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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
u. S. EMPLOYE so YEARS,
MESSENGER GETS $50
Richard H. Hawkins Receives Note
of Praise From Stimson as
Tribute to Service.

Richard H. Hawkins of this city, a
messenger in the foreign service admin
istration division of the State Depart
ment, has just completed term of SO
years continuous service. He received
a personal letter from Secretary Slim
son complimenting him on Ibis long
and satisfactory record" and saying that
"the uniform courtesy and diligence
with which you have performed your
duties is appreciated by all with whom
you come in contact" On behalf OF
his associates in the department, Mr..
Hawkins was presented by Assistant
Secretary Wilbur j. Carr with an en-
bossed leather billfold containing SO
81 bills, representing one for each years
service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
.JOBLESS UNIT HERE
DENIES D|SBAND|NG
Smaller Employment Com.
mittee Planned as Condi-
tionS Show Improvement.

The District of Columbia Committee
on Employment announced today that,
contrary to recent reports, no steps
have been taken to disband it. The
committee issued this statement:
Although the committee feels that
employment conditions in Washington
are improving, it has not yet seen fit to
conclude its activities.
AT recent meeting of the commit
tee, held on February 10, Mr.. F. A.
Delano presented report of the COM
mittees activities to date and asked If
it was the sense of members present
that the work of the committee was
finished
THE general response of the mem
bers was that there remained work
still to be done and that the commit
tee should remain together until it was
accomplished. A motion was made and
carried to the effect that the chairman,
when he considered it proper for the
committee to disband, be empowered
to appoint a smaller committee Of six,
nine or twelve members, which smaller
committee would remain in existence
subject to call by the chairman in case
of emergency. The appointment OF
such a smaller committee, it was I'M
derstood, would indicate the dissolution
of the original committee.
1.-THE smaller committee has not yet
been appointed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
DIVORCE SUIT RESULT
OF NEW YEAR PARTY
Wife Charges Reginald j. Thorn
ton Kissed Another Woman,
Later Deserving Her.

An echo of a New Year eve party
reached the District Supreme Court to-
day when Mrs. Amy 1. Thornton, lit
Eighth street, asked for limited di-
vorce from Reginald j. Thornton, in
business at so Canal street southwest.
The wife charges that on the occasion
her husband openly fondled, petted and
kissed another woman. He left her
January Is last she states, declaring
his intention of going to live with the
other woman. He was also cruel and
abusive to her, she complains to the
court
They were married March 90, 1880,
and have no children. The wife wants
alimony and an injunction to prevent
the husband leaving the city pending
hearing on her plea. She is repre-
sented by Attorneys H. L. Lohnes and
H. L. Mccormick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
JUSTICE HITZ SITS
ON APPEALS COURT
Assumes Duties Today, With
Grover Expected to Complete
Bench Tomorrow.

Justice William Hitz presided today
for the first time in the District Court
of Appeals, making the fourth member
Of the court. Chief Justice Martin an
nounced that he expected Justice
Laurence Groner would arrive tomor-
row to complete the court. All five
justices will sit at the hearings before
the court, the chief justice said, follow
ing the method obtaining in the United
States Supreme Court.
Chief Justice Martin reported a num-
Der of opinions of the court, but no
opinion was rendered in the case of AL
bert B. Fall, former Secretary of the
Interior, convicted of bribery in con-
nection with an oil lease, nor in the
case of Harry M. Blackmer, the absent
oil witness, who was held guilty of two
contempts of court in failing to obey
summons TO two oil trials and was
fined a total of 100000, under the
Walsh act.
Both of these cases were heard last
month by Justices Charles H. Robb
and Josiah A. Van Orsdel of the Court
of Appeals and by Justice Joseph w.
Cox of the District Supreme Court. No
decision in these cases are expected
until April.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
Defective EYES TO GET
BLAME FOR 5000 DEATHS
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Md, March 2.-De-
fective eyes will cause the traffic deaths
of 5000 persons in the United States
this year, according to DR.. Edward H.
Silver of Washington, who spoke today
at the concluding sessions of the Tri-
State Optometric Associations second
annual convention here.
DR.. Silver advocated that all States
follow Marylands example in making
compulsory vision tests prerequisite to
the granting of motor vehicle driving
licenses.
Delegates from the DisWiet of Column
bia and Delaware as well as Maryland
attended the convention. DR.. silver is
chairman of the Motor Vehicle Com
mission of the American Optornetric
Association,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
POLICE GRILL THREE
IN GROCER SHOOTING
John J. Gormley, Victim, Hit in
Leg by Bullet, Now Is in
Hospital.

