Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1929, Page 2

PLEAFORD.C VOTE OVERWRLTONGHT New Campaign to Be Pushed ‘Vigorously During 71st Congress Sessions. As the first step in a vigorous new campaign for national representation for the District. of Columbia dwing the sessions of the new Seventy-first Con- gress, the voteless plight of the people of the National' Capital will be de- scribed in a series of redlo talks over WRC, beginning at 8 o'clock tomight. | Arrangements for this and three other programs _have been made with the| National Broadcasting Co. by the Cit-| izens Joint Committce for National Representation., While it is not expected that the present special session of Congress will find an opportunity of dealiag with the question of representation for the Dis- trict, the radio campaign being planned by the citizens' committee as a preliminary to an intensive drive to be conducted next Winter when the 100 PIPLS 0PN | BLOSSONS FETE chester—Queen to Be Crowned This Evening. i BY THOMAS R. HENRY, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ‘WII'"HESTER, Va., & pag-ant of a| fioxtmlw children from P irginia, West Virginis and Maryland through the principal streets of Winchu“t:r. the annual Shenandoah Ar.ple Blossom Festival opened here thi mornlng There are nearly 40,000 visitors, it was estimated at festival headquarters, despite the cold weather and the fact that last week's rains gllyeu havoe with the beauty of the orchards. Free tours of the orchards are being conducted throughoyt the day. Navy Band Leads. ‘The parade of blossoms, which started at 10 a.m., was led by the United States vy under command of Lieut. Charles Benter, and was accompanied by 10 other bands from schools through- new Congress will meet in regular ses- sion for the first time. Educational Value Stressed, The purpose of the present camp: 1s to acquaint Congress—and especi: the 87 new members—with the fact the people of Washington not only have | no voice in Congrsss, which makes their « laws, but are prevented from voting for | President -and Vice. President. The speakers will point out the way to remedy this anomalous situation, through the adoption cf'a constitutional amendment, as advocated by the ecit- izens’ committee, The proposed amendment would give the people of this city the right to vote for President and Vice President and to have members of their awn choosing in the House and Senate. It would nof deprive Congress of the exclusive juris- diction which it now exercises over the District, or disturb the plan of local e spesi tonight e speakers on tonight's program, which v\gfi last half -n‘hour.p:'fi Paul E. Lesh and Jesse C. Suter. Ml’. Lesh is vice president of the City Club and chairman of the subcommittee on | speakers of the citizens’ joint commit- tee on national representation. He is also one of the reprosentatives of the ‘Washington Board of Trade on the citi- zens' committee, Second Program Arranged. Mr. Suter is vice chairman of the citizens’ joint committee, former presi- dent of the Federation of Citizens’ As- sociations and the first president of the citizens' advisory council. The second program -rnnfed by the citizens’ joint committee will be given on Saturday night, April 20, from 8:30 o'clock to 9 o'clock, Two other grams are scheduled, one for Thursday night. April 25, from 8 o'clock to 8:30 o'clock, and one on Saturday night,; April 27, from 8:30 o'clock to 9 o'clock. The National Broadcasting Co. offer- ed its facilities for this campaign to the citizens' joint committee through WRC. ‘The offer was made by Frank M. Rus- 2ell, vice president of the N. B. C. When the offer was accepted, Mr. 5 B Russell further announced that the facilities of the National Broadcasting Co. would be available to the citizens’ committee to carry forward the drive next Fall. NEW CENSUS BILL BEFORE COMMITTEE Lament Favors Measure Including Utiemployment Survey Provision. By the Associated Press A new census bill providing for in- | Mary] clusion of an unemployment survey in the 1830 census was placed before the