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Evening star., 1937-09-12
ANTECR|ME LAWS
UPHELD IN COURTS
twenty Statutes Enacted in
Cummings Program With
stand Assaults.

A study of criminal cases arising
under 20 laws enacted in Attorney
General Cummings anti-crime pro-
gram of 1884 has disclosed that all the
statutes have withstood the vigorous
assaults made on their constitution
ality, the Department of Justice said
yesterday.
The laws, passed as a result of the
wave of kidnapings that swept the
Nation after the Lindbergh abduc-
ton and because of public indignation
over the Kansas City Union Station
massacre, included amendment of
the so-called Lindbergh law, making
1t a Federal crime to kidnap for ran
som or to use interstate means of
communication for extortion schemes.
Constitutionality of the Lindbergh
law was upheld last year by the
Supreme Court in the Gooch case,
involving the kidnapping of two police
officers in the Southwest The defend
ant, sentenced to death under an
amendment authorizing the extreme
penalty where victims are injured
was executed when his final appeal
failed.
Other Laws Upheld.
Among other laws which have been
upheld by the courts are:
Fugitive felon statute, making it
Federal offense to flee across State
lines to escape prosecution in major
crimes.
National stolen property act. pro-
hibiting interstate transportation of
stolen goods valued at S., 900 or more.
National bank robbery act, provid-
ing Oman protection for national
and Federal Reserve banks and all
other banks insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp.
National firearms act, requiring
registration of sawed-off shotguns,
machine guns and other gang-type
guns.
Racketeering Statute.
Rscketeering statute, outlawing in
reference with interstate commerce
by violence.
An act making it Federal crime
to murder a Federal agent
An act empowering G-men to carry
guns and use them and to make
arrests.
An act authorizing the Attorney
General to offer rewards for informa-
ton leading to capture of Federal
fugitives.
An act paving the way for State
eompacts on suppression of crime.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
THREE JESUITS TO MARK
50th YEAR AS PRIESTS
Solemn High Mass at st. Aloysius
Today Will Celebrate
Occasion

Three Jesuit priests of st. Aloysius
Church will celebrate the golden ami
versary of their entrance into the min
istry with solemn high mass of
thanksgiving at 10 am. today at the
church. Most Rev. Ameleto Giovanni
Cicognani, apostolic delegate to the
United States, will preside.
The three who became priests so
years ago are Rev. Laurence j. Kelly,
pastor of st. Aloysius Parish, and Rev.
Thomas A. Becker and Rev. Joseph j.
Mclaughlin, assistant pastors.
A reception for the honored priests
will be given at 8:l5 tonight at Con-
zaga Theater by parishoners and
friends.
Father Becker returned to the
church recently after an absence of
half century. He worshiped there
as boy.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
COUNTERFEIT CHARGE
JAILS C0LORED MAN
Accused of Attempting to Pass
Bad IS Bill-Bond Is Set
at IS 600

Arrested by second precinct police
Friday night as he allegedly attempted
TO pass 8 counterfeit IS bill, John
Garner, %. -olored. of no fixed ad-
dress, pleaded guilty when he was
srraigned yesterday in Police Court
before Judge Robert f. Mattingly.
Bond was set at SIS 900.
Garner was questioned by Secret
Service men TO determine whether he
was connected with counterfeit gang
operating in Washington for the last
few months. The man said he won
the bill and another alleged counter
felt bill found in his pocket in a crap
game
Evening star., 1937-09-12

the radio, as well as the talking pic
ture may produce some chronological
unemployment among teachers and
further standardize the content of in
struction Talking books may affect
the libraries and reference reading.
The airplane. the bus and the stream
line train should centralize the pe-
cialized institutions of higher educa-
ton, and should lead to an increase
in their size and a reduction in their
number"
Evening star., 1937-09-12

ress Exposition, Cheney graduated
from the University of Illinois, served
as consulting architect on the 41-story
La Salle-W -Wacker Tower in Chicago
and, since 1884, has held his present
post in Washington.
Evening star., 1937-09-12

ming. horseshoe pitching, quoits,
track events, soft bail, volley bail.
archery. badminton and bicycling.
There also will be pistol shooting,
through the courtesy of the Park
Police Pistol Club.
Evening star., 1937-10-13

