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they have not the personality and
makeup to lead their teammates.
Nor h there any one tn the
outfield. with the exception Of
AL Simmons, qualified to even
begin to be spark plug.
When last seen in Washington. Mr..
Griffith was bodaciously drinking
straight lemonade without a chaser,
and striking an optimistic note.
I'D like to know where some people
get that stuff about being out of the
race" he yipped. Here we are with
less than half Of the season played.
Washington has played exactly 68
ball games and has 86 more to CO.
Why, anything can happen in base
ball. With a little fight and ginger
we can finish In the first division and
I think we will. There isn't" he
added in positive fashion, ANY club
In the league that figures to beat US
by much Of margin"
Born 40 Years Too Soon.
Mr.. g. reminded that Col. Jacob
~ Rupert, up in New York. had .
ball team called the Yankees. And
some people were saying they were
better than the 1927 Yankee team.
"Poof," exclaimed the old
gentleman. "Suppose they arc
good? They can be beaten.
But the teams playing them
have to fight back"
0rid was born 40 years too soon.
At 81 the old gent has more enthusi-
asm for base ball. probably, than any,
body else connected with the business.
It never has diminished, but, If any,
thing, has grown with the passing Of
the years.
Mr.. G., even as q pitcher. probably
could have furnished his 1887 Wash
ington club with that spark plug it
apparently needs. He was one of
those kind Of guys.
Hill Realizes An Ambition.
THE sale Of Jess Hill to the Athletics
for the waiver price removes one
Of the most ukable characters from
the Washington club. Hill was on the
order Of Jack Russell. well liked by
h1s teammates and popular With the
Evening star., 1937-07-14

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Toledo. 9; Indianapolis. o.
Milwaukee. 4: Minneapolis. O.
st. Paul. ALI Kansas City. 20.
Columbus. 4; Louisville. /
Evening star., 1937-07-14
ESTERN SHORE.

Easton. IA: Dover. 2.
Crisfield. 4; Cambridge. 9.
Salisbury. 10; Pocomoke. 5.
Federalsburg. g; Centreville. I.
Evening star., 1937-07-14
COASTAL PLAINS.

Goldsboro, 8: williamson. 3.
Ayden. 4; Kinston. Q.
Tarboro, Is: Snow Hill. 13.
Greenville at New Bern. rain.
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along in fine style with winner, but
they have not the personality and
makeup to lead their teammates.
Nor n there INV ma In thu
Evening star., 1937-07-14

Wash. at Cleve.. 3.
New York at Detroit.
Phila. at Chicago.
Boston at st. Louis.
Evening star., 1937-04-23

