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2y 1929—PART 1. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, MAY HUNDREDS ENJOY SPRING FESTIVAL Coronation of Dorothy Dow- ney as Queen Features Neighborhood Event. Before hundreds of spectators, Doro- thy Downey, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Downey, 509 M street soutn- west, was crowned queen of the twenty- seventh annual Spring festival of Neighborhood House, 407 N street south- west, at an impressive ceremony yes- terday afternoon. The occasion marked the feature event of the three-day fes- tival program, concluded with the pres- entation of three operctas and a pro- gram of dancing at Neighborhood House Iast night. ‘The coronation ceremony in the after- noon was held in the street in front of the house, the entire block being roped off for the occasion. The crown was placed on the new queen’s head by Mary Hennessy, 14, of 425 O street southwest, queen of last year's festival, who, as a resuilt of that honor was chosen as “Spring” for this year's affair. Although Neighborhood House's festi- val queens have never been lacking in pulchritude, they are chosen each year for other qualities as well. This year's queen was chosen for the longest at- tendance at Neighborhood House affairs, a total of 11 years, and for popularity. Queen Is Paid Tribute. The afternoon program opened with a march around the throne by the sev- eral score children dancers of Neigh- borhood House, to the tune of music by the United States Marine Band, after which the queen entered with her attendants. Following the coronation the various groups of boys and girls again marched | around the throne paying the queen | tribute and then performed a series of dances. A number of dances were performed around Maypoles while other groups did a series of fancy dances, including one group which pleased the large audience with the Highland fling. Besides “Spring” other attendants of the queen were Wesley Henley, color bearer; David Hummell, the herald; Grace Taylor, maid of honor: Thelma | Hodgkins, flower bearer; Anna Lee; Nickell, crown bearer; Dorothy Peas- lack, scepter bearer, and other attend- ants including Gertrude Poore, Gladys Wells, Regina Hennessy, Theresa Hen- nessey, Marguerite Cox, Betty Hall, Florence Cox, Anna McBride, Ruth Kogod and Doris Peterman. | The affair was attended by many | members of the board of directors of Neighborhood House, including Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro, wife of the Dis- trict Commissioner, and their friends. | List of Performers. The lists of the various groups of children in the order in which they performed in the dances is as follows: Morris dance—Erna _Jasper, Mal guerite Jasper, Thelma Conner, Regina McConnell, Lucille Hart, Nellie Mullen, Dorothy Downey, Helen Schiorb, es. Hannessy, Mabel Beavers, Marie Hin- son, Thelma Peters, Ruth Kaldenbach, Marguerite Hayhoe, Beatrice St. Claire, Lillian Kramer, Martha Price and Con- stance Kines. Csardas — Katherine O'Dea, Edna Zirkle, Margaret Koehler, Eloise Reed, Nancy Nickell, Regina fl{‘nn, Mary Nickell and Mildred Boswell. maidens—Katherine Edna Zirkle, Reed, Nancy Nickell, Regina Flynn, Mildred Boswell, Mary Nickell, Louise Brook, Mildred Brown, Katherine Hel- , Evelyn Hansburough and Eleanor nston. ‘The Highland Fling— Katherine Poore, Cora Nickell, Lorraine Downey, Katherine Hart, Olive Phillips, Martha Phillips, Blanche Schriver and Mary Anastasi. attendants — Therasa May queen Hennessy, Regina Hennessy, Anna Lee Peaslack, | Wells, Florence Cox, Margue: Gladys rite Cox, Anna McBride, Betty Hall, Gertrude Poore, Ruth Kogod and Doris Peter- man. Kindergarten—Ruth Lee Bailey, Pete Charushas, Emma Dennis, Bernard Nickell, Dorothy | Gallagher, David Hummeil, Robert | Nickell, Estelle Pomerantz, Helen Poore, Edgar. Poore, Robert Suggs, Mary Jane Waddell, Charles Stanley, Eron Stan- ley, Junior Thorpe, Andrew Willough- by, Jean Lewis, Margaret Helwig, Shir- ley Kogod, Bruce McDade, Milton Goldstein, ' Albert _Viands, Kenneth Viands, Thomas Wolfrey, Kathleen Longmore, Jimmie Prebble and Kath- erine Prebble. Is Financed by Chest. Last night's program, concluding the festival, was featured by the presénta- tion of the three ettas, “Rose Dream,” “Blue Bu ,” and “Peter Rabbit,” previously presented during the festival, and a series of dances and other events by the Boys' and Girls’ Clubs of Neighborhood House. No tickets were sold for this year's festival as has been the custom in for- mer years, because Neighborhood House —which is widely known as the settle- ment house of southwest Washington— is financed by the Washington Com- munity Chest, of which it is a member. An admission of 25 cents, however, was charged for the plays and operettas Rmenud in the garden and in the ouse. The money thus raised, it is pointed out by Mrs. Clara D. Nelight, head resident, will be used to defray ex- penses for & program of vacation activities. TAXPAYERS WILL MAKE RETURNS THIS WEEK Revenue Commissioner Will Be| in Dranesville District for Series of Meetings. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., May 4—Under the tax code of Virginia, taxpayers are re- | quired to meet the commissioner of revenue at the several voting precincts of the county to make returns of their : incomes, intangible and tangible prop- | erties for the year 1929. Faijure to make these returns before June 1 means a penalty of 10 per cent. In_compliance with this law J. U, Kincheloe has arranged a series of meetings in Dranesville district, begin- ning Thursday morning, when he will be at Mark Cockrill's store at Colvin Run. On Priday he will be at S. M. Follin's store at Forestville. Saturday will be spent at' R. T. White's store at Dranesville. May 13 he will be at Dailey’s store at Shady Oak near Great Falls. Tuesday he will go to Navy with headquarters at Peter Dove's store. On May 15 his schedule calls | for a day at Bowman's store in Floris. On Friday and Saturday he will con- fer with taxpayers of the town of | };enfidon, sitting in the office of Arthur uell. BUILDING FALL BURIES 12| Wreckage Crew Suffers Injuries in Collapse at Chicago. CHICAGO, May 4 (F).—Twelve workers were injured seriously today in the collapse of a three-story building they were wrecking. Eighteen men, most of them colored, were at work on the structure when the roof suddenly caved in, burying | a dozen of the men. Pirst reports had one man killed, but search of the wreckege failed to dis- CHILDREN CELEBRATE AT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE spread Exploitati BY PEDRO DE LA LLAN, On September 28, 1928, & high Amer- ican official of the Philippine govern- ment and a confidant of the late Gen. Leonard Wood wrote me a letter in which, among other things, he said: “s * & Take a tip from me: Save all you can from your income, and when ou get & stake go to the States and form the American public regarding conditions in the islands. By so doing you may accomplish something worth while. Talk this over with your good friends in Manila. You know, as well as I, that harmony means compromise, which means defeat of remedial action, and there are some situations which demand drastic executive action if any Temedy be obtained. * * * “You are, as I am, roused to indig- nation and to the defense of a people unable to protect themselves against ruthless exploitation, ruthless robberies and practices thinly veiled under sanc- timonious and deceptive policies of at- traction as employed in the region of Mindanao and Sulu.” Progress Under U. S. Rule. So, after talking matters over with my friends in Manila, I decided to write a novel exposing conditions in the Philippines for the information of the average American reader, and also to establish connections with American newspapers in the United States, to the end that the facts I have with me may be made accessible to the American public. ‘The Philippine problem is one of the most interesting and complicated now confronting the American Government and people. Through an accident of history, the islands came under the aegis of the American flag. and during the 30 years of Uncle Sam's occupa- tion of the country the Filipinos have witnessed, to their wonder. a material and intellectual progress hitherto un- dreamed of. Spanish Influence Persists. ‘To be able to understand the out- standing traits ‘'of the natives, their present-day moral and mental tend- encles, it is essential that we give here a cursory view of their historical back- ground. Habits of thought persisting through generations, which are per- fectly justified by Filipinos, would be repugnant and almost incredible to the average American if he did not under- stand a little of the past history of the Filipinos. If there is any country on earth where the Latin and the Anglo-Saxon civilizations meet, if they do not actu- ally blend, that country is the Philip- pines. For more than three centuries the Spaniards have exerted such a dom- inating influence upon the thoughts of the people of the Philippines that traces of former social and intellectual ten- dencies are still noticeable, despite the rapid invasion there of American ideas. In the religion of the Filipinos, as well as in their methods and processes of thought, the influence of the old mother country is vividly felt. Material Needs Neglected. In a number of ways, this influence has been beneficient. Spain brought to my country the blessings of Chris- tianity and opened up the Filipino mind to new vistas of spiritual adven- ture and ethical romance. She trained the Pilipino in the things of the spirit, almost completely neglecting the ma- terial side of the world, which has so much to do with our every-day de: ing with the rest of our fellowmen. The Spanish conquistadores, while