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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-17

That piece of human antiquity. Faro
Agha, the Turk who claims to be l57
years old. recently took his first air.
plane flying at Brooklands Field, near
London.
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FREE MARRIAGE LURES
so EVANSTON COUPLES

EVANSTON, H.. July II R.-The
matrimonial news from Evanston was
encouraging today.
At the end of the FIRST week Of the
bargain Summer program, in which
a police magistrate and five justices Of
the peace agreed to perform wedding
ceremonies for nothing. so couples had
taken advantage of the plan.
The pace was set by Justice Samuel
Harrison, 10, who led with 80 free mar
riages. Maybe the reason for his lead
was the fact that he not only marries
'em free, but throws in a pound of tea
70 give his couples Q running start to-
ward housekeeping.
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REVIVED LEGION
TO HONOR BUTLER
CO. Year-0Id Marine 0rgani-
zation to Present Gen.
eraI Plaque.

The Veteran Marine Corps Legion.
6O-year-old Marine organization. re-
vived recently through the efforts of
Col. Frederick M. Wise of Mclean, Va,
will present p bronze tablet to Maj.
Gen. Smedley D. Butler, U. s. M. c.,
commandant Of the Quantico, Va, Ma
rine Barracks. at ceremonies at the
post July 81. it was announced today.
The plaque is being given Butler "in
appreciation of his invaluable service to
the Marine Corps" according to its in
scription.
At the presentation ceremonies, ex-
pe aa6 to be attended by more than
1000 persons. the legion will introduce
the only living Marine who served In
the Civil War" Col. wise said
The Quantico Marines plan to make
q gala affair of the presentation. They
have booked two around and one
6-round bout for the amusement Of
those attending. In the featherweight
class. Anderson Of the Signal Battalion
will meet Hodge Of the Field Hospital:
In the welterweight division. Devine of
the 18th Company will meet Clark Of
round heavyweight affair, Duda Of the
74th will mix 1t with Dill Of Aviation.
The Veteran Marine Corps Legion
was organized here in 1872, starting out
as a drinking club. somewhat similar
to the old Armv Dragons" In reviv-
ing 1t, membership Is being offered to
any one who ever served in the Marine
Corps or with Navy Hospital unit at
tached to q Marine outfit Price of
membership for one year is one ticket
to the Quantico celebration, July ~,
81 90.
Going down the Potomac River on
the Wilson Line steamer George Wash
ington. the legionnaires and their
guests will be met at Quantico by Gen.
Butler and the post band and escorted
to the auditorium, where the tablet will
be presented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-17

Stockholm, Sweden. will hold an in
ternational contest for a new plan OF
the central part of the city.
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threatened abduction" was wired to
the second district court in the City of
Vera Cruz yesterday by Father Rafael
Soto, a Catholic priest Of Jalapa, the
state capital. Re charged his house
was surrounded by suspicious persons
and that he feared kidnapping and
death.
The court wired him temporary in
junction against apprehension" and
requested police to enforce 1t. Tension
has existed for several weeks In Vera
Cruz between Catholics and partisans
of the new law.
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CHICAGO KILLINGS LAID
TO WAR OF RACKETEERS
Two Slain in Saloon Disclosed as
Business Agent for Union and
His Bodyguard.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 1.-TWO men shot
to death in a Forest Park saloon were
disclosed yesterday as union agent and
his bodyguard.
The men we're L. C. Murphy. business
agent for the West Suburban Transfers
Union. and Harry Die.lnl, alias Davis.
Police believe their Staying resulted from
a war among racketeers rather than an
attempted robbery.
The two men who shot Murphy and
Diehm ordered the dozen men in the
saloon to "stick EN- up" Then. with
out another word, they fired at the VIC
tins, turned and ran.
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Colored Veteran Promoted.

NEW YORK, July II R.-Sergt.
Samuel j. Battle. New York's first coll
ored policeman, has just passed an ex-
animation for a lieutenancy. He has
been in the department 20 years.
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Fraternity Plans Cruise.

