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THE EVENING STAR: ‘WASHINGTON, D.-C, SATURDAY,,DECEMBER 7, 1929, HYDE SEES BETTER DAYS FOR FARNER Price Levels Higher and $150,000,000 Available for Stabilization, He Says. By the Associated Press. | Better times are in store for the| former in the belief of Secretary Hyde, | who informed President Hoover today that such confidence was warratned by the better position of agriculture, higher | price levels for new crops and the oper- | ations of the Farm Board. which has | £150.000,000 available for farm market | stabilization and improvement. ! Gross income from agricultural pro- | duction in the United States for the crop season 1928-20 was estimated in Secretary Hyde's annual report as being £12,527.000,000, or about $225,000.000 more than for the preceding year. Net incomes for farmers did not increase | Dbecause farm operating costs, taxes and interest on debts advanced somewhat. The return earned on the current valuation of agricultural property was 4.7 per cent. compared with 3. per cent for 1922-23 and 1.4 per cent in 1921-22 The farmer's friends for the year were cattle, hogs, lambs and chickens. Higher prices for live stock and live stock products were the principal causes of the improvement in the season's ag- ricultural income. Incomes from grains, fruits and vegetables, on the other hand, were smaller. | Far From Satisfactory. But the American farmer is still far | from being in a satisfactory financial condition in spite of improvement, See- retary Hyde said. Although movement of the farm population from the coun- try to the city had declined and the rate of depreciation of farm land values also has been lowered much further im- provement is still necessary. Since the war, Mr. Hyde said, ag- | riculture has suffered grave disabilities which farmers by their own efforts have not been able to remove. In consequence they are still overburdened with debt. Outstanding among the agricultural events of 1929, the report said, was the passage of the law creating the Federal Farm Board. Outlining the legislation in brief Secretary Hyde said that it should strengthen the bargaining powers of the producers, increase efficiency of marketing machinery, stabilize the sup- ply by preventing surpluses from being | distributed at the wrong time, seek new markets, help correct maladjustments in transportation conditions and assist in minimizing undesirable speculation in_agricultural commodities. The Farm Board already has began a | ‘widespread movement to develop respon- sible co-operative marketing agencies through which it can lend the $500,- 000,000 revolving fund which eventually will be placed at its disposal. The biil carried an appropriation of $150,000,000 when passed, to which will be added $350,000,000 when needed. Help to Farm Credits. Farm credits, which Secretary Hyde £aid remained costly in many parts of the country, are expected to be helped by the creation of the Farm Board. In addition to being able to make com- modity loans to co-operative associ- ations the board is empowered to lend to such agencies for the erection and improvement of facilities. This, the Secretary said, meets a long-felt need. He also advocated the improvement o1 existing credit institutions. Agricultural exports increased about 2 per cent over the previous year, but made up only 33 per cent of the total exports of the country, the smallest percentage with the exception of 1917- 18. on record. Turning from exports to imports Sec- retary Hyde said that agriculture was by no means on & world market basis exclusively, but is well placed to share ‘the benefits of a protective tariff sys- em. = = eriniing = SPECIAL NOTICE. HE ANNUAL MEETING OF THI 'OC] E’tldeu of the Columbia Permanent Building Association of the District of Columbia for the election of three directors will be held on Tuesday, December 10, 1929, at 7:30 p.m. at the office of the association. No. 733 12th st. n.w., Washington. D. C. FRED A. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of ‘the Columbia Titie Insurance Company of the District of Columbia for the | purpose of electing fifteen trustees of il company for the ensuing year will be h at the office of the company. 503 E st. n.w.. on Monday. December 16, 1929, at 1 o'clock m. The ‘polls will be open between the ours of 2 and 4 o'clock p.m. The transfer oks will be closed from December 6. 