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Evening star., 1936-07-11

he embezzled to pay his wife's hospital
bill when she had pneumonia.
Where a person is placed in posi-
ton Of trust and violates that trust,
it is usual for the court to impose q
substantial sentence" said Justice
O'Donoghue. But the facts of this
case take it out Of that general class.
This defendant was paid scarcely
enough for him to live and support
his family. Banks pay their employees
in positions of trust too little salaries
for handling hundreds of thousands
Of dollars"
He imposed suspended sentence of
from one to two years.
Barker lived at 12l Twelfth street
southeast. He took the $3,lO0 from
his $4,000 working fund" and con-
cealed the shortage by withholding
deposits made to the account of 2. A.
Sebring as clerk OF the Police Court.
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PRESIDENT ORDERS
TESTS TO QUALIFY
FOR CIVIL SERVICE
Non-C Competitive Examina-
tions Will Be Required
10 Gain Status.
so DAYS EMPLOYMENT
WILL BE PREREQUISITE
Recommendation of Department
Head Also Is Necessary
by Revised Regulations.

Government employees without civil
service status hereafter must take
nom competitive tests TO qualify for
civil service rating instead of being
blanketec-in without any restrictions
attached, under an order issued bv
President Roosevelt and promulgated
through the Civil Service Commission
today.
This ruling is one of four changes
in blanLeting procedure ordered bv
the President, which are viewed at
the commission as important reforms.
Under these, a standard is definitely
set that will apply in bringing under
civil service any of the thousands Of
emergency employees in positions which
In time may get classified status
In addition TO the test, which must
be devised by the commission, the
other changes which entail amend
ment Of civil service rules and regu-
lati0nS are as follows:
The employe must have been an
pointed at least so days prior to the
effective date Of the change in the
status of the position from non-ciyiI
service to civil service).
Must Be Recommended.
He must be unqualifiedly recon-
mended to the Civil Service Commis-
sion by the head Of the establishment
in which he is employed.
He must be citizen of the United
States and not disqualified because
Of conduct or physical or mental un-
fitness for the position or for any
other reason.
1T is believed that the new rule
will definitely correct certain weak
nesSes from the standpoint of broad
governmental policy which previously
existed for more than 80 years under
the former rule" the commission said.
In connection with the changes,
this explanation was issued:
Under the rule which has hereto
fore existed an excepted employe
could receive a competitive status al
though appointed only few days
before the change in his position. The
new rule was approved with the belief
b4AdS 9O1lC oQDcId41OldL lcilAJu VI tx
perience should be a necessary pre-
requisite to the procedure which gaveI
the employe a comps titive status.
1T is pointed out that in the past,
no recommendation to the Civil Serv-'
ice Commission by the head of de-
partment or establishment in which,
the employe worked was required by
the rules. The change will make an
unqualified recommendation neces-
sary.
Previously, no test of qualifications
or fitness was required Whether tho
excepted employe would meet nom
competitively even the minimum
qualifications required for the posi-
tion could not be made a condition
of his receiving competitive civil
service status. Under the new rule
the incumbent will be compelled I'd
pass such appropriate -competi
tive tests of fitness as the commissioI
may order"
The disqualification provisions, it il
added, are those which apply for In
itial appointments in the competitive
classified service
Evening star., 1936-07-11
GRANFIELD TO QUIT
HOUSE FOR BENCH
Only Democrat Ever Elected From
Second Massachusetts, Will
Go to District Court.

Representative william J. Granfield,
the only Democrat ever elected to the
House from the second Massachusetts,
district, has been appointed justice
Of the Springfield District Court, it
was announced yesterday. Gov. James
M. Curley told reporters he was con-
-fident the appointment would be con-
firmed.
Granfield was elected February IL,
1890, from the district formerly rep
resented by the late Speaker Frederick
H. Gillett. His election was credited
by the then Speaker Garner with
starting the Democratic Landslide. 4"
Granfleld's withdrawal from the House
to take over the judgeship will put his
district in the doubtful column dur
ing the coming campaign
Granfield won fame as q base ball
player at Notre Dame University, and
for q time played professional ball.
Last year he was one Of the star
players on the congressional team.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
ID. C.. Safe DriUers
Report Total Of
I55,OOO,MO Miles
Winner of Contest viii
Get Free Trip to
NesU York.

