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Evening star., 1933-10-10
GRAND MASTERS
POST TO WOODS
Indianan Elected Head of
General Grand Council
by Masonic Group.

Robert A. Woods, Princeton, Ind, to-
day was elected general grand master
of the General Grand Council of Royal
and Select Masters OF the United States
at the organizations eighteenth tri-
ennial convention being held at the Ma
sonic Temple here. He formerly was
deputy general grand master and sue
ceeds Walter L. Stockwell, Fargo, N. D.
Other officers selected are Nelson
Williams, Hamilton, Ohio general grand
deputy master; Charles N. Fowler, Sa-
lima. Kans., general grand treasurer; O.
Frank Hart, Columbia, S. c.. general
grand reporter; Arthur D. Prince, Low
ell. Mass. general grand principal con-
ductor; Bert D. Ashbrook. FL Reno.
Okla, general grand captain of the
guard; Charles H. johnson, Albany, N.
Y, general grand conductor of council;
Roy G. Webb. Spencer. Iowa, general
grand marshal, and J. Frank Wells Of
Georgia, general grand steward.
Luncheon Ends Session.
Fowler and Hart were reelected,
| while the others were advanced from
| lower posts. The convention concluded
| with luncheon at noon today and the
| forty-second trt-ennial convention OF
the General Grand Chapter, Royal
Arch Masons of the United States, will
open tomorrow.
The session this morning was de.
voted to internal business of the fra
ternity, the election and installation oi
| officers
Melvin M. johnson, Boston, sovereign
| grand commander of the Ancient anc
Accepted Scottish Rite Of the Northern
Jurisdiction, and the Earl of Cassillis
first grand principal of Scotland, de-
ltvered addresses
| Reception Planned.
Arrangements were planned today fol
! the reception of the officers of both ma
t!onal bodies, probably tomorrow after
| noon.
This afternoon there was to be a
| sightseeing tour to take in Mount Ver-
| non, Alexandria and the George Wash
ington Masonic Memorial.
Tonight there will be a reception and
ball at the Willard Hotel by the Grand
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons and the
| Grand Council Of Royal and Select
Masters of the District for the visiting
| delegates.
Women accompanying delegates were
on a sightseeing tour this morning and
had luncheon this noon in the Almas
| Temple club house.
Evening star., 1933-10-10
D. c. POLICE FAIL
TO GET PARD0NS
Mostyn and LafIin Must Serve
Out Terms in Third
Degree Case.

Former Policemen William R. Latin
and James A. Mostyn, now serving one
year terms at Lorton Reformatory for
using the third degree" on a prisoner
at the first precinct in 1881, must serve
out their sentences.
President Roosevelt has failed to ap-
prove their joint application for. par
dons, it was learned today. The re-
quests were returned to the Depart
ment Of Justice without action by the
White House.
Latin and Mostyn were convicted OF
beating James H. Harker with a piece
Of rubber hose in an effort to obtain his
confession to burglary The case at
tracted wide attention from the first. re-
sulting in a city-wide investigation of
the use of third degree" methods by
police and the conviction Of a number
Of policemen on brutality charges.
In behalf of Latin and Mostyn, it was
pointed out that the chief testimony
against them was that of Harker, who
had a previous criminal record The
action Of the jury in convicting the pair
Of simple assault" instead Of felonious
assault also was cited in their favor. In
addition, attorneys for the prisoners
pointed out their families are in a
destitute condition.
The fact the applications for presi-
dental pardon were forwarded by the
Department of Justice to the White
House indicated the Justice authorities
had no objection to the granting of the
requests, but the return Of the applica-
tions without action ended consideration
OF the case at this time.
Evening star., 1933-10-10
Traffic Director to Prevent
Delinquent Motorists From
Getting 1884 Tags.
TO MAIL APPLICATIONS
WITHIN FEW WEEKS
Postmen Will Not Forward No.
tices if Addressee Has
Changed Residence.

