Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1929, Page 6

[ ] SENATOR DEMANDS 'fioKeIlar Says Evidence Sup- ports Charge of Office Sales in Mississippi. The discharge of Perry Howard, suspended Speclal Assistant Attorney General and Republican national com- | mitteeman for Mississippi, was de- | manded yesterday by Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, before the Scnate patronage investigation com- mittee. There is an “avalanche of evidence,” Senator McKellar insisted, to_substan- tiate charges that Howard had sold Federal offices in Mississippi. He also | asked that Attorney General Sargent be requested to appear before the com- mittee to explain why Howard had not been discharged. Senator Brookhart said later that Mr. Sargent and Howard probably would be asked to appear at an early date. Howard, a colored man, recently was acquitted by a Mississippf ‘jury of a| charge of bartering Federal cifices in | that State, but he still faces a sscond | indictment and the Government in- | tends to press that case probably in March, the committee was informed. Miller McGhtlchrist, & special Assist- | anj Attorney General, told the commit- | tee todey that investigation by the De- | partment of Justice of Howard's ac- | counts in two Washington banks | showed that he had deposited more | than $31,000 above his salary of $5,000 | between February, 1926, and July, 1928, | MeGhilchrist said that two $500 | checks drawn on. Clarksdale, Miss., | banks had been deposited by Howard. | He said one check was signed by Mrs, | i . | at the church February 4 and 5. Left to right: Gy Lington of Tutweller, MIst, | G Connor, Angele Giasras And/Bemaine Donnslly. same day, the witness added, Howard |~ recommended Mrs. Vvithington as act- ing postmistress at Tutweiler. e other $500- check, ths witness continued, had been traced to the ac- | count of John ook, a United States attorney in Mississippi. He said that | by Investigation it had been determined that Cook had loaned the $500 to the | husband of Mrs. Withington and had later been repaid by Mrs. Withington. MRS. LINNE SHERWOOD T0 BE BURIED IN OHIO| — | Puneral services for Mrs. Linne I. R.. Sherwood, daughter of the late Gen. Isaac R. Sherwood, will be held in Toledo, Ohlo, Saturday, it was an-) nounced here today. Mrs. Sherwood died December 30 at | her home, in La Jolla, Calif. 8he was | well known to Capital congressional and sotial eircles, her father having served in the House for 17 years. She was a singer of note, Her ashes will be buried in the family burial plot in Toledo, where her father and her mother, Mrs. Kate Brownlee Sher- wood, are buried. WILL GO TO HAITI. qunt. Edward J. Cummings to Leave Post Here. Naval orders released today disclose that Lieut. Edward J. Cummings of the Meédical Corps, who has been on duty at the naval dispensary at the Navy mtmem, will soon_serve with the Health Service, Haiti. Lieut. Ci wil leave Washing- tont in a couple of weeks to take & spe- cial course ab the University of Pennsyl- vania. He will then sail“on April 9 from Hampton Roads, Va. He has been :t’un duty at the naval dispensary since fl; AST 1219.Conn St. Peter’s Players who will take THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, P O, HOWARD DISCHARGE the leading roles in “Tons of Money” dith San Fellipn, Margaret Stafl Photo. SENATE 1. C. C. GROUP | ENDS NEFF HEARINGS Report to Be Made to Senate Re-| garding Appointment of Texan to Board of Mediation. By the Assoclated Press. Hearings on the renomination of Pat M. Neff of Texas, to be a member of the United States Board of Mediation, were concluded by the Senate interstate commeroe Commitiee today and a re- port to the Senate is expected to be made soon. Further testimony tha‘ Neff, former Governor of Texas, exercised a wrong attitude in mediating labor disputes as a member of the board was heard hy the committee today and Neff cffered rebuttal testimony in an effort to show that he had acted properly. H. J. Carr of the MacHinists' Union told the committee that Neff had at- témpted to argue railtoad workers into dropping their case for higher wages against the Fort Smith & Western Rail- road of Arkansas on the ground that the company was not making monéy. Neff said he had presented the work- ers’ demand strenuqusly before officials of the railroad company, but had been convinced that the company was lesing $2,000 2 month. Carr declared .that - the . company originally had offered the men a 3-cent- an-hour increase, but “after Mr. Neff came in they could not even get that.” The former governor asserted that another member of the board also had investigated the case and had come to the same conclusions and that an official of the national union to which the workers belonged advised that the case be dropped for the present. ECTICUT AvE~ For Thursday, Friday and Saturday LAST REDUCTIONS BEFORE INVENTORY Still Lower Prices Prevail On All Sale Apparel DRESSES A Group of Sport Drésses. Now Reduced to 5 A Group of Street and Afternoon Dresses. Now Reduced to 25 Two Groups of Street and After- noon Dresses and Evening Gowns. Now Reduced to $49:50 and $59:3¢ COATS A Special Group Pasternak Coats. 