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Evening star., 1934-11-17
KING APPROVES
SMALLER CENTER
Will Not Commit Himself Be.
fore Consulting Officials,
However.

Chairman King Of the Senate Dis.
tr1ct Committee is in sympathy with
the general idea of modifying Munich
pal Center plans to make it easier for
the District to go ahead with the
project. but he will consult city off,
clals before committing himself to
any detailed method of accomplish
ing that objective.
Back in Washington yesterday, after
his recent reelection for another six
year term, the Utah Senator pointed
out that he has previously expressed
the belief that the Municipal Center
program was laid out on too preten-
tious q scale.
Learning that officials in recent
weeks have been weighing the merit
OF several proposals for a smaller de-
velopment, Senator King said he would
be glad to 60 over these suggestions
with the municipal authorities.
The District already has invested
more than $4,000, 900 in acquiring the
site, covering four squares on the north
side of Pennsylvania avenue from
Third to Sixth streets, extending to
Indiana avenue. One of the proposals
being considered now is that the Dis
trict dispose of part of the site, pos
sibly to the Federal Government, to
finance the much-needed buildings on
the remainder Of the land.
Evening star., 1934-11-17
W. J. GALBRAlTH, 79,
STAR EMPLOYE, DIES
Was Member of Proof Room for
% Years-Retired
Year Ago.

william j. Galbraith, 70, retired
member of The Evening Star proof
room, died yesterday at the Washing
ton Sanitarium.
A native of Philadelphia, Mr.. Gal
braith had been employed continu-
ously at The Star from 1905 until
November, 1888. when he retired.
Mr.. Galbraith, who lived at 3425
Fourteenth street northeast, was a
member of the Columbia Topographic
cal Union, No. 101. When he was as
he Joined Union No. 10 at Louisville.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Mary H. Galbraith, and two children,
William Howard and Esther e. Gal
braith.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. Monday from the " L. Speare
funeral home. followed by burial in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery. DR.. H. w. o.
Millington will conduct the services.
Evening star., 1934-11-17
AUTO ACCIDENTS
CLAIM TWO LIVES
Deaths of Man and Boy
Bring Total. to Eight
for Month.

Two persons were fatally injured in
automobile accidents early today and
last night, bringing the traffic death
toll in the District to eight so far this
month.
Alvin N Francq. "a, a craftsman In
the Coast and Geodetic Survey of
1859 Somerset place, died at Emer-
gency Hospital this morning. several
hours after the car he was driving hit
light pole at Sixteenth street and
Kalorama road, Skidding into a tree.
The impact threw Franco from the
car, injuring his head and neck
The other fatality was Vain C.
Corbin, l3, of 1910 Twelfth street. who
died at Emergency Hospital this morn
ing from injuries received last night
when run down by an automobile at
Thirteenth and L streets.
Driver of Car Held.
The car was operated by Sidney L.
Daniels, 80, of 6l3 Sixth street, who
was arrested on a charge of reckless
driving. The Corbin boy was crossing
the street with Minor Keith, 9 years
old. also of 1910 Twelfth street, who
suffered a fractured collar bone
Young Corbin died of internal injuries.
Since November /, 1874 persons have
been injured in traffic accidents
Three other persons have been hurt
in the last "a hours.
Robert Butts, 10, colored, 1923
Church street, was seriously injured
when he was knocked down at Four
teenth and T streets by a car driven
by Leon Royster, 81, colored, 1927 U
street, according to police. He was
treated at Children's Hospital for a
possible skull fracture, fractured leg
and head lacerations. Royster also
was charged with reckless driving.
Falls From Automobile.
Mrs. Sarah Dentaman, 70, sos
Sixth street northeast, was injured in
a fall from the automobile of her son,
Frank, at Sixth and F streets as it
was turning the corner. She was
treated at Casualty Hospital for head
injuries and possible broken ribs.
Lee Gordon, %. of 1903 Rhode Is
land avenue, while working on a COM
pressor in the 1900 block of Ives place
southeast, was knocked down by an
automobile and received a possible
skull fracture. He was treated at
Providence Hospital Clarence T.
Brown, 1910 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast. driver of the car. was
charged with failure to have his car
equipped with q hand brake, police
said.
Evening star., 1934-11-17
Marriage Licenses.

