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Evening star., 1934-04-16

Mrs. E. Rust Smith, Mrs. Went
worth Willis Peirce, Miss Eleanor
Rust Peirce and Miss Elizabeth Rose
Peirce entertained at tea at the
Washington Club on Saturday after
noon
Evening star., 1934-06-01
Moring of Colrert
Span Not to Aicait
Strike Settlement
Shifting Scheduled for
Next Week as Safety
Measure.

The old Calvert Street Bridge will
be moved some time next week,
without awaiting settlement Of the
carpenters strike. under decision
reached today by the District Com
misSionerS, in move 10 avoid the
possibility OF a public hazard in
allowing the old span to stay in
definitely on temporary supports.
This will be accomplished by modi-
flying one of the terms of the con-
tract which requires that traffic be
maintained over the bridge after a
lapse of 48 hours given for its re-
moval to an adjoining line TO permit
construction of the new structure
The city heads will waive the re-
quirement that vehicular traffic be
maintained. pending settlement Of
the carpenters strike. Street car
(CCntinued on Page ,. Column 81
Evening star., 1934-06-01
ROOSEVELT SEES
HIS SON GRADUATE
Plans to Spend Day Visit
ing at Groton, His
Alma Mater.
BY the ASSocis ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GROTON. Mass, June President
Roosevelt attended the graduation OF
his youngest son John from Groton
School here today, motoring here just
before noon from his special tialn at
Worcester
He attended Groton and Planned to
spend the day on the campus visiting
This private preparatory school
continued very private today News
paper men accompanying the Presi-
dent from Washington were not per-
mitted on the ground.
First Lady Present.
Mrs. Roosevelt and the President :
mother. Mrs. James Roosevelt. lode
with the President in an open car
over the 30-mile route from
Worcester
Mrs. Anna Curtis Dali, the Presi-
dents daughter. and his son James,
and Mrs. James Roosevelt, joined the
family gathering at the graduation.
Along the course from Worcester,
citizens were out to wave a greeting
and in the towns school children stood
in front of their schools waving flags
No stops were made.
Hopes TO See Crews.
The President said upon leaving his
train that he had no fixed plans for
the cay and that he would probably
remain at the school during the after
noon. hoping to watch the crews.
He will return to his train in the
railroad yard at Worcester tonight to
LOOK over late mail and spend the
night Tomorrow he returns here to
participate in the fifteenth anniver-
sary of the institution and probably
will speak.
Evening star., 1934-06-01
Board Frees Anadale, Denies
Rheem and ScIreiner Pleas
Friends Contend Former
Smith Co. Official
Was Duped.

C. Ebert Anadale, formerly vice
president of the F.. H. Smith Co.,
today received a parole from the Dis
trict's Board of Indeterminate SEN
tence and Parole. after serving
three and half years of a nine
year term.
The board refused to parole Ed
mund D. Rheem, executive head
of the defunct firm of Swart-
zell, Rheem & Hensey, real es-
tate investment brokers. and also de-
clined to free Raymond L. Schrelner
former president of the Bank OF
Brightwood. who was at the time OF
his indictment the youngest bank
president in the District.
Sentenced TO Nine Years.
on December %. 1880, after he had
been found guilty along with G
Bryan Pitts and John H. Edwards OF
conspiracy to embezZle approximately
SIS 900 900 OF the Smith Co.'S funds.
Schreiner pleaded guilty to embez-
element and was sentenced to three
years on December Is, 1882, while
Rheem pleaded guilty to "concealment
OF writings" and was sentenced to
seven years on July 10. 1881.
Anadale said today that he would
leave the District Jail conscious of no
wrong doing
In an interview with a Star re-
porter today he said:
The only thing on my conscience is
Evening star., 1934-06-01
MAID FO|LS PLOT
TO ABDUCT INF ANT
Refuses to Give Daughter
of D. C. Lawyer to Mys-
terious Callers.

