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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
NIYSTIFIED BY NOTE.
Business Associate of Shire Never Heard
of Margaret"

CHICAGO, March 5 LP).-A man who
claimed to know Leo Shire better than
any one else in Chicago said today he
was mystified by the note Shire left
before he killed himself in Washington.
The note informed Shire's daughter
that Margaret" was her mother, but
Edward Cohn, business associate for
many years, said he had never heard
of Margaret"
81 was in business with Shire for IS
years." Cohn said, land I knew the
family well, better than any one else in
Chicago. The first time I saw the
daughter Rita she was only a few weeks
old and Shire'S wife Anna was rearing
her as her own child. I always thought
she was Mrs. Shire's daughter and I'm
sure Rita did, too. Mrs. Shire died
about nine years ago"
Both Shire and Cohn were executives
in the Sherer-Gillett Co., store equip
ment manufacturers. Cohn said that
since the con1pany's head Offices were
moved to Marshall, Mich, Shire had
spent little time in Chicago.
The manager of the Southmoor Hotel
where Shire stayed when in Chicago
said the last time Shire was there was
about nine months ago and that he
was accompanied only by his daughter
He also said he had never heard OF
Margaret" who was described as
Shire's housekeeper in dispatches from
Texas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
STUDENTS TO COMPETE
FOR NEW GOLD MEDAL
DR.. Thomas J. Healy Establishes
Prize at G.. u. Foreign
Service School.

The School of Foreign Service Of
Georgetown University today announc-
ed the receipt of gold medal to be
given in June to the member of the
schools Spanish Club who has done
the best work during the year in pro-
noting better understanding OF
Spanish culture and civilization.
The medal was given by DR.. Thomas
j. Healy, assistant dean of the school,
in honor of Ambassador Alexandra Pa
dilla of Spain.
The Spanish Club was founded by
Manuel q. Martinez, head Of the
Spanish department. Ambassador Pa
dilla has taken particularly active inter-
est in the club.
Fer his work in international affairs
of Spanish-speaking countries, DR..
Healy was honored by Spain with the
rank of Knight of the Royal Order of
Isabella, and by Cuba with the rank
Of Commander OF the Order Of Ces-
pedes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
SOLDIER ACCUSED
IN H|T-RUN DEATH
Harold Butcher Pleads Not
Guilty to Hitting Man
Last Month.

Facing charges of manslaughter and
unauthorized use of an automobile,
Harold Augustus Butcher, 22-year-old
soldier, was said to have confessed last
night that he killed a pedestrian in
a hit-and-run accident February 10.
Butcher pleaded not guilty of man.
slaughter and was bound over to the
grand jury on bond of $4,000 when
arraigned in United States branch of
Police Court today.
Attached to the information papers
filed with Judge Isaac r. Hits court
was a confession said to have been
signed by Butcher following his arrest
last night stating the circumstances of
the mishap which resulted in the death
of Ryon and declaring it to have been
accidental.
Butcher broke down after being grill
led by Patrolman c. F. Smith at the
eleventh precinct station. police say,
and admitted that he struck Edward
T. Ryan, 81 years old, Of TIP F street
southwest, while the latter was cross
ing Anacostia road and N street south
east and continued on without stopping.
Denied Car Is Clue.
Patrclman Smith arrested Butcher on
Tuesday night for passing a red light
at Minnesota and Pennsylvania avenues
southeast and questioned the soldier
concerning the Ryan accident a short
time later when he discovered the cars
hood dented, one headlight lens broken
out and the other lying inside the
machine.
The depressed beam" lens found in
the car correspondent with fragments
found at the scene of the mishap and
helped build up a chain of evidence
against Butcher, which led to his con-
fession last night.
When halted by Smith, Butcher could
not produce a drivers permit or regis
tration card, officers said, and declared
that the auto belonged to an aunt, whose
name he would not reveal.
Admits Taking Car.
He retracted this statement later, &C
cording to police, and admitted that he
took the machine, listed to Mrs. Kate I.
Scott of 1881 K street, from a parking
place on Sixteenth street the night of
the accident.
The soldier said he was driving to
the home of John Donegan, brother
soldier at Post Exchange Headquarters
Company, where Butcher is stationed,
when Ryan was hit. Butcher declared
the pedestrian appeared intoxicated and
he tried to avoid striking him but the
effort was futile. He then drove on to
Donegan's home and spent the night.
Ryan died one hour later from in
ternal injuries at Gallinger Municipal
Hospital and the body was removed to
the District Morgue, where his sister
identified it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
DAKOTA EDUCATOR
TO HEAD WILSON
Dr.. Edgar Creighton Higbie
Named President of Teach
ers' College Here.