A record of 155,000,000 miles of
driving without single traffic accident
or arrest was shown by the first 1000
entrants in the safe driver contest
sponsored jointly by the American
Automobile Association and the c. I. r.
Safety Foundation.
Entries received at the national head
quarters Of the A. A. A here cover Q
10-year period during which the en-
trants must have covered at least
$4,000 miles without an accident or
violation Of the trafic laws, officials
announced. Several Of the entrants,
most OF them automobile dealers or
statesmen, have covered as much as
$4,000 miles during the last 10 years,
according to the entry blanks.
The contest closes Wednesday. The
person selected as the safest driver in
each Of the 48 States and the District
viii win an all-expense trip to New
York City late this Summer to attend
. national safety conference
Evening star., 1936-07-11
Judge, 73, Weds
Woman of AZ in
Secret Ceremony
LeOndrdto,Un Jurist and
Bride on Honeymoon
to atlantic City.
st ecial Dispatch to The Star.

LEONARDTOWN, Nd, July Ii
Seventy three-year-old William c. Mat
tingly, Judge Of the Orphans Court
here and prominent local undertaken,
and his bride Of three days, Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Abel Mattingly, Al, also OF
Leonardtown, were expected to return
here today from q honeymoon in At
lantic City, N. J.
The couple were married secretly In
the st. Aloystus Church rectory here
Thursday morning after obtaining q
license late Wednesday. Although
they had planned marriage for sew
eral years, friends and relatives were
not notified Of the wedding until after
the ceremony, witnessed only by the
sexton and his wife.
Judge Mattingly, whose wife died
about 10 years ago. is the father Of
seven children. They are Mrs. L M
Hodge and Mrs. Laura Maye Church
Of washington, Charles Mattingly Of
Cedar Point, Md; Robert Mattingly
Of Baltimore and Mrs. B. B. Love,
william and Joseph Mattinsty. all Of
LeonaFdtown.
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Judge Scores Lou Bank Wages
In Suspending Mans Sentence

Criticizing banks for paying low
salaries to employees who are called
upon to handle large sums of money,
Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue of Dis
trict Court late yesterday granted
probation to Benjamin M. Barker,
paying teller Of the Second National
Bank. who pleaded guilty to embezzling
$500.
The courts lenient disposition Of
the case followed an earnest plea by
Barker's attorney, Julian I. Richards,
who pointed out that the defendant
had been employed by the bank for
II years, handled large sums of money
daily, yet was paid only s2s a week
Richards told the court that the
26-year-old youth had a wife and a
baby now Just under 2 years old.
Barker had voluntarily confessed
his defalcations to bank officials and
has said he used part Of the money
Evening star., 1936-07-11
POLICE ARE URGED
TOHELP CHILDREN
WITH FRIENDSHIP
Detective Kasius Appointed
Juvenile Officer to
Handle Complaints.
PHEASANT RELATIONS
is AIM OF SUPT. BROWN
Minor Infractions and Complaints
to Be Kept Out of Court,
if Possible

