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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17

From the fourteenth to the sixteenth
century, when astrology fiourished
throughout Europe, there was scarcely
ruler of Importance who had not his
court astrologer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
MADE POET LAUREATE
Gov. Murray Honors Writer Who
Pleases Him.

EAeaSeS Him.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Ap).-Paul Kroe-
ger of Guthrie, "a years old, sent Gov
w. H. Murray a poem he had written
on the subject of patriotism. Now he
is the States new poet laureate.
Murray named the youth to succeed
Miss Violet McDougal of Sapulpa, APP
pointed in 1928 by former Gov. j. c.
Walton.
South Africa's boom In large COM
mercial building is continuing.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
De | AY DENIED.
GASHEAR|NG

A last minute request for post
ponement of the Public Utilities
Commissions hearing into gas
pressure and ownerhip Of the
WashingtoH Gas Light Company
was denied yesterday by the COM
mission. The hearing will open
on Monday.
The request was made by Will.
ton j. Lambert, counsel for the
local company, and Arthur Dean,
a New York attorney, who is
counsel for the Central Public
Service Corporation of Chicago,
which owns "a per cent OF the
local company stock. The COM
mission was informed that Mr..
Lambert had just returned from
a European vacation and needed
more time to work on the COM
pany'S case.
Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick,
chairman of the commission, an
nounced that the request was
denied on the ground that no.
tices had been issued and
preparations completed for the
hearing. which promises to be
one of the most spectacular in
the annals of the commission.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
CLOVER NAMED
CLIFFORD AIDE

Charles C. Glover Jry vice
chairman of the board of direc-
tors of the Riggs National Bank,
has been appointed by Director
Walter S. Clifford to represent
the District of Columbia on the
Presidents organization on un-
employment relief.
In announcing the appoint
ment of Mr.. Glover, Mr.. Clifford
said that heads of the various
State committees would keep the
advisory body and other special
organizations informed regarding
the conditions in their respective
States.
Mr.. Clifford also announced the
appointment of representatives in
% States, as follows:
Daniel willard, president of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
Maryland; Homer Ferguson, OF
Newport News, Va; Oscar Wells,
Birmingham, Ala; P. G. Spills
bury. Phoenix, Ariz.; Charles C..
Gates, Denver, Col; James w.
Hook, New Haven, Conn.,; Pierre
Dupont, Wilmington Del; John
r. Ottley, Atlanta, Ca; w. Rufus
Abbott, Chicago, ILL.,; Warren C.
Fairbanks, Indianapolis, Ind; j.
Walter Drake, Detroit, Mich;
Stuart w. Cramer, Charlotte,
N. c.; C. H. Benfield, Portland,
Ore; j. F. Lucey, Dallas, Tex;
L. r. Smith, Milwaukee, Wis:
S. P. Bush, Columbus, Ohio; Carl
R. Gray, Omaha, Neb.; Charles
Deb. Claiborne, New Orleans,
La: William Stern, Fargo, N. D.;
Christie Benet, Columbia, S. c.;
H. D. Huston. Nashville, Tenn;
Edward w. Lane, Jacksonville,
Fla, and w. H. Maytag. Newton,
Iowa.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
TEST FOR CLERK
TAKEN HERE
Times Staff Photo

