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Evening star., 1932-09-11
SHEPHERDS OF BETHLEHEM.

William H Hall Lodge, No 8, Shep-
herds of Bethlehem. met September $,
with Comdr James S. Fisher, jr., presid-
ing, at Iangdon's I. o. o. F. Hall. 2022
Rhode Island avenue northeast. The
honor guest was Past Supreme Com
mander and Supervisor OF Deputies
Sarah Sawdon of Wilmington, Del, who
gave the lodge Bible. Deputy Su
preme Commander Lady Margaret z.
Baker presented same in behalf Of Lady
Sawdon. Remarks were made by
Deputy Supreme Commander Emma V.
Delaney.
William H. Hall Lodge, No. 8, will
have a class initiation at the hall OF
nations, Washington Hotel, Septem-
Der 10.
B. p. o. ELKS.
Washington Lodge No. Is, will In
augurate It's regular Fall and Winter
Thursday and Saturday night charity
dances on Thursday. September Is, at
9 pm. in the newly decorated ball room
of the Elks Home, 919 H street north
west.
Nineteen members of the lodge COM
pose the committee and are In attend
ance at each dance. The committee,
Evening star., 1932-09-11

HitilCIIlS oCptCuiONA
l and ending Au-
gust 81. 1884. Mr..
Williamson h a s
just received word
of the appointment
from John H. Red
din, supreme mas
ter of the Fourth
Degree. Knights Of
Columbus.
Mr.. Williamson
has been active in
the knights of Co
lumbus for many
years. He is a
member Of WASH
ington Council, the
Alhambra and the
Fourth Degree. He
has yed as
Evening star., 1932-09-11

At a meeting of Oriental Council on
Tuesday evening Grand Regent King
outlined the program for the Bicen-
tennial parade on october 27, in which
the Royal Arcanum will have part.
Evening star., 1932-09-11
DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA.

The thirty-sixth annual session of the
state Council, Daughters OF America
Of the District of Columbia, will convene
tomorrow at am. in the Italian garden
Of the Mayfiower Hotel.
The morning hour of the first day
will be open to the public, when an
interesting program will be presented,
including an address by a prominent
speaker.
The annual good fellowship banquet
and dance will be held at the hotel
tomorrow at GAS pm.
Glass initiation is expected to take
place Tuesday evening. The board OF
officers has requested each OF the
subordinate councils to have their pros
pective candidates in readiness.
Mrs. Leila Lavender. councillor, pre-
sided over the business session OF
Fidelity Council, No. 4. on August 30.
Miss Clara Haas made report on
the dance which is to be held on De-
cember 81. at the Southern Diaries. She
also spoke concerning the Halloween
dance to be held on october % at
Masonic Hall, Fourteenth and U streets
southeast.
Unity Council, No. IT, will hold a
lawn party September II at Anacostia
road and Massachusetts, avenue southeast.
The public is invited to attend. The
Evening star., 1932-09-11

at the last meeting of Miriam Rebekah
Lodge in the I. o. o. F. Temple.
The degree team Of Ruth Rehekah
Lodge. newly organized under, the direc-
ton of Capt. Hortsberg, has complete
set of new robes and expects to do active
work this coming season.
Evening star., 1932-09-11

