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Evening star., 1937-03-18
DRY REFERENDUM
IS KILLED IN HOUSE
Anti-SaIoon League Effort
Backed by Magruder
at Annapolis.
B. STAFF Correspondent OF The star.

ANNAPOLIS, March l8.-The
drive by the Maryland Anti-Saloon
League to restore prohibition to the
wet" areas of the State was put to
death last night when the House
killed bill providing for referenda
on the sale of alcoholic beverages.
The bill was introduced for the
league by Delegate Walter M. Ma
gruder of Montgomery County and is
the first measure sponsored by leg
islator from the National Capital
area to be defeated this session.
An unfavorable report was brought
before the House by its Judiciary
Committee and the proposal was
quickly killed when Magruders mo-
ton to substitute the bill for the un-
favorable report lost by Sc to 80 and
motion to adopt the report was
carried by viva voce vote
Magruder declared in support of his
motion that the committees only OBJ
lection to the bill was that it would
have required the signatures of only
Is per cent of the voters in any one
election district to force referendum
in that area.
He said he had given the committee
an amendment which would raise the
requirement to 80 per cent of the
voters and had believed the change
would result in the bill being reported
out favorably.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
BAND CONCERTS,

BY the Soldiers Home Band In
Stanley Hall at $50 pm. today. John
S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster;
Anton Pointner, assistant.
March, Worlds Progress"
Victor Herbert
Overture, "Precioso" o"---Von Weber
Three songs from Elliland (Suite .,
Won Felitz
"a "Frauenworth.
(b) "A Spray of Roses"
(c) Resignation.
Excerpts from Irish musical comedy,
"Shameen Dhu" Olcott
Fox trots popular:
/. "Red Hair and Freckles" Deepen
= 2. "The River and Me" Warren
valse de concert, "Valse Brilljante,"
Chopin
Finale, Wake Up America" Glogau
'The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1937-03-18
ROOSEVELT SIGNS
BILL ON D. c. SALES
Measure Defines Rights of
Buyer and Vender in
Transactions.

President Roosevelt has signed the
bill applying the uniform sales law
to the District of Columbia, it was
announced today at the White House.
The measure defines the rights OF
buyer and seller in the sale of goods
and is similar to the uniform law in
force in AZ of the States.
The measure, which has been under
discussion in Congress for several
years, takes effect July /.
In urging passage of the bill re-
Gently the Senate District Committee
pointed out there is no substantial
statutory law regulating the sale of
goods in the District and declared
there is considerable confusion" in
the application of common law to
commercial transactions here.
The need for adoption of the uni
form sales act here has increased in
recent years because of development
of the metropolitan area surrounding
Washington, coupled with the fact
that Maryland and Virginia both have
the uniform sales law
In recommending the bill, the Com
missioners told Congress that con-
flicting decisions on numerous mat
ters in the absence of statutory law
covering many other types of trans
actions have been a decided dis
advantage to our merchants and to
their customers"
Evening star., 1937-03-18
GAS KILLS WOMAN |
STILL UNIDENTIFIED.
Asphyxiation Is Fatal to
New Tenant of Apart
ment.

With all means of identification
destroyed, an attractive woman Gf
about 26 was found asphyxiated early
today in an apartment which she had
rented less than "a hours before at
1918 Calvert street.
A well-dressed brunette, she was
found lying on the floor of the kitchen,
with all the jets of the gas stove
turned on and the cracks of the door
and windows .tuffed with paper.
Labels had been removed from the
woman's dress, coat and hat. Her
pocketbook contained only a small
amount Of money.
Mrs. Marion Hale Britten told police
she rented an apartment to the woman
about S pm. yesterday and was given
deposit of SIS. The woman then left
after giving her name as Mrs.
Claiborne" and saying her husband, d
pastry chef in a downtown hotel,
would pay the remainder OF the rent
later.
About 10 o'clock last night the
woman returned Some time later
Herbert Britten, %, son of Mrs. Britten,
smelled gas and went to the apart
ment of Mrs Claiborne" to in
vestigate. He found the door shut
and the lights out and went away.
This morning, however, the odor
was more noticeable and Viola Har-
rison, the Brittens' colored maid,
pushed the door to the apartment
open and found the body.
The hotel where the woman said
her husband was employed said no
one by that name worked there.
When it was learned from the Missing
Persons Bureau of the Police Depart
ment that the description of the dead
woman was similar to that of girl
who has been missing from the Indus
trial Home School since March IA,
Earle w. Cassie, superintendent, went
to the District Morgue for identiflca-
ton purposes. Cassie did not know the
dead woman.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
BANK BEGINS JOB
OF RE0RGAN|z|NG
Progress in Efforts to
Change Mount Vernon
Set-up Reported.

