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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
NATIONAL OFFICERS
OF LEGION CRITICIZED
Victory Post Holds They Should
Foster Demands of Rank and
File on Bonus.

Demanding that "our entire body Of
national officers should present agrees
sively and foster the demands of the
rank and file of the members Of the
American Legion or else Immediately
resign from office and let those who
are truly and actively interested in
our welfare lead U.S." Victory Post, No.
4, of the Legion last night unanimously
passed resolutions criticizing the stand
of the national heads of the organiza-
ton.
Last nights action, following the
resolution of several days ago, was
made as an avowed rebuke to the offi-
GERS failure to take definite stand
at a special meeting on January IS,
held in Indianapolis. on the immediate
cash payment of the bonus certificates.
The resolutions were presented by
r. A. Burke, past post commander and
president of the posts drum and bugle
corps, which led the parade Of veterans
to the Capitol several weeks ago in a
demonstration favoring the payment
Of the compensation certificates.
Adjt. Browning said this morning he
was in receipt of a communication
from Ralph T. O'Neil, national COM
mander, sent on receipt of the posts
action OF few days ago in which, the
adjutant said, the national commander
does not take offense at the posts
stand. but rather indicates that he
eoncurs in some of their contentious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
FAINTS WHEN $1,000
PURSE IS RETURNED
Mrs. Edith Brennan Calls Police to
Report Loss as Clifton P.
Hollis Returns Find.

The return of her pocketbook con-
tanning 81 500 in diamonds and cash by
Clifton P. Hollis, %, 912 street north
east, today proved too much for Mrs.
Edith Brennan, 1913 Kansas avenue,
and she tainted when the man gave her
the purse as she was telling detectives
she had been robbed.
Mrs. Brennan told headquarters de-
tectiveS that she had driven her car
TO the Armour plant. at SOL Twelfth
street southeast, and had gotten out to
60 into the Office when she missed the
purse. Detectives H. H. Harper and r.
j. Barrett responded when she called,
and she was standing near her car tell
ing them of the missing pocketbook
when Hollis walked up and gave her
the bag, which he said he had found
on E street between Eleventh and
Twelfth southwest.
Mrs. Brennan was taken to her home.
She Is proprietor Of a shop at 900
Four-and-a-half street southwest.
The pocketbook contained three dia-
monds valued at $500, 500 and a
wedding ring valued at $25. Mrs. Bren-
nan said she expected to reward Hollis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
DR.. {. A. BURNHAM
STRICKEN AND DIES
Veterans Bureau Specialist
to Be Buried in Native
Vermont City.

DR.. Edmond A. Burnham, Sc years old,
consultant specialist attached to the
Veterans Bureau here, who for six
years past had made his home in Laurel
Md. died today at Garfield Hospital of
hemorrhage of the brain following an
attack a week ago. DR.. Burnham had
been active in the affairs of the bureau
up to that time.
Funeral services will be held in his
native city of Putney, VT, at 2 O'Clock
Friday afternoon, under direction OF
the Putney Post, American Legion, OF
which he was a member, and burial
will be in the family plot
DR.. Burnham was a graduate of God
dard Seminary with the class of 1886
of Tufts College and of Harvard, later
returning to Tufts as an instructor. He
served his interneship at the Massa-
chusetts General Hospital
Practicing in Boston until the be-
ginning of the World War, DR.. Burn
ham was unable to enlist because of his
advanced years, but succeeded in enter
ing the service as a war contract sur
geon with the rank of major, and served
during the war as consultant on dis
eases of the chest.
He became associated with the Vet
Grams Bureau after the war, first in
Boston and later in Washington, during
which service he contributed many ar
ticles to medical journals on his spe-
cialty.
He was fellow of the American Col
lege of Surgeons, a member of the
American Medical Association and of
St. Johns Lodge, F. & A. NJ, Boston.
In addition to his widow, Mrs Har-
riet Lee Burnhan, he is survived by
four sisters, Mrs. Charles Bristol Clare
mont, N. H. Mrs. Frank Hesseltine,
woodstock, VT; Miss Verona Burnham,
Boston, Mass, and Mrs. Stella v. Gates,
Warwick, Mass,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
SHIP RESCUE RECALLED
Senate Passes Bill compensating
Briton who Gave Clothing.

