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Evening star., 1932-07-25
ESTATE RECOGNIZES
P wendell CLAIMANTS
Makes Concession to Eight Rela-
tives of New York
City Recluse.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 25.-The estate of
Ella Won E. Wendell, late Fifth avenue
recluse, today gave formal recognition
as relatives to eight more of the, 1922
claimants of right to contest Miss
Wendel's will disposing of an estimated
$30,0o0,o00. The only previously recog-
nized relative was Mrs. Rosa Dew
Stansbury of Vicksburg, Miss.
The concession as to the eight others
was announced at the opening of a
hearing before Surrogate James A..
Foley to determine Justification for
claims Of 29 persons who allege their
relationship to Miss Wendell was in the
fifth degree.
OF the eight claimants newly recog-
nized, seven are individuals and one is
an estate. All the individuals live in
this country, most of them on the West
Coast.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
STARS LOSE RIGHT
TO PICK STORIES
Producers Point Out Impor.
tance of Public Touch
Actors Do Not Have.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, July 25-In the fu-
ture, stars contracted by the combined
Warner-First National Studios will have
no hand in the selection of stories or
screen roles.
Jack L. Warner, In charge of produc-
ton, and his associate. Daryl Zanuck,
asserted in statement yesterday they
consider the producer, who invests a
large amount of money in each picture
he makes, should be allowed to select
his own stories, unhampe-ed by the
likes or dislikes of his stars.
In the future no contracts will give
stars the right to select stories or roles,
Warner and zanuck said.
They said the popular stars of today
have been made by the careful selection
of stories by their producers, and
pointed out that the producer has ia
cilfties that aid him in keeping in touch
with the public that the star does not
have.
Rule Effective August /.
eve have decided that with the start
of our new year production August l
we will not permit stars or players to
have any hand in the selection of their
future stories, regardless Of whether
this privilege has been accorded them
in the past the statement said.
I'VE believe that in this day OF de-
preston the producer, who must make
the investment in the picture, should
have 100 per cent selection of the story
material that is to be used in the forth
coming photoplay
ALSO, we believe that in this time
Of depression, we must cater to the
wants of the public at large. and not
cater to the likes and dislikes of Tie
individual player.
Guided by Public in Success.
almost without exception, the sue
cessful, artistic and box Office successes
that We have produced in the past
have been those pictures in the choice
of which we were guided solely by the
demands of the general public
Stars under contract to Warmers
First National include George Arliss,
Barbara Stanwyck Richard Barthel-
mess, Ruth Chatterton, William Powell,
Kay Francis, Constance Bennett, Chic
Sale, Paul MUM, Edward G. Robinson,
Douglas Fairbanks, jr.: Joe E. Brown,
Warren William, Loretta Young, Joan
Blondell and George Brent.
Several of these, notably Arliss, Miss
Stanwyck, Barthelmess, Miss Chatter
ten and Miss Bennett, have the final
voice in choosing their stories.
1t was said, unofficially, that this
right will continue as long as their
present contracts are in force.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
DOUMER ASSASSIN GOES
ON TRIAL FOR LIFE
Russian Who Killed French Pres
ident Loses Much Flesh in
Prison.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 25.-Paul Gordulof. the
Russian, who assassinated President
Doumer last May, went on trial Tor
his life today in the Court OF Asslzes:
Two months in the Sante Prison had
left their mark on him, for he seemed
shadow of the powerful man VINO
fought off half a dozen persons after
he had killed the aged President. AS
he entered the court room he carried
under his arm a volume Of the memoirs
he had written in his cell.
Henri Geraud. his counsel, asked for
another medical examination. On sew
eral occasions alienists have pro-
nounced Gorgulof sane.
Evening star., 1932-07-25

