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Evening star., 1936-01-05
D. c. BAR TO ELECT
PRESIDENT JAN. q
Walter M. Bastian and Paul
E. LeSh Candidates
for Office.

The District Bar Association will
choose a new president January 81 to
succeed H. Winship Wheatley, who
has headed the organization for the
past year.
Although the election date is little
more than two weeks away, the usual
heated campaigning among the men,
bers has been markedly absent.
Two candidates have been proposed
for the presidency. Walter NJ. Bastian,
now vice president of the association,
and Paul E. Lesh, prominent corpora
tion lawyer. Wheatley announced i'm
mediately after his election last year
that he would not be a candidate to
succeed himself.
Other Officers 10 Be Named.
Candidates for other Offices are:
First vice President-Austin F. Can
field and Louis M. Denit.
Second vice president-Thomas E.
Lodge, who is president Of the FEEDER
alton of Citizens Associations, and
Louis Gutenberg.
Secretary-George C. Gertman, who
has held that Office since 1921, and
Charles E. Ford.
Treasurer-Chapin 3. Bauman and
Bolitha j. Laws.
Three directors to serve for two
years each-Norman B. Frost, Joseph
A. Rafferty,. Dean Hill Stanley. Ed
mund M. Toland, Thomas Gillespie
Walsh and James C. Wilkes.
New Method of Voting.
This years election will be the first
at which the balloting was not con-
Quoted at meeting of the association.
On January 81 members may call at
the south room Of the Bar Association
Library in the District Supreme Court
Building and drop 8heir votes in the
ballot box any time between noon and
6 pm. Results will be announced at
a meeting at pm. in the Willard
Hotel.
Because of the inconvenience of 60
ing to the court house during the day
to vote, many members are supporting
a movement to abandon the new
method of balloting.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
to See Gala Pageant
Of OLD West at Fort Myer
annual Military Activities to Be Re.
Suned-RecreatiOnaI and Charity
of Post to Benefit.

executed by Battery c OF the 18th
Field Artillery, the only gray horse
battery in the Army. Costumed in
the uniforms of the Mexican War
period, blue coats with gold epaulets.
white cross belts, blue caps and light
blue trousers with red stripes, the
battery of four guns and cNissons will
carry out many difficult maneuvers at
full gallop. climsxed with dash
through ring of fire.
Girls in Tandem Drill.
The famous tandem drill. with In
dian maidens riding one horse and
driving leader in front, will be
given by l6 Washington society girls
and is expected to be one of the most
spectacular events on the program. 1t
will vie in interest with the hunt ride
in which IL couples in hunting CO.'S
tune will form an intricate pattern
of moving figures as they take the
brush jumps arranged around and
across the hall.
The jump ride staged by non-com-
missioned officers of the Sd Cavalry.
the circus ride with trick horses and
riders in spangled circus costumes.
and the rodeo ride put on by Troop
F, are among the breath-taking events
of the evenings entertainment.
One of the newest features will be
the Indian attack on seven covered
wagons making their way across the
plains during the Winning of the
West" period. The frontiersmen and
women defend the train as the In
dians circle around. and finally, in
accordance with best movie thriller
tradition, succeed in beating off the
assault.
Lieut.. Col Jacob L. Devers, 10th
Field Artillery, is director of the
pageant. Lieut. Col. Clarence c. Ben
son, Sd Cavalry. is in charge of tick
cts. The committee chairmen are
Maj. George H. Millholland. public
ity and programs; Capt. John B. Rey-
bold. costumes and scenery. and Capt.
Marion Carson, ushers and arrange
mentS.
Those in the hunt ride are Vir-
ginia Rodgers, Louise Myers, Mar
garet Cotter, Dora Brett, Christine
Eckengren, Marjorie Grant, Patsy
Westover, Hebe Reynolds. Gladys
Marsh. Dianna Rowland, all of Wash
ington, and Helen Tewksbury, Chevy
Chase, Md; Maxine Behney, Fort
Myer, and Betty Balsley, Annapolis,
Md.
In the tandem ride will be Louise
Myers, Caroline Wilbourne, Grace
O'Hara. Dianne Rowland, Marion
Nulsen, Betty Radeker. Emily Brydon,
Virginia Rodgers. Barbara Bonny-
castle, Nanita Miles, Elizabeth Da-
mon, Mary Grunert, Christine Ecken-
gren. all Of Washington, / Betty
Balsley, Annapolis: Eleanor Beck and
Marion Reybold, Fort Myer, and
Helen Tewksbury, Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
DEMOCRATIC SPLIT
SEEN IN CALIFORNIA
Members of End Poverty League
Meet With State Committee
to Select Delegates.

