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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
Delphian Society.

HE prize winners IN the essay con-
test of the Eastern Federation of
Delphians we're Miss Florence Hull Of
Columbia Chapter and Mrs. F. w.
Braden of the Delta Sigma Chapter.
Prize essays were read May 9 from
the platform at the convention in
New York City.
Delta Sigma Chapter met Monday
at the Shoreham Hotel, the president,
Mrs. Pinckney J. Hartman, presiding.
The literary program was Spanish
Drama led by Mrs. Willard Nails.
After the preliminary survey given by
the president, Mrs. Hartman, the fol-
lowing topics were given: Character
Of Spanish Drama" Mrs. David
Bethune; "Lope de Vega" Mrs. Homer
r. Hendricks; "Calderon," Mrs. w. B.
Hayes; Life Is Dream" Mrs. Helen
Cranston, and Three Judgments at
a Blow" Mrs Annie C. Otto.
The chapter will hold its last meet
ing of the season May 81, 10 am, at
the Shoreham Hotel. The program
will be Three Judgments at Blow"
led by Mrs. Margaret Fuller. Elec-
ton of officers will follow the lit
erary program. There will be a
luncheon at the Shoreham Hotel fol-
lowing the meeting.
Gamma Chapter met at the Shore
ham Hotel May Z. The president,
Mrs. Alice Eliot, presided. The lit
erary program, Famous Romances-
Continued" was under the leadership
of Miss Emma Hoffer. The following
topics were given: Stories of King
Arthur and IL" Mrs. Leroy Elliott:
Character of the Nibelungenlied,"
Mrs. Mary Mathiet; THE Lay of the
Nibelungs," Miss Lulu Adams; Beast
EpicS," Miss Irene Westerman; selec-
lions from "Reynard the Fox" Miss
Mary G. Wolford; The Cid Mrs.
Ella G. Prescott.
The next meeting will be held May
81 at the Shoreham Hotel at Sis
pm.
Columbia Chapter will meet at the
Hamilton Hotel May II at GAS am.
The subject will be The Figures and
Forces Which Have Shaped Modern
Europe" Miss Florence Hull will be
the leader and will open the discus
sion with a talk on "Chivalry as a
Social Force" Other topics for re-
port will be as follows: Medieval
France" Mrs. Otis w. Elzey; THE
Holy Roman Empire Mrs. Otis B.
Johnson; England in the Middle
Ages" Mrs. George M. Norris;
Teachers and Preachers" Mrs. H. B.
Sinton; Statesmen and Scholars"
Mrs. Roy C. Miller. Following the
meeting the chapter will WASH
ington Cathedral to stud, e of its
many architectural beau.
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Eastern Star.

pUTH CHAPTER will meet May 81
~ at 7:30 pm. with an entertain
ment. A baked ham dinner, given
by the Auxiliary Home Board, will be
form 5 to 7 pm. May 81 at STAINS
bury Lodge hall. The chapter will
observe Mothers day by being present
at Elbrooke M. E. Church today at
8 pm.
The Auxiliary Home Board of
Lebanon Chapter will meet Tuesday
evening at 730 at the home of Mrs.
Louella Chew, Bancroft, Va. Cards
and bingo will be played for the
benefit of the Eastern Star Home.
Refreshments will be served. Friends
are invited. Past Matrons French,
Thorpe and Mrs. Chew, Oliver and
Moffett are hostesses.
A choir rehearsal will be held Mon
day evening at the home of Mrs.
Anna Priddy, $40 Peabody street. A
theater party will be held May %,
at the National. The chapter will
entertain the Campbell Loeffler Sewing
Circle June at the Eastern Star
Home.
At the meeting of Federal Chapter
last Thursday there was a Mothers
day program and an entertainment
by Glenn Carow and his group.
A meeting of the Friendship Club
Is May Is at the home of Mrs.
Brunow, % Rhode Island avenue, at
8 pm. Home Board meeting and
luncheon, May Is, at the home of
Mrs. Vowel, 1929 Quebec street, at
1890 pm. Diminishing luncheons
will be held at the homes of Mrs.
Robins, Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Scott.
At the next meeting of Joppa
Lodge Chapter Associate Matron
Mrs. Julia Hartranft will preside.
There will be an election and in
stallation of a matron to fill the I'M
expired term of Mrs. Iva B. Carey,
who died April 8.
Mrs. Sophie R. Cahill, matron of
Fidelity Chapter, announces the next
meeting will be May IT.
Miss Lucy Miller, president of the
Officers Society, will have her next
officers meeting at PIG Sixteenth
street southeast, May IA at pm.
Mrs. Fronie r. Bergman, past
matron, and Mrs. Karl Bergman will
entertain. The home of Mrs. Nc
Cumber, 1913 Fourteenth street, will
be open for games and cards at 8
pm. May "a. The Fidelity Singers
met at the home of Fred Southgate
May 10. Special music is being pre-.
pared to be presented to the chapter
in the near future.
Mizpah Chapter on May Is viii
initiate one candidate. A Mothers day
program will follow and refreshments
will be served.
Past Matron Bertha Eaton, chair
man Of the Endowment Committee
will have a benefit card party at hel
home. 3419 Thirtieth street, May II
The Auxiliary Home Board will have
a rummage sale at Twenty first ane
K streets May "a and IS.
/ A square and round dance will b.
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Masonic.
MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
Blue Lodges.

