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Evening star., 1937-11-23
PRECINCT TAG PLAN
IS DENIED BY HAZEN
Issuing Licenses at Various Places
Would Create Confusion,
Commissioner Saws,

While admitting it might be good
thing, Commissioner Hazen today de-
MED published reports that he had
pledged his backing to a proposal for
issuing automobile tags at all pre-
cincts as convenience to motorists.
1T might be convenience to mo-
torists through partially eliminating
the last-minute jam at the Bureau Of
Vehicles and Traffic" he said, but
under present regulations it cannot
be done"
He added that distribution of tags
at the various precincts would create
confusion at the Bureau of Vehicles
and TRAFFIC, where a large part of the
licenses are sent out by mail. Also,
he said, only persons authorized to
take the license money can do so and
that there were not enough clerks in
the bureau to go around to all the
precincts.
Evening star., 1937-11-23
SOUTHERN LINES
ASK RATE CHANGE
Railroads Want Sliding Scale to
Meet Competition Of Northern
and Western Carriers.

A group Of Southeastern railroads,
including the Southern, Richmond,
Fredericksburg g. Potomac and the
Seaboard Airline, today asked the In
terstate Commerce Commission for
permission to adopt sliding scale for
certain Pullman charges to enable
them to meet the competition of
Northern and Western carriers in the
deep South.
The charges affected would be those
covering single occupancies of COM
partments and drawing rooms. The
Southeastern carriers now charge one
and one-half fares for one passenger
in a compartment and two fares un-
der the same conditions In a drawing
room. The Northern and Western
lines charge, respectively, one and one
tenth and one and one-half fares
The Southeastern lies want to meet
these lower charges where they must
contend for business with the North
ern and Western carriers They have
refused to adopt the lower charges
universally, it was explained, because
it was not economical
In support Of their contention that
they cannot hope to compete econom-
Evening star., 1937-11-23
HEARING IS FIXED
IN K|LL|NC0 OF CHILD
College Student, 19, Admits
Staying Nsighbor Girl, S,
Police Declare.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23.-Attor-
neys spared today for the custody OF
Mary X. O'Connor. l9-year -old physi-
cal education student, held by Phila-
delphia detectives in an investigation
OF the death Of 5-year-old Nancy
Glenn last Labor Day.
The girl was remanded to the Gus
tody Of the detectives last night by
Mayor s. Davis Wilson after he had
heard Detective Capt. John Murphy
recite q statement he said the girl
made An the childs death. The Mayor
flxed 4 hearing for next Monday.
The story he told was that Miss
O'Connor struck the girl and knocked
her down when she became angry at
her teasing. Miss O'Connor left her
for dead, face down in a puddle An
autopsy revealed water and mud in
the child's lungs.
Friend Gave the Tip.
Mayor Wilson ordered Miss O'Con-
nor be held by the detectives to en-
able them to question her further on
her statement which was read at the
hearing. Her attorney, William A..
Gray, demanded that she be placed
In the county prison where detectives
could not reach her for questioning.
He said he would ask the courts to
order her commitment today.
The statement which Murphy pre-
sented said Miss O'Connor had been
riding her bicycle. The Glenn girl,
who knew her as a neighbor, was on
her tricycle. riding with her. A quar-
rel resulted when Nancy began eating
berries against the advice of Miss
| O'Connor, and she hit the child in
anger.
Capt Murphy said the girls arrest
in Merchantville. N. j., Sunday night,
was the result of tip given police
by the husband of friend of Miss
O'Connor's.
Under Doctors Care.
He said Miss OConnor had appar-
emily told her friend of what had hap
ptueu LdUoT LAY. he refused 10 name
the friend Miss O'Connor had been
questioned in the death Of the girl be-
fore. he said, because Of reports that
a girl on a bicycle had been seen near
where Nancys body had been found.
Detectives checked reports today
that Miss O'Connor had been under
the care OF physician recently and
had admitted to him that she brought
about the death OF the girl.
Detective Capt. George Ryan said
the girls father Robert S. O'Connor,
had told him his daughter had COM
plex" which caused her to confess to
crimes and asked the detectives to in
vestigate her delusions He told them
| she was in Merchantville
Evening star., 1937-11-23