The Mount Vernon Liquidating
Trust is making progress in its ef-
forts to reorganize into the proposed
Mount Vernon Mortgage Corp, which
would be expected to be a going con-
Germ to earn money for depositors of
the closed Mount Vernon Savings
Bank.
Signed agreements are being re-
ceived from depositors in considerable
volume, according to Robert T. High
field, executive secretary of the trust.
These agreements signify the approval
of the plan by depositors who had
sl00 or more in the bank.
Approval of such depositors will be
necessary to put the plan into effect,
whereby all depositors who had less
than sl00 in the bank when it closed
will get cash. and the depositors who
had more than slOO will get preferred
stock for the balance of their claims
The Mount Vernon has paid 40
per cent dividend, and hopes through
the proposed reorganization to set
up going concern which will pay
all depositors in full. The plan is
backed by the International Asso-
citation of Machinists, which has put
up a large amount of real estate to
assure the success of the proposal.
Progress made so far in the three
weeks since the plan was first an
nounced justifies the prediction,
HjohSold coi5 tbot tho pou, oroopj =
zation may be made effective within
80 days from its start, which would
be some time during May.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
CAPITAL WOMAN
CALLED BY DEATH
Miss Cornelia J. Stoutenburgh
Dies at Residence After
Short Illness.

Miss Cornelia J. Stoutenburgh, 46,
died at her home at 1886 Webster
street yesterday afternoon after q
short illness.
Miss Stoutenburgh for many years
was connected with Herbert Bryant &
Son in Alexandria. She was mem
Der of the parish of the Shrine of
the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and
was associated with the League of
the Sacred Heart and the Sodality Of
the Blessed Virgin.
She is survived by four sisters, Mrs.
Walter M. Donnelly, Mrs. Ernest B.
Prangley, Mrs. Ellwood E. Werner
and Sister Mary Anita, R. S. M, all
OF Washington, and four brothers, T.
A. and Charles I. Stoutenburgh Of
Philadelphia Seymour J.. Stouten-
burgh of Falls Church, Va, and
James A. Stoutenburgh of Wash
ington.
Requiem mass will be held at 10
am. Saturday at the Shrine of the
Sacred Heart Church, following brief
services IN her home at $50 O'Clock.
Burial will be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
GETS 2 TO q
YEARS IN GEM THEFT
Report of Probation Officer Con.
sidered in Sentencing John
Morcischek.

John Morcischek, 49-year-old but
Ter, who pleaded guilty last week to
two charges growing out of the theft
of 100000 worth of jewels from his
employer, Mrs. Henrietta Bugher, 1885
Massachusetts, avenue, was sentenced
late yesterday to two to four years
in prison.
In imposing sentence District Court
Justice Peyton Gordon took into con-
sideration the report of the probation
officer, to whom Morcischek's case had
been referred for investigation.
Many of the stolen jewels were re-
covered in New York City, where they
allegedly had been mailed by Morcis-
chek. The butler, who had served
many prominent families, told police
he found the jewels in the lobby of
the exclusive apartment house where
Mrs. Bugher resides.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
20 CHILDREN RESCUED
FROM THEATER FLAMES
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORTH BERGEN, N. j., March 18.
Twenty children were resc. ed and
two operators escaped late yesterday
in a fire caused by igniting of film
in the projection room of the Trans
fer Theater.
The small audience consisted most
ly of children. The rescues were
made by Stanley Buscher and Ed
ward Notte of Union City, who car
ried out several children, and also
by a public service line crew of four
men.
The operators, Angelo Bianco, "a,
and Milton Mierzwa, "a, escaped from
the booth with singed hair. Damage
was estimated at $4,000.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
SENATE PASSAGE
SENDS FIRST PAY
RAISE TO PARLEY
Treasury Postal Measure
Provides Increases for
CuStodiaI Workers.
$3,250,OOO is ADDED
IN SENATE CHANGES
81 sos, $4,000 in Supply Bill.
includes Appropriation for
Security Fund.
BY j. A. CLEAR

