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The Washington times., 1931-06-16
Mrs. CIoman Hostess
For Her Crandniece

Mrs. Sydney Cloman has as
her guest in her home on
Kalorama Road, her grand
niece, Miss Natalie Keeney, who
arrived yesterday from Europe,
where she has been at Princess
Merstcherkey's School in Paris
for the last two. years.
Miss Keeney. is a niece OF
Mrs. Wilson Prichett, Mrs. Clo-
mans niece, who has passed
the winter with her aunt from
her. home in Philadelphia. Mrs.
Cloman with Mrs. Prichett and
Miss Keeney will leave later in
the summer for California.
Attended Frat Dinner
Major Thomas j. Frailey, ma
tional vice president Of the
Alpha Chi Rho Fraternity, has
returned from Wesleyan Univer'
'sity, Middletown, Conn.,, where
he attended the commence
ment banquet of Phi Gamma
chapter and participated in the
deliberations of the national
council.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
Joins General TilIman
Lease Mrs. Skaters
Villa at Newport

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne
Bingham, who returned from
Europe last Friday, have leased
Hopedene, Mrs. E. H. G. Slater'S
villa at Newport, and will arrive
from New York in a few days.
Mrs. Slater, who went from
Washington to inspect the
estate, has been with her sister,
Mrs. T. Shaw Safe, at Ocean
Lawn. Mr.. Bingham is a mem
her of the committee of the
fifth annual invitation golf
tournament at the Newport
Country Club starting July 81.
Visit Mint Director
The Director of the Mint and
Mrs. Robert j. Grant have Wis
iting them in their apartment
at Wardman Park Hotel Mr..
and Mrs. w. F. DeniouS and
their family from Denver.
T. Della M. Sharp, of Kan.
sas L is a guest at the May
flower following a trip to Can
ada and New York.
X X
Students Give Banquet
Notre Dame Academy IS en-
tertaining at a banquet and
dance this evening in the gold
room of Wardman Park Hotel.
Miss Margaret Nohe, the chair
man of the committee, has COM
pleted all of the arrangements
for this, the last social func-
ton of the school year.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
You can't HIDE RImples!
So nDbr not correct their underkrIne

culate throughout your
system, to cause bad
skin, unpleasant breath,
headaches, indigestion,
e'nerYeS." etc.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
An>.~
Perines in Paris

AAIICS III oIIS
Mrs. George Corbin Perine
and her daughters, the Misses
Perine. and her son, Washing
ton Perine, who recently went
abroad, have arrived in Paris
and later will go to Biarritz
for the gay season, as has been
their custom for several years.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16

TTOU know what
i they mean >. those
wretohed blotcheS and
eruptions! They mean
that your system is not
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
RATE
HEARING NEAR

The first of two important pub
lie hearings scheduled will be con-
Quoted Monday by the Public
Utilities Commission.
The results of operations under
the sliding-scale arrangement by
which rates of the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Company have been
fixed since January /, 1925, and
the desirability and effect of
modify terms of the scale will be
considered.
The hearing is the outgrowth of
a wrangle between the commission
and the company in the matter of
reduction of rates.
On June /, the second hearing,
dealing with all phases of opera
ton of interstate bus lines, their
use of public space as terminals
and the desirability of providing
terminals on private property, will
be held.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
DAY HELD
At ANNAPOLIS

ANNAPOLIS, Md. May 23.-
Annapolis-in a holiday spirit
today celebrated it sfirst annual
Civic Day planned as part Of the
dedication of the $250,000 filtra.
ton plant, the first one ever
owned by this city.
A day of athletic events, parades,
and the dedication exercises, be-
gan with a four-mile semi-mara-
thon for schol boys Of Ann
Arundel county. The contest was
won by Andrew Lehtner of Glen
Burni.
Representatives of every mill
tary, fraternal and civic OrganiZa-
tiOn in town marched in the
parade, led by Mayor Walter
Quenstedt. Music was furnished
by bands from the U. S. Naval
Academy and st. Johns College.
At the dedication exercises,
tablet for the late George T. Mel
vim, one Of the first advocates of
filtered water in this town was
unveiled by his grandson, State
Senator Ridgely P. Melvin, George
Melvin, jr., also spoke.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
COLUMBIA.
GIRLS IN FILM