Bert G. Robertson. 90. 1919 Olive st. ne.
and Edna M. Mackintosh; Is; 1902 East
srn ave . ne: Rey E SSs 6 qoesa isessr. ct and
sidonia N: Radtke.. asC. aC 1878 Park road;
Rev. John A. Dunn.
20. Both Of 1901 Quincy st.; Rev. J. A.
Ass Ssress ysSE f:tsns e. Hso ~ 1879
St; Rev g. @. Johnson.
Paul ONeal, 80. 1923 10th st. ne. and
Daisy ?, Beck Cain 81. 1922 B ST. Sc;
''Sss SsshsE.hs .a. coz I1 1iaa Penn St me-.
Norton 1S paneror. B n; . s5. Alexandria, Va, and
Lucy E. Waple. 20. 1912 Calvert ST.; Rev.
Duas1T as1I.h A eofs ss leca Dfsau
A0Sns Conn M and eRosaS Roserta Kendall IS. Chevy
Chase, Md: Rev. Daniel +: Kennedy: "
John r. Grisss: Il. 46l Luray az p,. t ana : !
il: Soss: goa ssSo ssT4 St st. ass! sna
Anaisx s.9s essss as .sa 4. Mary,sRq sss
s.w.. and Ann 8. EDWARDS. Il. 4oo " s''
sw.: Rev. John z. Briggs. v,.,a. p
shsies: 20. both Of Richmond. Va Rev.
william Ii &; ssn. 4! Seward 80. petersburs. Va.
8 sns n Isi' g. diil. Fl H0d0- g. Selma. Ala.' rev. ~
uowsrd Tenney. 81. and virginia H.
Gemmill. %, both Of Baltimore; Rev
c.nrae MlI.iaH y = Hobineer %. Glen Echo. Md.
and Marsaret l. Aateher: 90. Carthage,
Joseph B. Tore Il. Lynbrook. n. Z; and
Bernice @. Young 80, Gowenem. N. T.;
Richard q. Newman. 81. Woodstock. Va.
and Dorothy E. Grove. II. Luray, Va;
wiilism wiiilHian L. smith. ss. and Marie Hourisan.
Ss,r. e both Of Louisville KY rev. a. e
M. =. Carpenter. 80, Richmond; "a; and
yennls ~ a. MacEab1saa' Eaiass ~" "'N'''''""'
George d. Mcculloueh- 47 Beaver; a;l1,a Pa AZ and
Myrtle Edwards. AZ: CnarlottesVllle. Na'
Rev N M. Simmonds. -
Clarence Lemarr. 2l. and susie Marcum.
Is. both Of Leesburg. Va; Rev. L. I.
Howard W. Swami. q, 214 Morgan st.; and
svenue: % REV Il W. swarm,
"A J. Newman "a. Falls Church. Va. and
Mary Z. Carroll. %. 1923 Florida ave.;
Evening star., 1934-11-17
five MEN VICTIMS
IN HOLD-UP SERIES
Slingland Robbed of $3.50 by
Armed Trio-Taxi Driver
Stopped.

Two filling station employees, a taxi
cab driver, chain store clerk and a
15-year-old newspaper collector were
among seven victims of robbers last
night and today, according to reports
to police. There also were numerous
thefts reported.
The filling station robberies occurred
at North Capitol and I streets and
Potomac avenue and Eleventh. street
southeast. BERTHE Cain, 606 A street,
employed at the former station, re-
ported he was robbed of $40 by an
armed colored man who placed him in
closet and oroered him to remain
until his assailant had made his es-
cape. Carroll Crosan, employe of the
latter station, reported he, too, was
held up by a colored man who robbed
him of $3.44.
William Slingland, 206 Indiana ave-
nue., reported to police that he was
held up in 'front.' Of 502 Second street
by three armed men, one of whom
struck him over the head with pistol,
and robbed him of s160. His assail-
ants, one of whom he said was lame
and walked with a cane. escaped in q
car bearing Virginia tags.
The taxicab driver was Charles S.
Grayson, 1903 s street. who had his
car taken by two colored men on Levy
place northeast.
A colored bandit holding a gun in
each hand held up John Dudas, clerk
in chain grocery store in the 1900
block Of Fourteenth street, this
morning and robbed him of approx
imately $40 in quarters.
Ernest Trusdale, Is years old, 463 H
street, was attacked by three colored
youths while making collections on his
paper route, he reported. The boy said
his assailants took him into an alley
near Sixth and streets. where they
robbed him Of $12.
Evening star., 1934-11-17
TWO RAIDS RESULT
IN ARREST, SEIZURE.
Alleged Gambling Equipment
Taken by Police, Who Say So
Bet Was Witnessed.

