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Evening star., 1933-01-28
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY

Dance and card party. Home Board.
Esther Chapter, No. S. o. E. s., 2400
| Sixteenth street, 8 pm.
| Benefit card party. Bethany Chapter,
No. "a, o. E. S., Hay-Adams House,
8 pm.
Meeting and buffet supper, Order Of
Alhambra, Willard Hotel, 8 pm.
! Dance. Riggs Bank Club, Willard Ho-
tel. 8 pm.
Dance, National Univer;tty Law
Schoo,. Mayfower Hotel, pm.
Mayfower Hotel, 10 nm.
Bingo party. Columbia Council, Sons
and Daughters Of Liberty. Ga ] street
southeast, $50 pm.
Evening star., 1933-01-28
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washinston's 5 Theaters
BY E. de S. MELCHER

At Warmers Earle.
IF the Earle management decided.
FOR one reason or another, to
cut this weeks program in half,
i the remainder-whether 1t was
the Aim lineup or the stage
show-still would be well worth the
price Of admission. From start to
finish the entertainment on tap at
Evening star., 1933-01-28
Afternoon Recital by
Washington String Quartet.

THE second of the series of con-
l certs the Washington String
Quartet is giving this Winter took
place yesterday at the home of Mrs.
Frederick C. Hicks. In spite of the
unpleasant weather. a fair sized
Evening star., 1933-01-28

Meeting and buffet supper Order Of
Alhambra, Willard Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1933-01-28

Dance. Riggs Bank Club, willard Ho-
tel. 8 pm.
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Dance, National Universtty Law
Schoo,, Mayflower Hotel, .. pm.

+ Dance, Beta Gamma Phi Sorority
Mayflower Hotel, 10 nm.
Evening star., 1933-06-26
.D|V0RCEE IS DENIED.
SHARE IN ESTATE.
Property of Second Husband
Withheld by Ruling in
Loughran Case.

A wife who remarries after being di-
vorced from her first husband In the
District of Columbia for adultery has
no legal right to share the estate Of
her second husband, the District Court
of Appeals decided today.
Mrs. Ruth Loughran had brought suit
tc recover her dover interest in the
estate of her deceased husband, Daniel
Loughran, jr The testimony showed
she married Loughran in Florida after
her first husband, Henry Daye, had
obtained an absolute divorce from her
in the District Supreme Court.
The lower court entered decree for
the wife, but this decision was reversed
on appeal In its decision the Court
of Appeals said: I'VE are Of the opin-
ion that the decree of absolute divorce
obtained by her first husband, Daye, on
the ground of adultery, bars the right
of the plaintiff to recover dover inter-
est in the estate Of Loughran." The
decision was based on a local statute
which denies the guilty party in an
absolute divorce the right to remarry.
AS result. the court held, the plaintiff
could not enter into valid marriage
with Loughran in the District, and al
though she was married elsewhere, this
does not give her right to press a
claim against the estate of the second
husband in the courts here.
Mrs. Loughran had filed her suit
against the trustees of the estate Of
Daniel Loughran, sr, who were repre-
sented by Attorneys william e. Leahy
and James F. Reilly.
Evening star., 1933-06-26
Washington Artist Injured
In German Mountain Slide
William Edwards Writes
Mother He Is Recover
ing in Hospital.

William Edwards, 26. former men,
Der of The Star art staff, is recovering
in Munich, Germany, hospital from
serious injuries received when he was
pitched down mountain side by a
rock slide which enveloped him while
he was mountain climbing near Ehr-
wald on June 3, his mother, Mrs. c. w.
Irwin of Takoma Park, Md, has been
notified
Young Edwards, who drew many
pen-an-ink and other types Of illus
trations used in The Star prior to a
year ago, has been a student at the
Munich Art Academy, which he en-
tered after having designed the new
Auburn automobile. According to his
own advices, to his mother, he went
from Munich to Ehrwald, II miles
away, for week end bicycle trip. and
while on that excursion undertook the
climb which nearly resulted in his
death.
He was climbing alone when the
avalanche started A rock struck him
in the head. knocking him unconscious
and throwing him $50 feet down the
mountain side The accident occurred
at 5 pm. June 8 and he lay uncon-
scious in the snow all night. When
he regained consciousness after day
light June 4, he found himself virtually
buried, his body badly cut and weak
ened by loss of blood A mountain
patrolman discovered him and ran to
Ehrwald for aid Nine men carried
Edwards to cabin, where first aid
Evening star., 1933-06-26
MELLON DEFENDS
HUGE SUIT HERE
$220, ,000, 900 Action Charges
Former Federal Officials
Defrauded u. S.