BY the Associated PreSs.
LOS ANGELES. January 4.-The
split in Democratic party leadership
in California was projected definitely
today into the coming presidential
campaign.
Members Of the End Poverty League
Board Of Directors and of the State
Democratic Central Committee met
to select tentative slate of delegates
to the Democratic National Conven-
ton pledged to production for use for
the unemployed.
In letter to the meeting. Upton
Sinclair, Democratic candidate for
Governor last year, challenged recent
anti-production-for-use statements Of
United States Senator william G.
McAdoo. charging McAdoo had re-
pudiated the State Democratic plat
form.
At headquarters of Sinclair's Epic
end Poverty in California; forces 1t
was predicted the tentative slate would
be headed by Sinclair and State Sena-
tor Culbert L. Olson, chairman Of
the State Central Committee.
The slate was expected to be COM
pleted tonight. 1t will be presented
to a State Epic convention here jan
uary 18 and 19.
This slate then will be offered to
President Roosevelt with the expec-
tation that he will choose between
it and any which Senator McAdoo and
other right wing" leaders may offer.
The Senator is Democratic national
committeeman for California.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
TRANSIT HEARING
TO Be CONTINUED
Commission to Resume Its
Meetings Monday-CIash
PrecedeS Recess.

The Public Utilities Commission will
resume tomorrow its hearing On COM
plants from patrons against the serv-
ice of the Capital Transit Co. The
hearing recessed yesterday after
recommendation from a transit COM
pany official that the Connecticut
avenue bus line be abandoned c-
modified"
The recommendation was made by
w. B. Bennett, assistant to the presi-
dent of the transit company. His sug-
gestion touched. of a clash between
John H. Hanna, president of the
company, and william NICK. Clayton,
chairman of the Utilities Committee
of the Federation of Citizens As
sociations.
Clayton asked If one of the objec-
tives of the consolidation of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Co. and
the Capitol Traction Co. was not to
reduce the number of transfer points
on the lines.
Better Routing Held Goal.
Hanna answered that the idea was
held only by Clayton and that the
subject had been given no considera-
tion whatever in the merger plan.
More direct routing, Clayton asserted,
was understood to be one of the prime
purposes of the merger.
Under questioning, Hanna said it
was not the policy of the merged COM
pany to reduce the number of trans
fer points. He insisted transfers were
a beneficial privilege Of the public,
since they permit the traction company
to give service to points in the city
not otherwise available to the ordinary
riders
Clayton showed that in most cases
| token fares we're not accepted for
transfer rights and that the patron,
whether on a bus or street car, was
required to pay a 10-cent cash fare.
Bennett declared the so-called Con-
necticut avenue express" line does not
give express service because of traffic
conditions.
Urges Parking Ban.
Arthur Briscoe, a stockholder, sug-
gested that parking be banned in the
business area, at least for an expert
mental period, because present free
parking injuries the mass transporta-
ton system of the city by congesting
traffic.
He also declared present service OF
the Capital Transit Co. has not been
| profitable to the stockholders and
that the companys service, therefore,
has been given to the public gratu-
| tiously.
| Briscoe also defended the company
against the prejudice Of the public
because the North American Co. owns
controlling interest through the old
Washington Railway & Electric Co.
Ownership, he asserted. should not in
fluence the patrons in their attitude
toward the company so long as the
service can be made satisfactory.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
FUNERAL TOMORROW
FOR MRS. ROSE DAVIS