Examinations to fill the re-
gistry list and vacancies Of
statistical clerks are being held
today and tomorrow in many
cities over the country, including
Washington. Tests here are being
conducted in the Central High
School, with about 5000 local
applicants taking part.
There are about $500 taking
the tests in all, out of an
original 1850 applicants, 5000
being barred from the tests be-
cause Of improperly filled applica-
tion blanks.
Questions Unanswered
It was pointed out today by
the Civil Service Commission that
each application blank plainly
states that unless all questions
are answered and all dates and
other requested information is
given, the applications will be
rejected. The Commission ex-
pressed regret that so many were
negligent or careless in filling
out blanks, but reminded that
the rules must be obeyed.
The statistical clerk examina-
tions today came close on the
heels of the record file clerk
examinations of last month,
when $4,000 took the tests.
The tests today set something
of a record, with the nationwide
unemployment and the stability
of Government jobs cited as the
chief reasons for the large num-
berS.
Outsiders Favored
Those whose legal residences
are at a distance from Wash
ington will have the best chance
at jobs when vacancies arise. It
was pointed out that the District
of Columbia, Maryland and Vir-
ginia still are far above their
quota now in number of legal
residents employed in the Govern
ment service.
It was believed that the num-
ber of vacancies for both file
clerks and statistical clerks would
be fewer during the next IL
months than ever before. due to
conditions and the cutting down
Of some departments.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
$4,000 CACHE
SEIZED FROM
HOTEL SAFE
Hart, Agent of Jailed Smith
Co. Head, Held With Jewels
Said to Belong to Mrs. Pitts

Charges of concealing assets
with intent to defraud the Gov.
ernment of income taxes were
lodged against Henry o. Hart,
confidential agent for G. Bryan
Pitts, last night by Internal
Revenue agents delving into the
F. H. Smith Company embezzle
ment conspiracy.
The charges were preferred
following seizure of three strong
boxes containing jewels and
securities valued at $645,OOO in
an Atlantic City hotel safe.
Clancy Under Arrest
Patrick j. Clancy, formerly
employed. by the chairman of
the board of the F. H. Smith
Company, who is alleged to have
aided his employer in depoSiting
the valuables in the cache, was
arrested Monday night and is
also charged with their conceal
ment.
The jewels, valued at S500,0OO,
are believed to be the property
of Mrs. Gladys T. Pitts who has
been in Atlantic City for some
time.
Faces Perjury ChaIge
Hart is already under bond on
a perjury charge which grew out
of testimony he gave at the Pitts
trial. Pitts is now in the Dis
trict Jail pending outsome Of his
appeal from a 14-year sentence
on embezzlement charges.
Charles B. Mcconnell, Internal
Revenue agent who was issued
warrants for Hart and Clancy at
the instigation of the U. S. Attor-
ney's office said yesterday that
he was awaiting the arrival of
a Federal attorney to take charge
Of the men.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
examiner.

"The need of the unemployed
and the spirit of humanity" Is
the inspiration that set Mrs.
Harvey w. Wiley, wife of the
father of the pure-food law, .on
the trail to mitigate the suffering
of Washington's jobless thousands
during the coming winter.
AS chairman of the Surplus
Food Conservation Committee of
the District of Columbia, Mrs.
Wiley today expressed hope that
the "fine spirit of cooperation"
exhibited by Washington women
yesterday in the opening of
the conservation demonstrations
would spread the gospel" among
other local women and house
wives of nearby Maryland and
Virginia.
Sixty at Central
With a turnout Of go women
yesterday at Central High School
for the first instructions in can
ming and other conservation meth
OdS, Mrs. Wiley said she hoped
each of the women would go out
among clubs and federatiOns to
be teachers.
At yesterdays session the women
canned 1872 quarts of peaches and
made 40 quarts of peach MARINA
lade under the supervision of Miss
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
so Housewives Attend
First of Canning Lessons

Emma S. Jacobs, head of domestic
science in the public schools.
George j. Adams, executive
secretary of the D. C. Committee
of Employment sponsors Of the
movement, today appointed Mrs.
Mildred Traynham, 1911 Tnir-
teenth st. N. W., supervisor of
the Central High School kitchen
next week in the absence of Miss
Jacobs.
Mrs. Traynham wrote to Mr..
Adams last week offering her
services, following story in The
Washington Times asking for vol.
unteers. Her appointment puts
her on the payroll of the COM
mittee.
Ten Groups at Task
Up to the present time 10 groups
have offered to cooperate. They
are, in addition to the Lutheran
Church and Y. w. C. A, the Ma.
tional Memorial Baptist Church,
where a demonstration will be
held tomorrow; the HousekeeperS'
Alliance, the Business and Profes.
sional Women's Club. of Alexan,
dria; the Chevy Chase Women's
Club, Entire Nous, the Takoma
Park Women'S Club, the Southeast
Community Center and the Viii.
son Memorial Church,
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
SK!PPY AUTHORNMBALL FACES
/ HITS DRY LAW TRIAL BOARD