Approximately 400 members of the
Alpha Sigma Lambda Fraternity and
their guests will make the Potomac
River cruise on the steamer City of
Washington tonight, celebrating their
annual outing. Samuel Ormes Is in
charge Of arrangements.
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GEM BRINGS $4,000

"Channing Jewell Believed Work
of Benvenuto Cellini.
LONDON. July II R).-The famous
Charming Jewel" believed to be the
work of Benvenuto CelIini and found
in the treasury of the King of Oudh
when Delhi was captured in the Indian
mutiny. was sold yesterday for $50, 1000.
Tradition has 1t the jewel originally
was gift from a prince CT the House
of Medici to one of the Mogul emperors.
1t was sold on behalf of the Earl of
Hardwood, husband CT Princess Mary,
who inherited it from his great uncle,
the second Marquis of Clanricarde.
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ROWING FROM ALASKA
Candidate for Oregon U. Crew Gets
Practice on Long Trip.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska. July II R.-
Robert Dearmond should be a qualified
candidate for the rowing crew when he
enters the University of Oregon next
Fall.
He is making the trip from Sitka. his
home, to Portland, Oree., in a l6-foot
rowboat. He had completed 200 miles
Of his trip In three weeks when he
anchored here yesterday.
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PARENTS TAKE CHILDREN
FROM VERA CRUZ SCHOOLS
Action Reported as Protest Against
Anti-Church Law Lectures
Ordered by State.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, July 17.-Press re-
ports from Orizaba. Vera Cruz, today
said parents had withdrawn their chill
dren from the public schools in protest
against a program of lectures ordered
by the state education department in
behalf of the recently enacted anti
church law.
An appeal for injunction against
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Brazil Invites Ford to Visit.

RIO DE JANEIRo, Brazil, July II
HY.-Lindolpho Color, minister Of
labor. has invited Henry Ford to visit
Brazil as the governments guest in
connection with development of the
Ford rubber plantation on the Amazon.
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DAVIS WILL URGE
SAFETY EDUCATION
Congress to Be Asked for
Small Fund for instruction
in Traffic Caution.