ically with such charges the petition
ers point out that under the present
scale the charge between Washington
and New Orleans over the short
routes through the Southwest Is ap-
proximately $l1 more for compart-
ment passenger than the fare would
be If routed from Northern and West
ern lines.
Evening star., 1937-11-23
RURAL ARTS EXHIBIT

The Department of Agriculture an
nounced today that the exhibition OF
rural arts in the patio Of the admin
istration building will be open to the
public Thanksgiving Day from 10 m
to pm. The arrangement was made
in response to public request.
Comprising more than 1000 ex-
amples Of rural handicraft. the exhi-
bition represents every State and Ter
ritory Of the Union. The display will
also be open Sunday from l to S pm.
1t closes November 80.
Evening star., 1937-11-23
Home for Aged Benefit.

The Board of Managers of the
Methodist Home for the Aged will
hold the annual donation day for
the benefit of the home from 3 to
10 pm. Friday at Connecticut avenue
and Ellicott street NV. Tea will be
served and music will be played Do
nations Of food, linen and cash are
needed.
Evening star., 1937-11-23
TUNG GROWERS AIDED

H. w. Bennett of Gainesville, Fla
one of the largest tung tree growers
in the country, yesterday predicted the
present conflict in China, if of long
duration, would give great impetus to
cultivation Of the tree in America.
Guest at luncheon given at the
Madrillon by B. P. Rogers, his Wash
ington representative, Mr.. Bennett
pointed out that If the Japanese effect
blockade Of the China coast, Ameri-
can users of tung oil will have to turn
elsewhere for their supply.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
THE SUNDAY STAR wAsHINeToN a. APRIL H. ss7-fARr ONE

circling the works Is fence Of
thorny branches, thick enough to
stop the charge Of q wild boar. Out
side of this fence, which is reinforced
with barbed wire entanglements, are
hundreds Of sharpened bamboo stakes
set at just the right angle to pene-
trate q mans foot. These stakes are
poisoned.
Within the fertilization . series of
tunnels, leading to camoudaged exc
its in the jungle, connects . scientific
system Of bomb-proof dugouts, fitted
with bamboo tubes protruding through
the ground. These tubes command
all the approaches Of the cots. With
in each tube 4 rifle or shotgun lies
ready at hand, while q Ngilant Moro
warrior lies at his ease and ready to
pull the trigger At the slightest provo
cation.
Throughout the Moro provinces In
Mindanao these armed and camou-
tagged cotas are scattered. They are
garrisoned by Moros who have never
paid and never intend to pay taxes to
the Philippine Government.
Complicating the Mindanao situa-
ton Is tho existence Of two rivaling
Sultans Of Sulu. Observers consider
this preposterous and untenable. It
Is believed that sooner or later the
two factions will come to 4 bloody
showdown. Tho Mindanao Moros are
lott -
tan Of Sulu, and ordinarily repercus-
sions Of their troubles agitate the
sulu Archipelago to the south Of them.
Since the death OF His Highness
Padukka Mahasari Manulana Hadji
Jamalul Kiram II last June, the oc-
cupant Of his throne has changed
four times.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
RACE VETERAN DIES
OF HEART DISEASE
James Evans Is Stricken at Bowie
While Watching Daughter.
in-Law Ride.

