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according to the Government. was
used as down payment on the pur-
chase of some Of the Virginia land. to
which title was taken in the name of
a straw party. Mrs. Gladys Thompson.
sister Of Rhodes daughter in law and
an employe of the General Accounting
ONCE.
In still another count. Rhodes is
charged with larceny of $500. repre-
sented. Wilson said, by a. check in
that amount payable to the Warfield
Motor Co. for a secondhand truck,
title to which allegedly was registered
in the name OF the contractor on the
Virginia construction job.
All the checks were signed by Ruth
S. Horner, assistant treasurer of the
Fidelity, and countersigned by Rhodes,
Wilson said.
Other Withdrawals Charged.
In another class of alleged lar
cenies were two Withdrawals from
Rhodes account In the Fidelity, one
for 5000 and the other for $77065.
These are said to have increased an
already existing overdraft.
BY November IL, four days after
Rhodes had obtained ten 5000 con-
struction loans in the name of Gladys
Thompson. his account stood sl2 ,634.47
overdrawn, the Government claims.
On that day, it is charged, he switched
5000 from the construction loans
to clear the overdraft.
A few days later, Rhodes Is alleged
to have drawn 1880 on two Of his
construction loans and used that
money as down payment on the pur-
chase of additional land.
A check for $326.4l is said to have
gone to the District tax collector as
payment of taxes on Rhodes home,
and a check for $500 3 to the tax COL
lector for taxes on building occupied
by the Georgetown branch Of the
association, which was owned by
Rhodes.
There was another check for $4,000.
said by Wilson to have increased the
overdraft in Rhodes account in the
Fidelity. When the overdraft grew
to $4,000 he is alleged to have taken
$4,000 from the construction loans
and used $2,870 to reduce it.
Each Of the two final counts of the
indictment charges Rhodes with lar
ceny Of $4,000. This $4,000 allegedly
was taken from second set of con.
struction loans, authorized December
by the Fidelity Board of Trustees,
and $7,l00 used to reduce a $500
overdraft in Rhodes account, and
the remaining $4,000 deposited to the
loans payable" account of David T.
Maloney, 1920 Cathedral avenue,
vice president and treasurer Of the
Green Line Sightseeing Co.
It was from Maloney's account
that Rhodes is alleged in three of the
forgery counts to have drawn $1,000.
According to the Governments
theory of the case, the S4,9O0 deposit
by Rhodes was to make Up this al
legged shortage.
Endorsement Forgeries Claimed.
The forgery indictment in which
Maloney's account figures charges
that Rhodes forged Maloney's indorse-
ment on three Fidelity checks drawn
on the Second National Bank. The
checks were regularly signed by Miss
Horner, as assistant treasurer, and
countersigned by Rhodes.
The other forgery Indictment al
legged that Rhodes forged . $500
withdrawal slip in the name Of Desire
A. Err, IS K street, an engraver at
the Government Printing Once, who
was q substantial depositor In the
building association.
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PROMOTION PLAN
OFFERED BY NAVY
New System May Result
From Report Turned
Over to Swanson.

A new system for promoting officers
Of the Navy and Marine Corps may
come as the result of q report turned
over to Secretary Swanson today by
the General Board of the Navy.
The report was not made public, but
it was believed that its findings may
bring proposals to the coming Con-
gress which would radically alter the
method of advancement now in force.
The Nays senior officers have been
studying the problem for months. The
board has in its membership former
commander in chief of the United
States Fleet. Rear Admiral Joseph NJ.
Reeves. and Q former commander in
chief of the Asiatic Fleet. Rear Adj
miral Frank B. Upham, who is chair.
man.
Secretary Swanson will examine the
findings carefully and probably will
send the report to the Bureau Of Navi-
CATION, OF which Rear Admiral
Adolphus Andrews is chief. The bu-
reau has jurisdiction over naval per-
sonnet.
The present selection system for ad-
vancement has been in effect for the
higher ranks in the Navy since 1916,
and has recently been extended by
Congress to apply to junior officers OF
the Navy and the entire Marine Corps.
Oficers throughout the service were
invited by the General Board to sub
NIT ideas on the present system.
The Nays selection system has
been under fire for some time Many
have felt that the requirement which
forces a certain percentage of each
grade, except rear admirals and en-
signs, into retirement each year Is too
rigorous and that many good men are
thus lost to the service.
Selection boards, comprised of rear
admirals for senior officers and cap
tains for Junior officers, conduct their
delibertions in secret. going over each
officer's record thoroughly. These
boards are not required to give rea-
sons for decisions on advancement.
