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Evening star., 1935-01-21
PRINCE LOUIS TO MARK
HIS MAJORITY IN EXILE
Pretender to Non-Existent French
Throne to Celebrate Coming
of Age Wednesday.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PARIS, January 2l.-Prince Louis,
Bonapartist claimant to the nom
existent French throne, will cele-
brate his coming of age Wednesday
in exile in Switzerland.
Prince Murat, descendant of a
family long faithful to the Napoleons,
will read the customary manifesto
claiming the throne to a tiny group
of Bonapartists here on behalf of
Louis.
The prince, whose existence Is
hardly known to ajority Of
Frenchmen, lives in chateau on Lake
Leman. He attends the University
Of Lausanne and spends most of his
spare time fishing or studying eco
nOmicS
Evening star., 1935-01-21
BLUE EAGLE RIGHT
DEMANDED IN SUIT
Charles Pfzer & Co., Inc, Seeks
to Retain Insignia in Dispute
Over Dismissals.

Claiming 1t is in danger of being
Illegally deprived of its Blue Eagle,
Charles Pifzer g. Co., Inc, has
filed suit in District Supreme Court
for an injunction against the Ma
tional Recovery Board and L. j.
Martin, NJ r. A. compliance director.
The suit says the threat to remove
the Blue Eagle was made after the
members of the board had threatened
to remove the insignia unless four
employees were reinstated.
The company says they were dis
missed for incompetency and the em-
ployes contend they were discharged
because of union activities. The
Evening star., 1935-01-21
NEW STAR RISES

10-Year-0ld Settlement House
Girl Max es Stage Debut.
NEW YORK, January 81 P.-A
10-year old girl from New York's East
Side-Ida Miller, trained in a set
tlement house-was introduced last
night to Broadway by Daniel Froh-
man.
Ida made her debut as an actress
at an actors benefit in a one-act
comedy, "Edith's Burglar"
She has the carriage Of an en-
press" said Frohman.
II am thrilled" said Ida.
Evening star., 1935-01-21

board, after q hearing, decided to
support the employees and demanded
their reinstatement.
Justice James M. Proctor signed an
order requiring the defendants to
show cause. February 4, why the re-
quest for the injunction should not be
granted. The suit was filed through
Attorney Edmund Toland.
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Her classmates voted Ruth Dennis (Dans" High SCHOOL,
'C4test-BestO O1essed'
Here's her simple clothes secret

"Mother and I make most Of
my clothes" said Ruth
then l keep them nice look
ing for ages with Lux! My
sweaters, scarfs, even my
wool skirts are washed in
cool Lux suds. l always
measure them first, then ease
into shape after washing.
They never shrink or fade.
Evening star., 1935-01-21

who will give me a nice home until I
secure a good job," said Charles Cor
man in newspaper advertisement.
After he gets the job-and the
shelter-hell square the arrangement
by maintaining the home.
Evening star., 1935-01-21
ADVERTISES FOR WIFE

SYDNEY, Nova Scotia (P).-"I am
a young man, tall, dark, healthy, re-
spectacle and am willing to marry
any woman under As in Nova Scotia
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Greek Church Pastor Dies.

SCRANTON. Pa, January 81 (P.-
Rev Michael Guryansky. so, pastor of
Saints Cyril and MathodiuS Greek
Catholic Church, Olyphant, for the
last Is years, died last night
Evening star., 1935-04-26
MRS. K. T. HOUSTON
DIES AT AGE OF IS
Mother of Howard University
Faculty Members to Be
Buried Tomorrow.

Mrs. Katherine T. Houston, widow
Of Rev. T. j. Houston, former pastor of
the First Baptist Church at Bladens-
burg, Md. died Tuesday at her home
1444 Swami street. She was in her
86th year.
Mrs. Houston was the mother of
William L. Houston, Howard University
Law School professor. and DIR. Ulysses
L. Houston Of the Howard University
School of Medicine. Another son.
Theophilus ]. Houston. connected with
the Board of Public Welfare. and a
daughter, Miss Clotill M. Houston,
Shaw Junior High School teacher, also
survive.
A grandson. DIR. Charles H. Houston.
is vice dean of the Howard University
School Of Law.
Mrs. Houston. q member of Prince
Hall Chapter, o. E. S., had been a
member Of the Nineteenth Street
Baptist Church for IS years. Funeral
services will be held there at pm.
tomorrow, followed by burial in
Harmony Cemetery.
Evening star., 1935-04-26
CITIZENS BATTLE
COAL TON CHANGE
Short Unit Would Burden
Consumer, D. c. Heads
Are Told.