1929, 10 December 16, 1929, both dates inclusive. EDWARD S. McKNEW, ___ Assistant_Secr THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE - holders of the Raleigh Hotel Company -for the election of directors for the ensuin year will be held on Wednesday. January 8, 1930, ai the hotel, Pennsylvania ave. & 2th st. n.w. at'7:45 oclock pm. The ansfer’ bouks will be closed January , 1930, EDWARD L. HILLYER, retary. ¢ E_ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLO- of the Federal-American National Bank Washingon, D. C. will be held at 5 its house Tuesday, January 14, 1930, noon for the election of directors isaction of such other business rly come before the meeting. m 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. 2 JOHN POOLE. President. THE NEXT EXAMINATION IN OPTOMETRY ‘will be held on the evenings of uary 9 snd 11, 1930. in the office of the secretary, 1319 P st. nw.. Washington, D. C.. com. mencing at 7 o'clock p.m. All perse inz to take this examinatjon will pi file their applications with the secretary mot | later than December 15, 1 M. LUTHER banking 12:00 pro open fro: H esir- T HEREBY NOTIFY ALL PLACES OF BUSI- Mecs where credit is issued that I will be 3cznonsible only for debts contracted by my- g0 EARL T. MAY. 5509 9th st., Washine- ton. . GEN. GUY V. 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BESSIE LOVE WILL MARRY LOS ANGELES BROKER Wedding to Take Place December 27, Couple Announce, Filing No- tice of Their Intentions. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 7.—Bessie Love, who off the silver screen is Juanita Horton, will marry William B. Hawks, Los Angeles stock broker, December 27. ‘The date was announced after the couple appeared at the marriage license bureau yesterday and filed a notice of intention to wed. Both the actress and broker gave their ages as 28. Neither has been married previously. The marriage ceremony will be read in St. James Episcopal Church. MUSIC FRITZ KREISLER'S CONCERT. ‘The king of violinists, the Austrian, Fritz Kreisler, held court before his usual packed audience to standing room limits at Poli's Theater yesterday afternoon. Many distinguished folk who fiddle and practically all of the local professional violinists were noted among those present. Kreisler was in a gracious, genial mood, and he gave encores scattered throughout the pro- gram, including the most popular of his phonograph record selections, conclud- ing with “Caprice Viennois” and “The Old Refrain.” His opening number was Ysaye's ar- rangement of a rare “Sonata in Minor,” written by Nicolo Pasquali. It had a particularly charming minuetto as the second movement and the famil- iar virtuosity of the Kreisler tech- nique was at its best in this and the Bach “Chaconne,” which followed. There are few violinists anywhere who can give vivid, living beauty to this difficult work as can Kreisler. It is a vehicle that often becomes boresome In less gifted and skillful hands. In the Tschaikowsky “Concerto in D Major,” Carl Lamson, always a most loyal and alert accompanist for Mr. Kreisler, de- serves special credit for the way in which he kept with the violinist in the many passages that were cut here and there in the score. An especially happy memory was the beautiful long-drawn note on the violin that ended the can- zonetta movement and the final move- ment with its exceptionally vivacious tempo and typically Russian color in melody and rhythms brought a whirl- wind of applause from the audience at its conclusion. Another number which found spe- cial favor with the audience was Kreisler's own arrangement of the familiar Londonderry Air, “Farewell to Cuchullan.” ~ John McCormack _sang this air with the words, “Would God I Were the Tender Apple Blossom™; Mme. Schumann-Heink made it famous aga in in “Danny Boy”; string quartets and other arrangements have grought it to concert stars and records. It remained for Kreisler to make it an exquisite vehicle for the violin, showing both the rich sensuousness of his lower tones and the pure eloquence of his highest tones on the violin in his arrangement of this work. He followed it with a clever “Gypsy Caprice” of his own and ended the regular program with his rrangement of Rimsky-Korsakofl's ‘Fantasy on Russian Themes.” H. F. THE AGUILAR LUTE QUARTET. As England produced the famous sex- tet of English singers a couple of ses sons ago who swept America with en- thusiasm for their revival of the old madrigals of their native land, so Spain now sends this season the Aguilar Lute Quartet to play for the present-day audiences music written in the fifteeniin century and later for that quaint in- strument, the lute. The English sing- ers had their debut in this country at the Library of Congress in 1925. The Aguilar Lute Quartet played there last night. The colorful variety of music that they coax from their simple string- ed