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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
BY John L. HACKNEY.


A BRAHAM LINCOLN believed
~ that some day the autograph
~ of John Quincy Adams would
4 "A be valuable.
Apparently, it did not occur
to him in 1864 that his own signature
would be the more valuable of the two
Haydn Gunter, mining engineer and
autograph collector of Tampa, Fla,
and who came to Washington re-
Gently, has come across the rare docu-
ment on which both Presidents sig
natures appear. 1t is a note penned
TO Lincoln's Secretary of War, Ed
ward M. Stanton. and was passed on
to the cabinet officer because the lat
ter had weakness for oddities"
Gunter believes the text of the note
shows the war Presidents efforts to
placate his fiery Secretary OF War,
who often openly split with his chief
on war policies.
1t came to Gunter with some old
papers recently found in Tampa, but
in order to gain possession Of It, the
collector had to part with several
other autographs. including one of
John Hancock and another Of Aaron
Burr.
Small Piece of Paper.
The note was written on a small
piece of note paper across the top of
which John Quincy Adams had placed
his name.
The note says:
"My dear Stanton:
Finding the above signature OF
Adams in an obscure place in the
Mansion this morning and kno,pino
of your weakness OF oddities an
sending it to you, hold on to it.
at will no doubt be much more
pdludble some day. Yours,
"A. LINCOLN"
Gunter says the Adams signature
now is worth only nominal sum, and
that Lincoln's is worth perhaps ten
times as much. Having the two Of
them on the same document. he says,
naturally adds to the value of both.
In Haines City, Fla. Gunter came
into possession of another bit of Lin
colniana that he regards as rare. It
is a letter in which Lincoln, before
his nomination for the presidency, ex-
pressed Willingness to support a
Southern man in 1860 II the South
erner would place himself "en Re
publican grounds"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
SYSTEM
MEETING CALLED
Steps Toward Setting Up
County Units to Be Taken
Tuesday
Nv tho Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, June l5.-First steps
toward setting up local units to ad-
minister old-age pensions in Mary
land probably will be taken Tuesday
ut o meeting of the Board Of State
Aid and Charities here.
The board Is to send to each Board
of County Commissioners O list Of
names from which each county
board will name the group to super
wise its old-age pension set-up.
While 1t has been said that the
pensions system probably will be in
operation by the last Of August, it
Is indicated it will be much later
before necessary details are COM
pleted. One State Official said he
believed 1t would be January or later
before the system will begin to func-
ton.
In the first place. the new State
law providing for the pensions pro-
vides that local units pay one-third
Of the cost and the State shall pay
two-thirds. But the act setting up
the pensions did not become effective
until June / and by that time many
Of the local units had made up their
years budgets without making any
provisions for pension payments.
Other units did make such pro-
visions, however.
The State set aside $1,500,000 for
year for the pensions, the money to
be taken from revenue received from
the l per cent gross receipts tax
Even after the local administrative
units are set up. considerable routine
work still must be done before actual
payment of the pensions begins.
Under the law, no pensioner can
receive more than 81 day, but the
pension does not have to be that
much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
Soldiers Can Wipe Out Crime,
Says Maryland Police Captain

