Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1929, Page 6

RESIDENTS ROUSED BY HALPINE ZONING Nothing Since Law Enacted Has So Stirred Feeling as This Issue. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staft Correspondent of The Star. HALPINE, Md, September 24.—Fol-{ lowed by hostile reverberations which | could be heard in almost any part of this section, the Board of Montgomery County Commissioners, _sitling as & board of zoning appeals at kville 1ate yesterday, as predicted in The Star, directed. the rezoning from residential to industrial of two large plots of ground on the east side of the Balti- more & Ohio Railroad tracks here and on either side of the county road connecting the Rockville pike with the Viers' Mill rcad, the latter destined to become within a few years one of the main feeders to the Sixteenth street | portal of the District of Columbia. At/ the same time the commission declined | to upset the recommendation of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission that rezoning | from residential to commercial be re-; fused to the Congressional Airport, Inc., of two parcels of land fronting on the | Rockville pike at the airport. The planning commission also had acted adversely on the petitions for industrial rezoning, which the commissioners granted. Residents Stirred. Perhaps nothing since the zoning law was put into effect a couple of years ago has so stirred the residents of any one section or caused so much feeling as the controversy over the rezoning just ordered. Whether this evident hos- tility will display itself in any concrete action in a further effort to upset the action of the zoning appeals board does not seem to have been determined, but there were heard suggestions that possi- bly some of the substantial citizens would dispose of their holdings because of what they termed the apparent un-! certainty as to whether zoning in the | county really meant anything. Although there was opposition to all three of the petitions for rezoning, the greatest was to the rezoning of the parcel of land for the use of a plant | for the distribution of a domestic gas product for private homes. This prod- | uct is served in tanks, and it was| claimed by the opponents that it is; highly dangerous and should not be al- | Jowed to exist in a community which up to this time has been residential. | It was contended on behalf of the op- | nents that such a plant would be of- | ensive and develop into a nuisance, | while on the other hand it was put| forth by those arguing for the rezoning that if the plant did become a nuisance the county commissioners, #s a district council, under the metropolitan district | act, would have full authority to regu- late it. Decision by Dr. Perry. Funeral Tomorrr JOHN A. MOORE. JOHN A. MOORE FUNERAL SET TOMORROW AT 2 P.M. Native of Washington Conducted Seventh Street Store Here for 40 Years. Puneral services for John A. Moore, 79 years old, who died at his home, 3543 ‘Warder street, yesterday, will be con- ducted at the residence tomorrow aft- | ernoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr. Moore conducted a hardware and feed business at 1913 Seventh street for more than 40 years. He was a na- tive of this city and widely known here. He had given liberally to many charita- ble enterprises. RELATIVETOTELL i " PISDNIG STORY i Sister-in-law of Mrs. Stone Among Witnesses Today at Belair, Md. By the Associated Press. BELAIR, Md., September 25.—Seek- | Highwa_ construction work costing be- !in contract work and beween $190,000 iof the last months of the year during !which large amounts of construction | ginia work is being completed on route | and the point where it joins with route | VIREINI HIGHWAY | WORK WINDNGLP $300,000 Improvements Aré Speeded by Good Weather in Many Sections. By the Associated Pre RICHMOND, Va, September ~25.