a relentless and aggressive offensive
and defensive program against all forms
of enemy naval operations. This off,
Ger has demonstrated a keen tactical
ability, and has inspired the men under
him to high standard Of morale end
efficiency.
Residence, 1401 Sixteenth street,
Washington, D. C..
Copyright. 1922
Evening star., 1932-07-25
THOMAS ASSAILS
TWO MAJOR PARTIES
Finds No Adequate Program for
Peace" in Either of Their
Platforms.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 25.-Norman
Thomas, Socialist candidate for Presi-
dent, last night assailed what he
termed "the general absence of any
adequate program for peace" In either
the Republican or Democratic plat
forms.
"At no point has President Hoover
served us worse" he declared, than
by failing even to try to educate us
and lead us in program for peace.
so far as Roosevelt's position Is
known 1t Is worse. His reputation of
the League of Nations, which he sup
ported enthusiastically in 1920, was
dictated not by conscience, but ambi-
tion speaking through the promptings
OF William Randolph Hearst"
Evening star., 1932-07-25

AiAiC u LIS pIOlcS-
sion, as the COM
manding officer Of
the S. S. Levia-
than, charged with
important, exact
ing and hazardous
duty of transport
ing troops and
supplies through
W a t ers infested
with enemy sub
marines and mines,
contributing great
ly toward the sue
cess of the United
States operations
against the enemy,
Germany and her
allies, by unremit-
tingly prosecuting
Evening star., 1932-07-25
Bomb Kills Police Captain.

HAVANA, Cuba, July 25 P).--A po-
lice captain was killed and three other
policemen were seriously injured in the
explosion Of an internal machine in a
residence they were searching last
night. They had been called by the
owner, who said he feared explosives
had been placed in his home.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
MONDAYS NOT "BLUE"
BUT YELLOW IN SIAM
Each Day Represents Color and
Natives Match Costumes for
Occasion.

BANGKOK, Siam (P).-Mondays In
Siam are not blue" but yellow.
To the Siamese each day of the
week stands for a different color and
many of the people match their
''panung," the native costume, with
the color of the day.
The native newspapers follow the
pers in Bangkok being printed on yel-
low paper, Sundays on pink and
Thursdays on green. White paper Is
used for the remaining days.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
MAI. GAWNE TO WED
Marine Officer and Mrs. Irene En-
right Jones Obtain License.

special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, N. Y, July 25.-Maj.
Chester Leverett Gawne, As, U. S. M. c.,
Marine Barracks, Quantico, and Mrs
Irene Enright Jones, 80, of 333 East
Forty-third street, this city, obtained a
marriage license in New York this
morning. They said the ceremony would
be performed later today in the Church
CT the Covenant, this city, by Rev. DR..
j. and Elizabeth Miller Gawne. 1t will
in Fredonia, N. Y, the son of Leverett
J. and Elizabeth Miller GAVIN. It will
be his second marriage. He and his
first wife, Mrs. Mildred Fortson Gawne,
were divorced in Reno, New, July 81
last.
Mrs. Jones Is native of Leaven-
worth. Kans., and the daughter of
James H. and Ida Dawson Enright
She and her first husband. william
Forest Jones', were divorced in Los
Angeles, Calf, July 81, 1881.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
DEATH CALLED SUICIDE
Certificate Issued by Macdonald in
Perry Case.

A certificate of suicide was issued
BY Deputy Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald in the death last night in
Gallinger Hospital of Mrs. Ethel H.
Perry, 81, who swallowed poison on
July 10.
Mrs. Perry was said to have swallowed
the poison while in her home IN the
first block of r street northeast. She
was removed to Sibley Hospital and
from there taken to Gallinger.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
Districts Heroes
in the
World War
Compiled by sergt. L. E. Jaeckel.

A S recorded in the official citation,
Y J. w. Oman, captain, United
States Navy. was awarded the
\ Navy Distinguished Service
Medal for exceptionally merito-
us and distinguished services in a
sition of great responsibility in the
Evening star., 1932-07-25
SYNAGOGUE UNCOVERED
Ancient Ruins With Fine Mosaics
to Be Excavated.