Capt. johnson Joined the 5th Feei-
ment as q buck private a years ago.
His father before was q member Of
the regiment and now his son, Will
liam r. johnson, makes the third
generation for the organization.
During the World War johnson
went to France as first lieutenant,
then was promoted to captain in
command of Company 4, lo4th supply
Train. When the war ended he or
ganized a new company, which was
the first National Guard unit to re-
ceive Federal recognition. 1t was
Company A, 5th Maryland Regiment.
Federal recognition was extended on
March 5, 1890.
He was appointed captain Of the
State police September ], 1891, while
serving in the directory department
Of the telephone company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
DEATH PENALTY FIRST
IN COUNTY SINCE IS
North Dakotan Doomed to Die for
Murder of Highway Officer
in Central Missouri.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FULTON, Mo-, June 15.-For the
first time since the Civil War, q jury
in Galloway County tonight assessed
the death penalty in convicting
George McKeever, North Dakota con-
vict. of murder In the first degree for
the Staying of Highway Patrolman
Ben Booth.
Booth and Sheriff Roger Wilson
were slain two years ago near CO.
lunbia, Mo, when they sought to
question two men in a motor car.
Francis McNeiley, brother-in-law OF
McKeever, was arrested and confessed.
He testified against McKeever.
The killings first were attributed
to the late Charles pretty Boy)
Floyd and his companion, Adam
Richetti, now on trial in Kansas City
in connection with the Union Station
massacre case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, June 15.-Edward
NICK. Johnson, captain Of the Mary
land State police, believes that mill
tary efficiency will win war against
crime just as it will win a struggle
against a national enemy. He has
had ~ years of military service to
back up his Judgment.
In addition to being second IN COM
mand of the newly independent law
enforcement unit, johnson is COM
manding officer Of the and Battalion,
5th Regiment, Maryland National
Guard.
There Is a similarity between the
two units; each Is khaki clad, the
men are trained In the school Of the
soldier and the military bearing Of
each Is noticeable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
WALES is REBUkED
FOR "CRANK" TALK
Labor Leader Says There Are
Other Forms of School
Discipline.
BY the Associated Press.

BY Inc Associated freSS.
LONDON, June 15.-The statement
by the Prince of Wales that only
misguided cranks" oppose military
training in British schools has re-
suited in what is believed to be the
first public criticism of speeches made
by members of the present royal
family.
George Lansbury, parliamentary
Labor leader, addressing a labor rally
today, said he thought the prince,
latter he thinks the matter over will
see there are other forms of discipline
than shouldering a musket and play
ing at soldiers
The News Chronicle had previously
rebuked the prince for the same
statement, made in speech Thursday.
Hugh Franklin, prospective candi-
date for Parliament, who followed
Lansbury on the platform, said: 1.-THE
king should stop the vaporings of his
offspring Those in receipt of the
public purse should not take part
in politics"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
STEEL WORKERS URGE
SOCIAL SECURITY ACTS
Youngstown Meeting Advocates
Guffey Coal Bill and Wag-
ner Measure.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. June IS up.
The sixth district, Amalgamated AS
ISOLATION of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers adopted resolutions urging
social security legislation today as
5000 persons gathered for the an
nual outing.
The resolutions advocated passage
of the Guffey coal industry bill and
the Wagner bill for a 30-hour week
and Endorsed the American Federation
of Labor's social security program.
Louis Leonard of Pittsburgh, prin-
cipal speaker, declared the United
States Supreme Courts action in de-
claring the N. r. A. invalid left the
workers with only one cheice-or-
ganization-"f they are going to get
ANYTHING like a fair deal"
Delegations came from Akron, Can
ton. Warren, Niles and Pennsylvania
and Eastern Ohio coal fields.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
11LOUDOUN MEN
FACE j. 5. COURT
Quesenberry to BE Arraigned
in Alexandria in Police
KiIIinq.
81 a STAIR correspondent Of rh. st,r.

By a stan Correspondent of The Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, June Is
Eleven Loudoun County men, includ-
ing Thomas Quesenberry, alleged
slayer Of Alexandria Police Corpl.
Clarence ]. McClary, are scheduled
to be arraigned before Judge Luther
B. Way in the United States Court
here Monday on assorted charges Of
violating and conspiring TO violate
the internal revenue laws pertaining
TO liquor.
Ex-PostmaSter on List.
Also included in the number is L.
Clarke Hoge, former LeeSburg post
master.
After the formal court charges are
presented, Judge Way is expected to
set dates for trials Of the alleged rev.
enue law violators.
The men, all indicted by a Federal
grand jury at Norfolk in May are
listed as Shelby Cole, Harry Adams.
Robert w. Edmonston, Abraham Cole
Phillips, James Monroe Gray, PoSey
F. Phillips. Clifton Charles Jewell,
Raymond Jewell, Graham T Legge.
Thomas Quesenberry and L. Clarke
Hoge.
Arrested After Raids.
Their arrest followed liquor raids
conducted by Federal and State Off
GERS in the county March Is and IT.
McClary was slain while participating
in a search for Quesenberry on
March II.
Both grand and petit juries have
been summoned for the June term
of the United States Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia. which
will convene here all next week. In
dictmentS against a number of al
legged violators of Federal revenue.
game and fishing laws are to be pre-
sented the grand jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
Iliad Held to Be Indian.