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feet Of churches located in business
districts.
The proposed amendment referred
only to churches in business areas and,
therefore, would not make the amend
ment apply to schools.
The proposal was laid before the
Commissioners last week, but was not
made public until today's meeting of
the Board of Commissioners, when
the date for the public hearing was
fixed.
Among those especially invited by
the A. B. c. Board to participate in
the hearing are Wilbur La Roe, jr., of
the Civic Affairs Committee Of the
Washington Federation Of Churches;
Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop
of Washington; Most Rev. Michael J.
Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore;
Rabbi Abram Simon, Rabbi Moshe H.
Levinson, Thomas E. Lodge, president
of the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations; Hugh v. Kaiser, the Central
Business Mems Association: E. D..
Shaw, secretary of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, and the
following attorneys for liquor dealers:
l.. Brill, Albert Levin, David Hornstein,
Milford F. Schwartz, Manuel Davis
and F. Joseph Donoghue.
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(COntlnued From F1rSt Page)
resulting from the stabbing of Harry
Green, a white contractor, of Wee
haWken, N. j., in riotous flare-up
at Divine's so-called mo. / Heaven"
in Harlem.
Hearing was set for April 80.
Green, now recuperating from his
stab wounds in a Harlem hospital, had
accompanied process-server to the
black-belt cult headquarters to serve
Divine with a summons in civil suit.
Immediately the summons was
placed in Divine's hands, police said,
the little Messiah" and his followers
set upon Green and the process server
in frenzy, ultimately ejecting them
from the hall.
The dapper, smooth-spoken evangel-
iSt, arrested after two-day hideout
in one of his extension heavens" at
Milford, Conn, after his followers had
described his disappearance as his
having gone up in de spirit" appeared
in the police lineup prior to his ar
raignment in court.
Denies Striking Green.
Dressed in a blue suit shirt and
tie, with gold insignia on the lapel
of his coat and two fountain pens and
a gold pencil stuck in the breast
pocket Of his coat, Divine blinked into
the bright glare of the hoodlights
as Police Capt. Thomas Dugan began
to question him.
Did you strike Green?" Dugan
asked.
Il did not, your honor" the cult
leader replied.
Did you direct any one to do so?"
mo, your honor. I did not
What was the cause of the trou-
ble?"
Il was not the cause OF the trouble, :"
the prisoner said, wrinkling his high
forehead in annoyance. Il was preach
ing at the table and looking at the
Evening star., 1937-04-23
PRESIDENT HONORS
EDWIN MARKHAM
Sends Tribute to Testimo.
NAL Dinner for Dean
of Poets.
b. the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, April ga tribute
from President Roosevelt was the high
point OF testimonial dinner given by
Staten Island neighbors and other
friends last night to Edwin Markham,
dean Of American poets, on the eve
OF his 85th birthday anniversary today.
Markham himself addressed the $50
guests in the Meurot Club on the
island several times, responding to
presentations and reading his poems,
including Child of My Heart" dedi-
Gated to his son, Virgil, and Lincoln,
the Man Of the People"
There had been some doubt whether
he would be able to attend. A few
months ago his health was so Inn
paired that New York court judged
him mentally incompetent to care for
his personal affairs, which were turned
over to his son.
Markham, in his responses, reiter-
ated time and again his firm belief in
Immortality.
The President praised his work and
expressed regret that he was not able
to attend the dinner. A scroll from
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New
York and a booklet with the names
of the guests were other presentations.
Mrs. Markham was unable to at
tend, but Virgil Markham, a writer OF
mystery stories, was present. Anna
Hampstead Branch, an honor guest,
was referred to by the elder Mark
ham as "one Of the three or four
greatest living poets"
Evening star., 1937-04-23
YOUR TAXES
What You Would Pay and How Under
the Bills Proposed in the House.
article No. 11-Motion Picture Tax.
ESTIMATED YIELD-$2oo,0Oo
PURPOSE-To raise additional revenue
AFFECTS-All theaters showing movies.

to be filed with the assessor each
month, covering the business OF the
preceding month. The tax would
have to be paid each month for the
levy on the preceding month.
Each operator would have to keep
such records and to render such
sworn statements as may be required
by the assessor and the records would
be open to the assessor or his repre-
sentative at any time during the
business hours Of the theater. The
assessor would be given power to
draft rules and regulations, subject
to approval by the Commissioners.
The Board of Personal Tax Ap-
peals of the District would be directed
to hear and determine controversies
arising in connection with the tax.
The taxpayer would be given 10 days.
after receiving notice of levy, in
which to file an appeal, but he would
have to state the grounds of his pro-
test in asking a hearing The board
is directed then to determine the cor
rect tax. The bill provides for an
appeal to the United States District
Court from decision by the tax
board
In case an operator refuses or
neglects to make the returns or tax
payments, or otherwise fails to comply
with the act, District authorities
would have power to stop him from
doing any business whatsoever" in
the District during the period it re-
fuses and neglects to comply with
the law
Further, as an additional penalty,
the bill provides for a fine of not
less than $1,000, which would be
collected by suit instituted in the
United States District Court by the
legal department Of the District.
Those organizations or institutions
which are exempted from the real
estate and personal tax laws of the
District likewise would be exempt
from the proposed theater privilege
tax
Before July Of this year each oper-
ator would be required to file with the
assessor statement showing the
total capacity of the theater and a
request for a certificate to operate
the theater.
The tax receipts would 60 into the
general fund of the District.
Evening star., 1937-04-23

organist and preaching on The Great
Enthusiasm Some one snatched me
and some others started to push. The
crowds pushed and I pushed back.
Then some one snatched me-"
Was it Green who snatched you2"
II don't know"
Had you knife in your posses
sion?"
Il did not. I have a very small
knife on my watch chain. l didn't
leave the table. 1 didn't hit any one"
Asked if he had ever been arrested
before, Divine nodded. Il have. I
believe they termed it disorderIy con-
duct. That was in 1881 in Sayville,
Long Island.
Ever before that?" Capt. Dugan
pressed
That's all I can recall" Divine
said.
The cult leader breakfasted heartily
from tray brought to police head
quarters by an attractive young COL
ored woman, who asked a police officer
to take 1t to Father Divine with the
message:
Tell him this comes from his true
and faithful children"
Angry words swept through the
crowd outside Felony Court when de-
lectlVes sought to form a lane to
Evening star., 1937-04-23
NAVY MAN BUYS
PRIZE PAINTING
"Snakey," Bartender's Portrait
Shown in Corcoran Gallery
of Art. Is Sold.