Blue Lodges.
Monday wson. business:
Stansbury, business; Joppa.
business.
Tuesday - National, E. A.: Ar
minus, E. A.; Parker, business;
King David, M. M; Anacos-
tia (speciaD, M. M.
Observation-Disclosures -Centen-
NAL, F. c.; Osiris, business;
East Gate. social.
Thursday-Naval, social; Hiram,
F. c.; Lafayette, F. c.; Single
ton, F. c.; Petworth, M. M;
Semper Paratus, business; Con-
gress, business.
Friday-Columbia, social; Leb-
anon, F. c., 500 pm. and
E. A., 7.30 pm; Milans, busi-
ness; Justice, business.
Royal Arch.
Monday-Anacostia, business.
Tuesday - Lafayette, business;
Hiram, business.
Wednesday - Columbia, social;
Brightwood, business.
Friday-School of Instruction.
Communicates.
Tuesday-Brightwood, social.
Wednesday-Potomac, Malta.
Friday-Columbia, business.
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Degree of Pocahontas

XXJANETA COUNCIL will have de-
w gree work May Is. A card party
will be held May %.
The Bicentennial team of the Dis
trict will go to Alexandria, Va. to
help Silver Moon Council confer the
degree.
Under the leadership of Mr.. Morri-
arty the memorial services will b
held at Waneta Council on May 20.
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Ladies Orient Shrine

HIGH PRIESTESS BERTHA
1 BROMWELL will take her staff
of officers and uniformed patrol to To-
ronto, Canada, to attend the grand
session, May Is, 16 and II. The
patrol, under direction, of Capt. Lila
p. White, will participate In the conn
petitive drill.
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chapter birthday anniversary will be
celebrated at Joppa Lodge hall.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand Waldman
entertained the Association of Past
Matrons and Past Patrons of Warren
G. Harding Chapter.
Among the events scheduled for the
members are the theater party May
is and o meeting of the Temple Com
mittee Friday at the home Of Mrs.
Irene G. Budworth.
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Protected Home Circle.

THE Grand Circle session of the
! District Of Columbia and Virginia
was held at Richmond, Va, when the
following officers were elected: Grand
president, Lucy Sampson; vice presi-
dent, Resa Wagner; guardian, Mar
garet Thomas; chaplain, Carrie A.
Batson; secretary, E. Guy Donaldson,
reelected; treasurer, Arthur Phelps,
reelected; guide, Bessie Robertson:
companion, Curtis Batson, all of
Washington, D. c.; sentinel. May,
Charlottesville, Va, and Waterman,
Lula Hughes, Richmond. 1t was de-
cided to hold the next session IN
Charlottesville ip 1896.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13

Harmony Chapter has accepted the
invitation Of Harmony Lodge to join
with it in attending the religious
service at the Masonic and Eastern
Star Home May 20. The Star Point
Society has been reorganized, with
Edna w. Myers as president and Past
Marion Ethel A. Waterfeld as Sec
rotary. There will be q meeting Of
the Star Points at the home of Past
Matron. Grace P. Walker, May rs. to
adopt new bylaws. On May "a the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13

Information regarding the events
and activities at all Community Gen.
tiers may be had at the headquarters
Of the Community Center Depart
ment, in Franklin School Building,
telephone National 1900.
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Petworth Lodge will feature San
itary Grocery Co. night, Thursday,
when the third degree will be con-
ferred on four members of that Or
ganization. Senior Warden Brown
will preside during the degree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13

