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Evening star., 1930-12-10
CONTROL OF WORK
STUDIED AT YARD
Navy Ordnance Chief Seeks
Method to EquaIize Sea-
SonaI Employment.

Assurance that "every effort Is beinc
made to predict the work load" al
the Washington Navy Yard in order
to maintain a steady flow of work
through the shops and to stabilize the
number Of employees was given by Rear
Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of the
Bureau of Ordnance, in his annual
report, made public today.
He emphasized that the Navy De-
partment was endeavoring to reach the
maximum economy of expenditures for
TO variation in the work load"
Decrease Is Explained.
In explaining the curtailment already
taken place here, Admiral Leahy said
Due to the completion of a large
part OF the ordnance for new con-
struction and a reduction in the
cruiser-building program, there has
curing the year been reduction in
the number of employees from 4,756 on
June 80, 1929, to 1852 on June 80,
the work load will in the next half
year necessitate further reduction
OF about 200 employees"
The bureau chief said the naval gun
factory here was in excellent physical
shape and has sufficient capacity to
manufacture guns and mounts for all
new construction contemplated at the
present time. He added that the per-
sonnel Is skilled and efficient, and the
cost Of production during the past
fiscal year was satisfactory, as COM
pared with previous years.
Admiral Leahy pointed out that the
first Of the, 16-inch-gun ships, the
Maryland, was regunned, and the work
Of refining eight 16-inch guns removed
from the Maryland was in process al
the gun factory. Three-inch anti-air-
craft and 4-inch guns and mounts are
in process Of being converted to wet
type for installation on submarines.
- Gun Output Il Large.
During the year fourteen 8-inch S.
caliber guns were manufactured and, in
addition, nine 8-inch 55-caliber guns
were fitted with breech mechanism. In
addition, the naval gun factory lined,
refined or modified eighteen l4-inch
two 0-inch, two 6-inch, forty-three
5-inch and thirteen 4-inch guns. Forty
six 5-inch 25-caliber guns were like
wise manufactured.
Upon the disposal of three battle
ships, in accordance with the terms of
the London treaty, there will, in addi-
ton. be available for transfer to the
Army sixty-three 12-inch guns, with
ammunition" the admiral asserted, in
explaining that all 12-inch and 8-inch
guns and breech mechanisms held for
the United States Army have been
transferred.
Evening star., 1930-12-10

on the other hand, out Of 1888 gainful
workers, only 1873, or 9 per cent, were
jobless. and SO laid of without pay.
In the public service group, the d.
rector said, 52,712 gainful workers are
employed here, 365, or less than / per
cent, were Jobless. In domestic and
personal service, there were 1915 gain
ful workers in the District, of whom
2,l24 were jobleSs, and 252 laid OF
without pay. OF the jobless in this in
dustry group. 661 were male and 1,463
female, constituting IL per cent Of the
male and a. per cent of the female
gainful workers.
Industry groups here, with the num-
Der OF gainful workers in each, were
qualihed by the director: Manufacture
Ing and mechanical industries, 42.44O,
OF which 1929 were in the building In
dustry, 2,124 in the clothing industries.
1856 in bakeries, 1872 in automobile
repair shops, 7,041 engaged in printing,
publishing and engraving, while 12.879
were IN other manufacturing indus
tries.
Under the head Of transportation. a.
42o were registered in the census, 1881
OF them engaged in the construction and
maintenance OF streets, roads and sew
ers; o,643 on steam railroads, and 14,554
on other transportation and communica-
ton.
Under the category Of trade, 4I,o15
were listed, 1890 Of them engaged In
banking, insurance and real estate:
32,519 in wholesale and retail trade. and
1,476 in other trade industries.
Public service (not elsewhere classi-
ned accounted for 52,712 gainful work.
ers. In this group, 28,363 were engaged
IN professional service, 2,795 in recrea-
ton and amusements and 1858 in
other professional and semi-profesSional
service.
Under the grouping Of domestic and
personal service, 49,1S5 were enumer-
ated. OF these, 1887 were employed
in hotels, restaurants, boarding houses:
4,600 In laundries and cleaning, dyeing
and pressing shops, while 32,222 were
listed under other domestic ana per-
Sonal service
The Census Bureau was stumped in
the case of 1916 gainful workers, so
they were placed under the heading Of
industry not specified"
Evening star., 1930-12-10
.FOODSTUFF PRICES
PROBE URGED HERE
Capper GeneraIizes Proposal
First Made Concerning
Washington Bread.