"Snakey," a striking portrait OF a
bartender, which won for Bernard
Keyes, Boston artist, fourth prize in
the Fifteenth Biennial Exhibition of
Contemporary American Oil Paint
ings at the Corcoran Gallery of Art,
has been sold, the gallery announced
today.
The purchaser is Capt. L. W. Cur
ts, U. S. N, retired, who is stopping
at the Army and Navy Club here. He
plans to install the painting in his
home in New Jersey, it was under
stood. The amount paid for the pic
ture was not disclosed.
This is the seventh painting in the
exhibition that has been sold. The
gallery charges no commission for
these sales.
c. Powell Minnigerode, director of
the gallery. announced the gallery
will be open to exhibition visitors to-
night from 7:30 to 10 o'clock. There
will be no admission charge.
Evening star., 1937-04-23

permit the "Messiah's" departure,
following his arraignment.
If you don't let him co." one DEM
onstrator shouted, the father will get
tired of all this and just walk away
just vanish"
The crowd began to gather long
before the proclaimed prophet"
was due to appear, intermittently
shouting, They can't jail God," and
Hes still God to us'
And when the arraignment was
over they hailed his departure with
cries of Victory! victory! God is back
on earth!"
There was no question of their con-
tinued faith in the little man whose
slogan, Peace! peace it is wonder
ful' has allegedly led hundreds of
his disciples to turn over all their
worldly goods to his kingdom"
Police found Father Divine at Mil
Evening star., 1937-04-23
ford yesterday in the cellar Of an
"extension heaven"

ford yesterday in the cellar OF an
extension heaven"
Capt. Clarence Douglass, Detective
George O'Hara and Patrolman Ernest
Kelly discovered him crouching behind
the dust-covered furnace. Kelly saw
something move, in the basement
gloom, and he made shrewd guess.
"Come on out, Father Divine" he
said sternly.
"Peace!" voice quavered Peace!
I'll go with you. Peace!"
And from the gloom stepped Father
Divine. The cellar was dirty, but the
little brown man was immaculate.
Kelly and Father Divine went up
stairs. The cult leader recognized
Capt. Douglass.
"O K, captain" he said mildly
''1ll go with you and I'll waive extra
dition."
The four marched off to Milford
police headquarters. followed by the
two colored persons found in the
house, Sister Mary Joseph and Honest
Quirites.
Evening star., 1937-04-23
GABLE IDENTIFIED
BY MRS. NORTON
Woman Accuser Says Star
Is Man She Knew
in England.
fPicture on Page ALL
~ the Associated Press.

d! the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, April 23.-Still
convinced, after peering into his face,
that Clark Gable is the father of her
illegitimate child, Mrs. Violet Wells
Norton, At, returned to the stand to-
day for the final phase of her trial for
mail fraud and conspiracy.
HE is one and the same man." she
testified.
Asked if she could be mistaken, the
Englishwoman replied, mot unless
there is a living double for him."
Mrs. Norton is charged with having
sought support from the movie actor
for her 13-year-old daughter, Gwen
doline. She said, and still says, she
knew Gable as Frank Billings" in
England, and that Gwendoline was
born of their unsanctif1ed love-
Her Identification was dramatic.
Peers Into His Face.
Gable was on the stand for the third
time, called as defense witness. Mrs.
Norton's attorney turned to Federal
Judge George Cosgrave.
your honOr, he said, L beg leave
OF the court to permit the defendant
to approach this witness so that she
may see his face clearly"
Judge CoSgrave consented
Mrs Norton rose. She approached
the witness.
Gable set his jaw and leaned for
ward.
His eyes never left her from the
moment she left her chair Not a
muscle moved in Gables powerful
frame
Mrs. Norton stood directly in front
Of him.
She seemed to recoil slightly. She
examined his face, feature by feature.
Abruptly she turned away.
Tells of Love Affair.
Her attorney said something to her.
She whispered YES"
A moment later, she herself was
on the stand, telling how she met
and fell in love with Billings"
while she was the common-law wife
of another man, and the mother of
his children
On trial with Mrs. Norton is Jack
L. Smith, private detective Frank
keenan,, Canadian hotel man, has
been charged in the indictment with
her.
Evening star., 1937-04-23
Liquor

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1937-04-23
Wheel of Fortune.

