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The Washington times., 1933-06-01
HOVARDR,O.T,C,
To DRILL

Commencement exercises at
Howard University will begin to-
morrow at 1870 p. M, when the
annual R. o. T. c. drill and re-
view will be held in the university
stadium.
Sunday at II a. m. DR.. Nor
decai w. Johnson. president of
the university, will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon to the grad
uating class in the stadium. Ed
win r. Embree, of Chicago, presi-
dent of the Rosenwald Founda-
ton. will deliver the commence
ment address June 9.
The annual meeting of the
School of Religion will be held
at II a. m. Thursday, June 8,
followed by an "at home" to mem
bers of the senior class. alumni,
faculty and friends by DR.. John
son at his residence from 4 to
6 p. m. Thursday night the How
ard Players will present "The
Youngest" in Andrew Memorial
Chapel. Tuesday afternoon the
graduating class will conduct
chapel exercises in the chapel.
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
FAITH BROKEN,
SAYS NOTE Of
VET SUICIDE
Body of "GosneII," B. E. F.
"0fficiaI Photographer"
Lies in D. C. Morgue

The body of the official photog-
rapher" of the Bonus Expedi-
tionary Force is held at the Dis
trict Morgue today while police
await word from relatives concern
ing it's disposition.
At headquarters some shabby
clothes, personal writings, pictures
and worn but expensive camera,
his personal belongings, are held.
Regular Army Veteran
Police learned the well-known
figure in the hectic adventures Of
the bonus army here, while known
to his comrades as Eddie Gosnell,
is in reality Edward Steinkraus, a
regular Army veteran. War De-
partment fingerprints established
Identification.
The photographer ended his
life by swallowing poison Mon
day, 10 months to the day after
mopping up activities by regular
Army troops completed the two
day drive to route the bonus men
from the Capital.
"Alias" Unexplained
Detectives have not learned
why Steinkraus went under an
assumed name here. His mother,
Mrs. Katie Lentz, of East st.
Louis, ILL.,, and an aunt, Mrs.
Frank Weber, of Hurst, ILL.,, were
notified. His wife, said to live in
Southern State, has not been
located.
Instructions written just before
his death to friend asked that a
book of poems and money due
him from an adjusted compensa-
ton certificate be given to Mrs.
Irma Herman, 100 block Fifth St.
N. E., "a real pal" who helped him
in time of need and to whom he
owed considerable money.
The book is in possession of a
stenographer at the Advertisers
Art Studio, he stated.
Note TeI'S of Poison
To Mr.. Roe, a friend at the
Navy Yard, he wrote of his inten-
ton to end his life and also left
an unaddressed note, reading as
follows:
'DO you want to know at what
time took the poison? o. X.
Faith was broken at $3.50 p.
m. Monday night. I have a
three-Ounce bottle. don't know
how much 1 can take, but here
goes. 1855 p. m.
Byebye.
"EDDIE"
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
S3,5O0|NNOTES
ONPR|SONER

Gold notes are hot money these
days. Therefore the Prince
Georges county police are par
ticularly interested in the case
of Aubrey Breeden, the HOO block
Abbey Pl. N. E., who. they say,
had $500 in gold notes on his
person when they arrested him
near Blanensburg on a charge of
reckless driving and driving while
drunk.
It is their first case of alleged
boarding since President Roose-
velt knocked out the props from
the gold standard.
Washington police were asked
to investigate, and Breeder told
Detective Sergt. Frank o. Brass
that the money represented his
life savings. He said he was a
car inspector for the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, and had held the
lob IS wears,
The Washington times., 1933-06-01

Three young men accused OF
holding up Miss Margaret B.
Hardy, an Eastern High School
teacher, and taking her pocket
book containing $71O, were in
dicted today by the District Grand
Jury on charge of robbery.
The men are Thomas A. Con-
iev and William Russell Day, who
were arrested here a few days
after the robbery, and Claude
Soper, who was arrested in De-
troit. The robbery took place
Nav 2 near the Washington Me-
chanics Savings Bank, Ninth and
East Capitol Streets.
Miss Hardy, also a supervisor
of the bank, was about to make
a deposit of the money when
Conley is alleged to have held
her up at pistol point, seized her
nocketbook and escaped in a car
reputedly occupied by the other
defendants.
Assault with a dangerous
weapon was charged against John
Gaskins, alias doc" Grant, who
was accused of forcing Lawrence
r. parker from an apartment in
the park Lane at pistol point sew
eral weeks ago. Parker claimed
he trailed his wife to the apart
1nent. Upon seeking entrance, he
reports, he found Gaskins, his
wife and another couple in the
apartment. Gaskins is then al
legged to have produced the wea-
Don and chased Parker.
First degree murder was charged
AGAINST Andrew Miles, colored, ac-
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
First Lady Takes
Women Writers
TO Monticello
MILDRED GRAY