DR.. Edgar Creighton Higbie, presi-
dent of the Eastern State IeachefS
College of South Dakota, will become
president of Wilson Teachers College
here next month.
DIR. Higbie was appointed to presi-
dency of the local teachers college for
white students by the Board Of Educa-
ton late yesterday, on the recon-
mendation of Dr.. Frank w. Ballou
superintendent. who has sought a head
for that institution since it was elevated
to college rank by act of Congress last
Spring.
Funds Delay Choice.
DR.. Ballou was unable to locate a
suitable candidate for the position in
time for the opening of the institution
as college last September because OF
the delay which attended the enact
ment of the District appropriation bill
in July. Funds for the salaries of the
presidents of the Wilson and Miner
Teachers Colleges were in dispute until
the last moment and by the time the
legislation was enacted, it was explained
in school circles, most of the acceptable
candidates for such high positions had
completed their plans for the subse-
quent academic year. Hence Miss Anna
D. Halberg. principal of the institution
WAen 1t was the wilson NOTIIlal oclOOI
was retained as acting president OF
Wilson.
Studied at Columbia.
DR.. Higbie, who is SIS years old is a
native of Berlin, Wis. He holds bache-
lor of arts and master of arts degrees
from the University of Minnesota and
a doctor of philosophy degree from Co.
lumbia University. His experience in
the field of education has included
teaching in the rural elementary and
high schools CT Minnesota and Wis
consin. He was superintendent Of the
West Central School and Station of the
University of Minnesota from 1910 to
1917. From 1917 to 1921 he did gradu-
ate study and war work. He has been
president of the Eastern State Teachers
College of South Dakota since 1921. He
also is Summer session instructor in
teachers college administration at Bos-
ton University and the George Peabody
College for Teachers.
DR.. Higbie is married and has two
sons He is listed in Who's Who as a
member of the Congregational Church.
a Republican and a member of the Phi
Delta Kappa Fraternity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
MATHER MEMORIAL
BILL GIVEN APPROVAL
Measure Signed by President Will
Honor Late National Parks
Director.

Among the measures completed and
signed by President Hoover in the clos
ing hours of the Congress yesterday was
the bill TO authorize a suitable memorial
IN CT near the National Capital to honor
the late Stephen T. Mather, the first
director of the National Park Service
and for number Of years an ex-officio
member Of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission.
The bill, having previously passed the
Senate. was agreed to in the House yes
terday and was signed promptly by the
President. It authorizes the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission
70 provide the memorial IN connection
with the park and playground system
OF Washington, or the George Washing
ton Memorial Parkway, which is to be
established al-ng both shores of the
Potomac from Mount Vernon and Fort
Washington to Great Falls.
While the bill was before the House
Yesterday several members called at
tention TO Mr.. Mather's work in the
development Of the national park syS-
TEN. Former Representative Cramton
of Michigan. who completed his service
in the House yesterday, brought up tbs
Mather memorial bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
DRIVER PLEADS GUILTY
TO DRINKING CHARGE
Case of John A. German Referred
to Probation Officer for In
vestigation.

Arraigned in Traffic Court today on
a charge of driving while under the
influence of liquor, John A. German
entered a plea of guilty when he APP
peared before Judge Gus A. Schuldt,
and the case was referred to the proba-
ton officer for investigation.
Germans automobile collided with a
police emergency car operated by Police
man w. P. Ais, in the TOO block of M
street southeast, last night. The police
man claims that German drove out of
an alley into the path of the speeding
police car, which was answering call.
The siren was sounding continuously,
Ais said. The policeman suffered a
fractured thumb as result of the
collision. He testified German was
drunk when he got out of his car.
The case was continued until
Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
U. S. MAILS $682,67O
BONUS LOANS IN DAY
1919 Checks Sent Out Wednesday.
4,765 Applications Filed
in "a Hours.

The Veterans Bureau yesterday
poured into the mail a batch of SOL
diers' bonus loan checks with the
largest total Of any day since the bor-
rowing began last Friday afternoon.
The number of checks, 1919, had
previously been exceeded, but the total
value hit new high mark for the day
Of $682,670.
The number of veterans applying in
person at the bureau continues to de-
cline, but the mail, officials said, is
growing tremendously, with applica-
tons from all parts of the country.
New clerks are being recruited to handle
the rush, through the Civil Service
Commission.
OF the 4,765 applications filed yes
terday at the bureau, there were only
So original applications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
BULLET ENDS LIFE
OF BUSINESS MAN
L. D. Shire of Michigan
Shoots Himself in Room
of Hotel Here.