instruments with only the aid of a tiny plectrum or their fingers is amaz- ing. They won hearty appreciation from the audience gathered there last night and had to comply with an en- core, a rondo by Mozart, one of the most_delightful numbers of the entire ‘The regular program was entirely of Spanish music, beginning with de Mena’'s “Three Caprices,” written in the fifteenth century and progressing to an amusing, modern “De Murcia,” by Joaquin Nin, one of the interesting group of present-day Spanish com- posers. Senor Nin also arranged a “Sonata in D,” by Soler, who wrote it 200 years ago, for this quartet, as well as “Orientale,” by Granados, of the nineteenth century. “Orgia,” by Turnia, a living composer, arranged by him for this quartet, was a brilliant, loveliest bits of music was “Copla In- trusa,” by Maria Rodrigo, who dedi- cated this work to the Aguilar Quar- tet. De Falla and Halffter contributed interesting music on different themes and Albeniz’ own arrangement of his “Cordoba” (which was danced here recently by La Argentina), brought out particularly clearly the kinship of its basic melody to Victor Herbert's “Kiss Me Again.” It might be of interest to local music lovers to know that the origin of the Aguilar Quartet lay in an Incident some years ago. The Spanish gentleman, Don Francisco Aguilar, upon returning home from the court of young King Alfonso, where he was the royal physician, was passing through one of Madrid's oldest streets in the twilight hour. He stopped to listen to a blind musiclan playing what Don Francisco recognized as the ancient instrument, the lute, which had its day of popularity from the four- teenth to the seventeenth century. The playing of the blind man on this delicate old lute made a deep impression on this casual listener and soon four lutes were ordered from a Madrid maker for the Aguilar household. The _children, Ezequiel, Pepe, Paco and Elisa, took their first lessons on the lute. Today this quartet from an old Spanish family come to the New World as ambassadors of the exquisite, subtle music of their home land in the old days. They are a rare addition to musical art. o5 T Hurt by Fall on Icy Pavements. Two persons were injured yesterday by falling on icy pavements. They were | Miss Florence Meyers, 35 years old, of 2523 Fourteenth street. and Sam Ritzen- berg, 48 years old, of 1814 Ontario road. Both were treated at Emergency Hos- pital. L) barbaric plece of writing. One of the | ( CASES ADVOCATED Assistant District Attorney Hart Addresses Enforce- merit Meeting. Establishment of a separate court for !the trial of liquor cases to speed up i trials in the Police Court and an in- crease in the length of jury duty from two weeks to one month were advo- {cated by Assistant District Attorney {David A. Hart last night at the la: | enforcement meeting held in the First | Congregational Church. | Bishop Willlam F. McDowell of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who shared |the program with Mr. Hart, informed {the audience that there is need for a | “great renaissance” in behalf of gov- i ernment, particularly this one. He in- | sisted that “selectivity” in the obedi- fence of law must cease and that all men must obey all laws. The meeting, held under auspices of | the Committee of Five Hundred for Law Observance and Law Enforcement, marked the final of four big gatherings, and was dedicated as an open ‘forum on “How Can Law Observance and Law Enforcement Be Made More Effective in the National Capital?” Daniel C. Roper, chairman of the committee, pre- sided. In advocating establishment of a sep- arate liquor court Mr. Hart said: “Let us try jury cases every day and then we can give to the bootlegger one of the constitutional rights he wants— that's a speedy trial.” More Time Needed. The assistant district attorney ex- plained his advocacy of the lengthening of the period of jury duty in Police Court by pointing out that it takes a week or so to break a jury in, and that with a month the jury can be edu- cated. He informed his audience of the practice of bootleggers in having young men of 18 or 19 working for them, thus remaining safely in the background. Seeking the co-operation of good citi- zens in law enforcement, Mr. Hart, who substituted for Representative Gibson (Republican) of Vermont, who was un- able to attend, stressed the importance of the education of youth. As this was a committee of 500, he said, there was also needed the co-operation of the 500,000 citizens of the District of Co- lumbia if President Hoover's goal of a model city here is to be attained. ‘The “dangerous age” Mr. Hart placed at between 18 and 25 years, and he asserted that if the Yufl.