chairman of many important commit
tees in Washington Council and re-
Gently was chairman of the Banquet
Committee for the Annual Supreme
Convention of the knights Of Column
bus, which was held in this city last
month.
Mr.. Williamson has also been very
active in the work of the Fourth De-
gree and has filled several OF the ON
cial positions. At the death OF Charles
w. Darr, who was faithful master Tor
this district. Mr. Williamson was re-
quested to fill the unexpired term. 1t
was under his mastership that one CT
the most successful degrees ever given
in this district was held on Washing
tons birthday This degree was given
to celebrate the two hundredth ami
yersary of the birth of George WASH
ington. Mr.. Williamson is now active
" engaged in making preparations for
another degree to be held on Columbus
day, October II.
The officers of Spalding Council,
Knights of Columbus, had as their guest
Friday James OLeary of New Haven,
Conn, who will also be special guest
of the council next Thursday.
The regular meeting will pe held at
the knights of Columbus club house
Thursday, at which time it is expected
the first degree will be conferred on
class of candidates by the degree team
of Spalding Council. This will be the
first degree to be given by the new
degree team.
At this meeting on Thursday, Wor-
thy Master of the Fourth Degree for
this jurisdiction, Arthur B. j. William
son, Thomas j. Trodden, faithful nav1-
gator of the local assembly, and the
other officers of Washington Assembly,
as wen as District Deputy Thomas P.
Carln, will be the guests Of Spalding
Council. Timothy j. Quirk. lecturer, is
planning special entertainment pro-
gram.
j. Fred Brady, grand knight Of the
council, extends an invitotion to all
members of the order to be present at
| this meeting
Evening star., 1932-09-11

as appointed by Exalted Ruler Leonard
M. Gawler, Is as follows: Charles L.
Rouse, chairman; w. F. Chrisman, vice
chairman: Frank Baxter. floor chair
man: Clayton Bashford. assistant floor
chairman, and A. A. Hollander, secre-
tary-treasurer
President Alfred w. Gaver Of the
State Association, consisting OF Mary
land. Delaware and the District of Co
lumbia. has appointed members OF the
Washington Lodge on the following I'M
portant committees: Past Grand Tiler
John E. Lynch. chairman OF the board
of trustees; Past Exalted Ruler Patrick
j. Callan, chairman of the good OF the
order; George Wathen. member OF the
Credentials Committee; Past Exalted
Ruler John Dillon Fitzgerald. member
of Committee on Laws; Past Exalted
Ruler George E. Strong, member OF
Grand Lodge Committee.
The Bowling League held its initial
organization meeting last Friday night.
Ten teams compose the league.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Municipal Council will meet tomorrow
evening. Supreme Committeeman S. H.
Takes and Chaplain w. H. O'Brien
Will address the council. Grano Regent
E. G. King will also be present.
At the initial Fall meeting Of Dis
trict Council, Loyal Ladies, last
Wednesday evening, the program was
in celebration of the 25th anniversary
of the founding of the auxiliary. Su-
preme Regent Maude S. Childs was the
honor guest and spoke OF the activities
of the various councils.
At a meeting of Oriental Council on
Tuesday evening Grand Regent King
outlined the program for the Bicen-
tennial parade on october 81, in which
the Royal Arcanum will have a part,
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Columbia Commandery will hold its
first conclave Of the Fall and Winter
term Friday The Order of Red Cross
will be conferred by Captain General
Albert c. Shafer, with Junior Warden
Timothy S. Newkirk assisting. The
Order of Malta will be conferred by
Senior Warden William L. Gausman.
The Drill Corps is completing ar
rangements for a dance and card party
to be held at the Kennedy Warren
Hotel on october % in connection with
its plans to send drill team to the
next triennial, at San Francisco.
Evening star., 1932-09-11
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

Arthur B. j. Williamson, master Of
the Fourth Degree for the District of
Columbia and Maryland. has bsen re-
appointed for the two-year term COM
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
OPPOSES
PAY RAISES
Times staff Photo

BY a vote of 153 to %, the
House today went on record as
opposing any Federal salary in
creases or the filling of any ex-
cept essential vacancies which
may occur in the next fiscal year.
The vote was taken on a special
resolution of the Rules Commit
tee to permit the House to con-
slider the two questions in con-
nection with the Agriculture ap-
preparations bill.
The sections to be considered
prohibit the increase of compen-
Sation of any position within the
grade to which such position has
been allocated or to increase the
compensation of any position in
the field service, the pay Of which
is adjustable to correspond so far
as may be practicable to the rates
established for the departmental
service of the District.
Increase of compensation
through reallocation would be
barred as would increased COM
pensation through advancement
to another position in the same
grade or to a position in a higher
grade at a rate in excess OF the
minimum rate of the higher
grade,
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
ELECTRIC SLASH
DUE MONDAY

