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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12
CONVENTION BUREAU WORK
NOT ALL BEER AND SKITTLES
Fitting About Nation With Charts and
Data to Capture Meetings for Capital
Job of Big Proportions

board Of directors Of any orga nization
Is nearly always a highly deliberative
body and wants nothing but facts.
Whether or not the convention bureau
manager may be hail fellow well met.
playboy ascetic. golf player or pingpong
player is entirely aside from the ques-
ton. All he has to do is to have facts
at hand-many convincing facts-and
to be able to present them in q con-
vincing manner If he takes care Of
this task we'll he may 60 away and
shake the dice with the cigar stand girl
or engage in any other diversion that
may suit his fancy and rest assured
that the board of directors Is working.
But if the decision is to be made by
the national convention in session then
the convention bureau manager will
have no time for relaxation. He may
shake the dice for the cigars, he may
play golf, he may even sleep; but If he
does sleep 1t will be with one eye open
There is no rest for the convention bu
reau manager who is working on 500 or
900 delegates, each of whom will have
vote on the next convention city.
If the decision is to be made in con-
vention session, then the bureau man.
ager should take facts with him but as
he goes along on the train to the con-
vention city it is the part of wisdom for
him to stow his facts on the rack along
| with his hat and let his mind run to
the political maneuvers of Mark Hanna,
Boise PenroSe and the other tacticians
who made the game Of politics some
thing that could be enjoyed by the
worst of us.
Wire pulling is often the order Of the
day in a trade convention as we'll as in
political convention. John Smith is
a candidate for vice president Of the
organization He controls a certain
group of delegates. He Is willing to
trade his votes for other votes that will
support his candidacy. He cares not to
what city the next convention may go
so long as he Is elected vice president.
1t is the business Of the convention bu-
reau manager to get next to all these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12

IMAM lU,VUU miles,
coverir t h e
United States from
Oklahoma in the
Southwest to To-
ronto and Montreal
in the Northwest.
In fact. as this
article Is written
the con ' en- t ! o n
bureau manager is
packing his grip to
go to Toron t o
again. He got a
kind of halfway
kick in the face
the last time he
was there. so he is
turning the other
cheek.
Unlt.Ynne ~ mr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12

OO11It OlIlAlAlS dllO
to do so quickly. In
other words he
may be able to
gather support for
the John Smiths
or at least for the
strongest 10 h n
Smiths and they
in turn will give
support to his eff
forts to get the
next convention.
Very seldom in
any instance is the
convention bureau
manager, himself,
in the limelight.
1t Is his business
to remain in his
hotel r0On1 rOy1 for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12
VARGAS FOR WILSON PLAN

RIO DE JANEIRO, July, II RD.-
Economic equality OF nations according
to the late President Wilson'S IA points
was advocated tonight by President
Vargas at dinner given the diplomatic
corps. President Vargas added. how
ever, that he believed the time was not
this reason Brazil prefers q system of
reciprocal treaties based on the most
favored-nation clause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12
Spanish Strike Threatened.

GUADALAJARA, Spain, July IL (P
tonight because the government re-
Gently removed the military academy
from here, and today an airplane fac
tory announced 1t will have to close its
shops, dismissing 1870 men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12
Heath Aircraft Head Killed.

NILES. Mich, July II P.-Fred
Seller, SO years old, general manager
of the Heath Aircraft Corporation of
Niles. was killed today when his air
plane went into spin and crashed
near the city limits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12
LODGE TO SEAT OFFICERS
Clarendon Rebekahs Will Hold
Installation Tomorrow.
y a Stan correspondent Of The Star.

BY a star Correspondent of The Star.
CLARENDON, Va. July 1l.-Installa-
ton of officers of Clarendon Rebekah
Lodge, No. %. will be held Monday
night in Odd Fellows Hall under spe-
cial dispensation granted by Mrs. Lillian
v. Cunningham, president of the Re-
bekah Assembly of Virginia.
Mrs. Olive johnson, district deputy,
will conduct the ceremonies, and will be
assisted by staff of officers composed
of past noble grands of the lodge. Mrs.
Frances Shreve will be installed as noble
grand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12
STRIKE HARDSH|PS
OF MINERS TOLD
ldleness lntensifies Distress
Where Earning Was Already
Too Meager.

