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door, the raiders went inside and found
the woman in q second floor room
and Levine still in bed Magnaterrs
later was discovered in his scanty at.
tire trying to hide on the roof in the
rain. All three were taken to No.
precinct, where they are being held
for investigation.
Water for the still. police said, va.
piped direct from one Of two bath
rooms on the second floor. To take
care Of overflow, another pipe led from
the still TO showerbath. In addition
to the barrels in the attic, a number
Of cans flled with whisky were
stacked on = stairway. police said.
While police were inside, they said
they saw 4 car, which they believed
contained members of 4 liquor ring,
circle the block several times, with
It's occupants watching the house
closely as they passed
When Magnaterra was arraigned be-
fore Commissioner Turnage after his
arrest in January, he pleaded not
guilty saying he didn't know any
thing" about the operation of the
Madison street still. According to
Frank J. Sweeney, Treasury agent, 1t
had been supplying the major share OF
bootleg liquor distributed in ALLEY
sales to colored customers in the
Southeast and Northeast sections OF
the Capital.
The Madison street still, police said,
was operated by 4 former Baltimore
gang. The same ring was linked with
the operation Of another still uncov-
cred in a raid February Is at 1900
Farragut street NV.
Evening star., 1938-04-22
BY WILL P. KENNEDY.

Ihe House Library Committee will
start hearings next Wednesday on the
resolution authorizing the erection on
suitable site In Washington, already
owned by the Government. of Mac
Monnies' famous Columbian Foun-
tain"
Representative SABBATH, Democrat. OF
Illinois, dean Of the House and sponsor
OF the resolution, will be in charge of
presenting the witnesses.
The legislation provides that the To-
cation OF the fountain and the plan
for development of the site shall be
submitted to the Commission of Fine
Arts for advisory assistance and that
the construction shall be under the
direction of the director OF public
buildings and public parks. The reso-
luton grants authority to any asso-
citation organized within two years
from the date of approval of the reso-
luton to erect the fountain under
these conditions.
Representative SABBATH explained to
Chairman Keller of the Library Com
mittee today that tentative plans COW
ering the cost of construction call for
the raising Of funds by popular SUBJ
scription, but that the total fund al
Evening star., 1938-04-22
SCHUSCHNIGG PLOT
CHARGED TO NAZIS
Editor Thinks Blare Of Radio
Propaganda Nay Drive
Him to Suicide.

In bringing from Europe some
hitherto censored news Of the recent
German conquest OF Austria. Edison X
Bixby, editor Of the Springfield mo. }
News-Leader. told the American So.
ciety Of Newspaper Editors, in session
today at the National Press Club. that
he believed the Nazis were "deliberat.
ing trying to drive Kurt Won Schu-
schnigg. the former Austrian chancel-
lor. to suicide"
SchuschniKg. Mr. Bixbv explained
Is held in 4 chateau for his own pro-
lection" guarded by some 200 German
troops.
And constantly" the editor added
"the former chancellor has been forced
to listen to = loud radio blaring out
Nax propaganda. He tied \ bandage
around his ears. and he PAGES the floor
constantly, slowly. or perhaps rapidly
being driven crazy"
Mr. Bixby described the march Of
the German Army on Austria rs ter
1fying. with the metal-shod troopers
sounding . continuous 'clank- -clank-
clank" along the street.
Most OF the people Of Europe, he
said, speak Of "the war" as II 4 new
general conflict already were an ac-
tuality. He said his observations in
Germany. Austria. italy and Czecho-
slovakia had convinced him ''the four
norsemen soon will ride again"
Evening star., 1938-04-22
GEORGE B0NCESCO
GIVEN NEW POST
Rumanian Financial Attache
Will Aid Carol in Five.
Year P|an.'
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