Three colored men, said by police to
answer the description of the man who
Saturday night attacked and wounded
John Joseph Gornley, grocery store
proprietor, are being held for question
ing by seventh precinct police. No
charges have been booked against them.
According to the reports made to po-
lice, the colored man entered the CORN
ley store, 1858 jefferson street, and
asked for a package of oats. While the
storekeeper had his back turned to the
customer, reaching for the oats, the man
is said to have fired twice, wounding
Gormley in the leg with one OF the
shots.
He escaped before police could be
called.
Gormley's condition today was said
to be satisfactory at Georgetown Hos
pital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
WIFE SUES ON CHARGES
OF ENFORCED DANCING
Mrs. Marie Agnes Mortimer AL
leges Husband Has Given Little
to Support Child.

Mrs. Marie Agnes Mortimer, 81 Rhode
Island avenue, in a suit for limited
divorce TODAY tells the District Supreme
Court that her husband, Frederick T.
Mortimer, pulled her from bed in the
wee hours OF the morning and COM
PEELED her 10 dance. She charges that
he has beaten her on several occasions
and February "a sh? had to call the
police. but her husband fed before their
arrival.
They were married August "a, 1914.
and have one child. The wife says her
husband has contributed little to their
support and she has been obliged to use
the money she gets from Government
position for household expenses. She
is represented by Attorney Philip p.
1ARgins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
BOWMAN BODY is TAKEN
TO RICHMOND FOR BURIAL
Former Express Company Official
Dies at 80 Years of Age
After Long Residence Here.

Services for Samuel H. Bowman, 80
years old, retired business man and for
merly an official of the United States
Express Co., who died at his home in
the Maryland Courts Apartments, BIG
E street northeast, Saturday, were con-
Quoted at the residence today at 1890
o'clock. The body was taken to Rich
mond, Va. for interment in Hollywood
Cemetery.
Years ago Mr.. Bowman was general
agent for the United States Express
Co, with headquarters in this city.
Subsequently he returned to Richmond
and came back to this city in 1917. He
had retired from active business num-
Der of years ago.
He Is survived by a son, Marvin S.
Bowman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
ROVER ASKS REV0KING
OF DR.. FERRIS LICENSE
Narcotic Law Violation Basis of
Suit to Remove Prisoners
Name From D. G. List.

Application was made TO the District
Supreme Court today to revoke the
license to practice medicine granted
DR.. F. William Ferris, who was recently
sentenced for a violation of the Harrt-
son narcotic law.
The application is made by the Com
mission of Licenses to Practice the
Healing Arts in the District of Column
bia, through United States Attorney Lee
A. Rover, and is said to be the first
time that such action has been re-
Quested of the court.
Ferris was granted his new license
by the commission November 81, 1929
although he had been in practice fol-
many years. He pleaded guilty Deem
Der 16, 1880, and was sentenced to serve
Is months in prison. He Is now al
Jorton Reformatory.
The Iicensure act permits revocation
by the court of the license Of any per-
son convicted of felony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
PASTOR OVERCOME BY EVIL AIR
IN MARATHON SERMON ATTEMPT
Bad Ventilation in Church Crowded for Record Discourse
Ends Talk After Hours.

re-throng the church as the paste:
talked on through the long afternocl.
At minutes after 6, when the
assembly was beginning to think about
supper, Rev. Mr.. Brown, in a voice al
most inaudible, took up Political Cor
ruption."
From time to time he had refreshed
himself, washing down soda crackers
with milk, but even this did not suffice
against the close atmosphere.
Rev. Mr.. Brown had treated only
briefly with his rather prolific subject
when a fainting spell overcome him.
None the worse for the ordeal, Rev.
Mr. Brown said today that he probably
would continue the marathon. But
there's one evil I'm going to remedy
first" he declared, EVIL air" He had
meant to preach until 8 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02

One of the evils of the Modern
World" overlooked by Rev. @. z. Brown
in his marathon sermon on that sub
ject yesterday closed the minister's
discourse 2 hour and 35 minutes ahead
of time.
The evil which worsted the colored
pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church
bad ventilation and overcrowding
began to assert itself shortly after he
started preaching at IL am.
A capacity crowd jammed the little
church, but the pastor held on gamely,
without opening any windows, through
the first four phases of his sermon
evolution, juvenile delinquency, the
crime wave, the race problem.
AS the MONDAY dinner hour APP
proach the congregation waned, only to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
LIBRARY MAKES CHANGE
Fine Arts and Sociology Divisions
Are Moved Upstairs.