A plan 20 round up Washington au-
tonobile owners who fail to furnish the
department of vehicles and traffic with
correct residence addresses was an
nounced today by Traffic Director Van
Duzer
Through an arrangement with the
Post Office Department Van Duzer will
prevent car owners whose correct ad-
dresses are not on file in his department
from procuring 1884 license tags.
Within few weeks, applications for
the 1884 tags will be mailed to Dis
trict automobile owners. The envelopes
containing these forms will give specific
instructions to postmen not to forward
them if the addressee is no longer
living at the address on the envelope
To Force Notification.
Under this plan Van Duzer said his
department will force car owners to give
notification of any change in address.
The traffic regulations, he pointed out,
require motorists to notify the depart
ment within 70 hours after a change in
address, but these regulations are flag
rantly violated.
Last year. Van Duzer said, approx
mately 1000 tag applications were re-
turned because Of improper addresses.
This figure. he believes, did not repre-
sent the total number of car owners
who failed to furnish the department
with correct addresses, because the Post
Office Department was able to forward
many of the applications. This year,
however. that will not be done.
Van Duzer also declared that auto
mobile owners who disobey the proper
address regulation are liable to penal
ties ranging as high as $500 fine New
residents in Washington are affected
by the same regulation which requires
them to notify the traffic department
within 70 hours after establishing resi-
dence and file applications for District
titles and tags
1t has been the practice of many new
residents. Van Duzer explained. to con-
tinue to use the tags of the States from
which they came until the end CT the
yea- and then apply for District tags
A close check will be made this veal
when new tags are issued to ca:cl. VIC.
!ators of this regulation.
Tags Ready November q.
Van Duzer has arranged to start the
/ issuance of 1884 tags November 81
Tags for commercial vehicles and motol
buses will be distributed several week.
earlier. Long before that time. how.
ever. applications for tags will be mailed
to all car owners.
| The plan Of tag distribution adopted
two years ago, will be followed this year
After receiving tag applications in the
mail. the car owner will be urged to re.
/ turn the form to the traffic department
with check or money order covering
the ST tag fee and the personal prop
erty tax on the vehicle, the amount OF
which will be stated on the application
Tags will be mailed to those who add
| 10 cents for postage.
Evening star., 1933-10-10
Corn Leads Parade
OF "Drunks" Before
B ar Of Justic e
Judges Schultz Finds IS
Victims Out of 122
in Census.

Corn liquor led to the downfall OF
more of the 122 "drunks" in Police
Courts well known Monday line than
any of the other dozen alcoholic bev-
erages, a census taken by Judge Gus
A. Schuldt showed.
In answer to the judges question IS
admitted they had been consuming corn
the night before, while high moon"
drink concocted from low-grade alcohol,
was second, with Is victims. Rye was
a close third in popularity with II: A
drink described by its admirers as "cut
rate" finished fourth with IS.
Judge Schuldt called attention to q
marked decrease in the number OF bay
rum cases, as only five told him they
had drunk this product, compared with
an average of 20 or more.
Other beverages and combinations
used for the many sprees included:
Beer and alcohol. l; beer and wine, g.;
wine and corn, /: cider. 4; cider and
high moon, l; beer and cider. l: home
brew, s; beer, S, and the combination
of beer and whisky, 4.
One man admitted he didn't know
what he had been drinking. while
another said II bought 1t for corn, but
1t tasted Ike gasoline" ....
Evening star., 1933-10-10
PAWN SHOP CLERK
CHARGED WITH THEFT
Arrested in New Orleans on Com.
plant of Runaway Girl
Here.

A 33-year-old pawnshop clerk was
under arrest in New Orleans today
charged with stealing 81 ,450 from Sylvia
Blumberg, Is. Of 3249 Macomb street
who ran away from home September
16, taking $4,000 in cash and her
mothers jewels, valued at $4,000
The clerk, who gave his name as
Samuel Chernin, was arrested yester-
day, according to Associated Press dis
patches from New Orleans, and his bond
was set at $4,000.
Sylvia was found in q rented room
in Alexandria last Wednesday night
efter police in various cities had con-
Quoted an extensive search for her
She said she had gone to Alexandria
from Canton, Ohio. and before that had
visited both New Orleans and Chicago
The jewelry. which she had carried
in a small satchel. was still intact, but
she had less than 500 in cash left
Her mother was so happy to have hel
back home, however, that she decided
not to question her about where she
had been or what she had done with
the money. Later, when she told he,
story, her mother notified the police.
Dispatches from New Orleans stated
the police there had been Informed
Chernin robbed Sylvia after taking
her to a prize fight and a night club
Evening star., 1933-10-10
FIELD DAY PLANNED
BY KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Exercises at Griffith Stadium Sat.
urday Include Music, Comedy
and Exhibition Drills.