A mysterious attempt to kidnap
the 6-month-old daughter of Samuel
Lebowitz. patent attorney, OF l743
Hobart street, started a citywide
search this afternoon for two men
who were prevented from carrying
out the abduction by colored maid.
The men came to LebowitZ's home
about IL O'Clock this morning in a
small sedan. While one remained at
the wheel of the car the other went
up to the house and told the maid,
Mary Contee. that he was the child S
uncle and that her father had sent
him for the baby
The maid refused to deliver the
child Marlene Lebowitz and the man
attacked her striking her about the
body. She slammed the door and
called Iebowitz at his office in the
National Press Building. The baby'S
mother. Mrs. Sadie LebOwitz, was
downtown shopping.
Lebowitz called his brother Louis.
who denied having called for the
child, and police were summoned by
the father.
I've got a beautiful baby but no
money" the father told police. Il
make friends easily. and l don't be-
lieve I have any enemies"
Lebowitz said the maid had OBJ
tanned the automobile license number
on the car. and gave this to police.
The man who struck the maid was
described as being about 80 years old.
tall and well dressed.
A check of the license plate num-
Der given by the maid showed the
car was listed to a woman in the
l4OO block Girard street. who said
her husband had taken the car TO
Chevy Chase this morning. Police
said the maid apparently had made
a mistake in the number.
Evening star., 1934-06-01
D. {. BILL |SREADY
FOR WHITE HOUSE
Terms on Sewer and Park
Payments of S35, 400, 900
Measure Studied.

| The s35 400 900 District appropria-
/ ton bill for the year beginning July /
Is ready 10 go 10 the President for
| signature, following quick approval OF
| the conference report by House and
Senate yesterday afternoon.
Meanwhile, District officials today
began studying terms OF the measure
to determine what the net amount OF
Federal contribution will be in view
OF the provision requiring a deduction
from the SIS. 100000 lump sum Of 40
per cent OF the amounts expended out
of allotments from the Public Works
Administration last Summer for sewers
and parks.
The language OF the final agreement
reads, 40 per cent OF the amounts ex-
pended under the allotments from the
Public Works Administration OF
Sl,759.5 500 for sewer and $l48,G5O for
park Improvements"
May Reach House Cut.
II the District actually spends these
amounts. then the deduction would pe
exactly what the House took off the
lump sum when it originally consid-
cred the bill, namely. $l,335. .705. and
the net Federal contribution would pe
S4364 .295. District officials brought
out in the Senate hearings. however.
that the District probably will not
spend s25O,O00 Of the total allotted
for sewers. II allowance is made for
this smaller amount would have to
be deducted from 100 900. leaving
"a hmm Of hn.
S4.539.295.
After referring to the amounts ex-
pended" however the final agreement
goes on to state the full amount OF
the sewer allotment.
District officials were wondering to-
day whether, if they do not actually
spend the entire amount allotted by
P. w. A. for sewers. but are required
to pay back 10 per cent OF the full
amount, they would be entitled to ask
| the Public Works Administration for
authority to use the unexpended bal
ance of $3.50 900 for some other neces-
sary purpose.
Senator Thomas was inclined to
believe today that the District would
spend the full amount of the public
works sewer allotment. but he said
it was his understanding the amend
ment agreed upon was so worded as
| to take care OF the situation IN the
event it is not all spent.
Utility Eody Cut Debated.
Ratification Of the conference report
yesterday was marked by debate in
both Houses over the action of the
conferees in slaShing approximately
$37 900 from the operating expenses
of the Public Utilities Commission
one Of the most serious reductions
made in the bill.
Just before the Senate approved the
report. Senator Norris. Republican. of
Nebraska inquired about the effect OF
this reduction. He said he was not
Continued on Page 4, Column 81
Evening star., 1934-06-01
BY the Associated Press.

NORTH BAY. Ontario. June L.
Rev. Father Daniel Routhier, parish
priest at Corbeil. announced today
that Ovila Dionne, father of quin-
tuplets daughters, signed contract
yesterday with the Tour Bureau of
Chicago to exhibit at A Century of
Progress the five girls born last
Monday.
The priest said the contract was
signed at Orillau and the children
will be exhibited as soon as DIR. d. A.
Dafoe. the attending physician who
brought them into the world. declares
the mother and her babies are ready
to travel.
The agreement. said the priest,
specifies that, II nothing happens to
the children and the time when they
are ready to trav is not too late
Evening star., 1934-06-01
U. S. DIPLOMATIC SERVICE
TO GET PAY ADJUSTMENT
EN- bassy in Paris Works Fever
ishly to Calculate Loss in Ex-
change Since July Is, 1888.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 1.-Uncle Sam ap-
peared ready for the first time today
to compensate the diplomatic service
for the drop in the dollar in foreign
exchange
The pay roll department of the
American embassy here, which pays
IL countries, worked feverishly to cal
culate what the employees lost in ex-
change, going back to July Is, 1888.
while the workers grinned in relief
In Paris alone the May pay roll
jumped from a normal 5000 to
$50, 600, including the compensation
checks
Revaluation of the dollar by the
United States hit its employees on the
Continent hard, coupled with is
per cent salary cut. Numerous cases
were reported Of workers who could
not pay their rent
Evening star., 1934-06-01
FATHER OF QUINTUPLETS SIGNS
FOR BABIES TO BE SEEN At FAIR