BERKELEY, Calf. (P).-Mrs. Dor
othy Mundt celebrated her 18th
birthday anniversary by rising at 4
am. and pedaling miles over the
city's streets, It's the same routine
she has followed every morning since
her husband gave her the bicycle on
her 50th birthday anniversary.
Evening star., 1937-04-23
Plan Needlework Center.

The Women's League of Jamaica
will open a needlework center at
Kingston to give employment to over
300 women and girls who will make
embroidered handkerchiefs, linen un-
derwear and other articles to be sold
by local stores and possibly for ex-
port.
Evening star., 1937-04-23
Divine

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1937-04-23
COLONY SEEKS LAND
Residents Near Scene of Polygamy
Trial Would Move.

NEEDLES, Calf, April % (AJ.-
Residents in the vicinity of Short
Greek, Ariz, scene of a polygamy trial
a year ago, are negotiating for the
purchase of land 20 miles north of
Needles, near Fort Mojave, for the
establishment of colony, it became
known today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-18
D. C. CONSTRUCTION
SHOWS INCREASE
Col. 0ehmann Reports Permits
With Valuation Amount
ing to $37, 24O,747.

Construction activities in the Dis
trict continued to increase at a rapid
pace during the last fiscal year. with
the value Of private and District gov
eminent building permits amounting
to s37,240,747, Building Inspector
John w. Oehmann reported today.
This figure represents an increase
OF nearly % per cent over the total
OF S29, 522 856 which was reported in
the 1896 fiscal year and was nearly
100 per cent over the level in 1885.
During the year ending last June
80 private construction amounted to
S34 ,560,785, and the District govern
ment. which has all its construction
projects recorded with the building
inspector, added to this s2.679,962.
There were 2,073 private dwellings
placed under construction in the past
year. Of which 1900 were detached
dwellings. In addition, there were
$50 apartments designed to provide
housing for 4,1s2 families.
In his annual report to the Commits
sioners Col. Oehmann noted that his
Office made 72.875 inspections of work
on new buildings and repairs and
said "our limited inspection personnel
has been entirely inadequate to make
the number and character of inspec-
tons necessary to insure proper COM
pliance with the approved plans and
code requirements"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-18

Commuters are the shooting stars
you see while on the way to work
early in the morning funny habits,
these Bostonians) or returning home
at twilight. Commuters are the most
frequently seen and reported Of shoot
Ing stars.
Dinners are those that blaze across
the heavens while people are at dinner.
They are seen only if bright enough
to shine through the windows. OBJ
servatories receive fewer calls about
them.
Milkmen fall in the early hours OF
the morning, when, according to the
professor, only milkmen are about.
Mllkmen are too busy watching out
for college boys who want to drive
their wagons to bother reporting
meteors. So are the other people out
at that hour, professor. They watch
the stars come tumbling down, and
just write it off to experience. Never
can tell what you'll see on the way
home from an evening Of industrious
braWling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-18

dents children, Harvard University
student on vacation trip, had ridden
in the parade in tWo-horse carriage
put at his disposal by q local hotel
With him, the Cannes committee
said, was John Drayton his com
panlon en- the eight-week European
jaunt.
When the young Americans drove
up. the Mayor hustled to the side of
the carriage to greet Roosevelt on
behalf of Cannes. The Mayor car
ried large bouquet for the Presi-
| dents son.
But before the Mayor could make
his speech, said his aides. Roosevelt
snatched bottle of champagne from
a cooler on the floor of the carriage
and squirted its fzzing contents II
the Mayors face.
While the Mayor sputtered, thu
story went. Roosevelt seized the shea.
of flowers from him and slapped Nou.
veau's head with it.
Georges Coin, head of the fets
comittee, said the Battle of Flowers
is traditional flower fight but thu
participants customarily throw sep
arate f1owers-'not whole bouquets
and do not usually squirt champagne
| Coin said he was at the Mayor!
side at the time.
cat Boston where Drayton is as
ISOLATED with brokerage firm he wa!
described at the son of the social,
prominent William Aston Drayton O.
Newport, r. T., and a nephew of Will
liam Phillips, United States ambassa
dor to Italy.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-18
SHOWERS TONIGHT
MAY BREAK HEAT
Partly Cloudy Skies Expected to
Hold Temperature Under
80 Degrees.