Establishment Of pleasant rela-
tions" with the children on their beats
was urged on Metropolitan policemen
today by Supt. Ernest w. Brown in
an order announcing appointment Of
a juvenile relations officer, whose duty
will be to investigate all complaints
in which children are concerned.
Detective Andrew w. Kasius, at
tached to administrative headquarters,
has been named to the new post, which
the police chief created a few days
ago.
Maj. Brown ordered all precinct
commanders to have their men report
10 headquarters when they observe de-
linquencies on the part of juveniles
or where neighoorhood conditions
make 1t desirable for some action to
be taken.
Truancy Problem Cited.
Officers should become acquainted
with children on their beats by form
ing pleasant relations with them, and
by good influence materially assist in
reducing delinQuencies," said Mai
Brown. "One of the problems in con-
nection with this work is that Of tru-
ancy, which should receive immediate
attention from members of the force.
Another phase of this problem,
which should receive attention, is the
congregation of children-young boys
and girls--on street corners, vacant
lots. small parkings, ETC., especially
at late hour in the evening. BY
congregating is not meant casual meet
ing of a number of persons, but where
they congregate each evening.
Court Action to Be Delayed.
"The ultimate object in approaching
the juvenile problem is to keep as
many children as possible out of court,
and it is urged on members of the
force that they exercise all remedial
influence they can bring to bear before
the case is referred to court"
The police chief said that in cases of
minor infractions and. complaints of
annoyance the officers should ascer-
tain the names and addresses of the
children, the name of the complainant,
and forward a report to the juvenile
relations officer before court action is
sought. In serious cases, such as
felonies, members of the force will take
summary action, he said.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
MOTOR|ST HUNTED
AFTER WILD CHASE
Prince Georgian Accused OF
Trying to Wreck D. c.
Police Auto.

Maryland police today were search
ing for a resident Of Prince Georges
County who Is said to have tried to
wreck Washington police scout car
during q wild chase out New York
avenue and Bladensburg road early
this morning.
The fugitive's sedan careered from
the highway at Colmar Manor and hit
fence. The driver escaped on foot.
Police shot twice at the tires Of the
fleeing car before 1t crashed.
Officers John r. Wallace and Walter
L. Morris Of No. precinct reported
that the speeding sedan almost crashed
into their scout car at North Capitol
street and New York avenue about
$3.50 am.
The policemen gave chase. The
fugitive, disregarding order to halt,
tried to crowd their car into the curb,
crushing q fender and knocking off q
hub cap in the attempts.
The fugitive wrecked his automobile
just over the District line. Maryland
officers seized 1t and planned to charge
the driver with assault with danger
Gus weapon.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
WARREN SURPRISE
IN LIST FOR POST
M'CARL VACATED
Representative Among Sew
eraI Members of Con-
greSs Mentioned.
SERVING AS HOUSE
ACCOUNTS CHAIRMAN
Observers, However, Think Nc
Reynolds or Yates Have Best
Chance at Controllership.

Reports current here today that
Representative Lindsey C. Warren Of
North Carolina was slated to become
controller general, were received with
surprtSe-colored with doubt-in offi-
cial circles.
The names of several members Of
Congress have figured in the specula-
ton surrounding appointment of a
successor to John r. McCarl, but that
Of Warren has not been in this list
There has been q feeling that Presi-
dent Roosevelt did not intend to 60
to Capitol Hill to fill this place which
became vacant July /.
In the absence Of any announce
ment from the White House, observers
think the race lies between William
H. McReynolds, an assistant to Sec
retary Of the Treasury Morgenthau
and Frank L. Yates, for years prin-
cipal aide to McCarl.
Warren came to Congress in 1924
and is chairman Of the Committee on
Accounts, which amounts to being
business manager for the House.
Other Posts UnfiIIed.
More than dozen other high Gov
ernment posts were left untitled as the
President announced yesterday he
would make no appointments to major
vacancies until his return to the Cap
ital from his vacation.
Mr.. Roosevelt added one more 10
the extensive list of vacancies during
the day when he accepted the resig-
nation Of Ralph w. Morrison Of Texas
as a member Of the Board of Gov
ernors Of the Federal Reserve System
Morrison had submitted his resigna-
tion several weeks ago, presumably be-
cause Of differences of opinion on
fiscal questions with Mariner s
Eccles, chairman of the board.
One of the most important jobs to
be filled is that Of Undersecretary OF
State. william Phillips, the incum-
bent, Is to be named Ambassador to
Italy, succeeding Breckinridge Long
when Phillips returns from vacation.
Diplomats Mentioned.
Three outstanding diplomats have
been mentioned In discussion of those
who might be picked to succeed Phil
lips. They are Sumner Welles, former
Ambassador to Cuba and now Assistant
Secretary; r. Walton Moore, former
Virginia Congressman and now As
sistant Secretary, and William c. Bull
lit, Ambassador to the Soviet Union.
Other major positions vacant include:
Undersecretary Of the Treasury.
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy,
vacant since the death Of Col. Henry
L. Roosevelt.
Minister to Iran and AfghaniStan,
vacant since the resignation of William
H. Hornibrook, Utah newspaper pub
Usher.
Director Of the Budget, filled by
Daniel w. Bell as acting director since
the resignation Of Lewis Douglas.
Second Assistant Secretary Of Labor.
Secretary to the President, q post
untitled since the death of the Presi-
dents close friend and political adviser,
Col. Louis McHenry Howe.
Commissioner OF the Bureau Of
Reclamation.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
JOAN OF ARC STATUE
DAMAGED BY YOUTHS
Park oficials Report Danger
Monument to Heroine
Might Topple.