The Police Trial Board today
heard all the prosecution testi-
mony in support of charges
against Policeman Charles B.
Kimball of the Twelfth precinct,
growing out of the shooting of
Leonard Hoffman by his sweet
heart, Tilhe Wilson, last May 30
in the woods off Rhode Island
Avenue Northeast, near Fifteenth
Street.
No verdict was reached, the
board granting a request of De-
fenSe Attorney James A. O'Shea
for a continuance until next week
to determine whether Kimball
will introduce any witnesses.
The policeman is charged with
drinking and having intoxicating
liquor, the woman having charged
that when she shot Hoffman with
the officers revolver all three
were drinking.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
"America will brew either
beer or a civil war"

"America will brew either
beer or a civil war;"
This is just one of the startling
statements that are included in
Percy CroSby's new book "A Car
toonist's Philosophy" ana per-
hapS one of the reasons fol Mr..
Crosby's war with the publishers.
When Mr.. Crosby submitted
his new tome to eight publish
ing houses they returned it be-
cause they we're afraid of it. Now
he is publishing it himself. The
motto of those in power today
Mr.. Crosby says is:
"Give it to them sugar
coated. Fool the public with
sugar while you stick a knife
in its back
He advocates in his book:
Down with seIf.rightecus re-
formers and notorious crooks
and give the nations a decent
chance at honest prosperity"
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
CHUTE JUMPER DEFIES INK
"ThunderboIt" Will Tempt
Three Bad Luck
Signs

'Thunderbolt" Mcknight, vet.
eran of more than 200 parachute
leaps, will defy death and three
superstitions Sunday when he at.
temptS a double delayed jump
from a plane 5000 feet over
Washington Hoover airport.
Superstition No. Sunday is
September 13.
No. 2-"ThunderbOlt" will cud.
die the blackeSt Of black cats in
his left arm.
No. She will wear an opal
ring.
Makes Two Jumps,
Those three things alone are
enough to make a stout heart
quail, not to mention the double.
delayed jump, which is nothing
more than leaving one parachute
in midair and trusting that a sec
ond one will open.
The stunt, according to Wash
ington-Hoover officials, will be
staged promptly at 4 o'clock, and
a large crowd is expected. Leap.
ing out at the 5,000-foot altitude
"Thunderbolt" will fall 1000 feet
before pulling the cord of para.
chute No. /.
FIoat I OOO Feet
If it opens he will float down
1000 feet and cut himself loose.
After falling another 1000 or 50
feet he will pull the cord Of para.
chute No. 2. Then. u that opens,
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
CAMPBELL SUES
GODDARD FOR
S750,000
Real Estate Man, Acquitted
of Mary Baker Death, Asks
Balm From Gun Expert

Herbert M. Campbell, Virginia
real estate dealer who was &C.
quilted of a charge of killing
Mary Baker, is to seek judgments
totaling $750,000 against Major
Calvin H. Goddard. ballistics ex.
pert whose testimony was used
against Campbell at his trial.
Herbert S. Ward. attorney for
Campbell, filed notice yesterday
that the suits are to be instituted.
Notices delivered to Sheriff ].
Herbert Mercer will be served on
Goddard today as he delivers a
luncheon address before the
American Legion Luncheon Club
at Richmond, Va.
$25O,OOO for Libel
Campbell is asking $500,000 for
mental and physical pain Suf-
fered as result of his incarcera-
tion and trial and $250,000 for
libel alleged to have been con-
tained in an interview in Wash
ington newspaper which quoted
Goddard as saying he was "abso-
lutely positive" that tests made
by him showed that Campbell's
gun had fired the shots which
killed the girl.
The gun, according to Camp
bell, had been sent to Goddard
by Arlington county authorities at
his request. He said at the time
there was no other evidence con-
Meeting him with the crime.
Charges pilot"
He claims that markings made
by lands and grooves on test bull
lets and the eath-dealing mis-
siles had been made to coincide.
Mary Bakers mutilated body
was found in a culvert in Airing
ton county on April IL, 1880. Her
slayer is still at liberty.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
MOtOrcyclist Fined
For Lack of Permit