George Boncesco. who for IL years
has been attached to the Rumanian n
Legation in Washington as its finan-
cial counselor. has been ordered home
Mr.. Boncesco will be inrusted with
an important position in the new de-
partment Of his country dealing with
economic reorganization.
Under the new set-up in Bucharest
King Carol is following the modern"
system Of 4 five-year plan. He desires
to give new impetus to Rumania s
economic expansion abroad and to sell
more Of the country's raw materials.
1t is believed likely that he may or
ganize a new ministry Of economics.
Mr.. Boncesco, who before coming tc
the United States had spent many
years in London As Rumanias COM
mercial attache. probably know.
better than any Rumanian the Anglo
Saxon psychology and the business
ethics Of the United States and Great
Britain. His IS years spent in Britain
and the United States enabled him to
gain the confidence Of many leading
business men and bankers. Hence his
presence in Bucharest At a time when
Carol wants to start . new policy Of
'revaluation" OF Rumanias products
Is considered indispensab BILE.
Besides being extremely popular in
Washington society. Mr.. Boncesco had
the full confidence OF State Depart
ment ofncials. Although. strictly
speaking. not 4 member Of the diplo-
matte fraternity. he was able to pro-
vide his government with more relia.
Evening star., 1938-04-22
Hearings Slated to Cipe D. c.
Famous Columbian Fountain

ready Is practically assured The pre-.
liminary organization OF the associa-
tion now is we'll underway and 1t will
be incorporated as soon as there is in
dication that the resolution will pass
Congress.
The models Of the Columbian Foun-
tain were located in Paris two years
ago. Mr.. SABBATH said. and he has the
assurance of Mrs. Alice MacMonnies,
widow Of the sculptor. that all are in
good condition and they may be per.
fectly executed in marble 1t Is
planned to have these models shipped
to the United States in the near future
and turned over to the association on
completion OF its organization.
The resolution points out that the
task OF producing what was to be the
outstanding artistic feature OF the
Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chi
caeo was assigned to a young Ameri-
can sculptor. Frederick MacMonnies,
and, that this. "his masterpiece-the
Columbian Fountain-exquisite in
conception and workmanship, repre-.
sents with beauty which is a Joy to
the eye and to the spirit. the barge Of
state propelled by the arts and sciences
with Columbia triumphant on her
throne"
Evening star., 1938-04-22
BRIDGES ASSAILED
FOR T. Y. A. STAND
Senator Connally Criticizes Him
for Complaint on Being Left
OF Committee.
Ey tine Associated Press.

y the Associated Press.
Senator Connally. Democrat, Of
Texas criticized Senator Bridges, Re-
publican. Of New Hampshire on the
Senate floor yesterday for his COM
plant about being left of the COM
mittee investigating the Tennessee
Valley Authority.
Half serious, half smiling. Senator
Connally reproved his colleague for
insisting he should have been among
the five Senator's chosen by Vice Presi-
dent Garner for the joint Senate
House investigating committee.
Neither Senator Bridges nor the
Vice President was in the chamber At
the time Of the Texans speech. Sen
ator Bridges aides said he was i'll.
Mr.. Garner had yielded the chair to
Senator Pittman, Democrat, of Ne
vada.
Referring to Senator Bridges
speeches regarding the T. V. A.. the
Texan contended these indicated bias
against the agency.
why doesn't he approach this
question with an open mind instead
OF an open mouth?" he demanded.
The Senator from New Hampshire
has swallowed whole reports about
T. v. A. activiees. without waiting for
the committee to investigate them"
Evening star., 1938-04-22
SUES FOR DIVORCE

PHILADELPHIA, April ~ lP.-
Mrs. Presley Morgan Taylor, grand
daughter of the late Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts,, filed
suit yesterday in Common Pleas Court
for divorce from her third husband.
Mrs. Taylor, the former Constance
Gardner of Beverly. Mass, was mar
ried in 1915 to Grafton Minot OF Bos-
ton. They were divorced in 1924. A
year later she married William Gordon
Means in Washington. In 1880 they
were divorced in Philadelphia and she
married Taylor, an engineer, that year
Evening star., 1938-04-22
ROMANOFF JOINS MET

NEW YORK, April ~ P).-Boris
Romanoff. co-founder Of the Ballet
Russo de Monte Carlo and since 1884
ballet master and choreographer Of the
Royal Theater in Rome. will succeed
Of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
Edward johnson, general manager
Of the opera. reiterated last night, in
announcing Romanoff's appointment,
that the ballet will be developed as a
part Of the opera ensemble.
In parting company with the Met,
Balanchine assailed the artistic stand
ards OF the Met and its audiences.
Evening star., 1938-04-22
M'MAHoN TO RUN
Milwaukee Attorney Seeks COP.
Nomination for Senator.