Washington Centennial Lodge will
meet Wednesday at 7:30 pm. The F.
c. degree will be conferred with DON
aid D. Isbell in the east and Charles
F. Worden as senior deacon.
Evening star., 1934-06-14

them, these critics now assume the
pose of men who alone know what
should be done today"
The Postmaster General said he
sometimes wondered If his Republican
opponents were as dumb as they
seemed
"I have sometimes thought that
through their policies they had built
up a system of privilege through
which a small group waxed wealthy,
while the average man lost his birth
right" he said.
Rather than correct the wrongs on
which they thrived. they preferred to
stand pat, in the desperate hope that
the storm would pass, and with the
system of privilege intact, the exploit
tation of the millions might go on"
Farley asserted that Gin the tre-
mendous task of saving our civiliza-
ton and institutions mistakes in
evitably will occur, for man is mortal. T"
President Roosevelt, he said, with an
open mind" can be counted on to cor
rect them if he finds them.
Evening star., 1934-06-14

Debolt of Cleveland In Texas last No
vcmber.
Appearing in court Saturday, he was
remanded until June 80 at the re-
quest Of American Vice Consul L. A.
Demerest, who said he expected a
Evening star., 1934-06-14
FARLEY PREDICTS
NEW LEGISLATION
Declares Social Insurance,
Land and Housing Bills
Will Be Passed.
ny the Associated Press.

9y luC AooOClhLCu
WORCESTER, Mass, June IA
Postmaster General James A. Farley
predicted yesterday that the next
Congress would enact three-fold
program, announced by President
Roosevelt in his recent meSsage-so-
cial insurance, land utilization and
housing.
Addressing the Democratic State
Convention of Massachusetts,, he de-
scribed this program as "a banner
unfurled to the cause of the average
man and the average woman"
Never before in our history has
there been such wholesome promise
for the American people," he as
serted.
Attacks Roosevelt Critics.
The Postmaster General linked his
predictions fer the future with a Wig
orous attack on critics of the admin
istration: The Melons, the Millses
and the WatSons; the WadsworthS,
the Fesses and the Reeds; the Hales,
the Walcotts and the Austins."
The directing brains of the Hoo
yer period of suicide and soup" was
his characterization of the Republican
leaders.
Business is improving, agriculture
slowly is reviving, confidence is re-
turning, millions of jobless men are
marching back to work" he said, and
just as We begin to strike our stride
on the march to full economic recov-
cry, we behold some old familiar fig
ures in the road urging us to go back.
with four years of the dreadful
ruin behind them and because of
Evening star., 1934-06-14
THREATS DENIED
BY YOUNG AST0R
Declares There Was No Cor.
reSpondence as Claimed
by GiIIespies.
By the Associated Press.

by tne Associated PresS.
NEW YORK, June 14.-John Jacob
Astor III yesterday fatty denied the
existence Of any correspondence which
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Gillespie, parents
of his former fiancee, indicated con-
tanned threats and insulting Ian
guage" toward them and their daugh-
ter.
"A fairly intelligent bluff" he said
There was no correspondence. Rot. -
The Gillespie statement, issued
Tuesday, said correspondence written
by AStor, son Of John Jacob Astor,
who lost his life on the Titanic, was
the basic reason for withholding
Astor's 100000 diamond ring for six
months after the engagement was
broken. The ring was returned Tues
day.
Mrs. Gillespie declared that If Astor
broke his promise to speak respect
fully" Of the Gillespies, these letters
| would be published
Astor smiled when he said, "Sure
I'll be good for awhile"
Since the engagement with Miss
Eileen Gillespie was broken, Astor has
announced his engagement to Miss
Evening star., 1934-06-14
AID CLUB DELEGATES
LUNCHEON TO POST
Star and News Speakers Observe
First Anniversary of Meyer
Purchase.

The Advertising Club of Washing
ton dedicated its luncheon meeting
in the Raleigh Hotel yesterday to the
Washington Post on the occasion Of
the first anniversary Of its purchase
by Eugene Meyer.
Speakers included Mr.. Meyer, Frank
B. Noyes, president of The Evening
Star Newspaper Co. and Of the Asso-
ciated Press: Fleming Newbold, busi-
ness manager Of The Star; s. H.
Kaufman, assistant business mana
ger Of The Star; Nelson p. Poynter
business manager Of the Daily News
and others.
Guests of honor included Commis-
sioners Melvin c. Hazen and George
E. Allen.
1t was the first meeting Of the club
since the election of Norman C. Kal
as president.
Evening star., 1934-06-14

Texas police officer with extradition
papers June 26.
Declaring his detention is c case
Of mistaken identity, Jones says he is
native Of Toronto and had nothing
! to do with the Texas case.
Evening star., 1934-06-14
FIVE C0NVICTS LASHED
Made Guns From Plumbing Goods
in Plan to Escape.