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
visited Monticello, home of
Thomas jefferson, yesterday
and gave her escort of news
paper women a lesson in
Americana.
Standing in the tremendous
JefferSonian bedroom, Mrs.
Roosevelt explained:
you'll notice that the bed
is SquareIy in the middle of
the room. One side of the
room was for Mr.. Jefferson and
the other side for Mrs. Jeffer-
son. In the daytime the bed
would be lifted up, just like
our present folding beds"
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
SEMINARY FINALS

Graduation exercises of the
Washington Baptist Seminary
will be held at the Second Bap-
tist Church, Third and H Streets
Northwest, June II, DR.. j. L. S..
Holloman, president of the school,
has announced. The Baptist
Ministers Conference of WASH
ington and vicinity will be guests
at the exercises.
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
STATES QUOTAS
ALSO To HAVE
|. EQUAL WEIGHT
Status of Employees Here Not
Cleared by Seemingly
Confusing Attitudes

Developments today in the
rapidly changing kaleidoscope Of
events affecting Federal employees
in Washington included the fol-
lowing:
Announcement that efficiency
and apportionment will have
equal weight" in effecting dis
missals and furloughs under the
new wording of the apportionment
provision in the Independent
offices bill;
Indications that postponement
of the reorganization plan, though
dismissals and furloughs will
nevertheless be necessary, will
sharply reduce their number, and
facilitate the proposal to cut Fed
eral services through the auto
matte processes of retirement and
disability, rather than by dis
charges;
Apparent determination of Con.
gress to Investigate" appoint
ments to the civil service jobs in
Washington, although an investi-
CATION for exactly the same pur-
pose was made only a few years
ago.
And attempts on the part of
Representative William I. Siro-
vich CD of New York and Harry
B. Mitchell, president of the Civil
Service Commission, to work out
some plan for a civil service
court of appeals embodying the
principle of the Sirovich plan,
but Tightening it up in such fash
ion as to make it more workable.
Move Confusing
The proposal to give efficiency
and apportionm ent equal
weight" in effecting dismissalS
caused considerable confusion to-
day. AS an attempt to clarity
the situation, it left matters
quite as dubious as before, since
no one knows, apparently, just
how such a procedure can be
adopted. However, measures are
under way to knock out that en-
tire provision and they may be
successful.
AS for the delay in reorganiza-
ton it is pointed out that normal
reductions in personnel through
retirement, resignation and dis
ability, in the course of a few
years, would bring about all the
retrenchment necessary.
The congressional investigation
of appointments to civil service
jobs here, to ascertain why ap.
portionment was not followed,
can hardly reveal anything new,
it was pointed out today, since a
similar inquiry began taking
testimony in June, 1928, and
brought out that District, Mary
land and Virginia employees in
the civil service mostly got in
during the war and the 1928
boom, when nobody else wanted
the jobs.
Sponsors Confer
Since that time, owing to the
normal operations of the civil
service act, it has been extremely
difficult for residents of over
quota States to get Civil Service
jobs. Their only opportunity, for
all practical purposes, is when
residents of other States 90 not
apply.
Representative Sirovich and
President Mitchell discussed the
Sirovich plan at length today, but
decided not to issue any state
ment regarding the outcome of
their meeting until tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
Silver Buttons Place
Rep. Randolph Off
Gold Standard

The House voted to repeal
the y gold standard. And so
young Representative Jennings
Randolph CD, of West Vir-
ginia, is wearing silver"
Randolph is Haunting a new
sport coat that has silver but
tons. He shows off his silver"
with the remark:
"We're off the gold standard"
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
55 ASK COUNT
BEER PERMITS

With only SIS applications for
licenses to consider, the Prince
Georges county beer board swung
into action today.
The board, which consists of
Henry Morris, chairman, Mary
Browning, and William Brooke,
met in the court house at Upper
Marlboro.
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
Senate Revolt Grows
Over Vets Slash