Funeral services tog Mrs. Rnse NJ
Davis, 73, who died Friday ST her
home. IL Fifth street northeast, will
be held at pm. tomorrow al the
residence Of her son. Charles Z DAVIS.
Rosemary street. Chevy Chase, Nd.
Burial will be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Mrs. Davis was the widow Of Charles
H. Davis. who was in the grocery busi-
ness in Southwest Washington many
years ago She was born at Bolivar
Heights, near Harpers Ferry. w. Va,
and was the daughter of the late Mr..
and Mrs. John Christian Hammer.
Besides her son, Mrs. Davis is sur
vived by daughter, Mrs. Ruth Davis
Mullen. of Baltimore, and two grand
daughters, Margaret Jane Mullen and
Catharine Ruth Mullen. Her son is
cashier for the George A. Fuller Co.,
contractors and builders.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
FLOOD AUCMENTS
CONTROL EFFORTS
Prince Georges Federation
Seeks Easements for
Federal Project.
cav erorresnondent of The Star.

By q Staff Correspondent of The Star.
BLADENSBURG Md. January A.
Efforts to inject new life in the cam
paien for food control on the north
eastern branch Of the Anacostla River
are expected to be made as result
of Yesterdays inundation o. the high
ways around the Peace Cross.
The Prince Georges County FEEDER
alton of Citizens Associations. which
is sponsoring the project by seeking to
obtain Federal emergency funds to
finance the work, will not drop the
flood control plan because success has
not yet crowned its efforts, according
to statements of leaders of the organ
ization today.
The federation's Flood Control Com
mittee. charged with the duty OF pro-
curing rights of way along the river
banks, will be asked to speed up its
work so that Government aid again
can be sought.
Easements Sought.
When the application for funds to
dredge the river was before the
P. w. A. last year, it was referred to
the War Department for consider
alton. Some time later the federation
was advised to obtain the easements
and then submit a request for funds.
John S. White. Prince Georges dele
gate to the General Assembly. is in
charge of the work of obtaining rights
of way, with Mayor Fred w. CAST OF
Cheverly acting as secretary OF the
Flood Control Committee.
Although White could not be
reached today, Mayor Cast said his
committee will undoubtedly attempt
Immediately to procure the easements
necessary to submit revised appli-
cation.
II has been estimated that fund
of 100000 will be required to finance
the project.
Flooding Is Common.
Flooding of the roadways at Peace
Gross is not an uncommon occurrence
In Spring and Winter.
From time 10 time after heavy rains
water overfiows the river banks and
covers the roadwsys, blocking traffic
and causing homes in the fistlsnds to
be evacuated. The thawing q! snow
and ice in Winter also causes the river
to overflow
Yesterdays flood, which reached a
crest of 4 feet, was an aftermath o!
the heavy rain Wednesday and Thurs
Gay and rising temperatures,
Although property damage wss est!-
mated as considerable" no injuries
resulted from the inundatloa.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
Births Reported.

Milton and Eva Miller. boy.
George and Bessie Thayer, boy.
yoSn wslter IA and Mil Elizabeth lsaaa Day: boy.
Lemuel and Mary Carton, boy.
Richard and Monte Roper, boy.
James and Ruby Cassidy, boy
Robert and Corrine Markley. boy.
William and Marearet Flick. boy.
Frank and Margaret Boggs, girl
Joseph and Katherine Graves. girl.
Earl and Helen Cook. girl.
Albert and Winifred Faour. girl.
Albert and Akabe Basdekian, girl.
Alphonso ant and Nellie Nellie Iacey. Iasg' boyi s,yi'
Howard and Elizabeth Carter, boy.
Alvin and Sarah. Mudd.. boy.
FfsshGsh M and aYs Esther sssay sasssavilfe, girl
Guy and Mabel Wills. girl.
uaeisnd and Bessie Taborn. girl.
Henry and Leona Albeittain. boy.
Herbert and Mary Riee. boy,
Robert and Doris Bennett. boy.
Lewis and Anna Van Wrinkle, boy.
John and Katherine Newbold, boy.
fs dsSn .nS and nlnbS Ethel spydsI stssrns BOY Sov
Hubert and Beverly Tarrant. boy.
John and Ardeil owens. siri.
Paul and Helen Craven. girl,
Mlaaa sosn ana anf Lucy suts datti tSsePh Pir girl
Arthur and Esther Van Der Cracht. girl
James and Loretta Henderson, boy.
zeb and Bessie Sharp. boy.
lanes lam ann and Rsss.; ssssis f5s.n Rss. sT ri,
Wilbur and Roe Robinson. siri.
Walter and Ruth Reid, firl.
s1nusl and Mae Coleman. siri.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
COAL SALES AGENCY HIT
BY GUFFEY CONTROL ACT
Will Continue Activities Along
Other Lines Pending Decision
by Supreme Court.


BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, January 4.-Appa-
lachian Goals. Inc, pioneer regional
coal sales agency, announced tonight
it will continue operations in other
lines though, the statement said, it
has been deprived of its pricing
functions" under the Guffey coal act.
A lower court decision in a suit
brought by Kentucky coal operators,
holding the act to be unconstitutional,
now is before the Supreme Court for
review.
Appalachian Goals is marketing
agent for most producers of high
volatile coal In eight fields in Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West
Virginia.
It's announcement said stockholders
have contributed funds ito carry on
the program of the agency" in sales
promotion and fuel engineering. The
action, it added, will permit prompt
establishment of the agency on its
original basis, If the Guffey act Is
declared invalid"
Evening star., 1936-01-05
CHAMBERLlN IN SPILL
transatlantic Flyer Unhurt in
Alabama Accident.

OPELIKA, Ala, January 4 R.-
Clarence Chamberlin, transatlantic
flyer, and a party of Montgomery resi-
dents escaped injury at the Auburn
Opelika Airport near here today when
the flyers dual-motored, 18-passSnger
plane nosed over In a take-off from
the muddy field.
The accident occurred shortly after
Chamberlin, on transforming trip
from Atlanta to Montgomery, landed
at the L-shaped airport to pick up .
group from the capital.
The planes propellers were dam
aged.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
Deaths Reported.

Elizabeth L. Jewell, 81. 17I7 Goth St.
Eleanor D. Collins. IS. 1918 cath st.
Flora p. Mccartney. ~. IIO3 Park pl. ne.
Jessie jackson. 20. Garfield Hospital
Eva F. Cemeney, SO. National Homeopathic
Hospital
Charles O. Besante. 65. 144s Girard st.
Samuel Stoller. 50. George Washington
University Hospital
Robert H MONTGOMERY, 81. 1O15 N st.
John Thomas Mulhall. 46. 100 10th Sc.
Raymond A. Glines 2S, 1017 M st.
Alice v. Zimmerman, %, Sibley Hospital.
Joseph Manning, so, 928 3 ST. s.w.
Shepard Hunter. 73, Casualty Hospital.
Nettie Wilson. A.. Gallinger Hospital.
Joseph Williams. 34, 1884 Corcoran st.
Benny Bail, 81, 2424 Tracy pl
Herman Bell Q month"; Freedmen's Hos
pital.
Evening star., 1936-01-05

udy iOI NuSlIlld
to defend Edith
Maxwell, convict
ed of Staying her
m ou n t a n e er
father, gg
Maxwell.
Miss Laughlin
said she did not
know what argu-
ment she would
make in behalf
of her client until
she had read the
evidence. Miss
Maxwell'S cas-
goes before the
Virginia Court of
Evening star., 1936-01-05
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Fair and
colder today; tomorrow cloudy, rain
tomorrow afternoon or night; moder-
ate westerly winds, becoming gentle
east or southeast tonight.
Maryland and Virginia-Generally
fair and colder today, except snow
fiurries in extreme west portion today;
tomorrow cloudy with rain or snow
in extreme west portion and rain to-
morrow afternoon or night in east por-
tion.
West Virginia-Generally fair and
colder today, except snow flurries in
northeast portion this morning; to-
morrow rain or snow.
Evening star., 1936-01-05