With Self-inf1icted bullet wound in
his head, Leo D. Shire, 65-year-old
Marshall, Mich, business man, died at
Emergency Hospital shortly before 3
o'clock this morning.
He shot himself in his room on the
seventh floor of the Hamilton Hotel
yesterday after writing two notes-one
to his 15-year-old daughter, Rita, a
student at Kiddkey College, Sherman,
Tex, and the other to the q. p. o. E.
Lodge No 4, Chicago. Since then he
had chung to life with a tenacity be-
lying the desire to ole set forth in the
message to his daughter.
Shire, In the note to his daughter
said he was "all in" and could not
stand 1t any longer" He instructed her
to sell his automobile and notify his
firm the Shire-Gillette Co. of Marshall
A check for $40, made payable to his
daughter, was attached to the message.
1t was drawn on the Mercantile Bank
& Trust Co. of Dallas, Tex.
Postscript Puzzles Partner.
In a penciled postscript at the end
of the note, Shire wrote: Rita, Mar
garet is your mother" According to
an Associated Press dispatch from Chi
cago, however, Shire's business partner,
Edward Cohn, said he was unable to
identify Margaret" Shires wife
Cohn was quoted as saying, died five
or six years ago. Cohn added he had
never heard OF Margaret" and had
always been under the impression the
late Mrs. Shire was Ritas mother
The message to the Chicago ledge
asked that Shire be buried with Elks'
rites" adding: ..'Notify Ed Cohn, 7747
Kingston avenue, Chicago. He will
show you the lot and get the insurance"
Daughter on Way Here.
Shire was found lying on the floor Of
his room by employees of the hotel, who
heard the report Of lis revolver. The
gun, .38-caliber Colt, was clasped in
his outstretched hand, and the room
was wildly disarranged.
At the hospital it was said Shire was
a patient there from February "a to
February 81. He was suffering from
grip, it was said. He had been regis
tered at the hotel since February 81
Employees of the hostelry said he had
stayed there on several occasions, how
ever, making frequent trips to Washing
ton on business.
Associated Press dispatches from
Sherman said Shire's daughter left
there yesterday for Washington.
NTYSTIFIFn RY NOTE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
FATHERS TOLD TO COUNT TEN
BEFORE REBUKING BOYS IN WRONG
Boston Expert Camping and Juvenile Work Ad
dresses Y. M c. A. Banquet on Need of Guidance.

ball game once in while and learn
how much more he knows about the
game than you do. Don't force him
to see the games through knot-hole."
Mr.. Gibson deplored the tendency of
fathers to leave the rearing Of their
children to the mothers. The dads
should share in this responsibility and
regard 1t as a privilege he stated.
He advised boys TO avoid "scrapping,"
but not to be afraid to fight for a
principle" He defined scrapping as
carrying a chip on the shoulder. The
boy with a chip on his shoulder, he
said, is an inherent coward and never
dares some boy larger than he is to
knock it off.
Worth E. Shouts, chairman nf the
Boys Work Committee of the Y. NJ
c. A., was POSTMASTER. Charles Dun
nire, youthful orator, recited a toast
to Our Dads" Page NICK. Etchison
offered invocation. There were orches-
trail selections, movies Of Camp Let's
games and swimming in the boys pool
Arrangements were in charge of j. C.
Ingram. boys work director.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
CAPT. CLARK ORDERED
TO HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Boiling Field Meteorological Officer
Will Replace Maj. Carlyle
H, Wash.

Capt. Ernest Clark, Army Air Corps,
pilot and meteorological officer at Boil
ling Field, has been ordered transferred
to duty in the Hawaiian department
April 8, the War Department has an
nounced He will replace Maj. Carlyle
H. Wash, ordered to Langley Field,
Hampton. Va, from Hawaii.
Mai Martin F. Scanlon, assistant
military attache for air at London, has
been ordered to report to Walter Reed
Hospital here.
Several Air Corps Reserve officers
from the vicinity of the National Capt.
tai have been ordered to active duty
with Army squadrons.. Lieut.. Thomas
r. Potts, Aurora Hills, Va, has been
ordered to duty at Mitchell Field March
to June 80. Howard S. Behr, local
commercial pilot and lieutenant in the
Reserve has been ordered to report to
Mitchell Field for duty from March 81
to June 80. Lieut.. Clarence L. Terrill,
Takoma Park, Md, is to go to Langley
Field, Va, April Is for duty until
June 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05

