court to-
day and the jury instructed by
the Judge. with indications point
ing to the jury receiving the case
b the afternoon.
MiStrial Plea Fails
Defense counsel Monday morn
ing made an unsuccessful effort
to have mistrial declared on the
ground that the prisoner was
brought into court on the morn
ing Of January q, the first day
Of the trial, handcuffed. Attor-
ney II. G. Shores, of Keyser,
offered the motion, but it was
uaS,Ans,saSIA6 HNVy IYIdOa H1lohaS uyh0
explained that the jury had not
been impaneled at that time.
Throughout the day yesterday
Crabtree maintained the same
stolid, indifferent mien he has
displayed since the opening of
the trial, giving little outward in
dication Of interest in the efforts
Of either his defense to save
him from being the first to go
to. the gallows from Hampshire
county or of the prosecution to
eaTad him tn the ScaffOld
The Washington times., 1930-02-04
LOCAL DOCTORS
LAUD PORTER
DRUG BILLS :

The Porter anti-narcotic bills,
now pending before Congress,
were heartily endorsed today by
one Of the city's leading sur.
geons, DR.. Albert T. Young, and
an eminent neurologist, DR.. John
M. Ladd.
One Of these bills would pro-
vide for centralizing all Govern
mental agencies having to do with
the enforcement Of Federal mar
cottc statutes and the other
would bar from licensure to pre-
scribe or administer narcotic
drugs all physicians who arc
addicts, or who have ever been
convicted Of violating State or
Federal narcotic laws.
Physicians and law enforce
ment officials in large numbers
have endorsed these bills as a
protection to both the public and
reputable physicians.
Ethical practitioners are in
favor Of anything that will de-
crease the Illicit distribution of
narcotic drugs" DR.. Young de-
clared. In my opinion, the
Porter bills will facilitate that
end, inaSmuch as it will cen.
traliZe their distribution and meas
ure that their dispensation shall
be in the hands only Of honor
able medical men. I
GENERALIZATION of Govern.
mental narcotic activities into
one bureau cannot do other than
increase the effectiveness of the
Government in fighting against
one Of Americas greatest evils.
The dope traffic undoubtedly is
q breeder of crime and should be
fought with every means at the
disposal of the Government.
Every ethical physician should
be interested in the second Of
Representative Porter's bills
which would protect the legiti-
mate diSpensation of narcotic
drugs and prove a benefit to
physician and patient alike.
Rights Are Guarded
TITS provision to prevent dope
addictS and narcotic law vio-
lators from receiving a license
to prescribe and dispense mar.
cotlc drugs is one that will meet
with general approval in the pro
fession.
THE bill also provides for an
appeal to the courts for any
physician who may feel that he
has been unjuStly or illegally
denied a narcotic license.
The two Porter bills should
do much to curb and reduce the
illegal dispenSation, manufacture,
sale and smuggling Of drugs
which are making physician
wrecks and suicides of thousands
OF people who otherwise might
be good outstanding useful citi.
zens."
DR.. John M. Ladd declared:
The Porter bills are most i'm
portant pieces of legislation from
the standpoint of the physician
as well as that of the general
public, curbing, as they will, the
Illicit traffic in habit-forming
drugs.
Narcotics are essential in medi-
cine in extreme cases. However,
the Illicit traffic in habit-forming
drugs Is a decided menace, not
only to our own nation but to the
people of the entire world.
Every reputable physician will
support these measure, I am con-
fldent, as in the profession one
Of the worst evils the practitioner
must face is that of drug addict
ism. The annual check on the
amount Of narcotics believed
needed in the United States for
legitimate use is an excellent plan
and I believe that the bills, if
enacted into law, will cut the
traffic in drugs to fraction
The Washington times., 1930-02-04
Citizens Group Opposes
Jones Commission Bill

The Sixteenth Street Highlands
Association last night adopted q
resolution expressing opposition
to the Jones bill, which would
make persons not Washington
residents eligible for the District
commissionershipS.
The Washington times., 1930-02-04
Presbyterians Honor
Two Washington Men

Announcement was made today
of the election of the Rev. DR..
Wallace Radcliffe and John B.
Larner, both Of Washington, to
the new board of control at
Princeton Theological Seminary.
The Washington times., 1930-02-04
BrOOkhart to Speak
To Citizens Tonight