James Evans, veteran race horse
trainer, dropped dead, apparently of
heart disease, at the Bowie track
yesterday during the running of the
third race, In which horse he had
just saddled for his daughter -in-law
was participating. He formerly lived
In Washington and at one time was
said to have acted as trainer for the
stable operated by the late Clifford
A. Cochran Of New York.
Evans, who was about IS, had
saddled Stipulate for his sons wife,
Mrs. Belmont Evans, and was watch
ing the race from the infield when
he suddenly slumped to the ground.
Stipulate finished fifth In the race.
DR.. j. Brooke Boyd, track physician,
said Evans apparently died instantly
Belmont Evans has been more in
tho limelight OF turfdom In recent
years than his father. The younger
Evans was reported to be at Jamaica
with string Of horses he is preparing
for the opening Of the New York
season next week. Both father and son
had trained horses in Florida during
the Winter.
Evening star., 1937-04-11

gions in Northern Luzon provinces are
expected to be transported to Min
danao by the government In 1887.
Like the Indians Of the American
West, the Moros resent the Christian
invasion. They want to keep Min
danao their own hunting and fishing
ground They do not want to be
bothered by taxes, schools and other
phases Of Christian civilization.
The Philippine Constabulary Is in
Mindanao to enforce the common
wealth policy Of Moro paciflcation
and the development Of the islands
tremendously rich agricultural, for
est, mineral and marine resources be-
fore the japanese decide to branch
out from Davao Province (derisively
called "Davaokuo'D, the southeastern
part Of Mindanao, which they con-
troll.
As a sop to the Mohammedans for
the aggressive policy Of the Quezon
administration toward the Moros.
general provisions Of the election Of
national Assemblymen have been ex-
tended to the Moro provinces Of
Lanao, Cotabato and Sulu. But since
President Que1on has postponed the
country's general election that would
have fallen this year, Moros will not
exercise the right Of suffrage until
1898.
Six weeks ago the two largest cities
Of Mindanao, Zamboanga and Davao
City Cgateway to vast agricultural
empire") were converted into char
tered cities, like Manila, Baguio and
Cebu, with their mayors owing their
positions to the President Of the Phil
ippines. In the establishment Of
chartered cities in the second larg-
est Philippine island, the common
wealth government proposes to offer
better attractions for young emigrants
to Mindanao.
The chartered cities will provide
all comforts Of modern life A larger
objective Is to counteract the rapid
increase Of japanese immigrants to
Mindanao. Recently inaugurated
were interprovincial roads connect
ing Dansaian with other populat ton
centers.
Constabulary Difficulties.
Philippine constabularymen's diff
ficulty in fighting the Moros is their
inability to locate and penetrate Sc
cret forts, "cotas," even with the help
of airplanes. A Gotta is hidden amongst
clumps Of magnificent bamboos. En-
Evening star., 1937-04-11
TRAFF|CRUL|NGS
UNDERF|REHER
Arrests Increase as More
Attacks on Administration
Develop.
BY LESTER N. INSKEEP.

