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The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Minister to
Czechs in
ca pitaI

The United States Minister
to Czechoslovakia, Mr.. 'Abra-
ham C. Ratshesky, is making a
brief visit in washington at
the Mayflower. He was re-
ceived yesterday by President
Hoover and also by the Acting
Secretary of State, Mr.. Viii.
liam r. Castle, jr. Plans for
alterations to be made on the
Legation at Prague we're among
the subjects discussed by Mr..
Ratshesky at the State De-
partment.
Mr.. mad Mrs. RatShesky have
been in this country for several
weeks and will return to
Europe the end of the month.
Mr.. Ratshesky will remain in
the Capital a few days before
joining Mrs. Ratshesky at their
summer home in Beverly, Mass.
The Cuban Ambassador to
Mexico and Nine. Marquee
Sterling arrived in Washington
last night after spending ten
days at their home in Havana.
They will return directly to
Mexico from Washington.
The Ambassador and Mrs.
Sterling made their home at
the Mayflower when the former
was a delegate two years ago
to the Bolivian-Paraguayan
conference and are again stay
ing at the hotel.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
NotabIes to Sail
TODAY for Europe

Representative Fritz G.. Ian
ham, of Texas, will sail today
aboard the S. S. America, Of
the United States Lines, to at
tend the sessions of the Inter
parliamentary Union to be held
at Bucharest.
Other passengers include the
Register of Wills OF the District
of Columbia, Mr.. Theodore
Cogswell and Mrs. Cogswell,
and the United States consul
to Munich, Mr.. Robert D. Long
year, and Mrs. Longyear, who
will be accompanied by their
four small sons to the formers
post. Major John K. Boles,
U. S. A., will also sail on the
S. S. America en- route to Lem
burg, Poland, where he will take
part in the international rifle
matches.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Betrothal of Miss
HiIles Announced

The egagement of Miss Kath-
crime Lee Bayard Hilles and
Mr.. George Lewis Gallery, of
Pittsburgh, has been announced
by Mrs. William Samuel Hilles,
Of Wilmington, mother Of the
prospective bride.
Miss Hilles is the niece of
former. Senator Thomas F..
Bayard and a granddaughter of
the late Mr.. Thomas F. Bayard,
Secretary of State during the
Cleveland administration and
United States ambassador to
Great Britain. Mr.. Gallery is a
cousin Of Mrs. Kenna ElkinS,
Of washington.
No date has been set for the
wedding. =
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
MIR. Chewing Returns
From Michigan Visit

DR.. and Mrs. William Jeffries
Chewing, Sr., of Fredericks-
burg, Va, were luncheon guests
yesterday at the Mayflower of
their son, Mr.. William Jeffries
Chewing, jr.
Mr.. Chewing returned yes
terday from the summer home
of Senator and Mrs. James
Couzens at Wabeek Farms, Pom
tiac, Mich, where Mrs. Chewn-
ing and their young son will
remain until later in the sea-
son.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Leave City Soon

The retiring Minister of Bo-
livia and Sonora de Dies de
Medina, with their family,
will leave washington in Sep
tember for South America.
Their son, Mr.. Paul de Me
dina, will remain on in Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Visit the MerriIIs
At Southampton

Miss Frances Virginia Wagga-
man and Mrs. Charles l..
Gaines, of Washington, who
have been guests in Newport,
arrived yesterday in Southamp-
ton to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles E. Merrill at the
Orchards, where Mr.. Merrills
mother, Mrs. Charles M. Mer-
rill, of New York and Jackson
vile, Fla, is also a guest. Join
ing the party this weekend
will be Mr.. and Mrs. Lingan A.
Warren, Miss Mary E. Warren,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Denham,
Mr.. Stewart Mcdonald, and Mr..
Harry Evans, of New York.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Attorney General
Plans Trip North

The Attorney General, Mr..
william Dewitt Mitchell, will
leave Washington the end of
the week for a vacation. Mrs.
Mitchell has been visiting in
New York following her at
tendance at the Wedding of
her niece, Miss Gertrude Ban
croft, and Mr.. Hubelr Brian
Holland last week in Mime
sofa, and is expected to go
to Massachusetts,, where the
Attorney General will join her.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Envoy .Entertains

The Minister of Greece and
Nine. Simopoulos entertained
a small company at dinner
last evening at Newport, after
which the Minister left for
New York, where he will re-
main a few days at the Hotel
st. Moritz.
The Counselor of the Lega-
ton, Mr.. Angelo Anninos, has
Joined the Minister in New
York.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
From Italy