— tween $700,000 and $350,000 is under way in Virginia as part of the “wind- up” work of one of the largest annual road-bullding programs in the history of the department, officials of the State Highway Department said today. It is estimated that the work in Sep- tember is costing $125,000 to $150,000 and $200,000 in convict labor. It was pointed out by Highway Commissioner Henry G. Shirley that September is one b L Sl Local attorney, newly elected grand knight of’ the Washington Council of | the Knights of Columb: OFFICERS ELECTED BYK. OF C. COUNCIL P. Michae Cook, Local Attor- | ney, Named Grand Knight of Washington Unit. work is done and that-such activities of the department will be materially less during the remaining months of the year, especially in Northern Vir- ginia’ and in the mountainous sections. | $8,430,000 Total Spent. Records of the department show that up to September 1 there had been $3,- 657,000 expended this year in contract work and $4,773,000 in convict work, making a. total of $8,430,979. This to- tal compares with $8,250,000 for the corresponding part of last year. It is| less, however, than the record year of | 1927, when on September 1 there had been a total of $11,053,000 expended in highway construction work. The peak months in construction work this year have been June and July, the figures for these months be- ing $385,000 and $323,000, respectively. While road building work has been widely distributed throughout the State | this year, Southwest Virginia had had an unusually large amount, it was said. The greater part of the work is being done this month in the Southwest sec- tion. * Electing officers for the ensuing year, Washington Council, No. 224, Knights of Columbus, last night selected P. Michael Cook, local attorney, as grand knight. i A native of Washington, Mr. Cook is & graduate of Gonzaga College and Georgetown University and received the degree of LL. B. from the latter in 1919 after he had served in the Army during the World War. He has been active in civic affairs for many vears and is af- | filiated with sever~l clubs and service organizations. Other officers elected last night in- clude Willilam H. Murray, deputy grand knight: L. Harold Sothoron, chancellor: Harleigh H. Hartman. advocate: Harry | | E. Brooks, treasurer; Edmund M. O'Sul- | | livan, recorder; John B. Coyle, warden: | Michael J. Racloppl. trustee: John W. ! route,121; between Raven and Grundy, | Grambo. e guard; Edward Voigt T sehanan County, route 126; road |and John W. Crown, inside guards; | between Wytheville and Bluefield, W.|James E. Collifiower and Thomas e between Radford and Dublin, | Costigan, delegates to the building com e puiacki Gounty, Toute 11; road be- | pany: P. Michael Cook and Anthony J. tween Christiansburg and Blacksburg, | Scullen. delegates to the State convel T 25, in Montgomery County. |tion, and William N. Murray and Dr. | To North-Central section work is be- | A. D. Wilkinson, alternates. ing done on the road between Culpeper | ——y o ‘ CASH, GEMS AND CLOTHING| Active in Many Sections. The construction map of the depart- ment shows road work now under way or being completed in practically every seetion of the State. In Southwest Vir- 106, between Clinchport and the West Virginia line. Work is also being done on the road between Bristol and Gate City. Other roads upon which work is being done in the Southwest section in- clude the road between Jonesville and the North Carolina line, route 103: road between Clintwood and Pound, 16 toward Orange. ] MARSHALL ROAD 10 COAST PLANNED Virginia Association Takes Steps to Make Highway National in Scope. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP. Staft Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., September 25.— The first steps toward the formation of | g; a national organization having as its purpose the erection of a new coast-to- | coast highway were taken yesterday at the third annual meeting here of the John Marshall Highway Association. Acting on the suggestion of Arthur orr, first vice president of the organiza- tion and one of the Arlingtpn County leaders, the president, Hugh E. Naylor of Front Royal, announced that he would appoint a special committee to perfect plans for putting the organization on a national basis. Orr said that he will report to the committee the name of a man who states that he will be able to obtain as national chairman one of the noted attorneys or jurists of the country. First Link in Arlington. The first link of the John Marshall Highway 1s what is known in Arling- ton County as the Straight-to-the- Bridge route and is generally supposed to include the 2.3 miles of highway that reach from the connection with the proposed Lee Boulevard in Porter's Woods to a point on Memorial Drive