Senator Smith W. Brookhart Of
Iowa will address the Columbia
Heights Citizens Association to-
night in the assembly room of the
Christian Church, 1400 block Park
Rd. N. w,
The Washington times., 1930-02-04
SOCIETY TO DANCE

The West Virginia Society Of
the District of Columbia will hold
its annual reception and ball in
the Willard room of the Willard
Hotel tomorrow night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-11
STEEL EXPANSION
HAS BEEN STEADY
Many Mergers in Recent
Years Have Strengthened
Industry.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 1.-THE Beth
lehem Steel Corporation Youngstown
Sheet & Tube Co. consolidation, details
of which are expected to be announce
after a meeting of the directors OF DOLL
companies tomorrow, will create a cor
poration with assets of 100000. 600 by
the linking of the second and THIRD
largest steel units in this country.
The new steel giant, which follows
or the heels of the announced expan-
sion policy of Bethlehem, which in turn
was followed by a similar move by
United States Steel and by the merger
of a number of companies into the new
Republic Iron g. Steel Corporation, will
be outranked by United States Steel
which has assets of $4,000, 900, 900. The
new Republic Iron & Steel Co. has as
sets of $360,000,000.
Bethlehem's Expansion.
Bethlehem Steel which for years has
ranked as the second largest steel pro-
ducer in this country, late last year an
nounced the acquisition of the Pacific
Coast Steel Co. and the Southern Cali.
fornia Iron g. Steel Co.
United States Steel previously had
been dickering for the Columbia Steel
Corporation properties on the Pacific
Coast. The option on this company was
exercised. The Steel Corporation then
announced a three-year expansion pro-
gram involving $780, 100000 and ac-
quired the Atlas Portland Cement Co
through an exchange of shares.
Meanwhile another steel giant was in
formation. Republic Iron SC Steel sue
cessfully completed negotiations with
the following companies: Union Drawn
Steel. Bourne-Fuller Co., Central Alloy
Steel Corporation and Bonner Steel Co
When these companies were safe under
Republics wing it started negotiations
with Youngstown Sheet e. Tube Co.
Republics Plans.
Republic Iron g. Steel not only plans
to establish its headquarters in Youngs-
town. but it is virtually certain that
shareholders in both Republic ano
youngstown companies will attempt I
block the merger of youngstown with
Bethlehem. Why the negotiations be-
tween Republic and Youngstown were
broken of neither bankers, brokers MOI
members of the steel trade here attemp
to explain.
| Samuel Mather of Cleveland and hi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-11

sold 1889 1903 pounds Of the same type,
and Lynchburg with 2,276,172 pounds,
led the f1re-cured markets.
Petersburg led the fue-cured mar
kets in price paid with an average of
$17.84 per hundred pounds, while
brakes Branch paid an average of
$21.69 per hundred for fire-cured to-
bacco, leading the markets for that
type. The quality of tobacco sold in
January, 1880, was better than in jan
uary, 1929. The Burley market at
Abingdon closed early in February and
some fine-cured markets have closed,
but the remainder will continue until
about March l.
North Carolina auction markets sold
26,708,007 pounds of tobacco for grow
ers in January, at an average price of
$3.50 per hundred pounds, compared
with 27,798. 339 pounds sold for an aver
age price of $3.50 per hundred in jan
uary, 1929. Total sales this season, to
February /, amounted to 473. 047 ABB
pounds, compared with ATS, 1880
pounds sold prior to February /, 1929.
Winston Salem sold 7,666,598 pounds in
January, 1880, leading all markets, while
Henderson with sales of 3.177, 644 pounds
and oxford with 2,772, 222 pounds,
ranked second and third. respectively.
In average price paid, Mebane led last
month with $20.62 per hundred pounds,
RoXboro coming second with 1887"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-11
WAR FINANCE CONCERN
ENDS WITHOUT LOSS

By the Associated Press.
The War Finance Corporation, after
operating nearly IL years, is closing its
books.
Organized by the Government to aid
essential industries during, and after
the war, the corporation operated on a
capital stock of 100000 900 with no
loss, despite making loans that totaled
nearly S400,000,0 900.
During the postwar period alone,
the emergency banks made loans of
1898, 900 for agricultural and live
stock purposes OF this amount more
than $170,000.000 went to 4,3l7 bank
ing institutions in 81 States.
Secretary Mellon points out that all
except $4,000 of the original capital
has been retired at par and, in addi-
ton, $64. 352768 has been turned into
the Treasury as earnings.
This cannot be construed as profits,
1t is pointed out. because of the cost of
money to the Treasury, which provided
all capital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-11
PRICES OF TOBACCO
BEST SINCE 1925
Reserve Bank Reports Large
Transactions in Fifth Dis
trict in January.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