OF three concerts. during which it is
planned tentatively to play the Sixth,
Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Beethoven
symphonies, among other works of
the great master. A group of noted
soloists and chorus of 200 will assist
in the presentation of the Ninth.
The National Symphony is to open
its 1878 season October 81, DR..
Kinder said, with an all-Wagner fes-
tival program in which the orchestra
will be assisted by Hilda Konetzni, So
prano; Marta Krasova, contralto;
Henk Mort, tenor; Joel Berglund,
baritone, and Alexander Kipnis, bass.
Lucrezia Bori is to be the guest art
list at the second concert, November 10.
Among the other guest artists later in
the season will be Percy Granger,
pianist-composer; Mischa Elman, VOL
mist; Josef Holman, pianist; Rich
ard Crooks, tenor; Moriz Rosenthal.
pianist; the Vienna Choir, Ruggiero
Ricci, violinist, and the Ballet Russo
Of Monte Carlo.
Evening star., 1937-10-13

John J. Pershing and several foreign
governments during the war. Is to be
honored for his outstanding service
to veterans.
This is the first social event held
by the new legion post, which was
organized last July. Attorney Gen.
eral Cummings, J. Edgar Hoover, d.
rector of the Federal Bureau OF In
vestigation. and other ofIicials of the
department have been invited to at
tend.
sam Whitaker, assistant to the At
torney General in charge of claims,
will be POSTMASTER. The committee
OF arrangements is headed by Ray
Hun, director of penal institutions.
Evening star., 1937-10-13

Enthusiastic over evidence of new
musical stability" and bringing back
with him q number OF new American
and European compositions to play
for Washington music lovers this
Winter, DR.. Hans Kinder, conductor
OF the National Symphony Orchestra,
Is back in Washington after = long
trip abroad and to Hollywood, Calf.
The work of the young composers
In America and Europe is most en-
couraging." DR.. Kinder said. There
seems to be justification for the belief
that after years of experimentation
and pointless cropping. new school
Of composition is being established
and that new period of advancement
may be in its beginning"
DR.. Kinder found evidence of q new
musical spirit in this country and
Europe, as shown by recent works of
the younger composers The promise
of new and worthy development of
the art of composition, he believes, is
bright.
Cool Toward Hollywood.
OF the art of Hollywood, however,
the noted conductor does not enter
tain so high an opinion. The motion
picture colony impressed him, he said.
as IAN overworked button factory"
Nor does he think very highly of the
brand of music accompanying the
vast majority Of Hollywood produc-
tions. For the most part, he feels, it
Is poorly recorded, even when it does
escape butchery to meet the needs of
the picture.
In justice, I must say that Holy
wood has produced some good pic
tures," Kinder explained. Most of
them are ground out on a quantity
production basis, however, and can't
be good art"
The movie capital, even outside the
studios, impressed Kinder as being
tense, nervous and unnatural" The
fault, however, is not confined to
Hollywood, he said, adding that
Americans, in general, live at too
high q pitch and have lost the art
OF graceful, easy living"
Brings IS o S" Poem.
Among the new American COMPOST
tions which will be heard under Kind
ler's baton this season is short work,
something like a symphonic poem in
character, by young radio program
expert. Robert Braine The title Is
IS o S" and the radio dots and dashes
which make up the emergency call
provide the tempo for the main theme
Of the work. 1t is, Kinder said, an
exciting piece, original in concept and
form.
Another is a suite, Five Nina
lures" by Paul White, assistant con-
ductor OF the Rochester Civic Orches-
ira. The five numbers have been de-
scribed as orchestral trifies written
with great ingenuity"
Kinder is planning to play excerpts
from Richard Hageman's opera,
"Capponsacchi," which had its pre-
mlere at the Metropolitan in New York
last season. He also is planning to
produce new works by Vaughn Will
liams and the brilliant young English
composer, William Walton.
One OF the Europeans who impressed
him most is a young Paris composer
named Jaubert, Kinder said. A new
Jaubert suite is among the works
scheduled for early performance here.
One Of the older American compos-
ers also will be honored. He is the
veteran DR.. Walter Damrosch. who
has been invited by Dr. Kinder
to lead the National Symphony
in presentation next February of the
new Damrosch composition, lode to
Lincoln"
Beethoven Given Prominent Place,
The seasons program, DR.. Kinder
said, will include Beethoven festival
Evening star., 1937-10-13
GRANT TO OFFICIATE
AT new BUILDING
I'd Army Corps Chief of staff to
Lay Corner Stone for Recrea.
ton Group.