‘hl&u‘ of liquor is not legally equally liable with the seller, at least he is morally so. The| law enforcement officer urged that out- standing citizens make it their business to serve on juries. Reciting statistics on the enforce- ment of the Jones law in the District, Mr. Hart said the District Supreme Court from October showed there were 55 convictions by juries, one disagree- ment and one not guilty. The Novem- ber figures for the Police Court, he ex- plained, showed that there were 17 convictions, 2 disagreements and 2 not guilty in jury trials under the national prohibition act. There were 87 pleas of guilty in the Police Court, 3 were nolle prossed, and there were 2 di- rected verdicts of not guilty, Mr. Hart asserted. “Blind Tigers” Fewer. ‘The assistant district attorney pointed to the “wiping out” of the so-called near-beer saloons as such; in lunch rooms or cigar stores—the “blind .” He informed his audience that he did not believe there were more than 10 or 15 of these now operating. Hampering the further enforcement of prohibition in Washington, Mr. Hart sald, is the manufacturing going on in private dwellings, as enforcement offi- cers must have a search warrant. In stressing that there is “too wide an elective system in the matter of laws,” Bishop McDowell told the meet- ing that this is “a very serious disease in our civil life.” It is exemplified, he sald, in the maxim, “I obey the laws I like to obey.” “We've got to get rid of the whole elective system in the matter of obedi- ence to law and consecrate ourselves not to laws which we will or will not obey, but to the law which is the safety of the republic,” the bishop declared. There are altogether too many people who are so-called high-ups, Bishop Mc- Dowell asserted, not only in official life but in society, the professions and busi- ness, who would scorn to make out a false tax return or jeopardize life by their automobiles, that will laugh at the violation of “this law, set up for the safety of mankind.” “It woyld be a prodigious thing to have some high-class convictions of some high-class offenders,” the bishop said. He urged his audience to stand by good officers and insist that the bad ones do their duty or get out. Follow- ing the addresses, the fllm “Deliver- ance,” based on Prof. Irving Fisher's book “Prohibition at Its Worse,” was shown. fb g gl “SOW-MILK,” PASS WORD. Professor Who Came to Make Tests Locked in Padded Cell. LEIPZIG (#)—"I have come to milk the sow,” a distinguished-looking visitor told the janitor of the psychiatrical clinic here. “Yes, sir,” replied the janitor, and he evening. ~ The lute seemed ideally |led the caller to a litile back room, suited to the music of the master of | carefully locking the door. Salzburg. For the next five hours sounds of rage came from the little room, which was really a padded cell. ‘Then arrived the chief surgeon, who had completely forgotten an arranges ment he had made with the visitor, a Halle University professor and physio- logical expert, to conduct chemical tests with pigs’ milk. It took some time for the captive to | regain his composure. REGRET WARSAW STONING Representatives of Foreign Office and City Visit U. 8. Cosula: WARSAW, December 7 (#).—The for- eign office today sent a representative to the United States charge d'affaires to express regret at Thursday's stoning of the American consulate by a band of Communist youths. Punishment of the | responsible persons was promised. Representatives of the city of ‘War- saw visited the consulate and expressed similar regrets, Will Rogers Says: { BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.,, Decem- ber 6.—Our foreign friends always accuse us of being a loud boisterous Nation. Well if you don't think America can stand still and keep its mouth shut you just watch it as I have today, when Hagen and Di = putting. =The morning paper states, “Another mail tlot f crushedhon l’ l;]lilslde." H oy Well he might have been just an- other pilot to that newspaper’. hut‘;a was more than that to me. This same boy Nelson, and right out of that same grave yard of aviators, Bellefonte, Pa, trled to get me through those mountains to New York one stormy night. He set he and I down that night in a bare spot no larger than a film actresses liv- ing room, in my first forced landing and without a scratch. So you will pardon me if I look on him as a little more than “just another pilot,” He was my first hero. Yours, WILL ROGERS, CHARLES ATKINSON, ATKINSON FUNERAL SERVICE HELD TODAY Retired Treasury Clerk Served 45 Years With Department—Long a Resident Here. Funeral services