The equestrian Joan of Arc statue in
Meridian Park, gift from France,
has suffered again at the hands of
careless youths.
Park officials reported that the
statue is loose and unless anchored
more firmly there is danger that the
Maid Of Orleans might tcpple from
her horse or that the horse MIGHT
topplc from the pedestal.
Warren Kramer, blacksmith Of the
National Park Service, paid q profess
sional visit yesterday and IL correct
ing the mischief that children have
done In climbing about the statue.
At various times the blacksmith has
had to repair Joan's sword and the
horses bride.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
TWO MISSING GIRLS
ARE FOUND IN OHIO
Mansfield Police Wire Relative
Pair From Glenmont, Nd,
Located There.
By q stan Correspondent OF rne star.

Bya stan Correspondent OF rne Star.
GLENMONT, Md, July 1l.-Th@
worries of the parents and guardian Of
two local girls who disappeared from
home the Fourth Of July were ended
last night when Mansfield, Ohio
police reported the two young vap1
derers were in custody there.
Dorothy Leidlich, 17-year-old ward
Of Mrs. William Hull, who adopted heI
when the girls parents died more
than Is years ago, and Arianna Al
wood. II. daughter of Bernard Atwood
failed TO return from a berry-seIing
venture last Saturday. Searchers
found the berry trays and Arianna'
hat nearby.
Fearing Dorothy, in i'll health fol
many years, might be in danger, Mrs
Hull appealed to police and news
papers for aid in locating the chill
dren. A telegram from the Mans
field probation oflcer arrived here
last night, and Mrs. Hull and At
wood left Immediately for the Ohio
city
Evening star., 1936-07-11
DROUGHT CATTLE HIDES
HELD GLUTTING MARKET
Ey tho Associated Press.

Ey tho Associated Press.
Dairy farmers Of the United States
were represented yesterday as concern
ed over Government handling Of hides
and skins from purchases or drought
cattle and calves.
A. NJ. LOOMS, secretary Of the Ma
tional Daily Union, said In o statement
that o price decline already had oc-
CURED because Of fear that hides and
skins would be dumped On the market.
Dairy farms, he said, produced g.
0o0, 1000 calf skins this year.
Assurances received from the Sur-
palB Commodity Corp. by tan
nsFs was most helpful" he said, add
ing that % minimum Of Government
purchases coupled with holding Of al
l93e-boast1t hides and skins until after
disposal Of the 1894 purchases win
greatly relieve the situation"
Evening star., 1936-07-11
THREE CONTRACTS LET
FOR VIRGINIA BRIDGES
Washington Firm Submits Low
Bid for Span at Pimmett Run
In Fairfax.