be- i tween Ballston and Falls Church. That this may not be the route finally select- ed, however, was indicated in a letter recelved by the association from H. G. Shirley, chairman of the Virginia State Highway Commission. In the letter Shirley states that “the commission has not made the perma- nent location of the Straight-to-the- Bridge boulevard, nor will it do so until it has funds available for construction.” Continuing, he said, “We have run one survey through, which may be the line adopted in the final analysis, but the final location will not be determined until funds ar eallotted for its improve- ment. Until that time I will be un- able to advise you what the straight- to-the-bridge route will be.” This letter, it was said, will leave considerable doubt in the minds of great many people who have felt a: sured that their properties are locat: along this route. « Officers Elected. Yesterday's meeting started in the boardroom of the Arlington County d | Chamber of Commerce, with represi 'y resent- atives m varfous wlmtlelql’)f vu'-- ginia in attendance. Following the transaction of T business, the mem- bers proceeded to re-elect all but one of their previous officers. The excep- the selection of La tion was Michael of Arlington County as sec- rican Red Cross, ‘was re-eletced honorary president. ‘The other officers and directors are: President, Hugh E. Naylor; first vice sident, Arthur Orr; second vice pres- lent, George W. Robey; third vice president, Thomas H. Lion; fourth vice president, George T. Strother; fifth vice president, Frank L. Tavener, jr.; sixth vice president, Thomas W. Dud- ley; assistant secreiary, O. W. Borden, and treasurer, F. W. Huddleson. ‘The directors are divided by counties, as follows: Arlington—Arthur Orr, Ashton C. Jnul;‘e:, M. E. Church and Dr. Frank T. Fauquier—George T. Strother, Wil- liam Beverley, John Ramey, A. C. Reed, A. V. Baird and Thomas B. Glasscock. Fairfax—George Robey, John Rust, PF. W. Huddleson and George F. Harri- son. Shenandoah—F. L. Tavener, jr.; H. B. chlvmv?: and R. S. Wright. Prince William—Thomas Lion, Rolfe Robinson and Wade C. Payne. ‘Warren—E. H. Jackson, C. L. Melton, Hugh E. Naylor, W. W. Sonner and 8. R. Miiton. Asks for Aid. At this first meeting, M. E. Church asked the assistance of the association in giving first aid to Arlington County because of the dire need of immediate connections with the new Arlington Memorial Bridge. Since the State has already taken the Lee Boulevard ioute into the system, he asked that the full attention of the association be devoted to the straight-to-the-bridge route through Arlington County. Following a luncheon that was pre- pared and served by the ladies of the Clarendon Baptist Church, the entire delegation assembled in the auditorium of the church for he afternoen ses- sion, which was opencd by an. invoca- tion by Rev. Perry L. Mitchell, pastor. ‘This was followed by an address of welcome by State Senator Frank L. Ball and a reply by John T. Ramey, former member of the House of Dele- gates from Fauquier County. These were followed by a short ad- dress by Judge Payne, in which he said that the association has passed the his- torical stage and is now engaged in the actual adoption of the highway. The principal speaker was Repre- sentative John M. Robsion of Kentucky, who piloted the Mount Vernon Boule- vard through the Hous® after it had ‘Walton Moore. to the construction of a uniform system | of national highways and to the part | that he has played in the | legislation that has made possibie. been introduced by Representative R.| | " Robsion dwelt upon the aid that has | been given by the Federal Government | NON-SECTARIAN AID SOCIETY PLANNED Steps Taken to Form Body to Take Cver Work Among Prisoners. Steps were taken yesterday by the, executive committee of the Council of Social Agencies for the formation of a non-sectarian prisoners’ aid soclety to take over the work heretofore done by the various members of the Community Chest. President Willard C. Smith was au- thorized at the meeting held in the ‘Young Women'’s Christian Association Building to appoint & committee to take charge of the formation of the new organization. The committee is to begin work at once in order that the society can begin to function by the first of | the year. Prisoners’ aid work