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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05
SCALE MECHANICS
BLAMED FOR LOSS
Inspector Tells Conference
Repair Licenses Would
Raise Standards.

Outlawing of the INSCRIPTIONS tim
Grant scale mechanic. whose practices
are said to be costing merchants and
the purchasing public large amounts
each year, was urged by De Forest Nc
Lin inspector of weights and measures
of Huntington County, Ind. In paper
read today at the twenty-fourth Ma
tional Conference on Weights and Meas
ures at the Bureau of Standards.
Urges Legislation.
He advocated the passage Of laws re.
curing the licensing and bonding OF
scale mechanics after examination as
to their qualifications or the amendment
of existing weights and measures laws
to REQUIRE the mechanic to obtain per-
nit from the State commissioner OF
weights and measures after demonstrate
ing his ability and moral character.
until satisfactory legislation can be
obtained" Mr. McLin told the weights
and measures officials gathered here
from all parts Of the country for the
conference, education must be depend
ed upon to free the scale industry and
those who use scales from the parasite
that has so long preyed upon them"
Railroad Man Speaks.
The difficulty of checking accurately
losses in weight of coal in railroad cars In
the course OF shipment because CT gain
or loss Of weight due to rain or evap-
Grafton of moisture in the coal and
other factors over which there Is no
control was described by NJ. j. J. Har-
rison, general scale inspector OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
DR.. S. w. Stratton Of Cambridge,
Mass. today was reelected honorary
president of the conference.
Other officers chosen were: DR.. George
K. Burgess, director Of the Bureau OF
Standards, Washington, president; AL
bert B. Smith. Harrisonburg. Pa. first
vice president; l. L. Miller, indianapolis.
second vice president; F. S. .Holbrook,
Bureau of Standards. Washington, sec
rotary, and Georage F. Austin! IT,, De-
troit, treasurer.
Executive Group Named.
Besides these, the following weights
and measures officials were among those
selected for the Executive Committee:
H. N. Davis, Vermont: C. v. Pickett.
Portland, Me-; Thomas Flaherty, San
Francisco; D. P. Kimball, Phoenix,
Ariz; w. T. Fossett, Illinois; p. T. Sui
Ivan, West Virginia; John II. HenneS-
sey, Providence, r. l.; S. T. Grimth,
Baltimore; E. j. Maroney, New Haven.
Conn; w. A. Payne, Rochester, N. Y;
H. A. Webster, New Hampshire; Francis
Meredith, Massachusetts; S. c. Dins-
more, Nevada; ]. G. Rogers, New
Jersey: j. A. Tinkey. Ohio; George
Warner, Wisconsin, and G. M. Roberts,
District of Columbia.
The conference ended today.
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by the Commissioners on March 26,
1929, would be to make trial manda-
tory for more serious offenses. Per-
sistent abuse of the trafic regulations,
particularly IN connection with passing
red light signals and parking abreast
In the congested area, was given as
the reason for seeking higher penalties.
The first recommendation is for a
minimum collateral Of SIS for the mo-
torist "disobeying direction displayed by
signal device" with the right OF for
feiture withdrawn. This would compel
the offender to stand trial in Police
Court. The present collateral Is only
S. and may be forfeited.
The collateral fee for parking
abreast in the congested area, Bride
suggests raising from IS to $40. For
the same offense in the outlying dis
tricts the fee would still be S..
Forfeiture Of collateral fer the Of
Tense Of interfering with moving
trafnc in drawing out from the curb"
would be withdrawn. This also would
require appearance in Police Court.
The minimum fee would be raised from
SIS to $40.
The offense of failing to equip We
hicle with suitable sound signal de-
vice" would require an increase in the
fee from 50 to IS and for operating .
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laration, and the finest complete set of
the autographs of the signers.
We learn that Maj. Andre, the Brit
ish spy, demanded that he and other
prisoners be given 81 a week for proper
lodgings and that in 1880 John Paul
Jones wrote Of being presented with q
sword by Louis XVI of France.
Arnold Sought Pass.
Original letters Of Benedict Arnold,
written before the discoveryo of his trea-
son and throwing much light on 1t,
follow. One OF them asks for passes to
the enemy lines from Gov. Clinton.
The after-Revolution period includes
the remarkable letter of James Monroe,
father Of the Monroe Doctrine, In which
he invites Alexander Hamilton to fight
him on the field of. honor. With the
War of 1912, Stephen Decatur's note to