for Charles Atkinson, retired Treasury clerk, who dled yester- day after an illness of several years were held this afternoon in Hine: chapel, Fourteenth and Harvard streets, with interment in Congressional Ceme- tery. Rev. John J. Queally officiated at the rites. Mr. Atkinson was 45 years in the service of the Treasury Department and spent most of his 79 years in this city. He resided with a daughter, Mrs. Isabel A. Thompson of 1334 Farragut street, and is survived by another daughter, Miss Ethel J. Atkinson. GIVES Y CREDIT FOR TWO GAMES Basket Ball and Volley Ball Claimed for Body by L. W. De Gast. Credit for the “invention” of basket ball and volley ball was claimed for the Young Men's Christian Association yes- terday by Leonard W. De Gast, general secretary of the local “Y,” in an ad- dress to clergymen who were guests of the Y. M. C. A. at a luncheon in the Y. W. C. A. Building. Basket ball, De Gast asserted, was born in 1891 at the Springfield Y. M. C. A, with which the local sec- retary formerly was connected. The in- ventor, he declared, was James Nai- smith, a student at the Springfield Y. M. C. A. College. Volley ball, the ministers were told, was devised by Willlam G. Morgan, a Y. M. C. A, man at Holyoke, Mass. The game came into being in 1895. Talks to New Ministers. ‘The claims were made in the course of a “Did-you-know” talk by the “¥" official to about 15 ministers who have come to Washington during the past year. The complimentary luncheon is an annual event with the Y. M. C. A. Among other interesting statements made by the general secretary were that the Y. M. C. A, or its representa- tives, organized the first boys’ camp in 1885, instituted Thrift week in 1914, helped form the Boy Scouts of America in 1910, served soldiers in the Civil War, launched the World's Student Christian Federation in 1895, conceived and formed the Men's Bible Class move- ment, led in stimulating growth of night schools and founded the annual week of prayer. . List of Guests. Dr. A. C. Christie, chairman of the religious work committee of the Y. M. C. A, presided at the luncheon. ‘The new ministers who were guests follow: Rev. J. . pastor Baptist Church, Silver Spring, Md.; Rev. S. R. McAlpin, pastor Fifteenth Street Chris- tian Church; Rev. D. C. Gordon, pastor Mount Rainier Christian Church; Rev. Henry W. Snyder, pastor St. Paul's Lutheran Church; Rev. T. S. Davis, pastor Anacostia_ Methodist Episcopal Church; Rev. Roland Rice, pastor Bruen Methodist Episcopal Church; Rev. W. P. Atkinson, pastor Lincoln Road _ Methodist Episcopal Church; Rev. Philip C. Edwards, pastor Univer- sity Helghts _Methodist Episcopal Church; Rev. H. V. Wheeler, pastor Emery Methodist Episcopal Church South: Rev. W. W. Mclntire, pastor St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church South; Rev. R. P. Shearer, pastor Ta- koma Park Presbyterian Church: Rev. C. S. Biggs, pastor Ryland Methodist | t iscopal Church; Rev. J. D. Gregory, Eh‘i‘z‘t pastor Church of the Cove- nant, and Rev, Otto A. Braskamp, pas- tor Northminster Presbyterian Church. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. jon of Citizens' Associations m:eebge;rfilggt at 8 o'clock in the board room of the District Bullding. “Living Foods” is the subject of an address by Miss Alta Blake of the Hau- | Ith Club of Chicago to be given :re;;l;lr:tn at 8:15 at the League for the Larger Life, 1628 K street. Public in- vited. . James A. Robinson, managing edfi:‘;r ‘ll the Hispanic-American His- toric Review of Duke University and executive secretary of the Florida State Historical Society, will speak tonight at 8 o'clock before the National Genealo- gical Soclety at the Mount Pleasant Public Library. FUTURE. t the Aero Club of Wash- 1::53:‘ bé;a’-;ur of the National Aero- nautic Association will be guests of the District of Columbia Air Legion at a lecture in legion headquarters, Room 711, International Building, 1319 F street, at 8:30 o'clock Monday evening. Lieut. Noble C. Shilt, ground school in- structor of the legion, will be the speaker. Force Adams Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation will hold annual card party at the Hamilton Hotel, Fourteenth and K streets, Wednesday, December 11, at 8 o’'clock. Duke University Alumnae of Wash- ington will entertain the North Caro- lina Scciety of Washington with a varied program to be followed by danc- ing, in the ballroom of the National Press Club, National Press Building, Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. 