Nine. Giuseppe Brambilla ar
rived in New York from Italy
on the s. s. Augustus, and
after a short stay went to
Hamilton, Mass, to join her
mother, Mrs. George von L.
Meyer. Mime. oBrambtila has
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Whites Entertain
At Luncheon Party

The Assistant Secretary of
State and Mrs. Francis White
entertained at luncheon Mon
day at Narragansett Pier, r. l.,
in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
James C. Dunn, who motored
there from the North Shore
of Massachusetts,.
The Assistant Secretary will
return to washington from Mar
ragansett Pier shortly after
Labor Day.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Mrs. Harry Norment
Sojourning in Paris

Mrs. Harry Norment, who,
with Mr.. Norment, sailed July
is for Europe, and has been
spending some time in England
with her mother at her home
there, is now in Paris at the
Hotel George v. Miss Anne
Ransom, Of this city,, is So
journing at the same hotel.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Announcement Of
Engagement Made

Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander G.
Fader have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter,
Helen Page, to Mr.. William Ed
ward Poulton, son of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Poul-
ton. The wedding will take
place in September.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Mr.. Todd to Attend
Tuckernnan PARTY

Mr.. James Todd arrived
yesterday to join Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter R. Tuckerman and the
Misses Tuckerman's party at
their Shinnecock Hills home,
on Long Island, where Mr..
Benjamin Bays and Mr.. In
gram Mack. of Washington,
will be guests this weekend.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
7ews and Events Of Persons Of Society the National Capital
Mrs. Hartman Will
Leave Capital Friday

Mrs. j. Borden Hartman
plans to leave Washington Fri
day for New York and will
go to Port Washington, Long
Island, for a visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Hartman Rus
sell. Later, Mrs. Hartman will
go to Bar Harbor for the late
season.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Bannernnans Back
From Northern TriE

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert C. Ban
herman with their daughters,
Miss Catherine C. Bannerman
and Mary L. Bannerman. Of
Washington, returned last night
on the Mauretania, after
cruise in northern waters dur
ing which they visited Nova
Scotia.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Diplomat Due Today

Senor Don Genaro BenavideS,
Attache of the Chilean embassy,
will arrive in New York this
morning on the France, and
will come to Washington within
q few days.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Count and Countess
Robert Will Sail

Count and Countess Guerino
Roberti. who were married last
Saturday in the Church Of
Our Lady of Perpetual Help,
Bernardsville, N. j., will sail
for Italy tomorrow on the
Cunarder Mauretania, Countess
Roberti was Miss Mary Ham
mond, daughter of ogden H.
Hammond, the former Ambas-
Sador to Spain.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
In the Metropolis

Baron Wolfgang Won Putlitz,
secretary Of the German en-
baSsy, Is in New York at the
Ambassador for q few days stay.
II
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Mr.. Sutherland Is
Back From Europe

Mr.. Howard Sutherland. Alien
Property Custodian and former
Senator from West Virginia, ar
rived in New York aboard the
Columbus from Europe. Mr..
Sutherland sailed early in the
summer with his son.in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Mayo.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12

many friends in Washington
where she lived prior to her mar
riage when her father was
member of the Cabinet during
Taft Administration.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Arrive in Bermuda
For Several Weeks

MrsA Leigh C. Palmer, ac-
companied by Miss Lydia Lor-
ing, daughter of Mrs. Francis
B. Loring, Of this city, have
arrived in Bermuda. where
they will spend several weeks
at the Horizons.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
In Washington
QtQ1 QduuCt;