III LAs AA>oAAAHA'
A recent order by Police Inspector
L. I. H. Edwards that more speeding
arrests be made in the outlying pre-
cincts has brought large increase
Of business in Traffic Court and at
the same time there have been num-
ber of attacks on the administration
Of the trafI1c code.
Many attorneys are seeking loop
holes through which their now nu-
merous clients may escape the penal
ties, but during. the last week nearly
$4,000 in fines were paid through the
Police Court financial office While
some Of these were for other Of
lenses, by far the greater number
were paid on traffic convictions.
Traffic Court has become buga-
boo to all of the Police Court judges.
The assignments to the four courts
rotate so that each of the four judges
has Traffic Court once in four months.
Speeding Cases Lead.
Speeding charges lead all others in
cases brought into court for trial.
although there are more warrants
issued in parking cases. Persons ar
rested for speeding are not allowed
to forfeit, hence Traffic Court has
become melting pot in which truck
drivers and debutantes receive much
the same treatment
The most important attack on the
parking regulations was launched a
week ago by Attorney Cornelius H.
Doherty. Given ticket for parking
on the curb side of "no-parking-
to-corner" sign on Vermont avenue
Doherty will argue before Judge John
P. Mcmahon next Saturday on the
rights of the Traffic Department to
erect parking signs on any streets
other than those designated in an
act of Congress Should he win his
case on a motion to quash. signs
could be erected only downtown and
on principal thoroughfares.
Only one Of the recent attacks has
been passed on. Judge Walter j.
Casey yesterday overruled a motion
to quash IA parking charges against
Isadore H. Halpern.
Attacked Legality of Sign.
Through his attorney Attorney
Milton Kaplan, Halpern attacked the
legality of all traffic signs on the
ground they are erected by and carry
the name of the police. The traffic
act, he contended, placed the admin
istration Of signs in the hands of the
Commissioners and their aides and
expressly prohibited the Commission
ers from delegating any of their pow
ers to the police.
Judge Casey ruled with Assistant
Corporation Counsel John O'Day that
the police are not exercising "legisla-
tive powers" as charged, but merely
performing ministerial duty.
Kaplan Immediately noted an ap-
peal.
Another case which is causing stir
in Police Court is an attack on the
handling by the corporation coun-
sells Office Of any cases in which both
fines and jail sentences are the max
imum penalty. 1t is contended all
such cases come under the District
attorneys Office.
Since all but the most minor infrac-
tions of the District Code carry such
penalties, the Police Court branch OF
the corporation counsels office would
be practiclly wiped out in case OF a
decision favoring the point taken by
Attorney T. Edward O'Connell in be-
half OF a client charged with second
offense reckless driving.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
v. P.A.DE[EGATES
MISS HOPKINS
200 White Collar Workers
Dash Back to Gotham
After Picketing.

Two hundred dissatisfied W. P. A.
white e-collar workers who came here
from New York yesterday, ostensibly
to see the cherry blossoms but in real
ity to see Administrator Harry L.
Hopkins, departed last evening with
out having seen either.
The group arrived on q special
cherry blossom excursion train and
rode In taxicabs to Works Progress
Administration headquarters, where
they hoisted placards protesting
against reductions In administrative
personnel and established . picket
line.
Leaders Of the pickets were informed
Hopkins was out OF the city and they
laid their protests before Dean Brim-
hall and Rev. Francis Haas, w. P. A.
labor relations advisers.
Then, after brief meeting at head
quarters Of the Workers Alliance at
8l0 F street, the pickets folded up
their placards and hastened to Union
Station to board a homeward- bound
train before their cherry blossom
excursion tickets expired.
Object to Relief Status.
The chief complaints Of the group,
well-groolned and orderly, centered
about the w. p A. order which will
limit employment of administrative
workers not drawn from relief rolls to
5 per cent Of the total number Of per-
sons given Jobs on work-relief prof.
ects. They objected to returning to
the status Of straight-out relief work.
ers, which would limit them to security
wage rates and deprive them OF the
higher pay they have been receiving
for administrative activities.
The placards carried around w. P.
A. headquarters declared mo More
Pink Slips" Vacations With Pay" and
Increase Wages 20 per cent"
The administrative and advisory
Jobs held by the pickets have been
paying from $85 to $l25 4 month,
averaging about $l2 above the security
wage level. The new per cent fegula-
ton, according to Norman Schrank,
leader Of the group, would reduce
about $4,000 from the administrative
to relief status in New York.
Alliance Strike Predicted.
Schrank warned that the Workers
Alliance is preparing for 4 general
strike Of the 175,oo0 w. P. A. workers
in New York City within . month
I'VE are bona fide relief people and
we cannot live on SIS a month";" said
Schrank as he surveyed his group, a
number Of whom wore warm fur coats.
The majority Of the protestants were
far from satisfied with the outcome OF
their visit and there were suggestions
OF "sit-in" as the negotiations wound
up with nothing but 4 sympathetic
hearing. But leaders persuaded all OF
the group to return to the train before
their excursion tickets expired.
Miss Dorothy Davids Of the Teach
ers' Union said DR.. John w. Stude-
baker, commissioner Of education. gave
her delegation some encouragement u
Brimhall assured the committee he
would lay their protests before Hop
kins. He said the delegation seemed
to recognize some Of the limitations OF
w. P. A."
Evening star., 1937-04-11
MORO TOLL HEAVY
IN GUERILLA WAR
200 Killed in Week by Fill
pinos, With General Con-
t|ict in Prospect.
BY JAMES G.. WINGO,