The fine arts and sociology divisions
Of the Public Library have been moved
to larger quarters on the second floor
Of the main building at Eighth and K
streets, Librarian George F. Bowerman
announced today. They occupy the
room formerly used by the acquisitions,
catalogue and bindery supervisors sec
tons.
The two departments will adhere TO
the regular library schedule, remaining
open from am. to 9 pm. daily, but
will be closed on Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
ELECTRIC RATE FARLEY
MOVED UP TO THURSDAY
Gen. Patrick's Absence Holds Up
Pepco and Utilities Group
Conference.

The conference between officials Of
the Potomac Electric Power Co. and
the Public Utilities Commission, to dis
cuss the electric rate case compromise,
has been postponed until Thursday.
The conference was to have been held
today. but was postponed, as Maj. Gen.
Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the
commission, is out of town.
The commission is planning to file an
action in Equity Court to modify the
consent decree under which electric
rates now are annually set, so a. to
make lower rates possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
Epiphany Rector to Lecture.

An illustrated lecture viii be given at
8 o'clock tomorrow evening in Epiphany
Parish Hall by Rev. DR.. Dc9arney Phil
lips, rector of Epiphany Church, for the
benefit of the Bishop Payne Divinity
School. the only Episcopal theological
seminary devoted exclusively to train
ing colored men for the ministry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02

the unusual edfces the World
a
symbolism widely
northeast this
the wall Of the buidng with equal number Of similar figures the
as pillars OF the temple built by Christ Left to right
William brc author outstanding geographical of the Middle
India;
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
DIRIGIBLE HERE TODAY
Los Angeles on Way to Lakehurst
After Longest Cruise.

Operating away from her home base
''for a longer period than any dirigible
before" the u. S. S. Los Angeles, re-
turning to her home port, Lakehurst,
N. j., was expected to be over the Ma
tional Capital about 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon. according to the Navy De-
pertinent.
The Los Angeles has been participant
ing in maneuvers with the fleet in the
Panama Canal Zone. She left her berth
at Lakehurst February 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
FOUND DEAD IN SHED
Mans Body, With Clothes Torn Of,
Causes Search for Another.

An inquest will be held tomorrow TO
determine the cause of death OF Edward
Bowie, colored, 40, 1886 street south
west, who was found in a shed in the
rear of the E street address this morn
ing Police said he had been drinking.
The inquest was ordered by Coroner
j Ramsay hewitt after police told him
that BoWie's clothes had apparently
been torn from his body. Police are
searching for colored man who was
the last man to be seen with Bowie.
Bowie was found by Helen Henderson,
colored, 319 Knox Court southwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
PRECINCT LODGER FAINTS
Heart Attack Blamed for Collapse
of ]. F. Stephans, Sr.

John F. Stephans, ST., SIS years old,
collapsed in the first precinct police
station last night, few minutes after
his request for a nights lodging had
been granted.
Mr. Stephans is said to have come
here from Fredericksburg, Va.
where physicians said he had suffered
heart attack. After receiving treat
ment, he was discharged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30
TWO LOSE APPEAL
FROM BAUMES LAW
New York Supreme Court Holds
Convictions in Other States
Count Against Pair.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 30.-The ma iority
Of the Supreme Court of New York de-
cided Yesterday that life sentences may
be imposed on habitual criminals even
though their earlier offenSes were COM
mitted in other jurisdictions
The case was brought before the APP
pellate Division by counsel for Howard
B. Reese and Harry D. Watterson, who
contended that their identity as crimi-
mails in other States could be established
only by witnesses They pointed out
that their previous convictions were
certified only by the inky whorls Of
fingerprints. Under the Baumes laws
in New York a person convicted for
four fe!onics must be sentenced to life
Imprisonment.
The evidence against Reese. con-
victod of forgery in New York, showed
his fingerprints were the same as those
of man convicted of forgery in Spo-
kane County. Wash. under the name
of E. F. Lathrop: of a man convicted
c. false .p-ctecScs in Lo-.mer County,
Colo, under the name Of E. E. Lewis
ton. and Of a man who pleaded guilty to
forgery in Multnomah County Greg,
under the name Of Earl F. Lathrop.
Watterson, convicted Of grand lar
ceny in New York, was found guilty OF
the same crime In Massachusetts I'M
der the name Of Charles Clark. His
other offenses were in New York.
Justice John V. McAvoy, in the dis
senting opinion which he alone signed,
said: II think 1t is a reversible error
to admit fingerprint records Of the
States Of Washington, Colorado and
Oregon. because there is no provision
." permitting the introduction Of
such testimony from records and offices
not in this State
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30