MILWAUKEE. April ~ tP).-
Stephen j. Mcmahon. Milwaukee tai
attorney, who was for seven years Y
member Of the United States Board
OF Tax Appeals, today announced
his candidacy for the Republican
nomination for United States Senator
In the September primary.
The only other candidate who has
announced for the senatorial race 1.
F. Ryan Duffy, Fond du Lac Demo.
crat, who will run for reelection,
Evening star., 1938-04-22
GIRL, SECLUDED
FROM HUSBANDS
Held in Detention Home on
Old Court Order Nine
Days After Wedding.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON. Del, April 22.-The
walls Of the Wilmington Detention
Home stood today between 12-year-
old Almira Mae McChesney and her
37-year-old fisherman husband of nine
days.
The slender, dark-haired girl, who
says Il love Sam and Sam loves me"
was held on a Juvenile Court order, is
sued on complaint of her mother last
February and still pending.
Judge Earle r. Wiley, who issued
the order, said the mother, Mrs.
George Walls, told the court her
daughter stayed out nights without
consent and was incorrigible
State police took the girl into GUS
tody last night as she, her husband
Samuel and members of his family,
with whom they have been staying. ate
the first dinner Almira ever cooked.
Policeman Howard Birmingham and
probation officer showed the girl the
court order. Brittingham told her.
You're in custody now. Come with
u.s."
Both Weep at Parting.
Almira turned to her husband to say
gooy-by. then started to cry.
I'VE haven't time for that" the Of.
f1cer said, and led her away
The husband ran after them. calling,
"I'll come and see you right away"
Then he cried, too.
They don't understand" he said.
Il love her. Why can't they leave
us alone"
Judge Wiley. after a conference
with Deputy Attorney General Caleb
M Wright, declared:
THE marriage was definitely Illegal
1t will be promptly dissolved. We will
show the rest of the Nation that
Delaware will not tolerate child mar
riages."
He said the girl would be given a
hearing on the parole violation charge
Saturday-a week before her thlr-
teenth birthday. Later, he said, it
would be determined whether charges
would be brought for falsifcation of
age in connection with the marriage
license. Mr.. Wright explained:
Its against the law for any one
under is to marry, and parents who
permit child marriages are guilty of
perjury"
Mr.. McChesney said he obtained tbs
parents consent to the marriage,
which was discovered when truant
omcers checked Almira's absence from
grade school at Rehoboth, Atlantic
shore resort town.
Evening star., 1938-04-22
PARK BEARS CRITICIZED
1zaak Walton League Official Hits
Commercializinp Mature

1zaak Walton League Official Hits
Commercializing Nature.
CHICAGO. April % lP,.-The bears
OF Yellowstone National Park were
criticized yesterday by DR.. Henry
Baldwin Ward, president emeritus Of
the Izaak Walton League Of America,
as part of the commercialIsm
which. he said. was endaneerine the
country's national parks.
DR.. Ward. former head Of the de-
partment of zoology at the University
of Illinois. told the Waltonians' 18th
annual convention the antics Of the
Yellowstone bears were "the cheap
show of a lot Of perverted. degenerate
animals, who can no more be COM
pared with their noble forebears"
than sneak thief can be compared
with a man"
He urged restoration and preser"~
ton OF the primitive qualities of {
countrys national parks.
Evening star., 1938-04-22

bic and substantial information re-
garding the actual position of this
country in world affairs than the
ofncial diplomats.
Evening star., 1938-04-22
State Onicial Starts Probe