A public hearing, at which it
is expected electric rates will be
reduced from 40 cents per kilo-
watt hour to 3.6 cents, will be
opened on Monday by the Public
Electric Power Company.
The commission and the Po-
tomac Electric Power Company
recently affected a temporary
compromise, whereby $86O,0O0
was agreed upon as the base for
rate reductions. This sum is $780,
900 more than the base Of last
years rate reduction.
The commission has announced
that the main purpose of the
hearing will be to determine how
this sum will be distributed
among the various rate schedules.
Preference has always been given
to the domestic electric light
and next to the schedule
for refrigeration, radios, and
similar service. The compromise
is effective only until the appeal
of the company from the commits
Sion's order setting up a new
scale for rate reduction is settled
in the courts,
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
LOAN BILL
BECOMESLAW

President Hoover today signed
the bill increasing the capitaliza-
ton of the Federal Farm Loan
banks by $125,0O0,000.
In affixing his signature to the
measure, the third of his gigantic
reconstruction program-the first
being the One-year moratorium on
intergovernmental debts and the
second the reconstruction finance
corporation bill-President Hoover
said:
81 am glad to sign the third
of our reconstruction measure
that providing additional capital
to the Federal land banks. 1t
should (a) reinforce the credit
of the Federal land bank syS-
tenn and reinSure investors in
land bank bonds: (b) thus en-
able the banks to obtain capi-
tai for farmers at reasonable
rates; (c) above all, bring re-
lief and hope to many bOr-
rOwerS from the banks who
have done their honest best
but, because of circumstances
beyond their control, have been
unable temporarily to make
the grade"
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
PR|NCELANDS,
PROTEST
FAILS
Former Marion SnoWden, of
Oil Wealth, Happy With
Her Noble Spouse

NEW YORK, Jan. 90
(IN.S.).-The Prince and
Princess Rospiglionsi arrived
here this morning from Italy
on the S. S. Vulcania and
landed even more celerity
than most other passengers,
despite the rumOr, persistent
for weeks, that the prince
would be barred from America
as can undesirable alien"
And even if the Prince had
been barred, he wouldn't have
lost his Princess. Her eyes
flashed and her voice trembled
as she said:
"Of course, I would return
with him to Europe. would
go any place with him. I
wouldn't leave him for a mo-
ment. The report that he
would be barred as an un.
desirable alien is absurd. He
has done nothing to place him.
self in that category"
This was bride of two months
speaking. A happy bride most
certainly would have married her
husband had he been a peasant
toiling among the grapes on the
hillside overlooking Rome instead
of the Prince of the ancient and
once most puiSsant House of Ros-
pigliosi.
The Princess was, before ro-
nance lifted her into the rosy
clouds that enveloped the slim,
athletic and aristocratic young
Italian, , Marion Snowden, heiress
to the Snowden oil fortune. Mar
ion Snowden, of New York and
Newport. Marion Snowden, 10
and so much in love that she
eloped once with the Prince be-
fore he married her in his castle
on a hill overlooking Rome. That
time her mother pursued them
and brought her back, an unre-
pentent prisoner. They were mar
ried on November 27 last.
Princess Marion said:
"My mothers objection to
my marriage was based on my
age. am 19, you knO... She
thought 1 was too young"
INSPECTOR John Scarinzi ex.
amined the couples passports. He
is the inspector who barred the
Countess Cathcart for moral
turpitude." Scarinzi, however,
gave the Rospigliosi but a casual
glance and passed the newly
wedS through.
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
CHIEFS
HEARD IN
PROTEST
Radio interests Ready to 0p-
pose Revenue Burdens at
Mellon Plan Hearing