JERUSALEM, (P-An ancient syn
agogue paved with fine mosaics has
been uncovered at FL HANNA, where
the frontiers Of Palestine, Syria and
Trans-Jordania converge.
In the central nave are two mosaic
panels inscribed with Hebrew charac-
ters in the Judaea-Aramic language.
They commemorate benefactors who
contributed to the erection of the build
ing.
The Hebrew University at Jeru-
salem has been granted a license to
excavate the ruin. Its archeolQgist,
DR.. E. L. Sukenik. Is an authority on
ancient synagogues.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
ITALIAN GROUP ARRIVES
Business and Professional Men
Will Tour America.

NEW YORK, July Is R.-A party
OF As prominent business and profes-
sional men of Italy arrived on the liner
Conte Grande today to tour the United
States and attend the Olympic games
In California. Among the group was
Fernando Pozzani, Italian wheat i'm
porter and member of the Chicago
Board of Trade. The party will go to
PHILADELPHIA tomorrow.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
Police Get Bequest.

Miss Adelaide Henderson of Edin-
burgh bequeathed $4,000 to the police
of the county of Caithness, Scotland
Evening star., 1932-07-25

America has given the fancy salad
to the world.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
BOAT TOO EXPENSIVE
New Jersey Returns Craft to Navy.
Though One Is Needed.

The W. Parker Runyon, New JERSEY
State craft donated by the Federal Gov
eminent. has been returned to the Navy
Department because 1t cost $4,000 a
year to operate.
Immediately thereafter the State
Board of Commerce and Navigation an
nounced 1t would have to hire a boat
for its annual inland waterways inspec-
ton.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
SPECIAL NOTICES.

WILL BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, ONE
Cheyrclet coach. 1926 motor No. 2853735;
for storage charges. on Wednesday: July
27th, at 10 m. at DUFFY'S GARAGE: MI
Rainier Md z0~
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
HEARINGS Sc 7.
FOR D. {. BILL

Senator Hiram Bingham, R.) 3,
of Connecticut, chairman of the
District subcommittee of the
Senate Appropriations Committee,
announced today that hearings
on the District supply bill for
the next fiscal year will begin
next Thursday morning, May IL.
The District bill, as it passed
the House, carried approximately
$40, 900, a reduction of nearly
$6,0O0,00O under the amount al
lowed for the current fiscal year.
Whether the subcommittee
hearings will be open or in execu-
tive session has not been decided.
The District Commissioners
probably will be called to begin
the hearings. The House bill re-
duced the Federal contribution to
the District from $9,500,00 which
has prevailed for several years,
to $6,50O,O00 and this item will
be one of the chief issues in the
Senate hearing.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
GUNS
FAIL AS LINKS
To 'SN|PER'
BaIIiSticS Tests Show None
of Three Seized Pistols
Slew RiedeI

Ballistics tests of three
pistols found in the apartment
of Arthur Hamilton Clephane,
81, held as a suspect in the
Staying of Paul Riedel and
several other shootings at
tributed to the phantom
sniper" of the Northwest, re-
vealed that none of them had
figured in the killing.
Announcement of this was made
by Detective Sergt. Floyd Truscott,
Of the Homicide Squad, shortly
after the police ballistics expert,
Lieut.. John Fowler, had completed
his comparisons.
Clephane was arrested early yes
terday by Detectives Truscott
and Dennis Murphy at his apart
ment, 2032 Belmont Rd. N. w.
Goggles, Pistols Found
Police last night searched the
mans apartment and found a
pair of goggles, the pistols and
numerous books on crime and
psychology.
Witnesses of the Riedel kill
ing, the Backus shooting, and
several other shootings are ex-
pected to viewy the prisoner to-
night.
Inspector Frank S. W. Burke
placed considerable significance
upon the finding of the goggles
in that the Riedel witnesses said
his slayer had worn goggles.
Honduras Trip Noted
Sergeant Truscott said Clephane
had gone to Honduras immedi-
ately after the Riedel Staying,
which climaxed the depredationS
attributed the "sniper."
According to the detective, the
youth left Washington because
he was bored" Clephane is said
to be unemployed, but has been
preparing 1or entrance at Cne
Naval Academy.
OF Prominent Family
It was Clephane who told the
first story of the sniper's &C.
tivities. He said he had been
fired upon last February 6 at
Lanier Place and Ontario Road
by a white man who ran from
the scene.
Clephane is member of a So
cially prominent Washington fam
lily. He is a nephew of Walter
Clephane, attorney, 5000 Connec-
ticut Ave.
The young mans uncle was in
conference with Inspector Burke
following the arrest but refused
to discuss the matter.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
100,0OONAS0NS
ADVANCING ON
ALEXANDRIA
Temple Dedication Thursday
to Mark Tribute to
Washington

