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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-21
DRESEL FOLLOWS CLARKE
AS DlRIGIBLE COMMANDER
New Skipper to Join Los Angeles.
Former Chief Prepares for In
spection Board Place.

Lieut. Comdr. Vincent A. Clarke, jr.,
commanding the naval dirigible u. S. S.
Los Angeles, is coming on duty at the
Navy Department. The new skipper
OF the Los Angeles will be Lieut. Comdr.
Alger H. Dresel, who has been under
instruction aboard that craft.
The Navy Department announced to-
day that Lieut.. Cpmdr. Clarke will be
on temporary duty In the Bureau of
Aeronautics, Navy Department. and will
later be assigned as an additional
aviation member of the Board Of In
spection and Survey Navy Department.
The change is ID take place imme-
diately, naval officials said. Lieut..
Comdr. DreseI is native Of Annapo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-21
TWO CLAIM INSOLVENCY

A petition in voluntary bankruptcy
has been .flled by Paul F: Florin, pro-
prietor Of Paula Inn, 1118 Connecti-
cut avenue. He nsta his debts at So
$495.O1 and estimates his assets at
1854 so.
George zevgolis, tracing as Texas
asked to be adjudged bankrupt. He
says he owes $2,5o794 and has assets
of S876.67.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-21
ELECTRICITY KILLS MAN
Coroner Says Janitor Died as Arm
Touched Live Wire.

David Green, colored, AZ years old
a janitor at 1901 Columbia road, was
accidentally electrocuted late last night
while in stationary washtub in the
basement of the apartment building
Howard Turner, head janitor, found
Green's body in the tub about 3 o'clock
this morning and summoned the police.
1t was reported by police and Coroner
hewitt that Green's death probably was
due to- his arm coming in contact with
poorly insulated wire. burn on his
arm showing where the contact had
been madeA sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-21
Reichelderfer Tells
Purpose of Cleanup
Which Starts Today
BY LUTHER H. REICHELDERFER
President OF the Board OF Commits
sioners of the District OF Columbia.

President OF the Board OF Commits
sioners Of the District OF Columbia.
The 1881 cleanup campaign,
which began officially today, and
which will continue until May Ia
1881, deserves cooperation from
every resident of this city. The
three purposes of the campaign
to stimulate business, to increase
employment and to beautify
Washington for 1932-are worthy
of consideration.
Residents of the Nations Capt.
tai, secure in the knowledge that
they reside in one of the most
prosperous and beautiful cities of
the United States, have only to
lend their support to such civic
efforts as the present cleanup
campaign in order to assure the
continued improvement of the
communities in which they make
their homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-21
G. w. U. SINGERS GIVEN
PART IN SCOUT PAGEANT
Colorful Festival of Nations Spon-
sored Next Week at Constitution
Hall by Girl Scouts of City.

The Glee Club OF George Washington
University will participate in the
Czechoslovakian episode and In the
finale of the pageant in the forthcom-
ing Festival of Nations, 1t was snnounc-
ed today by the directors Of the presen-
tation. which will be staged in Constitu-
ton Hall next week under auspices of
the local Girl Scouts.
Dramatic scenes in the production will
be enacted by The Troubadours. who are
rehearsing this week in the Washington
Auditorium.
One OF the features OF the festival will
be the Mexican episode, In which the
Mexican stage band, under the direction
Of Sophocles Papas, will participate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-21
PILOTS SAY FOG DUE
Airmail Men Describe Storm Nov
ing UP From Carolinas.

Air mail pilots on the Eastern Air
Transport run through the National
Capital reported bad weather on the
way up the coast last night and early
today, which, they thought. would
reach the Capital late this AFTERNOON
or tonight, probably bringing rain, fog
and low ceiling.
Heavy fog was Encountered by the
pilots in the Carolinas and Georgia,
causing the first delays in mail flights
In many days. The fog belt moved
north steadily throughout the night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-21
Visitor Dies Here.