The s1,505, $4,000 Treasury-Post
Office supply bill for the next fiscal
year is headed for conference today,
carrying approximately S850,000 to
grant small pay increases to custodial
workers in post Offices and other pub
lie buildings.
The measure passed the Senate late
yesterday with amendments that
added $685., 900 to the House total.
Of the s850,0OO added compensation
for custodial workers, the House had
previously approved s775,oO0 for en-
ployes in post Offices. This part OF the
total therefore, is not at issue in con-
ference. The remaining $4,000 was
added in the Senate yesterday to give
the same increase, $50 a year, to GUS
todial employees in buildings under the
Treasury Department.
McCarran Bill Waits.
While these items benefit only
limited number of Federal workers,
they constitute the first recognition
by this Congress of the movement to
raise the wage level in the lower brack-
cts throughout the Government serv-
ice. The movement was launched early
in the session through the McCarran-
Connery bill, which is being delayed
in committee at the request of the
Budget Bureau The bureau said a
survey is being made of various per-
sonnel problems
The action taken on the pending
supply bill also indicates some in
creases in the lower brackets are pos
sible under the existing salary classi-
flcation law whenever the Appropria-
tions Committee sees its way clear to
make additional funds available.
Since the Treasury-Post Office bill
carries the first large appropriation
toward the reserve fund for the Fed
eral old-age retirement feature of the
social security law, Senator Vanden-
berg, Republican, of Michigan told the
Senate again yesterday it should aban-
don the full-reServe system now being
established and substitute smaller
contingent reserve
Big Reserve Held unnecessary.
Pointing out that the full reserve
will amount ultimately to S47,000,-
100000. Vandenberg asserted such 4
huge reserve is unnecessary and un-
wise in a Government-contro re-
tirement system. He emphasized that
under contingent reserve system
Congress either could reduce pay roll
taxes or increase retirement benefits.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
MISS EDITH |. ADAMS
FUNERAL is TODAY
Descendant of Massachusetts,
Pioneers Lived Here for
30 Years.

Miss Edith L. Adams, So, of the
Bureau OF Plant Industry, died Tues
day in Garfield Hospital after a short
illness.
Descendant of pioneer settlers of
Newburyport, Mass, Miss Adams came
to Washington about 20 years ago
and had been with the Agriculture
Department for Is years. She lived
at 1909 Thirteenth street and was
a member of the Universalist Ma
tional Memorial Church, 1910 Six
teenth street.
She was sister of the late Robert
M. Adams, former Washington resi-
dent and Cornell University professor
Clifton L. Adams, her brother, Of
Silver Spring, Md, survives.
Funeral services we're to be held
at pm. today at the w. w. Chambers
Co. funeral home, 1400 Chaplin street.
Her body will be sent to Hill, N. H.,
for burial.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
FUNERAL CONDUCTED
FOR COL. GALLAGHER
Interment for Retired Army
officer Follows in
Arlington.

Funeral services for Col. Hugh J..
Gallagher. U. S. A., retired, who died
at Walter Reed Hospital Tuesday
were held this morning in the hospital
chapel.
Requiem mass was conducted by
Chaplain Patrick j. Ryan, Army, and
Capt. E. A. Duff, Navy chief OF chap
lains. Burial followed in Arlington
National Cemetery, with full military
honors.
The following honorary paubearers
were named: Brig. Gems. Charles w.
Kutz, Frank B. Watson, John E.
Woodward and Everard E. Hatch, all
retired; Brig. Gen. Richard H. Jordan,
assistant to the quarternaster general;
Cols. William j. l.. Lyster and Henry
H. Sheen, both retired; Col. Edward
B. Clark and Lieut.. Col. Gregory
Hoisington.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
Allen Opposes
Proposed Bon
On Half Pints
D. E.. Commissioner Are
Expected to Block
Move.

The proposal of the Alcoholic Bev-
erage Control Board that the sale OF
half-pint bottles of liquor be banned
in the District probably will be voted
down by the Commissioners.
Commissioner George E. Allen, who
has supervision over the A. B. G.
Board, has declared his opposition to
the plan, declaring he can see no good
that would result from the change.
The question may come up for ac-
tion at the meeting of the Board of
Commissioners tomorrow.
THE A. B. c. Board has done a
good job" said Allen. Il believe in
supporting the board whenever posi-
BILE. But I think the proposal that
the sale of half-pint bottles of liquor
should be banned is almost ridiculous.
Il favor rigid enforcement of pres
ent rules, but fail to see where BAN
ming the sale of half-pint bottles
would promote temperance, good en-
forcement or anything else"
Evening star., 1937-03-18
JAMES WELSH, NATIVE
OF WASHINGTON, DIES
Was Prominent in Plumbing
Busin ness-Funeral Rites
to Be Tomorrow.