Elmore Pierce, colored. who ap-
peared in Police Court today be-
fore Judge Robert E. Mattingly
or a charge of operating a motor
cycle without a permit has a
strange idea of his place of en-
ploylnent.
Pierce told Judge Mattingly he
worked in the Prohibition garage
"where they snatch cars from
bootleggers."
Judge ,Mattingly let him off
with a $5 fine after warning him
not to ride the machine any
more.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Girl Dies of Burns,
Communion Is Held

William Nichols, colored. of
Oakland, Md, is being held at the
Marlboro Jail on a charge of in
vestigation pending an inquiry
into the death of Marietta War
ren, "a, also colored, who died in
Casualty Hospital Sunday night
as a result of burns.
Police allege the girl received
the burns from lamp thrown at
her by Nichols. Nichols told them
that oil ignited while being
poured into stove and set fire
to her clothes.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Permit Loss Urged
For Drunk Drivers

Those who drink and drive in
the Capital will be severely dealt
with. if the suggestion made to
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer is followed.
In his mail today, the traffic
director received a clipping which
told of an English earl being
arrested and convicted of driving
while drunk. ordered to pay a
heavy fine in court and have his
driving license suspended for five
years." It was his first offense.
The one who send in the clip
ping urged that we follow the
English rule.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Picture Operators
Grateful to DeDUtu

Phillip w. Nicholson, retired
deputy chief of the fire depart
ment, yesterday was presented
with an electric clock by mem
bers of the Motion Picture Opera
tors Union in token for his fair
treatment of operators during his
career as a fire marshal.
The presentation was made by
Forrest Ormes at the Nicholson
residence, 5504 Thirteenth st.
N, w,
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Ladder Fall Fatal
To Christian SdueT

Christian Sauer, q, died at
Garfield Hospital last night from
O fractured skull and internal
injuries sufferedG yesterday when
he fell from ladder while paint
ing the house at $50 Kenyon
st. N. w.
The 25-foot fall was seen by
passing motorists, who rushed
Mr.. Sauer to the home of Dr..
Edwin E. Roberts, 3213 Georgia
Ave-, for first-aid treatment. He
was later transferred to the hos
pital.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Six Hurt as Autos
Collide on Hi0hUdu

Six persons were injured yes.
terday afternoon On the Rich
mond highway south of Alexan'
dria when cars driven by DR.. r.
c. Forsbeck, of New York and
Owen D. Morgan, 814 Delafield
Pl., collided. The injured include
also DR.. Forsbeck'S sister, Mrs,
Forsbeck, and Mrs. Morgan, who
received slight cuts, and Ann
Morgan five-year-old daughter Of
Mr.. Morgan, who is in the Alex
andria Hospital in serious con.
dition.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Eddie Like Leech
On His 6O-Ye0r job

When an employe IS retired
officially, but refuses to retire, it
means either stubbornnesS or
popularity, and Eddie Savoy is
still chief messenger of the State
Department for both reasons.
The colored man was pensioned
August 81 after so years in the
department., but when Secretary
Stimson returned to his office
yesterday, Eddie was on the job.
It is said the Secretary plans to
pay Eddie's salary for a while.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
TeLeUisiOn to Mark
CGpit1L Radio ShOlU

Washington's first annual radio
and electric show at the Wash
tngton Auditorium, September 81
to 26, will enable the public to
appreciate many of the technical
problems of television still to be
solved.
Exhibits also will show the
latest refinementS in radio re-
eeiving sets and electrical equip.
naents
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
''LOUe Balm" Suit
Demands $4,000