85 ENSEMBLE COSTUME SUITS Wonderful Values in These One-of- a-Kind Individual Suits of the Type nak Is Famous. ness—im{:eccably tai Pasternak manner. worth-while value! ALL DRASTICALLY REDUCED FUR COATS at very reduced prices The finest furs, with a permanent smart- . HATS now reduced to $5 Those who are familiar with the genuine values we always offer will appreciate this opportunity to obtain Pasternak apparel at these extremely reduced prices. ALL SALES FINAL STERNAK 1219 CONNECTICUT AVE~” of Typically Fine Now Reduced to -Looking Costume for Which Paster- ilored in the expert Every one a most Dr. Pierce to Address Club. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce will address the City Club luncheon forum tomorrow | conditions are very serious,” ant in the club's blueroom. Dr. Pierce is to speak on “Motion Pictures and the Church.” He is a member of the club, and the club expects a large attendance. The luncheon will begin at 12:30 p.m., and the speaker will take the floor at 1 o'clock, concluding at 1 Don't linger at the bottom of the | ladder: go either up or down. NEW COTTON GOODS DUTIES ARE URGED Growers, Manufacturers and Workers Unite in Tariff Demands. By the Associated Press. Further changes in duties and classi- fications in the cotton manufactured products section of the tariff act were proposed to the House ways and means committee today on resumption of hear- ings on tariff revision. An increase to between 64 and 69 per cent ad valorem in the present duty of 50 per cent on velveteens was re- %uened by F. E. Richmond, Provide: . 1, representing velveteen manu turers. A separate classification for all dyed velvet ribbons with a uniform rate of duty not to exceed 50 per cent ad valorem and a lower duty on un-dyed ribbons to encourage dyeing in this country was urged by A. W. McDonald, representing the National Council of American Importers and Traders. Cot- ton ribbons are now dutiable at 50 per cent and silk and rayon ribbons at higher rates. Growers and Spinners Unite. Cotton growers and manufacturers and textile workers joined hands yes- terday in petitioning the committee for relief in the new tariff bill. Representatives of the manufacturers and workers described unfavorable con- ditions in the New England textile in- dustry as acute and asked higher duties on fine yarns and cloths. Representa- tive Whittington, Democrat, Mississippi, on behalf of growers, sought a duty range of from 7 to 24 cents a pound, according to length, on long staple cot- ton, now on the free list. Robert Amory, Boston; representing the National Councll of American Cot- ton Manufacturers, declared the situa- tion was “particularly acute in the New England States, where unemplo; ue‘n: a the higher duties requested would en- able the manufacturers to compete in the fine goods markets, Appearing for the United Textile Workers of America, Thomas F. Mc- Mahon of New York pictured conditions among textile workers as deplorable, and asked higher duties on fine cloths as a means of getting relief through their pay envelopes. He said the average wage of the Honest Policeman! Arrests Self, Too, After Autos Crash By the Assoclated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., January 31.— Boy, si@ike off a medal for Patrol- man B, C. Foster of Atlanta! Yerday Patrolman Foster's car clided with one driven by a coloret man. The patrolman promptly arrested the colored man, and then just as promptly arrested himself. He will appear against himself at the trial today, he =aid, as well as against the colored man. workers was $16 a week, as compared with $22 for all American wage earn- ers and added if additional tariff pro- tection were afforded the manufacturers they would have no excuse when the workers approached them for higher ‘wages. Urging relief through the tariff, but Lawrence, Mass,, sald 4,500 persons were out of work in the citles of Lawrence, New Bedford, Lowell and Fall River; that others were working only from two to four days a week, and 2,300 houses and 400 stores were vacant, due to an exodus of population. VESTRIS PASS.ENGER’S WILL FILED FOR PROBATE Applicant Submits Belief That Mrs. Mabel M. Mills Was Drowned. An echo of the sinking of the steam- ship Vestris November 12 reached the District Supreme Court today when the American Security & Trust Co. filed a petition for the admission to probate of the will of Mrs. Mabel M. Mills, one of the passengers on the ill- fated vessel. Attached to the appli- cation are four afidavits showing that Mrs. Mills took passage on the steam- ship November 