Robert Fulton shows that they were
both working on the steamboat idea,
and, shipping decade and half. we
find Jackson's letter OF acceptance of
the presidency.
Lincoln manuscripts, from the time
that .he came to public notice until his
death, are numerous.
The commander Of Fort Sumter,
Gen. Robert Anderson, predicts the
Civil War in a letter written three
months before the outbreak Of HOSTILE
ties, and, in another, Gen. Beauregard
tells how he captured the fort and
raised the Confederate banner.
Robert e. Lee, former commandant
Of West Point, tells Gen. Winfield Scott
that he will never again draw the
sword. save in the defense of my native
State"
Navy Somewhat Neglected.
The Navy appears somewhat neg
lected, until We come across the unpub-
lished log of the Monitor, from its
launching to the time Of its destruction.
A foot away in the same case is the
original document of Lincoln's first
draft of the Emancipation Proclama-
ton. followed by Grants terse notes
telling Sherman that the road to
Vicksburg is open" later ordering him
to march to the sea: and Meade's con-
else report on the battle of Gettysburg.
Years pass, and there Is the letter in
which Charles Guiteau. assassin of
President Garfield. offers a bride Of
SIS, 900 to his lawyers to get me of"
thought which was regarded as proof Of
his insanity
Chronologically, the exhibition ends
with the note Of President-elect Hard
ing to Calvin Coolidge. in which the
Chief Executive, for the first time in
history, invites the Vice President to
attend a meeting of the Cabinet. This
was written three days before either
took the oath Of Office in Washington.
(Copyright. 1891. by North American News
paper Alliance. 1nc.)
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that IL DR.. Burney should have
made one of his famed musical
travels in this year of grace he
would have found things quite diff
ferent from the late 1700S. II, for
instance, the musical peregrinationS
of this much-traveled gentleman and
the magic OF a bearded Rip Van
Wrinkle had kept the doctor walk
ing until today he would no doubt
have come face to face with poly
tonality and atonality and clapped
mis- hands to his ears on account OF
some of the noises he heard. Miss
Styron suggested that instead OF
lunching with Samartini, or watch
ing the coronation of Marie An
toinette, he might at this moment
have dined comfortably with StraSSs,
Hindemith, Schonberg, Bartok, Pi-
zetti, ReSpighi (perhaps signing over
the Pines of Romeo, and walked by
the babbling Seine with that great
master craftsman, Ravel. who was
unfortunately barred from the pro-
gram because his work echoed the
methods of his forerunner, Debussy.
After Miss Styron had launched
the subject, the soloists of the eve
ing got under way, and from the
ninble fingers of Mr.. Spier flowed
such modern WITNESSES as the
Schonberg "Klavierstucke, family
reminiscent of a cat wandering over
the keys; the Hindemith Boston,"
which had form, but not much fig
ure; the Strauss I'm Silent Forests"
and two selections by Bartok which
struck the ear most favorably and
not uncomfortably = all of which
were interpreted by Mr.. Spier &C
cording to their various deserts, and
even otherwise.
Following these Mrs. Hilton sang
q series Of modern songs by Pizetti,
Respighi and Strauss. Especially to
be noted in these were the Strauss
"Allerseelen," 'Zueignung" and
"Serenade," which the soloist sang
with abundance Of feeling and au-
thority. and as though she liked
them quite as well as did her highly
attentive audience. Miss Gutelius
at the piano seemed to be enjoying
herself likewise - which, therefore,
made for a distinctly interesting
program, and one which the Arts
Club should have a difficult time
equaling-although removal of all
secular noises might add more than
a drop to the proceedings.
E. de s. MELCHER.
VIM. A. Beall's Pupils
Present Three Evenings Of Music.
THREE evenings of music with 85
students represented in the pro-
gram were given recently in the
twenty-eighth annual recital by the
pupils of Prof. William A. Beall at
the Jewish Community Center.
Certificates in harmony and
medals were awarded to Laura Car
rera, Helen Louise Davis Helen
Irma Feldman, Anna Jenny Gel
fand and Kathleen Patricia Tumul-
ty. A prize for work in the post
graduate course was awarded to Ed
ma Browning White.
Pupils taking part in the program
were Miriam Mindlin, Ida Schulz
man, jeanette Sian, Catherine Fie-
field, Catherine Chaconas, Mildred
KrupSaw, Sylvia Kay, Shirley Sachs,
Selma Rassin, Kate Chadekel, Sylv: !,
Schmidt, Gladys Rudicel, Dorothy
Ehrlich, Sylvia Kogad, Bertha
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05
Emusic and Musicians
Reviews and News of Capitals Programs.