Participants in the Miss Co.
lumbia" personality contest, spon.
sored by American Legion posts,
will assemble tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock in the Sylvan Thea.
parade" to be staged by the con.
ter to take part in a movie
test committee.
The screen test of the girls will
be shown soon at local film the.
aters.
Miss Edith Reed, S7O1 Six
teenth st. N. W., is still holding
her lead in the race for the title
of Miss Columbia" with a total
of 100000 votes.
Margaret Davis, 1409 Critten.
den st. N. W., is in second place
with 79,200 votes. Angelina Ciffo.
So C st. N. w., moved up into
third place with $4,000 votes with
Lucille Mccormick close behind
with 1880 votes.
Miss Columbia" will be crowned
June 6 at a mardi gras and ball
at the Washington Auditorium.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
COURT SELECTS
MAYFLOWER
RECEIVERS
Thomas P. LittIepage and
Joshua Evans Named as
$1,625,614 Deal Is Cited

Rumblings of discord among
holders of bonds secured by
trusts on the Mayflower Hotel
burst into action late yesterday
when a petition asking for re-
ceivers for the fashionable hos
telry was granted and Thomas
P. Littlepage and Joshua Evans,
jr., were named to take over
management of the hotel and
it's assets, for the protection of
the holders of $9,900,000 out
standing mortgage bonds.
It was pointed out by William
E. Leahy. counsel for the hotel,
however, that the suit is not di.
rected against the Mayflower
Hotel Corporation of America,
operators of the hotel under a Is.
year-leaSe, but is directed at the
holding company, the American
Bond and Mortgage Company.
Financing Of the hotel through
trust of $7.175,000 while the
reasonable value of the property
was but $6,300,000, and a re-
financing through the issuance
of a total of $9,700,000 in bond
issues are recited in the petition
with the alleged result that the
defendants enriched themselves
to the extent of $1,625,61455.
Last March 81, it alleged. q
proposed reorganization plan was
announced which will freeze out
the bondholders.
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt,
former Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral. represents the petitioning
bondholders. who are: Ernest c.
Mulvey and George r. Ellis. of
North Attleboro. Mass; G. Wal
lace Tibbetts, of Boston; Frank.
lin E. Noyes, of Waterville, Me-,
and John D. Colgan, of New
York.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
Cardinal Mundelein
Returns From Rome

NEW YORK, May % UN.S0 .
Cardinal Mundelein, of Chicago,
was en- route to the Midwest
city today after a visit to Rome,
where he attended the dedica.
ton of the College of Propaga
ton of the FAITH
The cardinal arrived on the
Aquitania yesterday and was
brought ashore by a coast guard
cutter in advance of the regular
docking to enable him to catch
train for Chicago last night.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
Economist Terms
DEPRESSION 'SiLLu'

BOSTON, May 23.-The cur
rent business depression is SILLY" p"
and would end in two months if
people made up their minds.
So declared DR.. William T.
Foster, of the Pollack Founda-
tion"fo Economic Research, who
spoke before the Association of
Governmental Officials in Indus
try. DR.. Foster said:
eve have everything in this
country that should create
prosperity, and If it were not
for the mental attitude Of the
people prosperity would be here.
noW."
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
SOUy Joel, Diamond
King, Dies in London

LONDON, May % GNS0
Lieut.. Col. Solomon Barnato Joel,
multi-millionaire diamond mag
nate and racing enthusiast known
throughout the world as "Solly"
Joel, died today at his home,
Moulton PaddockS, Newmarket.
Mr.. Joel was one of the prin-
clpal builders of the colossal
fortune that grew from the De
Beers consolidated mines and
other rich diamond beds in South
Africa.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
QUITS
AS RECORDER

