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The Washington times., 1931-08-26
Montgomery County
OpenS Bids for Rock

The Board of Commissioners
OF Montgomery County yester-
day opened bids upon approx
mately $4,000 tons Of lcck of
various sizes to be used in road
construction.
There were four bidders, the
M. j. Grove Lime Co., Lime Kiln.
Md, the Rockville Fuel and Feed
Co.. Of Rockville, Md; the North
American Cement Corporation. of
Hagerstown, Md, and the Poto-
mac Lime and Stone Co., of
Frederick, Md.
Owing to the complicated ma,
ture of the specifications, and the
fact that it was unit bio" job.
the commissioners referred the
bids to County Engineer Harry
b. Shaw, who said he will make
his recommendations Of award at
the meeting of the board Thurs
Gay.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
DEAD SON ENDS
FUNERAL PLAN
CRASHED

LANCASTER, Pa, Aug. 26.
Charles D. Adamire,, II, who was
supposed to have been killed by
q train at Paoli, walked into his
mothers home at Columbia, this
county, and halted plans for his
funeral"
His mother, Mrs. Joseph Cor
rigan, fell over in a faint when
Adamire entered the house. and
she is confined\ to her bed suf-
fering from shock.
The body she had identified
as that of her son is at q morgue
in Columbia and will be buried
probably, in potter's field of the
Chester County Institution for
the Poor, at EmbreeVille,
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
freedom of Press" Room
Begun at Monticello

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. ga
freedom Of the press" room will
be dedicated October 20 by editors
and publishers from all parts of
the country who will assemble in
Monticello, the historic Virginia
home Of Thomas jefferson, at
Charlottesville.
Stuart G. Gibboney, president
of the Thomas jefferson Me-
mortal Foundation, in announcing
plans for the meeting, said the
dedication will be part of move
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
Roads Must Reduce
Virginia Apple Rate

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 26'
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
and the Southern Railway have
been ordered to reduce their rates
on apples for storage in carloads
from Winchester to Staunton
from 81 cents a hundred pounds
to ll.5 cents.
The action followed complaints
by the Blue Ridge Storage Com
pany and the Staunton Chamber
of Commerce that there was no
justification in charging a higher
rate one way than the other be
tween the two cities.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
Baptist De0cOns Plan
Fredericksburg Fete

The sixth annual outing of the
General Baptist Deacons' Associ-
alton of Washington and its aux
iliaries will be held at Mt. Zion
Baptist Church, Fredericksburg,
Va, on Labor Day.
An extensive program will in
clude addresses by the Rev. w.
H. Waller, pastor of the church;
T. D. Bowes, Mrs. Ida Curke,
Mrs. P. w. Ross and James w.
Ross. Other participants in the
program will include the Rev. j.
Y. Willingham, the Rev. A. H.
Johnson, r. E. Watkins, the Rev.
Daniel Washington, Mrs. Fannie
Curry and the Rev. Charles
Leach,
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
Jury CLOaks MOUes
In Baltimore Probe

BALTIMORE. Aug. 26.-Strict
secrecy will surround the grand
jury investigation of the Broen-
ing administration, it is indicated
today with the names of wit
'nesses remaining undisclosed. The
jury wishes to avoid previous ex-
periences when witnesses whose
names were published were out
of the city when deputies sought
to serve summonSes.
The probe will extend to pre-
vious administrations, it is indi-
Gated, with purchases of water
hose, city lots and other meas
ures as far back as 1928 to be
investigated.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
FrOstbUrg Man Held
As Hit-Run DriUer

CUMBERLAND, Md, Aug. 26
Charles e. Kight, Frostburg, was
held for the coroner's jury in con-
nection with the death of Elmer
Rice. 50, caused by a hit-and.run
driver, according to the authori-
ties.
Kight waived a hearing in Peo-
pies I Court here and furnished
bond, retaining former State Sen
ator William A. Gunter and for
mer States Attorney Fuller Bar
nard, jr.. his counsel.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
Sandy Spring Holds
Supper and CQrniUaL

The annual carnival and
chicken supper of the Sandy
Spring Volunteer Fire Depart,
ment will be held this afternoon
and evening upon the grounds
of the Sherwood High School.
In addition to the usual car
nival stunts, there will be q
steeplechase, in which horses
from Montgomery and Howard
counties are entered, a ball game
and a pony show.
The Ladies Auxiliary Of the
department. aided by other COM
munity women, will serve the
supper.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
F OUR A|RCRAFT 7
JUDGES PICKED