Prof. r. A. Dara has placed In a
London safe deposit manuscripts 5000
and 1000 years old. which, he says,
prove that the story Of Homer's "Iliad,"
greatest of classical Greek poems, the
epic of Helen of Troy. whose face
launched a thousand ships" origi-
mated In an Indian epic poem written
centuries before Homer was born.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
THOMAS NELSON D. A. r.
INSTALLS NEW STAFF
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star
CLARENDON, Va, June 15.-In-
stallation of officers and presentation
to the ex-regent, Mrs. Luther C. Dodd,
of the pin of her Office, featured the
June meeting of Thomas Nelson
Chapter, D. A. r., at the home of
Mrs. George H. Rector here.
The meeting opened with presen-
tation of the flag by members Of Girl
Scout Troop No. SO of Clarendon.
Rosemary Trone served as color guard
while Katherine BraShears and Dor
othy Crist were color bearers.
Master Walter Brown was heard in
two violin solos. The chapter adj
journed for the Summer months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
Boy Hero, IA, Dives
From Window to
Sare Baby in Lake.
Cro,rd Watches Youth
attracted by Mothers

By the Associated Press.
oRovILLE, Calf, June 15.-While
q Mortified crowd Of vacationists
watched from shore, Stanley Pitt
man, Il, dived through a store win
dow into Lake Madrone, Is feet be-
Tow. to rescue q 17-months-old boy.
The baby, son of Mrs. Irene Hide
brandt, Berkeley society woman va
cationing at the lake resort, toddled
away from his mothers cabin and mad
been gone is minutes before she saw
him floating In the lake about 70
feet from shore.
Her hysterical screams attracted
Young Pittman, who was working IN
the nearby store of his father.
Unhesitatingly, the youth OWED
through an open window fronting
the lake. He barely missed striking
his head on q wharf ptling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16

TIME house in which Benjamin
Stoddert, first Secretary of the
Navy, resided. still belongs to
l. cabinet family"
Known as Beall's Pleasure,
the brick structure. an excellent ex-
ample of Colonial architecture and
well preserved, stands few hundred
yards from the Pennsylvania Railroad
tracks at Landover, Md.
Yelled from the railroad and the
Landover highway by shrubbery, it is
almost unknown to the hundreds Of
Washingtonians who drive by the
entrance on their way to Beaver Dam
Country Club or TO Marlboro and
Chesapeake Beach.
At present the estate belongs to Mr..
and Mrs. Brice Clagett, the latter a
daughter of Williams Gibbs McAdoo,
Secretary Of the Treasury during Will
sons administration and now Sen
ator from California.
Beall's Pleasure is a part Of q grant
made under that name in 1706 by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
Shin Model for Rites.

During the empire service for the
navy's dead at Canterbury Cathedral.
in England, q scale model Of the erigi-
nal H. M. s. Canterbury, now being
dismantled, will be given an honored
place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
Can't Read Good News.

Because many Of the farmers In
Egypt cannot read, the government Is
employing town criers to spread the
news that the cotton tax has been
abolished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16

the house we're taken of sailing yes
sells from England.
The structure has double chimneys
at both ends flush with the wall,
with a brick curtain rising above the
ridge as in London houses. Its archi-
lecture is unusual for Prince Georges
County, but almost identical with a
group of Charles County houses. in
Guiding Cobb Neck, Waverly. Mount
Republican. Hard Bargain and West
Hatton. The latter was built in 1870
by william Truman Stoddert, a ma
jor in the Revolutionary War, anu a
cousin OF Benjamin Stoddert
The house still has its old wide
floor boards, and It's original mantels
and six-panef doors, but the old chair
rails have been removed except in
the present kitchen, formerly the
dining room.
Georgetown Merchant.
Benjamin Stoddert was educated
as merchant, but in 1776 joined the
Continental Army, became a major,
was wounded in The Battle Of Brandy
wine. and then became a successful
merchant in Georgetown, where he
built home known as Halcyon House.
During the laying out Of Washing
ton as the Capital City, he and
George Washington and Maj. Len
FAINT we're in frequent communications
as is shown by the Washington cor
respondence N the Congressional
Library. In addition to living al
Halycon House IN Georgetown and
at Bealls Pleasure he also lived at
Bostwick House. He became Secre-
tary Of the Navy under John Adams
and continued IN office under Thomas
Jefferson, but resigned in 1901.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
Recluse Leaves So. 675.