They report directly to the Secretary
Of the Navy
The Secretary invariably has ap-
proved board findings for transmits
sion TO the President, who usually
sends them to the Senate as his NOM
nations.
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QUAL|F Y|NG ENDS
IN WOMEN'S GOLF
Misses Bauer and HemphiII
Gain Places in
PIay-off.
rs the Associated Press.

SUMMIT, N. j., September %
The 18-hole qualifying round of the
United States women's golf cham
pionship nipped just at the close yes
terday on account of darkness, was
completed this morning with Bette
Waterhouse of Providence shooting
the last four holes in par to gain one
of the "a qualifying berths with
45-45-90.
Nineteen PLAYERS we're halted late
yesterday afternoon. but only eight
completed their rounds this morning.
As the result of Miss Waterhouse'
strong finish. Sc players had scores Of
80 or less and Is were bracketed at
81, necessitating a sudden death play
of for the remaining eight places.
The two who carded els are Vir-
ginia Paddock of Detroit. 45-46. and
Mrs. John j. Meenan of Glen Cove,
N. Y, 47-44. Others vino finished,
but failed to make the grade. were
Mrs. E. G. Peterson. Port Washington,
N. Y, 4s-4-s2; Mrs. Joseph Lawlor,
White Plains. N. Y. 49-48-97; Mrs.
Robert Beard of Wallingford. Pa, 54-
4e-l03: Mrs L. G. Pray, Norbeck, Md.
$500. and Mrs John S. Hess,
North Hampstead. N. Y, 49-s1-l00.
Those deadlocked at 81 were Lillian
Zeck, Aurora. Ill; Betty Buechner.
Glen Cove, N. Y; Mrs Dan Weiss,
Flint. Mich: Kathryn Hemphill. Co.
lumbia. S. c.; Mrs Henry Dietrich.
New York; Jean Bauer. Providence:
Helen Buck. Arlington, Pa; Mrs. Leon
Solomon. Kansas City: Peggy Graham,
Culver City. Calf: Eva Shorb. Canton.
Ohio Dorothy Foster, Springfield, Ill;
Edith Kierland. Minneapolis: Bernice
Wall, Chicago: Mary B. Clark. Bloc
field. N. j.; Mrs. Meenan and Miss
Paddock
The Misses Clark, Bauer and Hemp
hill and Mrs Solomon and Mrs.
Dietrich qualified on the first hole
with SIS, while Miss Shorb and Miss
Foster made the grade on the third
hole with As. and Mrs Meenan got in
with par on the short fourth.
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MARITIME BOARD
ACTS FOR PEACE
Urges Ship Overs and
Union to Extend Con.
tracts 60 Days.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The newly-created Maritime Com.
mission today asked shipowners and
members of the Pacific Coast Long.
shoremen's Union Ito make every
effort" to reach an agreement to ex.
tend working contracts which expire
tomorrow and avert labor trouble.
The request that the contracts be
extended by mutual agreement" for q
period of go days was contained In
identical kilograms sent TO eight or
CARNATIONS of employers and workers.
The extension was asked, the tele-
grams said, in order that this COM
mission may have an opportunity to
confer with other Government depart
ments concerned and TO make an in
vestigation in the sincere hope that
as an interested party 1t may aid in
the reaching of an amicable settle
ment"
The texts of the communication:
The Maritime Commission Just Gre
ated has been advised that the con-
tracts governing working conditions
on the West Coast are about to ex-
pire. 1t is requested that you and
your organization make every effort
to arrange by mutual agreement that
these contracts be extended for
period of so days in order that this
commission may have an opportunity
to confer with other Government de-
partments concerned and TO make an
investigation in the sincere hope that
as an interested party it may aid in
the reaching of an amicable settle.
ment."
The action taken by the commits
sion, members said. is designed to
bolster efforts Of Labor Department
officials who are now on the Pacific
Coast attempting to avert a strike or
lockout.
Maritime unions on the Pacific
Coast now are operating under agree
ments signed after q strike in 1894.
Several weeks ago, both employers
and employees expressed a desire to
modify provisions of the contracts.
When negotiations broke down be-
tween longshoremen and shippers last
month, shippers announced they
would consider the agreement with
longshoremen ended on September 80.
With the announcement. shippers
listed new working conditions which
they said would become effective Oc-
tober in the absence of new agree
ment. These included elimination OF
hiring halls, and an increase in the
working day from six to eight hours.
