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Evening star., 1934-11-24
2ONEW-TYPE CARS
TO Be BOUGHT BY
CAPITAL TRANSIT
Utilities Commission Ap-
proves Purchase Amount
ing to s35O,OO0.
| DELIVERY SCHEDULED
TO BE MADE IN APRIL
Passengers Will Enter Cars From
Front, With Exit in
Center.

Twenty new street cars of an ad-
vanced type of construction will be
bought by the Capital Transit Co. for
delivery next April. The Public Utili-
ties Commission gave its approval to
the purchase late yesterday. The
company's Board of Directors had au-
thorized the purchase several months
ago.
Cars Of New Type.
The cars will be Of a type never
seen in Washington. Passengers will
enter from the front Of the car. The
conductor will be stationed in the CEN
ter. The only exit will be in the
center of the car, in front of the con-
ductor. The passenger will pay as he
passes the conductor. Thus, should
he take seat in the front of the car
he will pay as he leaves. But If he
should select seat in the rear OF
the car, he will pay as he enters.
The improvements in the car over
the best now in service are stream
lining, faster accelerating a miles per
hour per second), faster braking q
miles per hour per second) and the
elimination of some of the operating
noises by use of rubber cores. The
car does not have the rubber -centered
wheels o. which experiments are
now in progress. 1t seats 48 passengers
To Cost $35o,O0o.
The bill for the 20 cars, to be
bought from the J. G.. Brill Co. OF
Philadelphia and the st. Louis Car
Co., will be s350.000.
The purchase is looked upon as ex-
perimental and the operation of the
new rolling stock will be watched
closely by the operating forces of the
company and the engineers of the
commission. The cars were exhibited
at convention of the street railway
industry in Cleveland last September
They are not yet in mass production
These will be the first cars to be
purchased for use in Washington since
1927, when IS one-man cars were
bought. Twelve one-man cars were
bought in 1926, two-man cars ir
1924 and 6 two-man cars in 1922
according to the records Of the com.
mission.
Evening star., 1934-11-24

the District health officer for "a years:
the American Medical Association ana
former Commissioners Louis Brownlow
and Luther H. Reichelderfer were
among those who sent Dr. Fo"ief
messages of commendation.
DR.. Fowler entered the District serV-
ice as a chrk October /, 1894, and was
appointed health officer August l,
1918. At the time of his appointment
he had 1O2 employees under his super
vision. Now the Health Department
personnel totals 220.
DR.. Fowler is Q graduate OF tne
Georgetown University Medical Scnooi
and a life member Of the District
Medical Society. Among the out
standing achievements of his admins
tration he lists the milk-conToi laW
the social-disease control law ano
better control over mattress manufac-
turers, barber shops and Day nurseries
Evening star., 1934-11-24
-Four Children Found in Squalor
VIII Be Cared For by Public

home of the woman while the latter
lived in the county, and relatives OF
the woman, including brother, niece
and nephew.
The brother, after telling Of condi-
tions at the home, told the court he
had not been on speaking terms with
the sister for long while.
It was testified that man with
whom the woman operating the home
had formerly lived, and who was sup
posed to be her husband, had died.
witnesses said, however, the woman
had never been legally married.
A sloop captain told the court he
had seen the woman tell the 13-
year-old boy she would hit him in
the head with a piece OF wood II
he didn't go after a bucket of water
At the time, the captain said. a col
ored man was sitting nearby doing
nothing. ''I asked her why she
didn't send the colored man after
water" the captain said, "and was
told to mind my own business"
Miss Duvall said she had been un-
able to locate birth certificates of any
of the children.
The police investigation into the
case was launched after receiving re.
ports from a number of persons re.
garding alleged cruel treatment of the
children, including a report by the
13-year r-old boy to his school teacher
that he had been beaten at the home
Questioned by reporters, the 9-year.
old girl said she had been well treated
but a moment later, apparently
frightened, she wept on the shoulder
of an older girl in the play room a
Juvenile Court, telling the older gir
she hoped she wouldn't be sent home
The little girl said she would be II
years old in December and weighs 6
trifle over so pounds.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
CURB ON JUVENILE
COURT |SDEN|ED
Joint Jurisdiction Over Child
of Broken Home Upheld
by Wheat.

