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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
EvANGEL|ST-ED|TOR
BURIED IN CAPITAL
Dr.. Samuel Small Accorded
Military Honors at Ar
Iington.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DR.. Samuel w. Small, veteran news
paper man and evangelist, was buried
today among the Nations war dead in
Arlington National Cemetery.
Full military honors were accorded
the 80-year-old former chaplain in the
Spanish American Wer In addition
the Masonic ceremony was held at the
grave.
The ashes Of DIR. Small, who died
Saturday in Atlanta, where he was as
sociate editor Of the Constitution, were
conveyed to the grave on a ag-draped
caisson accompanied by troops and
cavalry from Fort Myer
Led by q military band which played
q funeral march, the procession moved
slowly along to the grave.
Rev. George Fisk Dudley, rector of
st. Stephens Church here read the
Episcopal ritual. Three military sa-
lutes to the dead were fired and then
Taps" sounded as the caSket was low
cred into the grave.
The Masonic service followed imme-
diately, led by George Irelan Of the
Hiram Lodge of Washington. A Ma
sonic apron and sprigs of evergreen
were placed in the grave.
Relatives of DR.. Small at the funeral
included Mrs. Samuel w. Small, jr.;
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Berger, Mrs.
Robert T. Small Miss Elizabeth Small
and Miss Marjorie Small, all of Wash
ington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
100000 SUIT FILED
BY JULIUS |. PEYSER
Breach of Contract in Washington
Post Negotiations Charged
Against Bank.

julius I. Peyser, former president Of
the District Bar Association, filed suit
in District Supreme Court today seek
ing 100000 damages from the Ameri-
can Security g. Trust Co., for alleged
breach Of contract. The. suit Is an out
growth Of the recent failure Of negotia-
tons for the purchase Of the Washing
ton Post
Maj. Peyser, through Attorneys Will
Ham G. Sullivan and Milton Strasburg-
er, asserted the trust company and Ed
ward B. Mclean, as trustees Of the
estate of John r. Mclean, made con-
tract June 2 with David Lawrence, Inc,
70 sell the assets Of the Washington
Post for $4,000 and agreed to pay
Peyser a commission Of $87 500 for find
ing a purchaser.
The purchaser was ready, able and
willing to carry out the contract, the
court was told. and the trust company
and Mclean had agreed to take all
steps necessary to obtain approval of
the court to the sale. According to
that agreement, they presented the
matter to the court and recommended
approval However, it Is alleged, before
the court had acted, the trust company,
reported another proposed offer for the
purchase of the property, recommended
its acceptance and withdrew the recon-
mendation formerly made approving the
Lawrence offer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
CITRUS ORCHARDS
COLD MENACE ENDS
Danger of Frost Passes,
WithiMOSt of Trees Saved
by Use of Smudges.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, November 25.-Sev-
enty-two hours of frosty weather that
seriously menaced thousands of acres of
citrus groves, some in the noted I'm
perial Valley, where Summer tempera-
lures range upward to 120, ended yes
terday, but growers continued stocking
smudge pots to ward OF any unheralded
return of Jack Frost.
Citrus losses are negligible, said F. D.
Young, Government frost expert at Po-
mona, citrus belt capital, but late Fall
crops OF peas, squash, tomatoes and as
paraguS were damaged in the Imperial
Valley by the coolest weather ever re-
corded in that area.
Young Groves Nipped.
A few young citrus groves were nipped,
Young said, as well as minor groves
where smudging was not practiced.
Orchardists, who laid down a smoke
barrage that turned the Southern Cali
fornia sky into that resembling q great
industrial city, needed Young's warning
OF another frost last night, although It
was not as severe as the previous three
nights.
Wind Damage Grows.
A 48-mile-an-hour wind that swept
the San Pedro Harbor damaged Ana
helm grange groves slightly. Branches
were torn from orange trees in the La
Crescenta Valley where temperatures
during the past ~ hours have averaged
80 degrees. Santa Ana, Orange County
seat, reported IS degrees as against an
average Of 20 Monday morning.
Wintry winds of snow-capped noun
tains aided materially in lowering tenn
peratures throughout the area. Pasa-
dena,' with 20 degrees, Sunday and
Monday, experienced the coolest No
vember day in IL years and the second
coldest day in the city's history. Santa
Monica, on the coast, reported "a 6e-
grees with some frost, San Bernardino
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
WOMEN PLANT TREE
AT MARYLAND CLUB
Hoover Shovel Is Presented to
Them After Being Used in
Alta Vista Rites.
BY stan Correspondent of The Star.