A British shipmaster, who more than
a decade ago gave away his personal
clothing to survivors he helped rescue
from an American vessel of the Viz
ginia coast, was voted $500 in COM
pensation last night by the Senate.
The captain, w. S. Bennett, was
voted $3.50 for the same cause by the
House, but the Senate, on motion Of
Senator Reed, Republican, Of Pennsyl-
vania, raised it to $400. The bill now
returns to the House.
The vessel in distress from which the
survivors we're removed was the U. S.
S. Cherokee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11

Wales is to have regular air Serv-
ice connecting it with England and the
continent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
MUSIC CLUBS TO MEET
special pispatch 70 rha Sian

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, February IL
The annual convention Of the Maryland
Federation of Music Clubs will be held
here April Is and IL, according to
report Of Mrs Frank Stuart Rowe,
Hagerstown, State vice president who
has been making final arrangements
for the affair.
The arrangements are in the hands
Of committee of which Mrs. Richard
w. Trevaskis is chairman. Mrs. Joseph
G. Byron, Hagerstown, is president Of
the federation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11

Pennsylvania, 40; West Virginia, 81;
Maryland, So; Michigan, So; New
York, 81.
Other States with continued defi-
cheney Of moisture included Illinois, SO
per cent Of normal; Virginia, "a; Wis
consin, SO; Tennessee, SO; Montana, 20;
Missouri, "a; Iowa, S5: Arkansas, 81;
North Carolina, SO; Minnesota, "a, and
Georgia, IS.
More Than Normal Marks.
The 1880 drought States which had
more than normal rainfall for the four
months included Alabama and MissiS-
sippi, 1O1 per cent; South Carolina,
104; North Dakota and Oklahoma, ia;
South Dakota, lit; Louisiana, 121; Ne
braska, 1877: Kansas, lao. and Texas, 156.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
More Than Normal Marks.
GETS 4-MoNTH SENTENCE
Former German Pilot Convicted of
Using Mails to Defraud.

Convicted Of using the mails to de-
fraud in case involving the Merchants
Transfer Co. of Washington, Rudolph
Liefke, 80 years old, was sentenced to
four months in the Federal House OF
Detention in New York yesterday. He
also was given f1ve-year probation
term.
The defendant, a German, piloted
bombing machines in the German Army
in the World War. He was charged
with obtaining more than $1,000 from
the washington concern some six
months ago through collecting pay
ments on fictitious accounts receivable.
Special seats equipped with earphones
have been set aside in London talkie
theater,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
Cradle of Farraguet Shown.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (P).-The cradle
once occupied by Admiral David Far
ragut, Tennessee's greatest seaman, is
now on display in the Gov. Blount
mansion here, the gift Of Mrs. Bruce
Keener of Knoxville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
DR.. Simon Will Preach.

DR.. Abram Simon will deliver the
sermon before the Washington Hebrew
Congregation Friday evening at
o'clock on the topic, "Our Congrega-
ton, It's Past and Present" On Sat-
urday morning DR.. Simon will interpret
a biblical portion at the 1890 O'Clock
services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
IN ARTS, February 11.-Intervention
- by Arthur Henderson, the British
foreign secretary, in the Greco
i Bulgar disputes was approved
today by the French foreign Of
flee, which took the position that Mr..
Henderson acted in his capacity as preSi-
dent of the League of Nations Council.
His mediation was described as con-
tinuation of Aristide Brands efforts to
settle Greco-Bulgar differences when he
occupied the same post five years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-22
ROSENTHAL COUNSEL
GETS RANSOM NOTES
Attorney for Young Broker, Miss
ing Since August II, Admits
He Was Kidnapped.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 22.--An at
torney for Charles Rosenthal, 25-year-
old member Of the New York Curb Tx
change, who, police say, has been kid
mapped and Is being held for 500. 900
ransom, admitted last night he had re-
ceived letters asking for the ransom
money.
The attorney, Edward Nathan, said
the letters were written by young
RoSenthal, seemingly under compulsion.
He would not diyuige their contents, be-
yond admitting they asked for immedi-
ate payment Of the 3i00,0 900. Rosenthal
disappeared August IL.
The young banker vanished soon after
his mother, Mrs. Nellie X. RosenthaI
widow OF wealthy New York real es-
tate broker, had bought him a seat on
the Curb Exchange at q price reported
TO be about $500, 900.
Rosenthal'S sister, Babette. at the
RoSenthals home in Lawrence, Long
Island. insisted the whole affair was
ridiculous"
City. county and private detectives
have been conducting wide search for
the missing man for the past few days.
but the kidnapping angle came to light
yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-22
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington Theaters