The Juvenile Court has concurrent
jurisdiction with the District Supreme
Court to investigate home surround
ings Of children of divorced parents,
according to decision today by Chief
Justice Alfred A. Wheat
The ruling was made in the case
of Terzo Lugaresi, who had asked for
an injunction to prevent Judge Fay
Bentley of the Juvenile Court from
making an investigation with a view
of depriving him of the custody of
his 6-year-old daughter, Betty. Luga-
resi- had obtained an absolute divorce
in the District Supreme Court and
was awarded custody of the child
not be given to the husband, but the
court ruled against her.
A few weeks later, Mrs. Nettie Lu-
garesi, instituted proceedings in the
Juvenile Court and asked for custody
of her daughter. The father, through
Attorney Louis Shapiro, contended the
Juvenile Court did not have jurisdic-
tion to decide the case because it al
ready had been passed upon by the
higher court.
After Judge Bentley had taken juris-
diction, the father then applied tc
the higher court for an injunction to
restrain her.
In his opinion, Chief Justice Wheat
said:
While it is trI that after a fina
decree in a divorce case discords
jurisdiction continues to make ap-
propriate orders from time to time
relating to the custody of minor chill
dren of the parties, nevertheless, dc
not think the effect of such a decree
is to deprive the Juvenile Court of the
right to exercise the peculiar jurisdic-
ton conferred upon it by the statute
should case invoking that jurisdic-
ton be presented"
Attorney Shapiro indicated he will
appeal the ruling.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
N0TEH0LDERS WIN
COURT TEST CASE
Loan and Trust Firm Must
Return Paper in "Re-
Investments"

SwartZell, Rheem and Hensey Co.
noteholders won a substantial victory
in District Supreme Court yesterday
when the Washington Loan a. Trust
Co., in a test case, was directed to re-
turn a $4,000 real estate note to John
B. Cowgirl, who had sued the trust
company as administrator of his
fathers estate.
The decision in this case is ex-
pected to result in surrender by the
trust company Of approximately $50
900 in notes, it having been stipulated
that the present case should serve
as a test for several others resting
upon the same facts.
Reinvestment Revealed.
Shortly before the collapse of the
Swartzen Co, the bank discovered
it was holding in its trust department
a large block of notes which were
worthless because the mortgage Sc
curing them had been released. The
bank officials summoned Edmund D.
Rheem, executive head of the Swart-
Zen concern, and demanded that he
pay the cash value of the notes.
Rheem, it was declared, explained he
could not do this because the cash real
lied after the release of the trust had
been reinvested in other securities
The trust company then made a de-
mand for these new securities to re-
place the old notes and Rheem turned
them over.
The new notes, which were secured
on the Shoreham Hotel, included the
one for $4,000 claimed by Cowgirl and
the additional $4,000 block which the
bank is expected to return to the real
owners.
Convinced Jury.
Cowgirl, through Attorneys Louis
Gutenberg and Max zimmerman, con-
tended the trust company had not
acted in good faith in accepting the
notes from Rheem and that his claim
to possession was superior to that OF
the institution. Cowgirl was able to
satisfy the jury that he owned one OF
the original released notes and that
he was entitled to possession of the
Shoreham Hotel note purchased with
money realized through the release OF
the original security.
Several other suits seeking to re-
cover "reinvestments" have failed be-
cause the original holders could not
show where the present holders had
acted in bad faith in accepting them
Evening star., 1934-11-24
MILLS ACCEPTS POST
WITH LABOR BOARD
Employe of The Star Will Resign
as President of Typograph.
ical Union.