Dickerson, Sylvia Litovitz, Do
rothy Rohrman, Doris Rae
bach, Natalie Vigderhouse, Evelyn
Brown, Ethel Schwartz, Helen Cox
en-, Beatrice Schwartz, Freda Levin,
Bertha Katz, Sophie Zalkind, Jean
Narcisenfeld, Jean Applebaum, Rose
VERIFIED, Evelyn Hillerson, Ella
Pharoah Constance Deenihan, Rose
Shoub, Miriam Abelman, Naomi
Vigderhouse, Jean Evans, Lillian
Katz, Louise Peak, Eutha Morris,
Sylvia Walker. Louise Duckett, Do
rothy LoveleSS, Regina Deenihan,
Kathleen Tumulty, Laura Carrera,
Miriam Bernstein. Jeanette Emmert
Ford, Cecilia Friedman, Anna Rap
paport. Helen Feldman, Anna Gel
fand. Elizabeth Michael. Viola Wea-
yer, Hazel Miller Beall, Helen Louise
Davis, Edna White, Sonia Berman,
Margaret Kane, Audrey Groves,
Clara Feldman, Edna Wood, Anita
Weitzen, Audrey Yaden, Lillian
Mindlin, Bertha Loveless Quick.
Katherine McCalmon., Robert Pit
tie, Chester Crawford. Charles Kot-
Yin. ROLAND Jones, Norman Stein,
william A. Beall, jr.; George Gardi-
ner, Francis Guntow. Michael
Agriesti, Ralph Epstein, Claude
Clagett. Harold Sachs. Malcolm
Lamborne, Sidney Sachs. Aaron
Raebach, John Haerer. Ward Beall.
Carlos Profeta and Edward Mid
dleton.
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JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS
BACKED FOR PRESIDENT
Chicago Democrats Indorse Senator
in Second Meeting, Newspaper
Report Says.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 5.-The Chicago
Tribune said toda? the city Democratic
organization a: a secret meeting last
night Endorsed United States Senator
James Hamilton Lewis for nomination
for the presidency next year.
There shouldn't be any doubt about
where we stand on the presidential race
next year." Mayor Anton J. Cermak
was quoted as telling the various ward
committeeman. 1T might as well be
for us even at this early date to make
our position known so that it cannot
be questioned"
Tee motion for the Endorsement was
carried unanimously, the Tribune said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05

vehicle on dead" or borrowed" tags,
the minimum collateral would be raised
from $40 to $25. No forfeiture would
be permitted
Mr.. Bride also has issued more
stringent rules regarding the trial for
minor traffic collisions which have
clogged the court docket. The pur-
pose Of these instructions, issued to
Stanley De Neaie, assistant corpor-
alton counsel assigned to Police Court.
Is to eliminate many trivial cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05
MRS. NiRDLlNGER SAILS
FOR HOME TO FORGET

WILLIE FRANCHE. France. June
R).-Mrs. Charlotte Nixon Nirdlinger.
recently acquitted of a charge OF the
Staying Of her husband. Fred Nixon
Nirdlinger, former American theater
man, said good-by to France today,
boarding the steamship Roma for the
United States.
Mrs. Nirdlinger was accomps MED by
her mother. Mrs. James B. Nash of St.
Louis, her two children and a nurse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05
BRIDE WOULD ASK
HIGH COLLATERAL
Counsel Recommends Larger
Requirements for Several
Traffic Offenses.

Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, District
Commissioner in charge of the Police
Department, had before him today a
memorandum from Corporation Coun-
sci William w. Bride recommending in
five specific cases, higher collaterals re-
quired to be deposited by persons ar
tons.
The effect of Brides suggested
changes in the collateral order issued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05
Program Of Modern Music
Presented at Arts Club.