When the Senate District Committee
meets at 2:30 O'Clock tomorrow after
noon 1t will take up the resolution
drafted by Chairman Capper, asking
for an investigation into the prices OF
all fooostuffs in Washington.
GeneraIizes Resolution.
Senator Capper began last week an
informal inquiry into bread prices here
and decided yesterday to introduce q
resolution proposing a formal inquiry
by the committee. In preparing his
resolution, the Senator made it broad
enough to cover study of food prices
generally.
Upon introducing his resolution yes
teroay afternoon Senator Capper did
not seek immediate action on it by the
Senate, but asked that 1t be referred to
the District Committee for report. This
was done without debate.
Resolution Asks Recommendations.
The resolution reads as follows:
whereas during the past year the
prices Of wheat and wheat -four have
appreciably decreased throughout the
United States, and whereas In many
cities throughout the United States the
reduction in the prices of wheat and
wheat flour has led to a fair reduc-
1lou LII Tie IeCdu price OF 0fead In such
cities, and whereas the Committee on
the District of Columbia has received
complaints stating that the public of
said District has received no benefit
from the reduced prices of wheat and
wheat -four, as reflected in the retail
cost OF bread to the consumer but Is
paying as much for this commodity as
in years when wheat and flour prices
were much higher than at present, and
whereas Congress has seen Mt in the
past to authorize inquiries and investi-
cations by its committees into alleged
exorbitant prices of foodstuffs in the
District of Columbia;
Resolved, That the Committee on the
District Of Columbia or a duly author
lied subcommittee thereof be and 1t is
hereby authorized and directed to make
full and complete investigation of
prices Of bread and other foodstuffs in
the District of Columbia and to report
TO the Senate as soon as practicable the
result Of its investigation, together with
its recommendations, If any, for neces-
sary legislation"
In addition to this proposal for an
inquiry In Washington, it became known
yesterday that the Department of JUS
tice has started a national investiga-
ton to ascertain reasons for the differ
ence in prices between wheat and bread.
Evening star., 1930-12-10
MRS. DANIEL KLEIN DIES

Mrs. Daniel Klein of SIT Kentucky
avenue southeast, died Monday at Sibley
Memorial Hospital after three-week
illness. She was 81 years old.
Mrs. Klein, q native of Baltimore
Md, had resided here for the past Is
years. She was q member of the Grand
International Auxiliary Of the Brother
hood Of Raiiwaymen.
Mrs. Klein Is survived by her hus-
band, Daniel Klein: fiye sons, August
Edward, Howard, Arthur and Walter
Klein, and two daughters, Mrs. Margaret
Strickler and Miss Katherine Klein.
Funeral services win be held at the
residence tomorrow morning at IL
o'clock, Rev. Charles Enders, pastor OF
the Concordia Lutheran Church, ofici-
ating. Interment win be in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1930-12-10
WILLIAM E. SHANNON
RITES TO BE TOMORROW
Realtor Who Died in Florida to Be
Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery
After Services at Home.

Funeral services for William Edward
Shannon, president of Middaugh &
Shannon, Inc, realty and construction
Arm, who died in Fort Myers, Fla, Mon
day, will be conducted at his home here,
at 5000 Woodley road, tomorrow after
noon at o'clock. Rev. DR.. G. @. John
son, pastor Of the National Baptist
Memorial Church, will officiate. Inter-
ment will be In Rock Greek Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers viii be as fol-
lows:
Corcoran Thorn, Harry Sheridan, B..
Francis Saul, A. Y. Leech, william
Radcliffe, Morton ]. Luchs, John Poole,
William w. Bride, DR.. Sterling Ruf1in,
Julius Garflnckel, George James, John
Weaver, Howard Moran, Robert ".
Fleming and DR.. Louis Green Of this
city; Irving Macomber Of Toledo, Ohio,
and J. @. Nichols OF Kansas City.
Q. Arthur Slater, Charles A. Jones,
James Carpenter, Thomas p. Bones,
Walter Vaughn and Norman Brown will
be active pallbearers.
Mr.. Shannon's body arrived here to-
day, accompanied by his widow, Mrs.
Lillian Agnes Shannon, and his brother,
Herbert +. Shannon, who Is president Of
Shannon a. Luchs, Inc.
Besides his widow and brother, Her
bert T. Shannon, he also leaves another
brother, J. Preston Shannon.
Evening star., 1930-12-10
WIFE CHARGES CRUELTY
Says Husband Beat Her When she
Told Him He Was Unfaithful

Alleging that her husband, John
Henry Burnham, an employe Of the
Bureau Of Standards, beat her severely
last Saturday when she told him she
had learned of his alleged infidelity.
Mrs. Julia Burnham, SO years old, ZOO
block Nineteenth street, has filed suit
for limited divorce. They were mar
ried November 2, 1901, and the wife
tells the court that recently her hus-
band has been going out two or three
nights week and returning in the early
morning hours. She charges that he
spent the time with other women.
When she complained last Saturday.
she says, he struck her down and
trampled on her: She Is represented by
Attorney r. =. Wexford.
Evening star., 1930-12-10
CHINESE DRINK HELD
NO VIOLATION OF LAW
Jury Frees Dealer Who Sold Bev.
erage Made Partly Of Lizards
and Reptiles.