Mrs. Catherine Maher, So years. old,
of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, who was visit
ing her nephew. John Talbot, $40
Fifth street. died suddenly today of a
heart attack while in the front yard
81 the home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-21
Sunday School to Elect.

BALLSTON. Va, April 81 (SpeciaD -
ston Presbyterian Church will hold
meeting at the church tonight, o'clock.
There wiz also be an election OF officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
D. A. R. PUBLICITY
HEAD LAUDS PRESS
Million Column Inches of
Space Devoted to Society's
Activities in Year.

High tribute was paid the fourth
estate by Mrs. William Louis Dunno OF
Texas, chairman of the Publicity Com
mittee of the ID. A. r. at today's ses-
sion. In giving her report Mrs. Dunno
stated:
The gratitude of your chairman
and the thanks of all D. A. Rs owing
to newspapers everywhere, for without
regard to editorial policies that NAV in
dividually guide them we have found
that newspapers affiliated with tbs
great news distributing associations
and the country presS-alnost without
exception have fairly given to the read
ing public extended and extolling rec
ignition Of wide range of D. A. r.
activities"
In telling Of the work Of her COM
mittee Mrs. Dunno said:
1T has been the effort Of your ma
tional Publicity Committee to make
known that some twenty national ac-
tlTttieS make up the work OF our So
Ciety, that more than four hundred
students are being helped through the
student loan fund this year: that our
TamaSsee and Kate Duncan Smith
Schools, the migratory schools in Cali
fornia: the naturalization schools in
sections as far distant as New England
and the Pacific CoaSt--juSt TO touch
are no differences.
THE reflex is found In a re-recoeni-
ton of the d. A. r. as a force serving
for good citizenship, periodically, with
out partisanship. and where there can
be no controversy.
More than 5000 newspapers have
told your story. More than 1,000,0OO
column inches of space has been used
in the telling"
In closing her report Mrs. Dunno
thanked the members OF her committee,
the president general and the member
ship Of the society for their cooperation
in carrying on her work.
Mrs. Dunno Is untiring In her effort
to aid the reporters Covering the Con-
gTess. Three rooms on the ground floor
Of the hall are assigned to the reporters,
and at noon each day Mrs. Dunno has
sandwiches and coffee served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
ID. A. R. MAGAZINE
CIRCULATION RISES
Miss Natalie Lincoln, Editeys
Reports Profit for Year
to Congress Here.

weathering the general business de-
preston of the past year, the Daughters
of the American Revolution Magazine,
official publication of the national
society, not only was operated on a pay
ing basis but made profit, its editor,
Miss Natalie Sumner Lincoln of the
District of Columbia, declared today in
her annual report to the Continental
Congress.
The magazine is now in its thirty
ninth year and, under the efficient
supervision of the Magazine Committee,
of which Mrs. James F. Donohue is
chairman, its circulation has increased
steadily and publication has long ceased
to be deficit.
Aside from its patriotic motive, the
editor reported, the magazine is de-
signed to communicate to the D. A. r.
official news, minutes of the Board of
Management and the work of the chap
tiers. During the past year members
of the House Of Representatives con-
tr1buted important articles. Repre-
sentative Royal johnson of South
Dakota told what the Government has
done and is doing for the veterans of
the World War, and Representative Edith
Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts,, a men,
Der OF the d. A. r., contributed an
article on the celebration of the ter
centennial Of the landing of the Puri-
tans, a celebration in which the d. A, r.
in Massachusetts, played an important
part last year.
The sale of single copies Of the mag
azine outside of subscriptions has in
creased remarkably during the last
year, Miss Lincoln reported, in view of
the fact that 1t is on sale only at D.
A. r. headquarters. More than 1900
single copies were sold, bringing in
$582.15, as compared with receipts of
the previous year from this source of
only $30615.
THE appearance Of the magazine has
been given careful attention and wher-
ever possible improvements have been
made" she reported For example, in
the past year we have used color work
in the June, January and current is
sues"
The magazines publication Of the
Cumberland County marriage bonds
was the subject of particularly favor
able comment, being Of unusual his
torical interest.
Miss Lincoln expressed gratitude for
cordial cooperation accorded her by
the president general, the board of
management and the chairman Of the
magazine committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
ID. A. r. Program
Tomorrow
- ~

