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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Gard party, Ladies of Charity, $500 X
street, $3.50 pm.
Card party, benefit American White
Gross, Winston Hotel, 116 First street,
$50 pm.
Meeting. D. c. Air Legion. Interna-
tional Building, Room I'll, $3.50 pm.
Card party. Phi Gamma Pi Sorority.
Raleigh Hotel, $3.50 pm.
! Meeting, washington Pistol Club, Dis
trict Building, Board Room, 7:4S pm.
Meeting. Retail Druggists Associa-
ton, Raleigh Hotel, 1880 pm.
Meeting, Daughters of Isabella,
Washington Club, Seventeenth and K
streets, pm.
Music Hour, womens City Club, 7S6
Jackson place, pm.
Meeting. Northeast Washington Citi-
zenS' Association, Ludlow School, Sixth
and G. streets northeast, 8 pm.
Meeting. Stanton Park Citizens As
ISOLATION, Peabody School, Fifth and c
streets northeast, pm.
Meeting, Takoma Park Citizens Assoc
citation, Takoma Park Branch Public
Library, pm.
Meeting, Piney Branch Citizens As
ISOLATION, Hamline M. E. Church, Six
tenth and Allison streets, 8 pm.
Meeting. Kalorama Citizens ASSocia-
ton, Adams School, Nineteenth and
California streets, 8 pm.
Meeting. Brookland Citizens Associa-
ton, Masonic Temple, Twelfth and
Monroe streets northeast, 8 pm.
Meeting, Burroughs Citizens Associa-
ton, Burroughs School, pm.
Meeting Connecticut Avenue citi-
zenS Association, All Souls Church,
pm.
Meeting. West End Citizens Associa-
ton, Western Presbyterian Church,
8 pm.
Meeting. Hillcrest Citizens Associa-
ton, East Washington Heights Baptist
Church, pm.
Meeting East washington Heights
M. E. Church, 8 pm.
Meeting, Congress Heights Citizens
Association, Congress Heights Baptist
Church, pm.
Meeting Progressive Citizens Asso-
citation of Georgetown, 8 pm.
FUTURE.
Luncheon, Advertising Club of Wash
ington, National Press Club, tomorrow,
1890 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
ToDAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

NatiOnaL-Basil Rathbone, in Heat
I Wave" at $40 pm.
Gayety-At 2:l5 and 8:l5 pm.
/ BelascO-"Bird in Hand at 8: 80 p m.
PaIace-"The New Moon" at 11:2O
am, $50. ABS. tbs and $50 pm.
Stage shows, i:l4, 1859, $50 and Ola
pm.
FOx-"Girls Demand Excitement"
1857 am, 2:29, 4:50, 7:50 and 1901
pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Cimarron," at 10:O7
am, 1922, 2:37, Asa TOT and 1922
pm.
Earle-"Sit Tight" at 1855 am,
| 2:I5, 4:45. 7:45 and 1905 pm Stage
shows at 1:15, 3:45, $40 and 9:05 pm.
RiaItO-"R Resurrection" at 1912 am,
1:42, 3:42. 5:42, 7:42 and 942 PM
COIunlbia-NThe Devil to Pay" at
1895 am, 1:4o, $40, $40, 7:45 and
9:45 pm.
"Charleys Aunt" at
1880 am, 1880. $3.50, $50, 1880 and
$50 pm.
TiyOli-"Hook. Line and Sinker." at
2:25. AIS. 6, 1850 and 9:4O pm.
] CentraI-"Going Wild" from IL am.
10 III pm.
Ambassador sit Tight" ct Sis,
sos and 9:S5 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
ISENATE TRIO WILL
HIRE AID FOR SUIT
Norris, Steiwer and Walsh
Seek Attorney in Smith
Power Fight.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate Judiciary Committee to-
day set up subcommittee to select an
attorney to carry into the courts the
Senate's contest with President Hoover
over the right to Office of Chairman
Smith of the Power Commission.
After once being confirmed, Smiths
nomination was rejected by the Senate.
President Hoover had refused the Sen
ate's request to return to it that and
the nominations of Claude l.. Draper OF
wyoming and Marcel Garsaud OF
Louisiana to be members of the COM
mission. On the second consideration
Draper and GarSaud were reconfirmed.
The committee today designated It's
chairman, Senator Norris, Republican,
of Nebraska, and Senators Steiwer. Re-
publican, of oregon, and Walsh, Demo-
crat, of Montana, to select the attorney
who will take the unprecedented con-
stitution conflict between the two
branches of the Government TO the
courts.
District Attorney Rover here has re-
fused to present the case himself, but
has agreed to allow the Senate to use
his name in presenting it, as required
by law
The Senate resolution authorizing the
court test appropriated $4,000 Tor en-
ployment of counsel to represent the
Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
GIRL WINS ON ESSAY
AGAINST VIVISECTION
League Honors Eleanor Harris, IL
Year-0ld Student of Western
High School.