at R-K-O Keith's, and the young
members of that part of the citfzenry
enjoyed the production to the extent
that it was stamped without hesita-
ton as fine example of the super
heroic in motion pictures.
Mr.. Dix maintains his reputation
as o masterful person who stands in
the pathway to block yillainy wher-
ever it may be found. His physical
characteristics are fully adapted to
the tasks he undertakes, his pleas
ant but determined face strikes ter
ror 20 the foes OF honest conduct
and his ability to defeat the schemes
of unworthy financiers is the won
der and delight of the person who is
devoted to the stories Of strong-arm
examples Of virtue. His most at
tractive car has the speed that
eludes all pursuers, and his ability
to enter private homes on the mis-
sion of Furnishing the wicked, while
others are seeking his arrest because
OF somewhat lawless acts, stirs the
imagination.
while "The Public Defender" has
one appeal to the youthful audience,
its popularity with all ages is likely
to be demonstrated, for its general
theme is the distress brought upon
innocent persons by the looting OF a
financial institution. The group of
guilty persons has wrongly placed
the blame upon the associate who
has had no part in the footing, and
Pike Winslow, through the influence
OF the daughter OF the accused man,
undertakes to straighten matters
out. Warning should be given to
thoughtleSs persons, however, that it
Is inadvisable to violate the law even
In righting wrong, and that, ex-
cept on the screen, the acts here de-
pieted might have led to disaster for
the heroic champion of right.
MFR. Dix performs well and Is sur
rounded by an excellent company.
Shirley Grey, his leading woman,
comparatively new In such roles,
makes good impression, though not
deeply involved in the plot. Edmund
Breese, Boris Karloff, Ruth Weston
and numerous others familiar to
movie patrons complete the list
In addition to the newsreel. John
Hix's Strange as 1t Seems" and a
good cartoon comedy, the weeks
Mickey Mcclure" Offering is one of
the best of that Juvenile series and
so fun of action that it is worthy of
special attention. D, G. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-22
DR.. REICHE[DERFE
VISITS GUARD CAMP
D. C. Commissioner lnSpeCts
+ Summer Training Site
With Maj. Dawson.
special Dispatch to The star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
CAMP RITCHIE, CASCADE, Md,
August 22.-Dr. Luther III. Reichelderfer
president of the Board of District Com
missioners, accompanied by Maj. Donald
A. Dawson, Assistant Engineer Com
missioner, yesterday made tour OF In
spection of Camp Richie, Md, Summer
training camp of the District OF Co
lumbia, Maryland and Virginia Ma
tional Guard. The city officials were
dinner guests last night of Maj. Gen.
anton Stephan and his staff.
Although their tour was interrupted
by rain, DR.. Reichelderfer, who holdS
the rank of colonel in the National
Guard, and Maj. Dawson visited impor-
fant points on the camp site, inspecting
the buildings and mess facilities.
Wen Pleased with Camp.
DR.. Reichelderfer was particularly
pleased to see Capt. Dale B. Ridgeley
of the medical detachment OF the 372d
Infantry. who served under him while
the Commissioner was chief surgeon OF
the District of Columbia National Guard.
Both visitors expressed themselves
well pleased with conditions at the
camp, particularly as to location ana
improvements.
Although the Indictment weather has
prevented the holding of command post
exercises, the time is being utilized at
the camp for indoor study and lectures.
The companies are assembled in the
mess halls and other buildings and
given instruction by commissioned and
on-commissioned officers.
260th Artillery Returns.
The main phase of training for the
division headquarters and special troop
units was COMPLETED Yesterday and the
men were occupied today in preparing
equipment for the return trip by special
train.
The 26oth ARTILLERY after leaving
Camp Richie, spent day and night in
the vicinity of Fairfield and yesterday
was en- route to Frederick, Md. This
unit win continue to washington to-
morrow, scheduled to arrive early in
the afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-22
CAPT. ". BARTLETT,
GAER KING, DIES
Never Lost Man in 81 Years
of Arctic Hunting--Claimed
10000 Total Catch.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August 2Q.--Capt. WI
ham Bartlett, q king Of ssalers and
veteran seaman Of nearly threescure
years IN the Arctic, died yesterday N
bleak, wind-bitten Brigus, Newfound-
land, at "a.
Word of the passing Of Bartlett, one
Of the most colorful figures In That
dangerous business Of sealing, was re-
ceived by George Palmer Putnam,
publisher. from Bartlett,s son, Capt
Robert Bartlett, whose schooner
Mor1ssey Is In Franz Joseph Land.
6ea-faring men and sea1ers along the
rock-rtbbed coast Of Newfoundland
the skipper who never lost q man. IN
his 81 years Of seal hunting.
Made Annual Hunt.
Annually. in small steamers, Capt
Bartlett and 800 men would set out
from Newfoundland ports to hunt seals
In the treacherous Arctic Ice for the
fur and oil markets.
Death from the hazards of ice foes
exhaustion and exposure are frequent
In these expeditions. Not so with Cant
Bartlett's parties. The only man who
ever died on one of his ships was a
lunberman who was sick before the
voyage started.
Capt. Bartlett could forecast the
weather by the smell Of the wind. !"
He read weather signs in drifting wisps
of clouds. Ee knew infaIlibly when TO
recan hts scattered crews
Bartlett's men were sealers TO- the
very marrow. Their catches ALWAYS
were the largest. Two years ago. jtst
before the grizzled old captain retired,
his men brought in 5000 pelts, the
largest haul IN sealing history. HTS
life record Of 5o0.000 pelts il looks
upon with respect BY those who are
familiar with the hazards of the hunt.
Ancestors Sailors.
Hardy sailormen from Devon and
Dorset were Capt. Bartlett's ANCESTOR.
He was born and raised In Ur1nua
40 miles from st. Johns and 40 miles
from Harbor Grace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-22
KENTUCKY DELEGATES
CUMBERLAND PARK
Gov. sampson Deplores Power
Development Loss for
Falls.
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CUMBERLAND FALLS, KY. August
22--Mountain folk In blue jeans and
Bingham mingled with smartly dressed
visitors from the cities yesterday, when
Cumberland Falls State Park cause OF
q long conservation controversy, was
dedicated.
The 400-acre tract, including the
falls, was presented to the State by the
heirs of former Senator T. Coleman du
Pont of Delaware. The $400, 900 prop
erty, once owned by insult power in
tc7ests, was ordered condemned by the
1880 Legislature, but the power COM
pany later agreed TO the sale.
Gov. Flem .. Sampson, in his dedi-
catory address, depIored the loss of
the power development and an oppor-
tunity for q much larger and more at
tractive park. He pledged his support
to efforts to develop the tract, how
ever
Frederick A. Wallis, Paris, KY. for
mer United States commissioner of i'm
migration and former commissioner Of
corrections Of New York, in an address,
said acquisition Of the falls for State
park proved nothing can stand in the
way Of crystallized public sentiment, .
which had Influenced the Legislature
&c prevent the power development.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-22
DRY HEADS CLASH
over WOMAN AIDS
Woodcock and McCampbeII
Differ, as New York Official
Defends "BIinds."