leaving behind them some refining and regenerating influences, cuitivated in the natives the qualities of indolence, of parasitic dependence on others, of lack of self-reliance and ini- dispensable at the present time to any one hoping to survive in the midst of the complicated scheme of modern rela- tions. “Two Kinds of Spain.” In our estimate of Spanish influence close any bodies. The building by the Twenthy cratic Club, occupied 'd Demo- s forre 11y eventh War H the Philippines, we should not over- ok the fact that there are two kinds of Spain—the noble and the mean— Just as there are (wo kinds of America; Ny nevertheless | tative and aggressiveness which are in- | USURY SYSTEM DEPLORED ASRETARDING PHILIPPINES| American Progress is Delayed by Wide- on, Ex-Legislator Declares in Plea to U. S. the humanitarian and idealistic end the sordidly materialistic. |~ There is that Spain of priestly ra- | pacity and political bigotry, seeking to | repress the individuality of races under her control, but there is that other Spain of chivalric deeds and noble im- pulses that spread the seeds of civiliza- | tion throughout the world, the Spain | that, through the indomitabls spirit of her 'sons, enlightened continents and | Aiscovered uncharted seas, a nation lofty character and rare talent. sury Oppresses Tenants. principal landowners in the provinces; the unjust and unwarranted exploita- tion to which the poor tenants are sub- jected, the organized system of fraud under which the social underdog suf- fers—all of these are mostly due to the mediaeval and undemocratic standards of thought and action introduced into my country by some of the Spanish | rulers. The system of usury so deeply rooted in our agricultural regions is one of the most pernicious to be found anywhere. Under this system the big “boss” or owner of an hacienda gathers about him a number of poor farmers. Each one of the men receives, say 10 pesos | ($5) for his current expenses. | money he signs a promissory note for 20 pesos plus one “yon” of rice, valued |at 10 pesos, payable at harvest time, | that is to say after a vear. The igno- rant “tao” does not even know what he signs, the document having been pre- pared beforehand by the owner of the land. Interest Reaches 200 Per Cent. The former does not know that the rate of interest is 200 per cent until the time of payment comes. I have seen this system in a number of provinces in Centra! Luzon and have exposed it repeatedly in the columns of the Ma- nila papers with which I have been | connected. This system of extortion appeared to me as the tragedy of tragedies. It had | necessitated on a number of occasions as chief executive of the country showed such unselfish and unusual interest in the protection of the rights of the com- mon man. Because of this direct per- | sonal intervention Gen. Wood had been | branded “autocratic” by the profession- al politiclans of Manila in league with these “caciques.” ‘This system of robbery is prevalent throughout the provinces of the archi- | pelago. and notwithstanding the laws against usury, the “loan sharks” con- | tinue to ply their trade, wreaking havoc and desolation in countless humble homes. Unless this exploitation is | curbed wholesale assassinations of land- lords may be witnessed in the not far | distant future. Usury Law Termed Joke. | The usury law is just as big a joke in the Philippines as the Volstead act is in the United States. Island moral- ists and statesmen thunder and rave on the iniquity and rapacity of foreign imperialists for the purpose of fishing for votes, vet they are among the no- torfous usurers fleecing their own peo- ple. Similarly, Congress has approved a law prohibiting the sale of intoxicat- ing liquors and yet many members of the American legislative body, so I have been informed, drink their whisky with perfect impunity. The parallel is clear. Philippine journalists and orators constantly vociferate against the “land- grabbing” foreign imperialist whose main crime, it seems, is to bring in bark on an enterprise of material de- velopment. They denounce the foreign exploiter who, according to them, threat- ens the heritage of our posterity. Yet they remain dumb before the “yandal within the gates,” the Filipino exploiter of his own countrymen whom Rizal condemned in his novels, the real enemy of Philippine liberty, far more odious, vet far more powerful locally, than the combined host of capitalism and imperialisma on the other side of r § | cupies a prominent post in the govern- that has given to the world men of | The prevalence of usury among the | For this | the direct personal intervention of Gov. | | Gen. Wood, who during his incumbency | more capital into the country and em- | i Above: Mary Hennessy. last vear's queen, crowning Dorothy Downing the queen for this year's fete at Neighbor- hood House yesterday afternoon. Right: Children of the kindergarten class all dressed up as “ladies and gentlemen.” —Star Staff Photos. the Atlantic. It is argued by some that | when the Filipinos get’ their indepen- dence, they will “fix up” the “cacique.” | The sooner, however, he is driven from | his pedestal the better for the masses | of tne people. | _ The cacigue is an outgrowth of the Spanish system. He has learned a lot | from the former regime. When he oc- { ment, he becomes a real menace. His| | predominance accounts for the present | degredation of the administration of Justice throughout the country, the ap- proval of class legislation by the Legis- Iture and the numerous acts of favor- itism by those in charge of the execu- tive branch of the provincial govern-, ments which often have necessitated the interference of the central govern- ment. There is peculiar importance at- tached to political positions in the Philippines. - Candidates for municipal presidencies, positions which pay only $50 a month in first-class municipali- ties, often spend thousands of pesos to win office. Just why they do it is be- yond the ‘comprehension of the aver- age man. Some say that they do it for patriotic motives, others maintain that the candidates are after the honor that goes with the job. There is a | strange idea in the Philippines regard- | ing public offices and established repu- | tations which is entirely ridiculous. There is the view among the majority | of Filipinos that simply because a man is in office he is automatically con- verted into an extraordinary mortal, a man “bevond good and evil,” who must be respected and adored. The idea has been fostered by the national leaders of the people who have made themselves mentors of the masses. These caciques, however, will con- tinue in power as long as there is not an awakened public sentiment and a courageous public opinion against them; as long as the percentage of illiteracy is not reduced: as long as false stand- ards of personal worth and national | decorum prevail in the high councils | of the land. American Ideas Introduced. ‘This apparent tolerance of injustice which has lasted for many years, this serene contemplation by a patient public of the abuses perpetrated upon the | masses by the ruling classes, and the | philosophic calm which has always lchm’lcbel’lz’d the average Oriental in moments of intense moral struggle, re- ceived a severe jolt upon the arrival of the Americans, and the inculcation of Anglo-Saxon ideas and ideals to- | gether with the enunciation of the prin- ciple of square dealing to overcome the pernicious tendencies of a former ad- ministration. The process of social evolution, how- ever, under American administration has been slow and painful. The estab- lishment of the public school here has materially improved conditions. but it has not eliminated certain archaic ideas and moral codes which continually limit and repress the liberties of the individual. In the face of present conditions in the Philippines, political, economic and soctal, it would seem that the only sal- vation of the people lies in the practical application of the principle of equal justice and opportunity for all, which is the very essence of Anglo-Saxon cul- ture, in promoting the well rounded de- velopment of the individual. which, aft- er all, is the source of all progress. SRt |SUBSCRIBE TO FUND TO PAY $250 VERDICT | Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va, May 4—Eighty ‘Waynesboro citizens, including a num- ber of school teachers, have subscribed to a fund to pay the judgment of $250 assessed by an Augusta Circuit County jury recently against Guy K. Stump, principal of the Wenonah Grammar | School. |~ The verdict grew out of the whipping | administered to one of the schoolgirls by the principal. The father sued in behalf of the child. : Roosevelis ”ng;st White Men to Bag Rare Panda Bear | Elusive Animal Is Killed| I by. Expedition in Hima- | laya Mountain Region. | By the Associated Press. | | CHICAGO, May 4.—A pussy-foot bedr | | with a bashful nature and a string of tongue-twisting allases has enhanced | the reputation of its captors by yielding | its life to Col. Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt. Courier and cable brought news from | the Himalayas to the Field Museum to- | day that the huntsmen had bagged a giant panda, the cat-footed Himalayan bear, first of its race ever shot by white men. Despite the black circles around its eyes, the giant panda (alias ail ropus melanoleucus, alias beishung— white bear) has always been agile and elusive enough to evade the white man's gun. The half dozen specimens in the world’s museums were obtained from native hunters, and only one has reached | America. The Roosevelts brought down their ¢ in the Lolo country, west of -Lu, a mountainous reglon over- run by bandits. The panda is distinct | but related to both bear and raccoon. The size of a black bear, its has a | white head and body with' black legs. black circles about the eyes and a black | band about the shoulders. ‘The prize will be shipped to Chicago for the Ficld Museum collection, I | Death Toll in Communistic FRESH OUTBREAKS U.S. MAY RECOGNIZE| [ rirary sess | OCCUR IN BERLIN Riots Reaches 27—Police Are Criticized. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May b5.—Desultory firing broke out again early this morning in the Communist stronghold in the Neu- koelln suburb. It was the fifth day of shootings growing out of the demon- strations of May day, with a death list of 27. Police searchlights had revealed per- sons on roofs along Handjerystrasse in | defiance of the police order for all resi- | dents to remain within their homes | after 8 pm. These persons were driven from their posts by the firing, but re- appeared after a while. A police lieutanant was fired on fromn a nearby cafe where “red front fight- ers” had assembled. The police forced | their way in and cleared the cafe of | customers. All were searched and arms were seized. It was almost 24| hours_since the last outbreak had oc- | curred. | ‘The shootIng of a New Zealand news- paper man, Charles Erau Mackay, wha | was_killed early yesterday morning in Neukoelln, may prove the starting point for an investigation of police conduct during _the riots. Part of the Berlin press already has demanded an inquiry to determine whether the police used | justifiable methods to quell the dis- | orders or whether they overstepped the bounds in thir zeal and made innocent | victims of their shooting. | The police are under heavy criticism from various quarters. The Com- munists represent the police as blood- hounds. On the other hand, the parties of the right wing have raised the cry that the police were inefficient, asserting | that the Socialist municipal govern- ment, by always dismissing the Com- munists as “political infants,” deceived themselves and were now caught un- prepared. Police Charge Munich Crowd. MUNICH, Germany, May 5 (#).—Po- | lice charged with their sticks this af- ternoon to break up an attempted pro- test demonstration against the Berlin police in Soloseum Hall despite the po- | lice ban on meetings. The gathering of 300 men and women, including 50 | members of “the red front,” refused to disperse. Sympathizers replied to the police charge by throwing stones from win- dows. Police arrested 40. Demonstration Forbidden. ‘ HAMBURG, Germany, May 4 (®).— In view of Berlin's May day disorders, the Hamburg Senate today voted to for- bid an international demonstration planned for Whitsuntide here by the “red front,” an organization of mili- tant Communists. As ground for the refusal, statements were cited from German Communist party leaders and the governing board of the red front organization to the effect that the meeting must be used as a starting point for an armed up- rising of the masses. An attendance of 100,000 had been ex- pected at the demonstration. TOMB OF POE VISITED BY 605 DURING APRIL Press Club Report Shows 47,197 Visitors at Grave Since June of 1925. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, May 4.—The tomb of Edgar Allan in Westminster churchyard was visited last month by 605 persons, according to a report of the Press Club, which has taken over care of the famous Baltimorean's rest- ing place. Visitors came from Canada, Ger- many, South America, England, Ire- land, West Virginia, New York, Mary- land, Indiana, California, Ohio. New Jersey, Illinols, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Virginia, District of Columbia, South g::g]lnl, Georgla, Missouri, Iowa and Since June, 1925, when the Press Club took charge, 47,197 persons are reported to have visited the grave. A working phonograph nearly 12 feet high was exhibited at the Leipsig, Ger- many, Spring fair. Vacation . lasting benefit . . from Morris Plan. A needed rest, a change of scene, release from routine « .+ . should better your health, broaden your mind, give you pep for your job . . . and a fresh start toward success on your return. No argument is needed to prove the value of the right kind of vaca- tion. Seeing new people; bringing away ideas that will give us pleasure or make us profit for the rest of our lives . . . is an experience no one should miss. How to meet the expense? vacation will cost. Integrity and earning power will serve as the basis for advancing the cash required «+ « « with repayment arranged over a period of one year, MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Tre 1408 H St. N.W. |21 sovereignty removed at the earliest |GOMEZ IS PRESSED CHINESE COURTS Relinquishment of Extrater-. ritorial Rights Held Possible | by Officials Here. i By the Associated Press. } Negotiations looking toward relln-E quishment by the United States of the | extraterritorial rights granted to Its citizens