The first formidable Senate re.
volt against President Roosevelt's
leadership ragged today as staunch
Democratic regulars joined with
ProgressiVeS and Old Guard Re-
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K, OF C. TO MEET

A meeting of Spaulding Coun-
ell. knights of Columbus, will be
held at 8 p. m. tonight. Officers
for the year will be elected.
The Washington times., 1933-06-01
Maryland Forest
Quota Is Untitled

BALTIMORE, June with
only a week left for recruiting,
there are still nearly 1000 vacan-
cies in the Maryland quota of the
civilian conservation corps, it was
learned today.
The Washington times., 1933-11-03

Have Kindred Interests
In Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney
one finds two persons whose
interests are same in many re-
spects, yet they differ slightly
In the matter of preferred
branches of sport. Mr.. Whit
ney is strong for polo and rae
ing; Mrs. Whitney is also keen
about racing, but her chief inter-
est seems to be in show horses.
She likes to ride, and the show
ring gives her an opportunity
to compete as often as she
wishes.
The fine string of gray hunt
ers shown by Mrs. Whitney is
now in Chicago, and, as might
be guessed, this young sports
woman has been with them,
riding in nearly every class.
She started last spring at At
lantic City, moved on to Devon
and has been showing on and
off all season. From Chicago
she will ship her string to New
York for the National Horse
Show in Madison Square Gar4
den, November 8 to IA. and
after making a stop at Liam
gollen for the race meeting,
she will depart for New York
to oversee her horses schooling
for the blue ribbon event of
the show world.
Mr.. Whitney's interest in rae
ing goes back to the time
when, as a boy, he saw his
mother, Mrs. Payne Whitney, &C
quire the famous mare Cherry
Malotte. That was around
1912. Mr.. Whitney's mother
still races under the name of
the Greentree Stable, and his
wife races a string of famous
horses in her own name. Her
Singing Wood won the Futurity
not long ago and may go on
next spring to account for
some of the major prizes for
3-year-olds.
The feature race scheduled for
tomorrow at Llangolen is sur
rounded by a strong card made
I'D of the Piedmont Gold Cup.
three miles over Aiken fences:
the Ayrshire Cup, for horses
that have been hunted at least
one season with the neighbor-
ing hunts, the Warrenton,
Orange County. Casanova, Mid
dleburg and Piedmont packs,
Ct three and a quarter miles
The Washington times., 1933-11-03
At the White House

The President and Mrs.
Roosevelt will entertain at din
ner this evening at the White
House, and today they had
several guests at luncheon,
among them, the Honorable
Waldorf Aston, son of Lord and
Lady Aston, who is in Wash
ington visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
David E. Finley. and Miss
Nancy Cook, who is a guest at
the White House.
The President will entertain
at luncheon on Wednesday,
November 8, in honor of the
Foreign Minister of Russia, Mr..
Maxim Litvinoff, who is COM
ing to America to negotiate
diplomatic recognition for his
country. Nine. Litvinoff did
not accompany her husband to
America as was originally an
nounced.
On Friday, the President will
receive Vice Adm. the Hon. r.
A. r. Plunkett- Ernie -Erle-Drax,
British commander-in-chief of
the American and West Indies
station, and on Tuesday after
noon of next week, Mrs. Roose-
welt will receive the Hon. Mrs.
Drax, who will be accompanied
to the White House by Lady
Lindsay. wife of the British
Ambassador, and several others.
Mrs. Roosevelt will receive
Mrs. Johnson, mother of Gen.
Hugh S. johnson, at tea late
this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1933-11-03
Return Next Week

Mrs. William H. Woodin and
her daughter, Mrs. Woodin
Minor, will join the Secretary
of the Treasury, at their resi-
dence in Macomb Street the
middle of next week after pay
ing a visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
William H. Woodin, jr.. at their
home in Arizona. The Secre-
tary will return to the Capital
Monday from New York where
he has been making a brief
stay,
The Washington times., 1933-11-03