Believing the Federal Government
should supplement what States and
cities are doing to promote highway
safety, Senator Davis, Republican Of
Pennsylvania, will urge an extensive
educational campaign on the subject at
the next session Of Congress.
In announcing this intention last
night, Senator Davis said that while
50,510 Americans died as the result Of
the street-highway death toll in the
last 10 months Appropriated $4,000.
Seeks Appropriation.
Senator Davis said that In seeking
to obtain nominal appropriation from
Congress to present this subject
through Installation, to the student
and public Of the country, I believe
will have the support Of every member
Of the Senate and House Of Represen-
tatives as the entire subject Is one
which affects the welfare of every city,
county and State in the Union"
ut has been proven by our great
educational institutions" the Senator
continued, that visual education is one
of the most forceful means Of present.
ing facts to the student and layman.
The teaching OF safety through visual
education has been fully tried and ap-
proved by the Bureau Of Mines Of the
Department Of Commerce. Through
this medium the bureau has taught
safety and first-aid methods to many
of the 100000 miners whom it has
trained, and I am convinced that
through this medium of teaching many
lives have been saved and disasters
averted"
Describing the question Of street and
highway safety as zone of America s
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not be seen at all, until only a few
miles away, because it must be ele-
waited high into the sky so as not to
annoy those living in the neighbor-
hood.
Miller swung off the course to inves-
tigate the bright fan-glow rising out
of the Potomac Valley at Glen Echo,
Md. The new swimming pool, brightly
lighted, provided the most beautiful
spectacle of the flight, glowing like a
magnificent green jewel against black
velvet ground.
A few moments later and Boiling
Field appeared below, the floodlights
going on to spread warm bath Of
welcoming light over the landing area.
The brief view of the lighting ia
cilities along the new airway are only
an indication of the preparation made
by the Department Of Commerce for
regular air travel over this route. In
addition to the 90 beacons and four
lighted fields, there are five automatic
telegraph typewriter stations, two radio
weather broadcast stations, operating
on an hourly schedule, and q radio
beacon station The intermediate
fields are at Frederick. and McCon-
nellsburgh, Everett and Lamartine, Pa
In addition, Congressional Airport.
Hagerstown Airport and the Green's
burg, Pa, Airport are located on the
airway. making seven landing areas In
1872 miles.
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BUTCHER MURDER
DENIED BY WIDOW
Confessed Slayer of Brook
Ign Speakeasy Owner
Accused of Lying.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June GA trial of hui
man fragments revealing a new Brook
Ign butcher murder" led tonight to
the door of young Charles Obietes and
past him to the widow of the murdered
man, Lena Zubenski.
Obietes confessed today that he slew
Andrew Zubenski, speakeasy owner, dis
membered the body and over q period
Of two days disposed of the parts in
various sections CT the city. He said
the crime was done at the urge Of
Mrs. Zubenski and he was paid $500 for
doing it.
The motives, Obietes told police was
Mrs. Zubenski's fear that her husband
intended to return to Cleveland. Ohio
where they lived until eight years ago,
and tell" about the death Of her first
husband, Adam Vilentis.
Denied Body That Of Mate.
Mrs. Zubenski persisted in denials of
any knowledge of her husbands where
abouts. She said he left home March
IS. She went to the morgue, viewed
the assembled parts of the body and
said it was not that Of her husband.
"Obietes is a liar and he's crazy"
she said. THE body isn't by husbands.
He's probably out West. around Cleve-
land.
Obietes was questioned more than
eight hours before he confessed to Capt.
Carey Of the Brooklyn police. He fixed
the date of the staying as March Is.
Two days later came the first discovery
that murder had been done; human
thigh, wrapped in newspaper, was found
on the Williamsburg Bridge.
Subsequently other parts Of the body
were found; some in the East River,
others wrapped in newspaper and tossed
behind a pile Of lumber.
Police took Obietes this afternoon to
the lot where the body was dis
membered.
COllapses At Scene.
This Is the place." he said, and then
collapsed.
zubenski in 1922 was bartender for
In Cleveland. On May %, 1922, Vilentis'
body was found in his back yard. He
had been killed with an ak blow.
Zubensh and Vilentis' widow were
questioned, but permitted to go. They
came to Brooklyn and established a
speakeasy, police said.
Obietes said that on the night of
March 25, he, with a friend, went for
q walk with Zubenski, hit him on the
head with a brick. dragged the body to
a vacant lot and dismembered it. using
a knife and q cleaver. Obietes formerly
was employed as a butcher, police were
told.
Mrs. zubenski, who is being held with
Obietes, is AZ years old. Obietes is 26.
Makes New Confession.
Obietes tonight made second con-
fession, in which he gave details Of the
Staying differing materially from the
version he had given earlier, Brooklyn
police said.
Whereas he first insisted he had
slain Zubenski on a vacant lot, tonight
Ohietes said he killed the speakeasy
owner in the kitchen of the speakeasy.
He said he then dragged the body into
a wash room of the kitchen and, while
Mrs. Zubenski waited in an adjoining
room, cut up the body.
Then Obietes said he called Mrs.
Zubenski and she helped him wrap up
the various pieces. She accompanied
him in a taxicab, he asserted, when he
scattered the packages on succeeding
nights.
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MELLON SETS NOTE
REDEMPTION DATE
$451 900, 900 Outstanding Of 1880
1882 Issue Called for
December Is.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The Treasury's plan Of funding its
maturing securities was advanced an
other step today when Secretary Mellon
announced that all 31a per cent Treas
ury notes of series C-1930-32 had been
called for redemption on December Is.
The total Of the outstanding notes Of
this issue, the Secretary said, was $45l,-
900 900 of the original $607, 399 $50 is
sued on January Is, 1928. The Treas
ury called another series Of the 3I2
per cent Treasury notes last March
which totaled approximately $l,1o9,-
600 ,000
In addition a total of between $8l8,-
600, 900 and 1920, 900, 900 of the 3ls per
cent Treasury bonds offered for public
subscription last Monday had been al
lotted out of total of $6,325, 900 900
subscriptions received in the three days
the books of the issue were open.
The bonds will be for 18 years, dated
June IS, callable two years earlier, and
will provide funds for retiring matur-
ing Treasury certificates and to oper-
ate the Government.
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G. w. U. '06 LAW CLASS
CELEBRATES AT REUNION
Dinner at Congressional Country
Club Attended by Levi Cooke
and Walter o. Woods.