in China by treaty were de- | scribed in official circles yesterday as a | possible outcome of the note which has | just reached the State Department | from Foreign Minister C. T. Wang. Secretary Stimson, who received a ! preliminary view of the situation from | Dr. Wang _at Shanghai wnile en route from the Philippines to Washington in March, will study the Chinese request upon his return from New York tomor- | row. Before shaping any refinite policy he is expected to seek the advice of President Hoover, who is familiar with the subject, having once resided In China. ! Expressing “the desire of China to | have the restrictions on its jurisdiction- possible date,” Minister Wang in his note said he hoped the United States would take the desire “into immediate any sympathetic consideration * * * so | that steps may be taken to enable China to assume jurisdiction over all nationals within her domain.” Dr. Wang reviewed the progress which China has made toward unification and the steps taken to conform with the recommendations for legal and judicial reform made in 1926 by the commission on extraterritoriality, set up by the ‘Washington treaty of 1922. “Extraterritoriality is a legacy of the old regime,” the note said, “and has ceased to be adaptable to present con- ditions.” The American Government is expect- ed to seek information as to just what has been done by China to comply with the recommendations of the extraterri- torial commission and to insure ade- quate guarantees. TO REMAIN AT HELM Special Committee Asks Venezue-| lan President to Reconsider His Decision to Retire. By the Associated Press. CARACAS, Venezuela, May 4.— Political circles, surprised that Gen. Juan Vicente Gomez had declined to accept for another seven-year term the office of president he had occupied since 1909, tonight awaited the outcome of attempts by a special congressional committee to persuade him to re- consider. Congress unanimously re-elected the | 72-year-old chief executive yesterday and, while his final message to Con- gress had been non-commital, there had been little doubt that he would respond to its call. However, he declared his task of keeping the country free from ! disorder and prosperous had been ful- | filled and he wished to return to agri- cultural work which he considered the main economic support of Venezuela. The general was at his immense ranch, El Trompillo, about four miles from Racay, and thither flve senators and five deputies went to en- deavor to obtain his consent to remain ';E;he head of the government until 1936. ATTORNEY F;LANS FIGHT. Pastor Says Bickers, Beaten by Gang, Will Return. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 4 (#).— James Bickers, St. Petersburg attorney, who recently was abducted and severely beaten by a band of men and ordered to leave that city, plans to return there soon and “blow the roof off gambling and vice,” Dr. Lincoln McConnell, pas- tor of the First Baptist Church here and personal friend of Bickers, an- nounced today. The Jacksonville pastor said Bickers had left the State after laying the mat- ter before Gov. Doyle E. Carlton, but would return to St. Petersburg within a week or 10 days, os as soon as he re- covers from his injuries. He said the governor had promised his support. . . make it of . get the money Tell us how much your ury Washington, D. C. | HORSE SHOW CARD 1S WELL FILLED |Eight Riding and Jumping Events Scheduled for Chil- dren on Saturday. A series of eight riding and jumping events will be included in a children’s | borse show at the Preece Riding School, 2602 Massachusetts avenue, Saturday | morning. beginning at 10 o'clock, while |in the afternoon a number of spectal ‘WILLIAM ALCOTT, Bostonian, nominated for president of the Special Libraries Assoclation in| election to be held at’ conference here this month. UBRARIANS MET HERE NEXT Vi Special Group Will Hold Twenty-First Annual Conference. | The twenty-first annual meeting of the Special Libraries Association will open at 10 o'clock Monday morning. May 13, at the Mayflower Hotel. The meeting, held in conjunction with th American Library Association, will be addressed at the opening session by Dr. L. F. Schmekebier of the Institute of Government Research on “Govern- ment Research and Business.” On May 15 the twentieth anniversary dinner of the assoclation will be held al the National Press Club, at which Miss Elizabeth Wray will preside and Col. Fred Cook of The Evening Star will act as toastmaster. Senator Cap- { per of Kansas will be the principal | speaker. During the entire conference week various groups of Special Libraries As- sociation will hold individual sessions. ‘The newspaper group, with a member- ship of more than 100, will open its first | session on Monday morning ' with a breakfast conference. William Alcott, librarian of the Bos- ton Globe, is regarded as certain of election as president