Attorneys for Andrew w. Mellon, for
mer Secretary Of the Treasury, fought
today in District Supreme Court for
dismissal Of the $220,000, 900 suit filed
against him and other high officials Of
q past administration, charging them
with defrauding the Government in the
settlement Of foreign steamship COM
pany taxes.
The suit, brought by David A. Olson,
former investigator for special Senate
committee, named as defendants, In ad-
dition to Mellon, Ogden L. Mills, also a
former Treasury Secretary; Arthur A.
Ballantine, Undersecretary; David H.
Blair, former internal revenue commits
sioner, and Alexander w. Gregg, former
Treasury solicitor.
Olson charged the defendants frau
dulently permitted foreign steamship
companies to escape payment OF $110,-
100000 to the United States in income
taxes Under the law, the defendants
would have to pay double that amount
If Olson won. He then would receive
half the amount for himself.
j. Harry Covington, defense counsel,
in arguing for dismissal OF the suit
before Justice James F. Proctor, said
Olsons complaint was "fanciful in the
extreme" and conceived in malice" 1"
He contended that, while the statute
under which Olson was suing, "is still
on the books, such actions are not
looked upon with favor"
Charles A. Russell, former counsel
for the Federal Power Commission, who
is acting as Olson's attorney, answered
Covington's attack by maintaining 1t
was well-founded. Other defense at
torneys are Arthur B. Van Buskert of
Pittsburgh, D. E. Sheppard Of Wash
ington and Thomas Austern, also Of
WASHINGTON.
Evening star., 1933-06-26
BROWN MAY CREATE ADVISORY
BOARD TO AID ON PROBLEMS
Police Superintendent Considering the Naming of Prom
inent District of Columbia Citizens to Act Unociallv

Supt. Of Police Brown disclosed
today that he is seriously con-
sidering creation of an unofficial ad-
visory committee of prominent Wash
ington business and professional men
to aid him in the solution of the de-
partment's administrative problems.
The proposed committee would be
composed of about six persons who are
interested in the department and its
activities. Service would be voluntary
and without compensation. The per-
sonnel would be selected from repre-
sentative group Of outstanding residents
of the District.
Mai. Brown said the committee in
no sense would be similar to Chicago's
secret SIX" who aid the department
there in investigations and the suppress
sion of crime. The committee would
confine its activities exclusively to adj
vising the department on administrative
Evening star., 1933-06-26
POLICE VACANCIES
TO REMAIN Open
Maj. Brown Will Leave Posts Un-
filled to Absorb $59, 900 Cut
in Funds.

Without the release or furlough OF
an employe, Superintendent of Police
Brown solved his personnel problems
today by arranging to leave existing
vacancies untitled to absorb a $4,000
reduction In the departments salary
appropriation for the coming fiscal
year.
The decision will affect ~ positions
in the department, which have become
vacant in recent months through re-
tirements, deaths and separations from
the service. The vacancies include 81
privates, four sergeants and two de-
tective sergeants.
Maj Brown also announced that be-
ginning July /, the SIS month special
compensation awarded to officers for
outstanding service would be discontin-
ued. The suspension of this award will
save about $1,000 year and allow the
department to keep within its ap-
preparation for salaries without any
further reduction in personnel,
Evening star., 1933-06-26
Seeks to Recover
Liquor Held Taken
In Illegal Raid

Seeking to recover liquor conhscated
in . raid on an alleged speakeasy oper-
ated by z. Thomas (Zebby) Goldsmith,
Attorney Charles T. Ford nled an order
for the return Of the goods with Judge
Isaac r. Hit today.
A motion to quash all evidence in
the case was granted by Judge Hit
Saturday, when Ford attacked the
legality of the search warrant used in
the raid. He maintained the warrant
did not embody sufficient description
of the premises where the raid was
made. Only the address Of the build
ing, at 1141 Connecticut avenue. was
given, and no mention was made OF
the fact that the alleged speakeasy
was located on the second floor.
Included wet goods that Ford seeks
to recover for Goldsmith are assorted
wines. liquors and beer.
Evening star., 1933-06-26

matters with view to increasing its
effectiveness and efficiency.
Such committee, Maj. Brown feels,
would be invaluable to him and the de-
partment. He pointed out that those
selected to serve woulc be doing a pub
lie service in giving him their views on
various police problems.
Maj. Brown is intensely interested In
what the public thinks of the depart
ment and has often sought the views
OF various civic leaders on questions of
administrative policies. He also attends
various civic meetings just to get the
public reaction to changes that are
made in the department.
Maj. Brown said the idea for the
creation of an unofficial police advisory
committee was conceived soon after he
took command of the department, but
he never took steps to carry out the
plan for various reasons. Now, how
ever, he said he has revived consider
alton of the plan and hopes to create
the committee in the near future. =,
Evening star., 1933-06-26
FOUR ATTORNEYS RESIGN
FROM FEDERAL SERVICE
Seth Richardson, c. G. Parker, E.
c. Parker and W. z. Smith Enter
Private Practice.