The annual field day of the Wash
ington Knights Templar will be held
in Griffith Stadium Saturday after
noon at 2 O'Clock, 1t was announced
today.
The exercises will open with musical
selections by the Kallipolis Grotto
Band, under direction of Frederick Will
kins. Nick Altrock sand Al Schacht,
comedians of the Washington Ball
Team. will clown and there will be an
exhibition drill by Bethel No. 1, Jobs
Daughters, under direction of John C..
Mcconnell. The drill team of Robert
LeBruce Chapter, Order of DeMolay,
will put on an acrobatic exhibition.
Flag raising exercises will be con-
Quoted by William H. Harrison, grand
commander Of the Washington juris-
diction.
The field day will close with the
annual inspection and competitive drills
of the constituent commanderies, which
will parade and receive prizes. The
judges will be Doland M. Hollock, past
commander of Illinois; John H. S. Lane,
grand commander of Maryland, and G..
Ridgway Moore, grand senior warden
of Virginia
Evening star., 1933-10-10
ACTION ON LORTON
SHORTAGE ORDERED
Cummings Directs Rover to Study
Report and Determine if
Prosecution Is Warranted.

United States Attorney Leo A. Rover
has been directed by Attorney General
Cummings to review a report on a
shortage in the welfare fund of prison.
ers at Lorton, Va, to determine If prose-
cution should be instituted, the District
Commissioners have been notified by
the Department of Justice.
This information came in reply to a
request filed with the Attorney General
recently by the Commissioners asking
that justice officials advise them if there
was basis for prosecution and If so in
what jurisdiction action should be taken,
since the reformatory is located in Vir-
ginia.
Several months ago an audit Of the
welfare fund account at the Lorton
Reformatory revealed a shortage said
to amount to about 500. The money
is used for athletic and welfare activi-
ties of the prisoners.
Evening star., 1933-10-10
COOPER SEEKS HELP
in BANK REOPEN|NG
Will Send Letters Asking That
Depositors Waive 35 Per
Cent of Claims.

COL Wade H. Cooper, president of the
United States Savings Bank, today
planned to go direct to the depositors
and stockholders of the bank to reopen
the institution on his own plan.
Letters and forms will be mailed out
to depositors and stockholders, who will
be asked to sign the agreement, under
which Col. Cooper hopes to reopen the
bank, despite Treasury Department OBJ
lection.
This announcement came from the
bank president today. following develop
mentS at court yesterday. when the
Treasury Department was given 20 days
in which to answer Cooper's supple
mental bill in the bank case. Cooper
has asked the court for an order forcing
the Treasury to reopen the bank along
lines of the Cooper plan.
Officials Nom Committal.
Treasury Department officials early
today were non-committal regarding
their next step. The Government
counsel has been asked by Cooper's
counsel to file the Treasury answer as
soon as possible, but no indication has
been forthcoming so far as to when
the answer may be ready.
After the Treasury was given 20 days
to reply, Col. Cooper took the matter
under consideration and decided to go
direct to depositors and stockholders.
with view to getting returns from
them before the Government gets its
reply into court.
Briefly, the Cooper plan will ask de-
positors to waive 35 per cent Of their
deposits in order to get IS per cent in
cash made available when the bank
waived the depositors will be given par
ticipating certificates. to be secured by
trust fund, out of which the depositor
eventually is to be repaid all the addi-
tional IS per cent in cash.
Stock Surrender Asked.
Stockholders will be asked to trustee
dividends on the stock and to have
their stock itself surrendered, and If
necessary to restore the capital struc-
ture will repurchase the stock at 500 a
share.
When these agreements are obtained
Col. Cooper said he would take them
direct to the court for approval.
The Treasury Department has re-
fused to accept Col. Cooper's plan, but
PAOROSCu OIL HOu4u
provide for waivers by depositors, but
would require stockholders to repur-
chase their stock at par to provide at
least as much money as could be raised
by stock assessment. This would
place control Of the bank in the holders
of new stock, instead of leaving it in
the hands of its present shareholders.
In formal statement concerning the
bank. Col. Cooper today outlined the
story of his fight with the Treasury
from his point Of view as follows:
Examined Year Ago.
Ever since March IA, when the first
Of the banks were permitted to reopen
following the moratorium, have been
exerting every possible effort to induce
the Office of the controller Of the cur
rency to permit a reopening Of the
United States Savings Bank.
"An examination of the bank made
in October. 1882, disclosed that 1t had
an unimpaired capital structure Of more
than $780, 900, over all liabilities, and
there was no reason at AL why the
Evening star., 1933-10-10
ONE KILLED, 18 HURT
IN 0CC0QUAN MISHAP
Heavy Truck Carrying Prisoners
0verturns as Wheel Bogs
In Soft Dirt.