This is the second Of seperol daily
articles depicting conditions among the
tdmiltes OF the striking soft coal miners
n Western Psnn ~ Cor Pineh9t
food for the children in the strike area.
termed the situation general calamity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12
FILE CLERK

prenare now for file clerk and statisti.
cal Clerk. Begin today for FILE CLERK
Instrpcti.9,n ION every YER, day t and
onIy sio entire course The Civil Service
Preparatory School. Sc. cor. 18th and
ste NV Met. 1897. h
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12

splitting $4,000 in fees with a sub
ordinate and to have been on the verge
If making important revelations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12
Information Is Supplied.

Arriving at the meeting Of the board
he proceeds to make a speech and ex-
plain his maps and chasts and answer
all questions that are proposed. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
PANIC IN THEATER
BLAZE is AVERTED
Hardie Meakin, Manager o
Keith's, Makes Impromptu
Speech, Reassuring Audience.

An impromtu speech by Hardie Mea-
kin, manager, was credited with avert
ing a panic yesterday afternoon when
flames burst from the projection room
Of Keiths Theater.
Mr.. Meakin hurried to the stage and
announced the fire was under control as
soon as the TOO or 800 persons present
noticed smoke pouring from the balcony
projection booth. He said another film
would be shown within few minutes.
The program was resumed after a six
minute delay.
The blaze was extinguished by theater
employees before the arrival Of firemen.
None of the machines in the fireproof
room was damaged. The film burned
was valued at about 5000 substi-
tute feature picture was shown until
the arrival of another film from a
Richmond theAtef.
Nicholas Kyreakou, 40, an operator,
was overcome by fumes. He was re-
moved to Emergency Hospital after he
had been revived by the fire rescue
squad. Physicians said he probably
would leave the hospital today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
AUTO KILLS CHILD;
YOUTH BADLY HURT
Wallace N. Miller Run Down
at Silver Spring-Gustav
PauIs, Jr., Victim of Freak.

A 4year-old boy was killed and an
other, aged II, was seriously injured
yesterday in two automobile accidents,
one Of which occurred in Silver Spring,
Md, and the other-a freak mishap-
in Washington.
The younger boy--Wallace N. Miller.
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. Mason Miller,
800 block Sligo avenue, Silver Spring
was the victim of the Maryland acct
dent. He was playing in front of his
home last night when he was struck by
car driven by George Barnes, "a
years old, Of Silver Spring
Barnes was arrested on a manslaugh-
ter charge by Policeman Joseph Nolte
Of Montgomery County. He was re-
leased on $500 bond, however, after
Sergt. Guy L. Jones had communicated
with States Attorney Stedman Pres
colt.
Wallace was pronounced dead at Gar
field Hospital. where he was taken by
Raymond Murphy OF Silver Spring.
Gustav Pauls, jr., who was hurt in
the freak mishap yesterday afternoon
also was taken to Garfield, where he
was found TO be suffering from severe
head injuries and cuts about the body
He was playing with a number OF
other small boys near the show window
Of a store at Fourteenth and Perry
streets when two machines crashed, and
one of them jumped the curb, careeneo
across the sidewalk and struck him
His playmates scattered to escape the
wild machine
The automobile which hit Gustav was
driven by Prior Jones, "a years old
1921 Hiatt place. Jones was arrested
and held for investigation after re-
ceiving treatment for cuts and bruises
at Emergency Hospital. The driver OF
the other Cars. J. Denny, 80 years
old, 1853 Monroe street-escaped in
jury.
A l3-year- boy was critically in
jured and another injured slightly when
the automobile in which they were rid
ing crashed into a parked machine or
the Baltimore Boulevard, near Beltsville
Md. last night
Frank Oppenheimer, Is years old, OF
Crestwood, N. Y, is in Casualty Hos
pital suffering from severe head injuries
shock and cuts
Henry Wise, % years old, a civil en-.
gineer Of New York City, Is in the hos
pital suffering from leg and back In
juries
Two other persons in the car at the
time, William Swartz and Jerry Shaul
both OF New York City, escaped injury
SwartZ, driver of the car, is said tx
have lost control Of the machine and
crashed into parked automobile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
STATUE OF SEWER
WILL Be UNVEILED
Second Tennessee Memorial
Goes in Hall of Fame.
Ceremony April 19.