5 ‘Willlam McDougall, head of the depart- ment of Esycholory of Duke University, will speak. Red Triangle Outing Club. will meet at the Wisconsin Avenue car barns near the District line at 2:45 tomorrow aft- ernoon for a five-mile hike across coun- try to the clubhouse for campfire party. Bill Greenley, leader. Tilness of 20 people while attending !'a social gathering at Folkestone, Eng- land, recently has been traced to the drinking of lemonade, which was made poisonous by antimony from the enamel of the jugs in which it was made. OURT FOR LIQUOR SPEAKERS PRAISE LIBRARY OPENING Taliaferro and Representa- tive Merlin Hull Attend Cere- mony at Woodridge. WILSON NORMAL SCHOOL COMEDY TO BE GIVEN “The Romantic Age” by Dramatic Association Cast at Eleventh and Harvard Streets Tonight. “The Romantic Age,” a comedy by A. A."Milne, will be presented by the Dra- matic Association of the Wilson Normal School at the auditorium, Eleventh and Harvard streets, tonight at 8 o'clock. ‘The cast Includes Virginia Wilson, Florence Rice, Norma Morrison, Jean Donner, Dorothy Reiss, Elizabeth Jen- kins, Margaret Beckett, Helen Jost and Addresses by Commissiorer Sidney F. | Taliaferro and Representaiive Merlin | Hull of Wisconsin featured dedicatory | exercises opening the Woodridge Sub- jbranch Library, Twenty-second and , Rhode Island avenue, last night. Thc ! meeting, sponsored by the Rhode Island | Avenue Citizens' Assoclation, was held | in Sherwood Presbyterian Hall. | _ Pollowing selections by the Marine | Band Orchestra, under direction of Wil- liam F. Santelmann, and the invoca- tion by Dr. O. O. Dietz of the Brookland Baptist Church, Thomas J. Llewellyn, president of the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens’ Assoclation, welcomed _resi- dents of the community and briefly re- viewed the work done in bringing about the new subbranch. E. G. Sievers, chairman of the special committee on branch library of the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens’ Associa- tion, presided, and introduced Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt of the board of library trustees, who spoke briefly. To Be Appreciated. Mr. Taliaferro said that, while the new subbranch is not so well provided with books at present, it will be more appreciated by the residents of the sec- tion because of that fact. The Commis- sioner said that in his opinion the pre- mier luxury of today is the bed reading lamp. “Nearly every night,” he said, “I spend from 15 minutes to an hour reading books.” Mr. Taliaferro briefly reviewed the history of books from the time they were inscribed on hardened clay to the present finished volumes. He cited several present-day authors and pointed out that books are so numerous, and owing to the fact that it is virtually impossible for one to read them all, di- gests are fast becoming popular, In this connection he recommended Dr, Eliot’s “Five Foot Shelf” as a condensed education and an example of the dig Dr. George S. Bowerman, librar of the Washington Public Library, also spoke, and asserted that while the ac- commodations of the subbranch will more than likely be insufficient to meet. the demands of the community, the sup- ply of books will be increased as soon as possible. Mr. Bowerman introduced Miss Lo- rena G. Mondereau and Fred A. Bestow, who will comprise the Woodridge Eleanor Crowley. play and will hold a rally afer lhel performance. TAKOMA S-MINUTE Chillum Heights Joins Manor sociation, at a meeting held at the Joseph R. Keene School, Rock Creek Church roads, last night, initiated plans to combine with the Manor Park Citizens' Association in ef- forts to compel the Capital Traction Co. cars on a five-minute schedule with ex- press service from the down-town sec- tion during rush hours, and to install | double tracking and Colorado avenue to the end of the }me in Takoma Park to facilitate serv- ce. instructed to negotiate with the com- mittee on. this problem of the Manor Park body, and it is understood plans to petition the Public Uitilitles Commis- sion to aid in remedying this situation would be jointly made by the associa- tions, provided it was agreeable to the Manor Park group. verely criticized by H. member of the utilities committee of the association and chairman of the committee on law and legislation. Mr. Overman is a brother of Senator Over- man of North Carolina. plea for The alumni association is backing the CARS 10 BE URGED Park Move for Improved Service. ‘The Chillum Heights Citizens’' As- Blair and to operate its Takoma surface om Fourteenth street | A committee on public_ utilities was The service as now operated was se- J. Overman, a On Paying Basis. “The Capital Traction Co. in its increased fare rates” said Branch Library stafl. Advancement of Community. tion