Members of the law class of 1906 of
George Washington University gathered
at the Congressional Country Club Fri
day night to celebrate the twenty-flfth
anniversary of the graduation of the
class. The reunion dinner was at
tended by distinguished group from
all parts of the country.
Among those present were Allen q.
Flowers, dean of the Law School of
Baylor University, Waco, Tex: r. A.
Blessing, assistant attorney general Of
West Virginia; Donald H. Mclean of
Elizabeth, N. j.; Donald C. Muhle-
man of New York; Henry F. Mum Of
Crozet, Va; Charles D. Barnard Of
Manchester, N. H.; Horace r. George
CT Chicago, Ill, and Herbert K. David
son of Charlton Depot, Mass. wash
ingtonians present at the reunion in
cluded Levi Cooke, who acted as toast
master; Frank Stetson. Edwin A.
Swingle, Paul Sleman, Walter o. Woods,
Treasurer Of the United States; Victor
G. Croissant, Richard J. Guigley, Philip
M Garrett, Percy M. Cox, Charles B.
Coffin, Fred w. Weit5Al, Alvin l.. New
nyer and Maj. Walter A. SommerS.
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SHIPS CREW HEARD
IN CRASH INQUIRY
Harvard Put Sharply to Sea
Before PiIing Up on Shoals,
Witnesses Say.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, June 6.-Testimony
that the coastwise liner Harvard was
proceeding at full speed. the night was
clear and that ships officers changed
the course sharply to seward just be-
fore the crash last Saturday on Point
Arguello shoals ives given at the Fed
eral inquiry here today by officers and
members Of the crew.
John Allen, quartermaster, said the
wheel was spun sharply to starbcard,
in an effort to run TO sea, just before
the liner piled up on the shoals. He
said he could see the tops Of the bluffs
Of the coast but not the shore line.
Albert Leplante, forecastle Waterman
said he saw some passengers ofier liquor
TO members Of the crew as the lifeboats
were manned, but at no time did he see
any licensed officers or members Of the
navigating crew drinking. The 500 pas
sengers and the crew were safely re-
moved from the steamer.
The surf widened already plainly visi-
BILE cracks In the abandoned vessels
sides today.
On the decision to abandon the liner,
from which 200 tons Of cargo has been
removed. since the craft grounded the
American flag was dropped and three
tugs departed for San Pedro. Lassco
Steamship Co. officials said it was un-
safe to attempt further salvage.
South Africa plans q price control OF
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GREEN WILL OPEN
LABOR UNION FAIR
President of A. r. |. win
Welcome Vis;:c..3 to
Benefit June IS.

william Green, president Of the
American Federation Of Labor, win de-
liver the welcoming address to visitors
at the opening June IS Of the tvo-week
fair and exposition to be staged by the
Central Labor Union for the benefit Of
the District Of Columbia War Memorial.
In accepting an invitation to address
crowds at the fair. which will be held
at Fifth street and Florida avenue
northeast, Mr.. Green pledged his sup
port to the movement to raise labor's
quota Of $4,000 toward the completion
OF the memorial. 80.
During the opening ceremonies Mr..
Green will be introduced by Frank w.
Lee, chairman Of the Central Labor
Another speaker will be r. A. Dickson,
president of the union. .-
VIII Head Parade.
Prior to the ceremonies, Mr. Green
will ride at the head of o parade con-
sisttng Of decorated motor vehicles. com
mercial floats and bands and o large
delegation Of marchers representing tbs
155 trade organizations afiliated with
the Central Union.
Many patriotic and civic organiza.
tions will be represented in the parade
as well as officers Of the Northeast
Business Mems Association and the
UNION MarkeL Terminal ASSOCl8G4On.
The marshals of the parade will be Mr..
Dickson, John M. Beane, president Of
the Northeast Business Mems Associa@
ton and F. B. Parrish. president Of the
Union Terminal Market Association.
Route Of March.
The parade, which Is expected to be
several miles long. will form at O'Clock
on the night of June IS on Thirteenth,
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets north
east, adjacent to Florida avenue. The
column will move from Fifteenth and
H streets northeast to Maryland ave-
nue., along Maryland avenue to Second
street. north on Second to H street,
then east on H street to Fifteenth street
and Florida avenue and back on Florida
avenue to the fair grounds.
Workmen will begin work at the
grounds tomorrow, erecting the various
tents and booths and installing elec-
trical and mechanical euipment. Carni-
val attractions will be provided for the
entertainment of the crowd, including
acrobatic feats on a 60-foot pole by
Manuel Valencia. whose stunts win tea
ture the free program.
Radio amplihers will be installed
about the grounds to carry band music
and opening day speeches to the crowd.
With IL locals of the central union
already pledged to operate booths, nu-
merous others are expected to run
various concessions, the proceeds OF
which will go to the memorial fund.
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OPPOSES PURCHASE
OF WRIGHT MOTORS
La Guardia Says Company
Cut WageS-Asks U. S.
Deliveries Refused.