Two gambling raids by first pre-
cinct police yesterday resulted in the
arrest of one person and the seizure
Of alleged gambling paraphernalia
valued at less than $40.
The raids were carried out by Pre-
cinct Detectives J. K. Baker and D. H.
johnson, the first in the 400 block
OF Eleventh street and the second in
the 1400 block of H street.
At the first address, the police ar
rested Louis Butcher, 322 Sixteenth
street southeast. on charge of ac-
cepting 50 bet on a horse. Although
there were about 20 persons in the
room at the time of the raid. police
said, only one of these was listed
as a witness since police claim to
have observed the placing of the bet.
The raid at the H street address
resulted In the seizure of some card
tables, cards, blackboards and chalk.
police said. Approximately Is per-
sons who attempted to escape through
back door were stopped and their
names taken. They were not sum-
moned as witnesses. however. since
the police failed to make an arrest.
Evening star., 1934-11-17
CATHOLIC YOUTHS
PONDER PROBLEMS
Sodalities of II Colleges and
High Schools Represented
= by 200 Delegates.

Problems confronting Catholic youth
were discussed today by approximately
200 delegates from the sodalities Of II
Washington colleges and high schools
meeting at Georgetown University In
one-day convention.
The group represents some $4,000
students in the Catholic Youth Move
ment in the District. The conference
is directed by Rev. Francis P. LIE Buffe
S. j., Eastern representative of the
National Sodality Council, of New
York.
The opening session convened at II
am. in the White -Gravenor Building
Addresses of welcome were delivered
by Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, S. j., act
ing president of Georgetown Univer-
sity, and Rev. Vincent S. McDonough
S. j., student counselor of George
town.
Although guided by directing heads,
the delegates themselves were pre-
senting problems for discussion and
several resolutions were expected latel
in the day.
Subjects for discussion stressed
methods for combating such influ-
ences on youth as atheism and COM
munism.
The afternoon session was sched-
uled to get under way at 1880 O'Clock
with a solemn benediction in st. vii.
liam's Chapel, following which Father
LIE Buffe and Father McDonough wers
to speak. The delegates also vert
to hold an informal reception in Cop.
ley Hall this afternoon.
The call for the convention was Is.
sued by Francis e. Hickey of George.
town, the Advisory Board representa-.
tive of the National Sodality Counci
for Washington. He is being assisted
by the officers and members ol
Georgetown's two sodalities. Rober
Curry and George Potter are prefect.
of the Sodalities.
Evening star., 1934-11-17
House Committee Chairman
Asks New Tests for
0usted Workers.
MORGENTHAU URGED
TO ACT IN DISPUTE
Flood Of Representations Ex'
pected From Lawmakers on
Behalf of Employees.

The first voice was raised from the
Democratic side of the Capitol today
against the patronage rider" which
is throwing 900 employees of the alco-
hol tax unit overheard December l, as
Chairman Norton of the House Dis
trict Committee called on the Civil
Service Commission to hold a new
examination for the ousted employees,
allowing 1t to be based on experience
and fitness.
At the same time, Mrs. Norton, ex-
planning she had been besieged with
appeals from affected employees in her
own State, asked Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau to interest him.
self in the matter.
More Protests Expected.
The representations of the New
Jersey House member are expected to
be the forerunner of a flood from both
Senate and House, for there has been
growing evidence that the rider, which
was passed in the closing days of the
last Congress attached to deficiency
appropriation, was practically unno-
ticed
The rider required all former Pro-
hibition Bureau employees who went
to the Alcohol Tax Unit to take new
examinations to qualify for their po-
sitions before December or be
Topped of of the pay roll.
Mrs. Norton expressed the opinion
in both of her communications that
it was not the intention of Senator
McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee
who sponsored the rider, to have il
enforced against those workers with
competitive civil service status. An
nouncementS show, however, every
single employe affected had such
status. About 900 failed on the new
tests.
To Secretary Morgenthau, she said
Says Merit System Hit.
MANY of these employees are war
veterans, who have enviable records
in the service and should not have
been subjected to an open competi-
tive examination. 1t strikes at the
very foundation of the merit system
as these men have previously met all
the requirements of civil service and
have been regularly appointed. ]
have appealed to the Civil Service
Commission to give these employees
talready having a civil service status
and reappointed in this particular
branch Of the service) a non-assem-
bled examination.
If Controller McCarl's recent rul.
ing Is carried out it will have a de-
morali1ng effect upon the entire
classified civil service and was not in
tended by Congress. appeal to you
in fairness to these Government en-
ployes to give serious consideration
to this distressing problem"
McCarl upheld the legality Of the
rider.
MRS. Norton addressed her plea to
the Civil Service Commission to Com
missioner Lucille Foster McMillin
asking for the new examinations Gin
all fairness"
Evening star., 1934-11-17
GOLDSM|THFOUND
GUILTY BY JURY
Reputed Night Club Leader
Before Repeal Held on
Liquor Charges.