The Vivisection Investigation League
yesterday awarded prizes for the best
essays on why ViviSection of Dogs
Should Be Abolished" Eleanor Harris,
II years old, student at Western High
School, was given an autographed
photograph of George Arliss, motion
picture and stage actor, for the best
essay submitted by a girl in the league S
recent contest.
First prize for boys. $40 check from
the actor, was presented to Orson
Trueworthy, also II, a Central High
School student. The awards were
made at the leagues Stoneleigh Court
headquarters.
The league, in conjunction with the
Washington Humane Society, passed
resolution to be presented to Repre-
sentative Smell, chairman OF the House
Rules Committee, asking immediate
consideration of the vivisection bill,
which already has been favorably re-
ported on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
Don't Go
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/ There's no excuse for letting
| yourself get run down. No rea-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
Books Given for Library.

BOWIE, Md. February Especially &.
More than $50 books have been do
mated to the Bowie Public Library.
Latest members to join the institution
are Mrs. c. r. Williams, Mrs. L. l..
Seitz and Mrs. J. S. Thornton. Paul
E Huntington is installing system for
keeping records.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Soldier DisappOints Dog
Man with Gun, on University Campus,
Makes No Response

A white-and-black dog was
stalking bird on the campus
lawn, a few yards in front of
the Confederate statue, one
afternoon last week. He moved
slowly on, and, when the bird
stopped at the foot of an oak,
he came to dead point, his eyes
fixed. and his left foot held
slightly off the ground.
A group of students and Ste
phen A. Emery, assistant pro-
fessor of philosophy, on their
way to the post office, halted and
observed. The dog held his
rigid position minute or two,
and then he turned his head and
looked expectantly up at the
man with the gun. The man
with the gun, however, gave no
response. For he was made of
bronze-an image of 4 soldier
of the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia, standing high up on a
granite pedestal.
For a while the dog was quiet,
but at last his patience gave out.
He quit the bird, turned full
upon the statue, and barked furi-
ously in protest at the mans IN
action. He kept up his bark
ing until the students drew near
and persuaded him to go along
with them to- the post-office.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Children's Art Class

Mrs. Glenn StrudWick Of Hills
borO announces that her chill
dren's art class in Chapel Hill
is now exhibiting some of its
work in the art rooms in Per-
son hall. The rooms will be
open to the public in the after
moons through Monday. The
class meets regularly at $3.50
every Saturday morning. A few
ssssere==fsttf,iil sssser fA=years =er=alalet5
can be accommodated, and other
classes can be arranged for the
summer. For additional infor-
nation cali Mrs. Francis Brad
shaw or consult with Mrs.
Strudwick at Person hall any
Saturday morning.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
"The Perfect Alibi"
Mines Detective Play in Memorial
Hall Tomorrow Evening

A. A. Mines drama, "The
Perfect Alibi," will be presented
by the Carolina Playmakers at
$3.50 tomorrow Saturday
evening in Memorial hall. This
will be the troupe's first perfor-
nance in the new auditorium.
Season ticket holders may OBJ
tain reserved seats by showing
their tickets at the Students
Supply Store. The admission
price for others will be ST.
In "The Perfect Alibi," which
was great success in New York
and London, murder is COM
mitted on the stage. Instead of
the audiences being mystified,
as is usually the case in detec-
tive plays, here the audience is
''in on" the secret from the start
and from this vantage point OF
superior knowledge has the
satisfaction of observing crltl-
cally the efforts to discover the
perpetrator of the crime.
Tomorrow evenings show is
in lieu of the Playmakers' GUS
tomary annual Forest Theatre
production.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Mccall Stays Snake
{ in Cellar Receives Fatal
Blow from Iron Poker