in securing a library. contended Mr. Hull. Representative Hull said that since the early days of his youth spent in ‘Washington he noticed the great ad- vancement made by the Woodridge community and congratulated the sec- “Libraries have a great influence in combating the evil tendencles that continually confront the youth of the country,” “Portrayals of Mr. Overman, reported that the Takoma line was the only part of their system that, was operated on a paying basis. If such is the case, then the least we can ask is adequate service on this branch.. At present, during the rush hours, it is seldom that more than one car out of a dozen traveling north on Fourteenth street is Takoma bound. And these are generally crowded to capacity, mostly with persons who travel only as far as upper Fourteenth street, and many that transfer -onto other b OVER 10 MONDAY Court Postpones Hearing on Oil Leases Awarded by Former Secretary Fall. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 7.—Prin- cipals in the Government's suit against Edward L. Doheny and the Pan-Amer- ican Petroleum Co. for calcellation of three valuable Elk Hills, Calif, oil of Nevada, who is hearing the case without a jury, to recess court until Monday. Edward C. Finney, First Assistant Secretary of the Interior under Albert B, on the stand as the Government's first witness and was being cross-examined at adjournment. Finney Testimony Quoted. Finney, who testified that California naval reserve oil leases were awarded to Doheny by Fall without competitive bidding, said mining claims for Fuller's earth, used in beautifying compounds, held by Doheny in 1921, made it pos- sible to lease the reserve for petroleum exploitation because of prior right. The Government charges the mining claims were filed as subterfuges, as the amount of Fuller's earth on the reserve was so small as to be of no commercial value. The Government charges the leases reverted to the Pan-American Co. through fraud and conspiracy between Doheny and Fall, and through an illegal order issued by the late President Hard- ing transferring the naval oil reserves ::;::L the Navy to the Interior Depart- $100,000 Bribe Involved. ‘The $100,000 bribe Fall recently was convicted of accepting from Doheny is claimed by Atlee Pomerene, Govern- ment counsel, to have been involved in negotiations for the transfer of Elk Hills leases to Doheny. Norman Sterry, Doheny counsel, stip- ulated a bribe had been passed, but de- clared it had no bearing on the new Kern County leases involved in the present suit. AUDEMANN UNNAMED * IN RAILWAY CHARGES President of Line Is Not Involved as Individual in Court Action. By the Assoclated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 7.—An Associated Press story of December 3 concerning Federal court action against the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Rallroad Co., was incorrect in mentioning D. P. leases, rested today following the de- | clsion of Federal Judge Frank Norcross | Fall, yesterday completed his fourth day | DOHENY TRIAL GOES NAVAL CONFERENGE ADVISERS NAMED 'Eight Officers Will Accom- pany Admirals Pratt and Jones to London. | | v the Associated Press. The Navy Department yesterday an- nounced the names of eight officers who will accompany Admirals Pratt and Jones to the London disarmament con- ference, as technical advisers to the | American delegation. ‘Those selected are Rear Admiral Wil- liam A, Moffett, chief of the Aero- | nautics Bureau; Rear Admiral Joel R | P. Pringle, president of the Naval War | College, Newport, R. I.; Rear Admiral | Harry E. Yarnell, chief of the Bureau |of Engineering; Rear Admiral Arthur R. Hepburn, chief of staff, commander- in-chief of the United States Fleet: Capt. Alexander H. Van Keuren of the Construction Corps, in charge of the design division of the Bureau of Con- struction and Repair; Capt. W. W Smyth, member of the special board o3 naval ordnance; Comdr. Harold C. Train, who is on duty with the general board. and Lieut. Comdr. Charles W. A. Campbell, aide and flag lieutenant to the commander-in-chief of the fleet MOUNT MAGIEK ACTIVE. White Smoke Seen 20 Miles at Sea From Alaskan Volcano, SEWARD, Alaska, December 7 (#).