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Evening star., 1932-11-18
INCREASE IN FIRE
PERIL IS FEARED
Officials Cite Loss of Many
U. S. Building Guards
After Pay Cuts.

Many large Government buildings are
IN peril of fire because of inadequate
protection, brought about by curtailed
appropriations and much-reduced
force, accordingto the Office Of Public
Buildings and Public Parks. officials
there revealed today that since the econ
omy act went into effect, some 35 building
guards have left the service to secure
employment elsewhere in the Govern
ment. These places cannot be filled, so
other guards have to double up and the
size Of the beats" have had to be in
creased. Administrative furloughs have
further cut into the force.
Capt. Doyle o. Hickey, q. 8. A., head
of the protection division Of the Once
Of Public Buildings and Public Parks,
said this condition practically amounts
to the Government dropping its fire in
surance" From July /, 1925, to July /,
1882, Re explained, there have been
some 600 fires in public buildings under
his Office, and more than 95 per cent Of
them have been discovered by guards
and exttnguished In their incipiency.
The captain said the Government has
been fortunate 50 far in being able to
keep down losses, but there Is always the
menace Of q great fire, particularly In
Capt. Hickey's office has had to con-
sondate buildings and In some cases
one man has to look out for two build
ings. Lengthentng the beats" also
means that a man does not get over
his territory as often.
With reduced forces, however, the
ONCE of Public Buildings and Public
Parks is keeping 24-hour watch on
all buildings, with the limited personnel
at its command. The depleted force is
still further reduced, Capt Hickey as
serted, because the law requires that
the men can be worked only six days
a week, so each Is entitled to a "sign-
of" day, weekly. AS an example of
the problem. Capt. Hickey said that
yesterday, Of the 373 men now on the
guard force, 134 are away on adminis-
trative leave, made mandatory by cur
tailed appropriations for their salaries,
while Sc were sick or on their day off.
The Office of Public Buildings and
Public Parks took a cut of $4,000 in
its salary appropriation for the build
ings guards, representing a reduction of
81 per cent. Impoundments in July
totaled $8,640 officials explained today,
while the total impoundment for the
current fiscal year promises to be
$23,774.
In addition to the buildings guards Of
the Office of Public Buildings and
Public Parks, the Department of Agri-
culture, Veterans Administration,
Treasury Department and Government
Printing Office each has its own sepa-
rate buildings guards organization, Of
ficials asserted.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
DR.. LE|VA DENIES
MELENDEZ CHARGE
Says He Took Liquor and
Paid for 1t as Lesson to
His Subordinate.

A denial Of charges that DR.. Carlos
Leiva, recognized Minister Of El Saliva
dor. took illegally half dozen cases Of
imported whisky consigned to Robert
Melendez. unrecognized charge daft
faires of the little Central American
Republics legation, was before the
State Department today.
The denial was made by DR.. Leiva,
who hastened to the State Department
from New York, where he has been
practicing medicine since his govern
ment was overthrown, as soon as ne
learned of Melendez's accusations.
In a letter to Secretary OF State
Stimson, Melendez charged that DR.:
Leiva went to Baltimore and removed
the liquor from a British ship docked
there, without my knowledge and con-
sent"
Leiva Got Whisky.
Claiming he had paid for the liquor
in advance, Melendez accused DR.. Leiva
Of representing to the State Department
that the whisky was intended for him.
Or. Ietya. according to State Depart
ment records, obtained the liquor last
September % by presenting a special
permit from the department to the Gus
toms collector in Baltimore.
Melendez, who was secretary OF the
Salvadorean legation under DR.. Lelva
before President Araujo was overthroWn
and succeeded by President Martinez,
declared he ordered the whisky last
June, before the State Department
scratched his name of its list OF recog-
nized diplomats.
Admitting Secretary Stimson could dc
nothing about the matter, Melendez
wrote:
IT have brought IL to your excel
lency's attention in order to state thai
I have never and never will permit the
use of my name in any Illicit trans
action, including liquor matters"
Leiva Still Recognized.
DR.. Leiva, who still is recognized by
the State Department as the Minister
Of El Salvador and maintains lega-
ton in New York, replied to the charges
thus:
Il received notice from the Furness
Witty Steamship Co. that a shipment
of six cases Of whisky consigned to the
Salvadorean legation had arrived II
Baltimore I supposed at first that i
was the liquor which friend had tolc
me he was sending from abroad.
"At the State Department, obtained
a permit from Assistant Secretar!
White and went to Baltimore. ! pu1
down deposit of $25o-which is mor'
than the whisky is worth-and the
liquor was turned over to me.
Kept 1t as Lesson
Then realized it was not the hquo1
which had been sent to my friend
Nevertheless, I kept the shipment as {
J lesson to my subordinate, who had M
! authority to order it. The money ht
! gave In part payment is being returned
| to him by the firm of Messrs. Grierson
! Oldham g. Co., the London wine mer'
! chants, following by correspondence
with them.
Il did not keep the liquor because
| wanted it, but because I had paid 10
| 1t with a large financial deposit ant
Evening star., 1932-11-18
CATHOLIC j. RALLY,
INJUR|NG 3, UNDER
PROBE BY BROWN
Written Report Asked of Stu
dents DiSorder-Fireman
Cox'S Wrist Broken.
APPARATUS C0LLlDES
ON WAY TO BONFIRE
Two Policemen Pelted With Mud
as Blaze Is Started During
an Address.