The Treasury's tax increase
plan was dealt a heavy blow
today when Speaker Garner
Of the House, declared in
favor of limiting consumption
taxes to "three or four
articles, as new sources OF
taxation gained favor in the
Ways and Means Committee
The attitude of Garner and
committee members, apparently
sounded the death-knell for many
of the miscellaneous taxes pro
posed by the Treasury, such as
q tax on low-priced amusement
admission and, perhaps, the auto
mobile tax.
No Pledge to Auto Trade
Garner told leaders of the auto
mobile industry that "there can
be no real prosperity in this coun-
try until we have a balanced
budget"
He indicated he favored the
proposal of Representative Crisp
CD of Georgia for a tax Of "
cent a kilowatt hour on elec-
tricity, q 1-cent gasoline tax. and
an increased tax on stock trans
ferS.
Garner declined to make any
promise to the automobile lead
erS.
Another source of revenue was
proposed in the committee as a
tentative suggestion by Crisp.
Luxury Levy Suggested
1t is a tax on freight moved
in interstate commerce by motor
trucks. Representative Doughton
CD of North Carolina, coun-
tered with a suggestion that a
sales tax be levied on luxuries.
The committee continued to
hear protests against the pro-
posed miscellaneous taxes. A del
egation of leaders of the auto
mobile industry argued against
the automobile tax.
Spokesman for the radio in
dustry also prepared to oppose
any tax on radio. Stock ex-
changes are strongly against the
suggested increase from 2 to 3
cents a share on stock transfers.
This would have the effect of re-
ducing the value of stocks now
held between 100000, 900 and
$3.50. .000. 900.
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
RESERVE BANKS
TQA|DCRED|T

The Federal Reserve system
will take further steps to ease
the general credit situation, the
Federal Reserve Board said to-
day in announcing the Federal
Reserve Bank at Richmond, Va,
had re-established a rediscount
rate of Gh per cent, effective
Monday.
This is a reduction of one-half
of / per cent. and the first cut
in reserve rates since a money
tightening policy was adopted
last September. when there were
heavy exports of gold and an in
crease in money boarding.
This action leaves but one
bank, that of Dallas, on a 4 per
cent rate. All other reserve banks
are on a 31a per cent basis.
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
POSTPONES
ITS PROBE
Of HONOR
Staying
Mother of Slain KahahaWal
One of Final Witnesses
Called in Quiz
(PICTURES ON PAGE 81

HONOLULU, T. H., Jan. %
(I.N.S. ).-Without explanation,
the territorial grand jury to-
day had suspended its inquiry
into the Hawaiian "honor slay.
ing" until Tuesday.
The jury had not finished
examining witnesses in the case
in which Mrs. Granville For
tescue, Washington society
leader; her son-in-law, Lieut..
Thomas Fl. Massie, Of the
United States Navy, and two
naval enlisted men, E. J. Lord
and Albert Jones, are charged
with killing Joseph Kahahawai,
suspected of criminally attack
ing Lieutenant Massie wife.
Mrs. Hannah KahahawaL
mother Of the slain native, was
one Of the last witnesses called.
DeadIOcked, Report
A report indicated the jury
already had become hopelessly
deadlocked over the question Of
applying "the unwritten law" to
the four murder defendants.
County Attorney James Gill.
land, Georgetown University grad.
uate, already had declared the
four defendants never would be
convicted or acquitted of the
murder because of the present
frenzied sentiment in the islands.
Twice Territorial Judge Albert
CriSty and Deputy City Prosecu-
tor Griffith Wight were called
into consultation by the grand
jurymen.
Meanwhile Honolulu's law en-.
forcement program moved rapidly
toward completion in the terri.
torial legislature. The House
passed the Senate's anti-loitering
bill.
Police Bill Enacted
Gov. Lawrence M. Judd signed
the measure passed by Senate
and House to have the governor
name a board. of five commits
sioners to appoint a police chief.
The chief of police at present is
elected.
David Lyman, %, escaped con-
vict accused of attacking q
Japanese woman, remained at
liberty. He escaped from Oahu
prison with Luis Kaikapu, con-
Victed murderer. Kaikapu was
recaptured after he had attacked
an American woman.
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
LIBRARY CRACKS
STIR VATICAN
international Photo