United opposition from citizens as
sociation interests today greeted the
petition of the coal dealers of the
District for a change in law to per-
nit sale of coal by the short ton in
stead of the long ton, at a public
hearing before the Commissioners.
Spokesman for the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association defended
the plan, but opposition was registered
by half a dozen representatives of
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions as well as spokesmen for eight
neighborhood associations. The Com
missioners later will formulate their
position.
1t was charged the change will
place an additional burden of at
least 100000 a year on the consum-
ers of coal, even if the merchants
make cut in price to correspond
to the proposed change from the O.
240 to the 1000 pound ton. This will
come through the additional cost of
hauling and storing the coal bought
by consumers. the opposition said.
Fears were raised also by George e.
Sullivan, federation spokesman, that
the dealers could not make a CORES
ponding cut in retail price because
Of the extra overhead costs rising
from handling smaller units for sale.
Rtnggold Hart, general counsel Of
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, declared the price to the
customer would be exactly the same
and insisted that competition among
dealers in the District, as we'll as with
dealers in Maryland and Virginia.
would require corresponding price cuts.
Hart made an attack on George M.
Roberts, District superintendent Of
weights and measures. for question:
ing whether the dealers would reduce
their prices if the short ton was
adopted.
James E. Collif1ower. president of
the Merchants and Manufacturers As
sociation. who is a coal dealer, said, II
defy any one to prove that District
dealers have not been operating on a
smaller percentage of margin of profit
than others anywhere on the Eastern
seaboard."
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley. a member of
the federation's special committee and
leader of the Federation of Women 5
Clubs, said that the price of coal here
undoubtedly was kept down by reason
of the difference in prices in the Dis
trict and in neighboring States. be-
cause of the difference in the size of
the ton. She said this is one ad-
vantage which Washington consumers
have which should be preserved.
Evening star., 1935-04-26
Hit-Run Cyclist
Sought by Police
In Injury to T,oo
Youth Fells Woman and
Girl, Then Speeds
From, Scene.

An accident reminiscent of the gay
COS, when "scorching" and reckless
wheeling were prohibited, set police
to looking for hit-and-run bicyclist
last night.
The bicyclist bowled over two pedes-
trians at Constitution and Delaware
avenues shortly after dark and ped
aled away from the scene without
making known his identity.
Mrs. Carrie Carr, IS. and Miss
Catherine Wheeler, IA, both of sos F
street, were slightly injured. Mrs.
Carr was treated at Emergency Hos
pital for head injury. while Miss
Wheeler received first aid for a cut
over the right eye
Police were given a description of
the boy who rode the bicycle, which
was damaged by the impact.
Four-year -old Florence zimmerman,
6l2 A street southeast, was severely
injured late yesterday when knocked
down by a taxicab while running
across the street near her home. The
child was treated at Casualty Hos
pital for shock and possible frac-
ture of the skull.
The taxicab driver, Peter c. Tau
lelle. jr.. of 1882 Seventeenth street
southeast. said the child ran into the
side of his machine.
Evening star., 1935-04-26
Actors Driren to Chandeliers
In Crowded Hotels, They Say

the regular quarters. Up to date
there has not been q single instance
Of q person being turned away. Yes
terday IS guests arrived at the Powha-
tan HoteEand not one Of them had
made a reservation. All were taken
care Of, and this Is typical of the ho-
tells In Washington"
THE travelling actors and actresses,
getting theatrical rates. are not pa
irons always Of the higher-priced ho-
tels." said Guy Wonders of Warner
Bros Theaters. "and the lower-priced
hotels have booked guests many days
in advance.
''The actors come in rather hur-
riedly, at all hours Of day and night.
and have trouble finding sleeping
quarters. As a consequence, some
sleep in their automobiles. We had
an instance the other day where an
actor spent two days and nights try
ing to and suitable quarters near the
theater."
Evening star., 1935-04-26
TESTS
TO Be CONTINUED
Health Officer, Doctors and
Nurses Make Plans to
Follow Up Work.