Senate commerce committee today by Chairman Jones and indorsed by uc- retary Lamont of the -Depariment of Commerce. The measure..of Senator Jones also would set the date for-the taking of the census as of November 1 rather than May 1, as was proposed in the bill passed last session by the House. Appearing before the committee, Sec- retary Lamont also looked favorably on the November date, which has been the | | mately 40 schools and included nearly | out this district, including the band of the " University of Virginia and of the Steunton and Augusta Mlllury‘ Academies. " The children, dressed in | plnk and green costumes to repreum blossoms, ‘were recruited from approxi- | 2,000 fromi the public schools of Win- | chester. The paraders were preceded :{! (:Iavfl Harry Byrd of Virginia and | stal The various school delegations, rang- ing from kindergarten tots to h‘&h school seniors, made an mgreulva pi ture in their costumes, which were sym- bolic of the Spring season and of the g_hlneipll industry of the countryside. ere were girls in green sunbonnets and pink dresses, nrry(nf baskets of flowers; boys in blue overalls and straw hats, boys inclosed in lpp]l barrels, children carrying floral streamers, boys in domino costumes, tiny tots in brown, npmen:la. lptpla tre’;l and otzm-l in approp; costumes to represen lmu in the apple industry, planting to final distribution to the consumer. One ‘oup was dressed in the national cos- ume of the various European countries to which Shenandoah Valley apples are shipped. Immediately followin ! the parade, a pageant was presentes in the audi- torium of the Winchester h School, | in which. more than 500 children .took flln. This pageant represented the istory of the Shenandosh Vall from the days of its first discovery adventurous Knights of the Oolden Horseshoe from a peak in the Blue| R dfs Mountains. It was written espe- for the occasion by Edna E. Pet- resc, and the musical accompaniment was furnished by the Navy Band. Vari- ous scenes depicted the discovery, the settlement by English, Irish and Duteh colonists, the t played by the citi- zens of the Valley in the American Revolution, the Civil War and #hs re- building that followed it, and the pres- ent-day activities of the citizens in farming, industry, education. transpor- tation and public welfare. The pageant ended with several dances and choruses symbolic of the future. Early this afternoon there will be a band contest by cadet bands from the various military schools in the Shenan- doah Valley, and at 4 p.m. there will be & special concert by the United States Marine Band. Queen to Be Crowned. ‘The big event of the day will comte | at 5 p.m., when Miss o Matthews of Mannington, W. v- Av, the ity of West v 8, be crowned qunn of the :g’co louoh Festival by Gov. Willlam nley 8f West vlrclnh ‘She will have a court of ap] ‘Pmlmnuly 300 persons, consist- incesses, maids of honor, paj henldl, flower girls and other nunfl- ‘rhm will be 65 princesses, one from each senatorial dmflvt of Virginia and the remainder from the Shenandoah Valley counties and from West V.rginia, d and the District of Columbia. hmn uu coronation ceremony usic by the Navy Band and b the Glne Club of the Harrison- burg State Teachers’ College. Followin the coronation there will be a minstre] show by the Costello Post, American Legion, of wn This _evening ume will be an old-fashioned torch- g::udc by all the fire companies of ter and other companies from Pennsylvania and West there land, V ia. Two 8 uled for subject of much controversy. Mr. Eamont-and Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of :Michigan said mm of the farm organizations had urged th November-date in preference to May. The census - bill is 1ncludzd in the administration’s program for the extra session, and Senator Jones indicated an intention ‘to get the measure speedily before the Eenate. William M. Steuart, director of the le blossom balls are sched- evening. WIFE STILL MISSING. Frederick G. Klatt Asks Renewal of Bearch by Police. Renewal of the search instituted for Mrs. Irma D. Klatt, 