STANAA]o vvAANOOs
Guerilla fighting in Southern Phil
ippines between the Philippine con-
stabulary and Moro warriors, who re-
fuse to pay taxes and recognize the
authority Of the commonwealth gov
ernment, resulted in the death Of more
than 200 Moros in the last week.
The situation Is considered ex-
tremely serious because Of the posi-
bility Of An outbreak Of general war;
fare In Moroland. Numberless no
madic Moros from nearby Sulu, Pala-
wan, Borneo, Celebes and Java, who
can smell tight for q long distance,
may rush into the thick of the Min
danso war. Hence Philippine con-
stabulary Is eager to suppress the Min
danao guerilla fighting promptly.
The last weeks fighting has been
done near Dansalan, the new capital
Of Mindanao, In the densely forested
Lanao Province, which Is infested with
mountain savages, man-eating croco-
diles, poisonous snakes, monkeys and
other wild animals. Dansalan is the
site Of the newly established Office
Of the commissioner Of Mindanao and
Sulu, which has replaced the Bureau
Of Non-Christian Tribes at Manila.
Transfer Of the traditional seat OF
government in Mindanao to Dansalan
from historical Zamboanga has close
connection with Philippine military
plans.
General Development.
Duties Of the new ONCE OF the COM
missioner Of Mindanao and Sulu in
clude direction and supervision Of the
general development Of Mindanao and
Sulu. Measures giving impetus to
Christian homesteading in Mindanao
were enacted last year by the Philip
pine National Assembly. More than
5000 families from the congested re-
Evening star., 1937-04-11
M.E.BOYD,FORMER
NEWS WRITER, DIES
Once Prominent Editor and
Economist SucCumbs
Here at 81.

Matthew F. Boyd, So, formerly
prominent newspaper man and eco
nomist, died yesterday after a long
illness at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Boyle, jr.. 1901 Ingomar street,
where he had lived for some time.
Mr.. Boyd, widely known as a writer
both in this country and abroad, for
many years had been active in labor
circles. As second vice chairman Of
the Washington Consumers Council,
he had figured in the fight for cheaper
milk for the Washington consumer
and had opposed the Agricultural
Adjustment Administrators milk
marketing agreement, claiming it un-
necessarily raised the price Of milk.
Coming to Washington 20 years
ago, Mr.. Boyd Joined the Washington
Herald staff. He received honorable
mention for the Pulitzer Prize for his
articles on the Teapot oil case.
Educated in England.
A native Of New York, he was taken
to England by his parents in his
infancy. He was educated in England
and was a writer there when hts in
terest in labor was aroused. He be-
came associated with George IAns-
bury and other British labor leaders
in aiding the cause Of British workers.
Subsequently, he returned to this
country and entered the publishing
business, for several years being con-
nected with Harper d Brothers and
later with Boni & Lyeright Is editor
in chief.
Mr.. Boyd took . prominent part In
connection with a Paterson. N. j.,
textile strike not long before the
World War, when the workers were
led by big Bill" Haywood and John
Reed, famous writer. He and Reed
remained close friends until the lat
ter's death in Russia.
Mr.. Boyd later brought about an
expose Of New jersey prison condi-
tions and interested Dwight Morrow
and other prominent persons In q
prison reform campaign.
AneW N0teQ Afd6tS.
He had an extensive acquaintance
among artists anG writer's who made
Greenwich Village famous, and num-
bered Eugene O'Neil, 10 Davidson,
John Sloane and Mary Heaton Worse
among his friends.
After q service here on the Wash
ington Herald, Boyd joined the stan
OF the Philadelphia News as an edi-
torial writer. In 1882 he rejoined
the Herald staff. He again left thers
to join the N. r. A. as an economist
with the Labor Advisory Board. In
recent months he had been inactive
due to illness.
Funeral services and burial are q
be private. The body was scheduled
to rest today 1T Hines funeral home
2901 Fourteenth street.
l L.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
KEEMLE FUNERAL SET
Wife of Retired Civil Engineer to
Be Buried Tomorrow.

Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine
c. Keemle, rs, who died Friday at her
home in the Chastleton Apartments,
will be held at 9 am. tomorrow in
st. Paul's Catholic Church. Burial
will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Keemle was the wife of Samuel
Keemle, retired civil engineer of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
She had been q Washington resident
for 40 wears,
Evening star., 1937-04-11
DRILL AT FORT MYER
Garrison to Honor Washington
Visitors Friday.

The garrison of Fort Myer, Va, will
stage a special drill in honor Of vjs-
itors to Washington at pm. FRI
day in the riding hall at the post. it
was announced yesterday by Col. J.
M. Wainwright, commanding officer.
The drill is to be similar in char
acter to the famous Friday afternoon
rides. The drill will be open to the
public but, owing to the limited
seating capacity Of the hall, admis-
sion will be by ticket. Tickets may
be obtained free upon application to
the post ticket Office, telephone West
1000, branch 43, Col Wainwright an
nounced. Requests for tickets will be
filled in the order of receipt.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
A. F. G. {. UNIT TO DANCE

The annual Spring dance and social
OF Labor Department Lodge 228, Amer
ican Federation Of Government En-
ployes, will be held at the Carlton
Hotel Thursday night. There will bs
dancing, bridge and a short enter-
tainment.
Secretary Perkins and other Labor
Department officials and the heads Of
the federation have been invited.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
CONGREGATION TO MARK
5Oth ANNIVERSARY TODAY
Chew. sholom Synagogue Found
ing to Be Celebrated

II banquet.
The Chev sholom Consregatiou
will celebrate the fiftieth anniver-
sary OF its founding with . banquet
to be held at 6 pm. today At the
synagogue, Fifth and I streets.
Nathan Plotnick, member Of The
Executive Board Of the synagogue, will
be toastmaster and chairman Of the
Arrangements Committee. Rabbi
Zemach Green will deliver the prin-
cipal address.
Other members Of the Arrangements
Committee, besides Plotnick, are ia
cob Bass, president OF the syna-
gogue; Benjamin Jafie, vice presi-
dent; Israel Levinson, treasurer; Max
Goldberg, secretary, and Jacob Min
kotf, Ben Hayman, William r. Floam,
Samuel Dworkin; Samuel Rosen, Nor
rs Cohen and Rabbi Green.
The congregation has grown from
IL to over 400 members since its
founding. The church had its nrst
headquarters in . rented room 1T
Tenth and D streets. It has occupied
it, present sits far ths Ast - ysass.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia - Generally
fair and continued cool today; tomor-
row fair and somewhat warmer; mod
crate northwest winds.
Maryland and Virginia-Generally
fair and continued cool today; tomor-
row fair and somewhat warmer.
West Virginia-Mostly cloudy to-
day; tomorrow fair and somewhat
warmer.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear late yesterday afternoon.
Report Until 10 Pm. Saturday.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
THAT'S WHY "C00D WILL" CARS
ARE BOUND TO BE BETTER BUYS

prices are low that you won't believe
your eyes! Turn to the classified advertising
section in this newspaper - look up the
Good Will' bargains offered by Pontiac
dealers and see for yourself that you can't
do better. Then hurry to the dealer offering
the car of your choice before some other
smart buyer gets ahead of you.
Evening star., 1937-04-11

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