Plans for following up the re-
suits of the tuberculin tests in the
District high schools. which are to
be given for three days during the
week of May 20, were made at a
meeting Of physicians and nurses in
the Office of DR.. George C. Rutland.
District health officer, this morning
DR.. Rutland heads a committee
composed Of DR.. William Charles
White, of the National Association for
the Prevention of tuberculosis; Mrs.
Ernest r. Grant, managing director
of the association; DR.. j. A. Murphy,
chief of the medical inspection serv-
ice of the public schools: DR.. j. G.
Cumming. chief of the communicable
disease department of the District;
Miss Gertrude H. Bowling, executive
secretary Of the Instructive Visiting
Nurses Society; DR.. Winthrop Peabody,
chief Of clinicians in charge of the
tests. and DR.. Herbert P. Ramsey, of
the District of Columbia Medical So
ciety.
DR.. White, whose organization made
the tests in the schools possible by
contributing $2,500, announced at the
meeting this morning that the asso-
citation plans to donate a portable
X-ray machine to the District Health
Department so as to make it possible
to continue the work in the schools.
DR.. Rutland said tuberculosis in the
District, which has the third highest
rate of any city of comparative size in
the country. can be reduced 80 per
cent if the disease can be checked
while in the childhood stage. He said
the school tests would make it possible
for family physicians as we'll as the
District Health Department to become
more familiar with tuberculosis con-
ditions here. which he described as
"scandalous."
Under plans of the committee, all
senior high school pupils will be given
q skin test, to be followed by an X-ray
test If the skin test shows any symp-
toms of tuberculosis. DR.. Rutland
said efforts would be made to induce
Congress to appropriate funds with
which to carry on the work in the
schools and that If money could be
secured children of pre-school age
also would be given the tests.
Evening star., 1935-04-26

double refraction effects in the
ionosphere.
Simultaneous vertical incidence echo
recording at various geographic
points, to trace movements of the
ionic clouds.
Grazing incidence echo recording
over a long base line to obtain addi-
tional Information on the vertical
distribution of ionization.
Comparisons of horizons of various
quasi-optical waves to investigate the
effects of refraction.
Continuation of the present
meteorological experiments on the
effect of temperature diversions on
quasi optical transmission to points
far below the optical horizon.
Test Cruise Under Way.
"At present." Prof. Mimno said, I'VE
are conducting a shakedown cruise
designed to test the effect of road
vibration on the apparatus"
A new hypothesis explaining the
electricity of rain and thunderstorms
was presented by DR.. Ross Gum of
G1lC NAVAL 1ACSCdlClA 4d0OAo o1OAy
Each water droplet, with its sur
rounding ionized water vapor, accord
ing to this hypothesis, constitutes an
electric concentration cell of about
go millionths Of a volt difference in
potential The elementary droplets
grow by association into large drops
and build up large charges, which dis
charge by conduction. Thunder
storms take place. according to DR..
Gum. in the following manner:
In the presence Of a rapidly rising
current of air and the formation of
raindrops greater than a critical size.
a separation of electric charges takes
place The ions, usually positive, are
swept to great heights while the
rain, usually negative initially. falls.
Both charge distributions discharge,
but at different rates. leaving a usu-
ally negative free charge in the rain
formation zone. which, in turn. in
duces a usually positive charge on
the earth.
Evening star., 1935-04-26
CHANGES SOUGHT
IN POLICE COURT.
Justice Department Report
CounseIs Reforms in
Many Practices.

Sweeping changes in administra-
tive procedure at Police Court here
are recommended by the Department
Of Justice in voluminous report
sent today to United States Attorney
Leslie C. Garnett.
The report, details of which are
being withheld, covers an eight
month inquiry by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation into recurring rumors
of irregularity in connection with
bonding of prisoners. recording Of
fines and other allegedly improper
practices.
Attorney General Cummings, in
announcing completion Of the re-
port. said no recommendations have
been made for dismissal or prosecu-
ton of any person.
Report Is Split Up.
The report is in three-part serial
form and represents the findings of
a corps of more than a dozen special
agents and accountants assigned to
examine records, question court at
taches and otherwise check on con-
ditions
All Of the judges Of the court
were interrogated as matter of
routine, but the department has made
it clear that nothing has been found
to reflect on the integrity of the
bench itself.
Cummings said Garnett is expected
to confer with the presiding judge
of the court regarding plans for put
ting into effect the procedural re-
forms suggested by the department.
Until the reforms are instituted, Cum
mings indicated, their nature will not
be divulged.
Record of System Criticized.
Much of the report is said to deal
with methods used to keep records
at the court. The present system
of keeping records on separate papers
instead of bound volumes already
has been criticized by Corporation
Counsel E. Barrett Prettyman.
The Justice Department inquiry
was launched at the request of Gar
nett. after at least one of the judges
had complained that he could not
find records in certain cases.
While the department made no rec
concentrations for prosecutive action,
Cummings said the question of GRIM
inal proceedings would be left en-
tirely to the United States attorney.
Evening star., 1935-04-26
POLICEMAN ACCUSES
WOMAN OF ASSAULT
Guest of Fashionable Hotel Ar
raigned on Charge She Kicked
and Slapped officer.