Clyde M. Mills, president OF Colum-
bia Typographical Union, No. lol,
and an employe of The Washington
Star, has accepted appointment as
adviser to the Labor Advisory Board
of the National Recovery Administra-
ton, it was learned today.
He will take his new position De-
cember and will give up his post as
head of the union. Mills also Is a
vice president of the Central LABOR
Union of Washington, having been
elected in September. He is serving
his fifth year as head of the TYPO
graphical Union, having first been
elected in 1880. =,
Mills, who has been active In all
Washington labor circles, resides at
800 Green avenue, Aurora Hills, va.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
PRETTYMAN MAPS
SMALL-LOAN LAW
Would Vest Strict Control
in Superintendent of
Insurance.

Strict control over the sman-loan
business here would be placed in the
hands Of the District superintendent
of insurance under terms of a proposed
new law drafted by Corporation Coun-
sci E. Barrett Prettyman.
The draft has been sent to the
Federation iof Citizens Associations
and other groups for approval and if
adopted by the Commissioners, as
expected, will be made part of the
legislative program to be sought in
the next Congress.
This is the new move by the Dis
trict to place the small-loan busl-
ness under regulation and takes the
place of the plan to make rules under
the license act. That plan was aban-
doned because of a doubt whether
the act gave sufficient authority in
this matter.
License Would Be Required.
Each small loan business, under the
proposed new law, would have to OBJ
tain a license from the superintend-
ent of insurance, who would be re-
quired to investigate the financial re-
sponsibility, character and general,
fitness of the applicant. Each busi-
ness would have to be bonded and
the minimum license fee would be
5000
Interest, not to be compounded,
would be limited to per cent a
month on the unpaid balance Of a
loan. Neither interest nor fees could
be deducted from the principal of a
loan.
The measure seeks to control the
procurer of loans as well as the lend
er, by requiring that his commission
come out of the limited interest
charge.
Fee Schedule Proposed.
The schedule of fees would be as
follows:
In the case of loans of $35 or less
for a period of 80 days or less, with
out collateral, a fee of not more than
81 would be charged for credit in
vestigation, but only when such a
report is actually made or secured
Interest and other charges would be
limited to so cents, in addition to
the 81 for report.
| In the case of loans of any amount
for more than 80 days, and in the
case of loans of more than $35 for 80
days or less without collateral. fees up
to SO may be charged for credit reports
on either the borrower or his in
dorsers
In the case of loans on collateral q
fee of not to exceed 81 may be charged
for recording a chattel mortgage OF
not to exceed So for examination Of
titles.
A feature of the proposed new law
would be that the superintendent OF
| insurance would be empowered to in
crease of decrease rates Of interest
and the fees as he finds on investiga-
ton may be justified by changing con-
ditions. He could not, however, in
) crease rates to more than twice the
figures set in the law. nor cut them to
less than half such amounts.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
FUNERAL RITES HELD
FOR EDGAR A. BEHREND
DR.. Abram Simon Conducts Serv-
ices for Lifelong Resident
of Washington.

Funeral services for Edgar A. Beh-
rend, 48, who died Thursday in
Georgetown University Hospital, were
held yesterday afternoon at his home,
1908 Woodley road, DR.. Abram Simon
officiating. Mr.. Behrend, a proof
reader with the Interstate Commerce
Commission for the last II years, had
lived in Washington all his life.
Mr.. Behrend was an active member
Of the Temple Brotherhood of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation and
a member of Argo Lodge, Independ-
ent Order of B'nai Birth.
He Is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Emma M. Behrend; three sisters, Mrs.
Levi H. David, Mrs. Howard Holdings
field and Mrs. Richard Bonwit, and a
brother, Rudolph B. Behrend, all of
Washington.
The pallbearers were Morris Kon-
igsburger, Ernest Wolf, Adolph Kunst,
Henry Messenger, Adolph Krechel and
Alan B. David. Burial was in the
cemetery of the Washington Hebrew
Congregation.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
L. C. HOVER RITES HELD
Retired Employe of Printing
Office Is Buried.