|1PPOHIo
Miss Laughlin said she had been
called into the case by Mrs Elsie M.
Graft Of Richmond, Va. prominent
in the convicted girls defense organi-
zation. and Mrs. Edith Houghton
Crooker of Baltimore, Md. Both are
personal friends of Miss Laughlin.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
MAINE LAWYER ENLISTS
IN MAXWELL DEFENSE
Miss Gail Laughlin Will Read
Evidence Before Deciding
Plea Before Court.

BY the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Me, January 4.-Miss
Gail Laughlin. prominent Maine law
yer and former legislator, said today
she planned to leave tomorrow or Mon
Evening star., 1936-01-05

Gc1, o p.ul.
TOMORROW.
Meeting, Political Study Club, May
flower Hotel, II am.
Meeting, League of Republican
Women, Mayf1ower Hotel, 2:30 pm.
Luncheon. Life Underwriters Asso-
citation. Willard Hotel. 1915 pm.
Luncheon, Newcomers Club, Carl
ton Hotel, 1890 pm.
Lecture, Alliance Francois, Carlton
Hotel, 4 pm.
Luncheon, Washington Chapter. Vir-
ginia Military Institute Alumni, Army
and Navy Club, 1890 pm.
Meeting, Optometric Society, La
fayette Hotel, 8 pm.
Dinner meeting, Craftsmen Club,
Lafayette Hotel, 6 pm.
Dinner and card party, 500 Club,
Hamilton Hotel, $50 pm.
Meeting, Military Service Legion.
Mayf1ower Hotel. 8 pm.
Meeting, Abraham Lincoln Circle,
No. 8, g. A. r., Willard Hotel. 9 pm.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

Lecture. Friends Forum. Friends
Meeting House, 1911 I street, pm.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
TOMORROW

Meeting, Town Hall. Shoreham Ho-
tel, 8 pm.
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The Sun and Moon,
PrecipitatiOn,

Monthly precipitation in inches in tn
Capital tcurrent month to date)
Month 1915 Average Record
Evening star., 1936-01-05

Meeting, League of Laymen's Re-
treat, Mayf1ower Hotel, pm.
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Meeting. Political Study Club, May
flower Hotel, IL am.
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Report Until 10 PM. Saturday.
Record Until 10 PM. Sa

Record Until 10 PM. Saturday.
Hiehest; AZ. pm. yesterday. Year
Lowest. 81, 3 am. yesterday. Year
ago "a.
Evening star., 1936-01-05

Meeting. League of Republican
Women, Mayflower Hotel, 2:30 pm.
Evening star., 1936-01-05
Record Temperatures This Year.

Highest. as. on January 3.
Lowest. 80. on January /.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetc SurveyD
The Washington times., 1936-08-13
AstOr Diary Secrets
To Be Locked Up

MED improper conduct with a long
procession of famous men, among
them Kaufman. was not repeated,
Instead the lawyers held many
conferences in the judges cham
bers. First the case was post
poned until 2 p. m. Then it was
put over until this morning.
DR.. Thorpe said today he hoped
the concessions he has made will
help his child. He added:
"The main regret l have at
this time is that several of my
friends, whose names were men,
toned in certain testimony, will
not be indicated by proof, an
abundance Of which is avail
able"
DR.. Thorpe referred to testi-
mony placing four beautiful
women in his bedroom as ovel.
night guests on a breakfast in
bed" basis.
This testimony, by a nursemaid,
represented Miss AStor's rebuttal
to DR.. Thorpe's charge that her
conduct, as evidenced by her diary,
made her unfit to have custody
of the child.
The Washington times., 1936-08-13
OF MILK
SEEN NEAR RISE
International News Service