Names of four judges who will
officiate at the IL events of the
District of Columbia Model Air
craft League Tournament, August
81 to September 4, were an
nounced today by Mrs. Elizabeth
K. Peeles, director of the CommU-
pity Center department.
The judges are w. Fiske Mar
shall, chief of the licensing divi-
sion for commercial pilots. De-
partment Of Commerce: Lieut.,
Robert K. Giovannoh. Of the
United States Army Air Corps:
Don j. A. Moore. vice president
of the Aviation School of Amer
lea, and John Shaw. of the same
body. Representatives Of the
United States Naval Air Station
and from the Boiling Field staff
will attend the meet.
Friday is the last day for reg
istration in the tournament.
There are to be II events. six in
doors and six outdoors. Between
40 and so names have been en-
tered.
John H. Williams, director for
the tournament, said today he oe-
lieved the tournament would be
one of the most successful ever
held.
A complete list of rules can be
secured from the headquarters of
the District of Columbia Model
Aircraft League at the Franklin
School, Thirteenth and K Streets
Northwest.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
Fire Practice TOWer
Planned bY Firenlen

Plans for the erection of a
four-story fire drill tower, to be
used in training prospective fire
men in the town of Hyattsville,
Md, are being made by a COM
mittee headed by Chief Noble
F. Rushe.
The tower will be constructed
of brick similar to the one now
used by District firemen for prac-
tice purposes. Ground on which
to locate the new structure is
being sought by the firemen.
They hope to obtain a suitable
site without cost.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
Freed
In Fatal Accident

Charges of manslaughter against
Reynold Williams, of Alexandria,
Va, as a result Of an automobile
accident on August 18 which
caused the death Of F. M. Hill,
also of Alexandria, were dis
missed yesterday after Coroner
T. M. Jones issued a certificate
of death from an unavoidable
accident. Seven witnesses were
heard during the inquest.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
LOudOun Banks Cut
Rates of Interest

LEESBURG, Va, Aug. 26.-Of-
ficers of the seven banking insti-
tutions of Loudoun county; after
a series of meetings, have tenta-
lively agreed to reduce the rate
of interest paid to savings de-
! oSitors from 4 Pc cent to 3
per cent, effective November /,
1881.
No particular reason is given
for reducing the rate. 1t will
mean a considerable saving to
the institutions as there is on
deposit in the savings depart
ments approximately $2,5O0,00O.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
Photo by International
WALKER

ment for the reawakening OF
patriotism in America.
The room, he said, is q step
towards the establishment Of q
hall of famous ideals" devoted
to recognition of basic and high
minded principles just as the New
York University Hall Of Fame"
immOrtaliZes individuals.
The dedication will be in cefe-
bration of the recent Supreme
Court decision which reversed q
ruling of the Supreme Court Of
Minnesota in the widely publicized
"gag.laW case"
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
BIDS REJECTED

The board of commissioners of
Montgomery county yesterday re-
dected two bids. the only ones re-
ceived, for the purchase of 210, 600
gallons Of tar. asphalt tar and oils,
to be used in road construction.
Harry B. Shaw, county engineer,
was requested to readvertiSe for
bids upon this material to be
opened next Tuesday at Rockville.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
FIRE CARNIVAL.

The special committee of the
Arlington-Fairfax Volunteer Fire
mems Association appointed to
make arrangements for the an
nual carnival in September, will
meet at Ballston, Va, Septem-
ber 8,
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
MARINE BAND TO PLAY

Cornet and xylophone solos
will be featured at a concert to
be given by the Marine Band,
at the Capitol, tonight at 1880
.. m. The cornet solo will be
played by Musician Winfred
Kemp, and the xylophone solo
by Musician Wilbur D. Kieffer.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
Nash VIII Present
Guests With Rides

Several thousand new sound
proofed Nash cars with synchro-
shift free wheeling will be placed
at the disposal of motorists
everywhere in the country during
the first week in September as
a unique and unprecedented fea-
ture of national guest ride"
week, it was announced today
by officials of the Nash Motors
Company.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26

Home seekers who want to establish
themselves in a home Of their own will
find a timely home selection IN the
Real Estate 70 Sale Columns OF the
Classified seetiS
Evening star., 1931-11-27
TEA HOUSE SLAYING
WARRANTS ISSUED
FOR WOUNDED TRIO
Continued From First Page.)