Local showers tonight may bring
temporary relief from the current
heat wave, the Weather Bureau pre-
dicted today.
Partly cloudy skies were expected to
hold the official temperature slightly
under yesterdays maximum Of 90.
recorded at 800 pm.
The Weather Bureau thermometer
climbed from low of "a at AIS am
to SO at 1915 pm. today.
The humidity at the Weather Bu-
reau was 81 per cent at noon, as COM
pared with 43 per cent at the same
time yesterday. The higher humidity
is far above what would be necessary
for comfort, officials said, and about
Is per cent above the average for
Washington.
The official forecast for the District
was partly cloudy and probably local
showers tonight. and Thursday; not
quite so hot tonight"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-18
Congress in Brief

TODAY.
Housing-House considers Senate
approved bill.
Air transport-Senate debates bill
10 place commercial air service under
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Tax evasion-Senate Finance Com
mittee holds hearing after approving
bill to close loopholes.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Program uncertain, with possibility
tax loophole bill will still be up, if
not disposed of today.
Appropriations Committee probably
will meet on last deficiency bill.
House:
Will consider the contested election
of Representative jerks, Republican,
Of New Hampshire. Committee recon-
rnendation was that jerks be unseated
in favor Of Roy, Democrat.
No committee meetings scheduled.
From now on any business can be
brought before House under suspension
Of rules.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-18
80 IN LIQUOR CASE
TO BE ARRAIGNED
All but One of Defendants in
Smuggling Case Are Under
Arrest,

Arrangement of the 80 men indict-
ed Monday on a charge Of partici-
pating in a huge Illicit liquor snug
Cling conspiracy has been set tenta-
lively for next Tuesday
All but one of the defendants have
been under arrest for several DAYS.
Police, Federal Investigators and
United States deputy marshals still
are searching for the missing man.
George Richie, thought to be some
where in Virginia
Warrants for the accused conspira =
tors were issued about three weeks
ago by United States Commissioner
Needham c. Turnage and arrest of
the men began Immediately. Most
now are at liberty under bond.
The ring is alleged to have smuggled
1000 gallons of corn whisky into
Washington weekly during the two
years of its operation.
The liquor, police said, was run
into Washington from stills in the
foothills of nearby Virginia and dis
tributed wholesale to bootleggers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-18
ITEM HIT IN BILL
ON TAXAVO|DANCE
Bar Official Says Provision
Would Enroll Lawyers
as "TeI|ta|es."
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
An American Bar Association official
told the Senate Finance Committee
today a provision in the tax loophole
bill would enroll l75,OOO lawyers in
this country as tell-t tales"
George NJ Morris, chairman of the
house of delegates of the bar asso-
citation, urged the committee to elm
mate a requirement that attorneys
giving advice in organization of for
eign holding companies must report
to the commissioner of internal rev.
enue.
Morris said he had no authority to
speak officially for the bar association.
The requirement, Morris contended,
was naive" He said it could be
evaded easily and would violate the
fundamental requirement of the prac-
tice Of law that an attorney not be
required to disclose facts given to him
in his professional capacity"
In hearing lasting less than a half
hour the committee heard two other
requests for amendments to the meas
ure, which 1t voted last night to report
faVorably to the Senate and expected
to call up for consideration this after
noon.
Holt S. Mckinney, representing the
Reinsurance Corp. of New York, asked
that fire insurance companies be spe-
clflcally excluded from the definition
OF personal holding companies. The
proposal is designed to prevent use of
personal holding companies as a tax
avoidance device.
Harry j. Gerrity, counsel for the
National Association of Building Own
ers and Managers, asked that rents
be excluded from the definition of per-
sonal holding company incomes. The
bill would include rents in the defini-
ton except when more than SO per
cent of a corporations income was
from rentals.
Arthur H. Kent, Treasury expert.
opposed the change, asserting that so
per cent was fair test of whether
a corporations income was derived
principally from real estate activity.