Robert w. Dutton, first deputy
recorder Of deeds Of the District
OF Columbia, was retired today
after 3S years of service.
He entered Government service
as a messenger in the Bureau of
Navigation on July l, 1879. and
IN 1901 was appointed chief of the
washington Fire Department, re-
naming there until entering the
recorders office.
Just before the office closed
today the nearly 200 employees
and executives surprised Mr.. Dut-
ton. presenting him with a chair
and a travelling bag. The pres
entation was made by little Betty
Lyon, eight-year-old niece of the
chief clerk.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
Thousands to Attend
Flag Service Sunday

The annual massing of the
colors will take place at Wash,
ington Cathedral. in the amphi-
theater, tomorrow afternoon at
q o'clock. The services, which
were begun four years ago. are
under auspices of the Military
Order of the World War.
Ten thousand persons are ex.
pected to attend. Music will be
rendered by a band and mixed
chorus, and prayers will be said
for those who died in the World
War.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
Villa Brigdnd Aide
Is Killed bu Posse
By Nelson
Harding

MEXICO CITY, May % GN.SD.
Martin Reyes, one-time lieutenant
of the bandit chieftain, Pancho
Villa, was killed near Indies
by a posse which had sought him
for several days in connection with
the death of another Mexican. it
was stated in dispatches from Tor
reon.
In order to make an example of
one of the few brigands active in
the Torreon and Chihuahua re-
gions since Villas retirement,
Reyes body was publicly exhibited.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
College
To Honor De Mile

Cecil B. De Mile, who left
Pennsylvania Military College at
the start Of the Spanish-Ameri-
can War to join the Army and
later came to fame as a motion
picture producer, will be given
the degree of doctor of letters at
the annual commencement of
the college next month.
Secretary of State Stimson
win be given the degree Of doc
tor Of laws at the same cere-
mony.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
Oldest Fragment
OF Bible Guarded

PHILAD ELP H I A, May %
QNSO.-Written in a crude
hand, the oldest known fragment
Of any part of the Bible is stored
carefully away in a remote corner
of the University of Pennsylvania
Museum here.
The date it was written has
been set at about $50 A. D. The
remnant contains several verses
Of the Gospel of St. Matthew.
but the papyrus has become
brittle with age and has broken
away in, several places between
the ninth and fourteenth verses
as well as at the bottom of the
pagO.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
GIRLS ACCUSE.
OFFICERS

Being cursed and told to shut
up" was a novel experience for
them, Misses Margaret and Flea
nor Calvert, of Washington, testi-
fled in a magistrates court at
Charlottesville. Va.
They were witnesses yesterday
at the trial of Sam R. Baker, a
Virginia law student, who was
charged by officers with passing
their car on curve and then
resisting arrest.
Cursed Them, She Says
eve thought they were hOId-up
men, they looked so rough" said
Miss Eleanor Calvert.
Her sister, Margaret, said she
though likewise, and when the
officers stopped their car and
she protested, they prOfanely
bade her be silent.
]. Warren Davis, prohibition
inspector, and j. Aldine Smith,
motor vehicle officer, stopped the
car containing the girls, Baker,
and Thomas Dew, of Fredericks-
burg, another student, near the
University of Virginia early
Saturday night.
Pulled Out of Car
Baker denies he resisted, but
said he was "yanked out" Of the
car. He has sworn out warrants
for the officers, charging profan-,
ity and unlawful search. They
will be tried Tuesday, when the
case against Baker is resumed.
The Calvert sisters are daugh-
terS Of George H. Calvert, jr.,
washington attorney
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
HOUdOn Bust Used
For 1882 Celebration