ALTA VISTA, Md, November U.s.
In simple open-air ceremony, mem
bers Of the Women's Club of Bethesda
yesterday afternoon planted q George
Washington Bicentennial tree on the
lawn at their club house at Old George
town and Sonoma roads here.
DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president Of
George Washington University. made
the address Of dedication. The tree
was planted by Mrs. Edward M. Willis,
president of the club, who also put In
place q cement base, into which was
imbedded q bronze marker designating
the tree, q Norway spruce, as planted
aS part of the Bicentennial program.
The shovel with which President
Hoover planted a tree on the White
House grounds April 81, 1881, and bear
ing bronze plate descriptive Of the
event, was used in the planting of this
tree and was presented to the Women's
Club by Russell T. Edwards, president
Of the American Tree Association. Mr..
Edwards also presented the club with
q scroll bearing the names Of the club
members which enrolled the club as
members Of the tree association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
WALKER PREPARES
FOR MOONEY PLEA
How Meeting With Gov. RoIph
Shall Be Conducted to Be
Decided Today.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, November u.s.
Private Citizen" James j. Walker of
New York, who care here to ask a
pardon for Tom Mooney, and Gov.
James Rolph, jr., of California, from
whom he will make the request.
marshaled forces today for their formal
meeting next Tuesday.
Walker, who, except during his visit
to California, is Mayor of New York.
pored over records of the trial and sub
sequent developments concerning the
man who was sentenced first to be
hanged and later to life imprisonment
for bombing a Preparedness day parade
here in 1915.
Gov. Rolph consulted attorneys who
will be present at the Tuesday Teeting.
Mooney is seeking pardon on the basis
the testimony which convicted him was
false. He has refused to ask parole,
fearing such action might be construed
as admission of guilt
This afternoon Mayor Walker and
Gov. Rolph will meet here to decide
how next Tuesdays meeting will be
conducted.
Mayor Walker arrived yesterday to
be cheered by the citizenry and well
coined by officials. A great part OF his
time was spent in impressing upon his
listeners that he was here only in the
capacity OF IAN attorney and private
citizen"
Today he planned to call on Mrs.
Mary Mooney, 80-year-old mother of
the prisoner. 1t was largely her tele-
graphic plea, the mayor said, that
brought him to California.
els GUNS" FOR WALKER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
HARRISON SCORES
TARIFF DAMAGE"
Uncomfortable That Smoot
Cannot See Havoc, Says
Mississippi Senator.