HUNTSVILLE, Tex, June IA PD-
Five Texas Penitentiary convicts have
been lashed for completely in an es-
cape plot which was disclosed with
the discovery Of three homemade but
effective guns.
Lee Simmons, Texas prison system
manager, said the break was intended
two weeks ago. The weapons were
manufactured in the prison machine
shop from plumbing supplies. One
was q five-barrel gun, designed to fire
12-gauge shotgun shells. The other
two were pistols, also for 12-gauge
shells.
Each weapon was tested by prison
officials and was found capable Of
firing.
Evening star., 1934-06-14
ALCOHOL ISN'T LIQUOR,
COURT FREES D. C. MAN
Chemist Asserts Spirit Becomes
Beverage Only When Used
in Mixture.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WEST CHESTER, Pa, June IA
Pure alcohol is not liquor, the Chester
County Court decided yesterday, and
therefore Charles Curry of Washing
ton, convicted of transporting it, went
free.
The court set aside jury verdict
after a chemist testified that alcohol
becomes a beverage only when mixed
with other ingredients. Curry trans
ported 90 gallons of alcohol, it was
charged.
Evening star., 1934-06-14
Train Wreckers Fooled.

MEXICO, D. F., June IA OP.-An
attempt to wreck the Laredo-Mexicc
City train was made yesterday. Iron
bars and spikes were placed on the
track near Obregon Station, in the
State of Guanajuato. The engine fat
tened the obstacles
Evening star., 1934-06-14
WILL FIGHT EXTRADITI0N
Jones Grows Weary of Confne-
ment in Port-of-Spain.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, June
IA R).-Weary Of confinement, Rob-
ert Jones, ships steward, intimated
yesterday that he would fight extra
dition to the United States.
Jones has been In jail since June 2,
when he was arrested on the strength
of his resemblance of Arthur C. Will
son, accused of numbering Mrs. Irene
Evening star., 1934-06-14

Ellen Tuck French, close friend Of
his former fiancee.
The disputed ring was once the
property of the Princess Eugenie Of
France, and is an Astor family heir
loom.
Evening star., 1934-06-14
Active in Politics at 50.

Alderman C. W. Cox, aged 80, Is
an active member Of the council of
Maidenhead, England, and has been
mayor nine times.
Montana labor news., 1934-05-17
Who is the Chamber of Commerce?

Last Saturday night an editorial appeared in
the Butte Daily Post stating that the Chamber
of Commerce, representing the Business and
Professional Men of Butte, deplored the strike
and its effect upon Butte business. The Cham
Der of Commerce Editorial then lauded the kind
paternalism of the. Anaconda Copper Mining
Company in keeping men employed during the
low price copper period. What Business and
Professional Men does the Chamber OF Com
MERGE represent? What business and profess
ional men have the audacity to protest the min
ers seeking a living wage? Every business
man in the city of Butte is dependent upon the
Miners wage for the success of his business.
The higher the miners wages the more profit
the business man makes. The reason for de-
plorable business conditions in Butte has been
that the Butte miner was the lowest paid work
men in the city. The Miner and his wage is
the heart of Butte business. No business man
should apologize for the Anaconda Company.
The Anaconda Company has been the biggest
chisler on Butte business. 1t gouges the bust
ness man through its Water Company, its Pow
er Company, its Gas Company. 1t gouges the
business man through contributions to an Ana
conda Company dominated Chamber of Com
merce, Employers Association and Builders Elk
change. 1t chisels upon the Business man by
keeping the wages of its employees to the low
est possible level. Who are the business men
who are such strong apologists for the Anaconda
Company? How much has the Anaconda Com
pany spent with them? How much has the Ana
conda Company contributed to their welfare?
Who are the professional men who deplore
the fact that the miner is asking a living wage?
Who are the doctors? Are they the doctors
who have filled their purses off Compensation
cases, paid for~from the miners pay envelopes?
1t has been the 81 per month that the miner has
paid from his meager wage that has kept our
doctors in bread and butter during these last
lean years. Are the recipients of this share of
the miners wage the ones complaining because
the Miner now asks that his wife and kiddies
might have more than a mere existence? Are
these the doctors who object because the miner
asks enough that he might provide for his wife
and children after some rock slide snuffs out his
Montana labor news., 1934-05-17
Public Utilities.