A statue of John Sewer, soldier,
statesman and first Governor Of Ten
nesee. will be unveiled In Satuary Hall
at the Capitol on the afternoon of April
10. This will be Tennessee's second
statue, that State having already placed
in the hall of fame the statue Of An
drew Jackson by Belle Kinney Sholz
and L. F. Sholz.
In establishing Statuary Hall, Con-
gress invited each State to send two
statues, and when the statue Of Sewer
is unveiled the total in the hall will
be brought up to "a.
Little Space Is Left.
The arrival of each new statue serves
to direct attention anew to the need for
a larger hall in which to display the
statues which have been sent to the
National Capitol by the States. Thirty
two additional statues may be sent to
the Capitol if each State exercises its
privilege of sending two. Considering
the amount of space left in the exist
ing Statuary Hall, it is recognized by
officials that other provision will have
to be made, either in a separate build
ing or by larger space in the Capitol
before the ultimate number of statues
are received.
Sewer, the next distinguished citi-
zen to be honored with a place in the
hall of fame, was born near Harrison
burg, Va, Septmber %, 1745. He at
tended school at Fredericksburg, Va,
and later settled on the Holster River,
North Carolina (now TENNESSEE. He
was a captain Of colonial militia under
Washington in Gov. Dunmore's war
against the Indians in 1773 and 1774.
He received the thanks of the North
Carolina Legislature for meritorious
services at the battle Of Kings Mountain.
Elected to Congress.
Sewer was elected from North Caro-
lima to the First Congress, 1881.
Later he was appointed brigadier gen.
eral of militia for the Washington dis
trict of the territory south of the Ohio.
On the admission of Tennessee to the
Union, Sewer was chosen its Governor
and served from 1895 to 1901. and again
from 1903 to 1909. In 1893 he was
brigadier general of the Pro-
Army, and later was elected by
Tennessee to the twelfth, thirteenth and
fourteenth Congresses. He died in 1915
and is buried in Knoxville beneath
erected there in his honor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
SEIZURE OF LIQUOR
BY DISTRICT POLICE
SETS NEW RECORD
Special Squad Under In
speCtor Bean Reports Cap
turing 14,523 Quarts.
SOUTHERN MARYLAND
CORN WHISKY LEADS
634 Arrests for Illegal Possession
Also Made During Last Three
Months.

Vigorously pushing its liquor enforce
ment drive, the special liquor squad of
the Police Department, under Inspector
I. r. Bean, set a new record in the
first three months of 1881, according to
a report submitted to Commissioner
HerbeEt B. Crosby yesterday by Maj.
Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of po-
lice
The squad the report showed, pre-
vented 1883 quarts of liquor from go
ing into retail bootleg channels in jan
uary February and March, and made
634 arrests for illegal possession. Com
pared with the record for the three
months ending December 81, last-this
represents an increase of 7T2 quarts in
the amount seized, and 1874 more arrests
Tor Illegal possession of liquor.
Corn Still Holds Lead.
Although gin is reputed to be Wash
lngton'S most popular forbidden drink,
this Is belied oy the report, which re-
vealS that corn liquor of Southern Mary
land origin still remains the bootlegger's
principal stock. or the entire quantity
OF seized liquor, more than two-thirds
OF 1t was corn.
The seizures also included 762 quarts
OF what Inspector Bean described as
"colored" liquor, 1,168 quarts of alco.
hol, 759 quarts of wine, 2,2l4 byttles of
nome brew, $3.50 gallons of mash and
six stills.
Encourages Officials.
The record Of the liquor squad was
encouraging to police officials because
the increased seizures were made at a
time OF year in which bootleg activities
usually are in slump-the period after
the Christmas holidays. The record for
the preceding quarter, it was pointed
out, included the holiday season when
liquor shipments into Washington were
on the increase, thus affording the
squad larger number of potential VIC
tins.
The increase in seizures, officials ex-
planned. IS due to more effective work
OF Inspector Beans squad, and not to
greater activity on the part of rum run
nerS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
E STREET SECTION
TO BE MADE WIDER
Stretch Between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth to Be Shifted From
Present Position.