IF your son commits an act of mis-
chief, count 10 before you call him
down.
This was the advice given group Of
the city's prominent fathers last night
by H. w. Gibson of Boston, Mass,
noted boys work expert of the Y. M.
c. A. ard authority on camping.
Remember, you dads, that you did
the same sort of mischief in your
younger days-only not so we'll" Mr..
Gibson told the fathers, who were guests
of honor at the annual "father-and-
SON" banquet of the Boys Department
of the Y. M. c. A. at the Central "Y'
Building.
Mr.. Gibson gave lot Of advice to
parents in general and also to their
offspring.
Don't let some one else be greater
hero to your boy than yourself" he
warned the fathers Dent start him
out on the trail of life alone. Take his
hand and go along with him as COM
paninn.
Take your boy TO a big league base
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
DESK PHONE FEE
BAN PROTESTED
Company Officials Declare
25.Cent Charge Fair
in District.

Far-reaching financial consequences
would affect the Chesapeake. & Potomac
Telephone Go. if It is forced to quit
charging % cents extra per month ior
the French" or European" telephones
Such is the gist # an elaborate array
of statistics presented to TIE Public
Utilities Commission yesterday. The
commission, h1weysr sent back for more
figures.
21,400 Sets in District.
According 20 the satisfies there are
now 21,40o of the Land sets in Wash
ington homes and Offices, cut cI a total
of 1853, 480 instruments. The hand SEES
are proving popular. and trle number is
expected 20 increaae by 10000 TO 1900
this year. ShoT!d the commission cut
out the extra ascent charge, however,
the demand for the new pho,ts would
instantly be mIlticlisd by Eve.
1t costs the company $9.05 to pur-
chase one of these sets, whereas the
old-faShioned desk set costs but 81 90.
One revealing statistic creeps in here to
show that when the company Is through
with a desk telephone and turns it back
to the seller, the salvage value is 10
cents.
Cost S350,OOO More.
From these preliminary figures, the
company, by the proper multiplication,
division and subtraction, shows that the
influence of 1881 of an order such as is
contemplated by the commission would
be to require it to put out $3.50, 900 more
capital, make an additional permanent
investment Of 100000, reduce its reve-
nue. by $4,000, make net increase in
expenses of $4,000, reduce net income
by $136, 000-or, to put it in percentage,
take off 0.45 per cent of the company's
present 5.65 per cent profit on its net
investment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
BONUS RIDDLE PUZZLES POLICE.
WHO HOLD OF VETERANS FRIENDS
Arrested Man Says He Took 1t From Owner, Gave 1t to
Woman, Who Had 1t Snatched From Her.

up Reed, Bolden and Henry in the
hope that might help.
Cox, it was said bought some drinks
in a house of the first block of Fenton
bonus loan.
Cox said a colored man followed him
when he left and took what remained.
Bolden is quoted as having admitted
he took the money to save it for Cox.
The colored man said he turned it
over to a woman living in the house.
The woman said some one Snatched it
from her.
The police, already puzzled by Cox's
riddle, heard further that some one
who snatched it from the woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
STILL OPERATOR FLEES
AS POLICE MAKE RAID

Jumping through a second-story win
dow to an adjacent roof and then fee
ing through an alley, the operator OF
a 25o-gallon still escaped when police
of the fifth precinct station ralded his
home in the 200 block of Fifteenth
street southeast last night.
The still, which was in full opera
ton when Lieut.. A. w. Guyer, Sergt. r.
c. Pearce and Detective w. S. Beck
entered the place; five gallons of whisky
and eight crates of peaches were seized
and taken to the fifth precinct. Forty
barrels of mash and 40 crates OF empty
bottles were destroyed.
A 75-gallon still was seized by the
same three officers a short time before
the Fifteenth street raid in house In
the 300 block Ninth street southeast
No arrests were made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
POLETTI HERE TO CONFER
IN POWER CONTROVERSY
Law Associate of Davis Will Talk
With Senate Committee on
Smith Craftsmanship.

w. Charles Poletti, law associate of
John w. Davis, arrived in Washington
today to confer with members of the
Senate Judiciary Committee on plans
for testing in court the right of Chair
man Smith of the Power Commission
to hold Office.
Davis, Democratic candidate for
President in 1924, has been employed
as chief OF the Senate counsel. Former
Gov. Alexander Groesbeck of Michigan
also will be associated with him.
The Senate ordered the court pro-
cedure to test President HooRers right
to retain Smith in office III view OF
his rejection by the Senate after he
had been confirmed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
ARTS CLUB VICTOR
IN PLAY TOURNEY
Second Place at Finals Given
Chevy Chase Women'S Club
Drama Section.