chased by Mr.. Whitney wedding present TO MS wife,
the former Miss Mary Elizabeth Altemus of Philadelphia
in the few years they have been there they have made
improvements that has become of the show
places owned by foxhunting people from the North.
Famous Old Estate Is Restored
Located the heart of Of the bestknown hunting
ceners in the country ''Llangoen provides home of
exceptional beauty for Mr.. and Mrs Whitney surrounded
as it by neighbors whose known throughout
this country and Europe.
The house ITSELF Colonial in design and beautiful within
and without. is situated amid of wooded land over
which the run. The porch with its white col
umns. gives ree-shaded lawn and inside the house
the wide hail. which extends from the front to the
hung with paintings of famous horses of other days
The reception and drawing room are furnished
in Colonial style, rarely beautiful in color and design
with antiques that unsurpassed for age well
charm. Fine old portraits hung mantels
and advantageous points, and the chandeliers works
of
The dining is somewhat austere. but boasts of
Phyfe table and chairs famous for their unusual design
and rich red brocade draperies hang at the windows
There repaces each and ornaments of brass
and Of porcelain worthy of any museum.
The library of the house u.s. to mind, the most at
tractve there. Its walls paneled with oak
melowed with that they gsten like satin wood Book
shelves reaching to the ceiling filled to overlooking
with editions literature to fit all tastes) and deep
couches and luxurious chairs grouped about in de-
ghfully informal way The fireplace the far end is of
unusual beauty and encrclng it is the deepest couch
thanked by armchairs into which literally
melts.
The Washington times., 1933-11-03
Miss Fell TONED
December 18

Miss Dorothy Randolph Fell
has selected Monday, December
10, as the date for her marriage
to Mr.. Woolworth Donahue'
son of Mrs. James P. Donahue,
and grandson of the late Mr..
Frank w. Woolworth.
The ceremony will take place
in the Church of st. Vincent
'Ferrar. and present plans call
for a reception at the home Of
the brides step-father and
mother, the former Secretary of
the Treasury, Mr.. Ogden L.
Mills, and Mrs. Mills.
Miss Fell and Mr.. Donahue
entertained at a supper party
at the Casino in Central Park
Wednesday evening having
among their guests Mr.. and Mrs.
John r. Fell, brother and sister,
in-law of Miss Fell, Miss Vir-
ginia Kernochen, Mrs. John
Randolph Hearst, and Mr..
George Marshall of this city.
The Washington times., 1933-11-03

their estate near UpperVllle, virginia
This is one of the most important
meetings of the season, which attracts
members of society and turfmen from
Massachusetts to South Carolina
The feature event of the day is the
famous "Llangolen" steeplechase, in
which the Whitney clan is putting up
$4,000 in added money, and gold cup
coveted by all horsemen. 1t is a Cruel
ling race of three miles over one of the
most difficult courses in America,
fashioned after the Grand National
course at Aintree. England. The jumps
are so stout that breaking through is
impossible. Reaching height of more
than five feet and about four feet
wide. a horse must clear or GO down.
bitches and water add terror to two
of the jumps.
The timber course is also formidable.
1t is laid out through rolling fields
along the edge of the Blue Ridge. and
it provides the acid test for horse and
rider.
"Llangolen one Of the oldest and
most imposing estates in Virginia, was
granted to the Powell family by one
of the English kings It was Dur-
The Washington times., 1933-11-03
Admiral andWife
Embassy Guests

The Hon. Mrs. r. A. r. Drax,
wife of the Naval Commander
in-Chief of the station at
Hamilton. Bermuda, is arriving
in New York today on the
Monarch of Bermuda, en- route
to this city, where she and
Vice Admiral Drax will be
guests at the British Embassy
during the ceremonial visit of
Vice Admiral Drax at the
Capital. Before coming to
Washington early next week,
She will pass the weekend as
guest of Mrs. Junius S. Nor
gan, of New York, who recently
returned from Bermuda, where
she spent several weeks with
Mrs. Wilton Lloyd-Smith at
Pomander Gate Paget.
Admiral Drax is now on his
way to Washington from Ber-
muda, aboard his flagship, H.
M. S. Norfolk. AS the ship is
of too deep draft to make her
way up the Potomac, she will
anchor off Baltimore. Admiral
Drax proceeding to Washing
ton aboard H. M. S. Danae,
which will tie up at the Wash
ington Navy Yard.
Officers of both ships will be
entertained at a series of bril-
liant parties in the Capital.
The British Ambassador and
Lady Lindsay will give a dinner
in honor of Admiral and Mrs.
Drax Monday evening and on
Thursday evening will enter
tain at small dance at which
the officers of the Norfolk and
the Danae will be guests.
Sir Ronald and Lady Lind
say now have as their guest Mr..
Michael Wright, who was at
tached to the Embassy here for
several years. Mr.. Wright, on
duty at the foreign office, is
at present on leave and has
elected to spend his holiday in
this country.
Leave Tuesday
The Minister of the Irish
Free State and Mrs. MacWhite
will leave Washington Tuesday
for New York, where they will
remain for the duration Of the
Golden Jubilee National Horse
Show at Madison Square Gar
den, which opens on, November
8, and continues throughout
the week.
Tuesday evening, the Min.
lister will attend the dinner to
be given at the Waldorf.
Astoria, by the National Horse
Show Association, in honor Of
the foreign officers who will
participate in the Show.
The Irish Free State Army
team, which will participate in
the International Mill tary
Jumping contest, is now in
Chicago, and following the
Horse Show in New York, will
go to Toronto, before returning
to their homeland.
\ X
Mrs. George Grant Mason,
jr., has taken an apartment
at ASS East Fifty-Seventh St.,
in New York, for the winter.
Mrs. MaSon's mother, Mrs. Or
mond LawSon7Jo Johnson, will visit
her during the winter, coming
from her home in London.
The Washington times., 1933-11-03
RACE MEET TO BE HELD AT "LLANGOLEN"
Turfmen Gather In UpperviII e
For Festivities Attendant
U pom Famous SteepIecfnase
q 9H4 ee"1oN.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney will entertain the hunt
tomorrow when they their annual meeting in
conjunction with the Piedmont Fox Hounds at Langolen,
The Washington times., 1933-11-03