After the case had been continued
more than a dozen times and the
charges nolle pressed on one oc-
casion, zachariah T. "Zebbie" Gold
smith and three co-defendants were
found guilty on liquor charges by a
jury in Police Court late yesterday.
They face sentence Friday on each of
two counts charging the sale of liquor
without q license and the keeping
for sale of liquor without a license.
Goldsmith, who was one of the re-
puted leaders Of the night club world
here prior to repeal, was arrested
last February II following a raid by
members of the vice squad on his
night club, the Club Mayfiower," !"
1900 block of Connecticut avenue.
The three co-defendants-Willi
H. Nelson, Robert w. Corzine and
Thomas J. Sullivan-were arrested
at the same time and charged as
joint operators and employees of the
club
Goldsmith, who was represented by
Charles Z. Ford and John j. McGin-
mis-, told the court he merely acted
as manager for the club and knew
nothing Of the connection of the other
defendants with the clubs alleged
liquor activities.
The jury was given the case shortly
after noon yesterday and remained
"out" until almost O'Clock, when
they reported. Attorney Ford, who
already had laid a foundation before
Judge John p. Mcmahon, announced
his intention of filing a motion to
declare q mistrial before the Court
Of Appeals on the grounds that Gold
smiths alleged activities prior to
repeal had been used to prejudice the
jury's mind against him.
Assistant Corporation Counsel STAN
| ley De Nea1e and Edward M. Curran,
who represented the Government, said
that the case had been settled so far
as they were concerned and that they
considered 1t a victory in the war
against crime in the District.
Evening star., 1934-11-17
PARK BODY BEGINS
POLLUTION DRIVE.
Seeks Elimination on Po-
tomac and Its Tributaries
in View of P. w. A. Plan.

A drive to eliminate pollution on the
Potomac River and its tributaries was
launched today by the National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commission
in view Of the p w. A. program for
in Arlington County, Va.
The commission voted to assemble
its quiescent Regional Sanitary Com
mittee. on which the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission -
which operates In Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties, Md - the
States of Maryland and Virginia, the
District Commissioners, Fairfax and
Arlington Counties in Virginia and the
City of Alexandria, Va, are repre-
sented, at an early date. A few years
ago this group met and drew up a
program streSsing the needs of the
Washington metropolitan region.
Will Function Soon.
Soon this body will be functioning
again, with the commission urging
upon the component groups the i'm
mediate necessity for remedial action
in regard to the Potomac River and
its branches. The commission sees
little point to the District construct
ing an up-to-date sewage disposal
plant when communities up and
down stream continue to pollute the
Potomac River.
John Nolen, jr, the commissions
director of planning, laid before it an
estimate of the present pollution.
A special committee, comprising Col
Daniel I. Sultan, the new Engineer
Commissioner of the District. who is
an ex oficio member of the commits
sion, and Arno B. Cammerer, direc-
tor of the National Park Service, who
Is the commissions executive officer,
was named to consider the Piney
Branch portal. This improvement
goes under the Baltimore & Ohip
Railroads tracks at the District line
and now Maryland is ready to COM
plete the parking there. The land
within the District was offered to the
National Capital Parks, but was de-
clined, until the District Commits
sioners should complete the parking
out the problem without delay.
Sidewalks Sought.
The commission voted to ask the
Treasury Department to construct per-
manent sidewalks in the park triangle
just north of the new Commerce De-
partment, where Polls Theater used to
stand.
Thomas S. Settle, secretary of the
commission, laid before it a program
for legislation that the organization
will advocate in the coming Congress.
This includes urging the excess con-
demna.ion bill, which passed the Sem
ate the last time but reached the
House too late for action; the widen
ing of Thirteenth street, between Mon
roe street and Spring road, and the
improvement of the Washington Chan
mel water front. Plans for the water
front have been prepared by the dis
trict engineer for the War Depart
ment for the Washington area and
sent to Congress by the chief of Army
Engineers.
Evening star., 1934-11-17