James Welsh, rs, native Washing
tonian, who for many years was prom
inent in the plumbing business here,
died yesterday at his home, ITO
Nineteenth street, after a lingering
illness
Funeral services will be held at the
home tomorrow at $50 am, followed
by requiem mass at st. Paul's Church,
Fifteenth and V streets, at am.
Burial will be in Mount Olivet Gene
terry.
Mr.. Welsh had been associated with
his brother, John, in the plumbing
business since 1896. He was member
of the Holy Name Society of ST. Paul's
Church. Two brothers, John and
Thomas Welsh, and a sister, Mary
Welsh, survive.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
TROOPERS SOUGHT
IN MONTGOME
Grand Jury Urges Action to OBJ
tain State Police for High.
way Duty.
Special Dispatch to The Star


ROCKVILLE, Md, March 10
After having been in session but
three days. the grand jury for the
March term of the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County completed its
work late yesterday and was excused
by Judge Charles w. Woodward from
further attendance at this time.
The jury recommended in its report
that at least one member of the
county police force be detailed for
duty at Gaithersburg and the upper
county section and that steps be taken
to obtain services of State police to
patrol State highways within Mont
gomery County. The report compli-
mented the county police force for its
good work during the past year.
The report recommended various
repairs to the Jail, old and new court
houses and county home
The jury, according to the report,
found "a inmates in the county home
and 48 prisoners in the county jail.
The report also recommended that
all jurors in the county be summoned
by written notice indicating the month,
day, time and place of appearance.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
GEN. HOF'S $101,637
ESTATE GOES TO WIDOW

Mai. Gen. Samuel Hof, U. S. A.,
retired, who died here March 5, left
an estate valued at $101,637.92, a
petition for probate of his will re-
vealed when filed in District Court
late yesterday.
His wife, Mrs. Alice Mayo Hof, was
his sole beneficiary. She was named
executrix by the will, which was dated
June 18, 1919. Through Attorney
F. G.. Munson Mrs. Hof told the court
that she and her husband were joint
owners Of their home at 1881 Nine
teenth street.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
MICHAEL J. FAHEY, n,
EXPIRES AT RESIDENCE
Heating Plant Engineer at g. q.
Dental School Lived Here
SO Years.

Michael Joseph Fahey, II. chief en-
gineer in charge of the heating plant
at the Georgetown University Den al
School, died yesterday at his home,
1888 Varnum street northeast He had
been i'll since early December.
Mr.. Fahey, Washington resi-
dent for approximately SO years, was
a member Of Keane Council of the
knights of Columbus here He is sur
vived by son, Joseph j. Fahey, a
chemist of the United States Geolo-
gical Survey; a daughter Mrs Will
liam M. Bowers, and four grandchil-
dren.
Funeral services will be held at 10
am. Saturday at st. Aloysius Catholic
Church, following brief services at the
residence. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
Major Operation Is Performed
On Old Tiber Creek at g.. p. o.
Tunnel Is Dug Under Stream to Con.
meet Printing Office Buildings
Across North Capitol Street.

Excavation for the Federal triangle
buildings uncovered several old re-
mains of that canal water front
Many curioSities were discovered in
the course OF digging the tunnel 40
feet below the street and in opening
the ancient old creek.
Inside the workmen found the place
infested with gigantic sewer rats and
strange, giant cockroaches, which they
said were OF brilliant red color and
had no eyes.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
DRILL POSTPONED

The competitive battalion drill and
band contest between the cadet corps
in school divisions 1-9 scheduled for
today at Central High School has been
postponed to Monday, it was an
nounced today.
The postponement was decided on
because of the wet parade grounds,
school officials said. Regimental COM
petition will be held next Thursday.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
INDORSE SUBWAY PLAN
Federal Employees Group Reaf-
firms Stand on system,

The District Federation of Federal
Employe Unions last night reaf1rmed
its Endorsement of subway system
here to relieve traffic congestion.
The resolution also backed the
Board Of Trade In seeking = $4,000
appropriation for an engineering sur
vey Of the subway proposal.
Evening star., 1937-03-18
M'REYN0LDS ASSAILED
AS "OX CART LAWYER"
Representative Celler Calls Him
"One of Worst Offenders"
on Court.


on Court.
By the Associated Press.
Representative Celler, Democrat, Of
New York yesterday characterized
Supreme Court Justice James c. Nc
Reynolds as an "ox cart lawyer
In an address Tuesday night JUS
tice McReynolds called on losers in
litigation to take adverse decisions
of the courts in spirit of sportsman
ship.
said, "but hell is paved with good
intentions. He Is one of the worst
offenders on the court. He contributed
to the majority decision against the
child labor law"
Evening star., 1937-12-13