Jean Antoine Houdon's bust of
George Washington today was Sc
lected by the George Washington
Bicentennial Commission for use
during the celebration next year
of the 200th anniversary of the
first Presidents birth.
Houdon, a Frenchman, executed
the bust during WaShington'S life
time at the direction of the Vir-
ginia general assembly.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
Mother Is Better,
Roosevelt to Sail

PARIS, May % U.SO. - Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, of New
York, is en- route homeward today,
confident that his mother. Mrs.
James Roosevelt. is we'll on the
road to recovery from influenza at
the American hospital at Neuilly.
The governor will board the
liner Bremen Gt Cherbourg for
New York.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
Four Bandits Flee e
With $4,000 PaurOLL

NEW YORK, May % GNS0
A gang of four bandits, working
with swift precision, late yesterday
stole the $4,000 payroll of the
Arundel Corporation, and fled in
q car which they had waiting for
them.
The paymaster, James Sammon,
said he was placing the money in
envelopes preparatory to handing
it out to the employees of the firm,
when a car drove up outside the
office and three men entered and
robbed him.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
KIRKLAND ORGY
CASE REACHES
JURY SOON
Defense Is Denied Permission
to Put on Witness in Sub
rebuttaI; Both Sides Rest

VALPARAISO, Ind, May %.
QN.S) Both sides rested their
cases today in the second trial
Of Virgil Kirkland, 20, charged
with killing his school girl sweet
heart, Arlene braves, in the
course of a drinking revel at
Gary last November 20.
A few minutes after the State
closed the defense attempted to
put on one sub-rebuttaI witness,
but the court ruled against her
testifying. The defense then
rested.
Evidence upon which the prose
cutiOn hopes to send the former
football hero to the electric chair
was, completed by the rebuttal
testimony Of Elsie braves, sister
of Arlene, and Dorothy Holmes,
One-time friend of the slain girl.
Goes to Jury Monday
Closing arguments and instruc-
tions to the jury are slated Mon
day for Judge Grant Crumpack-
er's court, after which the Sensa-
tional case. will pass into the
hands of IL business men, me-
chanics and farmers.
In a final effort to save him.
self from possible death
sentence, Kirkland testified
yesterday, telling in sordid de-
tail the events of the night of
the fatal party. He denied he
attacked and murdered the
young girl he claims to have
loved and planned to marry.
Accuses Companions
Any relations between him and
Arlene that night, the defendant
insisted, were by her consent. He
told of making love to her at
various times during a year or
more and narrated the details
Of a strip poker" party which
took place a few weeks before
Arlene met her death.
He also declared that Henry
Shirk and Paul Barton, code
PENDANTS who turned States evi-
dence against him, were the
ones who attacked the braves
girl.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
Pair Fined in Theft
Of Dress From Store

Jean Martin, %, New York
cabaret entertainer, and Peggy
Hartman, 25, wife of a driving in
structor for local bus line, to-
day were each sentenced to a
fine of $50 or 80 days in jail by
Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police
Court, on a charge of stealing a
dress from a downtown depart
ment store.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
Times Asked to Help
Locate MiSSinq Boz

The Washington Times Missing
Persons Bureau was asked today
to locate Kenneth Clarkson,
colored. 10, Of 909 Third st. N.
W., missing from his home since
May 10.
He was wearing a black and
white checked shirt, gray trousers
and brown shoes.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of May 81,
SIG, ,492, 466.35; expenditures, S.
459, 9,474.85; customs receipts, $780,
022 .928.6Q.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
PARTNERSHIP
FORLABOR
URGED
co. ,000-Word EncyCIiCaI Asks
Part In Management, Profit
For Worker; to Be Broadcast