The longshoremen took exception and
asked that existing agreements be con-
tinued until satisfactory terms had
been reached.
Meanwhile, the Sailors Union of
the Pacific likewise was unable TO
reach a satisfactory arrangement with
shippers. A tie-up of Stevedore labor
would result in a walk-out Of seamen
pending settlement of the difficulties,
the Sailors Union said.
Labor department officials estimated
$1,000 maritime workers would be af-
fected directly If q truce we're not ar
ranged by October !. and as many as
300, 900 workers might be affected in
directly.
President Roosevelt Is expected to
confer with members Of the Maritime
Commission here tomorrow. 1t was
understood the Pacific Coast situation
would be discussed.
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Alcazar. he related, heard the tunnel
ing to place the mine and was able to
tell his comrades what parts of the
fortress would be destroyed in the
blast.
The Fascists fed to other sections
and escaped injury. he said.
After a solemn celebration Of the
capture of Toledo, insurgent forces to-
day began fresh drive toward Madrid.
major objective Of their relentless ad-
vance.
Fascist headquarters reported the
"maneuver is developing toward the
capital while insurgent troops pushed
an encircling movement around gov
eminent militiamen between Avila and
Maqueda
Retreating Socialists were unable to
fee from Toledo over Tagus River
bridges, which were destroyed during
the Fascist advance on the provincial
capital.
Insurgent commanders reported the
government columns scattering in
disorder south of Toledo.
tOff1cial reports from Burgos. seat
Of the Fascist provisional government
declared divisional headquarters had
been established in Toledo. Troops
were being billeted for occupation duty
and labor corps were disposing of the
bodies of fighters and residents who
died in the advance.
(Bureos ofhcials reported % Rus
slams, including eight captains. were
found among the government dead
which were estimated between TOO
and 900.
(The Fascist troops in the city
seized 1000 rifles, four armored trucks.
two anti-aircraft guns, IS motor cycles
and an ambulance)
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Our operative saw q smooth talking
lad handing out lollypops in school
playground. passing out with each
sweet the remark: Vote for me for
captain of the schoolboy patrol"
HALLOWEEN.
Eren those planning the celebrd-
ton OF an ancient medieral festival
hare gone strdtopshere-minded.
A netD feature Of the Washington
Halloween parade this year wiu be
series of huge and spectacular
comic figures made of rubber and
inflated NTH heliuB gas. The fig
ures will be similar to those used
in the famous Munu,ers' parade in
Philadelphia.
TUelDe men Ull be detailed to
each OF the figures, not 80 much
to carry them as to hold them
doDn.
CHEAP-SKATE.
A LOCAL golfer Is concerned about
= what will happen to . very
small boys pride when he learns more
about coins.
While hunting in the rough for an
elusive golf bali the other day, the
golfer was approached by q child no
taller than q feet, who inquired II he
would like to buy golf ball for two
dimes"
Admiring the business acumen Of
the tot, who had picked the psyche
logical moment for sale, the golfer
said that indeed he would and, search
ing in his pockets found that he had
nothing smaller than q quarter.
"Will a quarter do?" he asked, prof.
fering the coin.
mo, SIR" announced the boy stout
ly. This is a brand-new ball and
it's worth two dimes!" He departed
with dignity in the direction Of an
other customer. Il
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HUGE STOCK SALE
. PROFITS DETAILED
Securities Commission Told
II Firms and individuals
Made S6,243,388.
~ the Associated Press

.
Testimony that a group of Is firms
Ind individuals. including Arthur W..
Cutten and Harry F. Sinclair, made a
net profit of s6,243 1888 on stock sales
TO an investment trust was received
yesterday by the Securities Commits
sion.
Hunter S. Marston of New York, who
gave this testimony, said Blair g. Co..
investment bank which sponsored the
trust. headed the group. Cutten, the
= Chicago grain operator. who died not
long ago; Sinclair, the oil magnate
and Blair & Co. were listed as each
having had a 2l.75 per cent interest,
with the Chase Securities Corp. hav-
ing 1850 per cent and other members
smaller shares.
Marston said the group put up
$13000,000 to buy the stocks. which it
sold two months later to the trust,
the Petroleum Corp. of America. John
d. Rockefeller. ir.. lent it an additional
S25000,000 necessary to finance the
transaction, he testified.
Both Marston and Elisha Walker,
former president of Blair g. Co. and
now a partner in Kuhn. Loeb & Co.,
said in response to questioning by
commission counsel that the trust
paid gross commissions of s9,75o0
on stock transactions to Blair & Co.
and afiliates from the time it was
established in 1929 through December
81, 1885.