Announcement was made today by
four attorneys prominent in the Gov
ernment service that they have severed
their official connections and are en-
barking in private practice.
They are Seth Richardson, special
assistant to the Attorney General and
head of the public lands division Of the
Department Of Justice; Chauncey G.
Parker, general counsel Of the United
States Shipping Board; E. Cortlandt
Parker, assistant counsel Of the Ship
ping Board, and w. Earl Smith, former
deputy New York State attorney general
and attorney in the Department of Jus
tice here.
Mr. Richardson, who was sent to Ha-
waii to investigate conditions after the
Massie- Fortescue case there, has become
a member Of the Washington firm of
Davies, Jones Beebe and Busick.
The two Parkers will practice to-
gether here with Offices in the South
ern Building.
Mr.. Smith resigned from the Justice
Department to join the law firm re-
Gently formed in New York by Hugh
Satterlee one-time special attorney In
the general coursers ONCE, Bureau OF
Internal Revenue, and william r
Green, jr.. former member Of the United
States Board Of Tax Appeals.
Evening star., 1933-06-26
CONVICTIONS UPHELD
IN kennedy DEATH
Court Of Appeals Holds Trio Who
"Ganged" Policeman Were
Fairly Tried.

Three colored men convicted Of first
degree murder In District Supreme
Court for the staying last August Of
U. s. Park Policeman Milo Kennedy
were facing death In the electric chair
as the District Court of Appeals today
handed down an opinion upholding
their conviction.
The three slayers, all Of whom are
now in the District jail, are Joseph ].
Jackson, Irwin Murray and Ralph e.
Holmes. They were convicted Of beat
ing Kennedy to death in Logan Circle
park on the night Of August after he
had arrested jackson. The men, &C
cording to evidence at the trial. decided
to gang" Kennedy because he had ar
rested another colored man earlier In
the day.
Their appeal was based on alleged
errors by the lower court at the trial,
but the Court of Appeals held they
were fairly tried and convicted. The
Government was represented by Omitted
States Attorney Leo A. Rover and two
Of his assistants, William H Collins and
John J. Sirica.
Evening star., 1933-06-26

jective the quickest, and the bakers
want to make this statement: That
whatever bonus is paid to the farmer,
to be covered by an excise tax, the
baker promises to pass on to the con-
sume. only so much as he Is compelled
to pay, and no more"
At this meeting, however, the farm
relief administration made a plea for
the professors to absorb some of the
increase themselves.
Administrator George N. Peek then
called attention to the fact that wheat
and bread prices sometimes fluctuate
in opposite directions. He said:
For example, in the pre-war period
Of 1S09-1913, hard Winter wheat was
selling at 95 cents bushel at Kansas
City, flour sold for $4.38 per barrel and
the retail price of bread was cents
a pound. But in 1882, when wheat at
Kansas City was 469 cents a bushel,
and flour was $685. barrel, bread sold
there at 81 cents pound.
In other words, while wheat prices
fell more than so per cent, bread
prices rose 10 per cent"
Mr.. Peek pointed out that his snread
suggested that "at least part OF the
processing charge should be absorbed IN
the spread between the producer and
the consumer.
Division Of Cost.
In 1s22-24 figures, the Federal
Trade Commission estimated that be-
tween the consumer and the producer
the country elevator took gross mar
gin, including profit, Of .068 cents or
0.79 per cent of the retail price of
bread; the transportation and terminal
agencies for wheat took another .278
cents, or 3.25 per cent: the -four miller
took a net profit Of .075 cents, or .ss
per cent; transportation for the -four
took another 1858 of cent, or 3.08 per
cent gross; the wholesale baker got a
net profit of .651 cents, or 1852 per
cent, and the retail grocer gross mar
gin Of 1.279 cents, or 1896 per cent.
Bringing these figures up to date in
1881, the Capper Committee found that
the costs at that time were very SINH
lar, although the costs of those items
not controlled by the bakers (flour,
other ingredients and labor had de-
clined, while costs controlled by the
bakers Overhead, selling, delivering
and advertising) had gone up.
Evening star., 1933-06-26
MADISON BRIDGE
URGED BY ENGINEER
Maj. Joseph D. Arthur Recon-
mends Span Over Kappa
hammock River.