CAMBRIDGE. Nd. April % (P.-
A. StenRle Marine, State labor com.
missioner. left today for crisfield to
investigate violence arising from 4
strike Of crab pickers.
Mr.. Marine declined comment pend
ing . study of the situa ton.
Evening star., 1938-04-22
VIOLENCE MARKS
CR|SF|ELD STRIKE
Car Reported Burned as
c. !. 0. Official Is 0usted
From Town by Mob
Dy the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
CRISTELD. Nd. April 22.-Reports
Of violence directed at G. I. o. organ
izers today disturbed the orderly course
that has marked q three week -old
strike Of crab meat pickers here.
Accounts Of the trouble varied. One
witness said several hundred men had
burned an automobile owned by c. 10.
organizers. The Mayor said the car
was merely turned over. A man identi.
flying himself as = c. I. o. oficial re-
ported he was driven out Of town by
mob"
The calm of the wage dispute be-
tween the pickers-mostly women,
many Of them Negroes-and the sea :
food packing plants was broken for the
FIRST time last night when a group of
men gathered at a Negro settlement
here.
Two reliable sources said the group
was seeking two c. I. o. organizers
who, In striving to unionize the
strikers. had been seen frequently in
the Negro settlement and had head
quarters near there.
These sources said that the men.
failing to find the organizers. seized
their automobile and burned IL. Mayor
William H. Bradshaw said the night
omcer here informed him the car was
merely turned over on It's side and
about a hundred men were standing
around when he arrived"
Early today, a man who identified
himself At Salisbury, as Leis Dahl,
president Of District 7, United Cam
merry, Agricultural, Packing and Allied
Workers Of America. a c. l. O.-afiliate,
said he had been driven out of Crisfield
by two carloads of men.
He said he saw q mob" burn the
automobile Of Michael Howard. a rep
resentative Of the union and secretary
OF the Baltimore Industrial Council
Mayor Bradshaw said he received a
telegram today from 4 Mrs. Michael
Howard Of Baltimore saying Stanley
White. United States labor concili-
ator from Washington, would arrive
here today.
The c. /. o. union sent organizers
mere after the strikers walked out in
protest against q reduction in wages
majority Of the packing plants here
reouced wages for picking crab meat
from 7 cents to cents = pound.
state Ohicial Starts Probe,
CAMBRIDGE. Nd. April % Up.-
A. Stensle Marine, State labor com.
missioner. left today for Crisfield to
investigate violence arising from
strike Of crab pickers.
Mr.. Marine declined comment pend
ing = study of the sitla ton.
Evening star., 1938-01-01
CLASS T0OBSERVE
2OTHANN|VERSARY
Covenant-First Presbyte-
rian Service Will Be Held
on January 9.

Miss Thurston's class for young
women Of Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church, organized during the days Of
the World War, is this month observ-
ing the twentieth anniversary of its
organization and special service will
be held January 9 at 9:45 am, to
which former members and all those
who have been interested in the class
during these years are especially in
vited.
DR.. A. j. Mccartney will preach to-
morrow morning on a New Year Day
theme, THE Lost Prisoner"
The young peoples societies will
meet for supper and social from 6 to
tomorrow in the chapel. The Cove
nant Fellowship will have q special
conservation meeting, with DR.. Nc
Cartney leading.
A special meeting will be held in the
chapel Monday evening, under the au-
spices of the sPresbyterial Society.
The theme will be "An Evening in
China" and the speakers will be Miss
Lucille F. Donaldson Of Weehsien,
China, and Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde B.
Sargent of Cheeloo University. An in
vitation is extended to the women OF
all the missionary societies.
Evening star., 1938-01-01
DIR. BIRD TO MARK
ANNIVERSARY HERE
Twenty-Eighth Year of Min.
istry in Capital Will
Be Begun.