ing one of those unfortunates who Is
ALWAYS saying there the title may be
supplied, she isn't really to be
pitied, for in the end she gets Lewis
Stone as a husband, and is guaran-
teed youth, middle age and widow
hood On the banks OF that crystalline
sea-Iake Como.
Before all elis, this Grecian
blonde Britisher-whose acting be-
longs to that all too rare school OF
finish and poise-may be seen as
flippant young lady who has squan-
dered a vast inheritance within a
year, and goes to Italy with a man
who Is supposed to be her husband
and. Of course. isn't at all. Merely
as a lark, to Offset the obvious dis
advantages of living in Bloomsbury
fiat, Miss Landi discovers that even
her platonic relations with this
gentleman are not to be stood when
she finds him to be a crook, and
when Mr.. Stone is appraising her
with the lovelorn eyes of a wounded
gaelic Love having flown in the
wind. her pseudo-husband flies cut
minus the jewels he had been after
and the lady is left safe in the arms
of her strong armed lover, basking
under . good old Lake Comoan
moon.
Not q bad film this-full of
minor excitements and a major eX-
element such as Miss Landi. The
rest Of the cast does its share, too
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30
Missionary Relates
Romance of Actual
Madame Butterfly
Aged American Worker
Recalls Original of
Tragic Story.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, May 30.--Madanae Butterfly
in real life was as pretty as she Is
painted in the story and the stage
doesn't flatter her either.
SO says Mrs. Irwin II. Cornell. an
American missionary TO whom the little
Japanese tea house girl told her trou-
blcS many years ago.
Mrs. Correll gave an account at q
luncheon Of the Pan-Pacific Club here
Of how the story happened to be written.
The name OF the original was really
Butterfly" or "Cho-San" in japanese,
and 1t was by this name that she was
known to Mrs. Correll and others Of the
mission.
Her betrayer was. however q Russian
and not an American naval oficer, as
the opera has 1t.
Some years afterward. home on
leave, Mrs. Correll related the story
to her brother John Luther Long,
a Philadelphia attorney. She said her
brother sat up all night and next
morning at breakfast showed her the
completed manuscript. Long died seven
years ego He had not seen japan
when he wrote the story.
Mrs. Correll. now 30 years old, first
landed in Yokohama in 1873. After
ward she and her husband moved TO
Nagasaki and 1t vas here that little
Cho-san. who lived ION hill where
she could gaze out to sea day after
day, hoping for the return of her
lover.
Little Cho-san was as pretty as a
picture, and every one liked her" Mrs.
Corral said. "One day We heard that
she had a lover, and later we heard
of her eXpectant motherhood.
The lover had gone. making prom
Uses that he would soon return. AS
we understood if there was to be a
signal frcp. the ship when he did
come back, and we knew that little
Cho-san was waiting by her window
for the sign that was never given"
Mrs. Ccrrell was born in Hanover,
Pa. She makes her home in Toxic
and for many years was in charge Of
the Christian Literature Society here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30
TALKIES FOR REVIEWS !:
IN HIGH COURT ASKED
Criminal Case Appeal Movies IA
Reveal Witness Looks Urged !:
to Illinois Bar. =
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press :,
PEORIA, H., May 30-The possi6li.
ity of the use of talking pictures of
criminal cases by the Illinois Supreme
Court in reviewing appeals was consid-
cred today by the Board of Governc-s
of the Illinois Bar Association
A resolution by Dean L. r. Lee Of xns
John Marshall Law School, chicago,
suggesting sound films for the high
court, was referred yesterday to the
board with instructions to report on
the scheme at the next annual meeting.
THE personal appearance of the par
ties and the witnesses, and the manner
and quality Of their oral testimony now
are kept from the knowledge of the re-
viewing courts" Dean Lee said
Belief was expressed in the resohI-
tions that courts should have every as
Sistance that modern science can sup
ply for the more perfect performance
of their duties" and added that {
closer approximation of justice may be
obtained on appeal than IS possible
from the printed and expressionleks
transcript of the record alone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30
SENTENCED TO Die,
MURDERER GRlNS
Chicago Court Sets Speed Record
in Trial of Man Who Killed
Policemen.