Today, delightfully."- quaint old custom will be carried
out at Wscasse Me- that historic town that teens with
the cid days of exploration and pioneer
settlements when open house, will be observed Those
spending SheepscOt Bay annually open their
lovely old visitors who traditions and
associations.
The town boasts of three historic churches famous old
courthouse and other buildings dating back to 1905 The
smart folk and love the Maine Coast where they
spend cool and pleasant summers yearly make TINS
pilgrimage to Wscase only to view the historic homes
but to visit the redoubt of earhwork fortcaton
and blockhouse. More appealing still is the Marie
Antonette House. simple Colonial architecture which,
we are told was by few faithful adherents of the
unfortunate French Queen haven in the New
World, to which they plotted to aid her to escape.
Capital Smart Set Favor Resort
Wsshngtonan who favor the Maine resorts many In
number loyal in their adherence to the custom OF re-
turning wear year the resort Bar Harbor has
been the years Of old families the custom
Of summerng being handed down from generation
to another.
The Commercial secretary Of the British Embassy and
Mrs Leander MISUNDERSTANDING Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
D. Addison Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney, Mrs Rich
ard Wilmer Boiling and her daughter, Miss Clara Boiling,
are prominent residents and at Bass Rocks Mr.
and Mrs Charles Colfax Long, Mr. and Mrs Victor Kauff-
mann Mrs Jacob eandor Loose and others of the socially
elect in the Capital, form smart cotore
OCOOSS Ot1OONHI6 OHS''S W. ~>~'~''~
1t is far cry perhaps from Maine to Scotland but
TODAY is notable in that country too, when the Bob
Whites of Scotland annually take to as the opening
dav of the grouse shooting arrives in the land OF
mist and heather The clans have been gathering for the
past few weeks the sport that attracts millionaire en-
thusiasts
Our own Secretary of State, Mr. Henry L. Stmson and
Mrs Stmson have taken historic old farmhouse IN the
heart of the moor and will entertain guests throughout
their say Mr. J. Morgan, the noted nancier, who an
nuay occupies the beautiful place he owns In this secton
arrived a week ago aboard his yacht, the Corsair
The United States Ambassador to France Mr.. Walter f.
Edge has gone Scotland for the shooting, and Mr.
Barnard Baruch another prominent American who has
taken a range The Ambassador to Great Britain, MIR.
Charles g. Dawes General Pershng who usually go to
Scotland to shoot are absent together tour of the
battle fields of France.
Mr.. F. A. Shaughnessy with his brother-n-law, Mr.
Willy Reynolds leased Lennoxlove, at Haddlngton,
which dates back the Fourteenth Century and boasts
not only picture gallery filled with priceless portraits
of the owners of this picturesque old castle but ghost
in the Of lovely lady who ancestor of the Major
Baird who the grim pile, and there those who
say they encountered her shadowy form upon more
than one occasion in the ,drafty corridors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-12
TAMMANY LEADER
CALLED IN PROBE
John r. Curry TO Be Asked
About Talk With Judge in
DoyIe's Case.
N the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August l2-John F.
Curry, ieader ct Tammany Hall, is to
be witness at a public hearing before
the State Legislative Committee inves-
tigating the New York City government.
Telephone Call Revealed.
Mr.. Curry will be asked by Samuel
Seabury, counsel for the committee, 70
explain a telephone call made from MS
New York apartment three weeks ago
to Lake Placid. N. Y, where Appellate
Division Justice Henry L. Sherman mas
a Summer home. On the day after tnat
telephone call Justice Sherman signed
a stay of execution for William r. Doyle.
veterinarian, who had been sentenced
to serve 80 days in Jail for refusing 70
tell the committee with whom he split
fees for appearances before the CITY
Board of Standards and Appeals in re-
gard to enforcement OF building regu-
lations.
Wants Judge First.
The Court of Appeals Monday upheld
the sentence imposed on Doyle, and
Yesterday h started court proceedings
to compel Seabury to give him chance
to purge himself of contempt. Seabury
desires to question Curry before he
again examines Doyle.
indications are that Curry will be
questioned by Seabury tomorrow or
FRIDAY. and that at the same session
Doyle again will be asked questions he
refused to answer on the ground that
he might incriminate himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-12
ANT RIDDING RACKET
IS EXPOSED BY U. S.
Agriculture Department Warns
Home Owners to Beware of
"Exterminators."
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An ant racket" of elephantine pro-
portions was credited by the Agricul-
tllre Department today with filching
from home owners hundreds Of thou
sands of dollars.
The Department also warned home
owners to beware of "sharpers particu-
larly active in the South and in some
Of the far Western States"
Termites or white ants, form the
basis OF this scheme. Home ownsrs
were advised to ignore alarming re-
ports of injury to buildings by the ants,
which eat and bore into tin1bers.
The Department said: I'm particular
they should be wary when exaggerated
statements of this kind from a part of
the sales talk for termite treatments
Many Of these treatments are expen-
siva and are not correspondingly eff
fective"
Statesmen of the treatment were de-
scribsd as accomplishing the real
injury that termitss are likely to do,
filching from home owners hundreds
Of thousands of dollars and rendering
little or no effective service in return. +"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-12

1t deals with life in New Mexico and
will be published August II.
Although Reynolds has been writing
for IA years, he heretofore had sue
ceedcd in publishing only a sketch. a
few poems and several book reviews.
He was born In the Governors man
sion at Sante Fe. N. M. in the same
room in which Lew Wallace worked on
the manuscript of Ben Hur' His
father was the late James Wallace
Reynolds, who was appointed Acting
Governor of the Territory of New Mex
leo by President Mckinley He Is the
grandson OF Jefferson Reynolds, pioneer
banker, of Ell Paso Tex
Before moving TO Georgetown last
year Reynolds lived in New York,
Omaha and Santa Fe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-12
BUZzARD JAILED AGAIN
Offender Charged With Horse Steal
ing for Sixteenth Time.