26 years old, who ed missing from her home, census, supported the views of Secretary Lemont cn the unemployment survev. The bill taken up today by the Sen- | epicx ate commitiee provides that the 1930 census shall include population, agricul- ture, irrigation, drainage, distribution, unemployment and mines. ° Representative Johnson, Renuhllun, of wnhlnmn chairman of the House immigration committee, asked that the 1930 survey iriclude the gathering of was report 910 I street, April 3, was requested of the police today by her husband, Fred- ck G. Klatt, apartment 23, 1740 Euclid street. The husband is employ- ed n Wudmu.n Park Hotel as chief e in-law of the missing woman, motored here !rom his home last night, accom- gflkted by s Tarboro policcman, and an active interest in the search. Husband and brother-in-law con- data showing the racial descent of the population, but Mr. Steuart opposed this step, HIGH COURT MAY ACT ON SINCLAIR MONDAY Decision Ts Tooked. for on Recon- sideration-of Thres:Month, Jnil Sentos, Sinclalr’s & contention t- the Jaw under 'hlell he was convicted, as construed by the Supreme Court, {8 uuoommuumu I:ldhel ‘E: dfid&m - the. court would require all withesses congressionat mlgu in- ‘The under which s!neldr mun will be issued eurly nm monfll the rehearing is granted ——me ALUMNI HOLD PARTY. Catholic U. Association Enjoys Pro- gram in Gymnasium. More than 400 persohs attended the "llumm night” card party entertain- ment given by the Chapter of the Catholic Universit; sociation last night tion present -The Univarsity Clee ~ed in & program of musical ferred with Detectives A. Cole and Clarence Talley, mmr was ex- ‘woman's safet; mapmn % the uverzl uce vreclncu at the time of Mrs. ppearance, m n tele- phnned ths pmineu 'm COL. F. C. BAKER B BURIED. Services- for Medi¢al Corps Officer Kslfl in Fort Myer Chapel. !uker. Army ledlnl who dlod Port Benning, Ga., &?‘m ‘were afternoon at the chapel at )ch Va, and were followed in the At llmmm Ceme- Corps, were 3 lurrma W. Ireland, Brig. - Eennedy and Frank kR, Fieeter H , Carl R. Darnall M. Ashburn. , e il " BAND CONCERT. the United Btates Soldiers’ Home nuu 530 ook Jona . 1z bandmaster, Anton Point- ner, assistant leader. lb!!h. “Little Plerrots”. onnun. “Innesfallen”, (l) ] (b) “Dance xfimnan' s — . 0l o] % Myddleton Jlmel lnd Ool.l Fox 8 WIILI ox ‘Wen 'rhe Star spuns)ed Banner.” United States Marine Band ml tra, at 3 pm. wmomw. audif ‘Alumni As- in the. university | Matine BarFacks. Taylor Branon er; Arthur 8. wmub.ueondlu'pfl rm. of Tarboro, N. C., brother- | $0m by 1m was released last Friday DOGWOOD PROGRAMICOOLIDGE ACCEPTS HALTS DESTRUCTION |P. L. Ricker Tells of Great Picture made today and rushed by airplane to The Star showing the school children’s parade, one of the outsianding events of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival being held at Winchester. Mary Jo Matthews, queen of the festival: 2 SINCLAR REPORTED SHORN OF CONTROL Blair-Cutten-Fisher Group Owns Dominant Interest, Wall Street Says. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 18.—The Herald | Tribune sald today it had learned in | well informed Wall Street circles that Harry F. Sinclair, under three months’ lenhnee for contempt of the United ites Senate, has lost control of the slncmr Consolidated Oil ration, of which he is ehllrmm of the board M'xl"hu'”'m. 1d which in. e paper said a group, - cluded Br Co., Inc, New York bankers; Arthur W. Cutten, Chicago financier, and the Fisher Brothers, au- tomobile makers, of Detroit, is under- stood to be the new dominant interest in the company's affairs, Close Associates Are Silent. Close associates of Mr, Binclair in the , the Herald Tribune sald, would not comment-on the report that he now owns little Sinclair Consolidated stock, and is likely to be sup) ;lunted at Sy by Sopmace i 010 lorme p‘!