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Evening star., 1934-02-27
Guild of Georgetown Church
Arranges Quaint Party TOMORROW.

The Evening Guild OF the George
town Presbyterian Church will present
the costume pageant, The Fotygraft
Album" tomorrow evening at s
O'Clock in the Cissel Chapel of the
church at Thirty first and P streets
northwest, under the personal direc-
tion of Miss Esther V. Balser, dra-
matte reader. of Clarendon. Va.
Forty-one persons will take part in
the dress parade and the costumes
will date from Civil War days to the
beginning of the twentieth century.
Old trunks and attics have been dill
gently searched for costumes worn by
bellies OF former days, and some of the
creations brought from their hiding
places are most charming and in
trigulng, with plquant poke bonnets,
graceful hoop-skirts, and fascinating
parasols.
A musical program will be given by
Miss Mabel Lotus. soprano. accom-
panied by Mrs. Gladys Freeman; Miss
Eleanor Hulburt. pianist, and the
Kilowatt Glee Club of Washington.
dinner and old-fashioned dance
II, at the Roosevelt Hotel by former
residents of Congress Hall Hotel who
now live at the Hotel Roosevelt The
guests also were former residents at
Congress Hall. many coming from out
Of town for the reunion. There were
speeches. community singing. and a
toast was offered by the Vice Presi-
dent, Mr.. Garner, to Mr.. S. A. Manuel
who was unable to attend the party
because of illness
In the company. in addition to Vice
President and Mrs. Garner, were Sem
ator and Mrs. Tom Connolly of Texas
Senator and Mrs. L. J. Dickinson of
Iowa, Representative and Mrs. Frank
CroWther of New York. Representa-
tive and Mrs. Albert E. Carter of
California, Representative and Mrs.
William J. Driver of Arkansas, Rep
resentative and Mrs. C. C. Dowell of
Iowa, Mrs. De Rouen. wife of Repre-
sentative Rene L. De Rouen of Louis
lana; Representative and Mrs. Claude
A. Fuller and their daughter of Ar
kansas, Representative and Mrs.
Hampton P. Fulmer of South Caro-
lima. Representative and Mrs. Charles
L. Clifford of Massachusetts, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. U. S. Guyer Of
Kansas, Representative and Mrs An
thony J. Griffin of New York. Repre-
sentative and Mrs William V. Greg
ory of Kentucky, Representative Rob-
ert A. Green of Florida, Representative
and Mrs Edgar Howard and their son
Of Nebraska. Representative and Mrs
Joseph L. Hooper of Michigan. Rep
resentative and Mrs. William W.
Hastings of Oklahoma, Representative
Marvin Jones and Representative and
Mrs. L. A. johnson of Texas, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Clarence F.. Lea Of
California, Representative and Mrs.
James V. McClintic and Representa-
tive and Mrs Tom D. McKeown of
Oklahoma, Representative and Mrs.
Jacob L. Milligan of Missouri, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Tilman B. Parks
of Oklahoma, Representative Daniel
A. Reed of New York, Representative
and Mrs. John N Sandlin of Louis
lana, Representative and Mrs. William
Evening star., 1934-02-27
WINS ACQUITTAL

MIAMI, Fla. February 81 P).-
Harry o. Voiler, AZ, Of Chicago.
charged by Los Angeles authorities
with conspiracy to rob Mae West, film
acress, yesterday was freed on a
charge of violating a city ordinance
requiring police registration of all per-
sons convicted of a felony.
Voiler successfully maintained he
was a resident of Miami Beach and
was not liable under the Miami ordi-
nance. Arrested here last week In the
West case. he is liberty in $4,000
bond pending an extradition hearing.
Evening star., 1934-02-27

Draper. Mrs. Pattison French, Miss
Helen v. Harper. Mrs. Henry G. Hall,
Mr.. r. v. Fletcher, Mrs. Edward M.
Watson, Mrs. Edward Burling, Mrs.
Charles Maak. Mrs. s. G. Wilder, Mrs.
Thomas s. Wiles, Mr.. ]. F. Wallace.
Mrs. ]. Barrett Garter and MIR. e.
Barrett Prettyman.
Evening star., 1934-02-27