he is tired, he stops and goes to his
room or to the library, unaided.
Mrs. Raiola stopped here today at
the Women's City Club for only =
few hours before setting of to de-
liver lectures at Princeton University
on the latest findings in Pompeii and
Cumae, lectures which she will re-
peat at the Washington Club Tues
day, the Women's City Club Wednes-
day, giving the most important in
terpretations Of the sixth book of
the Aeneid. from the latest findings
at Cumae, at the Arts Club next Sun
day. All illustrated, the last will
show the newly discovered cave of the
Cumaean Sybil, the ivory eye" and
the gates of Avernus.
These arrangements were made by
Miss Isabel c. Chamberlain OF the
Ontario Apartments, who was fasci-
mated by the institute on a visit to
Naples last year and urged Mrs. Raj
ola to bring the idea and proof Of
its success to America.
Would Aid Plan in u. s.
The main reason for Mrs. Raiola s
American tour is to arouse interest
in some such plan for the American
blind. The blind. she says. receive
too much pity, and too little real
sympathy and help. She knows. She
herself was blind for six months, and
now has the use of but one eye.
Such a home. such work as the
Colosini Institute. is what she urges
for America. In time their work can
support the institute and themselves
And the blind, in their timeless OBJ
scurity, are the only ones who can
perform such exacting, time taking
work. Where once Beatrice d'Este
could sit at home weaving, while her
suitors surrounded her. talking,
laughing, serenading, today the hustle
of life, the habit of going somewhere
else all the time, makes such work
impossible.
Mrs. Raiola, an American citizen,
brought to America when she was
IL days old, lives at the Pen and
Brush Club in New York half the
year, and the latter half in Naples
where she has an interesting title,
'the only woman allowed to dig in
Cumae." She is an intimate friend
of Bruce Barton and Ida Tarbell
Exuberant with the thrill of the work
she is doing, that quality makes her
charming and vivacious talker. Her
faith kept her going for the first four
months at the Century of Progress
before her exhibit attracted merited
attention.
After Washington. she is going back
to Chicago to exhibit in one of the
largest mansions of the Gold Coast
The interest of the Chicago Medical
Society finally brought recognition to
her beloved institute. In January
she will return to the National Muse
um in Naples.
Evening star., 1934-11-17

- URROUNDED by neapS OF silks,
linens and heavy brocades wov-
en- by hands of the blind in the
~ designs of Michelangelo, Cellini
and Leonardo da Vinci. Mrs.
Mary E. Raiola, the distinguished
Italian archeologist and lee
turer, told today for the first time in
Washington the story of one of the
most successful experiments in re-
habilitation of the blind ever made.
She will tell it again on Tuesday when
the exhibition of the Colosini Institute
for the Blind opens at the Mayf1ower
Hotel, after six months at the Century
of Progress at her own expense, solely
for the cause of the blind in Italy and
America.
Washington's art lovers and sociolo-
gists who will 60 to see and learn will
be shown Leonardo da Vinci's design
for tablecloth for the Beatrice d'Este
he immortalized in his painting, the
towel by Raphael with an almost Nav
ajo design for Lucrezia Borgia. niece
of Pope Alexander VI and sister of
Cesare, perfectly copied from the orig
inals in the Vatican Museum, special
grant to the institute alone.
Raphael Copies, Too.
They will see the table service de-
signed for Catherine de Medici, Queen
of France, by Michelangelo, and an
other, all in little dragons. from the
same hand Ghirlandaio's famous
monogram appears on handkerchiefs
and napkins, and there is cloth
centered with wreath of golden birds
by Benvenuto Cellini. Raphael ap-
pears again with hangings from the
Vatican, and Andrea del Sarto is also
represented.
Blessed by the Pope, financed by
Mussolini and made possible by the
special hand looms invented by the
Cavaliere Molossi, himself born deaf,
dumb and blind. the Paolo Colosini
Institute for the Blind stands next to
the National Museum of Naples, from
which Mrs. Riaola conducts her archie
illogical researches in Southern Italy.
Conceived by Donna Tomassina Colo
sini-Grandinetti. wife of the Italian
Senator, as a memorial to her dead
son, the institute is now home and
workshop for 200 men, 1870 ex-soldiers
and 10 born blind. They have shops
in all the principal cities of Italy, and
know the joy of being self-supporting
in spite of their handicap.
Four Years Work.
1t takes four years for man to master
a design. but from then on it is his
inalienable copyright" Often he in
vents further designs for himself. His
teachers are those blind ex-soldiers
who formed the nucleus of the insti-
tute at it's inception, and he is taught
to attend all details of the weaving
without the help of others eyes. If a
thread breaks, an automatic bell rings
until he has found it again. When