DR.. Andrew Reid Bird, pastor, will
begin the twenty-eighth year of his
ministry in Washington at the Church
of the Pilgrims next Thursday. He
will preach on "Our Commission as
Christians" at 7:45 pm. When he
accepted the call to this work in No.
vember, 1910, DR.. Bird requested that
his initial service should be the first
prayer meeting Of the new year. He
desired to emphasize his conviction
that the fruitfulness of a church de-
pended upon the prayer life Of its
people.
Tomorrow at II o'clock, DR.. Bird
will preach on II God Be God" At
7:45 pm. he will begin a series Of
Sunday evening sermons on "The
Morning Motive In the Life Of Man" p"
The first of the series will be THE
Morning of the Year"
The Young Peoples Society will have
vesper service at 6:l5 pm. The Fell
lowship Group will meet at 6 pm.
and the Christian Pioneers at $50 p m.
The Presbytery of the Potomac will
convene in this church Thursday at
2 pm. The meeting is called in view
of the critical situation facing the
foreign mission work in China. DR..
Darby Fulton OF Nashville, Tenn, ex-
ecutive secretary Of foreign missions
of the Presbyterian Church OF the
United States, will speak.
Evening star., 1938-01-01
PASTOR AND AIDE
SPEAK TOMORROW
DR.. BlackWeIder and Rev.
R. w. loeW to Preach
at Evening Service.

Dr.. Oscar F. Blackwelder, pastor,
and the Rev. Ralph D. Loew, assistant
pastor, will speak at the evening serv-
ice tomorrow in the Lutheran Church
OF the Reformation, with a service ap-
propriate to the new year. Presenting
the features Of a watch night service,
both pastors will speak on Life at
It's Best"
At II am. DR.. Blackwelder will
speak on Changing the Past"
The Luther Leagues meet at 6:45.
Miss Helen F1ournoy will speak on
Gates Ajar" in the Intermediate
League. In the Senior League, Jack
Lynn will discuss "Christianless Reso-
lutions.' Misses Mildred Albright,
Esther Sell and Lucy Kline will present
current event topics to the Young
Peoples League. The Rev. Mr.. Loew
Will speak to the Adult League on
How to Develop the Capacity and
Technic Of Friendship
The Ladies Aid will hold a lunch
con from IL to 1870 on Wednesday in
the parish hall.
Evening star., 1938-01-01
YOUNG PEOPLES
FELLOWSHIP

Instead of the regular meeting OF
the Executive Committee this week
Christmas party was held at ST.
Margaret's parish hall. The annual
banquet will be held in February. The
next executive meeting is January II
at the Diocesan House, 1929 K
street NV.
New officers of Trinity, Takoma
Park, are: John Hildebrand, reelected
president; Bill NARROW, vice president
Miriam jackson, secretary, and Angus
Alexander. treasurer. Recreation Night
today at 7 O'Clock, with games and
dancing. Attorney Francis M. Ander-
son will speak tomorrow night on
Palestine"
An interdenominational union meet
ing, including all Hyattsville, will be
held tomorrow evening at Pinkney
Memorial, and next week Parents
Night will be featured.
Launching new program Rock
Creek Fellowship will make a study
of social institutions Of Washington.
The group has been divided into study
cliques of six who will specialize on
st. Elizabeth's Hospital, Police Boys
Clubs, the Episcopal Home for Chill
dren, Blue Plains, and others, visiting
their assigned institutions and bring
ing reports of their findings to the
Sunday night meetings. The study
plan is under the supervision Of Laura
Dove, president, and the Rev. Robert
Jones, advisor.
st. Margaret's gave a Christmas
party at the Episcopal Home for Chill
dren. Tomorrow supper at 6 pm. will
be followed by . business and dis
cusslon meeting.
Evening star., 1938-01-01
DR.. j. c. B. PIERCE
SELECTS SUBJECT
"A Faith for the New Year"
Will Be Theme
Tomorrow.