jail, five women and two men who have
been held at the Hyattsville police sta
ton since the shooting Monday were
released on bond today as police sought
a man who claimed he knew the per-
sons responsible for the shooting.
At the same time the vice war, in
augurated after the shooting, extended
to new fronts as the Department OF
Justice definitely announced 1t was IN
vestigating alleged rings that traffic in
girls in Maryland and Pennsylvania
and the Anne Arundel County grand
jury moved to put its own house In
order by indicting six persons on infor-
nation given by woman who Is fac
ing q jail sentence in connection with
the operation Of disorderly houses.
Two Department of Justice agents
assigned to investigate the case visited
Capt. Charles H. Burns, chief of the
Baltimore Detective Bureau, this morn
ing and were informed that Baltimore
police are pursuing the theory that
the gangsters at different times have
operated in Baltimore.
The Hyattsville prisoners were re-
leased on bonds ranging from 500 70
81 500 for their appearance ct an in
Robert z. Altemus, December 4, and al
a hearing ordered by States Attorney
Alan Bowie for December 9.
Those released were Samuel Kush-
! ner, George Osborne, Dorothy Jordan
Jean Gordon, Mae Dix Mary Wilson
and Helen Conley. According to Deputy
Sheriff Thomas H. Garrison, KuShner
arranged for the release of the others
after posting bond himself.
Evening star., 1931-11-27
1871 CITY CHESTS
REACH QUOTA GOAL
$45, ,694, 1897 Reported to
Clifford by Community
Chest Organizations,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, November 27.-A total
of $45 ,694,387 has been subscribed to
131 Community Chests, which have
completed their campaigns, a Thanks
giving message of the Association OF
Community Chests and Councils said
yesterday.
The message, addressed to Walter
S. Clifford, director of the President Or
ganization on Unemployment Relief
and to owen d. Young. chairman of
the Committee ON the Mobilization of
Relief Resources, disclosed the results
of 80 Chest campaigns not previously
reported.
An increase of Ia per cent in 121
Chests, which are comparable with last
years figures was shown by the report
These Chests have raised $45, ,293, ,656
as against $38, ,484,736 last year.
Cleveland Outstanding.
Conspicuous among successful Chests
is that of Cleveland, largest in the
country, where it took just nine days
to raise $5.680,02s.
Reports from a group of New Eng
land cities show they have exceeded
the most optimistic expectations with
IA out Of II exceeding their goals
These II have raised about 81 per
Hartford, the largest of the II, raised
l,210,39s as against $69e, $50 last year
In the West Denver fulfilled It's goal
Of $l,160,000 as against $7o0,S58 last
year.
Successes Are Listed.
More than 100 Chest drives are still
in progress, with another 100 or more
planning to carry on their drives in
the Spring
Among the 80 Chest results not pre-
viously announced are:
Evening star., 1931-11-27
Two ON PROBATION
AFTER RILEY PLEA
Father of Girl Victim Asks
CIemency for Men Who
Threatened Him.

Two men arrested after they had
made threats against Mr. and MrS
Harry N. Riley, father and stepmotheS
Of Edith Riley. II. alleged to have been
imprisoned for long periods in a closet
in the Riley home, today we're placed
on probation for year by Judge Isaar
r. Hit of Police Court. when they ap
peared on charges of making threats
drunkenness and destroying property
Riley Asks Clemency.
Judge Hit placed the two defeno
ants, AloysiuS r. Murphy, 40 years ole
of 2140 Twenty-second street. and Ar
thur williams, alias Arthur Larryrrer'
Dixon, Al, of Mount Rainier, Md. or
probation after Riley stood up in cour'
and recommended that they be showr
clemency.
Mrs Riley asked that the two be
prosecuted ito the limit of the law,
but her appeal was ignored by th'
jurist.
Judge Hit took the personal bond o.
both men on the charge of drunken.
ness, imposed a suspended sentence CO
80 days for destroying private propert"
and a suspended sentence of 80 days
or $500 fine on the threats charge.
Tells of Own Child.
williams and Murphy were taken intc
custody early Wednesday evening wheE
they appeared at the Riley home. 111c
Rhode Island avenue, and shouted tc
Mrs. Riley that we're g-ing to beat you
up" Mr. and Mrs. Riley fed to the
safety of a neighbor's home when they
kicked in large plate glass in the front
door.
Il have kid of my own about Edith
Riley's age and nobody's going to mis-.
treat a kid like that and get away with
it If 1 can help it," Murphy is quotec
as having told police who arrested the
men before they had an opportunity to
leave the Riley home.
Evening star., 1931-11-27
"DESK ADM|RALS"
MYTH, SAYS PRATT
Navy Chief Is at Loss to
Name Bosses Attacked
by Butler.