Z The Petroleum Corp. of America,
Marston said. sold to the public an
initial offering of sl1o, 100000 of stock,
which he described as the largest
first offering in the investment trust
field. Its assets now are S35.000 900.
he said, due partly to repu-chases of
its own capital stock.
The securities which the group of
IS was said to have sold the trust
were listed as PAT. 796 shares of Prairie
Oil d Gas common and lis, $50 shares
Of Prairie Pipe Line common.
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The problem of having the correct
number of candles for the cake was
solved by the use of red ones for every
10 years of the veterans age. A single
white candle signified that the century
mark had been passed by one year.
Jones expects to live to be 100.
II made that prediction when was
8 years old" he tells his visitors.
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lUl6 birthday
anniversary.
A birthday cake
W i t h a lit t ] e
champagne for
Jones was served
at noon, and
open house
was observed in
his ward. Visi-
tors / n c lu d e d
J on es' little
boy" Thomas A.
Jones of Phila-
delphia. who at
So is still a young
ster In the eyes of
his father.
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MADRID TIGHTENS DEFENSE.
Cabinet Seeks to Strengthen Army.
New Victory Claimed.

New Victory Claimed.
BY JAMES c. OLDFIELD
Copyright. 1886. by the Associated eresx.I
WITH THE GOVERNMENT
FORCES RETREATING FROM TO-
LEDO NEAR MOCEJON. Spain, Sep
TENDER 29.-The rush of Socialist re-
Inducements to the Toledo sector
slowed down today as the government
built gigantic defense system for the
capital.
The Spanish cabinet sounded a call
to arms to add manpower to its de-
lenses against an expected Fascist
assault.
Bedraggled militiamen, fleeing from
the fury of insurgent artillery and
aerial attacks, rushed northward as
frenzied officers attempted to form
new blockade across roads from
the Predetermined Toledo.
Socialist commanders labored to
coordinate their scattered forces near
here and at Bargas to unity the gov
ernment's efforts in the capital.
The weakened lines were established
at two points:
Bargas, Just west of the main
highway between Madrid and Toledo,
where Socialists launched q counter
attack against insurgents who hold
the town.
Withstand Bembardment.
At Madrid the war ministry. in an
ofilcial bulletin. announced that gov
eminent forces had withstood bonn
bardment by is airplanes near Olias
Del Rey, about z miles northeast Of
Toledo on the Madrid highway.
Government troops also were re-
ported to have seized a village called
villamiel. near the highway junction
Of Maqueda.
Government planes. reports to the
Madrid high command said, com
pletely demoralised the civilians" ct
Oviedo, Northern Fascist stronghold,
dropping exactly 1000 bombs.
Socialist leaders sent out a call for
5000 brave and daring men," adding:
Five thousand such men can win
victories, whereas $4,000 towards and
deserters will bring about defeat.
Madrid has these brave men, but
they should be placed on a war foot
ing Immediately.
If we cannot summon all our
courage now 1t will be too late manana
tomorrow"
Madrid was piastered with posters
boosting the recruiting efforts. Many
construction workers obtained leaves
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Spain
Continued From First Page.)

0eatn from EXHAUSTION, munger and
fear. the survivor related. He said his
comrades. after they were freed. found
a large unexploded mine under the
last refuge Of the Fascists in one of
the Alcazar's dungeons.
We would never have given in"
asserted Col Jose Moscardo. leader Of
the Fascist forces inside the Alcazar,
who arrived at Talavera with a group
Of his rescued supporters.
But 1t was becoming difiicult," the
gaunt commander declared. I'VE had
only one bottle of chloroform left for
operations on the wounded. Food was
so scarce I do not like 10 think
about 1t.
Spirit Indomitable.
But the spirit of the Alcazar was
indomitable Always there was a spirit
of sacrifice.
When the Socialists were tunnel
ing underneath to explode us. our
engineers calculated In advance every
possible effect of such an explosion
One man lost his life as he crawled
directly over planted explosive"
All the occupants of the Alcazar
have a peculiar waxen color resulting
from spending many days in the deep
underground cellars. One battered
radio provided the self-imprisoned
Fascists with their sole amusement
and kept them in touch with the out
side world.
The dead were buried in buildings
Of the training school riding academy.
Many we're trapped in wreckage and
the smell Of deoaying bodies permeated
into the dark and gloomy underground
passages.