‘d rts thn the new chairman would &o W. Stewart, recently ouated !rom the chairmanship of the Standard Oll Co. of Indiana by John D. Rockefeller, jr., were denied by Elisha Walker of Blair & Co., & Sinclair di- rector. Mr. Waiker sald, through his secre- {"; have not heard about it, and I do not think it is true.” The Blair-Cutten-Fisher group now is represented on the board of Sinclair Consolidated by Cutten, who was elect- last Octol ed ber. At that time, the Herald Tribune said, Cutlen and his associates were under- stood to have acquired a substantial in- urut u\ the company, but it wu not the company’s annual N 'tg: amount of the Blair-Cutten- holdings was indicated. Attorney Says Status Is Same. The report showed that in October, 1928, - directors of the company au- thorized the sale of 1,130,000 slum of the company’s treasury stock to this frcu ip for $30 a share. The paper said hat it understood that the group ac- qulrcd some of Sinclair’s personal hold- iny lt an earlier date. W. Liftleton, Sinclair's at- lorney. uld that Sinclait's status as chairman of the comvany had ;;3: Consolidated stock , was recorded on the stock sale was made at making sale wm u,ul,soo Tho transfer of a block of of that size is rare on the ex- clunn and caused considerable com- 'ro(nl sales of Sincla’r Censolidated for the dey weore 192,100, within ‘a price rangs batween 38% and 40%. The nlork ckj&:z X lhm‘tlnl & net gain lcnknyecy Petlflon Fflod !’m & rgw 15';' ‘l:::l'l. Virginia Ann Huntsberry, cess of Frederick County. ~—Star Staff Photo. Princess of Winchester, and Hazel Lodge, Prin- Dancers appearing in the “Apple Blossom Friege.” WESTERN COAHUILA UPRISING REPORTED; SKIRMISH AT PASS (Continued From First Page.) Navojoa with money to uy the rebel h’oopg?‘lnd was at their head. Despite this there was believed to be still con- dissal the Ll:nhr rel that there was much dissen- sion and little co-openum among those mlnnmmdm&mom" country of Jalisco loyal egrarian forces recaptured the Qg’wn o(‘golothn after a two-hour bat- tle with 500 regular rebels. who fled to Tulimac, which the federals were repcrted vrepnr!n' to attack. 1 Seven prisoners captured by Gen. Sa- turnino - Cedillo, wmmndlnl fedenl forces in the district, were released .a; told to go back to 'their homes l.nd inform their comrades the Jovemment wished m restore peace m that they, would be gven a safe conduct homes if bug ‘would cease fl:lmn: H .vl:" u&‘c ‘fvnuul: uGyIl"dl Bo- fan 8 tor, flwfi lnd pfl‘hlw !lf.l.lly wounded ‘when he fere with & group o( men vho were nu]?‘nl seditious w‘l posters on wal Senora Maria Solano r-! dent ol' Lhom'rflcumtl gtm o “Army for Defense of Women,” was i Tl g s cnarge of aide | v" headquar- recent raid s auiit on the ters and documents pro found there. REBELS IN SONORA smmn. More Than 1.m lnn Am Prieta for AGUA | Flyer Fights Gale To Bring Pictures Of Apple Festival Baltling a 65-mile-an-hour gale, A ‘Trundle, former pilot with the wreu in OChina, rporghm Taoreing 36 ‘I’::t m‘-’un % The 80 ti Tea of e Evening Star might see photo- rn hs of the apple blossom festival taken in Winchester this morning by & Star staff photographer, The 60-mile air-line flight from this city to Winchester, directly in the teeth of a wind varying in strength from 60 to 70 miles an hnur at flying altitudes, rlqulnd 1 hour and 35 minutes of hard took 32 ted. ‘The flight was made over coun- flooded by the recent rains. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers were out of thel.:;mkl in many places, flood water stand- ing dnw over fields and rocdl Numbers of farmhousés along shores ol thl Potomac from lbov' Great Falls to the mouth of the Monocacy River were surrounded by water. ) to reinforce the army of Gens. Fausto Topete and Jose G. Escobar on the west coast and a third departed for Pulpito Pass to harass the oncoming udeuu from chlhulhun 000 rebel foot soldiers Jeft Agun Priets vesterdg for the west, while 300 calvarymen dep on the 'to land in foy TOWERS IS GIVEN POST IN AERONAUTICS BUREAU Flyer Is Dgllgzutsd Assistant Chief at Navy Department——Aviator Since 1912, By the Aum-m Pren manded m finnn'.llnue muht nl Lhz Navy’s three NC seaplanes in May, 1919, today was ted assistant chief of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics. ‘Towers is a native of Rome, Ga. He is one of the oldest aviators in point of service in the Navy, having been a pnot since 1912. Only one of the three planes in the transatlantic flight, the NC-4, completed the trip and the plane NC-3, which Comdr. Towers flew, was fnrced of Fayal, in the Azores. BRUMBAUGH WILL SPEAK. .