When their pet cat, The Bad
One, did not appear for her sup
per Sunday evening, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Mccall. out on Gim-
ghoul road, began a search for
her. After they had gone
through the house and out in the
yard, calling her, they thought
of the cellar. Mr.. Mccall de-
scended the steps, and there he
saw the cat crouching motionless
and rigid as if in a trance.
In the dim light he put his
hand on her back, and at the
touch she made violent start.
Then the law professor, looking
more intently, saw the glitter
ing eyes and the protruding
fangs of a snake less than foot
away. 1t was a cOpperhead.
He jerked the cat back to
safety and hastened upstairs for
a weapon. A moment later he
was going down the steps again
with an iron poker. His wife
stood at the top of the stairway
armed with a cane and a shovel.
With the first blow Mr.. Mccall
landed on the snakes head and
crushed it against the end of the
bottom step.
The copperhead was about a
foot and half long and an inch
in diameter.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Flagstone Quarry Here
Slabs Now Obtained from Deposit in
Morgan Greek Valley

Chapel Hill now has flag
stone quarry Of its own. Slabs
of the sort that Chapel Hill peo-
pie for years have been hauling
over from Hillsboro, to use for
paths in their yards and gar
dens, are now being supplied
from deposit a. mile or so
north of the village on the hither
bank of Morgan's creek opposite
Laurel Hill. The place is near
the site of the old Kings Mill.
Mrs. F. H. Koch has been the
first to use the product of this
quarry in any considerable
quantity. Several tons of the
flags have been delivered at her
home at the corner of Rosemary
lane and Glenburnie road. The
curVlng walk from the front
gate to the house is completed,
and the material is on hand for
two tributary walks leading
around the house. The stones
are of various sizes. ranging
from square foot to around
six or seven square feet in area.
J. G.. Williams operates the
quarry and makes deliveries.
Collier Cobb, professor of
geology in the University, says
the flagstoneS are "sheared
igneous rock" and are known to
geologists under the name Of
Monroe slate"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
UNBIDDEN GUESTS
MAKE MERRY ON
CASTLE TERRACE
They Build a Fire on Stone
Floor against the Wall of
GimghOuIs' House.
TRESPASSING A PROBLEM

Trepassing upon the Gim-
ghoul property. out at Piney
Prospect, took a new turn Mon
day evening when around fifty
young men and young women in
vited themselves to hold a party
at the castle. They made them
selves at home on the spacious
terrace; not >only that, but they
built a fire upon the terrace
against the castle wall.
Members of the Order of Gim-
ghouls came upon them and in
formed them that the place was
private property. The men in
the party, most of whom ap-
peared to be University stu
dents, seemed surprised to
learn that there was anything
amiss about their making merry
and making a fire on the teH
race. Upon being enlightened
the visitors took their departure
quietly, trooping off toward the
campus.
The Gimghouls are society
of a dozen or fifteen students
and about as many faculty men,
bers. Ever since they built their
castle five or six years ago they
have been troubled by trespas-
sers. They are not inhospitable
to sight-seers-they do not OBJ
ject to peoples strolling through
the grounds and enjoying the
view from the brow of the hill,
but they have been considerably
distressed by nocturnal raids
upon the building itself, by the
climbing of the walls, the
breaking of windows, and the
forcing of doors.
One of the members who talk
ed to the unbidden guests Mon
day evening said afterward to a
representative of this paper:
"We would be glad if you would
publish something as a reminder
that the house is not public pro-
perty."
Only four or five weeks ago
the Weekly published an article
telling of how T. Felix Kicker
Continued on neat paos)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Bids on Paving Asked

4hc town government Is ask
ing for bids on the paving Of
Cameron avenue. The formal
advertisement appears IN an
other column Of the paper. The
bids will be opened at 2 =. NJ,
Monday, June |, at the office of
the town manager, and the con-
tract will be awarded Immediate
ly.
Under the terms Of the con-
tract the work. must be com
pleted within 90 days after the
award. On the basis of expert
ence with jobs of this extent and
character, Mr.. Foushee thinks
that the paving will probably be
ready for traffic before the 80
days are up.
The estimated cost is around
aAAraslek aiFoff att
upon property owners in the
form of assessments. The pave
ment will be a strip l8 feet wide
in the middle of the avenue, as
on East Franklin street, fianked
on each side by a gravel surface
II feet wide.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Deys to Sail May 80
French Professor to Attend a CeIe.
bration at College dc France