Masonic services were held this
afternoon at Cedar Hill Cemetery by
Naval Lodge, No. 4, F. A. A. M, fol-
Lorenzo c. Hover, 80, a retired print
er of the Government Printing Office
Mr.. Hover died Wednesday at his
home, 238 Eighth street northeast
after a lingering illness. His widow
Mrs. Jessie A. Hover, and a son, David
L. C. Hover Of Cloudcroft, N. Mex
survive.
He had been q resident Of Wash
ington for 48 years and had been q
member of the International Typo
graphical Union for more than SC
years. He was also a member Of Mar
tina Chapter, o. e. S.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
Rev. Mr.. Buck to Speak.

Rev. Calvert Buck, superintendent
of the Episcopal Hospital of Wash
ington, will speak on THE Church
and the New Social Order" at o'clock
tonight at the Annapolis Hotel. The
lecture is under auspices Of the Wash
ington Open Forum. The public Is
invited
Evening star., 1934-11-24
Kenneth C. ROSS DIES
Former Market Official Expires in
Baltimore Hospital.

Kenneth C. Ross, former vice presi-
dent of the Old Dutch Market here.
died at the Union Memorial Hospital
in Baltimore last night.
When American Stores bought the
Old Dutch Market, Mr.. Ross was made
superintendent of the Maryland Wash
ington district, with Offices in Balti-
more, where he had lived ever since.
He is survived by his widow and q
daughter, Helen. Funeral arrange
ments have not yet been announced.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
INFANT IS INJURED
Mother Falls While Carrying Son
Up Stairs.

Six-months-old Frank Demato, jr.,
was critically injured yesterday when
his mother, Mrs. Susie Demato, fell
while carrying him up the stairs at
her home, 1886 E street southeast.
The infant was taken to Providence
Hospital, where 1t was said he may
have Q skull fracture.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
CRIME COMMITTEE
BIDS FITZPATRICK
Resigned Prosecutors Aide
VIII Be Invited to Give
His Side. ..t

John R. Fitzpatrick, who resigned
as assistant United States attorney
Wednesday upon his removal from
the prosecution of criminal cases
after he had protested further con-
tinuance OF a murder trial, will be
asked to state his side of the case in
detail at the next meeting Wednesday
of the Citizens Committee on Crime
Fitzpatrick's expected appearance
before the committee is in line with
study which that group will make
Of the practices of the district at
torney's Office in granting contin-
uances in criminal cases, according to
Arthur Clarendon Smith, member of
the committee.
Case Waiting Over Year.
Smith said he would ask Fitzpatrick
to sketch the full history of the long
deferred trial of Mary Irene Buccolo,
charged with the murder of her hus-
band Rudolph. The case has been
awaiting trial for more than a year.
Fitzpatrick protested when the case
was postponed from November 26
to December 10 at request of Defense
Attorney Wilton j. Lambert, who had
been in poor health for some time
past.
Justice James M Proctor sent for
United States Attorney Leslie C. Gar
nett, stating Fitzpatrick had been
'insolent. Fitzpatrick resigned after
he was removed from prosecution of
criminal cases.
While Smith had not communicated
with Fitzpatrick today. he said the
committee wished to learn if Fitz-
patrick had been forced to resign
because of trial delays and he hoped
the former assistant prosecutor would
give the full details on the case.
Many Continuances.
There have been many continu-
ances in the trial of this case" Smith
said. land our committee will try to
determine the reason for the post
ponements. We want to know why
this woman has been kept in Jail for
over year when there was ample OPP
portunity to bring her to trial."
Smith emphasized, however, he was
not interested in any difference of in
dividual opinion, so much as in the
broader underlying policies. Smith
said he expected to discuss the case
with Garnett. He expressed particu-
lar interest in Fitzpatrick's letter OF
resignation, which Garnett declined to
make public, saying he had sent it to
the Department of Justice.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
Pastor to Pay Visit.