With Washington and Alex
andria, Va, rapidly assuming
a festive air because of the
decorations bedecking build
ings and lamp posts, Masons
from all sections of the country
are arriving for the big cele-
bration next week which will
honor George Washington, the
Mason.
Staged as the Masonic contri-
button to the George Washing
ton Bicentennial, the celebration
will be centered around the dedi-
cation of the Washington Masonic
Memorial which stands atop
Shooters Hill at Alexandria.
Hoover to Attend
This event will be staged
Thursday, following a monster
parade, which will move up his
toric King Street. President
Hoover will be present, his arrival
being signalled by a 21-guu sa-
lutte from the Frigate Constitu-
ton, anchored at the foot of
King Street, whence it sailed in
1912 to gain renown.
Grand masters of the 48 States
and the District of Columbia, the
largest group of Masonic digna-
taries ever assembled, will be
among the more than 100000
members of the fraternity ex-
pected to witness or take part in
the dedication.
Dedicate Replica
Due to the fact that only a
small portion of the memorial
has been completed a replica of
the structure will be dedicated, a
special ritual written by DR.. Rob-
ert S. Barrett, general chairman,
being used.
Masonic Week, as the series of
planned events has been desig-
mated, will be officially opened to-
morrow at $50 a. M, with re-
ligiouS services in the Sylvan
Theater on the Monument
Grounds. KallipoliS Grotto will
be in charge.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
HOUSE DISTRICT
DAY MONDAY

Monday has been definitely
set aside as the legislative day
when the House will consider
District affairs, Speaker John
Garner said today.
Among the items that will be
called up for consideration is
controversial street railway
merger bill.
Representative Mary T. Norton
Cd of New Jersey and chair
man of the House District Com
mittee, predicted today that the
merger bill would pass the
House and be sent to the Sen
ate for approval.
Other controversial measures
that will be called up include a
bill to permit the appearance of
juveniles on local stages until
II p. M; a measure providing
for a board of indeterminate
sentence and parole, and a bill
to extend the scope of the Acacia
Mutual Life Insurance Company.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
DAZED BY HURTS
IN FATAL
CRASH
Vanished in Woods to Nurse
Injuries and Is Object Of
Extended Search

Fears that Allen Gruver,
II year old Hyattsville High
School boy, may have com
mitted suicide were expressed
today by friends of his family.
The youth has been missing
since Thursday, when he disap-
peSred into the woods near Fair.
fax, Va, after his mother was
killed in an automobile accident.
Later he reappeared at a farm
house near the scene of the acci.
dent. He had a bad cut on his
forehead and seemed in a dazed
condition. When told that his
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Gruver,
was dead, he cried, MY God, I've
killed my mother" and ran back
into the woods. Allen was driving
the Gruver car when the accident
occurred. He was seen once later
in the day by party of automo-
biliStS, but escaped before they
could get to him.
Friends of the family think the
boys mind was affected by the
blow on his head and the shock
of hearing of his mothers death.
Meanwhile the woods are being
combed by citizens posses, Boy
Scout units. police and members
of the HyattSville and BladenS-
burg volunteer fire departments.
Other members of the Gruver
party received only minor inju-
ries when it left the road and
overturned.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
ROW NEAR OVER
RILEY GIRL