Mr.. and Mrs. William Nj. Dey
will sail from New York for
France Saturday.
Mr.. Dey will represent the
University at the celebration of
the 400th anniversary of the
College de France. The cere-
monies, which will be held on the
18th, the 10Th, and goth Of
June, will be attended by educa-
tors from all over the world. Not
only officials and members of the
faculty of the institution, but al
so the President of the Republic
and other nOtables in the
French government, will take
part in the welcome to the vlsi-
tors.
The College de france was
founded by King Francis the
First. 1t was d project OF lib
eralism, for the teaching Of the
subjects on the curriculum was
opposed, in that age, by power
FIJI church Influences. In spite
Of the opposition Of the Sorbon-
ne, the stronghold Of conserNa-
tism, Francis granted the pro-
fessors C'lecteurs rOyalX") 1ull
liberty TO teach, Hebrew, Greek,
and Latin, and mathematics and
other sciences.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
The Forestry Meeting

The American Forestry AS
sociation has sent out invita-
tions to its 56th annual meeting
to be held jointly with the
North Carolina Forestry Asso-
citation, June 3, 4, and 5, in
Asheville.
Colonel Joseph Hyde Pratt
has been active in making the
arrangements. He has been to
Washington several times to dis
cuss the program with Secre-
tary of the Interior Wilbur and
other notables interested in for
estry.
In the course of the cOnven-
ton the delegates will visit the
bsfffftnfUTt= estate and Mount Pts:
gah and will be escorted through
the rayon plant near Asheville.
The banquet will be held at the
Grove Park Inn. On the Inn
grounds there will be tree
planting ceremony by the Ashe-
vile Boy Scouts.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Negro Post of American Legion
Will Be Installed Here Sunday

Carolina Department of the
American Legion, Negro divi-
sion, will present the charter. A
company of Pittsboro Negroes
who have recently organized a
post will have a part in the cele-
bration. Both posts will be in
stalled at the same meeting.
Frank P. Graham, president
of the University, will make the
principal address.
The officers of John Allen
Post No. 205 who will assume
their authority Sunday after
noon are: commander, James
Cobb; first vice-commander,
Alexander Cordial; second vice
commander, Johnnie Couch; adj
jutant, Charles c. Craig; finance
officer, Joseph Swain; chaplain,
Charlie Maddox; and service of
ticer. Adolphus Clark.
The other members of the
post. making up total of 18,
are Henry Willis Alston, Lonnie
Riggsbee, James Franklin, Of
fley Kirkland, Ernest Simpson,
Willie Durham, Joe Mason,
Robert Rankins, Hollis Snipes,
Luther Burnett, and William
Burnett.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22

The Negroes of Chapel Hill
have organized post Of the
American Legion. They have
named it John Allen Post No.
2O5 in memory of a Chapel Hill
man of their race who died in
service in 1913.
The ceremonies of installation
will be held at 2:30 day after
tomorrow Sunday afternoon
in the Pickwick Theatre. Seats
are reserved for white people,
and everybody is invited. A
section of the house is reserved
especially for Chapel Hill Post
No. 6 (Paul Robertson, COM
manderJ, the officers of which
assisted the Negroes to orga-
nize and obtain their charter.
The Negro fife and drum corps
of Charlotte will be here and will
lead a street parade that is
scheduled to take place as an in
PRODUCTION to the ceremonies.
These Charlotte musicians have
won a statewide fame for their
spirited performance.
Lieutenant OXley of the Ne
gro division of the state depart
ment of public instruction, and
vice commander of the North
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
BOARD TO STUDY
MUNICIPAL COSTS
NEXT WEDNESDAY
RogersOn to Present Report upon
Which Next Years Budget
Will Be Based.
CHANGE in FISCAL YEAR