Part In Management, ProtIt
For Worker; to Be Broadcast
Continued From First PGge)
workingman's inadequate income.
He said:
SALARIES should provide for
wOrkmen and for their families.
That mothers should be forced,
on account of their inadequate
salaries, to work outside the
home, negIecting the education
Of their sons and their domestic
duties, is deplOrable, and con.
stitutes a fault which should be
eliminated"
His Holiness said he looked
"with favor" upon the corpora
tive organizations" instituted by
the Fascist regime in Italy. He
added:
Corporations formed by rep
resentatives of employers, en-
plOyeS and SyndicateS in the
same industry are directing
their efforts in the common in
terest, strikes are forbidden, Gnd
when no agreement is reached
in time of dispute, special mag
istrateS intervene"
Subject to Abuse
The Pope pointed out that such
O system might be subjected to
abuse by those in power, and
added:
"SOme fear that with the or
ganiZatiOn of such bodies the
state would be tempted to sub
stitute itself for free play and
also that the corporations could
be exceedingly political in na-
ture and direct themselves to
particular political ends"
The encyclical dwelt at length
upon the necessity for substituting
cooperation for class war and
stressed the duty of employers of
working at all times for the up
lift of their ~laborers.
Condemns Communism
His Holiness condemned Com.
munism and Socialism, declaring
neither had found a solution for
the problems of labor. A large
section of the encyclical was de-
voted to the question of distribu-
ton Of wealth. His Holiness said:
"On the one hand, immense
riches are accumulated in the
hands Of a few, while on the
other, the prOletariat, who form
. multitude beyond counting,
have nothing of their own save
the sweat of their body"
The encyclical, an outline of
which was given out by His. Holi-
ness last week in the course of
his second worldwide radio broad
cast, was published in full in the
Observatore Romano, semiofficial
Vatican organ.
Has 10000 Words
Totaling 10000 words, the en-
cyclical traces the development of
labor conditions throughout the
world since the issuance Of the |
'Rerum Novarum" 40 years ago
and contains the church's recon-
mendations for the future.
The document went deep into !
outstanding labor questions,
weighing the arguments Of capital |
and labor and drawing definite
conclusions.
On the question of salary for
labor. while insisting the working
man should be paid a living wage
to spare him the hardships of pow
erty. His Holiness declared:
"It is unjust to claim exag-
gerated salaries when industry
cannot afford them without its
own ruin and ensuing disaster
for the greatest possible num-
ber."
To BE Broadcast
Official Latin and italian trans
lations of the encyclical will be
broadcast today.
The Vatican City radio station
will broadcast at Z p. m. q p. m.
Washington time). Father Clan
franceSchi, director of the station,
will read the paper.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23

FRAULEIN KOHN
STYLED THE worlds pref
tieSt JewesS, Fraulein Iddy
Kohn, Viennese society girl, is
shown here in one of her latest
pictures.
The Washington times., 1931-05-23
To BE Broadcast

AW NTO Va5UOUIOW
Official Latin and italian trans
lations of the encyclical will be
broadcast today.
The Vatican City radio station
will broadcast at Z p. m. g p. m.
Washington time). Father Gian-
franceSchi, director of the station,
will read the paper.
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
CIVIL WAR VETS
ARE HONORED

Two Civil War veterans we're
guests Of honor at a ceremony
held yesterday in Cherrydale,
Va.
The ceremony vas held at the
home of A. B. Clark. SO, who
was a bugler duHing the war,
Mr.. Clark shared The honor Of
the affair with Capt. David
Grayson, SO. of Gle, Gland Park,
Washington. the only surviving
member of his company.
An American flag was pre-
Sented to each veteran. MI.
Clark was given a picture Of
General Grant, while Captain
GraysOn was presented with a
picture Of Lee at ChancelEOrS-
vile.
Miss Anna C. Stannard re-
cited a poem which she has
dedicated to the two veterans,
Here Are the Boys Of the Old
Brigade" Pvt. Harold Otis, OF
the Third Cavalry, Fort Myer,
blew assembly and taps on tEe
bugle, and Louise Winfield, g.
sang,
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
H|CC0UGH SIEGE
IN 18TH DAY