Its all pifle-this talk about desk
admirals.'
This was the Enthusiastically
brusuue comment today of Admiral VIII
liam v. Pratt, chief of naval operations
and the Navy's highest ranking officer,
regarding charges by Maj. Gen. Smedley
D. Butler that the Navy is bossed by
"a clique of desk admirals without
ships"
Replying to the retired Marine Corps
generals recent magazine article, Ad-
miral Pratt asked bluntly:
Who are these desk admirals, any,
way?
Il can't think of single one who
would come under that category"
Praises Buffers Record.
AS for Buffers statement that he had
been deprived of promotion to the rank
of major general commandant of the
Marine Corps by the admirals, whom he
referred to as "the poison gas squad" "
Admiral Pratt declared:
II can't for the life of me see what
they would have to do with it, After
ALL adnirals don't make appointments. =
Pratt, who has seen more sea duty
than perhaps any other admiral in the
Navy, pointed out that he was not try
ing to pick quarrel with Gen. Butler" !"
II admire Gen Butler" he asserted.
He is a great fighter, and, though I
don't know him personally, have a very
high regard for his abilities. He has a
record to be proud Of
"All the admirals I know have either
just come in from sea duty or are about
to go to sea.
"Going right down the list in my
Office, I can't think of a single one
who would come under that category
There's my assistant, Sexton (Rear
Admiral W. r. sexton), he Just came
in from the sea. Admiral Chase, COM
ing in for general board duty (Rear
Admiral Jehu v. Chase) is another who
has jut completed tour as commander
in chief, United States Fleet.
Then take the geneal board, Green
slade (Capt. John w. Greenslade) has
just been to sea. In the Bureau of
Navigation, too, the chief. Rear Ad-
miral Frank B. Upham, also has been
to sea within the past two years OF
course jobs as chiefs of bureaus are
four-year appointments, but after COM
pletion OF the duty the admirals 60 back
to sea.
1--WE have been rotating officers be-
tween ship and shore duty for years,
you know. Every officer of the line
must have his share Of sea training.
New Policy Is Planned.
"The engineers, of course, don't 90
to sea; neither do the constructors,
They're all shore men-their Jobs are
ashore. But, even at that, the Navy is
inaugurating a new policy of sending
the constructors out with the fleet for
a broader training.
Another who doesn't 60 to sea is
Admiral Moffett. chief of the Aeronau-
tics Bureau. But his job, too, is a shore
job. He is in charge of naval aviation,
and that's practically a new branch of
the service. 1t requires short duty. His
IS an exceptional case-an officer of the
line not going to sea.
THE. best example I can think of
ot1hand in answer to the general is my
war plans off1cer. He only came in
from sea- duty thee months ago. but
ne Is going right out again. He saw
at it. -0'P0"
After all, we're Navy men. Our jobs
Evening star., 1931-11-27
AMUSED AT TRANSFER.
Gould Anyone Get a Better Rreak
Than That?" Asks Butler.

OOuiu anyone Get a Better Break
Than That?" Asks Butler.
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, November Of
Back home from a speaking tour and
IN excellent health, Mai. Gen. Smed-
icy D. Butler. formerly of the Marine
Corps, chuckled yesterday when in
formed tablet commemorating his
service as public safety director here
nao been removed from the Navv Build
ing IN washington to the Marine Bar
RACKS at Quantico, Va.
could any one ask for q better
break than that?" the general laughed
II appears to be only further proof
OF my charges the swivel chair ad-
mlrals are doing all they can to s,bor-
olnate the Marine Corps.
=. OF course, really don't know whv
IL was moved. But I wish some one
would start a movement to have II
brought back to the CITY Har T., phiIa- =
oelphia, where the things it commem-
crates were performed That has al
ways been my fond hope. That would
keep 1t from being knocked around in
the service"
Funds for the tablet were provided
by friends of law enforcement in Phil
adelphla. 1t was placed on a wall in
the Navy Building about four wears
ago. Gen. Butler was commandant of
the Marine barracks at Quantico when
he retired October /.
Evening star., 1931-11-27
JUDGE, II, SLAYS MAN
IN POLITICAL DISPUTE