Y street between Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth streets will be widened and
shifted from its present position by the
District Highway Department during
the course Of the present year to accord
with plans drawn by the architect Of
the Treasury.
The work will be paid for by the Fed
eral Government, since the street lies
wholly between proterties owned by the
Government. To the south is the new
Department of Commerce Building and
to the north the park to be developed
after buildings now on the triangle
aformed by Fourteenth. Fifteenth, and e
streets and Pennsylvania avenue are
RACED.
The new south curb of z street will
be 90 feet from the Commerce Depart
ment Building which will put it about
the middle of the present roadway. The
street will be changed from 40 to 10
feet in width.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
FLAMES AT SCHOOL
BURN OUT 2 ROOMS
Damage Estimated About $4,000
Caused at Carberry Building
on First Floor Rear.

Fire starting in the cloakroom on the
frst floor near the rear of the build
ing caused damage unofficially esti-
mated at $4,000 in the Carberry School.
Fifth near d streets northeast. last
night. The origin of the fire has not
been determined.
All property in the store room, in
Guiding a number of papers, was de-
stroyed. The fire also made its way
over into the kindergarten room in the
rear Of the building on the first floor.
In the kindergarten class room a piano,
a number Of desks, benches and various
other equipment used by the kinder
garten children were burned.
When firemen arrived on the scene
there was small blaze coming outside
the building, through a rear window.
and volumes of smoke showed the fire
had made considerable. Roadway on the
inside. A second alarm was turned in.
and within a short time the fire was
under control.
One fireman, T. c. O'Neil OF No. 10
Engine Company. sustained cuts on the
face while fighting the blaze, but re-
manned on duty.
Over the cloak room the fire succeed
ed In eating its way through the CELL
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
CONTRACT LET FOR WALKS


Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, April A contract
for paving with concrete a section of
the Florence Montgomery County road
in Howard County for distance of IL
miles was awarded to the Cation Con-
struction Co. on it's bid of S27,691. 10
yesterday by the State Roads Commits
sion.
A number of footways and retaining
walls on property AUDITING the Wash
ington Boulevard between Riverdale
and Hyattsville will be replaced under
contract awarded to the West Balti-
more Construction Co. on it's bid Of
S8,827.40. These footwalks and retain
ing walls will be replaced by the COM
mission under an agreement with the
owners, where part of the property was
taken when the boulevard was widened
to 90 feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
80 D. C. BOOTLEGGERS
SENTENCED IN DAY
Most Of Them Committed to Jail.
213 Prohibition Cases Dis
posed of in March.

Thirty-two convicted bootIeggers were
sentenced in Police Court YESTERDAY.
Assistant District Attorney David A.
Hart announced. A total of 213 cases
involving prohibition law infractions
were settled during March.
Only four of those arraiRned for SEN
tence yesterday were actually convicted
by jury, the others pleading guilty to
charges OF possession, maintaining a
nutance and other similar offenses be-
fore Judge Isaac r. Hit.
Hart found it necessary to nolle
PROSE- only one case in March, while he
refused to press any charges In court
against IS persons. The majority of
those found guilty both last month and
yesterday were committed to JAIL court
records showing that $6,2S4.58 was COL
lected from those able to pay their fines
last month. No figures were available
on the amount taken in on fines yes
terday.
The court liquor docket was said to
be In comparatively good shape with
only 81 pending cases, many Of these
having been brought in since the first
OF April. Hart was assisted in the prose-
cution of the bootleggers by Assistant
District Attorney Wilbur Baughman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
APPEAL IS URGED
IN BORLAND CASE
Acting Corporation Counsel
FavorS Move Against Va
eating Assessment.

Acting Corporation Counsel Vernon
L. West said yesterday he would rec
ommend to the Commissioners an APP
peal from the decision of Justice Jen-
nings Bailey of District Supreme Court
vacating an assessment under the old
Borland law against the property Of
Ida M. Miller and others.
The assessment was made for the
paving Of r and S, Seaton and Ran
dolph streets northeast between Second
and Third streets.
The ground of the decision of the
Supreme Court was that the improved
highways were used by heavy trucks as
a means of avoiding a heavy grade on
Rhode Island avenue northeast and,
therefore, the entire benefit of the re-
paving was not felt by the abutting
property owners
Mr.. West said the effect Of the de-
cision was to white away trifie more
of the old Borland law, which now APP
plies only TO assessments for work COM
pleted more than three years prior to
February, 1881. 1t was impossible to
say Ofhand whether this would result
in cancellation of a large number of
assessments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
Special Meeting Probably Will
Be Called Tuesday to Plan
Procedure.
BUS LINE ABANDONMENT
TO BE HEARD TOMORROW
Three Petitions Protest Discon-
tinuance Of Potomac Heights
Service.