Mai Joseph d. Arthur, district engi-
neer for the War Department for the
Washington area, today recommended
approval Of the proposed new James
Madison Memorial Bridge across the
Rappahannock River between Port Con-
way and Port Royal, Va.
If Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown. chief of
Army Engineers, agrees with Maj. Ar
thurs findings, the Government will
issue permit for construction.
The bridge is to have a 240-foot
swing draw span with horizontal
clearance of 100 feet and a vertical
clearance of 10 feet at mean low water
when closed.
A hearing was held last week by Maj.
Arthur at Port Royal concerning the
ravigational features of the bridge,
which is to be erected by the James
Madison Memorial Bridge, Inc, of
Bowling Green, Caroline County. Va.
Funds have already been advanced by
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton, and the State of Virginia has
granted charter.
the bridge would be link in a pro-
posed new highway to the South, which
would also utilize the projected George
Washington Memorial Bridge across the
Potomac River at Dahlgren, Va
Tolls would be charged on the new
Madison bridge, but when the cost of
the bridge had been met the structure
would be turned over to the State of
Virginia.
Evening star., 1933-06-26
BUS RATE HEARING
CALLED FOR JULY 7
Two Interstate Companies Ordered
Recently to Raise Charges on
Haul From River.

A public hearing will be held before
the Public Utilities Commission, July Z,
on petitions from two interstate bus
companies to serve passengers along
their routes in the District to their ter
minal at Tenth and D streets. Tht
petitions come from the Alexandria
Bancroft, Washington Rapid TRANSIT,
Co., headed by r. L. May, and the Ar
lington and Fairfax Motor Transport
Co., headed by DR.. j. II. Parmele.
The two companies until recently
charged a fare Of but cents for thu
haul from the Potomac River to the
terminal, because of the shortness OF
the trip, but were ordered by the COM
mission to charge the same rate of fart
as applied to the street railways. This
would be 10 cents cash, or four tokens
for 80 cents.
The Utilities Commission today issued
formal order for continuation of the
81 per cent discount on gas bills up to
October l, pending completion of cur
rent valuation proceedings affecting the
gas companies. The companies last
week agreed to the extension Of the
period for the discount sx:--l-.-.-4.- sx':..---
Evening star., 1933-06-26
KING TO SPEED PLANS
FOR D. c. PUBLIC WORKS

Conferences to determine how the
general public works section Of the in
dustrial recovery act will apply to Dis
trtct Government projects will be held
by Chairman King Of the Senate Dis
trict Committee in the near future with
President Roosevelt and the District
Commissioners, the Senator said today.
The District of Columbia Is eligible
for a definite share of the $400, 0,000, 900
distributed as grants to the States un-
der the highway section Of the law.
King relate to another section of the
law which authorizes grants and loans
by the Federal Government to aid the
States and the District of Columbia In
going forward with other types Of Job.
creating public works.
Evening star., 1933-06-26
U. S. Attorney Rover Places
Evidence in Shortage
Before Group.
REPORT is EXPECTED
TO ISSUE WEDNESDAY
Indictments Are Sought Against
Four Persons, One Former OFF,
cial of Treasury.