ROUND HULL, Va, November "a
(SpeciaD The Rev. Ryland T. Doge
of Alexandria will be the guest min
lister at the Baptist Church here to-
morrow evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
FALL PROVES FATAL
Prisoner Strikes Head on Cuspi

Prisoner Strikes Head on Cuspi.
dor in Police Court.
Striking his head on a cuspidor
John z. Swink, AZ, of 1920 N street
was fatally injured when he fell in
Police Court yesterday.
Swink, who was in the prisoners
dock awaiting to be arraigned on a
charge of intoxication, died several
hours later in Gallinger Hospital
The coroner's office is investigating
his death.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
CITY NEWS IN BHIEF
TODAY

Oyster roast, benefit K. of c. Ker-
mes, 635 D street southwest, $50 pm
Card and bingo party, benefit Sergt
Jasper Unit, No. 13, American Legion
Auxiliary, 1712 Irving street, 8 pm.
Dance, Ladies Auxiliary Fleet Re-
serve, Hamilton Hotel, pm.
Card party, OXpn Hill High School,
benefit Woman's Club of Oxon Hill,
Md, 8 pm.
Dance, Phi Beta Gamma Legal Fra
ternity, Mayflower Hotel, pm.
TOMORROW.
Meeting, Upsilon Lambdi Phi Fra
ternity, La Fayette Hotel, 4 pm.
Meeting, Deborah Club, La Fayette
Hotel, 4 pm.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
REV. W. H. WEBSTER DIES
Was Pastor of Fairmont Heights,
Nd, Baptist Church.

Nd, Baptist Church.
Rev. w. H. Webster, 1741 Oregon
avenue, associate pastor Of the First
Baptist Church Of Fairmopt Heights,
Md, died Thursday night in Freed
mems Hospital.
Mr.. Webster Is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Lottie A. Weston; sis
ter, Mrs Annie F. Kenney, and a
half-brother, Frank Ashby. Funeral
services will be held Monday noon
at the Fairmont Church. Burial will
be In Manassas, Va, his birthplace.
Evening star., 1934-11-24

Dance, Ladies' Auxiliary Fleet Re-
serve, Hamilton Hotel, pm.
Evening star., 1934-11-24
TOMORROW.

Dance, Phi Beta Gamma Legal Fra
ternity, Mayfower Hotel, Z pm.
Evening star., 1934-11-24

Meeting. Upsilon Lambdi Phi Fra
ternity, La Fayette Hotel, pm.
Evening star., 1934-11-24

Meeting, Deborah Club, La Fayette
Hotel, 4 pm.
Evening star., 1934-11-24

Oyster roast, benefit K. of c. Ker-
mes, 635 D street southwest, $50 pm.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1934-11-30
Old English Sheep Dog
First Recorded In 1771

The picturesque, affecti0nate Old
English sheep dogs handsome shaggy
coat completely hides. his entire form.
even his eyes that peer out from be-
hind the loose hair. tossed freely as he
ambles along with his bear-like shuttle,
observes a writer In the Los Angeles
Times. His headquarters, most exces-
sive in profusion Of his coat. are
rounded like those of the bear. The
fore and hind legs Of each side, NOV
ing forward simultaneously affects the
curious rolling gait. peculiar to the
breed.
However, when there is business
elsewhere and he starts of in its per-
Torrance, he develops almost incred-
ible speed. Moving almost effortless,
he covers ground at a pace quite I'M
suspected Of a dog so compactly
built +. the long hair about his face
flying to the wind and parting, to re-
veal a pair Of bright, Intelligent and
friendly eyes that bespeak his honest
countenance. They vary according to
the color Of the dog very dark
being preferred, Nevertheless, in the
blue dogs, pearl, china or wall eyes are
typical.
With all his beauty. affection and
the acquisition Of show-ring manners,
he Is just as sagacious, when pressed
into the service Of working dog, as
were his progenitors for centuries
past. First recorded in Gains
borough painting in 1771, he, and vari-
ants Of the breed developed, throughout
European countries, are known to have
been employed since time immemorial.
as herders and guardians Of flocks and
herds.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1934-11-30
Seventeen-Year Locusts
Have No Female Singers