VATICAN CITY, Jan. 13
G.N.SO.-Fissures were discovered
today in the walls of the Vatican
library, near the wing which
collapsed several weeks ago, caus-
ing a loss of five lives.
The cracks were found in the
section of the library where the
Vatican's valuable catalogues are
kept.
Vatican officials ordered all
students and others out of the
threatened wing, and workmen
began to remove the catalogues
to another building to prevent
their destruction in the event of
a collapse. The catalogues were
taken to a newly built gallery
which houses the school of
mosaicS.
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
Hanks Speeds
TOward New
Record

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. %
Q.N.SO.-Capt. Frank Hawks,
racing from Aqua Caliente in
an attempt to better the Mex
ico-Canada flight record, landed
his monoplane at Swan Island
Airport here at 9:37 a. m.
(P. S. To today, 3 hours min
utes after a refuel landing at
Oakland.
OAKLAND AIRPORT, Calf,
Jan. % ON.SO Capt. Frank
Hawks settled his trim mono
plane on the landing field here
at 6:34 a. m, refueled, and
took off for Portland, Ore.
Hawks made the first jump
in a projected 2,6O0-mile flight
to Vancouver. B. c., from Aqua
Caliente, Mex, and return, in
2 hours and 19 minutes.
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
HORSE UNSEA7S
GIRL STUDENT

Thrown from her horse in an
attempt to hurdle, l9-year-old
Rose Mary Ryan, of New York
city, student at Trinity College,
was injured shortly after noon
today at the Riding and Hunt
Club, Twenty-second and P
Streets Northwest. Her mount
refused to jump.
The Fire Rescue Squad ambu-
lance was called and she was
taken to Emergency Hospital
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
DOORSTEP BABY
DAWN MYSTERY

A naughty, 8-week-old girl
stretched luxuriouSly in a crib
at Children's Hospital today,
yawned in reporters faces, turned
on her side. and dropped back
into her nap.
The child was temporarily
named Dawn" because of her
arrival at the hospital at 4:3O
this morning, after a ride from
the 1900 block of Park Rd. N. W.,
in a police squad car.
Dawn" was found on the door
step of Alexander Bum, 1881
Park Rd. N. w. Mr.. Bum
answered his doorbell when it
was rung violently and, upon
opening the door, found the
child.
Mr.. Bum called the Tenth pre-
cinct police. The child will re-
main in the hospital for about
three weeks, then will be turned
over to the Child Welfare Society,
hospital officials say.
A policeman from the Sixth
precinct told Mr.. Bum today that
in passing the house about 3:15
this morning, he saw a Ford coupe
parked in front and a woman
standing on the sidewalk with a
bundle in her arms. Thinking she
lived there, and was returning
from a party, he paid her scant
attention, but noted she was tall
and wore a black coat.
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
Wages, Employment
Register Upturn

NEW YORK, Jan. % GNSO.
Payrolls and employment in
American factories are showing an
upturn, according to charts and
graphs at Columbia University.
The charts reveal that both en-
ployment and payrolls have regis
tered pronounced gains in the re-
tail trade, while similar increases
have been recorded in the crude
petroleum industry.
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
RUTH SERENE.
AS TRUNKS
OPENED
Death-Chest Brought in Court
as DetectiVe-WitneSs
Describes Find