Because Police Court jury did not
believe that a tasty" Chinese drink
which contained parts of reptiles, a
bears paw and other similar ingredients
was mt for beverage purposes" Charles
Lee, so years old, 800 block of Pennsyl-
yania avenue, was declared not guilty
OF illegal possession Of liquor late yes
terday.
Lee was arrested May 26 when Lieut..
Oscar j. Letterman. then chief of the
old vice squad, raided his home, A
police informer reported that he bought
q quantity of the alleged drink.
James Reilly, attorney for the de-
fense. stated that the drink contained
lizards. snakes. herbs, bears paw and
parts of a seal, and that personally he
would mot think Of drinking it."
Judge Ralph Given thought the fit-
ness Of the beverage" for drinking q
matter Of individual opinion and told
the jury 'thcy could act as they saw
III, The jury deliberated only few
minutes before taey returned . verdict.
Evening star., 1930-12-10
CLAYTON HONORED
BY D. C. CREDIT men
Reelected President Of Association
for Sixth Term-Other Officers
Named-Trustees Chosen.

The Washington Credit Mems Asso-
ciation, Inc, at meeting in the Raleigh
Hotel yesterday reelected Charles W..
Clayton president Of the Adjustment
Bureau Of the organization for the sixth
consecutive year. Mr.. Clayton Is secre-
tary Of the F. p. May Hardware Co.
The group also elected Lister T. Watts,
Standard OIL Co. official and director
Of the National Association Of Credit
Men. to the vice presidency Of the
group. Others elected were John A.
Reilly, secretary-n1anager, and Waldo j.
The following trustees. also were
elected; Earl A. Brown, charles w.
Clayton, r. NJ. Harper, LouiS M. Hew-
lett, George w. Huguely, O.. u Mark
ward, Q. II. Pope, John "A. Reilirz Al. r.
Oless Waldo ]. Tastet. Lister :. Watts
and = w. Wla1teC
Evening star., 1930-12-10
DATA GIVEN ON INDUSTRIES.
Census Director Amplifies Statement oi
Saturday.

Amplifying q statement issued last
Saturday on unemployment statistics
here at the time the census was taken
In April, the director Of the census to-
day announced the unemployment by
industries.
In all the industries In the city there
were 243. .659 gainful workers as Of April,
and as previously announced also, the
unemployed totaled S,090.
Unemployment was heaviest in the
building industry, where out Of 1929
Gainful workers here, 2,306, or 13.4 per
cent. were t0blegs, and SIS, or 80 per
cent, laid OF without pay.
In the paper and printing industries.
Evening star., 1930-12-10
suCcUMBs ON VISIT
Mrs. Annie @. Petit, 7s, Of Piney
Point, Nd, Dies Here.

Mrs. Annie q. Petit, rs years old. Of
Piney Point, Md, died yesterday morn
ing while on q visit at the home Of her
sister-in-law, MRS. Mary q. Guytller. Of
1913 Emerson street northeast. She had
been here two weeks.
Mrs. Petit. the widow Of Perry M.
Pettits was o native Of Southern Mary
land. Funeral services will be held at
81. Georges Catholic Church. piney
Point, tomorrow morning. Intermenf
VIII be "a tl1e church ceinetefy.
Evening star., 1930-12-10
Washington News
SUICIDE WILLS OWN SKIN TO COVER
HIS FAREWELL BOOK OF POETRY
Writer'S Body Will Be Sent to His Home, Which He
Left Just Year Ago.