MERCHANTVILLE. N. j., August IL
GPl.--Joe Buzzard, TO- oae OF the no.
torious Buzzard brothers of Welsh
Mountain, near Lancaster. Pa. was in
Jail again today. This time, as on Is
previous occasions, he is charged with
stealing horse, an offease for which
he has spent more than 40 years Of
his life in prisons
Buzzard was arrested liz South Mer-
<Snantyille last night at the home Of
clayton Hammond, where he has been
living since his release from the East
ern Penitentiary. in Philadelphia, on
March 9 of this year
A brother. A. B. Buzzard, 81. is now
serving a sentence in the Eastern Pen
itentiary for the same of1ense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-12
WRITER'S FIRST NOVEL
is GIVEN $4,000 PRIZE
Robert Reynolds, %, Connections,
Wins Publishers Award by
Western Tale.
BY the Assoeiat,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August Ibis first
published work of fiction brought Rob-
.ert Reynolds, 20, OF Georgetown, Conn,
The $4,000 prize yesterday for the best
novel of 1881, in the opinion Of Har-
per & Bros, publishers.
Brothers in the West is the title.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-12
PRINCESSES IN MlSHAP
Olga of Jugo5lavia and Elizabeth
Of Greece Escape Plunglng Auto.

VIENNA. August IL HS.-Princess
Olga, niece of King Alexander Of Jugo-
siavia; Princess Elizabeth Of Greece
and Patrick Ramsay. BRITISH Minister to
Athens, narrowly escaped death yes
terday when their automobile side
slipped and somersaulted on the Wur-
zen Pass near the Austro-Jugoslav
frontier.
Newspapers said the car rolled 90
feet down a slope and cana to stop
against tree, avertIng a plunge to GER
tain destruction. None was hurt except
for a severe shaking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-12
Mems Summer
Ties Reduced

The Summers just half
over, yet we're willing to bet
all your Summer ties are
sick looking! Freshen up
your rack tomorrow at saw
ings, there are crepe failles
and Jockey Club crepes-all
handmade and most of them
silk lined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-12
TO CLEAR!
Summer
Hats

Drastic reductions on our higher
priced hats, including fine bakus
and the smart rough straws, in
black, navy and pastels. Less than
20O-shop early in the dayl
MISUNDERSTOOD FLOOR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-12

9TH, 9th and E Sts.-NAtiOnal $500
vo Connection with ANY other Washington Ston
The Washington times., 1931-02-13
SENATE FAvORS
SURETY LAW

A favorable report on a
Senate bill which would require
all life insurance companies
operating in the District to main
tain a legal reserve" was
ordered today by the insurance
subcommittee of the House
District Committee, headed by
Representative Frank r. Reid
(RO Illinois, chairman.
Appearing in support Of the
legislation were Thomas M. Bald
win, jr, the District superin-
tendent of insurance; Frank B.
Bryan, jr., deputy superintendent;
Thomas F. Cameron, an assistant
corporation counsel, and D. L.
Lea, chairman of the insurance
committee of the Washington
Board of Trade. Each testified
they knew of no opposition to
the proposed legislation. 1t was
shown most local life insurance
companies maintain proper re-
serves.
The Washington times., 1931-02-13
GE is
18 MONTHS

Sam Hurwitz, 32-year-old grocer,
who is said to have expanded his
operations to the Senate Office
Building where he is reported to
have conducted a thriving bust
ness in alcohol, was sentenced to
serve 18 months in jail and pay
a $50 fine as the result of his
conviction January 20 on an in
dictment charging sale of a gal
lon of alcohol to a police in
former.
The informer in the case was
Roger Butts, who was placed in
the Senate stationery room to
trap George u. Cassiday, Man
in the Green Hat" bootlegger, and
he made his contact with Hurwitz
while engaged in that mission.
Hurwitz sold Butts a gallon of
alcohol last July 16, according to
the indictment. and the trans
action was witnessed by Federal
agents. He conducted a grocery
business at $50 R st. N. w., but
resided at the Miramar Apart
ment.
The Washington times., 1931-02-13
FESS APPLAUDS
D. {. HISTORY

A proposal that the Govern
ment print beautifully illus
trated history of the city OF
Washington was made today by
Senator Simeon Fess (R" Of
Ohio.
Senator Fess said that H. P.
Caemmerer, secretary of the Fine
Arts Commission, had recently
completed a meritorious history
of the city, and that he had
turned the manuscript over to
the Senator. The manuscript,
FesS told the Senate, covered
about $50 pages and is accom-
panied by $50 illustrations.
Senator Fess said Mr.. Caem-
merer desired no recompenSe for
the manuscript and that he be-
lieved the Government should
print it. The project was re-
ferred to the Committee on
Printing.
The Washington times., 1931-02-13
IS DUE
To FACE BOARD