District Attorney Leo A. Rover in
a two and half hour session before
the District grand jury today presented
the Governments case in connection
with shortages at the Park Savings
Bank. Presenting three witnesses, one
OF them a woman, Mr.. Rover is under.
stood to have unfolded to the grand
jurors the details of methods by which
the bank lost part of its $l,700 900
shortage which caused it to suspend
operations last March.
Immediately after he had finished
presenting the case Mr.. Rover went into
conference In his own Office with
E. c. Sauer, an accountant of the
Bureau of Investigation, Department of
Justice. Sauer was one of the witnesses
used to present the case to the grand
jury. The other two were Mrs. Emily
Downey, head bookkeerer of the bank,
and A. F. Jorss, its president.
> Involved Smaller Sums.
Mr.. Rover said the Park Savings
Bank has completed his work before
this grand jury, whose term expires
Wednesday. He expects it to report
the bank case on that day.
Mr.. Rover said that although the bank
shortage was some s1,7oo 900, the GRIM
inal charges to be asked for will involve
only small part of this sum, most of
the shortage being represented as bad
loans"
The Government is seeking indict-
ments against at least four persons.
One is former Treasury Department
official, one a former employe of the
bank ana two former customers of the
institution. The Government, it Is
said, will endeavor to show that Robert
StunZ, vice president of the bank,
who killed himself last March, was kept
regularly informed by some one when
Federal bank examiners were about to
inspect the banks accounts.
In return for this, the Government
will seek to show, Stunz granted flnan-
cial favors to the informant.
Mount Vernon Shortage.
It was also said there was a posi-
bility the Government might seek
prosecution Of man formerly con-
nected with a foreign embassy here on
the ground he furnished Stunz with
liquor In return for other financial
favors.
The grand jury also has before 1t
evidence presented last Thursday show
ing alleged shortages amounting to
$5,626 In the Mount Vernon Savings
Bank.
According to testimony offered in be-
half Of the Government to the grand
jurors, this shortage resulted from two
instances Of larceny and one Of "check
hting."
Evening star., 1933-06-26
FUNDD|STR|BUT|ON
CHANGE IS ORDERED
Private Agencies Won't Han
die Public Relief Money
After August |.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Private welfare agencies will not be
permitted to handle any Federal
emergency relief funds after August l.
Harry L. Hopkins, Federal emergency
relief administrator, today notified Gov
ernors and State relief administrations
that distribution of Federal funds must
be made by public agencies.
He offered the services of field repre-
sentatives of the Federal administration
to assist in making the necessary
changes.
Hundreds Of private agencies scat
tered throughout the land have freely
and generously offered their services in
the administration of public funds" he
said. "It would be serious handicap
to relief work If the abilities and in
terests of these individuals were lost.
But these individuals should be
made public officials working under the
control of public authority. Thousands
Of those workers are serving and will
continue to serve without pay, but, if
paid, they should be compensated in
the same manner as any other public
servant"
Evening star., 1933-06-26
Wheat Cost Plays Relatively Small Part
In Retail Price of Bread for Consumer
Other Products Markets
Factor in Value of
''Staf of Life.''
SMALL RISE LIKELY
Advances in Grain Are Not
Believed Apt to Great
1y Boost Staple.

An increase in the price Of wheat
does not mean proportionate increase
in the cost of bread, study of Govern
ment reports and statistics on the sub
ject shows Thus, If the price Of wheat
doubles, the cost of bread does not
double, but advances only fractionally.
The reports show that over lcng period
the price paid the farmer for the wheat
in loaf Of bread accounts for only 13
per cent Of the retail price Of the loaf.
In an 81a-cent loaf the price of the
wheat Is trifle more than cent.
These figures are becoming OF con-
cern because Of the currently increasing
wheat prices, which the Department of
Agriculture proposes to increase further
by a 30-cent processing tax per bushel
Of wheat.
While prices Of bread have been de-
clining in Washington, L. A. Spiess, rep
resentative Of the Employing Bakers
Association here, pointed out that the
tax itself would add about half a cent
to the cost of loaf of bread. What
S1ASSe eiAio WodAo 1ldFC OIt ICtdlI VI Cd0
prices in Washington, he said, mo man,
woman or child can tell" He pointed
out, however, that bread prices In other
parts CT the country are rising.
Other Products Factors.
He said the uncertainty is amplifed
by questions as to what will happen to
prices for milk, sugar, salt, shortening
and other bread ingredients, all Of
which are now on the increase.
Other factors are transportation costs
and storage, milling and baking labor
costs.
According to Mr.. spiess, the wheat
tax will add $1.50 to the cost of each
barrel of flour. The baker makes about
290 loaves to the barrel, so the tax alone
cent to the cost of the loaf.
It is not known at this time whether
bakers will be regarded as wheat pro-
cessors, and so brought under the farm
relief administration, or whether they
will be regarded as an industry" and
so brought under the industrial recov-
cry administration. Mr.. Spiess said
that the local bakers had not yet made
plans for coming under either admins
tration and are waiting for the Govern
ment to decide the question.
Farmers Share Small.
The part that wheat prices play In
the final retail price of loaf Of bread
is shown in the accompanying picture.
This is worked out for wheat and bread
prices over a three-year period, 1922 to
1924, inclusive.
Out Of approximately sH cents paid
by the ultimate consumer for his bread,
the farmers share for the wheat that
went into 1t was only trifle more than
l cent. The balance went into costs
and profits for elevator men, millers,
transportation agencies, wholesale bak-
ers and retail grocers, and there were
added costs for ingredients other than
wheat. At that time wheat was bring
ing about 81 cents a bushel Now it is
around 70 to 80 cents, but will be taxed
about 80 cents a bushel additional.
The high prices Of bread attracted the
attention Of the Senate Agriculture
Committee in 1881, and an investigation