Mrs Madeline S. Febiger. 43. Of
Philadelphia. a guest in one of WASH
ington's most fashionable hotels. was
arraigned before Judge Ralph Given
in Police Court tosay on a charge of
having assaulted Policeman Jewell w.
Carroll, eighth precinct. She also was
charged with intoxication and her
case referred to the probation officer
for investigation.
Carroll told the court he had been
called to quell disturbance in the
2600 block of Connecticut avenue, and
there found Mrs. Febiger, along with
number of other people. The wom-
an. he claims, was very intoxicated,
and when he attempted to place her
under arrest she kicked him and
slapped his face.
Evening star., 1935-04-26

Acrobats sleeping on chandeliers,
contortion:sts doubling up with Jug
glers, leading men. pacing hotel cor
ridors looking for rooms, chorus girls
sleeping eight and nine in hall rooms
and leading ladies forced to accept
the humblest lodging house accommo-
dations. This is the picture painted
by theatrical men-au due, they say,
to the overcrowded condition of WASH
ington hotels on account of the cherry
blossom season and the aftermath Of
Easter.
On the other hand. Arthur Harnett,
president of the Hotel Mems Asso-
citation, says that the hotels, although
they are ooing the greatest business
ever known. are keeping up with
demands.
I'VE organized" Mr.. Harnett said,
"a housing bureau to take care Of all
persons who apply for hotel rooms
and who cannot be accommodated IN
Evening star., 1935-04-26
CORONER FAILS TO BARE
SMITH DEATH DRIVER
Hit-Run Accident at Eleventh
Street and New York Avenue
Unsolved by Jury.

Death from injuries received last
Saturday when he was struck by an
automobile driven by an unknown
party, was the verdict returned by a
coroner's jury today making an in
quest into the case of Edgar Burke
Smith, 81. of $50 Peabody street.
Smith died of a fractured skull sew
,eral hours after being struck at
Eleventh street and New York avenue.
Martha C. Burrell, 1l02 L street,
an eyewitness to the accident, told
the jury Smith walked into the rear
side of the automobile and that in
her opinion the driver didn't know
he had struck anyone.
Shortly after the accident. police
broadcast lookout for a taxicab
driver, who surrendered, but was re-
leased after police learned his cab
was not involved in the accident.
Three witnesses today positively
identified the automobile as a private
machine,
Evening star., 1935-04-26
ELECTED BY CHAPLAINS

Rev. Arlington A. McCallum, pastor
of St. Paul's Episcopal Church here.
ives reelected president of the Chap
lains' Association of the United States
Army at the close Of the. associations
two-day meeting in Louisville today,
according to the Associated Press.
Father Ignatius Fealy Of st. Agnes
Church, Woodlawn, Md, was elected
vice president.
Right Rev. Msgr. William Hughes,
director Of the Bureau of Catholic In
dian Missions here. was elected ex-
ecutive secretary. while Rev. Simpson
P. Daugherty. pastor Of the Memorial
United Brethren Church Of Washing
ton. was designated secretary-treas-
urer.
Evening star., 1935-04-26