By the Associated Press.
OPELOUSAS, La, November 81
Judge Gilbert L. Dupre, 72-year-old
legislator, last Gnight shot and killed
Charles Dejean, 40-year-old salesman,
after an argument over politics.
The veteran politician and lawyer,
who is deaf. said Dejean wrote insult
ing criticisms concerning his present
political alignment on a writing pad the
Judge carried with him for conversa-
tlonal purposes. Later the two met on a
business street.
Judge Dupre said Dejean advanced
on him In a threatening manner and
he shot in Self-defense.
Judge Dupre recently declined to seek
once again because he had failed to Sc
cure the support of Gov Huey P. Long,
whose bitter political enemy he had been.
The judge was imprisoned late after
brother of Charles de Jean swore out
an atddavit, charging him with murder.
Ofhcials said Judge Dupre would be
compelled to remain in Jail until the
court determines whether the charge
Is bailable
Evening star., 1931-11-27
.SEABURY LISTS 123
|. IN RELIEF INQUIRY
Checks TotaIine $1,000 Is.
sued on Authorization Be-
Iieved Irregular.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 27.-The
administration of the city's $1000o,ooO
fund for relief Of the unemployed came
sharply today under scrutiny of the
Hofstadter Committee.
Samuel Seabury, chief counsel for
the Joint Legislative Committee, which
Is inquiring into charges Of graft and
crookedness in New York City, made
public the names of 1873 persons who,
he said, received checks one week last
June from the relief fund, although
there was nothing to indicate any OF
the recipients had asked for relief.
$1,000 Total Involved.
The checks ranged from $3.50 to $42
and totaled slightly more than $4,000.
There were several duplications in the
list and many sinnilarities Of names,
the counsel said. Several OF She checks
appeared to have been irdorsed by the
same persons and to have cleared
through the same banks.
Names of the 123 persons had been
certified to the controller by some one
in The Office of President Lynch of the
Borough of Richmond, Seabury said.
The Department of Public Welfare,
which ordinarily would handle such
items, has no record of the 1913 names,
so far as Seabury could discover.
In Emergency Relief Jobs.
A few of those to whom checks were
paid were located last night. All said
they had had emergency relief jobs
from the city. one of them said it
was his understanding that the names
of those employed were taken from
the city's civil service list.
A large corps Of attorneys and in
vestigators is continuing its inquiry into
every phase of city expenditures. At
next Tuesdays public hearing the Hof-
stadter Committee will hear the results
of several weeks investigation into the
bank accounts of police officers.
Evening star., 1931-11-27
600 MARooNED INDIANS SAFE.
Rescue Parties Seek Another 900 Still
Snow Bound on Mesas.

GALLUP. N. Mex, November 81 (F).
Medicine men thanked the Sun God
today for the escape of 600 Navajo and
Zuni tribesmen from the sncwswept
lower plateaus and prayed for the safe
ty of as many more still facing death
by starvation and cold atop the rnesas
of Malapais, 1900 to 5000 feet in alti-
tude.
The sun yesterday melted the snow
thrown on the lower country by a
blizzard almost a week ago and per-
mitted many OF. the tribesfnen, ma
rooned on their annual pinon nut
picking expedition, to return to the
settlements. Deep drifts of the high
country however still held the secret
Of the fate of their breathren.
Nine persons, four of them children,
are known to be dead. Hungry, wet
and suffering from frozen toes, feet and
hands, the stragglers from the army
OF nut pickers wandered into the
pueblos.
Three Rescue Parties Out.
The little village of Zuni was crowd
ed with Navajos last night who. ignor-
ing tribal feeling, laid down with zunis
and Mescaleros to sleep again on warm
pueblo floors.
Three parties, composed of Indians,
but headed by white men, were break
ing trail to the high mesas in desperate
effort to reach the marooned families
before their supply Of pinon nuts be-
came exhausted. Five wagon loads OF
food and forage are en- route to the
Atarque, where many of the refugees
are crowded into a village built for
800 persons. c. @. wallace, Indian
trader, broke through to Zuni with a
truck, gathering SO Indian refugees
on the way. I
Stockmen Of the Zuni region expressed
belief that A. j. Crockett, formerly Of El
Paso, Tex, was in one of his several
sheep camps. He is the only white
man known to be missing.
Very few provisions ever are taken
on nut-picking trips, as the Indians
depend on an immediate nut harvest
for food. The first frost makes the
nuts harvestable, and 1t is not until
after the frost that the expedition
leaves the valleys.
Nearly all the Zuni men had re-
turned to the fields and many Of the
Navajos were down at their camps
with the first fruits of their harvest
when the storm broke last Saturday.
The women, they said, are protected
from the winds only by canvas wagon
sheets.