Representative Fiorello H. La Guar
dia, Republican, New York, in letter
made public here yesterday urged Pat
rick j. Hurley, Secretary Of War, 10
refuse deliveries Of airplane motors
from the Wright Aeronautical Corpo-
ration of Paterson, N. j., on the ground
that this company has been guilty OF
unfairly slashing wages.
In making public his protest to the
Secretary Of War, Mr.. La Guardia said
Cites Specific Case.
Shorty after Secretary CT Labor
Doak and Mr.. Green, president Of the
American Federation Of Labor, made
the general charge that there was a
concerted effort to reduce wages In
this country, a denial was heard from
several sources. 1t was also stated
that the charge was too general and
not sufficiently specific.
Here Is one instance where q COM
pany enjoying millions Of dollars Of
Government contracts started a 10 per
cent reduction of wages in the latter
part of 1880 and now have reduced
rate of wages for the same work in
the locality in which the factory Is
located.
Urges Legislation.
Congress recently enacted a law
compelling all Government contractors
on buildings to pay the prevailing rate
of wages. The President, in signing
this bill, announced his approval Of
the bill and stated that the spirit OF
the law would be strictly enforced.
Congress was assured at the time that
Government contractors ddng work
ether than building were paying the
prevailing rate of wages and there
was no necessity to embrace them
within the law.
IT am certain that the law will be
amended as soon as Congress convenes,
bringing in all Government contrac-
tors so as to avoid the shameful con-
ditions existing in the Wright factory
ar paterSon 4"
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greatest problems" the Pennsylvania
Senator said in q statement that he
would bring 1t to the attention Of Con-
gress, probably in the form Of q reso-
luton, embracing an educational pro-
gram.
During the last 10 years" he said
Approximately 100000 persons lost
their lives on highways as a result OF
trafic accidents"
The Senator's statement also dis
cusSed the economic costs OF highway
accidents. Municipal and State govern
ments. the Senator said, are continu-
ally endeavoring to curtail the accident
rate by presenting statistical facts to
the public and by forming safety COM
mittees.
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EXTRACTION WEIGHED
Canada Seeks q. s. Narcotic Agent
in 1925 Shooting.

GALVESTON, Tex, June 6 R.-T
M. Kennerly, Federal district judge,
late Yesterday took under advisement a
case in which the Canadian government
is seeking extradition of Fred H. Mertz,
United States narcotic agent, on
charges Of numbering Amadre Bilodeau,
in 1925, in q border shooting ARRAY. !.
Theodore B. Stubs, representing the
Canadian government. said the matter
probably viii be dropped If extradition
Is denied. A United States commits
sioner denied extradition at similar
hearing in March. 1880, asserting evil
dence was insufficient to prove Blodeau
was killed on Canadian soil.
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Shaw Picks New Title.

LONDON, June s P,.-The Herald
reports that the title of q new play OH
which George Bernard Shaw Is work
ing is Too True to Be Good" The
paper says it deals with the aftermath
of the World War.
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Get Army Commissions.

Carl T. Dreifus, 910 King street, Alex
andria. Va, has been commissioned by
the War Department as a captain in
the Dental Corps, and Paul G. Hutton,
jr., of the Department Of State, q flrst
lieutenant of infantry, both in the Re-
serve Corps Of the Army.
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STUDENTS ANALYZE RUM
Inoia, Mich, High School Pupils
Test Seizures for Alcohol.

INOIA, Mich, June 6.-High school
students enrolled in chemistry classes
have been analyzing intoxicants seized
by Sheriff William Franch and his
deputies.
Under the direction of an instructor,
the students determine whether the al
coholic content is above the legal limit,
and evidence thus obtained is used to
convict bootleggsrs.
(Copyright, 1917
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JOE CRONlN TO SPEAK

for Community Center.
The Burroughs Citizens Association
will devote its meeting tomorrow eve
ming at Burroughs school to a discus
sion Of a proposed community center
for that section Of the city.
Joe Cronin, Shortstop Of the Wash
ington Nationals, will address the meet
ing. Other speakers will be Miss Sybil
Baker, director of the Community Cen
ter Department of the Board Of Edu-
cation, and Bob Considine, former Dis
trict tennis champion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-07

Luncheon, Alpha Delta Phi Frater-
nifty, University Club, tomorrow, 1880
pm.
Social. benefit Martha washington
Lodge, 2l42 G street, tomorrow, 7p.m.
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY

Meeting, Epsilon Lambda Phi Frater-
nifty, Hamilton Hotel 4 pm.
Hike, Wanderluster Club, meet Mount
Rainier, 2.45 pm.
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FUTURE

Picnic, Red Triangle Outing Club,
Clubhouse, pm.