Following closely the divorce
granted James William Wolfe, by
Judge Robert B. Peter, in Rock
vile, after he filed a cross-bill
answering Virgie I. Wolfe's suit
for an absolute divorce, Mr..
Wolfe through Attorney Stedman
Prescott, has entered suit for
$1,000 against Ottie Lee Moxley,
charging alienation of affections.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Regular Dividend
Declared bH Auburn

Auburn Automobile Company
announced today declaration Of
its regular dividend Of 81 a share
cash and the usual additional
dividend of 2 per cent, payable
in stock. The dividend voted is
payable October /, 1881. to stock
holders Of record at the close of
business September 10, 1881.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Jewish Prayer Books
Placed in Institutions

Prayer books for Jewish in
mates have been placed in penal
and eleemosynary institutions of
Washington by the Jewish Wei
fare Federation in cooperation
with the Union OF American He
brew Congregations of America
and the United Synagogues of
America.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Thief Removes Ham
From Pot on StOUe

Alexandria police are looking
for the thief who, yesterday after
noon, stole a ham out of a pot
belonging to Martha Proctor,
colored, while she had gone to
the store to get some gcasoning.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09

City and Suburban homes fer sale
all sections, all prices, are Ad-
vertised for sale In today'a Classified
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
Tea Tomorrow fo'
Miss Haines

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Warren
Haines will entertain at a tea
tomorrow afternoon at their
home, 1922 Ashmead Pl., from
4 to Z, in honor of their daugh-
ter, Miss Elizabeth Haines. Re
ceiving with Mrs. Haines and
Miss Haines will be Miss Helen
Brayshaw Bird.
Mrs. Gam to Assist
Assisting Mrs. Haines will be
Mrs. Edward Everett Gam, Mrs.
James j. Davis, Mrs. Frank w.
Mondell, Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor,
Mrs. Samuel j. Prescott, Mrs.
Harry K. Daugherty, Mrs. Ed
ward Keys, Mrs. Cloyd F. Mar
vim, Mrs. John w. Bennett,
Mrs. John L. Hyde, Miss Janet
Richards, Mrs. Frederick T. F.
Johnson, Mrs. Heber Wells,
Mrs. Charles j. Williamson,
Mrs. Harvey Wiley. Mrs. James
Mccartney, Mrs. Eugene Wood
son, Mrs. Estelle Douglas, and
Mrs. Florence McGill Keefer.
Assisting Miss Haines will be
Miss Marbury Beall, Miss Fa-
nella Castanedo, Miss Villa
Fulmer, Miss Atlee Wayne Wirg-
man, Miss Jean Woodson, Miss
Virginia Glazebrook, Miss Mary
Bennington, Miss Phoebe Fuller,
Miss Sallie Hoffman, and Miss
Peggy Simms.
The Washington times., 1931-11-28

deft touches. Long kid or suede
gloves with rhinestone
studded bracelet are smart, too,
and very unusual.
A Glove Wardrobe
If you want to give daytime
gloves, there are very smart
hand-sewn kid gloves that are
excellent with street or sports
clothes. Then there are pig
skins for sports, and there are
the plain suede or kid Slip-ons
that are indispensable. Choose
them in black if the coat or
other accessories are in black,
and in brown, if the same
things are to be brown. Almost
no other colors are worn in
the daytime. Some men like
to give a glove wardrobe, which
is indeed a lovely gift. We
suggest for that, a pair of
hand-stitched street gloves, a
pair of slip-ons in street or
afternoon length, and a pair of
lovely evening gloves, perhaps
those with rhinestone bracelet.
II X
For further fashion or shop
ping information, write Miss
Laville, enclosing q self-ad-
dressed, stamped envelope, or
call District $3.50, extension
1879. Office hours, 9 to II
and 4 to 5.
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
Marriage 7 axes
Place at Home