of the association, marking the first time a newspaper man has been named to this office. JEWELERS ARRIVE FOR ANNUAL MEETING Two Governors Will Be Speakers| at Convention Dinner Tomor- row Evening. Members of the Maryland-Delaware- District of Columbia Jewelers' Associa- tion were arriving here today for their fifteenth annual convention, I‘cflsteflngi at the Mayflower Hotel for business meetings beginning tomorrow. A convention feature will be a dinner tomorrow evening at the Mayflower, at which Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Mary- land, Gov. C. Douglas Buck of Delaware and Representative Kelly of Pennsyl- vania will speak. Others who are to address the banquet are Roe Fulkerson, editor of the Kiwanis Magazine, toastmaster; Commissioner Proctor. L. Dougherty and Dr. Hugh P. Baker, manager of the trade association -de- partment of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The first business meeting will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, when the delegates will be welcomed by Arthur J. Sundlun, president of the vynshinmn Retail Jewelers’ Associa- tion. Commissioner Dougherty is to speak at the luncheon at 12:30 o'clock at the Mayflower, where all the sessions will be held events will be held in connection with an adult and “family show,” to begin | at 2:30 o'clock. Both child and parent are to ride in the family class. Children from 5 to 16 years of age are eligible for the children’s events. Silver trophies will be given in all class- es. Two interesting events will be the hunt eam class. in which entrants will wear the traditional pink hunt coats and velvet caps, and the open jumping class. Mrs. Arthur Lee of Middleburg, Va.. will bring a string of thoroughbreds | which she will show in the adult hunter | class. Mrs. William J. Donovan also | will show some of her famous thorough- breds, while Miss Persis Myers will show her 3-year-old Daffodil. Mrs. Curtis Brings String. In the adult hunters’ class five teams | will compete for the purse. Mrs. Ambrose Preece and Miss Maud | Preece will be assisted by a_committee | headed by Mrs. James F. Curtis, who has brought her horses up from Aiken for the show. Among the children who will ride are | Bai and Medill McCormick, daughter and son of Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCor- mick: Newbold, Crosby and Tommy Noyes, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Newbold Noyes: the three young sons of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cary Grayson: Helen Davis, daughter of the former Secretary of War and Mrs. Dwight Davis; Aliex, Virginia and Martha Bacon, daughters of Representative and Mrs. Robert L. Bacon; Polly Foraker, Lionel Massey, son of the Canadian Minister and Mrs. | Vincent Massey; Cynthia Dunn, Mary | Brantly, Eleanor Sheldon, Christopher and Virginia Rodgers; Angelica and Demarest Lloyd, jr., Marguerite and Isabel Hagner, Margaretta Rowland, Molly Howe, Patsy Donovan, Edith Carlisle, Betty, Teddy and Sarah May Perot; Floretta and Lucio Lais, Connie Rogers, Gertrude and Alexander Laugh- lin, son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Laughlin; Persis and Louise Myers, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. | George Hewitt Myers: William Hill, | Henry Huidekoper, the children of | Count and Countess Szechenyi, and little Pauline Curtis. | List of Boxholders. Boxholders for the show include the Count and Countess Szechenyi, Mr. | and Mrs. James F. Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. | Dwight Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Parker Corning, Representative and Mrs. Rob- ert L. Bacon, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Laughlin, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Al- drich, Mr. and Mrs. Newbold Noyes, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Holcombe, Mrs. Medill McCormick, C M Wwilliam J. Donovan, Mr. George Hewitt Myers, Mr. | Demarest Lloyd and George Garrett. | 15360 IN CASH IS TAKEN FROM GROCERY STORE Police are investigating the theft last night of $360 in cash from the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. store at 5542 Con- necticut avenue, which was character- ized by Elmer W. Green of Hyattsville, iMd., meat superintendent for the Southern division of the company, as an_“inside job.” The theft is thought to have occurred at about 6:30 o'clock while the store was still_open. George W. Thompson of 5709 Fifth street, the manager, re- ported the loss to Green, who informed police. Headquarters Detective Oscar W. Mansfield has been assigned to the case. Pilot Unhurt in Mile Fall. CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 4 (@) — Frank R. Yager, Boeing mail pilot, fell 5,000 feet in an airplane which he was testing here today and suffered only minor injuries. The plane was demol- ished. 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