old Stone, Mr.. Joe Harmon, Mr.. AL
bert Elliott, Mr.. James Souders, Mr..
Lawrence Livingston. Mr. Henry Ardai,
Mr.. Howard Souders. Mr.. Carter Ed
monds, Mr.. Rowland Kenyon, Mr..
Richard Wood, Mr.. Guthrie Souders
and Mr.. Preston Parker.
The National Convention Commit
tee of lambda Chi National Sorority
held a meeting in the home of Miss
Helen Vowel of Alpha Chapter Mon
day, February 10. Final arrangements
for the convention. to be held in
Washington at the Shoreham Hotel
March % to 25, inclusive, are being
made. The convention will open Fri
day night with registration at 7
o'clock. business session at 8, fol-
lowed by sport" dance at Mont
gomery Country Club. Saturday,
March "a, there will be sightseeing
in the morning, luncheon and final
business session in the afternoon.
That night the formal banquet and
dance will be held in the gold room
Of the Shoreham Hotel. Sundays
activities include a tea dance at the
Admiral.
The committee in charge of affairs
includes Mrs. Evelyn Heath, chair
man; Miss Helen Yowell Of Alpha,
Miss Irene Mccarthy of Beta, Miss
Mary STAN of Gamma. Miss Ruth
Moore Of Epsilon, Miss Doris Selance
of Zeta and Miss Ethel Yassell.
Evening star., 1934-02-27

Ulke, Mrs. Harry Viner. Justice and
Mrs. Alfred A. Wheat. Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace L. Stevenson and Mr.. and Mrs.
William H. McReynolds.
Evening star., 1934-02-27

Cue and Curtain Club
Play Thursday and Friday.
Among those who have already re-
served seats for the opening per-
formance of Three -Cornored Moon,
the comedy which the Cue and Cur
tain Club of George Washington will
give in Wardman Park Theatel
Thursday and Friday evenings, under
the direction of Miss Constance Con-
Evening star., 1934-01-22
Rover's Successor Takes
Oath Followed by Recep.
ton in Court Room.
ASSISTANTS PREPARE
THEIR RESERVATIONS
Harold W. 0rcutt and Miss Re-
bekah Greathouse First
to Submit Letters.

Numerous changes In the personnel
Of the United States attorneys stan
were anticipated as all assistant United
States attorneys prepared to submit
their designations to Leslie c. Garnet.
who took the oath Of office as district
attorney today.
Garnett announced after he had
taken the oath he expects to name his
first and second assistants tomorrow.
He was sworn in by Chief Justice Al
fred A. Wheat before the full bench Of
the District Supreme Court at 10 o'clock.
After this brief ceremony was over, the
court room was turned over to the new
district attorney, who held an infor-
NAL reception for his friends and men,
bers of the bar who we're present. Gar
nett then went to his office, which was
heavily banked with flowers sent by
well-wishers, and prepared to assume
his new duties He has q staff Of %
assistants. and it is expected that many
of these will be replaced. All of the
assistants were preparing designations,
which will be submitted some time to-
accept those from the assistants he in
tends to replace Immediately, holding
the others for future action.
The first resignation submitted was
that of Harold w. Orcutt, who has been
in charge Of liquor prosecutions for the
past eight years Mr.. Orcutt said he
rendered his resignation to be disposed
Of at Mr.. Garnett's pleasure.
The second to resign was Miss Re-
bekah Greathouse She said she was
going with the law firm of Matthews
& Berrien.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
FAMILY REUNITED
THROUGH D. C. POLICE
Wichita, Kans., Father and Daugh'
TER Brought Together by
Broadcast.

Washington police were instrumental
n inging about reunion Of father
and daughter who hadn't seen eacn
other for Is years. according to corre-
spondence made public today at head
quarters. .
On January 8 Mrs Roy Shepherd OF
wichita, Kans, wrote to the Police De-
partment here, saying Frank D. sturges
was VERY i'll" and would like to estab-
lish communication with long-lost
relatives Police were asked to try to
locate Sturges' daughter. Mrs. Ella
Louise Luton. and another relative,
John Ward Sturges.
Police broadcast the message. but 1t
vas not until today that they learned
the result. Inspector Frank s. W.
Burke. chief Of detectives. received
another letter from Mrs. Shepherd, say
tnr the broadcast had united the family
after 26 years"
Mrs. Luton, wife Of J. N. Luton.
ts1eater doorman, lives at 172S Jackson
street northeast.
It could not be learned whether John
Ward Sturges had been heard from.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
DRIVER IS DETAINED
IN TRAFFIC KILLING
Peyton G. johnson Held for Grand
Jury Action in Holiday
Fatality.