L. B. Rogerson, auditor, will
make a report upon the munich
pal finances at a special meeting
Of the board of aldermen at 8
O clock next Wednesday evening,
May 27, in the Town Hall. Any
body who cares to attend will be
welcome.
This is the season of the year
when the annual budget has to
b-a made up. Town Manager
Fcushee prepares estimates,
constituting a tentative budget !;
these are studied by the alder
msn; and the final budget must
be completed by July 81. This
j. in compliance with the states
local g4Nernment statutes.
The fiscal year ends May 81.
Mr.. Rogerson's statement, to be
presented Wednesday evening,
viii show the actual expendl-
lures in the eleven months to
A April 80, the expenditures in the
month of May last year, and,
based upon these known figures,
an estimate of the expenditures
for the full twelvemonth ending
May 81 this year.
Under the law the aldermen
approve a tentative budget SO
that, pending the completion of
tot final budget some time before
JJly 81, payments for services
and materials may be legally
made out of the municipal
treasury.
Under the new local govern
ment act the end of the fiscal
ysar is to be changed from May
81 to June 80. Thus this next
fiscal year will contain 13 in
>t4ad of II months. The act.
provides that a municipality may
add the June expenditures to the
next annual budget or spread
them over three years. 1t is
thought that the Chapel Hill
aldermen will elect to adopt the
former plan. Since there have
been savings in some of the
items of the l930-1931 budget, it
,e.sms likely that an extra
months expenditures can be
added next year without an in
crease in the tax rate.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Rare Bird Captured
Barn Owl Is Brought from Mt. Car
mel Section to Zoology Department

A barn owl captured by c. l..
Rich last Friday near Mt. Car
mel church, two miles South Of
Chapel Hill, was brought to the
department of zoology Of the
University. This is the second
official record for the species in
Orange county, another bird
having been brought to DR.. H.
V. Wilson about fifteen years
ago. Birds Of n. {. says the
barn owl does not seem to be a
common bird in any part of the
state, and so far we have rec
ords . only from twelve coun-
ties" (Orange county not in
cludedD. All but three of the
specimens were taken in winter.
The person who secured this
owl said he had neither seen one
before nor knew of anybody who
had seen one; but that does not
prove anything concerning it's
status here, because it is noctur-
nal, quite secretive, and makes
very little noise. DR.. Valentine
is of the opinion that the barn
owl is much more common about
here than generally thaeHgghl4tt- 1T
to be the case, for on several oc-
casions at night he has been al
most certain that he has seen
one. He says, though, that for
purposes of absolute identifica-
tion a bird in the hand is worth
twenty in the bush Colt
Coker.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Poppy Sale Tomorrow

The women of the American
Legion Auxiliary will conduct
their Poppy Sale tomorrow (Sat-
urday) for the benefit Of dis
abled veterans Of the World
War. They will offer the little
red flowers at the post-Oflice, at
the drugstores, along the streets
and on the campus.
A part of the proceeds is sent
to the state headquarters Of the
Auxiliary to be distributed
among the non-compenSated
veterans at Oteen, and the other
part is used by the Auxiliary
here for bOxes-0f smoking to-
bacco, candy, and other things
are sent direct to the
veterans every month.
The profits realized from the
sale here last year amounted to
$166.
Mrs. Auburn Leigh, president
of the Chapel Hill chapter of the
Auxiliary, asks everybody to
buy a poppy and help swell the
fund for the veterans.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-22
Chapel Hill Chaf

A pathetic and at the same
time ludicrous spectacle is that
of aging men when they attempt
TO frolic with youth. They start
out bravely, and for a few min
utes they appear to belong in
the picture, but presently their
movements become slower, they
begin to puff and blow, and they
cast longing glances at the
chairs. So it was when R. D. W.
Connor and | fell into a company
of our juniors the other even
ing at the Country Club.
Between us two and the rest
of the party there was an age
interval of fifteen years or more.
At the persuasion of Mrs.
McClamroch, Mrs. Slade, Mrs.
Stringfield, and other young
matrons abounding with energy,
we were led into the playing of
games. These were lively old
fashioned spOrts-"frult bas-
ket," blind mans buff" and the
like-that involved romplng
about the foor-trotting, and
twisting this way and that, and
bending waving the arms, and
ever and anon leaping. Mr.. Con-
nor and | had feasted bOuntl-
fully on barbecue and Bruns-
wick stew, and this circum-
stance augmented our normal
affection for repOse. Any spec
tator, observing our contours,
might have known we would not
last long in these spirited sports.
1t was not many minutes before
we were in state of deep dis
tress. | managed to stink away
from the gamboling circle and
sank painting into chair, but
Mr.. Connor, held firmly by either
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