RICHMOND, Va, july 11.-Low
bidders On three northern Virginia
bridge construction projects were an
nounced yesterday by the State High
way Department, according to the As
sociated Press.
Corson and Gruman, Washington,
submitted the low figure Of $5,73426
for the erection Of q bridge and ap-
proaches at Pinmett Run on Route 7
In Fairfax County.
Clark and Lewis, Luray, were low
bidders on two other bridge projects.
. 217-foot span over Flint Run and
Gooney Greek on Route II in War
rem County, and . 300-foot span over
the north fork Of the Shenandoah
River on Route IS In Shenandoah and
Warren Counties.
The Flint Run Gooney Greek bridge
bid was $16,178.29. The Shenandoah
River span bid was $28. 8.661.41.
Evening star., 1936-07-11

Commission on Indian Affairs, and
continued that work when the COM
mission was incorporated into the
Bureau Of Indian Affairs, under the
Interior Department.
Secretary 70 i. C. c. Official.
In 1912, Mr.. Henderson resigned
to become secretary to Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Franklin
X. Lane. An attorney, Mr.. Hender-
son subsequently became an examiner
with the I. @. c., which position he
held until his retirement three years
ago.
For more than 10 years Mr.. Hender-
son was president Of the Piney Branch
Citizens Association, in whose terri
tory he lived until moving with his
son on retirement. At the same time
he gave up active afiliation with the
citizens group. For many years he
was q delegate to the Federation of
Citizens Associations.
Likewise, Mr.. Henderson was one Of
the organizers and first presidents of
the Potomac Park Garden Club. The
gardens since have been changed into
the East Potomac Park golf course.
Funeral Plans Incomplete.
Mr.. Henderson is survived by his
widow, Mary Young Henderson, who
was visiting their daughter, Mrs. Ruth
Spear Of Kirby, Mont, at the time of
his death. The son with whom he
lived, another son, Earl Y. Henderson,
also of Chevy Chase, Md, and grand
son, Adrienne, son Of Robert, also sur
vive him.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed, pending arrival here of Mrs.
Henderson. They will be announced
later,
Evening star., 1936-07-11
S1,5OO BONDS HOLD
7 IN GAMING RAID
Cases Continued to July 2S
Others Released to Appear
as u. s. Witnesses.

Seven of 36 persons arrested by
police late yesterday in a gambling
raid In a basement at IL H street
northeast were arraigned before United
States Commissioner Needham C.
Turnage today and their cases con-
ttnued to July %. Meantime, police
will submit the cases to the grand
jury. Bond was fixed at $500
for each.
The seven were charged by the
police vice squad with owning and
operating the establishment Others
arrested were released after being
listed as Government witnesses.
Lieut.. George Little, head Of the
vice squad, said police entered through
an open door Of the place, while book
making was in progress and black
jack game was going on.
Lieut.. Little said two bookmaking
booths, a quantity of playing cards
and tables, several numbers slips, and
marked money was found.
Evening star., 1936-07-11

| havoc with river-bottom crops, par
ticularly since he forages and In herds
of 20 or more.
Bungo and his wild brethren are
great swimmers, divers and fioaters
Like he crocodile, he floats motion
less for hours with only his protrud-
ing eyes and noStrils above water.
The hippo Is an amiable fellow until
wounded or cornered In an emer-
gency, however, he has recourse to q
surprising amount of agility, ferocity
and strength. His hide, inches
thick, is quite a protection from fang
and claw.
Natives trap the hippo In his run
ways for his flesh and teeth, which
are Of continuous growth, sometimes
weigh as much as pounds, and are
finer than ivory.
The Zoo also has pygmy hippoS
found only in West African rivers
tributary to Lake Tchad.
biologists say the hippo's nearest
relation Is the pig. Bungo, however,
will not be quoted on the subject.
Tomorrow: Jenny, the leopard
tDho took beating from house
cat.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
SOUTH CAROLINA ASKS
10000 MORE w. p. A. JOBS
Relief OF Drought Suffering Held
Imperative in Application
to q. s. Officials.
By the Associated Press:

By the Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, s. c.. July 1i.-State
w. P. A. officials asked the Federal
Government yesterday to create 10000
additional jobs in South Carolina TO
relieve drought suffering.
Lawrence M Pinckney, State w. P.
A. administrator. said he had applied
to Washington to increase the State
quota by 10000 and to allot additional
funds to finance projects so that
drought-stricken tenant farmers might
find means Of earning an "imme-
diate income"
Pinckney said the program prob
ably would be launched some Tina
next week." after he conferred with
Malcolm Miller, w. P. a. regional field
representative, and United States
Senator James r. Byrnes.
Tie present State w. p. A quota
has been filed, he explained, 20 no new
jobs can be made pending approval
from Washington. Meanwhile, officials
there said that 10000 jobs had been
allotted the South prior to the South
Carolina application,
Evening star., 1936-07-11
admiral Cone Ships as Purser
aboard Tramp Freight Vessel

carrier Of the Ore Steamship Co.,
sailed yesterday from sparrows Point
for Cruz Grande, Chile, via the PAN
ANA Canal.
Ofhcials ct the United States ship
ping commissioners ONCE declined to
comment on Admiral Cones presence
aboard the vessel. Such practices as
his serving as purser are common on
some freight vessels.
It was understood Admiral Cone
would not remain with the ship for
the fun cruise to Cruz Grande, but
would disembark at the Panama
Canal. a
Evening star., 1936-07-11
BOY, IA, DROWNED

Clifton Jones, II, eolored, 4s4 M
street southwest, was drowned shortly
before noon today IN washington
Channel OF OF Water and O streets
southwest
Two other eolred boys, wilbur
Smallwood, I6, Of 1854 Fourth street
southwest and Theodore Brown. a..
Of 1720 Halt street southeast, failed
In efforts 10 rescue him. Harbor police
recovered his body IN . short time.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
Banketing In of Federal Employees Banned Under Neev Rule
Master in Hospital, Dog Disconsolate
Mongrel Howls All Night Ryerfront Recuse IA, Is
Taken to Emergency.

TINE mongrel Jack howled all
night outside his masters river
shack, which, In better days,
II had been the cook house on q
mud digger" barge.
The drivers Of gravel trucks going
to work nearby found Jack there this
morning and chipped in for q can Of
dog food and some soup bones.
Jack kept whining dismally about
the Uttered yard Of the shanty. Until
yesterday, 1t was the home Of William
H. Poulson. o 74-year -old recluse long
familiar to the Anacostia river front.
Find Man Seriously Ill.
Social service workers had found
Poulson seriously i'll In his squalid
shack and sent him to Emergency
Hospital, where his condition was de-
scribed as critical"
For years Poulson eked out a meager
existence on the water front after his
infirmities forced him to lay aside his
carpenters tools. He refused the aid
Of relatives IN Poulson, Va, q town
named after his family.
Last Spring the flood backed 4 feet
Of water into Poulson's shack. His few
friends noticed he had q chronic cough
after that.
Put ON Pension Rolls.
Social workers urged him to 60 to q
hospital, but he refused, because, he
said, he would not leave Jack to fend
for himself. Recently Poulson was
put on the Districts old-age pension
rolls.
Poulson's friends along the water
front, near South Capitol and s streets,
said, however, that he never seemed
to cash the pension checks. They
brought him food and he shared it
with Jack. The truck drivers also
helped.
Evening star., 1936-07-11
Hangman Husband Hot Wanted.

LOS ANGELES R.-Mrs. Joan
Findlay. in q cross-complaint to di-
vorce her husband James, alleged he
had an ambition TO be . hangmsn
and that he spoke Of 1t before friends
in such detail they left shuddering.
In the original suit Findlsy charged
his wife nagged him and threw things
) At him.