While investigating the death Of
Rhoda Yallop, a recluse. in Islington.
England, police found $3,675 in a tin
can in his shack,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16

Bookkeeping Machines Used.
Bookkeeping machines are coming
into use in Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16

in and drive Chrysler. Learn for your
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Convertible Coupe $1O15.
X cHRYsLER AIRFLoW EIGHT rs horsepower, 49,
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and so with 146inch wheebase Sedan $50oO
Sedan Limousine $5l45 All prices list at factory, Detroit;
special equipment Time payments fit your budget
Ask for the official Chryer Motors Commercial Credit Plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16

! /ou'RE on top of the world when
II you drive Chrysler. You get the rare
i thrill of enjoyingthe good new things
of motoring while they are really new.
Sounds expensive. But surprisingly
enough -. it isn't. You can own big
handsome Airstream Six for Just a triAe
more than the cost of lowest-priced cars.
One short ride will show you the ire
mcndous difference. More power, more
speed, more wheelbase, more room. The
velvety smoothness of Chrysler's Floating
Power. The matches sensation of Chry-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16

W.T. I1S Vt
safety of Chrysler's genuine hydraulic
brakes and an all-steel body that inter-.
locks into a rigid unit with the frame.
Is it any wonder that Chrysler sales
have more than doubled this year! Come
The Washington times., 1935-10-08
Wash t In Books
ChiCubs Shruq

CHICAGO, Oct. s.-"We did
our best, so what the hell?
1--WE aren't world champions,
but nobody can say we were
badly beaten.
"It just wasn't in the books
for us to win.
so forget it, and have a
good time during the winter"
And that was Manager Charley
Grimm's farewell to the Chicago
Cubs as they disbanded for the
winter here today.
The Cubs were disappointed
but not detected.
''We were beaten by q great
team"
That was the general tribute
to the Detroit Tigers as the
players made preparations to go
their various ways.
The Washington times., 1935-10-08
New Sports Club
Makes Debut

Washington's newest sports
club, the Touchdown Club, COM
posed Of men who won letters in
football at college, drew 20 mem
berS to a gettogether last night
at the University Club.
The club, which Is open to any
man of good character who has
won his letter at a college or uni
versity, will meet again Monday
at the Willard Hotel.
Those present and their col
leges are as follows:
Harry Harris (West Virginia) 1,
A. ]. Bergman (Notre Dame) ,
Jack GasS (Lehigh), Major
Thomas Maddox (Virginia) Charlie
Fenwick (Virginia), DR.. E. ]. Cum
mings Boston College,, Col. H. B.
Hackett (Army), Mike Tracy
Mount st. Mary's), E. D. Vos-
bury (Michigan), DR.. w. J. Gu
sack (Georgetown), Dutch Eberts
Catholic University. Jack Hag-
erty (Georgetown), Major Harvey
Harmon Ullinois), Jack Tierney
(Georgetown), Tom Whela n
Catholic University, Vincent
Fraatz catholic University, Vim
cent K. Flaherty (Marquette) ,
Eddie LaFond (Catholic Uni
versity), Bernie Harter (KanSas
State) and Waiter Cook (Colby) .
The Washington times., 1935-10-08
GLEN MCCARTHY
AT THE RACES