The Board of Public Welfare
will ask that Edith Riley, the
cupboard child" remain in their
custody until she reaches her ma
jority when the case of the little
girl is against brought before the
Juvenile Court next Wednesday.
Edith'S maternal relatives, it is
understood, will demand that the
child be given entirely into their
care. Her grandmother, Mrs.
Anna Annadale, has a farm in
Virginia where, the relatives
think, Edith may be able to re-
gain the childhood joys lost in
the dark years in which she was
confined in her closet prison by
her father and stepmother, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Riley, now serv-
ing a two-year term for their mis-
treatment of the child.
Edith has been a ward of the
Board of Public Welfare, whose
mfshandling of her case has
brought forth a nationwide pro-
test, since her release from her
prison through the agency of The
Washington Times and her ma
ternal relatives. A patient for
the entire period at Gallinger
Hospital, she has continually
gained both in physical and men
tai development until today she
can be termed almost normal.
Next Wednesday the Juvenile
Court will decide whether Edith
is to remain a ward Of the board
or be turned over to her relatives.
Miss Patricia MorsS, head of the
child welfare division of the
board, will make a formal report
on her case and the relatives will
present their appeal.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
Caught As Speeder,
Teacher Has ALibi

Mildred M. Hickman, 4123
Ninth st. N. W., was unable to
explain when she was arrested
yesterday for speeding, because
she had a sore throat and could
not talk.
Today in Traffic Court, how
ever, she said that she was driv-
ing at AZ miles an hour on Michi-
gan Avenue when sheswas stopped
by Traffic Bureau Policeman K.
P. Greenmow, because she was
late for school. She explained
she was a teacher and was hurry
ing to her classes. Judge Isaac
I. Hit took her personal bond.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
Clothes Left in Car
Stolen As Men SUin1

While they swan in the cool
waters of the Potomac River at
Whitewater, Md, yesterday thieves
broke a glass from their locked
car and took $63 in cash and
some of their clothes, Chase S.
Stevens, 1909 K st. N. W., viii
liam P. Bell, 1852 Newton st.
N. w., and william B. StuI, of
1923 Sixteenth St. N. W., told
Montgomery County police Of the
Bethesda subStation.
Stevens lost 81. Bell $35, and
Stull $21.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
TODAY HOTTEST
THIS YEAR
Times Staff Photo

If you're warm today, with the
temperature a mere 81, just re-
that on this day last year,
last year the mercury scared to
95.
It washotter today than it has
been so far this year, however, top
ping the heat of April 3 by six
degrees.
The temperature registered a 81
degree increase between 8 a. m.
and 1890 p. m.
Although the heat yesterday
was intensified by a Sc per cent
humidity, today's humidity was at
a low of % per cent.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
Boy, 4, Hit by Auto,
Treated at Hospital

Charles Jackson, 4 years old,
colored, of 2437 Eighth st. N w.,
was brought to Children'S Hos
pital today in an unconscious con.
dition, after he had been struck
by an automobile. It was thought
that he might have a fracture of
the skull. The driver of the car
accompanied the injured child to
the hospital. Police are investi-
eating the circumstances of the
accident.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
Community Groups
To Give Bi PrOgrUn1

Under the auspices of its Cit
liens Association, Woman's Club,
Community Center and Parent
Teachers Association, the Park
view community will present a
Bicentennial program of music,
short plays and sketches in the
auditorium of the Parkview
School next Wednesday evening.
Arrangements are being made to
care for 800 guests.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
Phone Wires Cut, But
Store RObberu Fails