| Ex-Governor of Pennsylvania to e Address Juniata Association. on the fourth floor of Y. W. C. A. Building, Seventeenth and K streets. A dinner will be served and umll other soeakers will be heard. Music wil be provided by the ulcclnuvn ited Dmm Sought. departed on fteen Mlnhum east to reinforce 600 mm h'fllffllmd w jee 35 miles from the Island f Advances Made by Con- servation Campaign. ‘has and vicinity, in the opinion W Ricker, it “of '.ln Wfldflowar Freservation Soclety, Who has been tak- ing an active in the campaign to Destruction of beenvlmul.l] halted in mAkuw uwm bave rm!;d Na.bl:' icker sald, of ving “been seen with bnnchup.?(num <dogwood, and -nn some automobiles it }:ev?. - city. But the ll'huuun ht:: & great improvement over W it was before the conservation campaign which started & few years ago. Tells of Oid Sights. At that time it was & common sigh Bome trees were lm&“ entirely and With ~destruction of the dogwood threatened the National Capital com- mittee of the Garden Club of America Clety ‘Started & ot campalgn. which clety . campa! wi since that time has been waged an- nually to bulld up public sentiment against destruction of the dogwood. Thousands of Blooms ' Saved. “l feel that very satisfactory results been achieved,” declared Mr. W today. “It is difficult to say whether there has been any substan- tial increase in the amount of dogwood in the vicinity, It is & slow growing tree. But the flowers have been es- gechuy abundant and large this year.; looming about three weeks early. | “And we feel justified in saying that | there are thousands, perhaps millions | | of dogwood blooms here that would not | have opened this year, had the van- dalism of a few years ago continued.” | REAPPORTIONMENT BILL GIVEN SENATE ure Is Reintroduced by Vandenberg. The bill to provide for automatc reapportionment of the House of Representatives after each decennial census whenever Congress falls to act mdomflenuy was reintroduced in the denberx R:guhllan of mehlnn 'hc mwman lé-i:d t iy en o session. m‘ The measure is the same in pring as the Fenn bill, 'hlth died on I | Senate calendar after it had Dllfld Y.hl !House in the last Congress. | phraseol of several cseucu has bten changed; however. Instead of naming | a House membership of 435, it provides for “the existing number.” d in- w tead of designating “the method known fractions” it provides for “the in the last preceding ator Vandenberg explained mt the Temn roposal 1o hoid the Hauss . pi o membcuhm to 435, hut accommoda the bill to a change in the limit, if lAd vhnn some mtm decides nal em] that thc measure is not lp | apportionment for the time being, hut & permanent enabling act to un care of the question at the end of any decade it Congress should fail to provide for reapportionment. In eliminating the reference to the major fractions method | of worklng out the apportionment, Sen- | ator Van enberu purpose is to avold g 5 permanent any one methe working out the apportion- ment, thus ieaving the door open for i Nnnntmhutmlthod known at any gl | 'fmbmnnhn-mmmm- committee, w! 'upan it out soon. Although ngpflr- tionment, concerns the House, Senator Vandenberg is emhn . the | Senate should act now and " the | measure to the House, Mu the '!enl'a has failed twice in recent Con- | gresses to act on the same question after the House had passed similar bills. {Automatic Reseating Meas- |da GEOGRAPHIC POST Former President Takes Appointment to Board of Trustees. Former President Coolidge has ac- Gepted membership on the board of trustees of the National Gecgraphic Society, it was announced today at headquarters of the institution. Mr, Coolidge accepted appointment to the board in a letter to Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the soclety, in reply to one advising