Friends collecting his effects pre-
paratory to returning the body of Mar
tin Calhoun Burghard to his Georgia
home later today uncovered, in the
chilly attic room where Burghard ended
his life yesterday, will in which the
aspiring writer asked that book of
verse he had written be bound in his
own skin.
The 30-year-old writer's body was
discovered IN a top-fioor room in the
l400 block of Massachusetts, avenue
yesterday afternoon, the head muff1ed
in the folds of blanket beneath Which
Evening star., 1930-12-10

Illuminating gas was pouring from an
open rubber tube.
Burghard was a graduate of Mercer
University, in his home town of Macon,
Ca, and a member of the Pi Kappa
Alpha Fraternity. He came here year
ago to study for foreign service exam
ination, failing recently 70 pass the tests.
Police were told that he had been
staying with Edward Price, an employe
OF the place. Burghard called in Ed
ward Abbott to witness the will. He did
not intimate that he was planning to
end his life, Abbott said.
A certificate of suicide was signed by
Coroner j. Ramsay Nevitt.
Evening star., 1930-12-10

Association of America, had acknowl-
edged the letter Of his committee pro-
posing talking picture of the historic
sl1rines Of the National Capital for dis
tribution throughout the United States
during 1892, and had agreed to meet
with the committee TO discuss the mat
ter.
Rudolph Jose. president Of the cham
Der, presided ct the meeting.
Evening star., 1930-12-10
Eureka Grange to Elect.

CHILLUM, Md, December 10 (Spe-
cial) Annual election Of oficefs viii
take place at q regular meeting Of
Eureka Grange ln Grange Han here
tomorrow right ct O'Clock
Evening star., 1930-12-10

As half Of the cost .of the London
Lord Mayors Show and Banquet fell
upon the new Lord Mayor this year his
bill for his own inauguration was nearly
SIS, 600.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-21
Years Passing Brings
Interest in Obituaries

zone thing more reminds me that l
am growing DID," the gray-haired man
remarked. 1T is the class OF news
that interests me in the papers. There
was time when I never thought of
looking at the death notices and the
obituary columns. l was too busy
with other topics. Then, slowly, al
most imperceptibly, began glancing
at the obituaries in the home newspa-
per which had been receiving for
years. There was scarcely a week
went by without an article about the
passing of some one had known when
was a boy. Then just as gradually
the neurological news took on a more
intimate aspect. found myself read
ing of those with whom played when
a youngster, or with whom was as
ISOLATED as youth. These somber
items were at first few and far be-
tween, but as the years drifted by
they became more frequent, and sud-
denly found myself reading obituaries
before I did the personals. Detroit
News.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-21
Golf, in Its Infancy,
Looked On as Puerile

It is rather curious, in view of the
extraordinary vogue Of golf in this
country, to reflect that the few Ameri-
can and English visitors to st. An
drews in the eos and '70s were SIM
ply dumbfounded at the sight of grown
men hitting little white balls and play
ing game with extraordinary gravity.
These visitors would have viewed
with plying contempt any prophet who
had told them that the United States
and England would soon be spending
millions on golf and that more adults
would be playing it than had ever
played any game since the first one
was invented. Even at the beginning
Of this century, when golf was the
game of the rich man, few could ever
have believed that the golf links at
St. Andrews were to make the old
town one Of the best known places in
the world.-Exchange
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-21

The courts hava said that a per-
son entering a fiel0 Of endeavor al
ready occupied by another should, In
the selection Of trade name or trade
mark, keep far enough away to avoid
all possible confusion. Whether there
is an infringement Of trade mark
does not depend upon the use of iden-
teal words, nor on the question as to
whether they are so similar that per-
son looking at one would be deceived
into the belief that 1t was the other.
The courts incline to hold that in
fringement occurs If one adopts a
trade name or trade mark so like
another in form, spelling or sound
that person with not very definite
or clear recollection as to the real
+. trade mark, is likely to become con-
fused or misled.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-21
No Giant. 200 Year. Ago.

They were little men in the Eight
zenith century They were not dream
ers. They called themselves practical,
and considered themselves enlight-
ened; they sneered at visions. Such
things as they did were done in bits;
their schemes were carried out, If at
all, an inch at a time. Pettiness was
habitual to them, originality almost
unknown. Dean Swift, who knew his
generation once wrote of the kings
Of the Lflliputians that he was taller,
by almost the breadth of my nail than
any of his court. which alone is enough
to strike an awe to the beholders. +"
Whales had there been earlier. and Ia
ter were to be. hut in the beginning of
the Eighteenth century the pool was
filled with pretty goldiish-Donald
Barr Chitlsey in Marlborough"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-21
Bedouins Prize Camel ~
Above All Possessions

A camel is considered worth more
than wife to Bedoulns. Their In
comes, sometimes their lives, depend
upon their camels. A camel which
can travel without food or water for
ten or twelve days is valuable indeed.
But some will do so for fifteen or
even twenty days. The saddles for
these priced beasts are the finest that
money can buy. A man who has four
or five camels Is considered well-to-do.
One who has fifty Is considered
wealthy. He has many servants, and
lives on the income Of his camels.
The rivalry between chieftains who
have 500 or 600 camels is just as In
tense as 1t often was among the cat
tie barons of the West. Sometimes
one of the shieks will hire Bedouin
bandits to steal another's camels and
start feud that lasts for years.
Camels eat a thorny weed called
gavan. The weed is so dry that 1t is
used to start fires. The root is filled
with a resinous fluid that yields al
most pure glue. Some of the best glue
in the world is made from it.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-21
A HUMDINGER
CIGAR FOR SC
Greatest Five-cent Cigar That
Ever Came Your Way!