An attempted robbery of store
at Cabin John, Md, early today
failed even though a hole was cut
in the glass of the door.
Montgomery County Policeman
Webb Hersperger, who inveSti-
gated afterSJ. F. Baker, proprietor,
notified the police that some one
had tried to enter his store, said
telephone wires, mistaken for a
burglar alarm system, were cut.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
r. P. Butrick, Consul,
WedS CdDitnL Girl

Miss Gretchen Alice Daniel,
former Washington society girl of
4515 Cathedral Ave. N. W., was
married yesterday in st. John,
New Brunswick, to Richard Por-
ter Butrick, United States consul
in st. John. Mrs. Butrick is the
daughter Of Zachary C. Daniel, of
Staunton, Va, and Mr.. Butrick
the son of the late William Wal
lace Butrick and Mrs. Willis, Of
Lockport, N. Y.
The bride and groom will leave
next week for Shanghai, China,
where Mr.. Butrick will assume
duties at the consulate there.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
Paul E.. Lesh Named
To Y.W.C.A. Board

Paul E. LeSh of the law firm,
Peele, Ogilby and LeSh, has been
elected to the advisory board OF
trustees of the Young Womens
Christian Association, it was an
nounced today.
Other members Of the board
are: Henry C. Morris, Miss Jane
Bartlett, C. Fenton, M. Fadely,
Alfred H. Lawson, Mrs. A. Cham
bers Oliphant and Frank j..
Stryker.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07

the calendar an obSeSSlOn In the
minds of our President, our poll
ticians, our bankers and our indus
trialists. l am afraid that it be-
came an obsession with me. I be-
gan to say, with the fifty thousand,
that the process of restoration
would have to be long one. l
finally reached the point of saying
that prosperity had already arrived
and all we needed to do was to get
used to it. Now 1 begin to have
my doubts about all this jeering.
1t seems to me the fault was not in
the time limit; the error was that
the sixty days were supposed to re-,
store prosperity automatically
we had nothing to do but sit tight
and wait.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
TODAY TAX DEADLINE

Today is the last day to pay
poll taxes in Arlington county,
and those failing to do so will
not be permitted to vote in the
Democratic primary in August
and the general election in No
vember, according to Charles T.
Jesse, county treasurer.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
Inquest to Probe
Infants Auto Death

A coroner's inquest will be held
today in the death of Vivian
Daley, colored, 2, of 625 Third St.
N. E., who was knocked down yes
terday in the TOO block of Fourth
st. N, E. by an automobile.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
DILL TO GO ON AIR

Senator Dill, of Washington,
will make a Mothers Day address
under auspices of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles over the Ma
tional Broadcasting Company to
morrow at 8:45 d. m.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
DC. Cadets Awarded
Hearst Rifle Honor

The Washington High School
Cadet Corps rifle team captured
third place among the junior
high school units in the eastern
section of the country in the
1882 william Randolph Hearst
Rifle Trophy Matches. Expert
school and r. o. T. c. sharp
shooters competed in all parts Of
the nation.
Marksmen from Washington
and vicinity scored high honors
in the matches.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
True to Type
ENGLISH WRITERS SEE
PROSPERITY IN 30 DAYS
-Rv GILBERT SELDES-

NOR year and half have been of fifty thou
l. sand writer's who could always get paragraph
out of the famous sixty days which to bring back
universal prosperity. considered those two pages OF
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
BATTERY PARK MEET

The board of directors of the
Battery Park Association will meet
Monday at the clubhouse to con-
slider the budget to be presented
Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
MAN DROPS DEAD

Harry Swami, colored, of Ed
monSton, Md, collapsed today at
Riverdale, Md, and died immedi-
ately.
The Washington times., 1932-05-07
HoUSEBREAKER GUILTY

Maynard Phair, of Laurel, yes
terday pleaded guilty to breaking
into Blocks Department store,
Laurel, when tried in Circuit
Court at Upper Marlboro. Phair
was found in the store by Town
Officer Milton Haynes.