Organ recital Virginia Darlington
Lord Stirling Chapter New York
Assembly
Entrance Of president general, by pages
The president general.
70 assenblage
Columbia the Of the Ocean, The asbage Leader Miss
Bingham Cole
Reading the minutes secretary general
Committee Credentials Miss Blaine
chairman
Reports OF
Perkins chairman.
Revolution
A. Spaulding, chairman
Charles A. Finley, chairman
Caroline Scholarship Harold S. Dkeron chair
Genealogical B.. Fuller chairman.
Library Congress" Frederick
William Ashley, Chief Assistant Librarian Congress
Announcements
Recess.
vice presidents general
Montgomery
Gilbert
Matthew Brewster Charles B. Alfred
Thomas L. Purcell, Miss
Richards Miss Elizabeth F. Pierce.
Immediately memorial president
panied the Daughters will place wreath memorial
monument
president general
Unknown Soldier.
vice chairman; Mrs William H. Cudworh Mrs.
stitlton Hall promptly at $3.50 Ceremony at 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
FARLEY TO DECIDE
THREE-POWER PACT
French BritiSh-ItaIian Naval
Conference to Cover
Other Issues.
BY PAUL SCOTT MoWRER.

By Gable to The Star.
PARIS, France, April 22.-The
French-Italian-B British naval negotia-
tions, resumed today in London, have
an Importance far exceeding the tech
nical problems involved. 1t has been
learned that it is not only the future
Of the London naval treaty which Is at
stake, but also the entire question Of
Franco-British and Franco-Italian re-
lations, particularly as affecting the
Austro- German customs union proposal
and the great general disarmament con-
ference scheduled for next year.
Aristide Brands hands appear to
have been firmly tied by the French
government curtailing his power to ne
gotiate. Either Great Britain and Italy
will come to terms politically with
France, it is said, or France will make
no concessions from it's latest naval
stand. This stand Is embodied in
formal memorandum which was cabled
to Washington and communicated to
London, Rome and Toxic Monday night
In this memorandum, France agrees
to limit its replacement to 10000 tons,
provided its claim to an extra $4,000
tons Of requirements is recognized or
otherwise dealt with in a common
agreement by July /, 1885. The gov
ernment'S original text had the date of
January /. The change was made at
the last minute at M. Brands request
as a concession to the other naval
powers. and in view of the Naval Con-
ference which, according to the Wash
ington treaty, must be held in 1885.
What the French seem really to want
IS firm assurances of italian and Brit
ish support in dealing, first with the
Austro-German customs union pro-
poSal at Geneva next month, and sec
ond, with the problems Of general
disarmament.
The concluding words of today's edi-
torial In LIE Temps are considered es-
pecially significant. Nobody can deny
that the technical aspects of the naval
agreement have great Importance; but,
in the present international circum-
stances, its political aspects are equally
as great for Great Britain, Italy and
France. It would be no exaggeration to
say that they dominate the whole dis
custom"
If, therefore, France gets British and
Italian political support, its claim to
$4,000 tons of extra requirements may
be sacrificed altogether, but France,
Great Britain and Italy would join in
opposing the Austro-German customs
union and Germany's claim to equal
ornaments with France. But If there
is no such political agreement, then
probably there will be no naval agree
Copyright, 1879
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
D. C. GIRL, 3, OPENS
SESSION OF c. A. R.
Mrs. 9oEn Cable Is Elected
Vice President and Other
Officers Are Renamed.