RICHMOND, March 1.-THE Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond says:
Virginia auction markets sold 3d.
822, 463 pounds of producers tobacco in
January at an average price OF $1797
per 100 pounds. Season sales to Feb
ruary totaled 112, $40 ,230 pounds, APP
proximately 86 per cent of the esti-
mated sales for the season. In January,
1929. sales of 24,348,739 pounds OF to-
bacco brought the season sales up to
90 1861 pounds, which was 1871 per
cent of the years total sales. Flue-
cured tobacco sold in January totaled
16.306,242 pounds. at an average price
of S16.46 per 100 compared with H.
97I,795 pounds of this type sold in
January, 1929. at an average of $15.36
per 100. Fire-cured tobacco sales n
January were unusually heavy, totaling
1888, COL pounds, compared with $780,
008 pounds in January 1929.
The average price paid for f1re-cured
tobacco last month was $1813, the
highest January price since 1925. COM
pared with SPAS in January last year.
Sales of Burley tobacco, all at Abing-
don. totaled 4,489,552 pounds last
month, and averaged $2476 per 100
pounds, sales of this type being the
largest for any month on record. sun
cured sales on the Richmond market
totaled 1,636,098 pounds last month,
and the average price received by grow
ers was 1882 per hundred pounds.
Danville sold 8569,154 pounds of flue-
cured tobacco last month, South Boston
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-11
MERGER PLAN CONSIDERED.

BALTIMORE, March II (SpeciaD -
Stockholders of the Berliner- Joyce Air
craft Corporation are considering an
offer made by the Douglas Aircraft Co..
Inc, of California, to acquire the prop
critics of the local company through an
exchange of stock
The proposal will be taken up at a
special meeting of stockholders of the
Berliner- Joyce Corporation called for
March 81. It is understood that hold
ers of large blocks of the stock of the
local company already have agreed to
accept the offer of the Douglas COM
pany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-11
SANITARY BARNS REDUCE
CONTAMINATION IN MILK
BY the Associated Press.

AsoUCIdIEu FIVbss
GENEVA, N. Y, March 1.-THE
possibility of contamination of milk
from the air in a barn is affirmed in
tests here.
They are reported to the Society of
American Psychologists by p. Arne
Hansen of the New York State Agricul-
tural Experiment Station,
In testing milk for certain bacteria
he found the smallest number of mi
mute organisms in milk at the cleanest
barns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-11

associates, the Street understands, con-
troll one of the largest blocks Of Youngs-
town, and they have indicated to James
A. Campbell, chairman of Youngstown.
that they will accept any terms he viii
recommend. Mr.. Campbell for some
time has intended to retire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-11
COAL PRODUCTIoN.
he Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Bituminous coal production in the
Nation, for the latest week estimated
bv the Mines Bureau and comparable
periods, was as follows:
Week ending March l, 8,200,0 900 tons.
Preceding week 9.515,000 tons.
Same week last year, IL 100000 tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-11

Eggs from South Africa have a big
sale in England because of their COM
paratiVe freshness. They arrive about
six weeks after collection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-11
$4,000, 900 GOLD BONDS
OFFERED BY SYNDICATE

A group headed by E. H. Rollins g.
Sons, and including Halsey, Stuart g.
Co, Inc; G. E. Barrett e. Co., Inc;
Hemphill, Noyes e. Co. and Albert E.
Peirce & Co.. Inc, has purchased an
issue of 100000 of per cent con-
vertible gold debentures, series due
1910, of American Conmonwealths
Power Corporation. Proceeds from the
proposed financing will be used to re-
bentures, 6 per cent, series due May /,
l949. to retire the bank indebtedness
of the company and for other corporate
purposes,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-11
Ventura Gas OUTPUT Cut.

VENTURA, Calf, March IL (P-A
campaign to conserve natural gas re-
suited in the reduction of the daily out
put in the Ventura field from about
$50 900 900 cubic feet to 10000, 900.