in the District of Columbia has been handled by several organizations, mostly denominational in character. ‘This condition caused the budget committee of the Community Chest to have a survey made of the prison re- lief work here. The investigation was conducted by Miss Clara Somerville, and her report caused the committee to ask the council for a non-sectarian organization. Mr. Smith was also authorized to ap- point a committee to make a study of | housing conditions in Washington, with particular reference to the social aspect | This committee will | work in conjunction with the group headed by John Ihider, which is making | of alley dwellings. a similar survey for the Park and Planning Commission. _The council group, however,. will confine its studies to_the social side of the situation. Miss Gertrude Bowling, acting chair- man of the health committee of the council, reported that a comprehensive health study will be made in the Dis- trict by the American Public Health Association, starting in December. He also stressed importance of roads to the development of 1he entire country, advancing the opinion that they will eventually solve the difierence in the prices paid to the producer and those paid by the consumer. This meeting, as have been the two preceding it, was held on the anniver- l‘s’:e of the | sary of John Marshall's birth, this be- | ing the 174th. HEAD OF W.G.T.U. - RAPS NEWSPAPER Mrs. Boole Alleges Misrepre- sentation of Hoover’s Mes- | sage to Convention. | P By the Associated Press. | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., September 25. |—Mrs. g£lla Alexander Boole, vresident of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, today criticized several news- | papers throughout the country because, | she said, they had misinterpreted Pres:‘- dent Hoover’s message to the fifty-fifth annual convention here. The national president, who was re- elected, read a telegram she sent to the New York Times, commenting upon an editorial which she described as typi- cal. She specified no other newspaper Rebuke to W. C. T. U. Denied. ‘The Times editorial, Mrs. Boole said, interpreted the President’s letter as a rebuke to the W. C. T. U, when he wrote: “Too many people have come to rely wholly upon the strong arm of the law to enforce abstinence, forgetting that the cause of temperance has its strong foundations in the conviction of the individual of the personal value himself of temperance in all things.” Mrs. Boole’s telegram to the Times stated that Mr. Hoover “knows that the W. C. T. U. stands for law observ- ance” and its members “are total ab- stainers from all intoxicating liquors.” The telegram added that the W. C. T. V. did not presume to speak for the President, but that the organization was confident Mr. Hoover's reference that “too many people have come to rely upon the strong arm of the law " was in recognition of “our contribution to total abstinence and that he was calling the attention to those other eople who failed to recognize persona! law observance as a contribution to law enforcement.” All Officers Re-Elected. ‘The convention continued in offiec for another year, all of its elective offi- cers. Besides Mrs. Boole, they are Mrs. Ina B. Wise Smith, Des Moines, vice president; Mrs. Anna Marden De Yo, Evanston, Ill, corresponding secre- tary: Mrs. Sara 8. Hoge, Lincoin, Va. recording secretary: Mrs. Nellie G. Bur- | ger, Springfield, Mo., assistant record- | ing’ secretary, and Mrs. Margaret G Munns, Evanston, treasurer. —_— China’s exports in the last fiscal year were 15 times that of 60 years ago. Dr. Benjamin C. Perry of Bethesda, ‘ ing to pin the actual poisoning of her . president of the Board of County Com- | 15-year-old son George directly on the missioners, is the commissioner from shoulders of Mrs. Hattie Stone, ao-yeu.