Maj. Ernest w Brown, superintendent
of police, today began an investiga-
ton of the disorder that resulted in
the injury Of two policemen and fire.
man following pep rally" at Catholic
University last night.
Mai Brown ordered Lieut.. John M.
Roper, fifth precinct, in charge Of the
police called to the university and one
Of the officers hurt, to prepare de-
tailed written report of the disorder.
Fireman's Wrist Fractured.
Sergt. Earl Cox, Al, Engine Co. No.
"a, suffered a fractured wrist when ap-
paratus on which he was speeding TO
the university in response to one OF two
alarms turned in as a result OF the
rally, collided with an automobile at
Georgia avenue and Irving street.
The policemen were hurt in clash
with students, who are alleged to have
been halting automobiles and rocking
them back and forth, and stalling street
cars by removing their trolleys as they
passed over the Monroe street northeast
bridge.
Finger Broken in Scuffie.
Pvt. John Foster, operating the fifth
precinct emergency car, had finger
dents who surrounded his machine and
attempted to turn it over. Lieut.. Roper
was slightly hurt In tussle with an
other group of students. Cox still was
confined to Emergency Hospital today,
but Foster and Roper were discharged
after receiving treatment last night.
The alarms were sounded when boys
in the neighborhood crept past student
guards and set off a pile OF debris
gathered for a freshman bonfire.
The last speaker at the rally, Rev.
Ignatius Smith, was in the midst of his
address when the students gathered in
the gymnasium discovered the bonfire.
They ran from the building and took
out after the boys who had started the
fire. A short time later two shacks
we're set af1re-by students, according
to the police, and by the boys, accord
ing to the students.
Thrown From Truck.
Cox was standing on the running
board Of the fire truck when the crash
occurred. He was thrown into the
street, receiving a cut on his arm, in
addition to the broken wrist. Joseph
Adams, 40, colored, driver of the au-
tomobile in collision with the apparatus,
escaped injury, although his car was
damaged. He was arrested on a charge
Of failure to give the right of way.
After everything had quieted down
the students accused the police of hav
ing used guns, clubs and tear gas CT
them, but this was denied by the p--
lice, who retailated by charging tn
students with bonbarding motor-cy-,-
officer with mud
The Homecoming" program was ar
ranged by the Washington chapter Of
the universitys Alumni Association in
connection with the foot ball game with
Duquesne University tonight.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
CREAM ROUSES
DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICERS
Arrests Follow Inquiry Into New Industry in Which
Inspection Regulations Are Evaded.

Ter, Is that the cream is imported as
cream for the manufacture Of ice cream
and then is sold to restaurants, bak-
cries and other establishments as cream
inspected by the District Health De-
partment.
There Is diferential in price Of So
per can containing 10 gallons) between
the ice-cream cream and cream which
passes the rigid tests imposed by the
Health Department here for purposes
other than the manufacture of ice
cream.
Dr. Fowler said he signed an applica-
ton yesterday for warrant for the
arrest Of an individual for engaging In
this practice and the Milk Inspection
Bureau is now working up q case against
another. The prosecutions VIII be
brought later In Police Court.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
TEN GAMBLING RAID
PRISONERS ARRAIGNED
One of Two Alleged Principals in
Warrantless Case Held
to Grand Jury.