The marriage of Miss Camille
Soldano and Mr.. Joseph Quinn,
of Meyersdale, Pa, took place
at II O'Clock Wednesday morn
ing at the brides home, 1412
Allison st. N. W., Rev. Poore
officiating.
The bride wore a gown of
ivory satin, with her veil fash
ioned in cap effect, and she
carried a shower bouquet of
gardenias and lilies of the val
ley.
She was attended by her sis
ter, Miss Ida Soldano, who wore
a chartruse chiffon dress with
a Jacket of satin, and she car
ried a bouquet of Tallsman
roses.
The bridegroom's brother, Mr..
Richard Quinn, acted as best
man.
Among the guests present
were Mrs. Grace Quinn, the
bridegroom's mother; Judge
Barton Payne, chairman of the
American Red Cross; Mr.. NC
Clintock, vice chairman of the
American Red Cross, and Mrs.
McClintock; Senor MelendeZ,
first secretary of the Salvador
Legation, and Sonora de Melen-.
dez. and the immediate relatives
of both the bride and groom.
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
Washington dshions
By WILMA LAVILLF

Many of us. in checking over
our Christmas lists, and in
looking for things that are new
and different, entirely overlook
the good old standbyS. We for
get that there are lots OF
women who would prefer gloves
and stockings to the newest
cigarette case or delicate
onyx clock. And we forget
that though they may be necessl-
ties, they are not in the least
humdrum, and gloves especially
offer many delightful and new
ways of pleasing a woman on
Christmas morning.
Slip-Ons Are Safe
Whether you are giving her
one pair or a whole glove ward
robe, the most essential thing
is to know what her clothes
are, or what she is going to
be needing gloves with. For
instance, if a woman always
wears brown, it is discouraging
to receive even the loveliest
black gloves, and vice versa.
And it's needless to say that
gloves must be purchased in
the size the person wears,
though most stores are lenient
about exchanging sizes. If
you're doubtful about the par
ticular taste of a woman, by
all means give her perfectly
plain slip-ons, for they are
always correct with street
clothes, and no woman ever had
too many.
COlors for Contrast
Evening gloves make lovely
gifts, and the accepted length
is Is buttons. White or egg
shell goes with almost every
thing, though some women like
black with black gowns. Then
there are the lovely kid or
suede mitts that we have
sketched in our accompanying
illustration. They come not
only in white and black, but
in the most delicate cherry red.
aqua blue, flesh, eggshell, nile
green. The perforation about
the top and fingers varies, is
in a leaf design on the suede
gloves and flower design on
kid gloves. These mitts are of
excellent, quality, but are mod
estly priced. Some of the debu-
tantes are wearing short gloves
for evening. and they are avail
able in many smart styles,
priced very low. They have
dainty crystal buttons, or other
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
EPIPHANY CHURCH HOME BALL is MECCA FOR CAPITAL ELITE
Social Notes

Mrs. Robert Hollister Chap
man entertained a small COM
pany at dinner last evening at
! the Carlton. where she is stop
ping while in Washington.
Il \ n
Mrs. v. Umberto Coletti-
Perucca, who was visiting her
parents, DR.. and Mrs. J. Henry
Lancashire, at the Savoy-Plaza,
in New York, sailed on the Au-
gustus yesterday to return to
her home in Florence, Italy. DR..
and Mrs. Lancashire will arrive
in Washington today.
Mrs. ]. H. B. Edgar, of
Mountain Lakes, N. j., accom-
panied by Mrs. Edward E.
Androvette, of Brooklyn, N.
Y, are here for a short visit,
and are staying at Wardman
Park Hotel.
\ II
The junior committee of the
Wesley Heights Community
Club under the direction of
Mrs. Charles H. Ruth is spon-
soring a dance for the Junior
members of the club tonight
at the club house. Arrange
ments for the evening are
being made by Miss Dorothy
Saunders, Miss Lois Webb,
Miss Erva Pardoe, Miss Martha
Frances Roth, Miss Constance
Coward, Miss Marian Coward,
Miss Doris Heaton and Miss
Elizabeth Saunders. A special
feature of the evening will be
the series of prize dances.
Miss Sarah Sugar entertained
at the dinner dance at the
Shoreham last night, when her
guests numbered 80.
Representative and Mrs. James
A. Frcar, who make their home
at the Shoreham, will entertain
at dinner there tomorrow eve
ming,