John E. Grant, so, 200 block Pennsyl-
vania avenue. was killed yesterday
when heavy truck carrying prisoners
IN the grounds Of the Workhouse at
OccoQuan, Va, overturned. Eighteen
others. prisoners and guards. were cut
and bruised, but none seriously enough
to require hospital treatment.
Workhouse officials said the truck
overturned when one Of its rear wheels
became begged in soft road shoulder.
Grant is said to have jumped as the
truck started to turn over. He fell
directly beneath 1t and was crushed.
He was taken to the newly con-
structed hospital at the adjoining
Lorton Reformatory, but died several
hours later. He was serving 20
day sentence for intoxication.
An investigation of the accident was
under way this morning, and the re-
port will be forwarded to the Board Of
Public Welfare later in the day.
Evening star., 1933-10-10
Amendm ent Adopted to
Strengthen Rules Against
Boarding Houses.
PROTEST OF FENNING
FAILS TO HALT ACTION
Wisconsin Avenue Buildings to Be
Put to Non Conforming
Use.

The Zoning Commission approved
five petitions for changes in the clas-
sification of properties in the District,
denied eight other requested changes
and adopted q code amendment to
strengthen the rule against boarding
and rooming houses in restricted areas
during an executive session late yes
terday.
One petition was approved over the
protest of former District Commits
sioner Frederick A. Fenning. as counsel
for the owners of property on the east
side of Wisconsin avenue between
Jenifer street and Military road. There
the commission ordered a change for
portion Of property in lot 803 m
square 1861 from first commercial to
residential "A" area. 60-foot height,
although the agent for the owners re-
Gently obtained permit for erection
of one-story store building.
Nom Conforming Use.
Jennings client, already having the
permit, may erect the store. but it would
be a non-conforming use and could
not be altered and could not be re-
placed when the lifetime of the first
structure is ended.
The amendment to the code, initiated
by the commission and considered at
the public hearing last Wednesday
along with other proposed changes, is
designed to prevent the use of dwell
ings in "A restricted" areas for board
ing Of rooming houses. Heretofore the
code banned erection or altering of
buildings in such areas for this purpose
and the amendment specifically bans
the use" of these buildings for the
purpose.
Petitions Approved.
The following petitions were approved:
Change from residential, 90-foot d.
area, to first commercial, 90-foot d.
area, the property north of the alley
running from Twelfth to Thirteenth
streets and parallel to K and L streets
Change from second commercial. 90
foot d." to first commercial. 90-foot
ID" area. strip 100 feet wide on the
new Louisiana avenue from Indiana
avenue to the first commercial zone
fronting on New Jersey avenue in
square 631.
Change from first commercial. 40
foot &C." to residential. 40-foot "A re-
stricted," area, the property south OF
Macomb street between Forty fourth
and Forty-f1fth streets.
Change from residential. 4O-foot "A
restricted" area. to residential, 60-foot
"B' area, the properties on the north
east and northwest corners of Thirty
eighth and Macomb streets.
Evening star., 1933-10-10
UNION FIGHT RACES
ON RADIATOR COVERS
Carpenters and Ironworkers Un.
able to Argee on Installation
Dispute.

The dispute between carpenters and
ironWorkers over which group should
install radiator covers in the new Labor
Observation-Disclosures Commerce Com
mission Building, still was unsettled to-
day.
The controversy began about a month
ago. when representatives of both groups
insisted the radiator covers should be
installed only by their particular trades.
Since then all work on the STRUCTURES
has ceased, throwing more than 1000
men out of work.
Labor Department officials have ar
ranged several conferences, with a view
to settling the differences between the
TWO trades, but thus far no agreement
has been reached.
Similar disputes have held up work
on various other Government buildings
here froI time to time.
Evening star., 1933-10-10
Abbe Brings Theory Universe
Born of Single Atom in Blast
FIR. lie Maitre Denies Con.
fict of Hypothesis
and Religion.
Claims COsmic Force Still
Spreads World After
10 Billion Years.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