over the Piedmont course, and
the Blue Ribbon Chase, two
and a half miles over brush
for hunters holding certificates
from the National Steeplechase
Association.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney take
the most active part in the
running of the meeting, and
Mr.. Whitney adds one little
touch of sentiment that is ap-
preciated by all who love a
cross-country horse. He assigns
his great steepl&haser Easter
Hero, now retired, to the role
of lead pony. That is to say,
Easter Hero, mounted by a
rider in hunt livery, leads the
fields to the post and so gets
a chance to be an active mem
Der in a game in which he for
merly played a prominent role.
Evening star., 1933-08-06

bunch Of penny pencils. But it never quits
came to that and now the pedal-push Pullman
seems just the thing for grandma, at least
until she decides who she's taking her IN
Surance out in favor of.
Naturally, junior has bike, although he ID
ashamed to go out bicycling with the rest Of
us His machine is called The Tommyhawk,"
and it's laid his scalp open twice already. But
Junior can do things on that machine which
hurts my back teeth just to lCok at. He goes
around corners on one handlebar, coasts down
hill backward, and nowadays instead Of bust
ing windows with base balls, it appears like he
and the kids play bicycle polo among the
neighbors' cabbages
I can't say that Uncle Useless Grant Smith
has actually taken up the new fad. but it's sure
put him in mind of old times when L1lian
Russell shocked Broadway by appearing IN
bloomers and white chiffon veil to keep her
cycling hat tied on. For uncle gees around
singing that sweet old echo from memory
lane you know the one
DAISY, Daisy, giue your dnsaper dot
I'm, half crazy, my bicycle rent is due,
But IL you'll 90 ffty-ftty
Wen get tandem nifty
And sakes aliue!
You can bdck-sedt drire
On bicycle built tor t1Do!"
Our laundress does a lot of free wheeling.
She borrowS her bike. Even cur dog goes for
bicycles in a big way If he misses he's
usually landed with a kick III the snoot, but
he's hound for punishment
This crazy craze is getting into every
phase of our American life. Why, even heard
where the racketeers are now taking their
victims for bicycle rides
AS for the abuse the women and girls are
taking from the wheels they ride, it's some
thing awful Down our way there amt q
female that isn't bruised and cut from head to
foot, and laughing at it. But let mere
husband beat em up one-half bad the
bicycles do and the judge would be hearing all
about it. But then, of course the girls amt
married to their bikes
The bcyclistS have got so numerous that
office buildings have had to change the spelling
their signs to mo Peddlers Allowed" and
folks even naming towns after the darned
fad. like Wheeling, West Virginia" for sample.
They say that bicycling was what started the
idea of hitch-hiking. At any rate the hitch in
cycling is that you have to hike most Of the
time.
Life has become one long six-day bicycle race,
with the seventh day reserved for making up
a new batch Of ointment. And while the
modern bike saddle may be comfy, still you can
believe me that all the corn plasters the drug
stores are selling these days don't go onto feet!
I personally myself have net taken up the
art of breaking in wild bronco bikes I'm
waiting until find one with Mexican saddle
(Copyx1ght, 1933Js