A special meeting of the Public Utili-
ties Commission will probably be called
next Tuesday to deal with the refusal
Of the Potomac Electric Power Co. to
compromise with the commission in its
effort to secure lower electric rates for
Washington. The regular meeting day
Is tomorrow, but there Is a public hear
ing set for tomorrow on a petition of
the Washington Railway & Electric Co.
for permission to abandon its bus line
to Potomac Heights. Since this may
take all day. the special meeting will
probably be called.
Delayed Court Action.
At the last rate hearing the commits
sion found as a fact that the rate of
return earned by the power company
was excessive, and announced its in
tention Of going to court, If necessary,
to seek revision of the consent decree
under which rates are now regulated.
The commission, however, after having
the petition prepared, delayed action on
it until the power company'S board of
directors was given an opportunity to
decide whether they would compromise
instead of going to court.
Last Wednesday the company's direc-
tors met ana decided against compro-
mise, largely on the ground that the
company's earnings for January and
February were unfavorable when COM
pared with earnings for the same
months of 1880. They suggested that
the commission wait a while before
going TO court.
Not in Mood for Delay.
1t is not believed that the commission
Is in the mood for much more delay, as
three months have already elapsed since
it announced its findings. What form
of action it will take will, therefore,
probably be decided at some meeting
this week.
There are three petitions before the
commission from associations in the
territory served by the Potomac Heights
bus line, all of which not only oppose
abandonment of the service, but urge
that It be continued into the downtown
section. The line now goes from Wis
consin avenue and Reservoir road to
the District line along Conduit road.
The associations petitioning for the ex-
tensions are the Foxall Village Citizens
Association the Conduit Road Citizens
Association and group of residents Of
Foxall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
LONDON BRIDES LIST
PRESENTS THEY WANT
Enterprising Firm Keeps Book
Which Gift Buyers Consult
for Selection Ideas.

LONDON (NANA April is the
month for weddings, and this year a
large number Of society brides are TO be
married in London.
The modern bride Is. very receptive TO
new ideas and has warmly welcomed
the scheme put forward by an enter
prising west end firm to simplify the
business of choosing a wedding present
that will be at once suitable and ac-
ceptable. The firm In question has
started what 1t calls brides book, "
in which prospective brides are invited
to enter q list, OF those things they
would welcome as wedding presents.
ANY customer arriving 10 choose a
wedding present for a bride whose
name and requirements are entered in
the book Is then put wise as to her
tastes and preferences. and the rest is
easy-provided his bank balance will
stand the shock
Copyright. 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
NEW PAROLE PLAN URGED
BY CHICAGO GRAND JURY

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 4-The retiring
March grand jury told Chief Justice
John P. McGoorty of the Criminal
Court today that Illinois ought to exile
its paroled convicts instead of keeping
them here among their old cronies.
Finding too often that 1t was return
ing indictments against men out on
parole, the jurors suggested emulating
the practice OF Michigan and New
York. which require paroled prisoners
to leave the State. They believed, also.
that only one parole should ever be
granted q criminal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-05
HOME OWNERS TO GET UNIQUE
AID FROM EMPLOYMENT GROUP
Committee Hopes to Create Jobs by Helping House
holders With Spring Cleanup.

Washington home owners will be
provided with a new and original type
of service beginning tomorrow, the Dis
trict of Columbia Committee on En-
ployment announced yesterday in con-
nection with the "Clean Up" campaign.
Trained representatives, bearing let
tiers of Identification, signed by the
executive secretary of the Employment
Committee, will visit all communities
to give home owners advice and as
sistance in solution of their Spring
clean up" planting and repair prob
lens They will be prepared to quote
prices Of paints, tools, seeds, etc, as
well as wage scales for skilled and un-
skilled labor. In addition, they will adj
wise as TO the cheapest and most ef-
work.