for the fair. the Tour Bureau will
provide special transportation for the
entire family. including the grand
father, doctor and nurses. He said
the bureau would assume all costs of
the trip to Chicago, including the
salaries of the attendants.
The pay for the Dionne family at
the fair was fixed at $3.50 weekly, in
cluding expenses and 80 per cent OF
all receipts.
In the interval Dionne Is to re-
ceive 500 weekly. and the family will
remain at home under DR.. Dafoe's
care until the physician says they are
fit to be moved-a matter which he
indicated would take two months.
Meanwhile, the quintuplets, now
past the Tooth hour since their birth
last Monday morning, were progress
ing favorably. =
Evening star., 1934-06-01
ACCEPTS
B0L|V|A'S APPEAL
Paraguay Agrees to Arbi-
tration Instead of Media
ton of Chaco War.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, June 1.-The Council oi
the League of Nations decided today
to accept Bolivia's appeal for arbi-
tration of the Chaco War instead
OF mediation.
This decision was facilitated by
Psraguay's announcement that she
has no objection to this new pro-
cedure. invoked under article 10 OF
the League covenant.
Fay0rs Peaceful Means.
Paraguay has always wanted to
settle this dispute by peaceful means.
said Caballero Bedoya. Paraguay
representative at Geneva.
The new procedure. observers said
may interfere with the Leagues pro-
posed munitions embargo against the
belligerents.
Article Is authorized the Council
to make recommendations for set
tlement of the war without vote OF
the warning nations.
Embargo Action Delayed.
Bolivia insisted it needed more time
to make another statement TO the
Council before action under article
Is was begun Costa Durels. the
country's representative here. said
after the meeting that the Council
has no juridical right to impose an
arms embargo until after an eXaml-
nation Of the conflict under article
15."
The council took no action on the
embargo question. which will be
treated at a later session.
AT private session of the Council
it was Announced Switzerland, Yugo-
slavia. Portugal, Latvia and Austria
have accepted the embargo proposal.
W
Evening star., 1934-06-01
ARMED BANDITS GET
$4,000 IN MAIL THEFT
Three Masked Men Hold Up Mes
senger at Reading Station
in Conshohocken, Pa.

By the Associated Press.
CONSHOHOCKEN. Pa. June l.
Two sacks of mail, one containing
$4,000 in cash. were stolen today by
three men dressed as laborers. They
were masked and carried pistols
They held up a mail messenger and
two other men. snatched the sacks
from the Reading Co. station plat
form, where they had just been
thrown from train. and fed in an
automobile toward Norristown.
One sack of registered mail held
money sent from the Federal Reserve
Bank in Philadelphia to the First Ma
tional Bank of Conshohocken and was
intended for the pay rolls of seven
factories. The money was in small
bills.
The other sack, which had parcel
post packages. was found about an
hour later in a lane mile from the
Conshohocken Station 1t had been
split open and some Of the contents
removed.
The car was found later near the
court house in NoNistown. The sack
containing the Eey had been slit
and rifled.
Evening star., 1934-06-01
LONDON NEWSPAPER MAN
DEPORTED BY GERMANY
Express Correspondent Accused of
Misrepresenting Peace Eff
forts of Government.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN. June LESS than "a
hours after he was taken into custody,
Pembroke Stephens. Berlin corre-
spondent of the London Daily Ex-
press. was deported early today into
Belgium from Aachen.
Secret police advised Reginald
Steed, assistant correspondent. of the
deportation. Stephens was charged
with misrepresenting peaceful efforts
of the government. He had alleged
Germany was secretly rearming.
Il have received no word, either
from police or my husband, ever since
he was taken into custody" said Mrs.
Stephens Il suppose Pembroke had
so little money he could not telephone
me from the border. I am now pack
ing up my belongings while awaiting
further word
Evening star., 1934-06-01

my stupidity in remaining silent at a
time when I might have spoken ano.
cleared myself. l kept silent depend
ing on friends, who proved not worthy
of dependence.
Il was indicted in a conspiracy to
embezzle S5,000.000 I did not then,
nor lave l since received as much as
one nickel, and in their recommended
ton for parole. 1 understand this
statement has been substantiated by
the Department of Justice
AT any rate, that is all in the
past and from now on l am thinking
only. in terms OF the future.
Il have two things in mind that l
Continued on Page ,. Column g.
Evening star., 1934-06-01
PARAGUAY CLAIMS VICTORY
Is Miles OF Bolivian Defense Works
Declared Captured.