NEW YORK, August 22.-Contro-
|versy over the propriety of using woman
blinds" in making dry raids developed
today within the Prohibition Depart
ment after an attractive young woman
had taken part In q speakeasy cleanup
The difference Of opinion sprang up
between Andrew McCampbell, who took
over the prohibition misunderstanding
Of the New York district one year ago
last month with the assertion that the
metropolis could be mopped up as easily
IS any other part of the country, and
Col. Amos w. w. Woodcock, national
prohibition director at Washington.
Col. Woodcock issued an ultimatum
eight days ago to the effect that the
use Of women in trapping speakeasy
operators would not be tolerated by his
policy Of decent enforcement.
Ladies Held Necessary.
Mccampbeli, In defending a raid on
q much-frequented upper East Side re-
companion early yesterday, declared
ladies must and viii be- used in help
ing gentleman dry agents gain admit
lance to some OF the more swarky GASES.
And by ladies, ! mean ladies'" he
emphasized. Under no circumstances
will permit any agent to use woman
Of Ill repute in their work. They have
their orders on that score"
Asked how he reconciled his view
point with that of Col. Woodcock, the
New York administrator replied:
II have never heard Of any official
order against women in this work ]
think the question has been greatly ex-
aggerated.
The reference made by Col. Wood
cock was TO the use Of women as de-
coys' and stool pigeons There have
never been and never will be any woman
decoys or stool pigeons employed in this
district 80 long as am here"
is-Year-oId Girl Arrested.
The case that aroused Official indig-
nation at Washington and provoked
Col. Woodcock's statement was the ar
rest of an 18-year- old girl on a charge
of intoxication after the car in which
she and her dry agent companion col
hded with another machine.
In yesterdays raid the two agents
and their woman companion were adj
nitted TO the fashionable Surf Club, In
East Fifty-second street, and after sit
ting over their drinks for an hour arose
and took possession Of the place. About
so persons left in a hurry and four
men alleged to have been connected
with the place were arrested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-22
HUGE NET TO URGE
FIRE PREVENTION
WMAL and 40 Stations Join
to Give Safety Pro-
grams.