Arrested yesterday IN a warrantless
raid on an alleged gambling establish
ment in the 2100 block OF Fourteenth
street, 10 persons were brought before
Judge Isaac r. Hit In Police Court
today.
One Of those arrested as a principal,
John w Harper, %, was freed when
Judge Hit decided the evidence Of
fered by police was insufficient to con-
meet him with the establishment.
The other alleged principal, Charles
e. Ponds, 33, was bound over to the
grand Jury under $4,000 bond. Both
Ponds and Harper were charged With
setting up a gaming table.
The police raiding squad, headed by
Sergt. r. B. Carroll, according to testi-
mony, entered the place yesterday aft
ernoon by smashing through a door
Harper, Ponds and eight other persons
In the place at the time were arrested
and a large amount of alleged gambling
paraphernalia was seized.
Attorneys George Boden and Louis
whitestone argued Harper had no con-
nection with the place, but merely
was there on business as an insurance
salesman.
Evening star., 1932-11-18

A new industry, bootlegging of cream.
is springing up In the District. accord
ing to Health Officer William G. Fowler.
The profits Of this industry, he said to-
day, are probably greater than those
from bootlegging whisky.
The industry owes its rise to an ex-
ception In the milk and cream inspec-
tion act, under which cream which Is
intended for use in the manufacture Of
ice cream may be imported into the
District without an inspection by the
District Health Department and solely
on certificates from the Health Depart
ments of the States from which 1t is
imported. The District prides itself on
having standards of inspection higher
than those in force In most Of the
States.
what happens. according to DR.. row-
Evening star., 1932-11-18
8REWT|ES OWNERS
INDICTED BY JURY
ONMA|L VIOLATION
Baltimore Federal Panel Finds
Defendants Guilty on Postal
0bscenity Charges.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE
RULES FOUND IGNORED
Joseph 0ttenstein, Recently Con-
victed Here, Among Eight
individuals Held.

The Brevities Publishing Co., Inc,
publishers Of the Washington Brevities
and other papers, and four other cor
porations and eight idividuals were
indicted by a Federal grand jury in
Baltimore yesterday on charges of send
ing obscene matter through the mails
and shipping obscene matter In inter
state commerce.
Joseph Ottenstein, president Of the
District News Co., 809 I street, recently
convicted in Police Court here on a
charge of distributing obscene literature,
was one of the individuals indicted.
Arrested After Indictment.
G. c. Rumold, E. M. Budner and
Donald E. Tracy were arrested tmme-
diately after the indictment, contain
ing Sc counts, was returned. They were
released on $500 bond each, however,
pending trial.
Besides the Brevities Publishing Co.,
a Maryland corporation, the indictment
mentions the Maryland News Co., the
ming Horse and the Cecilia Investment
Co. According to Simon E. Sobeloff,
United States attorney for the Balti-
more district, who directed the investi-
cation that resulted in the indictment,
these concerns are interlocking COM
panies with the publishing house.
The other individuals named in the
indictment are: M. l.. Annenberg,
Walter H. Annenberg, H. E. Murray
and ]. D. Bannon, all of New York,
who are the sole stockholders Of the
A, B. g. M. Corporation.
Other Publications.
Rumold and Budner are president
and secretary, respectively, Of the
Brevities Publishing Co., and Tracy is
editor of the concerns various publica-
tionS Besides the Washington BreVi-
ties, these include the Baltimore Brevi-
ties, the Philadelphia Brevities, the
Chicago Hush and the New York Hush,
according to Sobeloff.
The Washington Brevities has been
barred from newsstandS here several
times by United States Attorney Leo
A. Rover The publication was def
nitely put out of business in the Dis
trict last october 29, when Ottenstein,
also connected with the Maryland News
Co., promised Police Court Judge Isaac
R. Hit he would discontinue dis
tributing 1t here In consideration Of
this pledge, Judge Hit suspended a
sentence of 180 days in Jail or a $500
fine imposed on Ottenstein short time
before.
Previously, $500 fine imposed on
George j. Winter, manager Of the Dis
trict Distributing Co., had been sus-
pended on similar conditions.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
SIMON E. SULLIVAN
FUNERAL RITES HELD
Assistant Superintendent of Post
master Appointments Buried
In Holy Rood Cemetery.

Funeral services were held today at
st. AIMS Catholic Church, Tenleytown,
for Simon E. Sullivan, 81, assistant
superintendent of postmaster appoint
ments, Post Office Department, who
died Tuesday at his home in Friendship
Heights. Md, following a heart attack.
Burial was in Holy Rood Cemetery.
Among the floral pieces at the funeral
was one from President and Mrs. Hoo
yer. Mr.. Sullivan, an excellent penman,
had often written invitations and an
nouncements for social functions at the
White House, as well as for other
events. He had been in Government
service for many years.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Mary Polk
Sullivan, he is survived by son, James
Polk Sullivan, and daughter, Mary
Stuart Sullivan.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
ROBBERS GARNER
S722 DURING NIGHT
Three HoId-upS and Several
BurgIaries Reported
to Police.