MEASURE SIGNED
Nice Affixes Signature to
81 Bills, Including Hyatts.
vile Tax.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
BALTIMORE, April 26.-Taking up
a number of legislative acts awaiting
his attention. Gov. Nice at his Balti-
more ofiice yesterday signed the old
age pension measure which. effective
in June, will make provisions for indi-
gent persons over IS years of age.
This was the second bill he signed
out of a batch of 81 before him here.
The first to receive his signature was
bill providing a beer referendum
IN Garrett County.
A group Fof about IS persons wit
messed its signing and heard the Gov
ernors comment:
This is one OF the most remedial
pieces of legislation ever enacted by
the General Assembly of the State of
Maryland. 1t is humane and con-
structive and discharges an obligation
to those to whom we owe our very
lives"
Other bills signed by the governor
include:
Prescribing the manner Of ascer-
tanning and applying foreign laws in
actions for proceedings at law.
Increasing the maximum speed limit
at which motor vehicles may be
operated.
Authorizing Emmitsburg to issue
$4,000 in bonds for general improve
ments.
Legalizipg the 1885 cumulative sup
plement to the annotated code.
Providing restrictions and limita-
tions upon ownership by aliens Of
stock in corporations, operating radio
stations, etc.
Requiring additional lights for
motor trucks and commercial vehicles
having a width of 80 inches or more.
Changing license fees for bowling
alleys.
Relating to a tax levy for a public
erendum thereon.
Limiting the manner in which un-
redeemed shares in building associa-
tions may be redeemed.
Workmen's compensations admend-
ing chapter relating to hernias.
Providing for banking board and
q defining of it's powers and duties.
Providing that banking institutions
shall not have affiliates of closely
allied corporations.
Increasing the charge for examina-
tions of banking institutions.
Savings Bank Branches.
Authorizing mutual savings institu-
tions to establish branches under GER
tain conditions.
Providing for the appointment of
commissioners on uniform legislation.
Authorizing the acceptance of an
examination made by the Federal De-
posit Insurance Co. in lieu of an ex-
animation by the bank commissioner
Amending the law suspending for
two years the right of a holder of a
fractional interest in a debt secured
by mortgage to foreclose thereon.
Authorizing and directing the pur-
chase of the Princess Anne Academy
in Somerset County from Morgan Col
lege and for its use by the Board of
Regents Of the University of Mary
land at a cost of 100000.
Providing a pension system for the
State police and to license examiners
of the commissioner of motor vehicles.
Evening star., 1935-04-26
HUMAN SKELETON FOUND
IN BUILDING EXCAVATION
Workmen Unearth Bones About
Three Feet Beneath Surface
on Apartment House Site.

A human skeleton, apparently old,
was unearthed today by workmen ex-
cavating for a foundation for an
apartment house in the 1000 block Of
Tenth street.
The bones included a skull. thigh
bones and a number of smaller ones
There was no evidence of a coffin or
other container.
The bones were discovered about
3 feet below the surface Of the ground
by John Field. colored, HOO Ninth
street, who was working under direc-
ton Of ]. w. JENKINS, 1855 Emerson
street, foreman In charge Of the ex-
cavation. Police were notified and
took possession of the bones.
It could not be determined whether
they were of a white or a colored per-
son or what had been the manner Of
death. it was said at the preliminary
inspection. @
Evening star., 1935-04-26
Miss ingalls, May Wait Month.

Los ANGELES. April 26 CP).-Laura
ingalls,, noted flyer, said yesterday
"it may be month" before she again
attempts to establish a new West
East air record for women. Repairs
have been made on Miss ingalls, ship.
which Is ready for use. Dist forced
her down at Alamosa, Colo, on her
frst transcontinental dash.
Evening star., 1935-04-26
Alice Joyce Escapes Debt.

LOS ANGELES, April 26 CP.-Be-
cause she was adjudged bankrupt in
1888. Alice Joyce, movie actress, will
not have to pay the s20450 bill for
clothing held against her by Jays
thorpe, Inc. of New York. Municipal
Judge James Pope ruled yesterday.
The debt was incurred in 1881.
Evening star., 1935-04-26
BLANTON TO OPPOSE
NEW CAPITOL FRONT
Says Building Is Only "Truly
Colonial" One Here, and Will
Fight "Mutilation."

SOAOhAoA SAC 4ASAOp oAN w AAA
Fight "Mutilation.
Declaring the Capitol is the only
truly Colonial public building in
Washington, and should not be "mu-
tilated" by the proposed extension OF
the east front, Representative Blan-
ton, Democrat, of Texas, in the House
today, declared his intention of fight
ing for preservation of the east front
as it is.
Representative Blanton objected to
consideration of a joint resolution to
establish a commission for construc-
ton of a memorial boulevard con-
Meeting the Lincoln Memorial and the
Capital with the battlefield of Gettys-
burg.
This bill has already been passed by
the Senate and was favorably re-
ported from the House Committee on
Roads.