Almost exhausted with continu-
Gus hiccoughing, Leslie Pitcher,
former police informer recently
committed to the District Jail
on a bad check count, today en-
tered the seventeenth day of his
siege of hiccoughs.
At GaIlinger Hospital. where
he has been since Monday. he
lies prone. his body jerking in
ce5santly with no immediate pros
pect of the hiccoughs stopping.
All methods of checking the
hiccoughs have been used, but
none has proved of avail.
Pitcher was dismissed from the
police force early this month for
allegedly framing" a liquor
charge on a colored man. A few
hours later he was arrested for
passing a bad check.
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
HANGAR NAMED
LEGION HEAD

c. w. Hanger, former vice
commander of the Arlington Post,
No. 1879, American Legion, was
elected commander of the Post
at a meeting last night in Clar-
endon. Mr.. Hangar has been act
ing commander since George D.
Kicker resigned to enter the race
for membership on the county
board of commissioners.
Other officers elected were:
A. T. Weaver. first vice COM
mander: T. w. Kline, second vice
commander: Thomas r. Wallace.
adiutant: Frank Sherwood, f.
nance officer; w. w. Leigh, chap
lain; DR.. j. E. Payne, service Off
GER: Howard Duckson, welfare Of
ficer; Stuart Thompson and Joe
Mcdonald, color bearers; John
McCart and DR.. A. Boston, color
guard, and Patrick Burke, SER
geant at arms.
The legion voted to participate
in the District of Columbia con-
ventiOn, to be held in Washing
ton August. 5, and provided for
sending delegates to the State
convention. at Clifton Forge, Va,
August "a, 25, and 26. Six new
members were initiated at yester-
days meeting.
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
MRS. WALKER TANNING CHARLES
NEW ROAD PLAN
IS ANNOUNCED
Staff Photo

Four miles of improved road
will be added to Montgomery
county's road system with widen
ing Of the road from Kensington
to the Rockville Pike, through
Garrett Park, and finishing OF
the road from Redland to Nor,
beck. Major E. Brooke Lee, OF
Silver Spring, said today.
The mile and a half stretch
from Kensington to the pike will
be widened from IL to 20 feet
by the addition of macadam
shoulders, State road officials
announce. The Redland-Norbeck
road will be macadamized. This
road will be about 212 miles
long. Both roads will be charged
to the county road fund.
G. B. Mullin, of Washington.
with a bid of $7,355 was low bid
der for the widening of the two
bridges two and three miles north
of Bethesda on the Rockville
Pike
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
BELGIAN CONGO
QUEER PLACE

BALTIMORE, July 31-A mis-
sionary in the Belgian Congo re-
gion Of Africa has to be a
surgeon, dentist, plumber, car
penter, auto mechanic and other
things as we'll as saver Of souls,
according to DR.. Robert King,
Presbyterian missionary to the
African province who is back here
today after Is years. He will
soon leave for a visit in Arkansas.
then take a parish in the South,
retiring from missionary work.
He tells how natives first
treated sickness by waving a
magic wand. but the missionaries
improved on this method. There
is now a 7O-bed hospital and a
sleeping sickness camp holding zoo
patients of this prevalent malady.
Native boys. trained three years.
become internes in these places.
Fees paid the missionary-doctors
are a bit ur der those in America.
For filling a tooth the fee is
three cents: pulling it, one cent;
performing an appendicitic oper-
alton is So, and the native paid
four cents day for hospital care.
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
AIerGndridn Held
As Box Car Burglar

Charles w. Womer, of Alex
andria, Va, was arrested last
night by the Southern Railway
police, on a charge of stealing
four boxes of peaches from two
box cars in the Fruit Growers
Express Yards.
Given a preliminary hearing
before Justice of the Peace
Thomas P. Chapman, of Fairfax,
Womer pleaded guilty to house,
breaking and theft and is being
held in the Fairfax county Jail
for the September grand jury
Two men who accompanied him
escaped.