ASUNCION. Paraguay. June (P).
The Paraguayan defense ministry
announced today the Paraguayan
Army had captured Is miles of Bo-
livian defense works in the Canada
strongest" sector and that the Sd
Bolivian Division previously en-
Lrenched there, had retreated.
The official communique declared
the retreating Bolivians had left $50
dead. The advancing Paraguayans
were said to be consolidating the
sector
The present Paraguayan drive was
regarded as holding the fate to the
Bolivian key defense of Fort Bailivian,
the Bolivian stronghold in the Chaco
Boreal.
A group of Paraguayan officers. re-
turned from the sector. told eye
witness stories of terrific combat in
which an isolated division Of Para
guayans, their ammunition exhausted.
. fought with machetes-the wicked
ehopping knife of the jungle. They
used their bayonets as knives. The
embattled men were rescued, they re-
lated, by a relief expedition.
These officers claimed the defenses
at Fort Bailivian had been weakened
and that the Paraguayans were NOV
ing forward VIGOROUSLY.
Evening star., 1934-06-01

being traced. The trail led to a
nearby house. and the owner of the
car was located.
He explained that he had been play
ing golf at Potomac Park yesterday
afternoon. Returning, he stopped
suddenly and his clubs crashed
through the windshield He made a
grab for them. cutting his fingers.
Hence the bloodstains.
Immediately thereafter, the police
pulled up their plant and went
back TO headquarters. ~
Evening star., 1934-06-01
ARMS CONFERENCE
RECESS IS FORCED
Delegates Given Until Wed
nesday to Consider Grave
Situation"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA. June Arthur Hender-
son. president of the Disarmament
Conference. announced today that,
owing to the gravity of the situation,
the conference would be adjourned
until Wednesday.
Shortly before Henderson's an
nouncement. British spokesman said
privately that Sir John Simon. Brit
ish foreign secretary sees little pros
pect of achieving anything important
at present in Geneva.
and prepared to return to London to-
night.
Henderson's announcement was
made just as the conference session
opened today.
He told the assembled delegates
that. owing to "the extreme gravity
of the situation in the conference. he
would adjourn it to give the delegates
time for reflection and an opportunity
to find the road to practical decision.
The conference president said ne
wished to place before the delegates
OF the world the serious view he TOOK
OF the present position of the con-
ference.
Finds Farley Endangered.
He said serious contemplation on
his hod lor, NJ ta ha int; ;O,o
that the situation was much more
grave than at any time since the
opening of the parley in February
1882.
AS the conference gaSped on what
appeared to be its deathbed. a
French spokesman expressed conf
dence something will be done
In all events" he told the ASso-
ciated Press, France does not intend
to permit anybody to throw the re-
sponsibility for the collapse on her
shoulders.
France, he insisted, wants to go on
with the conference.
Although smaller powers were pre-
pared for positive action. the opinion
prevailed that unless Britain and
France reached a basis of common
negotiation efforts of the other coun-
tries would be fruitleSs.
British circles expressed belief
France did not want a disarmament
convention.
Reaction Varies.
HenderSon'S announcement was re-
garded by many as an indication of
an approaching disintegration of the
conference. BY others his action was
seen as an effort to save it by pro-
viding a period for reflection.
Joseph Beck. Polish foreign minis
ter, speaking from the rostrum. said
that the Russian proposal to trans
form the Arms Conference into an
agency to draw up security pacts
would result in reform of the League
of Nations This reform would be
difficult to accomplish at present while
the conference is struggling with such
great difficulties, he said.
DR.. Beck pledged Poland would ac-
cept any reduction or limitation of
armament which applied equitably to
all nations.
DR.. v. K wellington Koo. Chinese
Continued on Page 2, Column 1)
Evening star., 1934-06-01
POLICE GET HOT, THEN COOL OFF;
CUT FINGERS STAIN AUTOMOBILE