— Passengers ariving here on the steamer Starr from Westward, Alaska, yesterday reported great clouds of white smoke belching from Mount Magiek, one of the Katmai group in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. They said the smoke was plainly visi- ble 20 miles out at sea. The mountain is in an uninhabited region. characters such as Lincoln, Garfield and Roosevelt through books inspire the youth of America to emulate them and tend to make them become loyal and faithful citizens.” Mr. Hull pointed out that the chang- ing problems that come with the ever- increasing population are met by the American people through their pursuit of literature and account for the great- ness of our country. Interspersing the addresses the Ma- rine Band Orchestra rendered a num- ber of selections and Christopher M. Zepp gave several vocal numbers. Dr. W. F. Eagleson of the Sherwood Pres- byterian Church pronounced the bene- diction, ‘The new subbranch library, which will open with a book collection of ap- proximately 2,000 volumes, with 15 mag- azines currently received, will be sup- plemented by deliveries from the Cen- tral Library. The subbranch will be open on Monday, Wednesday and Fri- day from 12 noon to 5 p.m., on Tues- ice without transfer privilege would prove an adequate remedy for the in- tolerable conditions that now exist. Surely the many patrons of Takoma and vicinity who depend upon this line for transportation to and from the city are entitled to some consideration at the hands of the car company.” went on record last night as favoring the passage of the Capper-Zihiman bill for the election by popular vote of a board of education for the District of Columbia. g had indorsed the Capper-Zihlman bill providing for free text books in the junior and senlor high schools of the District. and eighth grades of the Keene School to the Macfarland Junior High School in February brought up the question of the safety of the children on the streets they are compelled to traverse lines. I believe that an express serv- The Chillum Heights Association At a previous meeting it Safety of Children. ‘The proposal to transfer the seventh Rudemann, president of the road, as defendant. Rudemann was not involved in the case as an individual, and the Asso- cln:fd Press is glad to make this cor- rection. To Discriminating Home Seekers Attention Is Called to THE ALTAMONT 1901 Wyoming Avenue at 20th Street 'HE very best is offered here in an apartment home. The & large suites in this building have recently been remodeled into smaller ones to meet the demand, There are available at presemt apartments of from two rooms and bath to five rooms, kitchen; reception hali and three baths day and Thursday from 2 to 9 pm. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. WITNESSES RELEASED of Man Attributed to IN PROBE OF ACCIDENT Two Unable to Tell Court of Death in order to attend this school. The matter of providing a sidewalk on Ken- nedy street between Blair road and Concord avenue so that school chil- dren would not be compelled to walk in the roadway, thus endangering their lives, was discussed. It was decided to have a committee endeavor to get prompt action on this proposal, and failing a result in that direction the completion of the sidewalk on Longfellow street which runs parallel to Kennedy, Taxicab Driver, By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., December 7.—After telling what they knew of the fatal accident in which John Paul Goode of Capitol Heights was killed by a taxicab Tuesday night, George E. Long, 1500 block Trinidad avenue, and Mrs. Minnie Geisler, 1500 block Rose- dale street, passengers in the cab, were released as witnesses by Judge J. Chew Sheriff in Police Court yesterday. liam Rollins, 24, of Bethesd: being held in the Marlboro jail as the suspected driver of the cab, will be given further hearing next Friday, it was an- nounced. Long told the court he was deaf and did not hear any collision. The woman said she was asleep and knew of no ac- cident. Goode was run down on Cen- enue near Sixty-first street. The couple were arrested by District of Co- lumbia police in the cab which had been abandoned by the driver. At an inquest in Capitol Heights a coroner’s jury failed to fix any blame for the accident. NINE MARYLAND FARM REPRESENTATIVES NAMED 1 Group Will Attend Annual Fed- Convention eration in Chicago. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 7.—Nine Marylanders wiil represent their State at the eleventh annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation, which will be held at Chicago next week. The Maryland delegates, Who Were clected at a meeting of the State Farm Bureau's board of directors, are James W. Davis, J. Edmund Michael and Asbury Siade of Harford County; E. ‘Thomas Massey and Mrs. Charles A. Willson of Kent County; M. Melvin Stewart of Anne Arundel _County; Charles T. Cockey, Jr, of Baltimore County; Mrs, Isaac Dixon of Talbot |} County, and E. L. Oswald of the Uni- | ¢ versity of Maryland extension service. 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