Col. U. S. Grant. 3d.. now chief OF
staff at the headquarters of the I'd
Army Corps Area at Governors Island
and formerly director of Public Build
ings and Public Parks here, is to Law
the corner stone for the new building
OF the Welfare and Recreational Asso-
citation OF Public Buildings and
Grounds, Inc.
This was announced yesterday by
the associations general manager.
F. w. Hoover. who said the ceremony
will be held late in November. Col.
Grant, when on duty here, was the
nrst president Of the association.
The building is under construction
at 1135 Twenty-first street and will
cost 100000. 1t is being built by
Victor r. Beauchamp, Inc, of this
city.
Hoover explained that the new
structure will have a central kitchen.
from which hot food will be supplied
to units in the Government buildings
that do not have cooking facilities.
The Associations general Offices will
be housed there and a warehouse will
be part of the new establishment.
Evening star., 1937-10-13
TWizzler Answer

Evidently the thrill giver had in
tended the friend to have twice as
much as the baby if the baby were
girl and half as much if boy. SO
the amounts would best be $4,000 for
The boy, $4,000 for the father (the
3riend) and ST 1000 for the girl.
Evening star., 1937-10-13
JUSTICE LEGION POST
WILL HONOR KEENAN,

Cummings and ]. Edgar Hoover
Among 0hdcials Invited to
Dinner-Dance Saturday.
The Justice Department Post OF
the American Legion will hold a din
ner and dance Saturday in honor of
Joseph B. keenan,, assistant to the
Attorney General, at the Willard Ho-
tel beginning at 1880 pm.
Keenan,, who was cited by Gen.
Evening star., 1937-08-24
Report Hunters
Killed T,vo Pigs
Here Dispr0ued
Porkers Escape Bullets
Fired by Youths at
Home for Aged.

News Of the murder of two pigs at
the Blue Plains Home for the Aged
yesterday afternoon proved this morn
ing to be like the report Of Mark
Twain's death-"somewhat exagger-
ated."
The homes porkers often forsake
their feeding troughs to wallow in
the marshy waters of Shepherds Point
along the Potomac River. Yesterday,
however. they lodged bullets when
lve boys, about 49, went boar hunt
ing on the shore with rifles and q
shotgun.
william Bailey and Robert Adams,
inmates of the home, who we're fishing,
reported two pigs hit the mud while
the rest scampered home. Police were
informed, but the youths had ned In
an automobile.
Investigation has not identified the
criminals-apparently none Of the pigs
has squealed.
There were no fatalities and no
serious casualties" 1t was announced
this morning by Harry 8. Thompson,
farm foreman, after . check-up OF
all 10 Of the year pigs "They
viii live until Fall, when We shall eat
them"
Evening star., 1937-08-24
Court Is Unable
To attach Boat of
Channel Speeder
Man Forteits $40 and
La,U Doesn't PrOvide for
Second Ofense Charge.

The crowded waters Of Washington
Channel are unsafe for speeding and
furthermore, harbor precinct police
are accustomed to quiet.
This led to the arrest on Sunday OF
Glenn Cory, 81, of 1922 G street north
east on charge Of speeding in excess
Of IS miles an hour in the washington
Channel with a boat. He was per-
mitted by Police Judge Edward M.
Curran to forfeit $40 today.
Cory deposited $40 collateral at the
time Of his arrest. When the col.
lateral List was called yesterday, how
ever, and Cory did not answer, the
court ordered the collateral forfeited
and an attachment issued. Judge
Curran later was advised of the fact
that no collateral cases are heard In
the District Of Columbia branch OF
Police Court on Monday. Consequent
II, he continued the case until today.
When the matter again came before
the court this morning, Jndge Cur
ran permitted the forfeiture without
the issuance Of IN attachment, be-
cause there Is no provision In the law
for . second-odense charge Of speed
ing In . boat and there would be
nothing to be gained by . conviction.
Police said Cory. who gave his oc-
cupation as bricklayer, IVES travelling
up and down the channel between
Hatr1s Point and the Tidal Basin Flood
Gate. the most contested part Of the
river.
Evening star., 1937-08-24
FOUR PLEAD GUILTY
TO LIQUOR CHARGE
Twenty.Four Of Group Indicted
as Members Of Ring Deny
Charges.