In line with this, the congress this
week adopted the Johnson Bill, a very
important piece Of legislation limiting
the jurisdiction of Federal Courts over
matters affecting public utilities. Con-
gresham O'Connor of New York, who
championed the bill through the house,
pointed out that Federal judges, being
appointed for life, frequently become
irresponsible and serve corporate in
terests in the matter of rates. The pro-
cedure as explained by Mr.. O'Connor
is simple and obvious. A Judge is
called in from another state to decide
a matter of great import. Some quiet
lonely night the head Of a big public
utility corporation visits this borrowed
Federal Judge. Shortly thereafter a
decision is handed down that is totally
out of accord with the promotion of
the best interests of the American peo-
pie. Mr.. O'Connor argued that the
limiting of the jurisdiction of Federal
courts would bring these matters with
in the scope OF the state courts where
the judges, being elected every four
years, would render decisions less like
ly to have a corporation faint. This
worthy bill, having previously passed
the senate, now awaits the presidents
signature.
Montana labor news., 1934-05-17
Oil Code.

A resolution to investigate the oil
code was reported by the Rules COM
mittee, but a lobby formed by the
Standard Oil company was successful
in preventing its passage. This resolu-
ton would have accomplished the very
worthy purpose of going into the mat
ter Of excessive charges for gas and
other petroleum products. Some voted
against this very worthy resolution,
believing it wrong to investigate any
thing that savored Of being part Of the
administration. That argument, how
ever, is unsound when we consider that
the Rules committee that reported this
resolution out of the house is a very
vital part of the administration. Fur
ther, there is little logic in the argu-
ment that because a thing is a part Of
the administration it therefore be-
comes secresenct. We cannot forget
the scandal which occurred when dis
loyal members of the NRA were dis
closed as involved in the campaign
against the Stock Exchange Bill, an
administration measure. Traitors are
always with us.
Montana labor news., 1934-05-17
Happenings in Congress
By Hon. Joseph p. Monaghan
Communications Bill.

Thursday Walter S. Clifford, presi-
dent of the American Telephone and
Telegraph company, appeared before
the Interstate and Foreign Commerce
committee in opposition to the pro-
posed Communications Bill. This bill
is an administrative measure, the pres
ident having signified his desire for
its passage. Seldom does a congress-
man have an opportunity to question
the president of a powerful corpora
ton, so | took advantage Of the occa-
sion and asked Mr.. Clifford to state
what salary he is receiving from the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company. He replied that he receives
$4,000 a year and no bonuses, but la
mented that he was obliged to pay a
large part of this in the form of in
come taxes to the government. | then
asked if he did not think there were
something wrong with a system where
in the president of the United States
receives less than a corporation presi-
dent whose duties, although manifold,
pale into insignificance when compared
with the onerous burdens Of the chief
executive OF the greatest nation in the
world. He was unable to explain or
justify the great disparity, but stated
that his salary is fixed, not by himself,
but by directors owning barely two per
cent Of the stock. However, it is sig
nificant to note that he is the owner OF
the greatest part of the stock and is a
director OF the company.
He could not explain why the rates
charged the people of Western Mon
tana are far in excess of those charged
those people of Salt Lake City, Utah,
stating, 81 do not know what we are
earning in those towns" The profits
are first decided upon, after which
rates are fixed to yield those profits.
In response to my further questioning
he denied that his corporation had
benefited financially by installation Of
the dial system, intimating that in
creased service to the public was the
only reason for its introduction. ]
pressed the matter further but he re-
%sponded that he did not think it would
ever be of great financial benefit to his
concern.
Another question Of keen signific-
nee was put, inquiring the reason for
a monthly rate for so-called cradle
or French" telephones. Mr.. Clifford
attempted to answer this by saying the
cost Of production was such that they
had to charge at this rate, but he final
ly admitted that the management
found the rate very profitable.
A regulatory commission such as the
president suggests would no doubt
benefit the public. The installation Of
machinery by big corporations who
failed to spread the benefit of the ma