Bandits and burglars last night got
1922 in three hold-ups and $500 in
loot in several burglaries.
Raymond E. Devore, manager Of q
gasoline station at Third and Kennedy
streets, was robbed Of $40 by two COL
ored men, who held him up after
asking for gasoline. The men took $6
from his pockets and then forced him
to open the safe, from which they OBJ
tanned the rest, and then escaped IN
an automobile.
Filling Station HOld-Up.
Paul Price, attendant at filling sta
ton at Fifteenth and Church streets,
was held up and robbed of sl36 by two
bandits believed by police to be the
same men. They fed down an alley
after the robbery.
The other hold-up victim was Walter
C. Gunter, 1913 Tenth street, who was
held I'D and robbed of SIS by lone
bandit at North Capitol and Defrees
street.
The largest amount Of loot obtained
in a housebreaking was from the home
Of James A. Bayard, 3103 Cathedral
avenue, where silverware and clothing
valued at S349 was taken. Entrance
was gained by breaking the glass in q
front window Of the home.
The apartment of William B. Keely
was robbed of S62.50 in cash by thief
who entered some time yesterday morn
ing, it was reported to police.
Other Loot Small.
In the other housebreakings loot Of
comparatively small value was taken.
Roy Lincoln, elevator boy at S701
Sixteenth street, reported to police he
was struck over the head with q pistol
by a colored man who tried to rob him,
but became frightened and fed.
Robbers early today entered the post
exchange at Walter Reed Hospital and
stole $40 from the cash register, it was
reported to police by Capt. William G.
williams Of the hospital staff.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.
- RIMARILY to duplicate exactly
- various noises made by mosqui-
toes, in the hope Of Turing
great numbers of them to de-


struction, one of the most deli
cate sound-producing machines ever de-
vised has been constructed by physicists
of the Public Health Service.
Its range is from the sounds produced
by lis to 5000 vibrations per second
considerably above and below the
hearing thresholds OF the human ear.
With the combined skill of the mu-
sician and physicist used in producing
the machine, 1t can provide sounds
varying by one-fortieth Of a tone by
changing the vibration frequency one
cycle per second at the lower end of
the scale and 20 cycles per second at
the upper.
This is far finer, it was explained,
than can possibly be Disseminated by
a human being. The mechanism, how
ever, may be Of considerable value in
hearing tests where exact measurement
of the finest possible determinations are
desirable.
That mosquitoes are attracted by
sounds, it was explained, still is an
unverified hypothesis 1t is known that
they are highly sociable insects, swarm
ing in vast hordes in response to var
ious stimuli. Some years ago DR.. L. o.
Howard, former chief Of the Bureau OF
Entomology of the Department of Agri-
culture, said there was some reason to
believe various sounds acted as swarm
ing stimuli and later it was reported
Evening star., 1932-11-18
POET LAUREATE OF NATION
TO DEPEND ON ACHIEVEMENTS
Ability to Write Poetry, Not Prose, to Count Under
Standards of League, Fixed at Meeting.

who appoint him to the honor, accord
ing to the leagues officers, who say the
person upon whom the award will be
and not praises.
made must be one who writes poems
Several well known poets have al
ready submitted manuscripts for con-
sideration while many more have al
ready began to compile something that
they think would be suitable.
Carl Cave, president Of the league,
announced that it may be two years
before the first laureateship is recog-
nized. Much work remains to be dcne
in finding unknown poets who may well
qualify for the honor. Some interest
ing revelations have been made in this
respect since the founding Of the
league. Mr.. Cave requests that all who
are interested in poetry and the poets
communicate with the league for fur
ther information.
Evening star., 1932-11-18

Requirements for the poet laureate
shin of the Nation were decided upon
at a business meeting of the advisory
committee and directors Of the Poet
Laureate League yesterday at its oHces
in the Southern Building.
Critics. poets, poetry lovers and men
of letters. many of them widely known
in public life and literary circles. at
tended the meeting, and expressed the
opinion that the creation OF the league
has brought about great forward strides
in poetry The league. formed in Au-
gust, has become widely known, ana
inquiries are being received daily.
Unlike the hureateship in other
countries, the honor will be awarded to
the poet who proves to be the greatest
in the land on account of his poetical
accomplishments and not because OF his
eloQuence and ability to praise those
Evening star., 1932-11-18
ADONIRAM DEGREE TEAM
TO INITIATE NEW CLASS
Superexcellent Masters Rank to Be
Conferred at Scottish
Rite Temple.