S the climax of series of
n three educational" evenings
"A of music at the Arts Club.
A Miss SADIE Styron. noted au-
thority on what is good, bad
and Indifferent in the musical world,
and especially famous for her knowl-
edge of the late lamented clavicord,
presented last night program OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05

his work in copper and other metals.
The 'lost wax" method Of casting cop
per. which he is credited with pioneer
ing, was so named because the mold,
made of wax, was melted and lost IN
the process of pouring the molten metal
onto it. The process required excep-
tional skill, and today is regarded as a
lost art
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05
MEDICAL GUILD FORMED
Patients Will Be Treated for Flat
Sum of 81 a Week.

NEW YORK, June 5 ga New
physicians. who will furnish ali phases
of medical care for q fat sum of 81 a
week, has been, formed. The group,
working as a medical clinic, will ad-
vertise in newspapers and magazines,
but in keeping with the ethics CT the
profession will not use individual
names.
Proceeds will be equally divided
among the participating physicians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05

HlOOGLH HuSN
assisted by three
well no W n
Washington ar
fists, Miriam B.
Hilton, Frances
Gutelius and La
Sale Spier.
S t a n d | n g
against a back
ground of Jap
anese weeping
willows, and at
first arguing
fairly consist
emily with street
cars and other
noises of the
outside world,
Miss S tyron
~nAo II nlaaH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05
Rebekahs to Stage Play.

CLARENDON, Va, June S Especially
Clarendon Lodge, No. 20, Daughters
Of Rebekas, will present comedy.
entitled Corporal Eagan," at the Odd
Fellows Hall tonight and Saturday
night. The play is a popular war
comedy relating to rockies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05
Revere's Credentials

This may certify that the
bearer, Mr.. Paul Revere, Is mes
senger to the Committee of Safety
and that all dispatch and assist
ance be given him in all Instances
that the business of the COLONY
may be Facilitated.
Jos. WARREN Chair"
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EITTIIRE.

Dance. Alpha Theta Chi Sorority,
willard Hotel, 10 pm.
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Elks' Carnival, 301 Rhode Island
avenue, tonight and tomorrow.
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Dance, Holy Trinity High School,
Hamilton Hotel, 9 pm.
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FUTURE.
Meeting. Gee Club, No. 4, Hamilton
Hotel, tomorrow, pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05

Meeting, American War Mothers
Hamilton Hotel, 8 pm.
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Strawberry festival, Women's Guild
Incarnation Church, Fourteenth and
Gallatin streets, 5 to 8 pm.
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Garden party. Columbia Federation
of B. Y. P. u, Bethany Baptist Church,
Second street and Rhode Island avenue,
8 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05

Michelangelo was commissioned to
paint a decoration in one part of a
council hall at Florence, in competition
with Leonardo da Vinci. He started the
work at Santa Onofrio in 1904 and
completed 1t about year later. He re-
fused to permit any one to see it while
he was working on it. When shown to
the public it aroused instant acclaim
and was studied by many artists. 1t is
these young artists who are blamed for
cutting the cartoon into pieces.
Cellini. metal worker and sculptor OF
the period 1500~1571. was celebrated for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-11
TO HOLD DOLORES
GONZALES AFFAIR
Worker sWidow forest
Up In Crimea

An invitation to go to the Crimea
to recuperate, has been extended by
the workers of the Soviet Union to
Dolores Gonzales, wife of Gonzalo
Gonzales, militant Spanish worker,
shot to death by the murderous New
York police in a Harlem demonstra-
ton last summer.
The New York WIR which, with
the help of the workers of New York,
has raised the fare for Comrade Con-
zales, together with the Anti Imper-
ialist Association of the Porto Ricans,
and the Spanish Workers Center, has
arranged huge farewell affair to
take place Saturday, Feb. IA, 1881, at
SO West 115th st.
The workers of New York will, at
this affair, express their sympathy
and determination to avenge the
death of Gonzalo Gonzales, who died
in the class struggle as a victim of
the murderous offensive of the bour-
geoisie against all Communist and
militant workers.
The Workers Laboratory Theatre
Of the w. l. R. will present a play,
which will be followed by dancing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-11
Wage Cuts, Speed
Up of Workers in the
Finebuilt Frocks Shop