Standing on the top of the desk Of
the president general, 3-year-old Lydia
Addams McAllister, looking like a
French doll dressed in Colonial cos
tune of lavender silk. opened the morn
ing's program of the Children OF the
American Revolution by singing THE
Star Spangled Banner
The small soloist made her first pub
lie appearance in February, before she
had completed her third birthday.
Lydia is the youngest daughter of Ad-
dams McAllister, assistant director of
the Bureau of Standards, and is one
of the junior members of the Richard
Lord Jones Society Of the District Of
Columbia.
Work Is Reviewed.
Robert Hart Davidson. cousin Of DR..
Josephine Baird, president of the
Thomas Stackhouse Society. District of
Columbia, delivered the salute to the
flag. The youngest member of the
Thomas Stackhouse Society is 6-Week-
old Mary Elizabeth Wittenore Of Con-
necticut, who has already been enrolled
for a month.
The work which has been accom-
pliShed by the Society of the Children
of the American Revolution was re-
vealed this morning in reports Of the
major committees.
Money is still being contributed to
the Kindergarten at Ellis Island. Chill
dren of new arrivals or those to be
deported receive instruction and en-
@ertainment. Mrs. John MoSher of
New York is in charge.
Mrs. Thaddeus Jones gave resume
Of the work at TammasSee, the school
for underprivileged girls in South Caro-
lima, founded by the Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
The Children OF the American Revolu-
ton have contributed sufficient funds
to provide for the care and education
Of two girls at this school.
Officers Reelected.
Mrs. Jones told of plans for Wake
field, the birthplace Of Washington,
where the C. A. r. are contributing a
set of children's furniture for the room
where Washington was born.
The chronological history Of the So
ciety was given by Annie Powell, and
Mrs. Fred Dubois spoke of Founders
day. After a dance number by Theresa
Brown of the Lydia Boggs Society,
Bluefield, w. Va, the annual election
was held.
The Nominating Committee was
headed by Mrs Eleanor Washington
John Gable, wife of the Ohio Repre-
sentative, was chosen to fill vacancy
Of vice president.
The session this afternoon was de-
voted principally to reports from the
different societies. Representative Sol
Bloom was to present Celebrating the
Two Hundredth Anniversary CT the
Birth of Washington" and Mrs. H. L.
Rust was TO speak on Restoration of
Wakefield"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22

Nine billion dollars, approximately, is
the annual cost of waste in American
industries, much of it due to failure TO
,,ti1iza hV-DFOdl1ptS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
Ethiopia to Sell Stamps.

It's complete stocks of stamps remain
ing from the four issues since the es-
Enlistment Of the Ethiopian interna-
tional postal service is offered for sale
by the government of Ethiopia The
total number of stamps to be sold is
6,956,141 The minister of foreign af-
fairs is inviting bids for the lot from
philatelists throughout the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22

Mrs. George Washington Holland.
regent of the George Washington Hol-
land Chapter Of the D. A. r., in Blue
Earth, MINI, who recently returned
from Miami, is at the Willard during
the session Of the convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
WOMAN is INJURED
IN FALL DOWN BANK
Mrs. Alice Mccoy Retracts Story
of Attack Involving Com
panion, Police Assert.

Falling down an embankment near
the railroad tracks at Fifth and T
streets northeast, Mrs. Alice Mccoy, 81
years old, of 927 H street, escaped with
minor, cuts and bruises Of the face and
head last night. She is expected to be
released from Gallinger Hospital late
today.
The woman first told a story of hav-
ing been thrown down the embankment,
and that woman companion had been
beaten by two men, but retracted this,
police say, after officers questioned her
She later explained that she lost her
balance and fell over the embankment
while walking at the east end of the
T street bridge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
DRUGGIST ADMITS GUILT
IN PRESCRIPTION CASE
Counts Against Elderly Doctor in
Liquor Order Charges to Be
Dropped, Shea Says.