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. %
(IN.S. ).-How a Los Angeles
detective picked the locks of
two trunks and revealed the
bodies of the two women vic
tins of Arizona most SEN
sational crime was detailed
before a spellbound jury to-
day in testimony at the mur-
der trial of Mrs. Euth Judd.
The detective, Frank Ryan, was
the first witness on the fifth day
of Mrs. Judd's trial for muir
der of her friend, Agnes Ann
Leroi, 3O-year-old nurse. ,ater
Mrs. Judd may be tried for the
Staying of Hedvig SamuelSon, a.
year-old White Plains, N. D, school
teacher.
Ruth Kisses Husband
Mrs. Judd came to court re-
freshed by q night Of reStful
slumber, She kissed her husband,
DR.. william C. Judd, and took
her seat calmly facing the stern
faced jury.
Ryan testified he was called to
the Los Angeles railway station
by a suspicious baggage master.
Two trunks were pointed out and
Ryan said he picked the locks
and threw back the lids.
AS Ryan testified. the lid OF a
big black brass-bound trunk rest
ing on the floor within a few
feet of Mrs. Judd, was swung
back and the detective stepped
down from the witness chair and
showed how he discovered the
body later identified as that OF
Mrs. Leroi.
Ruth UnmOved
AS this dramatice byplay oc-
Cured Mrs. Judd remained Sc
renely calm.
Ryan continued:
"When I looked into the
trunk 1 pulled back q quilt and
uncovered the head of a WO-
man. Her hair was dark, the
body was packed in letters,
photographs and newspapers.
1--WE found two purses in the
trunk. One of the purses con-
tanned a medical thermometer,
two empty rs caliber pistol
shells. and a lead bullet. An
empty shell of the same caliber
was in the other purse.
"The smaller of the two
trunks contained portions of
the body of Miss SamuelsOn.
The lower part of her body was
missing.
''ThiS was found in brown
suit case which had been left
by Mrs. Judd in the wOmen's
restroom of the Southern Paci-
fic station"
A fateful kiss, bestowed upon
Agnes Leroi by ('Happy Jack")
Halloran, which the prosecution
contends threw Ruth into a
jealous rage, was to be described
this afternoon as the State pre-
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. s.
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
HOOUer's Campaign
Boosted by Hurley

CHICAGO, Jan. % UN.SD
President Hoover's campaign for
reelection received new impetus
in the Middle West today follow
ing a vigorous address here by
Patrick J. Hurley. Secretary OF
War. No other incumbent in the
White House was ever so active in
efforts to effect an economic re-
covery as Hoover, Hurley declared.
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
Fatigued by Studies,
Student Tries Death

PROVIDENCE, R. I, Jan. %
GN.S0-In poor health, and ex-
hausted from study for mid-year
examinations at Brown Univer.
sity, James H. Higgins. jr., 21, son
of the late Governor James H.
Higgins. attempted suicide by gas,
it was revealed today.
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
Woman IndOrsed
Ri W.C.T.U. PrObed

FLINT, Mich, Jan. % G.N.SO.
The Federal grand jury at Bay
City. which has been investigat-
ing alleged corruption and vice
conditions here, centered much
of its investigation around activi-
ties of a woman city official
recommended by the Women's
Christian Temperance Union, it
was learned today.
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
Amateur Operators
Of Radio Increase

Young America has distinctly
gone radio. Nearly twice as many
licenses were issued to amateurs
in the last six months of 1881 as
were issued during the same
period for 1880. There were
8,676 amateur licenses issued dur
ing the period.
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
Hearing Demanded
For Kidnaping Bill

Immediate hearings on his bill
making it a Federal felony to
transport kidnapped persons across
State lines were demanded today
bv Senator Patterson (R) of
Missouri. His measure would in
woke the whole power of thu
Federal Government to apprehend
such criminals.
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
FesS Says Hoover
Sure of Nomination

CHICAGO, Jan. % 1.N.SJ
President Hoover is assured of the
Republican nomination to succeed
himself, Senator Simeon D. Fess,
chairman of the Republican ma
tional committee, said today. Sen
ator FeSS arrived with other party
leaders to make plans for the
convention to be held here next
June.
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
German Princess
To M1rru Prince

STOCKHOLM, Jan. % UN.SO.
Reports, of the impending en-.
gagement of Prince Gustav
Adolf, son Of the crown prince
of Sweden, to Princess Sibylle,
of Sachsen Coburg- -Gotha, were
current here today. The princess
is the daughter of Duke Edward
of Schleswig- -Holstein, member Of
the old German nobility.
The Washington times., 1932-01-23
Miners Killed
In Polish Pau Riot

WARSAW, Jan. % 0.N.SD.
Clashes occurred throughout the
Polish coal field fields today as
workers protested against a wage
cut Of 81 per cent. Three miners
were killed when police fired on a
2NA which stoned them,