Confusion Of terms long has existed
in popular names for the cicada-oft-
en- called the 17-year locust-the
grasshopper and the locust, writes
Lynne Greene in the Kansas City Star.
There are a number Of species Of
cicadae. and all have the same general
characteristics. the slight difference
being in size, variations In color and
wing markings.
The eggs are laid In, the bark Of
twigs. The newly Matched young drop
to the ground and, burrowing, feed by
sucking the juices Of roots. They live
In the ground 10 years. with little
change in appearance. Toward the
end of this period scale-like rudiments
Of wings appear.
In the spring Of the seventeenth
year the nymph with its enlarged front
feet digs tunnel to the surface. From
late May to early July members OF the
brood crawl out singly OF in droves
and. fastening on tree trunk or some
support, split down the back to liber-
ate the. adults, which have week or
SO Of aerial life, recommending them
for the long period of preparation.
The adult male "sings" loudly and
shrilly. by vibrating membranes
stretched over pair Of sound cham
bers, one at each side, near the base
of the abdomen. A Grecian poet said.
Happy is the cicada: its wife has no
voice."
There may be several broods in a
neighborhood, and the adults Of one
of them may have appeared in 1921 {;
their, next appearance would be in
1885, Another brood might be dated
1926-1941, and so on. Each year we
have 17-year cicadae.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1934-11-30
Honoring General Putnam

Upon the old home Of Gen. Rufus
Putnam in Rutland, Mass, is tab
let bearing these words: Here from
1871 to 1888 dwelt Gen. Rufus Putnam,
soldier Of + the old French war, engi-
neer Of the works which compelled the
British army to evacuate Boston, and
of the fortifications Of West Point.
Founder and father Of Ohio. In this
house he planned and matured the
scheme Of the Ohio company, and from
it issued the call for the convention
which led to It's organization. Over
this threshold he went to lead the COM
pany which settled Marietta, April 7,
1888. To him under God. it is owing
that the great Northwest was dedi-
Gated forever to freedom, education
and religion, and that the United
States Of America is not now slave
holding empire"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1934-11-30
Walking Sticks an Aid
to Early-Day Invento

The walking stick was fertile field
for the inventors genius, and there
were many sticks which served u
double purpose, says the Montreal
Herald. Our grandfathers could buy
sticks whose knobs or handles were
fitted with slotted parcel carriers,
telescopes, seats, revolvers, swords,
drinking cups, biologists hammers,
cigarette holders, rulers for measur-
ing the height of a horse, and sundry
other "gadgets" according to their hob
bies or inclinations.
But the stick which served q double
purpose was used long before the Vic
torian Age. In the days Of hoped
skirts and powdered wigs the gallants
carried elegant sticks with silver
knobs fitted as snuff boxes, and they
gave their footmen similar sticks fitted
to carry letters or sugar plums to the
ladies of whom they were enamored.
Going back further still, it is a
fairly well-known fact that the silk
worm was struggled into Europe from
Persia in the hollow of a pilgrims
staff. It is less generally known, but
equally interesting to note, that the
first head Of saffron, which is used In
dyeing and favoring, was carried into
England in the same way. 1t was
smuggled from Greece in the days when
death was the penalty for taking the
plant out Of the country, and planted
at Saffron Walden in Essex, eventual
~ giving it's name to the place where
It was first successfully cultivated.