}GERMAN COMPANY ‘LISTED IN ROBBER LOOT‘ m‘; egutrg; dinr vg\‘l:h p(:{;;y re;;)]?oh‘\vgdw?; | old :hvrehdescr;ce u;ldow on trial 1o,|i‘ i M—-———A ; Foiel al 3 ) murder, the Stal lay plans to cal eves 80 ropriate our | QWistrict affairs the matter was left | Mrs. May Baker, sister-in-law of the| To G|VE OPERA HERE PPrOP) S, k2 Dty el has - | i Shih S FRLE 1 4 thopen ooy ver, - | testimony which she gave at the inquest | = | sumed full_responsibiity and has et | which held Mrs. E,g‘,“,.dw the gflfimw Bitessmiein A | to Police Total $220.50. [ v vas that the widow admitted to her that Wagner Series to DBe " | strongly in favor of the rezoning, He ! she did poison her son. 8 3 'An.gh;m:p egncok(e:fs' “w‘[-lffe:xd:"t" t?;;‘;;‘i pointed out and contended that the = Throughout the day yesterday, the | During Four Days Next was reported to police last night. saig industrial sites just approved were S0 'second of the trial, W. Wonhmgton‘ e Thieves obtained the most valuable | anuary. b loot from the apartment of Mrs. Del far back from the Rockville pike that | Hopkins, State’s attorney, through med- | their location there could not possibly, in_his opinion, affect or mar the de- | velopment of this highway as one of the | main arteries into and out of the Dis- | trict of Columbia. Dr. Perry also said that subsequent to the public hearing conducted on the petitions, several peo- | ple who were so strongly opposed to! the rezoning admitted later that they | had really not been fully informed as | to the location of the parcels of land, | and some of them did not even know ical and chemigcal testimony, wove his story of an impecunious woman, “‘crazy about men,” who killed her son that she might continue her relations with money realized through insurance and | a trust fund in the youth’s name. Two doctors, who attended George, testified to his death, and Dr. William B. D. Penniman, Baltimore chemist. ! told of his examination of the viscera of the youth and the finding lhzrclni a quarter of a grain of poison. He | Sales, 1346 Park road, stealing an East- | jern Star pin and a cameo breastpin The German Grand Opera Company, worth $81.50. which last season gave Washington the | —Others reporting losses were Lorenzo | first full performance of Wagner's B. Snowden, 948 Westminster street: | famous “Niebelungen Ring” of operas Catherine Munday, 1020 Tenth street; ever given In the Nataional Capital. will | Herman Hitz, 18 Longzfellow street; officially open this year’s tour in Wash- | John B. Hibbs, 1819 Bay street south- | ington. according to an announcement | east; Mrs, Mildred Green, 2148 O street, | today by Sol Hurok, managing director and Benjamin Kernan, 1037 Second | of the company, who was in Washing- | street southwest. The chickens were | just where Halpine on the railroad was. | saiq this amount pointed to there be- County politics, it was charged, by | ing three-quarters of a grain in the some, played an important part in th2 | poqy when one-quarter would have | fon completing arrangements with T. stolen from the last named address. | | Arthur Smith, who is to handle the attraction here. The members of the comvany are local concert manager, | question, while, on the other hand, the | peen fatal. | Democratic organization leaders 'said | " 0% incurance agents told the jury| that the matter was decided entirely on | o¢ " nolicies on the son's life, and & its merits, But they are known to hold | 31 tsmobile agent testified to the pu coming direct from Berlin to Washing- | ASSAULT COSTS HIM $25.| ton for their season here, which. will | e consist of four performances 1-nd be Carlton Beers, Attacking Police- 3 4 next. | held on January 6, 8, 10 and 14 n man, Fined and Sent to Hospital. | strong beliefs that the property border- ing the railroad tracks should have an | industrial stamp in the zoning pian, al- though this was not provided for when the general zoning map was laid out within the past two years. Not Entirely Controlled by Politics. But the lands in question were not controlled entirely by D:mocratic or- ganization men. One of the parcels, that of the proposed aircraft factory site, is being handled by Capt. Frank Hewitt of Silver Spring, a Republican, | and, of course, an opponent of all| Democrats, whether regular or anti- | organization, when strictly politics are being considered. The parcel of land in which he i3 interested, during a! period of years has been used for var- | lous industrial purposes. and at the | present time has a large brick building on it, which lends itself to industrial | use. It cbuld have been used in lu‘} present state for industrial purposes | without any rezoning, under what is termad, in zoning parlance, a “non con- forming use,” which really means that having been there when the zoning code | was put into effect