Peyton G. johnson. 23, colored. Ches-
terbrook, Va. was held for the grand
jury today by a coroner's jury investi-
eating the death Of Lawrence Harry.
30, 1898 Bellevue terrace. Friday at
Emergency Hospital Of injuries received
when he was struck by hit-and-run
driver Christmas Eve.
Harry was knocked down at Thirty
fourth and M streets. The driver of
the car sped on after the accident.
Witnesses noted the tag number OF
the automobile involved, and police
subsequently traced 1t to Nelson Mon
tague, colored, also of Chesterbrook,
who was arrested on Christmas day and
told them johnson was driving his car
when Harry was struck. Montague said
he and two other persons were in the
machine at the time. The following
day johnson surrendered
Trial on the hit-and-run charge has
been set in Trafic Court for jan
uary IS.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
NORTHERN CLIMATE
BELIEVED CHANGING.
GreenIand's Increasing Cold
May Explain Lost Colo.
MES, Griggs Says.
Nv the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
The fate of the lost Morse colonies OF
Greenland may be explained by the
discovery of Prof. Robert F. Griggs
of George Washington University of
two opposing climatic chang& in the
Far North.
For some reason. he reported to the
Washington Academy Of Sciences, the
climate Of Greenland apparently has
been growing colder for several CEN
turies, while that of Alaska. on the
opposite side of North America, is
growing warmer The evidence is found
in plant life of the two regions.
Greenlands increasingly cold cli-
mate may we'll be the real explanation
Of the mysterious disappearance Of the
Morse colonies. Griggs suggested: They
were first settled about 986 AID. by
once attained q population as high as
5000. After hourishing for more than
400 years, however, their communica-
ton with Norway was cut Oh in 14l0
and a ship visiting Greenland in 1885
found no trace of them.
Bodies of the ancient colonists have
been found buried In ground that is
now perpetually frozen, Griggs said.
In many of the graves old tree roots
have been found that had grown en-
tirely through the buried bodies, pene-
trating even the marrow Of the bones.
These trees could not have grown in
frozen soil, he pointed out, and it is
unlikely the colonists would have dug
many feet into frozen soil to bury their
dead.
Griggs concluded therefore that the
soil was not perpetually frozen at the
time OF the burials, and that q warmer
climate than that Of today prevailed
in Greenland when the colonies were
first settled nearly 1000 years ago.
Evidence that Alaskas climate Is
growing warmer is found in thea
vance of the forest line into the tree
less tundra at the rate of | mile per
century Griggs said This Is the first
forest in the area since the glacial
period, he found, as there is no spruce
pollen from former forests buried in
the bcgs where spruce trees are now
growing.
This means Alaska's present forests
are the first in 10000 years. which Is
estimated as the time elapsed since the
retreat Of the last of the glaciers that
advanced as far south as Kentucky four
times In the last million years.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
WIDOW OF D. c. LAWYER
EXPIRES At HOME HERE
Funeral Services Tomorrow Morn
ing for Mrs. Clara Postle-
wait Elliot.

Mrs. Clara Postlewait Elliot, r..
widow Of Charles A. Elliot, prominent
local attorney, died at her home, 1921
Massachusetts avenue yesterday. She
had been an invalid for 10 years.
Mrs. Elliot was educated in New York
and came here about 50 years ago.
She Is survived by q sister. Mrs. JOS
ephine Postlewait; . daughter, Mrs.
Emily Z. Chapman, both Of this city,
and q son, William p. Elliot of New
York City. and four grandchildren, e.
lot, Marjorie and Emily Chapman and
James West
Funeral services will be held at her
late residence tomorrow At $50 Am.
This will be followed by . mass ut st.
Matthews Catholic Church At 10 am.
Burial viii be in Mount Olivet Gem
etery.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
DEPREC|AT|0NDATA
GIVEN AT HEARING
Gas Companies Experts Re-.
port Sets Figure Far Below
Commission Total.
The Washington and GEORGETOWN

The Washington and Georgetown
Gas Light Cos. today filed with the
Public Utilities Commission an exhibit
estimating the depreciation of their
properties at $965, ,889. The commission
engineers later in the case will claim
that the depreciation deduction should
be approximately IS 100000. This large
difference presents one of the main
issues of the valuation case now being
heard by the commission.
The depreciation exhibit was put in
by August H. Klein, chief mechanical
engineer of Stone & Webster Engineer
ing Corporation. Boston. His testimony.
before the exhibits went in, during
which he stated the basis on which 1t
was built, showed he made virtually no
of inadequacy or obsoleScence of the
mission engineers have laid great stress.
He said, for instance, that the life
Of gas generator is practically eternal,
although the generators in the COM
pany have been remodeled from time
to time for greater production. Gas
meters, ne said. must be adequate or
they would be taken out and replaced.
There was one exception, however, in
the case Of automobiles and trucks. He
estimated the depreciation of these on
the basis Of mileage, and in answer
to a question from Stoddard NJ Stevens,
jr., company lawyer, he said that the
change from one model to another was
dictated largely by automobile fashions.
The company could not afford, he said,
from the point Of view of good customer
relationship. to allow its automobiles to
look old and ramshackle. even when It
might be economically possible to con-
tinue their use. 1t could no more afford
to do this, he said. than to allow the
paint in its main ofiice to become dingy
After filing the exhibit. Mr.. Klein
began to explain the details of his de-
probation study of the various indi-
vidual property accounts.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
War Ends for Poor MezzanOtte
ITALIAN YOUTH DIES AFTER SIXTEEN YEARS IN HOSPITAL