Policeman Robert F. Langdon,
of the Fifth precinct, bound over
to the Grand Jury in connection
with the battling murder of Beu-
lah Limerick, is scheduled to ap-
pear before the police trial board
tomorrow.
Whether or not the accused Of
ficer will appear is. a matter of
conjecture. Langdon is held at
the District Jail, and it is an un-
usual procedure to bring a man
from the jail to face the trial
board.
Police to Guard Him
At the office Of Major Henry
Pratt, chief of police, it was said
that Langdon will be brought to
the board under a police guard to
stand trial.
The charges which he faces,
and for which he is now under in
dictment, relate to the possession
of a still, whisky and mash found
in his house.
Looked for Guns
These were seized by the police
vice squad after detectives, search
ing his home for guns in connec-
ton with the murder case, had
found the stills and liquor.
Langdon's attorneys claim that
the seizure was illegal, as the po-
lice had no warrant. They claim,
however, that he had instructed
his wife to give them permission
to search the house.
Capt. Davis Presides
In the absence Of Inspector
Louis ]. Stoll, chairman of the Po-
lice Trial Board, Capt. o. T. Da-
Wis, Of the Second precinct, will
preside at Langdon's trial tomor-
row.
The other members of the
boards are Capt. Frank S. w.
Burke, of the First precinct. and
William G. Stott, Of the Sixth
precinct.
The Washington times., 1931-02-13
GET.
PRISON TERMS

Thomas Oliver Probey, Sc, for
mer president Of Probey's, Inc,
tire and auto accessory firm, to-
day was sentenced by Justice
Jesse C. Adkins in Criminal Court
to serve one year and a day in
prison as the result of his con-
viction, January 80, of conspiracy
to violate the bankruptcy law in
connection with the bankruptcy Of
his firm in 1926.
James Milton Probey, his son,
who was indicted with him, was
sentenced to serve a year and
nine months.
The Probeys were alleged to
have conspired to conceal from
the trustee in bankruptcy, $4,000
in cash and assets of the firm.
The elder Probey was remanded
to Jail following his conviction
and when counsel noted an appeal
today, was returned there. Bond
for his son was fixed at $4,000
pending appeal.
The Washington times., 1931-02-13
lost CHILDREN
TAKEN HOME

Safe at home today after a
long '"trek" in the woods of Rock
Greek Park, +year-old Charles
Luria has a most exciting adven-
ture to talk about.
Charles and 3-year-old Ruth
Milstone were found walking
down Morrow Road by Park
Policemen Robert Howell and c.
P. Gillespie, yesterday. Charles
very proudly told the policemen
his name, but he couldn't tell
where he lived. The police then
took the children to the Thir-
teenth precinct in the side car
of their auto and found the
address in the city directory.
First they took Charles to his
mother, Mrs. Anna Luria. at
4607 Fifteenth st. N. w. Here
they found out Ruth's name and
took her to her mother. Mrs.
Phillip Milstone, at 1882 Critten-
den st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-02-13
OHIO OBJECTION
To Be HEARD
BY SENATE
Nominee Named by Hoover
Underwent Long Investiga-
ton by Dept. of Justice

Protests against the nomination
Of James M. Proctor to be Judge
Of the District Supreme Court, Of
such weight as to warrant the
holding of hearings have been
received bv the Senate.
Senator William H. King (D.)
Of Utah announced today that
he will hold hearings on the nom,
tnatiOn starting Monday morning
ut 10 o'clock.
Blaine Aids King
Senator John j. Blaine (R) OF
Wisconsin is serving with Senator
King on the subcommittee con
Sidering the nomination.
In announcing the hearings
Senator King said that two pro-
tests have been received, one from
q resident of Washington and one
from resident of Ohio
The objection received from
Ohio. according to the Senator,
seems to be the more serious,
and he has telegraphed the
maker of the protest to appear
Monday.
Named by Hoover
Mr.. RrOctOr's nomination was
Forwarded to the Senate by PreSi-
dent Hoover after lengthy inveS-
ttgatiOn by the Department of
Justice. Mr.. Proctor has prac-
ticed law here for about Is years
during which time he served for
several years as an assistant
United States attorney.
Appointment of Mr.. Proctor to
the judgeShip was recommended
by the District Bar Association
and the Republican State COM
mittee of the District.