"A Faith for the New Year" is the
subject Of DR.. Ulysses G. B. Pierce
minister OF All Souls Unitarian
Church, tomorrow morning. Before
the adult classes Of the church school
meeting at 10 O'Clock, C. F. Darling
ton, assistant chief Of the Division OF
Trade Agreements, State Department
will speak on Trade Agreements and
World Peace" and Rabbi Silverstone
Of Tifereth Israel Congregation will
give a talk on THE Prophets OF
Israel" speaking on Ezekiel"
Lewis Atwater, organist, will be as
sisted in a program Of French music
at S pm. by Mrs. Henry T. Parrett
soprano. Immediately following, q
reading on The Lost First Folio" will
be given. Supper will be served at {
pm. Captains Courageous" is the
feature at the motion picture hour
in Pierce Hall at 7:30 pm.
Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard will
resume her series Monday evening o,
current event talks A "funfest" fol-
adults has been arranged for Tuesday
evening in the Recreation Center
Thursday, at the dinner meeting oi
the Washington Chapter, Unitarian
Laymen's League. David Cushmar
Coyle, Just announced as the winner
Of the Harpers prize essay contest
will speak on "A Reasonable Social
and Economic Policy for the United
States
The foreign language cinema will
resume its showings Saturday with
the German musical comedy, Winter
nachstraum."
Evening star., 1938-01-01
ABERNETHY TOPICS
ARE ANNOUNCED
Calvary Baptist Pastor to Speak
on Life That Is Worth
While"

DR.. w. S, Abernethy, pastor Of
Calvary Baptist Church, will preach
tomorrow morning on Life That Is
Worth While" and in the evening on
Learning to Say, I Will" At the,
latter service he will be assisted by,
two representatives of the young
people, Miss Alice Leake and Terrell
Coleman.
The Rev. Frank E. Johnston, 1r.,-
will have charge Of the junior
church tomorrow morning, assisted by
Lawrence c. Greene.
A fellowship tea of the young people
will be held tomorrow afternoon IN
Burial Hall.
The Burial Class will hold a busi-
ness meeting Wednesday evening.
The happy hour, conducted by the
young people, will be resumed Satur-
day afternoon for the children of the
neighborhood, ages to II.
Evening star., 1938-01-01
TALK TO Be GIVEN
BY CANON STOKES
He Will Deliver Sermon at
Communion Service
at II AM.

Canon Anson Phelps Stokes will
deliver the sermon at the celebration
OF the holy communion in Washinpton
Cathedral tomorrow at IL O'Clock
The Very Rev. Noble G. Powell, dean
OF the Cathedral and warden OF the
College Of Preachers, will be the
preacher at the choral eyenson1 serv.
ice at o'clock. Music for both these
services will be furnished by the Ca
thedral choir under the direction of
Robert G. Barrow. Several units of
the new Cathedral organ, now beinr
installed by the Ernest M. Skinner a.
Son Co., will be played at these sery.
ices.
Holy communion will be celebrated
IN the Bethlehem Chapel of the Holy
Nativity at 7:30 am. Group pilgrim
ages will be held Immediately follow
ing the II am. and pm. services.
Bishop James E. Freeman leaves for
Chicago this afternoon to deliver his
annual address before the SUNDAY
Evening Club" In that city tomorrow
night.
DR.. Powell announces that all of the
clergy in the Episcopal Diocese of
Washington are being invited to at
tend evensong service in the Cathe.
dral on January 16 when the Right
Rev. Henry st. George Tucker, the
new presiding bishop, will deliver the
sermon.
The deans of several theological
seminaries in the Episcopal Church
and professors Of Old and New Testa-
ment assembled at the College OF
Preachers, on Mount st. Alban. this
week for conference under the lead
ership of the Right Rev. Philip M.
Rhinelander, warden emeritus and re.
tired Bishop Of Pennsylvania, assist.
ed by DR.. Powell, the new warden.
Common problems facing the sem.
inaries were discussed, with particular
reference to ways and means whereby
their work may be strengthened with
a view to meeting the new demands
which will be placed upon the Clergy
Of tomorrow"
The Right Rev Robert E. L. Strider.
Bishop Coadjutor of West Virginia,
will arrive at the College of Preachers
next Monday to lead a conference on
"Lenten Preaching"