TT WAS not endless after all. the
lonely, fevered battle which Gen.
naro Mezzanotte has waged against
i the ghcstly legions Of the German
Army for Is years.
Peace may have been reality for
other men. but 1t was only an illusion
to the 1talian-born veteran of the
Army Medical Corps who died at the
Perry Point, Md, Veterans Hospital
Friday.
Peace, to Mezzanotte, was but
f1eeting vision OF victory for Uncle
Sam. Then the enemy would close In
again, and the guns of the western
front set up their cannonade In Mez-
zanotte's tired brain.
It was Mezzanotte, born and reared
through his early teens at Abruzzi, on
the Adriatic Sea. who organized Ital-
ian and Greek youths here prior to
Americas declaration Of war, drilling
them IN preparation for that day.
on to Fight for u. S.
Mezzanotte had taken his oath of
allegiance to the United States, and
when war at last was declared he could
scarce restrain his eagerness to feht
for Uncle Sam.
I'm off" he cried to his elder BROTH
ers here, Nicholas and Ettor Mezza-
notte. building contractors, Of 2617
Fourteenth street. "On to fight for
Uncle SAM"
Good luck, boy" they told him.
Go and fight them plenty!"
1t was more than two years before
the soldier returned. At Union Station
the Mezzanotte brothers and their fam
lilies assembled to greet the hero.
We won!" shouted MezZanotte
Uncle Sam beat them all! We've made
my family-every family in America
safe from those Germans!"
Then Mezzanotte began to tell of
the Argonne; Of carrying dead and
wounded from the battlefield, while
shells dropped hard by. to dressing
stations at the rear.
But this talk of shells, glmfire, dis
turbed Mezzanotte With growing
anxiety his family perceived he was
leaving them. as his talk grew wilder
In few days he was gone-back to the
front again.
Sent to HOSPITAL
But Mezzanotte. his family said, was
too much Of a patriot to accept COM
pensation or disqualification of his own
accord.
The intervals when he was at peace,
however, grew farther and farther
apart
Evening star., 1934-01-22
Informal Announcement Made
at Meeting on Hot
Lunch Program.
APPROXIMATELY 1000
PUPILS RECEIVING AID
Federal Emergency Assistant Di.
rector Alderman Reassures OF.
fcials Fearing Setback.

Threatened exhaustion Of C. w. A.
funds will not affect proposed educa-
tional relief services now being estab-
hshed and maintained by District Of
Columbia public school authorities, it
was announced early this afternoon by
L. r. Alderman, an assistant director
Of Federal emergency relief.
The announcement was made during
meeting of persons interested in the
administration of the present hot-lunch
program in the schools.
School officials at the Franklin
School Administration Building this
morning had announced that their &C.
Nvities, looking to the establishment OF
10 nursery school centers, and various
educational propects for adults. were at
standstill pending ofacial advices on
the effect of the C. w. A. fund threat
on these projects.
Not TO Be Affected.
Assurance that they would not be
affected was presented informally TO
the meeting at the District Building
under sponsorship OF Commissioner
Allen.
At present. the meeting was advised,
approximately 1000 public and paro-
chial school children are receiving the
luncheon service. This program will
be expanded until every needy pupil
is provided with the service. A sur
vey had revealed that there were 4,0Ol
children IN the public schools alone In
need OF the aid. Since then 1t has been
ruled that the parochial school children
are entitled to the relief also.
Following the meeting at the Dis
trict Building. Robert l. Haycock. as
sistant superintendent Of public schools.
said that he was not yet fully satisfied
that the nursery center establishment
could proceed without delay caused by
the c. w. A. fund exhaustion.
Plumbing Work Doubtful.
He said that while Alderman's an
nouncement cleared up any doubt as to
the appointment of personnel for this
project, the question Of plumbing install
lation and other work necessary before
the nursery centers could be estab-
lished and provided for by c. w. A.
funds still was doubtful II no more
funds are forthcoming, he says, this
work could not be done.
He added, however, that the school
authorities would 60 ahead with their
plans for the centers.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
ANNAPOLIS INCREASES
CULTURAL SUBJECTS
Glass Room Methods 1T Naval
Academy Decidedly Changed"
Admiral Hart Says.