news
Increased prices on milk because
Of the inroads cut into the pasture
and feed supplies of the dairy dis
trictS by the drought were fore
seen by the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics officials today as AAA
officials wrangled with a proposed
marketing agreement for the New
Yor karea to offset threatened
York area to offset a threatened
Producers and distributors for
the area we're given until Monday
to file briefs on the proposed
agreement. They have demanded
price increases which would result
in a 1-cent-a-quart increase to con-
SumerS.
Pasture shortage, and increased
prices of feed because of the short
corn and grain feed crops due to
the drought, were the basis of the
producers demands for an in
crease from $2.45 per 100 pounds
to $500. Producers in the Wash
ington Cd. c. area are demanding
an increase from $3.08 per 100
pounds to 1920.
The Washington times., 1936-08-13
LAWYER TELLS
0FVISIT FROM
BANNISTER

NEW YORK, Aug. 13 QN.S0.
Doc Soloway, the man who ar
ranged for Harry Bannister to
pay $4,000 in November, 1884,
to keep from being shot down by
two gunner, today was identified
in court as Broadway gambler
and client Of Harry Hechheimer,
diSbarred lawyer.
Hechheimer described doc"
while under cross examination at
his trial with Attorney Jerome
Jacobs and Raymond Derringer
on a charge of exhorting $1,000
from BanniSter. eX-huSband Of
Ann Harding, film star.
Under questioning by assistant
district attorney Eugene Fin
negan, Hechheimer said:
'Bannister and a young lady
came to my home that NOvem-
Der and Bannister told me two
gunmen had threatened his
life in the American Music
Hall.
"He said one of the gunmen
stuck a pistol into his ribs and
geSted he tell the police and not
demanded $4,000 or else. he
asked my advice and sug-
concern himself too much
about it,"
Jacobs denied extorting $4,000
from Lester Parsons. Standard Oil
magnate, on the eve of the mar
riage of his daughter. Lucille Par
sons. to George Vanderbilt last
year.
He admitted he went to Penn
Sylvania at the time a grand jury
was investigating the shooting of
Evelyn Hoey, Broadway torch
singer, on the farm of Henry Hud-
dleston Rogers, jr., but denied he
went there for purposes of shak-
ing down the heir.
He also denied a $250,000 eXtor-
ton plot against Walter Chrysler,
jr., and said he never tried to
shake down Paul Bonwit.
VOTE AMERICAN
Ladies' Bowling Meet
The Ladies Independent Bowl
ing League will hold its annual
organization meeting next Tues
day, at the Arcadia Bowling Al
leys at 8 p. m. There are several
franchises open and new teams
are invited to attend.
The Washington times., 1936-08-13

favor was returned in May, 1884,
the scar left by the bitter family
row did not heal for a long time.
And her legion of fans expressed
resentment, not completely under
standing the questions at issue.
In New York she met George S.
Kaufman, brilliant playwright,
wit. and author.
1t has been said that other
romantic interests also came into
her life. No matter whether this
is true, Kaufman is the one who
brought the long strained relations
between Mary and her husband
to bitter denouement.
DR.. Thorpe took a divorce-on
his own terms. She submitted.
But she brooded, and she was
counseled by other Hollywood
wives who have found the courts
their friends.
She went back to law-and it's
generally admitted that she would
have emerged from this last
wreStle with the doctor as victor
and a martyr-except that she
kept a diary.
The Washington times., 1936-08-13
Girl, II, Is Held
For Threat to
President

NEWARK, N. j., Aug. 13 G.N.S).
Police Sergeant Moregenroth will
decide today what to do with an
11-year-old colored girl who wrote
threatening letter to President
Roosevelt.
According to Moregenroth, the
girl got angry because she was
ordered out of a neighbor's yard
and promptly sat down, wrote the
letter to the President and put the
neighbor'S address on the envelope.
Because the girl failed to put
stamp on the envelope, marking
it C. o. D. instead, the letter
bounced back to the neighbor, Mrs.
Betty Lightfoot, colored. Mrs.
Lightfoot turned it over to police.
The letter read:
Dear President: If you don't
put S1OO in the back yard of 1876
S. 9Th St., you will be killed"
The child's name was not made
public.