The Hawley- tariff act, with its
excessive increased rates." has done
Unbelievable damage" to the United
States, In the opinion of Senator Har-
rison Of Mississippi. In a statement
issued through the Democratic National
Committee he said it is uncomfortable
to him that Senator Smoot cannot see
the damage the act has done.
Senator Harrison characterized the
Utah Senator's statements attributine
decreased foreign trade to world bust
ness troubles as spurious defense"
which will fool no one"
Reply to SmoOt.
The Mississippian's statement was is
sued in reply to one given out yester-
day by Smoot In this statement Smoot
voiced his belief that the tariff act had
nothing to do with decreased foreign
trade and said 1t would be suicide" to
revise the act downward in the next
Congress.
THE American people know" Harri-
son said, that when the President
called the Congress together In 1929 for
a limited revision of the tariff, not only
this country, but the world, with few
exceptions, was experiencing normal
prosperity; that when Senator Smoot
and his co-conspirators began to write
the rates higher, under no Republican
theory of protection or according to no
ascertainment of facts with reference
to difference in cost of production here
and abroad, they aroused a storm Of
protests not only from more than a
thousand of our most reputable econo-
mists, but from practically every for
eign nation"
Accuracy Of Forecast.
at Is remarkable" he said, with
what degree Of accuracy these Ameri-
can economists pointed out the effects
that would assuredly come If the pro-
ponents of the tariff legislation should
persist and carry out their scheme"
Harrison said the act of other coun-
tries in raising their tariff walls was
retaliation against the United States.
We. started the procession" he
added, I'VE forced the foreign coun-
tries actions; we are guilty of this
tariff war and we are suffering today
from the national folly"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
ALLAY
WTAM|NE D FEARS
Declare Only Excess
Sive Doses Are Harm
full.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 25.-Two
American experts on Htamin d said last
night that no danger of poison turks in
the forms of this viatmin available for
use by the public in this country.
They were commenting upon last
nights Berlin dispatch that massive
doses Of the new, pure crystalline form
of vitamin D isolated by the German
Prof. Adolf Windhaus are poisonous.
This concentrated vitamin is so potent
that -billionths of gram is said
to cure ricketts,, while dose 5000 times
as great, or q -thousandth of q
gram, is poisonous.
Little Danger Shown.
'"The amount stated as poisonous, !"
said DR.. Walter H. Eddy of Columbia
University Teachers College, lis so far
in excess of what any one could get In
the form of vitamin D administered in
any form of present use that there Is no
chance of poisonous effects.
"One would have to eat or take many
times the amount prescribed either to
be eaten or to be taken as medicine to
get into the danger zone"
Roger H. bennett, M. D., another au-
thority, said: "As a clinician, I have
been giving vitamin d in all its forms
to children for years, but never have
seen any harmful results.
Alarm Unnecessary.
'My fears would be that the people at
large whose children are so benefited
by vitamin d products such as we use
in this country will take alarm at this
announcement.
"I do not know what the poisonous
effects of the massive doses of pure
vitamin D may be, but the dispatch in
dicates that about 5000 times the cura-
tive and preventive doses is poisonous.
MANY drugs which we use in medi-
cine generally, If given at even 900
times normal dosage, would kill peo-
pie"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
CHEVY CHASE RAID
BARES RUM CARGO
House in Exclusive Section
Believed Headquarters,
Three Arrested.