Arraigned this morning before JUS
tice F. Dickinson Let's in District
Court, "a of the 80 men indicted las.
week as members of a huge illicit
liquor ring, alleged to have smuggled
1000 gallons of corn liquor into the
District, pleaded not guilty and four
pleaded guilty Bench warrants for
two others are in the hands of deputy
marshals, and arraignment of three
was passed until next week.
Those who pleaded guilty were all
colored. They we're Richard Adams,
John James Hawkins, William F.
Smith and Louis w. Wright.
Assistant United States Attorney
Samuel F. Beach informed Justice
Let's that George Richie and Hasker
Jones have not yet been apprehended
The three alleged leaders OF the
liquor smuggling organization-Alton
B. Cissell. James Allen McEaddy.
colored, and Tom c. Young-all denied
their guilt.
Because of q misunderstanding or
failure to receive notifications, three
defendants were not present this
morning and Justice Let's said he
would permit them to appear on the
next arraignment.
The alleged ring Is said to have
cost the Government $500 900 In lost
revenue during the two years Of its
operation.
The investigators said the ring
brought whisky into washington from
stills in the Virginia foothills by
means OF fast trucks,
Evening star., 1937-08-24
Common Foe Unifying China,
Says Missionary to Orient
Rer. c. L. Pickens, T..
in Capital on Visit
after II Years.

Under the guidance Of Generalissi-
mo Chang kai-shek, whose legions
are hurling themselves in the path Of
Japan's invasion, China rapidly is
emerging from collection OF bicker-
inc provinces into a unified nation,
declares Rev. Claude l.. Pickens, jr.,
a missionary to China for ! years.
Rev. and Mrs Pickens and their
five young children are back on fur
Tough. visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Claude L. Pickens. ST.. at 1873
Webster street.
Although Chang Is called q dicta-
tor, the missionary said. he s amaz-
ingly popular with the masses.
Last year." Pickens recalled, when
Chang was released after his abduc-
ton to Sian. there were three DAYS
Of celebration in Hankow. with fire
works. never saw anything like it
in my years in China"
Planes for Birthday.
Last October II, Chinas Fourth of
July" which celebrates the fall Of the
monarchy. the missionary recalled,
communities all over China presented
Chang on his f1ftieth birthday with
planes they had bought by popular
subscription.
The number given him was care
fully guarded and no foreigners were
allowed at the airdromes.
Despite his magnetism and hold
over the people, Pickens added. Chang
Is not an impressive looking figure,
and in spaeking his voice is small and
squeaky
At China's Summer capital. Chang
and his American-educated wife fire.
quently strolled unguarded, Pickens
said.
Chang" he added. has more
nearly unified China than any one in
recent times, even more than Sun Yat-
sen, father of the revolution, who was
a statesman but not soldier. Chang
has been quietly preparing for years
for this struggle with Japan, which
seemed inevitable
Where few years ago China was
divided into groups OF rowing armies
Evening star., 1937-08-24
MORGAN ASSUMES
DUTIES TOMORROW
District Lawyer Named as
Seals Aide to Handle
New Tax Matters,

10 V. Morgan. member Of one OF
the leading law firms in the city, will
assume the duties Of an assistant
corporation counsel tomorrow and will
be placed in charge OF legal matters
under the 1887 tax law.
He was appointed to the newly
created post on the recommendation
OF Corporation Counsel Elwood H.
Seal. who informed the Commission
ers that the recent tax law providing
new methods OF taxation added addi-
tlonal burdens to his already over
ourdened ONCE" A salary of $4,000
goes with the appointment.
The enforcement of the act will
require preparation of rules and regu-
lations as we'll as many opinions and
actions at law in the courts under
the supervision of the corporation
counsel" Seal told the Commission
ers. This is a new field and REQUIRES
the services OF a profound lawyer.
Mr.. Morgan has had wide and
varied practice at the local bar,
including trial practice, corporate
financing, taxation, international and
maritime law He is an outstanding
lawyer. fitted in every way both pro-
fessionally and personally to under
take the position of special counsel
in charge Of taxation
The new tax counsel is member
OF the firm Of Douglas, Obear, Morgan
& Campbell and was given a leave
Of absence from the firm in order
to serve the District government. He
has practiced for Is years in Wash
ington before the District courts and
the United States Supreme Court.
Morgan is 40 years old and obtained
his legal education at the Georgetown
University School of Law, graduating
with an LII. D. degree in 1909 and a
IL. NJ degree in 1910. He lectures
at National University Law School on
conflicts Of law. bailments and legal
ethics.
During the World War he served
in the United States Marine Corps.
He is active in the knights Of Co.
lumbus and in Sigma Nu Phi Fra
ternity. His home is in Edgemore,
Md.
Evening star., 1937-08-24
ACCORD ON D, C,'S !
| SHARE MAY SPEED
| WATER FRONT lob
Local Sum May Be Paid in
|nsta||ments as Work
Progresses.
$68, 900 INITIAL OUTLAY
WOULD BE REQUESTED
Gen. Markham Could Start I'm.
provements at Own
Discretion.