Beethoven concerto is small indeed.
1t demands the acme OF mature
thought combined with superb me-
chanical ability. E&
Ricci's performance yesterday was
however, mastery one, particularly
in the cadenza and, in fact, through
out the first movement. 1t was bril-
liant, dashing and practically fault
less. Here the almost limitless tech
nical power of the young artist shown
forth infused with fire. Later the
mood dropped somewhat and. while
the same expertise was evident, there
were moments when the intonation
faltered and the phase was empty of
sentiment. But it is to be hoped that
this gifted player will lose mo time
in putting the polishing touches to
his art, for he can accomplish much
and be remembered as an artist of
beauty and brilliancy.
This initial concert of the Beetho-
ven, Festival programmed besides the
Symphony No. 8 in F. Major" and the
Sixth Symphony" in the same key,
under the capable baton of Antal
Dorati. The director showed himself
at once student of Beethoven and
vigorous leader. In these two num-
bers, which reveal the lighter and
more poetical side of the composer,
the conductor had the detailed ef-
fects clearly in his mind. The gayety
and humor Of the Eighth Symphony"
Evening star., 1937-12-13

nique. There is excitement in the
sound he draws from his instrument
of kind destined to express thrill
ing drama or moving sentiment. His
technique rushes forth under a tenn
peramental impulse that puts fire and
light into brilliant passages. His mu-
sical feeling is ripe and his poise a
controlling lever that regulates a rich
musical temperament
What he lacks is that last stage of
artistry, deep personal feeling and
the knowledge of how to make 1t
visible in every measure This is
something which time can remedy and
which will guarantee untold possibili-
ties of development in a nature already
prepared for it in the purely musical
sense.
His mechanical feeling of phrasing
is expert and awaits the guiding touch
OF sentiment to give it unforgettable
beauty. His tone is large, vibrant and
lovely and his bowling firm and sure.
In the taxing Beethoven concerto, all
of these points were brilliantly DEM
onstrated and the form of the COM
position was nodded with correctness.
But this particular concerto is a
tricky one in that no matter how
much a player exerts his musical
knowledge, there remains hidden
treasure that only the very far-seeing
can discover. For that reason, the
number of violinists whose fame is
linked with their Interpretation of the
Evening star., 1937-12-13

OF tne concert by MS OutStandlng per-
formance. And the audience LIKED
him tremendously, recalling him with
unrestrained enthusiasm many times
after his playing of the Beethoven
violin concerto.
The pleasurable part about forming
. judgment of the performance of
this greatly talented violinist is that
1t will not be one that remains fixed
for all time nor one from which a
date will be set to mark heighth or
. decline. For what impressed most
was the realization of the brilliant fu-
ture before this young artist and the
direction this future can take. He is
at the beginning of great career, not
at heighth where the world will
be watching to see if he maintains
Evening star., 1937-12-13

In the Sixth" wherein the composer
came forth with clarity and finesse.
has pictured nature in varied moods
with loving intuition, bending his Gre
atlVe prowess to catch her musical
intonations and blend them to his
own true understanding of her moods,
there was an absence of continuity
in the spirit of the Interpretation. 1t
was a performance which, with more
rehearsing, could have been perfec-
ton. for the ideas were there but in
aiming for their clear portrayal, the
thread Of the whole was not always
visible.
The orchestra ensemble was excel
lent, the men responding eagerly to
Evening star., 1937-12-13

his standard nor yet promising much
without definite grounds on which
to fulfill the promise. He has every
thing to make him power in the
artistic world and has gone as far
as his youth will permit him to 60,
and is already at point where he
needs only the polish of mature
thought to achieve the final goal.
Few violinists have been blessed
with so glorious tone or equipped
with such a sure and powerful tech
Evening star., 1937-12-13

the well-thought-out effects of the
sensitive and authoritative directing
OF Mr.. Dorati. The young conductor
made a decided impression on his
public, which was generous in voicing
its appreciation Of his work.
Evening star., 1937-12-13
Arlington c. of C.. to Meet.

ARLINGTON, Va, Dec. 10 (Spe-
ciaD THE Board Of Directors of the
Arlington County Chamber Of Com
merce will meet tonight at the cham
ber Offices in Clarendon at pm.
Evening star., 1937-12-13
Ruggiero Ricci, Violinist,
Takes Concert Honors
Young Soloist Raises
Entire Atmosphere
Of Program.
By ALICE EYERSMAN,

|o goes
terdays the National
though the held other
first group Bho-
compositions the Beethoven
Symphony Orchestra
Evening star., 1937-12-13

American wheat Is to be planted in
Mexico. -.
Evening star., 1937-12-13

Sunday, December 10.
No Sailinss scheduled.