Have fve-cent cigars been leav-
ing bad taste in your mouth and
a poor impression on your mind?
Are you willing to start all over
again---just once? Shove a nickel
across the nearest cigar counter
with this password: Hauana RIB
bon. Back will come the proof that
five cents does buy not only a good
cigar, but the finest cigar that small
sum euer bought. And why not?
In our determination to put "a good
five-cent cigar" back on the map,
we use nothing but long-filler, fully
ripe tobacco. No short ends to come
out in your mouth. No bitter, uHder-
ripe nor flat-tasting over-ripe
leaves. But the true-tasting, mel
low-mild, flavorful middle leaves of
,hoice tobacco plants. How do we
do it? Volume production. Try one
HdrGna Ribbon and you'll tie to it
regularly Also Practical Pocket
Packages of five cigars.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-21

Children of Important
Fathers Have Hard Lot


The family is an Institution fer the
average. 1t cannot easily tolerate out
standing members. If, for instance,
the mother Is too beautiful, this may
mean much trouble for the family.
There are modest beauties also in this
world, but as rule an admired beauty
has a different aim in life than to be
a good mother. Children of important
fathers have particularly hard lot.
They want to become and should be-
come like their fathers, but this is es-
pecially difficult If he rushes through
life like a meteor. Napoleon's son
was nothing. The same fate awaited
Goethe's son. Children of particular
ly successful parents are discouraged.
Their own conflict, mainly uncon-
scious, devours them. All Of them
perhaps could be happy If they did
not seek always to be like their father.
Goethe, in his old age, has uttered
some Illuminating words on this prob
lem: "There are people who are ex-
cellent in every way and besides so
lovable that everyone likes to be as
they are. But this is impossible be-
cause the gifts of these people are so
unusual. Take Mozart or Raphael.
One does not mention how many good
boys ruined themselves because they
could not equal their models" Be-
cause of modesty, or perhaps because
Of grief over his own son, Goethe did
not comment upon the fact that he
himself was one of those lovable and
particularly gifted natures who burned
up everything that comes near their
glory.-From "Critique Of Love-" by
Fritz Wittels.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-21
Many Old-World Firms
Centuries in Business

Although the United States may lay
claim to having more industrial con-
Germs than any other country, 1t GER
tainly cannot compete in length OF
life of manufacturing companies with
the Old world. Any firm here which
is 80 or 40 years old is considered I'M
usually long established, and examples
of longer life are few, says the Wall
Street Journal. ...
In Germany, however, there are two
hardware firms which made horseshoes
for George Washington's Continental
army and have been in existence more
than 200 years. There is large chain
manufacturing concern in Germany
which has carried on under the same
name for more than 400 years. But
the granddaddy of them all is the cop
per producing business of Manifold
Kupfer, A. G., which has borne that
title for about 700 years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-03-21

Smelling of My Sorrow"
Typical Highland Legend


The following legend is associated
with Aueda No Dhubhach, the sloping
ground lying to the east of Loeb Drom,
on the way from Carve to Ullapool, In
the highlands of Scotland. Three young
men from Strathmore were returning
home from the low country where they
had been working all summer and
autumn. They reached Loeb Drom
in the evening, and as the night was
stormy, they decided to stay In shiel-
ing that was near. One of the men
was piper, and had his pipes with
him, and to pass the time away he
struck up a tune on the pipes, while
his two companions danced to the
music. One of the lads said 1t would
be fine If they had some iassies to
dance with. He had hardly spoken
when three women entered the shiel-
ing and Joined the dancing. The dane
ing and playing went on for a long
time, and at last the two men sat
down on the seat, and the women
seated themselves beside them. The
piper feeling all was not right, looked
at his two companions, and was horri-
fed to see them dead. Slipping out,
leaving his plaid with the women, he
ran for his life as fast as he could.
The women followed, and continued to
pursue the poor exhausted piper until
dawn, when he came in sight Of Fas-
grianach, and escaped from his evil
pursuers. When the mothers of the
dead men arrived at the Smelling the
next day they bewailed their loss,
repeating the words "Aueda No Dhub-
Smelling of my sorrow
Montreal Family Herald.