Mr. Coolidge that his sceeptance “would delight every one connected with the organization and would greatly strengthen our work.” The formal election of Mr. Coloidge to the board, which already includes such notables as Chief Justice Taft, Gen. John J. Pershing and Ambassa- dor Charles G. Dawes, probably will take place at a meeting of the board to be held this month, Personal Friends Since College. Th2 former Pamsident end Dr. Gros- venor have been personal friends since they were in college together at Am- herst. Mr. Coolidge's interest in the work cf the National Geographic So- ciety dates from the time he was Vice President, when he lectured before the society, and wrote an article for its National Geographic Magazine on “Massachusetts and Its Position in the Life of the Nation." . Mr CooliGge’s letter of acceptance ollo "I( ‘dear Dr. Grosvenor: "Your letter of April 13th has been received. I will accept membershij the board of trustees of the Naf c Boclety. kindest regards, I am Very truly yours, % Calvin Coolidge." ‘While he was president, Mr. Coolidge appeared before the members of the zociety in Washington upon several occasions. In behalf of the soclety, he presented Comdr. Richard E. Byrd wnh the Hubbard Gold Medal in recog- nition of Comdr. Byrd's flight across the North Pole. Previously he per- sonally had approved the plans of the expedition under the joint auspices of the National Geographic Society and the Navy Department wherein Comdr. Byrd took three Navy planes North for the flights over Ellesmere Island and obtained his first far Northern fly!n& experience. When the Hubbard Med: was bestowed uj Col. Llndmh for his mnutlln flight, Mr. Coolidge #gain was invited to make the presen- tation in behalf of the society and 0. 1,200,000 Members in Soclety. Membership on the board of the society is an honorary position and its personnel includes men distinguished in science, letters, and public life. Among its members are: Charles J. Be];.h.]ohn Joy Edson, David Fairchild, o nal afternoon by Senator Vap- | Jt Geograp! lnnllm. Dr. oubm Grosvenor, and vice president and associate editor. DIL John ‘Oliver La Gores. ‘The National oeocn hic Boclety is the largest scientific and educational body in the world. Its 1,200,000 mem- bers are to found in every country, colony and mandatory in the world having & postal system. More than 1,000 men and women, in- cluding graduates of 35 universities T e B soclety's magazine, school bulletins and uf.h« publlutm and in the conduct the soclety's extensive research work md correspondence. ¢/, ). 0'CONNOR RITES SET FOR TOMORROW War Veteran Asphyxiated Acci- dentally to Be Buried in Arling- ton After St. Aloysius Services. Funeral services for John J. O'Con- nor, 37 years old, World War veteran, who was found desd yesterday morn- ing in the office of his uncle, Patrick J. O'Connor, 472 Louisiana avenue, will be held at the family residence, 1421 Whittier street, at 9:30 o'clock tomor- row morning. High requi*m mass will be sung in St. Aloysius Church at 19 o'clock. Burial will be in Arl Cemetery. e VACILLATE SCORES INFIRST AT HAVRE (Nevada Stock Farm’s Filly Beats Garth’s Fire Girl. Mild Third. HAVRE DE GRACE RACE TRACK, Md., April 18.—A fair sized crowd turned out for the running of today's program featuring The Everglades, a race of a mile and 70 yards for 4-year- olds and upward. | making his first mn of the Other features on the d-yl aght ot other s flnt of six furlongs for olds and upward. Field Captures First. Vacillate carried the colors of tl g5 ond pulflon The leader in the last 70 yards and woul in a few more strides FIRST RACE-—?-!!II' olds; 413 fur- Ton Vacillate, $10.70, $4.80, $3.30, won Fie il $16.40, $7.0, secon [ The office whm the body was found was filled wif 3 8] and Helene O'Con- nor and Mrs. R. Clayton Robin, and a brother, James M. O'Connor, of New York City. HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. mal :-nn-em’"'c'l'/.' rhiibngs, CImIne: ? Dians Mullen. . . Reynolds entry. n.“°°1"..., ,.usr-m': &% 5 'cht‘! I‘ln 'y :—P.fln;!_nll‘m ‘aiming; 3-