could not have bcen regulated out of such use by any act of | the governing body. The petitioner for the rezoning of the land to be used for the gas-distribution plant was T. H. Lenovitz, proprietor of a general merchandise store located on the Rockville pike at the junctjon of that road with the county road to Viers | Mill highway. The gossip in the area affected points out Lenovitz as an ar- dent party worker for the regular Democratic faction in the county. Leno- vitz likewise claims that he is. He in- formed the writer that he spent hours each night prior to the formal public hearing on the rezoning question plead- ing his case with the county Democratic | leaders, county commissioners and even opponents of the plan. Predicted Decision. Although he told the writer that he | ‘wanted the matter settled entirely on its merits, he said prior to the public hear- ing that the rezoning of the property he was interested in would be ordered. The opponents of the rezoning, for the ! most part, are not party workers in any of the political factions in the county, but are former residents of the District ‘who have purchased large parcels of the land on the Rockville pike and have de- veloped them into beautiful estates. which have done more than anything else to improve the complexion of the highway into a boulevard of approach to the District of Columbia. They are just individual votes. On the other hand, Lenovitz says that he is a party ‘worker, and others claim that he con- trols a lot of votes among the working class centered around this arca. But the air is full of charges and statements. and observers are closely wal the situation to ascertain whether the action of the commission yesterday will end the turmoil, or whether the decision will result.in some further action in an effort to upset the result of the appeal from the original ruling of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, which flatly turned down the zoning requests. Deaths Reported. llowinz deaths have been reported Qn’r?l.!('nfll:ll:g Department in the last 24 . aver. 76. Hotel Driscoll. Jflg}‘z\noilyflstlv 57, United States Naval - Mary E. Valis, 50, 2337 18th st. ' Mary B. Britt, 47, 3109 38th st. Edwin I st. n.e. Litlie Jofdan. 82, Little Siatéxs of the ko « | ackson. 51, Preedrien pital. 45. Gallinger Hospital. Delaware ave. 5.v. reulosis . ospital id. 21, 2100 Fst, 16, °C-"e © Ae'pital Mary Janie Tilghma Joseph Wells, Ethel Field. Margeret Arnel &ibert, Catlett, S. Coe, parllamentarian. {ton district child health . clinic, and | | him to sustain serious iniury. chase of an automobile by Mrs. Stone | which later was rej d when she | was unable to meet the payments. This testimony was offered after Judge Wal- ter Preston, presiding, had refused to admit letters written by the woman while in jail to a soldier, which the State sought to read into the record. PARENT-TEACHERS MEET. Committee Chairman Named for| Arlington Association. Special Dispatch to The Star. ARLINGTON, Va, September 25.— At the first meeting of the Parent- Teacher Association of the Patrick Henry School for the new school year Mrs. E. S. Ward, nresident. announced the appointment of the following com- mittee chairmen: Mrs. J. B. ’.fl\m’l].I hospitality; W. M. Fuller, publicity; H. It was voted to give a reception to the teachers early in October. The hos- | pitality committee will have charge of | this reception. The membership dues were reduced to 50 cents per member and a number of new members were enrolled. ‘ The back-to-the-District movement came before the association, and after considerable discussion the delegates to the Civic Federation were instructed, by | a vote of 9 to 8, a large number not voting, to support the resolution favor- ing the movement. Mrs. Kelley of Clarendon addressed the association in regard to the Arling- asked for co-operation. At her sugget tion several mothers volunteered to a: sist the nurse in charge on certain di and an appropriation was made to Ip provide outgoing telephone service for the clinic. ARMY CHANGES REPORTED| Maj. C. C. Demner Is Transferred to Baltimore Post. Maj. Charles C. Demner, Medical Corps, has heen transferred from Fort | Leavenworth, Kans., to Baltimore; Maj. Kelley B. Lemmon, Coast- Artillery Corps, from Detroit to Fort MacArthur, Calif.; Capt. Lioyd