What with so much gang crime IN
the country. the police thought they
had hot plant" this morning when
they spotted a blood stained auto
mobile on G near North Capitol
street
Headquarters detectives and the
patrolman on the beat took strategic
points overlooking the suspect cal and
waited The fact that the car bore
Illinois license plates suggested the
possibility of Chicago gangsters,
\ Meanwhile, the license number was
Evening star., 1934-06-01
PLEA FOR ADDITIONAL
JUDGE Is CONSIDERED
House Judiciary Committee Stud
les Petition of Eastern Vir-
ginia Attorneys.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
A House Judiciary Subcommittee
considered today plea from group
of attorneys in the eastern district
of Virginia for appointment of Sec
ond Federal judge in that area.
Thomas B. Gay of Richmond told
the committee the district consists of
81 counties, with a population of
/ 200 900. thus being one of the largest
Federal districts now being presided
over by single judge.
The committee was furnished with
an analysis of the business conducted
by the court during the last tEo years.
Evening star., 1934-06-01

DANBURY. Conn, June (P9.-The
condition of LorenZ H. Letson of Chi
cago. co-pilot of the l2-passenger air
liner that crashed at Bethel. was de-
Scribed today as still serious. Both
legs were fractured above the knees.
Evening star., 1934-06-01
NAMED ATTACHE HERE
Capt. Tamon Yamaguchi Ap-
pointed to japanese Embassy.

TOXIC. June (F).-Capt. Tamon
Yamaguchi, expert on questions of
naval limitation and instructor in
the Naval War College. has been
appointed naval attache to the
Japanese embassy at Washington.
He succeeds Capt. Mashi Kobayashi
who has been recalled to Toxic from
the United States.
Capt Yamaguchi is expected to
advise Ambassador Saito in discussions
preliminary to the 1885 Naval Con-
ference.
Evening star., 1934-06-01
GALES SON INJURED

Hurt as Airplane Crashes in
Mexico.
TAMPICO. Mexico, June R.-
Dispatches from Villa Juarez said to-
day that Alfredo Gales, son OF Gen.
Plutarco Elias Gales, former Presi-
dent and Iron Man of Mexico was
injured in an airplane crash yester-
day.
A woman flying with young Gales.
who received part of his education in
the United States, also was hurt, the
dispatches stated
Evening star., 1934-06-01
SEEK SAAR THIEVES
Police Search for Persons Taking
French School Records.

FrenCH oSnool 1cSoAuS'
STRASBOURG, France. June l up.
Police today were making an en-
ergetic search for persons responsible
for disappearance of French school
records, taken from the Saar mines
Office at Saarbruecken and recovered
yesterday in a canal.
The condition of the records, police
said. indicated they had been dumped
into the canal only short time be-
fore they were found by a boatman.
Authorities said they suspect the
records were taken by Nazi SYM
pathiZers who sought evidence OF al
legged French propaganda in connec-
tion with next years plebiscite in the
Saar region.
Evening star., 1934-06-01

Democratic House leaders today
decided on drastic steps to break
the Republican fiilibuster waged in
that branch during the past two
days.
The Rules Committee. hurriedIy
called into special session. adopted
procedure giving Speaker Rainey
virtually all Of the powers held
during the time when Uncle
joe Cannon was the Republican
Speaker.
Evening star., 1934-06-01

w EA IILN.
(U. 8. Weather Bureau ForecastJ
Generally fair tonight and tomorrow;
little change in temperature; gentle
winds, mostly east to south. Tempera-
tures-Highest. 81. at 430 pm yester-
day; lowest, 81, at am. today.
Full report on page g.
Evening star., 1934-06-01
Condition Still Serious.

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Driscoll
y DELLA MAE OLSON

Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Meland and Mr..
an d Mrs. Rob Johnson, who have
spent the past week visiting friends
at Billings, Mont, returned home
Saturday evening.
A large crowd from here attended
the 25th wedding anniversary for Mr..
and Mrs. Ole Spilde at the Lein
church Sunday afternoon.
Miss Lillian Sampson left Sunday
for Steele to be employed.
Miss Laura Ward. who Is student
1t jamestown college, spent the
weekend ct her parental home.
The Young Peoples League met
Sunday evening in the church.
Mrs Clifford Nelson and children,
who have been visiting relatives at
Kathryn, N D. returned home Fri
day evening.
A party was given on Mrs. Ella
Rosvold Wednesday afternoon 1t her
home in Bismarck by the Ladies' Aid
members here.
Mrs. Anderson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lemmenson and daughter Of Binford
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. 8. z.
Olson.
The Royal Neighbors club met
Wednesday afternoon ct the home
Of Mrs. M. Lunn. The afternoon
was spent in quilting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Erickson had
as visitors Sunday Mrs. John Spedahl
and children Of Jamestown. In the
afternoon Mrs. epedahl and children