The degree team Of Adoniram Coun-
Gil, No. 2, Royal and Select Masters, will
confer the super-excellent masters de-
gree tomorrow night at o'clock at the
Scottish Rite Temple, Third and E
streets
Those who will have prominent parts
in conferring the degree are Willis e.
Robinson, Harry G. Kimball, George L.
Sherman, Clarence j. West, Rev. M. G.
Marseglia and Edward Burkholder. The
drill team of Columbia Commandery
also will assist.
Invitations to attend have been ex-
tended to Reuben A. Bogley, grand
master of Masons; Charles @. Coombs,
grand high priest; Noble D. Larner,
illustrious grand master, and L. Whiting
Estes, grand commander.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
PAGEANT TO BE GIVEN
TOMORROW NIGHT
Phyllis Wheatley," Bicentennial
Offering, Scheduled at
Armstrong High.

rell, will be presented in the auditorium
Of Armstrong High School tomorrow
night at 8 o'clock. The performance
will be given under the auspices Of a
committee of the District Bicentennial
Commission.
Phyllis Wheatley, though born in
slavery, became poet Of such note as
to attract the attention Of George
Washington, who wrote her a letter
commencing her poetic talents" and
elegant lines.n
Evening star., 1932-11-18
Cage Attracts Wild Eagle
Raid VISITOR TAKES UP ABODE AT THE zoo.
lBODE AT THE zoo.

"OR the first time in many
l. years there is a wild bald
eagle in Washington.
4 One of these birds has
appropriated a tree in the
Zoo Park, DR.. William M. Mann
announced yesterday, and appears
to have settled down for the Win
ter near the cage occupied by
eagles. About Is years ago a
pair made their home there. Al
though fairly common in the
mountains west of Washington, 1t
is very seldom that bald eagle
even ventures within shooting
range of the city. Numerous
rats and wood mice ABOUT the
park are believed to be an at
traction.
The Zoo received yesterday a
pair of kangeroos, the female with
a nursing baby in her pouch.
Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
DANCE AT CABIN JOHN

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CABIN JOHN PARK, Md, November
ia dance will be given by the Cabin
John Park Volunteer Fire Department
Athletic Association tomorrow night in
the fire house auditorium to raise funds
for equipment. The dance will take the
place of the regular Friday night dance
this week. The dance next week will
be held on Thanksgiving night instead
of Friday.
Evening star., 1932-11-18

Melendez had no authority to have it."
DR.. Leiva gained some prominence
last year, when he surprised liquor
thieves in the Salvadorean legation,
then located at 260l Connecticut ave-
nue., and sent one Of them away with
a badly bitten finger. Beaten over the
head, DR.. Leiva spent some time in
Emergency Hospital, then went TO Eu-
rope to recuperate. The Connecticut
avenue mansion, vacated by the lega-
ton, was the scene Of a police liquor
raid recently.
Melendez maintains legation in the
National Press Building.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
EMPTY GUN SUFFICIENT
Crosby Noyes Boyd Captures Sus-
pect With Unloaded Weapon.

Crosby Noyes Boyd captured burglar
suspect at the point of a shotgun last
night when he surprised the intruder on
the second flood balcony of his home at
2409 Waterside drive. Mrs. Boyd saw
the man and called her husband, who
had just returned from hunting trip.
He covered" the man with an unloaded
double -barreled shotgun and held him
until police arrived.
The suspect was booked for investi-
CATION at No. precinct. and said he
was lie Roy johnson, colored, % years
old, of Rocky Mount, N c. The man
explained he arrived only last night and
had planed to spend the night in bed
of leaves in Rock Greek Park. He said
he noticed blanket on the balcony and
climbed up to take 1t. according to po-
lice. u
Evening star., 1932-11-18
WINS BET; LOSES $50
Barber Fined for Using Alleged
Excessive Force to Collect.

Leroy Davis, colored, barber shop pro-
prietor, zoos Fourteenth street, won an
argument over 80 cents with former
employe yesterday. but the victory cost
him $50 when he was hailed into Police
Court today on an assault charge.
Charles Contee, barber, told Judge
Isaac R. Hit that Davis struck him over
the head with an iron pipe, rendering
him unconscious, when Davis called at
the shop to collect a 30-cent bet. The
court decided that even though Davis
might have been entitled to the 80 cents
he had employed excessive force in the
argument.
Evening star., 1932-11-18
Soviet Lecture Scheduled.

Joseph Freeman, author, will deliver
a lecture on Education IN Soviet Rus
sia" under the auspices Of the Friends
of the Soviet Union, next Sunday night
IA Plasterers' Hall, 1924 New Jersey
avenue.