An East st. Louis reader of
these, items asks an intriguing
question:
If a player were to pick seven
winners of a Seven-race program
on big day at one of the heavy
mutuel betting tracks Of Chicago
or New England, how much could
he win on a seven-horse parlay-
assuming that his first bet was
ten dollars?
Impossible to answer, even ap-
proximately. However, If his first
three winners averaged to pay 2
to ! each, and he parlayed Cor
pyramided) his money, he would
come up to the fourth race with
$27O (off the ten.dollar note)
Then let him pick a 5-to1 shot.
and he caSheS in $500.
If he wagers that amount on a
winning 4-to-5 favorite, he is ready
to put down $2.916 on the sixth
event. And upon the odds of his
selection at the moment he buys
his tickets depends the influence
his bet will have on the pool.
But say his horse is at 7 to 2
in one of those open affairs that
so often occupy sixth place on a
racing program, his bet would
most certainly alter the com.
plexion of that pool. On a big
day, say 100000 was the total
handle. $4,000 might be wagered
straight on the sixth event. This
would mean that around $4,000
already had been bet on the 7-to-2
The Washington times., 1935-10-08
MdndssasBeats
Dunbar High

A revenge of many years stand
ing was gained yesterday when
the Manassas Industrial Institute
eleven won a hard-fought game
by the score of 8 to 0 over Dun
bar High Schoo. in the James E.
Walker Stadium.
Both teams. were about evenly
matched and for some time after
the opening whistle the game ap-
peared as though it might be one
of those nothing and nothing af-
fairs. After exchanging punts dur
ing the entire first quarter trying
to get a break, the Virginians
blocked a Dunbar punt on the To-
Gals 25-yard line soon after the
second period opened. From this
point Pete Wells, Manassas quar-
terback, made eight yards on the
first play. On the next play he
shot well executed forward pass
to Fields, left halfback, who
Skirted around Dunbar's left end
for touchdown. A place kick was
blocked for the extra point.
The Washington times., 1935-10-08
CIV. Shifts Team
For Cdtdwbd

In an effort to strengthen the
defense and speed up the running
interference before meeting its
next big opponent, George Wash
ington will undergo several line
up changes which may be in
evidence Friday night when the
Colonials play Catawba College
in Griffith Stadium.
Additional strength at end
where the Colonials seemed weak
est in the Alabama game should
be provided by the shift Of Dale
Prather, 215-pounder, from right
tackle to the left wing hitherto
held down by Hank Wonder
Brugge. Prather outweighs Wonder
Bruegge by nearly IS pounds, is
considerably taller and is believed
to be Just as fast on offense.
Sid Kolker, former Tech High
star, will be changed from left
guard to Prather's old station,
where Sid formerly played. This
change is not calculated TO
strengthen the tackle position, but
at the same time Kolker Is thought
equally as effective both on Of
fene and defense as Prather.
In Kolker's old guard berth will
be seen Ted Cottingham, stocky
sophomore, who has shown to
advantage in G. WIS first two
games. It is believed that Ted
will continue to improve with each
game since his early performances
indicated much natural ability. eS-
pecially on defense.
Speedier blocking is expected to
result in the move placing Andy
Trader" Horne at right guard in
stead of Hollis Harrison. Last
week Harrison was inserted for
Horne, who opened the season as
starting guard, but the change
didn't work out beneficially.
Horne, a smaller man but faster,
should improve on Harrison'S run
ming interference, something es-
sential to a general Improvement
IN G. WIS attack.
AS yet no switches in the back
field have been limited, but it is
known that George WaShington's
coaches contemplate further ex-
periments with the material at
hand in the hope of getting a
hard-running. Smooth-blocking set
of ball carriers together.
The Catawba game should pro-
vide a fair test of the changes
so that by the time West Virginia
invades the Capital the night of
October 18 the Colonials should
be just about set as to their regu.
lar lineup for the season.
The Washington times., 1935-10-08
Soldiers Score
Polo Wins

Soldier poloists had a field day
yesterday in two polo matches in
the invitation tournament now in
progress for the championship of
Virginia, Maryland and the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
War Department defeat e d
Hagerstown, IL to 9 in one Of the
matches while the Third Cavalry,
of Fort Myer, trounced the Fort
Belvoir four, 9 to 8.
Today the series continues with
a most important match. 1t is
scheduled between the Fauquier-
Loudoun civilian team, of Vir.
ginia, and the Sixth Field Artil.
lery. Action takes place at
Potomac Park at 4 p. m.
Col. Wyndham Torr, a British
army officer, led the War Depart
ment in it's victory over HagerS-
town. He scored five goals.