NEW YORK.-The bosses policy
of throwing workers on the streets
to starve and then using the condi-
tions Of these unemployed workers
for further attacks in the form of
wage-cuts, speed-up, longer hours,
etc, against those still employed is
clearly seen in the tactics of the
bosses of the Finebuilt F'roclls, Inc,
shop at 240 West 35th st.
While fully half of the workers
have been fired, the production of
this shop is greater than ever. Where
formerly 20 cutters were employed,
only ten are now engaged. Over
time pay has ben stopped, and the
workers are forced to work late at
night. Regular hours have been
changed from $50 to 5 to $3.50 to 6.
and from $3.50 to 1890 on Saturdays
to $3.50 to $3.50. Work has been doubled
up and the workers told if they
don't like it to "join the breadline
like the rest of the buns" On the
other hand, the head cutter was
given bonus of five weeks wages as
his bride for speeding up the rest
of the cutters. He is earning his
BRIDE
The workers are dissatisfied and
asking for organization. They will re-
spond to the Needle Trades Workers
Industrial Union. The union must
take steps to organize this shop.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-11
400 NECKTE
WORKERS STRIKE
A. F. Of L. Officials
Preparing Betrayal

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. TO-
-Four hundred necktie workers today
walked out on strike against a wage
cut of is per cent and more.
At the first mass meeting at Fra
ternal Hall the officials of the A. F.
of l., Union, which was forced to call
the strike, opened up an attack
against Communists and outsiders, y
because they fear the influence of
the Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union which recently conducted mill
tant strikes in New Haven and Dam
bury.
The A. F. Of L, officials irnmedi-
ately called a boss politician, Alder
man Murphy, a member of the board
of aldermen, which had the Unen-
ployed Delegation elected from their
last meeting, to address the strikers,
and he advised them to trust in God
and to observe law and order" Muir
ply is also head OF the boss controlled
Central Labor Council of the A. F.
of L., which refused any financial as
sistance to the recent Lesnow shirt
strike.
The A. F. of L. is opposed to mass
picketing by the strikers, and has
already started secret negotiations
with the bosses for a settlement, with
out consulting the strikers of the
Strike Committee, which was elected
to make the strikers think that they
will be represented in the negotia-
tons.
The Needle Trades Workers Indus
trail Union is issuing a leaflet calling
upon the strikers to organize mass
picketing, draw up their own list of
demands and place the power OF
negotiations entirely in the hands of
their elected representatives on the
Strike Committee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-11
So a Week Hunger
Ration for Starving
Negro Family of Nine

NEW YORK-The police peddlars
of fake relief" gave Harold williams,
unemployed Negro worker of S12 w.
10th Street, the magnificent sum of
three dollars when he applied for re-
lief for starving family of nine, his
wife and self and seven small chill
dren.
And the three dollars hand-out was
given in the nature of an order on the
A. and P. stores.
Manifestly the three dollars week
hand-out cannot provide this family
with even the barest necessities, let
alone milk for the children. And, as
usual, there is no privision for rent.
The family is on the point of eviction,
the father having been out of work
for several months and unable to
meet the demands of the landlord.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-11
LINCOLN ARENA
MEETING TONITE
Prepares for Coming
Dress Strike
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

what the Needle Trades Workers In
dustrial Union has always commended
it is.
The following conditions in the
needle industry, Irving Potash, Sec
rotary of the N. T. w. I. u, declared
yesterday, have been made possible
by the International:
Dressmakers' wages this season are
from 80 to IS per cent less than they
were last season.
The employers force some dress
makers to work long hours while
thousands of other dressmakers have
no work at all.
Skilled dressmakers are paid about
81 day.
Unskilled needle workers are paid
about So a day.
Dressmakers must work between
and 10 hours a day for these star
Walton wages.
The employers have opened shops
in outlying districts like Harlem, the
Bronx and Brooklyn, where they
force dressmakers to slave for So
and SIS week.
The employers divide the Negro
workers from the white, force them
to compete against each other and
then discriminate against the Ne
groes by paying them helf the wages
that the white workers get.
Join the N. T. w. i. u.
The only way of Kidding the needle
trades industry of these unbearable
conditions, Potash declares, is fol-
every worker in the industry to join
the N. T. w. I. u, the only union
which actually fights the bosses ano
the I. L. G.. w. and supports the
dressmakers in their coming strike
A meeting of the General Organ
ization Committee will be held to-
morrow in Irving Plaza at 7 p. m.
Potash announced. At this meeting
final organizational preparations fol-
the strike will be made.