b. the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 30.-Twenty-nine
days after Staying Traffic Officer An
tilony Ruthy in crowded Michigan ave-
nue.. Carl Carlson. alias Frank Jordan.
Fock Island Ill, was found guilty last
night and sentenced to die in the cleo
trio chair.
Carlson. who also fatally wounded
Policeman Patrick Durkin, grinned
when the jury returned its verdict. He
was still grinning as he was led out of
the court room.
The conviction was believed by court
authorities to establish an all-time rec
ord for Chicago justice. They said that
in no other case where an accused
slayer offered defense had convic-
tion followed so quickly on the heels Of
the crime.
The jurors, who were given the case
shortly after the defense waived it's
chance of final argument, took little
more than two hours to return the YER
dict. They agreed on the guilty verdict
from the beginning, but took three bal
lots before deciding to recommend the
electric chair.
The defense based its case on testi-
mony that the prisoner who SUISSE
ouently confessed to several bank rob-
berries, did not know he was being ar
rested when he fired on the officers.
He said he thought he was being robbed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30
DISTRICT TO SPRAY
TREES HERE SOON
Superintendent Reports Work
: of Planting Is Finished
for This Spring.

The Districts tree planting program
for the Spring having been brought
to O close, Superintendent of Tress and
Parkings Clifford Lanham Is now turn
ing his attention to the annual spray
ing activities designed to keep Capital
trees from the attasks Of insects.
The spraying. which will start soon,
of lead and water. The solution is harm
less to automobile tops, Mr. Lanham
said, and contains no acid. Neverthe-
less 1t offers no improvement to the
appearance Of automobiles which are
parked under the spraying machines
when they get into action, and accord
ingly he suggested that the motorists pay
attention to the signs which will be
placed wherever spraying is to be done
to give them notice of the spraying
operations.
Owing to the drought last year, no
trees were set out in the Fall. In order
to catch up with the program, the work
has been doubled this Spring, and more
than double the usual planting has
been set out
The work this Spring consisted largely
OF setting out new rows of trees on
streets which had never before had the
benefit of shade trees, Mr.. Ianham said.
Little attention was paid to replacing
OLD trees. in existing lines. Takoma
Park and Anacostia we're among the
sections most benefited, he said
although all suburban areas received
treatment.
Among the tress set out were Ameri-
can elms, gingkos. sugar NAPLES, Nor
way NAPLES, Siberian elmS, red oaks
pin oaks, English sycamore NAPLES
Oriental planes tsycamores) and sweet
gums. In all $500 trees were set out.
The golden age of classical myth
ology was the age OF peace and inpo-
Cence and nGfriarchal unarS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30

A British railway company has leased
land at Lewisham. England, for grey
hound racing. with the stipulation that
there are to be no Sunday events.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington Theaters.

most notably Mr.. Stone, the smooth
ly villainous Paul CavanaghNand
most particularly Frederick Kerr as
the old sutton who has been partially
renovated.
Special attention should be given
the Fox this week through one short
five minutes of its newsreel. On
this screen for the first time may be
seen that emaciated and dynamic
leader of India-Mahatma Gandhi-
speaking slowly yet distinctly in Eng
lish and promising that II he goes to
Buckingham Palace he will go there
in his native and extremely abbre-
waited Indian garb. This and other
more pungent political opinions
make this feature one Of the out
standing attractions of the year.
The stage show-"Topical Tunes"
comes last this week, being a rou-
tine bit of dancing and comedy, en-
livened chiefly by Coscia and Verdi
and not much else. To complete the
bill there IS Bob Hamilton and some
very fine pictures OF the West and
Mr.. Brusiloff getting the most out OF
The Student Prince" melodies.
E. de S. MELCHER.