Doctors and nurses cared for the
wounded, performing amputations un-
der primitive conditions. but without
a single case of infection.
Continue to Live In Fort.
Some of the occupants of the bat
tered fortress continued to live In their
prison home even after Gen. Frances
forces had taken control Of the city.
Extreme difficulty was encountered in
getting some Of the wounded out be-
cause Of wreckage and fallen masonry.
Col. Moscardo. the bearded COM
mander, was regarded by his followers
for his calm. patient direction Of the
strange isolated community.
Although food supplies ran short, the
Fascists In the underground chambers
had supplies of munitions remaining
when they were liberated.
We took with US q million rounds
of rife cartridges from the army mu-
nitions factory and used up only about
half" explained the officers. Trench
mortars were also used to beat on the
government attacks"
The most terrible thing we saw
during our Imprisonment" explained
a young Fascist soldier with q band
aged head. was to look out and see
women from Madrid pulling the wires
to fire guns so they could send shells
crashing in among u.s."
The Fascists ate 81 horses and AZ
mules, survivors reported.
The live stock supplies inside the
bombarded fortress had been reduced
to one horse and five mules when In
surgent rescuers arrived.
Other survivors declared they were
only able to hold out because they
crept during the night to a nearby
building, where wheat was stored.
Several of the Fascist sympathizers
were shot during these excursions, they
related.
One man said one charge of dyna-
mite, planted by the government
forces, caused Comparatively little In
Jury" to the besieged.
An insurgent mining engineer in the
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Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
UNWANTED.

O1N w NV 6A%s
Y YOUNG Mr.. william Girvan,
" technical director of the
Washington Civic Theater and
L man of distinction In his
profession. is a bit worried about his
respectability these days.
Until recently he had just gone
along assuming that he was All ac-
ceptable sort of person, but his conf
dence has been shaken.
Soon after he arrived in town to
work on designing sets and building
them for eight productions, he went
house hunting. He found Just about
what he wanted and had practically
reached an agreement with his pros
pective 'landlady. when he happened
to mention he was connected with the
| theater.
The landlady looked at him with
horror. Well" she said, Il guess We
had just better forget all about your
renting the apartment"
And she stuck to 1t.
II =
DEVIL DOGS.
Added to the list of automobile
licenses nth purpose apart from
marking the pehicle for traffic
tickets is that OF John II. Russell,
major general comntandant OF the
United States Marine Corps. His
license number is f775, the year
OF the establishment OF the or
! gunieation out OF Which the Marine
! Corps greu.
The first Marines Uere rifemen
| sent into the forest to- protect lun-
bermen iUho Were cutting trees for
the beginnings OF nary. Indians
at that time ,Dere definitely crazy
about Scadping toresters, it seems.
The devil dogs, who claim to be
first at any scene OF action. man
aged to arriue before the United
States itself, their commanders
license number proudly shoirs.
NAUTICAL.
WALKING home with sailboat
was the experience Of two IN
! identified Washingtonians Sunday.
A District police officer reports that
some one in the Naval Reserve knows
very little about sailboats. While the
regatta was going on he says that he
could scarcely attend to his duties
watching U. s. N. r. No. !, center
board sailing boat out of Anacostia,
being rowed along in one of the incest
hA's in Ions tiy>4A Ths
craft contained two young men and
two young women, none Of whom
seemed to be having a good time.
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The would-be sailors had taken
their sail down and were rowing along
against the wind when the law spotted
them Losing the party for a time,
the officer picked them up again at the
seawall, where the young men were
walking, dragging their sailboat by
the painter. while other sai1boats few
along the Potomac in spanking wind.
Queryfng the perspiring youths the
officer discovered that they had set
off from Anacostia in good spirits, but
that "the wind was blowing the wrong
way" when they tried to return. The
officer was too busy, he says. to ex-
plain to them about lacking.
The girls had gone home.
X 4
TIMID.
NAMES about the District Traffic
Bureau suggest that the gentlemen
running it are great deal more
tractable than they are. especially In
light of the recent announcement an
nouncement that there will be no
more ticket fixing.
In charge of trafflc is Inspector B.
A. Lamb, and the sergeant IN charge
of records is j. J. Agnew. the last
name being the Anglicized spelling of
the French word meaning veal or
sheep.
* y X
CIGAR
THE young around the Nations Cap
ital get the hang of politics at an
early age. one of our operatives re-
ports.
Elections are held in schools, it
seems, for the captains of schoolboy
patrols-those youngsters who assist
with trafhc around school buildings
at noon and closing hours.