wMAL and 40 other stations In the
coast-to-coast network of the Column
bia Broadcasting System will be joined
tonight for a special broadcast in the
interest Of fire prevention.
The program, originating in San
Francisco, will be under the sponsor
ship Of the Board of Fire Underwriters
Of the Pacific, collaborating with the
National Board. It includes selections
American Legion, and a talk by Comdr.
B. w. Gearhart. of the California de-
partment of the legion.
BY special request, the Hank Sim
mons Show Boat company will pre-
sent q revival of the society drama,
Beyond Pardon" Phil Maher, who
prepared the radio version of the drama
played in the piece for many years on
the road.
Members From Band Wagon"
The Harmonizers will draw on the
popular New York revue, THE Band
There's q New Sun in the Sky" will
open the nrogram. The other numbers
include "Fhe Cute Little Things You
Do" and III You Should Ever Need
Me"
Henry Burbig has found good ma
terial In the story of the famous In
dian chief, Sitting Bull" for his
broadcast with Nat Brusiloffs Orches-
ira at tbs. The orchestra viii play
Sitting On Top Of the World" by
the Waters of Minnetonka" and Wait
Till the Cows Come Home"
WMAL's musical art gallery program
viii feature 3 joint recital by wales
Newell, violinist, and Mary Junkin, So
prano. Margaret Bowie Grant will b
the accompanist.
New Trio Offered.
The Paint Club program tonight over
WRC and other National Broadcast
ing Company stations will introduce z
called wizard" Of the strings; Aileen
Clark, a new microphone discovery, .
and WILLARD Robson, q leading expo
nGnt Of music in the Negro vein. Robi-
sons principal contribution win be
Song of the Cotton Field" Miss Clark
will sing Love Has Found My Heart. =
Emo RapeeS Orchestra in the Elec-
tric Hour will feature the third dance
from Smetana's THE Battered Bride -
The orchestra also win play Dvorak'a
Indian Lament"
Six orchestras win provide wRC's
dance music. The dance program will
start at 8 o'clock with the regular
broadcast by B. A. Roles Orchestra,
and continue until a. m, with q half
hour interruption from 10 to 1890 for
q concert by Rudolph Schramm's Or
chcstra.
The Nordica Mandolin and Guitar
Orchestra, and Eddie Leger. banjoist,
viii contribute two of the VOL rnllsi-
cal features. WJSV has arranged an
other varied program featuring an Old
Virginia Hoe Down." and Is minutes
OF organ melodies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-22
TENNESSEE ENTERS WAR
ON FOREIGN TRUCK TAGS
Georgia and Alabama Drivers Ar.
rested and Assessed License
Fees at Nashville.
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NASHVILLEE, Tenn August 22.-
Tennessee yesterday entered the three
coruered Kentucky North Carolina
Georgia truck tag warfare by arresting
q driver from Marietta, Ga, and one
from Ensley, Ala, and assessing them
license fees.
Joe Williams, assistant chief of the
State Highway Patrol. said q formal or
der had been issued instructing the
patrol TO take into custody AL trucks
operated through the State on q regu-
lar schedule. He said those making oc-
casionai trips would be given the tour
lists courtesy Of free passage.
The other trucks look Just like rail-
roads to u.s." williams said, and that g
why we are arresting ne drivers An
opinion from the att4aAey general has
been asked to see II ~ can assess them
according to weight