A universe which began with the
explosion of a single atom containing
all the matter in creation. and which
thetical "coSmic force" was pictured
here yesterday by the Abbe LIE Maitre
noted Belgian relativist. who Is in
Washington as a visiting professor at
Catholic University.
The Belgian priest, who ranks with
Profs EinStein and De Sitter as an
exponent Of the relativist viewpoint, is
the father of the atomic explosion
hypothesis, the tntricacies OF which he
will expound to q group Of Washing
ton scientists this Winter.
In the beginning-onlya about ten bill
lion years ago-everything was concen-
trated in a single mass. says Father
lie Maitre. This contained the sub
stance of all the stars, the galaxies
and the ISLAND universes." That. he
says, was before the beginning Of space
and time in a physical sense. because
these are only measurements between
objects and events. There were no
Exploded Particles Fly.
The primitive mass is likened by
Father LIE Maitre to the nucleus Of an
atom with everything packed so tightly
together that there can be no state
ment of its size in terms of space.
For some reason it exploded. just a,
the tiny atoms of the radioactive ele-
ments are exploding today. The
particles flew in all directions. Some
passed over the equilibrium radius,
the point where the inward pull OF
gravity was overcome by the new .'cos-
mic force" Some regions Of flying
particles fell together and became the
star clouds and galaxies.
Everything still Is expanding be-
cause Of this cosmic force. Father
lie Maitre says. Creation will continue
for an indefinite period to become more
and more dff1used. creating space be-
fore 1t as it expands. until it has
become essentially dissolved away in
space and creation has come to MOTH
ingness again. This process will be
SO that. says Father LIE Maitre, the
end will not come by fire. but by cold
Other Universes Possible.
He prefers to think. the priest
astronomer said, that the primeval atom
represented the beginning. an act Of
creation which cannot be explained BY
physical laws, but he stressed that thi.
does not necessarily follow from the
mathematical theory. There may have
been succession Of universes before
this one-atoms which exploded, fel
back into atoms again. and then re.
exploded But this can never bt
known. he believes. because the col.
lapse Of a universe into an atom woulc
have destroyed all evidence Of wha'
had gone before
Evening star., 1933-10-10
UNIVERSITY TO REOPEN
POLICEMEN'S CLASSES
Brown Expresses Satisfaction With
Progress in Court Pro-
cedure Work.

The class in criminal procedure con-
Quoted for police at Columbus Univer-
sity will reopen next Monday, at 8:l5
pm, it was announced today. Precinct
commanders have been ordered by In
spector Frank S. w. Burke to notify the
class members of their respective COM
mands of the opening date.
The class was started last February
and the attendance was approximately
100 last term. An enrolment of $50 is
expected this year.
Supt. of Police Ernest w. Brown ex-
pressed satisfaction at the progress
made by men attending the school,
stating he believed the information
gained by the class members has aided
them in presenting cases in court. The
class was started with the latter in view.
Evening star., 1933-10-10
HOUGHTON ELECTED
REALTY BOARD HEAD
Other Officers and Directors Are
Named at Annual Meeting Of
District Organization.

The election Of A. c. Houghton to the
presidency Of the Washington Real Es-
tate Board took place at the annual
meeting Of the organization last night
at 2400 Sixteenth street.
Other officers elected included H. E.
Doyle, first vice president. and F. Eliot
Middleton, second vice president.
Directors named include H. Clifford
Bangs, retiring president; Norman c.
Brown. Oliver T. Carr. Clarence F..
Donohoe, L. T. Gravatte and R. Mar
bury Stamp.
Brief talks we're made at the meeting
by William C. Miller, president, and
Nathan MacChesney, general counsel of
the National Association Of Real Estate
Boards.
Evening star., 1933-10-10
ABANDON BIBLE TRACTS
Thieves Leave Religious Articles in
Sample Case.

Two colored men who last night stole
a sample case containing some 5000
worth of religious articles from the
automobile OF William Giloaly. Prov-
dence, r. l., parked at Thirteenth and
o streets. apparently weren't interested
and. after examining the contents,
abandoned them without taking any
thing.
The two men were said to have been
examining the contents In . nearby
alley.
Evening star., 1933-10-10
F. A. DELANO ELECTED
Chosen Honorary Head of Ameri.

Frederic A. Delano has been elected
honorary president of the Americaniza-
ton School Association of the District
Of Columbia to succeed the late Chief
Justice Walter l. Mccoy, it was an
nounced by the association today
Mr.. and Mrs. Delano have shown
deep interest In and sympathy for the
Mr.. Delano's leadership. the association
plans a program of educational, social
ana welfare work for the current year.
A literary tribute to Chief Justice Nc
Coy will be published at an early date.
The association will sponsor a meeting
In honor Of its former president next
month. Mr.. Delano will preside.
Evening star., 1933-10-10

controller should not have permitted it
to be reopened on March IA. along with
some Of the other banks in Washington.
when question was made about issu-
ing the United States Savings Bank q
license to reopen. took $4,000 Of per-
fectly good assets to the Office OF the
controller to be applied on or to cure
any possible impairment there might be
in the capital structure Of the bank.
1.-THE office Of the controller quibbled
and hesitated and finally refused q
license to the bank, Notwithstanding my
tender Of thSa1t70, ,000."