Midshipmen at the United States
Naval Academy are devoting 10 per cent
more of their time to cultural subjects
under q revision Of the curriculum, Rear
Admiral Thomas C.. Hart, superintend-
ent, told the House Subcommittee on
Appropriations during recent hearings
on the 1885 Navy estimates.
Almiral Hart listed as cultural such
subjects as English. history, language,
economics and government.
The full yearly and daily schedules
have been carefully studied and re-
visions made" Admiral Hart declared
Glass room methods have been decid-
edly changed.
THE change in curriculum has the
effect Of increasing the time for cultur-
al subjects, Is measured by class room
hours Of the academic year itself. from
81 to 81 per cent. The class room hour
time on professional subjects Is reduced
by about the same amount, and the
curriculum now is roughly one-third
cultural, one-tnird mathematics and
sciences, and one-third technical and
professional"
Evening star., 1934-01-22
POLICE SEEK ROBBERS
WITH $675 IN LOOT
Steamboat Company Clerk Reports
Hold-up in ohice-virgin.
ian Is Drugged.

Hold-ups and other robberies in
which thieves obtained loot with total
value Of more than $675 were under
investigation today by police.
Among those reporting robberies
we're:
Charles w. Moulden. Takoma Park.
Md, clerk for the Norfolk g. Washing
ton Steamboat Co., robbed Of more
than $50 in the firms office yesterday
by two shabbily dressed men
Edgar E. Williams, Richmond
drugged and robbed of SIS by . stran-
ger from whom he accepted drink
while in a lunch room in the 900 block
of Ninth street yesterday.
Howard F. Hunphries. SLOT. a port
able typewriter and y dime bank con-
tanning 81, stolen from his home. S44
Delaf1eld place.
Isaac Mitchell Jordan, 45l Eighth
street southwest, held up at the point
Of a knife and robbed Of IS by two
colored men near his home.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
HOSPITAL IS DELAYED
BY INDIGESTION ON SITE
Parsons Explains Failure to Ask
for Funds for New Naval
Institution.
Rear Admiral A. L. Parsons, chief OF
the Bureau OF Yards and Docks OF the

Rear Admiral A. L. Parsons, chief Of
the Bureau OF Yards and Docks Of the
Navy Department, told the House sub
committee on appropriations during re-
cent hearings on the 1885 Navy esti-
mates that no funds had been sought
for construction Of the proposed new
naval hospital in Washington pending
settlement of policy as to whether it
should be on the site of the existing
hospital or elsewhere
Congress several years ago authorized
construction of the new hospital at q
cost of $3.100.000, and appropriated
81 900 900 for preparations Of plans and
specifications. The plans were approved
by the Commission of Fine Arts and a
decision reached to place the new
building on the site of the existing hos
pital.
Admiral Parsons told the committee
the plans and specifications had sub
stantially been completed, but q request
for appropriations had been held in
abeyance until the question Of the site
is definitely determined.
The present hospital, Admiral Par
sons said. is inadequate and one Of the
buildings, the medical school, Is so
years old. The other buildings date
back to 1907. and are out Of date as
modern hospitals.
Evening star., 1934-01-22
REPORT ON ELECTION
DISPUTE is DELAYED
Kemp-Sanders Case Finding Held
Up Two Days at Request Of
House Members.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
At the request Of two Louisiana Rep
resentatives. Chairman Kerr, Democrat,
OF North Carolina of House Elections
Committee No 3 agreed today to with
hold until Friday presentation to the
House Of the Kemp-Sanders election
report.
Kerr said he had originally planned
to present the report, which found that
neither Mrs. Bolivar E. Kemp or j. Y.
Sanders was elected legally to the
House, not later than Wednesday.
The request that it be delayed until
Friday came from Representatives
Maloney and Fernandez Louisiana
Democrats now in New Orleans for to-
morrows municipal election there.
AS a courtesy to these gentlemen" :"
Kerr said, Il am entirely willing to de-
lay the report until their return, and
! think other members of the commit
tee will agree"
The telegram from the two Repre-
sentatives said: I'VE would appreciate
your not presenting committee report
Of Kemp-Sanders contest until our re-
turn to Washington on Friday morn
ing"