George w. F. Boyd, a registered
pharmacist employed by chain store,
today pleaded guilty before District
Supreme Court Justice Peyton Gordon
in criminal division /, to the third
count Of an indictment charging a con-
spiracy with DR.. Adelbert H. Lee of
Capitol Heights, Md, to procure liquor
prescriptions without the applicants ap-
pearing before the doctor.
The other two counts Of the indict-
ment were dropped by Assistant United
States Attorney Walter NJ. Shea and
the court referred the case to Proba-
ton Officer Amos A. Steele for investi-
CATION and report.
Shea then announced that the Gov
eminent would drop the indictment
against DR.. Lee. He explained that the
physician is 81 years old and in poor
health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
FORMER GUIDE HERE
ON 2-YEAR PROBATION
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, April 22-Federal
Judge F. P. Schoonmaker yesterday
placed under a two-year probation
Francis F. Cole, who pleaded guilty to
impersonating White House police
man.
to four persons from whom he COL
lected on a promise to adjust alleged
irregularities in passports He was
brought here from Washington several
months ago. Coles home is in Freedom,
Beaver County. He formerly was a
guide in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22

Mrs. Frank A. Cook and Mrs. John
H. Irons, both Of Saratoga Springs, N.
Y. are at the Shoreham Hotel during
the convention. Mrs. C. N. Powell and
Miss E. NJ Miller, both of Petersburg,
va. are also at the Shoreham to remain
during the D. A. r meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
D. A. R. HURT IN CRASH
Taxi of Mrs. Walter S. Johnson
and Miss Julia Wintz Hit.

Two delegates to the D. A. X. Con-
gress, Mrs. Walter S. johnson and Miss
Julia Wintz, both of Charles Town, w.
Va, were slightly injured in taxicab
crash today en- route TO Constitution
Hall. Another taxicab collided with
their machine
Mrs. Johnson received bruises on her
arm, and Miss Wintz sustained head in
turies. Both were treated at Emergency
Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22

Maine has gone forward with the
completion CT Knox Memorial, accord
ing 10 Mrs Victor L. Warren Of Dover
Foxcroft, State regent, and the new
Montpelier memorial will be dedicated
July IS, 1881. Mrs. Warren announced
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-10-16
You Can Stop that
Rheumatic Pain

The constant nerve-wracking pain
that spells rheumatism or neuritis can
be relieved, often stopped entirely.
The new treatment which gives quick
results where old methods have failed
calls for two or three daily applica-
lions of B. & NJ, The Penetrating
Germicide. Used externally, this prep
aratlon seldom fails TO stop the in
tense pain IN a few hours. Also,
where the trouble is caused by germ
infection, the B. & NJ. treatment will
destroy the germs, making it posi-
bic for Nature to restore normal
conditions. Your druggist should be
able to supply B. & NJ. If not, send
us his name and S1.25 for a full-size
bottle. Or ask for free booklet. f.
E. Rollins Co., SO Beverly St., Bos-
ton, Mass. (Adv.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-10-16
Games Popular Today
Known Centuries Ago

The fact that some of our modern
games are very old was shown re-
Gently when the University of Penn
sylvania museum acquired die.
dating from about 2750 B. c.. which
may have been one of a pair used
in backgammon. The backgammon
of ancient days was played on a
tablet ruled with straight lines. in
stead of the colored trlangles paint
ed on the modern board. which Ia
said to date from about the Tenth
century. But the principle on which
it was played has been preserved,
and, like a number of other modern
games. backgammon's ancient origin
is still apparent.
The Greeks played a form of
backgammon in which the men or
counters were moved along rec
tangular board known as the "ab-
acus"; the players took turns at
throwing dice, and advanced their
men according to the numbers they
threw. The Romans had similar
game known as "Scripta Duodecim,"
or twelve lines. which they probab-
ly carried over from the Greeks.
That backgammon was also known
to other peoples of ancient times is
shown by a hoard, discovered at Or
and dating from about 5000 B. c.,
which is also in the collection of
Pennsylvania university. The die re-
Gently acquired by the museum was
found at Tepe Gawra in Mesopo-
tamia.
Even older than backgammon is
the game of dice. SOphocles wrote
that dice were invented during the
seige of Troy by one Palamedes, a
Greek; Herodotus credited the Ly-
dams with the accomplishment; but
the discovery of dice in very early
oriental tombs indicates that they
were probably of Asiatic origin
New York Times.