R. Wolfe, Infantry. from the Philippines to Fort D. Russell, Wyo.; Capt. Oliver F. Porter Field Artillery, has been placed retired list on account of disabi! incident to the service; Capt. B-ntov G. Shoemaker, Cavalry, from Wichita. Kan.. to the Philippines; Warrant Officer Meyer M. Cohen, band leader from the 14th Infantry, Panama Canal Zone, to the 12th Infantry, Fort Howard, Md.;» Warrant Officer Fran: G. Nierlich. ‘band leader, Howard, to the 14th Infantry, Panama Canal Zone: Master Sergt. William H. Williams, 10th Cavalry, Fort Huachuca, Ariz, and Master Sergt. Clarence Donaldson, 25th Infantry, | Nogales. Arizona, have been placed on the Army retired list, each having had more than 30 years’ active service. Sues for $10,000 Damages. ‘William Harris, 420 Sixth street, yes- terday filed suit in the District Suprem« Court; to recover $10.000 damages from the Black & White Taxi Co. for alleger personal injuries. He says he war alighting from his parked automobi! on E sireet near Fourth street May 2! when a taxicab of the defendant struc’ him and knocked him 10 feet, clfiuln" e represented by Attorneys Wilton J. Lam “bert, Rug H. Yeatman and Georg: D. Horning, Jr . Two operas new to the present-day | opera public in Washington, ‘Wagner's | | “Flying Dutchman” and Mozart's “Don Juan,” will be given here. A perform- ance of *“Tristan und Isolde” also is listed, and the fourth opera is to be the one of two suggested that is chosen by vote of the Washington music lovers. It will be either “Die Walkuere” or “Goetterdaemmerung,” by Wagner, and Mme. Johanna Gadskl is scheduled to appear in whichever is the chosen opera. Many German stars new to American audiences will be heard in these operas here. The familiar names include, in addition to Mme. Gadskl, Juliette Lippe (whose Isolde and Brunnhilde were th well liked here), Sonia Sharnova, contralto, and Carl Joern, tenor. New singers for leading roles will include Marguerite Baumer of the Berlin Staatsoper, Wwho probably will sing Senta in the “Flying Dutchman,” the opening opera; Hubert Leuer of the Vienna Opera: Josef Lengyel, Berlin Staatsoper; Johannes Sembach, merly with the Metropolitan, in Naw York; Alexander Larsen of Berlin, whosz Mimi is famous, tenors; Gott- held Ditter, leading baritone of the Berlin Staatsoper, whose Don Juan is noted, and Kurt Albrecht, the n>w stage director, who was the first to stage the “Miracle” of Max Reinhardt in America. Ernst Knoch, whose authentic read- ings of Wagnerian scores are well known in Washington, will head the conduc- tors’ group, which also includes Ernst Mehlich of Dresden and Baden Baden opera companies. There will be new settings and costumes. The orchestra will number 5¢ men and the company. in toto, will include 150 members. From Washington the company will go to Baltimore and Philadelphia and tour of the west coast, returning to close in New York. Hurok said that a letter has been sent to Charles Lee Cooke of the State Department, offering the services of several leading members of the opera company, who have come early from Berlin to Ney York, to participate in the progvam being prepared under Mr. Cooke's direction for the entertainment of @remier Ramsay MacDonald and his daughter while they are in Washington SRy Nearly 100,000 tons of rice were shipped from Saigon; Indo-China, in a recent month. Clyb Chantecler Opens For Members and Their Guests Thursday, September Twenty-Sixth Completely Redecorated by Bodenhorn Creator of Harry Richman Club and the Paul Whiteman Night Club of New York City Number One " mas Circle’ for- | Sundow from 10:30 p. n° Phone Robert, North 3720 for Reservations An salleged argument with a police- man in a delicatessen store at Georg'a | | avenue and Queb-c street early this morning cost Carlton Beers $25 and landed him in Garfield Hospital. | According to Policeman L. A. Wehrle of the tenth precinct, Beers was en- gaged in boisterous conversation and pugilistic anties in the store when some- ' one appealed to the policeman. Wehrle said_he entered the store;and approach- ed Beers to quiet him. The latter is sald to havs resented the officer's | presence to the extent of offering | forcible resistence. Wehrle said he was }!urced to use his baton on Beers’ head to effect an arrest. 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