The Arts Club of Washington, in the
final of the play tournament under
auspices of the Community Drama
Guild, won the decision last evening
at the Mckinley Auditorium. Second
place was given to the drama section
of the Women's Club Of Chevy Chase.
The four one-act selections of the final
evening of the tournament, chosen from
among the Is which had been entered
in the contest, made up an evenings
entertainment which was Of unusual
interest because of the quality of the
acting by members of local organiZa-
tons and the merit Of the plays pre-
scented.
Besides those to which the awards
were made, the organizations repre-
Sented in the finals were the Wood
lothians and the Orange and Blue Play
ers. In addition to the general awards,
announcement was made that individ-
ual awards had been made to Lucille H.
Conan OF the .Woodlothians for acting
and to Ida G.. Mattingly of the Wom-
ems City Club for voice and diction.
Abilities Given Test.
The Arts Club players appeared in
The House Cat" by Ednah Clarke
Hayes, under direction of Mrs William
j. Peters. The six who appeared had
been provided with roles which called
for good individual work, marked by
distinct personalities. The members Of
the cast, r. B. Lawrence, Anne Ives,
Mary Ellen Wager, Andrew Dent, VIII
liam S. Hepner and Edna Ellis Hilton,
met the requirements with distinction.
In addition, the juvenile members re-
ceived special mention in the tourna-
ment awards. These were Mary Ellen
Wager and Andrew Dent.
The Chevy Chase Woman's Club Of
fering was Fourteen" by Alice Gers
tenberg, directed by Mrs. r. L. San
ford. With limited cast. consisting
of Mrs. Frederick Kerby, Virginia VIII
son and Joseph T. Mcguire, a comedy
of the most effective type, aided ma
terially in making the evenings enter
tainment a success.
Other Results Excellent.
Excellent results were achieved also
by the other organizations. The Wood
lothians presented 1.-The Underdog," by
Robert Middlemass. directed by Robert
A. Halsted, with this cast: Brad w.
Holmes, Lucille H. Cohan, Herbert H.
Street. Charlotte Steedman and Joseph
F. Swain.
The Orange and Blue Players ap-
peared in THE Kelly Kid" by Kath-
leen Norris and Dan Totheron, directed
by Esther Galbraith. with the cast:
Bella Shapiro, Alberta Cissel, Esther
Huntington, Margaret Ryan, Joe WeitZ,
Merwin H. Browne and Boyd Willard.
Judges of the finals were: John j.
DAILY, Washington Post; Mabelle Jen-
nings, Washington Daily News; Andrew
Kelley, Washington Times; Daniel G.
Chace, Evening Star, and Lee Somers,
Washington Herald.
The Committee on the Tournament
consisted of Marjorie F. Webster, chair
man; Ruth Harsha Mckenzie, j. Mil
nor Dorey and Florence L. McCracken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
TAXICAB DRIVER DRAWS
SECOND SPEEDING FINE
Tells Judge He Was "Peeved" at
Law and Decided to "Take It
OUT on Accelerator.

When Ernest r. Wright was con-
victed on three traffic charges in Police
Court yesterday, he became very
''peeVed" at the law. He became so
'peeved," IN fact, he told Judge Gus
A. Schuldt in the same court this morn
ing, that he decided to take it out
on his accelerator
TWO hours after Wright, taxi driver
OF BIO Eighteenth street, had sur
rendered So of a SIS he deposited as
collateral on traffic violation charges
yesterday he was arrested by Police
man L. T. Johnson for speeding on
Woodley place.
Arrsigned in court today. Wright
could offer no excuse other than that
''he was probably peeyed because of his
convictions yesterday" He was SEN
fenced TO pay fine of $50 or serve 81
days. Wright has been convicted twict
before for speeding, the court was in.
fGrmed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
MARKET SLOGAN PRIZE
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Mrs. T. w. Baumann, Sue A. King
and Carl w. Jennison Are
Given Awards.

After several days of elaboration,
necessitated by the large number of
slogans submitted, prize winners in the
Arcade Market Slogan Contest were
announced last night The winning
slogans and their composers are:
First prize, SIS, END of the Quest
Lowest Prices for the Best" Mrs. F. w.
Baumann, ITS v street, northeast: sec
end prize, $40, Everything in Reason
In and Out Of Season" Sue A. King,
1928 Calvert street. and third prize. SIS,
Satisfaction Is An Arcade Market
Attraction" Carl w Jennison, 21Q
Thirteenth street, northeast.
judges in the contest were Robert
S. Stunz, vice president Of the Park
Savings Bank; Frank j. Sobotka, rep
resentative Ct the New York Life In
surance Co, and Stephen L. Eilbacher,
manager of the Tivon Theater.