Work on the 1850 900 program for
modernizing Washingtons water
front may be expedited as result of
an agreement between the Budget Bu.
reau and Maj. Gen. Edward NJ Mark.
ham. chief Of the Army Engineers.
regarding the Districts contribution
toward the project, it was learned
today
Instead of the District being forced
to pay the entire amount of it's con-
tribution-s389.O .OOO-in a ump sum
Commissioner Hazen said it had been
agreed to accept payment in annual
lnstallments as work progresses Un.
der this arrangement, ne said the
commissioners would ask for an
initial appropriation of $4,000 in the
nrst supplemental bill passed In the
new session Of Congress.
The War Department policy is "a
begin rivers and harbors work only
when the local community has pu,
up the full amount of its contribu.
ton. Gen. Markham has a lump
sum at his disposal, and it was pointed
out he could start work when he saw
mt on the Districts water front inn
provements, leaving the local payment
until later.
Hazen explained the payments might
extend over the entire eight years of
the program, or the District could
complete payment of the s389,00O in
Two or three years" The other pay
ments would be provided in the regu-
lar appropriation bills.
The Engineers program over
long period would provide the Dis
trict with Improvements long needed
and sought. Expenditures for the
f1rst year of work would total s285O0o.
No provision for the Districts pay.
ment was made in the present budget,
and the recent agreement will enable
work to start at an earlier date 1t u
hoped.
The entire program calls for the
following Improvements:
A yacht harbor with berthinz space
for 286 boats
Two modern vharves for nunicipa)
use
Three wharves for existing trans.
portation lines and general service.
Construction of bulkhead walls.
Removal of old. dilapidated struc.
lures now being used.
Hazen said the first $4,000 paw.
ment, which he expects would be al.
lowed in the next supplementary BID
after Congress reconvenes, would run
to July /, 1898. 1t then would be
possible to include in the 1899 appro.
priation bill, he explained. whatever
amount the District would be ex-
pected to pay on the next installment.
Evening star., 1937-08-24
WATER SYSTEM
BEING REPAIRED
Army Engineers Engaged on
$4,000 D. c. Program as
Flood Aftermath,
Army engineers now are engaged o,

Army engineers now are engaged on
a $4,000 repair program to the Wash
ington water supply system, as an
aftermath Of the major floods Of 1896
and last Spring, Maj. Walter D. Lup-
low, district engineer for the War
Department for the Washington area,
disclosed today.
With the Capitals use Of water At
its peak during the hot weather, Maj
Luplow proposed to defer part of the
program until about October, when
the demand slackens of and one Of
the conduits that bring the water to
the city for publication from Great
Falls can be shut down. The entire
repair program is expected to be COM
pleted by Christmas.
At Logwau. Md, above Whitewater,
the high waters washed out the
earthen covering of one conduit, leav-
ing 1t exposed and causing a leak,
through which hundreds Of gallons II
water poured. The Job Of recovering
the conduit is nearly finished Later,
when the water demand tapers of,
permanent repairs will be made to the
conduit farther down, where the break
occurred, and temporary adjustments
were effected
The next job the Army engineers
will tackle Is the cleaning Of the tail
race of the hydroelectric power sta
ton at the Dalecarlia filtration plant
en- Conduit road near the District line
The tail-race passes under the old
Chesapeake g. Ohio Canal and on
down into the Potomac River. Due to
the floods this has become badly
clogged up. Because of this condi-
ton, the tail-race is not permitting
the water to flow of as rapidly as
desired, with consequent diminution
of power-producing capabilities, Maj.
Luplow explained
Where the raw water flows into the
conduits that lead 1t from Great Falls
down to the Dalecarlia filtration plant,
the intake has become encumbered,
due to the high waters. AS soon as
the conduit can be closed and drained,
about October, when the peak of de-
mand has passed, the debris and mud
will be removed, the major said The
leak in the new conduit at Whitewater
will be repaired permanently as soon
as the great pipe can be drained. An
embankment there allowed the water
to back up and the water in the near
by pool dropped some Is feet, due to
the embankment washout. This caused
an undermining of the conduit and
the consequent bad cracking for more
than 300 feet in the conduit. Last
October temporary repairs were made,
but soon the conduit will be unwatered
and permanent repairs made, Maj.
Luplow declared.
Recently Conduit road, which Is
constructed on top Of the conduits
that bring the water supply to the
city, has been reconditioned in Mary
land, under the supervision Of the
Army engineers.