A house in fashionable Chevy Chase
last night was the scene of a raid In
which fourteenth precinct police ar
rested three men and seized approx
mately 5000 bottles Of alleged liquor,
thirty-one 5-gallon cans of alleged al
cohol, a quantity of bottling and label
ing equipment and two automobiles.
The raid was made after the dwelling
at 1858 Northampton street had been
kept under surveillance for several
weeks, during which time officers re-
ported having seen several automobile
loads Of liquor delivered.
Officers Wait for Car.
Detective M. K. Reading and Police
man G. G. Brown secreted themselves
near the residence last night. About
o'clock, they said, two men arrived in
a car. Reading and Brown waited until
the pair began removing goods from
the machine, they said, and then stepped
from their hiding place and placed the
men under arrest.
Entering the house, the officers found
another man, who they declared, ad-
mitted ownership IF the alleged alcohol.
Another automobile also was seized and
Reading and S-cwn reported having
found 1,700 pints Of whisky in it. The
remainder of the alleged liquor, which
bore Golden Wedding Rye, Gilbey's
Gin, Lincoln Inn Rye, Black and White
Scotch, Indian Hiil Bourbon and other
famous labels, was found in the dwell
ing. the officers said.
The men arrested in the car identified
themselves as Edwin H. Hertz, IS, of
the Northampton street address, and
Van RenSSalar ,!Cnes, 80, of Philadel-
phia, while The man arrested in the
residence gave his name as Max Cos
man, IS. @
After being booked at the fourteenth
precinct station on possession ch1rges,
the men were released on $500 bond
each, pending arraignment in Police
Court.
Traced to Philadelphia.
The machines, one of which Is sai1 to
have false bottom, were taken to the
Treasury Department warehouse this
morning. The alleged liquor and alcohol
were scheduled to be transferred there
later in the DAY.
The bottled goods, in the opinion Of
Lieut.. McGil Grove, acting commander
OF the fourteenth precinct, probably was
intended for Thanksgiving eve deliv-
cry. While the bottles had an aged
appearance, the lieutenant believes they
contained only mixtures of the alleged
alcohol and f1avoring extracts found in
the house. Lieut.. Grove was unable to
estimate the value of the alleged liquor.
In making the raid, police believe they
struck blow at a large bootlegging
ring which Is supplying Washington
and other Eastern cities with LIQUOR
from its Philadelphia HEADQUARTERS.
One OF the seized machines, it was
pointed out, bore Pennsylvania license
plates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
RAIL HEADS SERVE
! WAGE ULT|MATUM
Leaders to Take Action If
Unions Do Not Volunteer
Cuts by December 8.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 25.-Although
railroad officials were hopeful that the
$500 representatives of the unions
meeting in Chicago December 8, would
vote for voluntary reduction of wages,
heads Of some of the Eastern lines were
today perfecting plans to seek foreible
pay cuts under the transportation act
in the event the brotherhoods decide to
fight.
The Eastern presidents conference,
which met yesterday to consider the
situation, agreed to take no action on
the wage matter until the Chicago
union meeting had last chance to
consider the plight Of the carriers and
meet them half way in temporarily re-
ducing pay rolls.
Can AbrOgate Contracts.
At yesterdays meeting, attended by
The heads of most of the prominent
Eastern lines, no formal action was
taken, but 1t was the unanimous
opinion of those present that imme-
date steps would be taken by the
carriers to seek relief If the Chicago
meeting voted negatively.
Under the transportation act the
roads can abrogate their contracts with
the union organizations by giving them
80 days notice.
The railroad heads stressed that wage
cuts averaging at least 10 per cent are
absolutely necessary to save the car
riers and that there is considerable
hope" these reductions will be volun-
tary. The Chicago meeting Will answer
the question of whether there Will be
n HoI,f ~ q t1ao oaf1il ac0U0nnic ac-
ceptance of the situation"
It Is known that various officials OF
roads in different parts Of the country
have recently been holding private and,
necessarily, secret consultations with
important union leaders.
Southern Lines to Cut Pay.
Rail officials who attended the con-
ference were somewhat cheered by the
news that the receiver operated Georgia
g. Florida Railroad had reached an
agreement with the brotherhood en-
ployes for 10 per cent wage cut, ef-
fective December l. The receivers had
virtually decided to cease operating the
road unless the pay roll could be cut.
Results of yesterdays conference will
be transmitted Immediately to the
western presidents conference, which
will meet in Chicago Monday. The
Western division is expected to agree
entirely with the Eastern division. A
meeting of the Southern presidents
conference is expected next week.
On December the Railway Labor
Executives Committee is expected to
meet to formulate a program.
Daniel Willard, president of the Bal
timore & Ohio and chairman of the
Presidents Committee of Nine, which
conferred with the union leaders last
week, presented q complete report to
the officials present yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
NEW DIV0RCEE is SLAIN

CALHOUN, Ga. November IS P).-
MRS. Ruth Fortenberry, IS, to whom a
divorce decree with alinony was award
ed Monday in Superior Court. was killed
yesterday by her former husband. who
almost severed her head from her body
with a large knife.
Henry Fortenberry, 40, was arrested
at the home Of his father and charged
with murder. Sheriff william Shirley
said ne admitted the Staying.
BY the divorce decree MRS. Forten-
berry had been given the custody Of
their three small children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
WOMAN SHOT ON SHIP

Passen ger From South America Re-
moved at southampton.
SOUTHAMPTON, England, November
IS (R.-A woman whose name APP
peared on the passenger list as Phoebe
Sorel was taken to hospital as soon
&C the liner Asturias arrived yesterday
from South America and was said last
nirnt 10 be in critical condition from
q bullet wound.
Odicials said they believed her 70 be
sof French nationality or naturalized
American
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
STORE LURES THIEVES
North Carolina Place Robbed After
FL Persons Had Been Held.