10 bound for Buenos Aires and that her name is not on the list of rescued. -'The trust company asserts that by reason of this informa- tion it believes she was drowned No- vember 12. The value of the estate is given as $225,709.45, consisting entirely of per- sonal property. She is survived Ly e brother, Jay ¥. Smith, Argentina, South America; a_sister, Lady Mary Cooper of Mursley Park, Winchester, England; another sister, Ruby A. Rossbach of Los Angeles; three nephews and a niece “UHO ORI “Quality That Endures’ [N HIS ANNUAL EVENT nounced this siastically than ever. is an- year more enthu- Never before has greater preparation been made; nor have there ever been a greater array of the most desirable furniture from the world’s largest markets as- sembled for such an event! Every Suite Reduced 10% to 40% Every Odd Piece* Reduced 10% to 40% No matter what your requirements— whether you wish to furnish or refurnish an entire home—whether it is a beautiful Living Room, Dining Room or Bedroom Suite that is desired—whether it be only an attractive odd piece, such as a Chair, a Lamp, a Table, a Bed, a Dresser, a Mirror, a Dinette Set, a Breakfast Set, a Reed Suite, or Chair, a Rug, or some Drapery, you will not be dis- appointed here. There is a generous assortment of every commodity, and you will realize a generous saving of an appreciable amount. " The Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co’s - Convenient Deferred Payments Prevail, Same as Usual The greatest bargains, likewise the great- est choice, obtain during the first part of a sale. So let us urge you to come as soon as convenient. * With the exception of nationally-advertised resale articles, as Whit- talt Anglo Persian Rugs, tresses and Philco All-Electric Radio Sets. Julius Lansburgh Furniture (5o. De Luxe Springs, Simmons Beautyrest Mat- En!rance at 909 F Street AL “Quelity. That Endares” INMMIMMINTHNIN THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1929, FILE BRIEF AGAINST PLEA OF SINCLAR U. S. Attorneys to Take| Argument to Court of Ap- peals February 4. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and Assistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw today filed with the District of Columbia Court of Appeals & brief in opposition to the appeal of Harry F. Sinclair, Henry Mason Day, William J. Burns and W. Sherman Burns, who were held in contempt ) | suggesting no duties, Mayor Landers of | Of court by Justice Siddons last Febru- ary for an allsged attempt to influence the jury which was trying the con- spiracy charge against Sinclair and Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interfor, in connection with the leasin; of Teapot Dome. Sinclair is undeg sentence of 6 months in jail, Day, of 4 monthe; Willlam J. Burns, 15 days, and W. Sherman Burns was fined $1,000. The jury was discharged and a mistrial directed by the court. Arguments before the court are scheduled for Monday, February 4, the court having extended the time for ar- gument 5o that each side will have three hours. Assistant United States Attorney Burkinshaw will argue the case for the Government. In its brief the Government contends that the shadowing alone of a jury is contempt of court, but that the sur- velllance was aggraviated in this case by the visit of Detective O'Reilly to the home of Juror Kidwell, who was ”fl,"' sented as saying in a conversation in a near-beér saloon that he expected to receive an “automobile a block long” after Bincleir was acquitted. It further claims that Juror Glas- cock was “framed” in a report and affidavits that represented him as con- versing with a speclal assistant to the Attorney General at a flying field out- side of Washington. Another feature discussed in the brief is the investiga- tion by Burns agents and Henry Mason Day of encumbrances on the property of Juror Kern, which the Government contends was an attempt to interfere with the proper administration of jus- tice. The activitles of the defendants and their agents, it is claimed, injected distractions into the minds of the jurors from which the jurors should be free when trying a case. This picture, drawn by Sergt. Hern- don R. Davis, has been accepted by the- Secretary of War, Dwight Davis, as his official picture. The picture was drawn for the cover of a recent issue of the Recruiting News. —World Wide Photo. LONG ILLNESS IS FATAL TO MRS. F. B. DASHIELL Funeral Services Will be Held at Shiloh Church, Dunkirk, Saturday. Mrs. Francis . Dashiell, 34, died at her home, 1620 R street, today after an fliness of scveral months. Funeral services will be conducted in Shiloh Church, Dunkirk, Md., Saturday after~ noon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Dashiell is survived by her hus- band, B. Francis Dashlell, a former civil engineer of Baltimore, and now associated with the United States Weather Bureau in Washington; four sisters, Miss Blanche and Miss Mabel Drury of this city, and Mrs. 8. J. Teller of Hartford, Conn., and Miss Violet Dru; her father, John H. Drury of Calvert County, Md., and two brothers, D. H. Roland Drury and Or- ville Drury. Before her marriage sev- eral years ago Mrs. Dashiell was Miss Ethel Elizabeth Drury. PACT RESERVATONS SCORNEDBYFRANCE [ Neither Recognizes Nor As- sents to Interpretations of Britain and U. S. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable {o The Btar and Onicaso Daily PARIS, January 31.-—France neither recognizes nor formally assents to the interpretations attached to the Kellogg pact by Chamberlain for Great Britain and by the Senate foreign affairs com- mittee for the United States. This is apparently the sense of the discussions on the subject now taking place before the foreign affairs commis- sion of the Chamber of Deputies. The commission unanimously favors imme- diate ratification of the pact, but of the pact alone, not of the reservations or interpretations which others have at- tempted or may attempt to append thereto. At the same time, the commission desires that it shall be clearly empha- sized that France is deeply attached to the League of Nations peace system. For gnt reason, ;m too'.llr'::unmn Kro- poses to recommend same time ratification of the Kellogg pact and ratification of the League's new general arbitration treaty adoptied at Geneva last September, THIEF SNATCHES PURSE. Seized From Arm by Colored Man, Woman Reports. While Miss Fanny Bethune of 1214 N street was standing in front of her home & few minutes before 10 o'clock last night, her pocketbook was snatched from her arm by a colored man, who answers the description of the robber involved in at least three similar cases In the northwest section of the eity during the past week. In each case the pocketbooks have contained only small amounts of money. reported to second that her purse con- tained $10 in bills and a check for $5. The man has been described as & mid- dle aged colored man Wwith a gray mfimm and wearing a sweater with a AFTER INVENTORY HOUSE CLEANING EVE just completed stock-taking and issued orders to all our Store Managers to “Clean House,” regardless of sacrifices. So, we announce a wonderful galaxy of Bar- gains—gathered from all our stores, for a complete wind- up, beginning tomorrow. The story is so big we can only tell part of it—the actual facts about savings involved are almost unbelievable! At Our 7th St. Store Tomorrow 875 Pairs women’s shoes of all kinds. the latest styles. Mostly Plenty of all sizes, but individual lots so small that our buyers lost track of them until inventory time. Suedes, alligators and most every- thing else you could ask for included. Many of them offered at one-half or much less than half of original prices. “After-Inventory price...... $9.95 (This Group Also at “Arcade” Store) 123 Pairs Silver, Gold and Paisley EVENING SLIP- PERS. Some slightly, others badly soiled. But you're paying, for some of them, as little as one-tenth of original mark- g8 <. vicene ades ’1'59 56 Pairs “PIRATE" BOOTS that sold at five times this Sale price. But that was last year, when they should have been sold out. So, now we'll 98 Pairs genuine “Swanky” Boots which we intro- duced this season at our F St. Shop at $10.75. - They were considerably more at other fine shops, in other cities. But their sale was curtailed by the vogue of “Whoopee” Sports Socks—so, we've got to move them, out. And you may have them at our 7th St. store tomorrow for 235 Pairs Christmas Gift Slippers. But Christ- mas is over and we do not want to keep these remnants until next Christmas—so out they g0 at a huge sac- 790 rifice tomorrow. . 300 Pairs big misses’ right for the present col tan or black calf with G 214 to 8, for large girls. them for a small part cost to- make. Think of it—only. . 200 Pairs_ Children's 35c and 50c Long Stocks ings—Junior _Sports Socks —Boys' Novelty .]‘poru Hose. hAl'! half or less than hal price, tomorrow. 190 100 Pairs Women's Lisle-and-wool Mixtures in plain and novelty sports hose. Originally $1 to $250, but sizes broken — some slightly shopworn—so out they go at 490 Sale at 7th S 3 85 147 Pairs Women's Satine and Embroidered House Slippers. We're closing these out at fi tions of former price: But you'll be lucky to find your fit, as they're mostly sm-l'l 39c sizes hish-cut laced boots. Just d days. Various styles in oodyear Welt soles. Sizes And we offer ¥ of what they 1;_‘;2 250 Pairs Girls’ and Boys’ Warm and Cosy Lamb's Wool Bedroom Slippers, with red ot blue bunny head trim. Orig- inally $1.69. On ”c sale at 100 Pairs Infamts® “First-Step” Sturdy Little Blucher Laced Boots. Tan, smoked elk or pat- ent leather, with plain toe, flexible soles, 31 Sizes 3 10 5, at .euy t. store only. No goods charged, delivered or exchanged at these wonder ful Sale prices!