ABERDEEN, N. c., November IS up.
AS the candle lures the moth, so, ap-
parently, does the country store of T.
A. Hendricks at Cameron. near here,
lure the petty thieves Of the neighbor-
hood and with similar results.
Sixteen men are now serving prison
sentences for robbing the Hendricks
store in the last Is months. Five other
persons, including two women. are In
Jail awaiting trial in connection with
the burglaries.
But, Notwithstanding this record, the
store was broken into again Monday
night and quantity of supplies taken,
In robbery No. IL Of the series.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
ST. LAWRENCE SEA WAY
PROJECT OF U. S. HIT
New Yorker Says Plan Would Give
Federal Government Control
of Long Strip.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBANY, November 26-Attacking
the st. Lawrence sea way project and
the proposal to turn over the New York
Barge Canal to the Federal Govern
ment, Peter G. Ten Eyck, president Of
the New York Waterways Association,
IN a radio speech last night said fed
eralizing the canal would give the Gov
eminent a strip of land 500 feet wide
across the State, "to be policed by it;
to be governed by it,"
and" he continued, "if the Govern
ment treats this strip Of land the same
as they have done in the Panama Canal
a territorial governor would be placed
in control
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
POLICEMAN CONVICTED
OF NUMBERING WOMAN
Former Los Angeles Lieutenant
Faces Life Imprisonment for
Jealousy Killing.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, November 25.-Ed-
ward Nolan, former police lieutenant,
was convicted last night Of numbering
Mrs. Grace Murphy Duncan in q jeal-
Gus rage. The jury recommended life
Imprisonment. Superior Judge Mar
shall McComb set Friday for sentence
Nolan, while member Of the police
force. beat Mrs. Duncan to death when
he found her at a party in q hotel
He testified he was so intoxicated he
knew nothing Of the attack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
BILLINGS DOUBTS CHANGE.
MONEYS Fellow Prisoner Says Governor
IL Not Favorable.

FOLSOM PRISON, Calf, November
IS R-Warren K. Billings, sentenced
to prison for life with Tom Mooney for
the 1915 Preparedness day bombing in
San Francisco, said today Mooney has
little chance of getting pardon at the
coming conference of Mayor James
Walker of New York and Gov. James
Rolph, jr., of California.
Il haven't much confidence In the
outcome of the hearing because pub
lished statements attributed to the
Governor indicate no desire on his part
to pardon Mooney" said Billings.
Naturally, wish Mooney all the sue
cess in the world. hope he gets
pardon"
Billings denied published stories Of
antagonism between Mooney and him
self, but explained they were carrying
on their pardon campaigns separately
He said he would not be represented at
the hearing to be held by Mayor Walker
and Gov. Rolph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
Medical Board APPOINTED.

An Army Medical Board has been ap-
pointed to meet in this city to make
physical examinations of candidates for
appointment as internes at Army hos
pitals. The board is composed Of Mas
J: II. Sturgeon, M. r. Fetch and NJ. O.
keeler, Medical Corps. and Maj. N. @
Pickles. Dental Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
els GUNS" FOR WALKER.
Governor Fixes Salute on Flight 10
Sacramento.


SACRAMENTO, Calf, November 25
Ho.-Gov. James Rolph, jr., who flew
here last night for additional papers in
the pardon hearing for Tom Mooney,
thinks about Is guns" is the right sa-
lutte for visiting mayor and wants
Jimmy Walker Of New York to come to
the capital to receive the honor.
Gov. Rolph fixed the number himself
after finding military regulations did
not provide for mayors salute.
He said he would renew his invitation
to Mayor Walker to come to Sacra-
mento. He wants the mayor to stand
with him on the Capitol steps while the
California National Guard fires the
guns.
Mayor Walker can even name the
date, MFR. Rolph said. The Governor
planned to return to San Francisco to-
morrow morning.
BILLINGS DOUBTS CHANGE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15
TWO PALACES AND ESTATE OF KING
 ALFONSO SEIZED
First Step of Spanish Re. public to Sequester All Property of the Former Monarch


 Madrid, May 15.--(UP)--Two pal aces and an estate owned by former King Alfonso XIII were being seized to-day as part of the republican governments program to sequester properties belonging to the exiled monarch. The minister of finance, Idalecio Prieto,, ordered the seizure of the Magdalena palace at Santan- der. the Miramar palace at San Se- bastian and the estate on the Island of Cortejada, near Pontevedra, all owned by Alfonso as private possess stons. Alfonso's properties were es- timated to be worth $10.000.000.
 The government took this drastic action following anti-religious riots earlier this week which, the author ities said, were at least partially due to the activities of Alfonso. The country remained calm. although heavy patrols continued to preserve order in many of the score of cities and towns in which convents and other church properties were footed and burned by the anti-religious mobs. as4 3t